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Name me a US Transformers movie that didn’t shove “more than meets the eye” into it.

When Transformers One was announced, I wanted to be excited. An animated Transformers movie, free of the Bayverse trappings that even Bumblebee, the good movie that came from this sub-franchise of the larger Transformers franchise, couldn’t escape. Without having to deal with human actors, physical sets, and special effects that had to look like they exist in our world, plus actually being set on Cybertron definitely had possibilities. Then the first trailer came out.

There are reasons I haven’t been discussing this movie. That’s exhibit A.

Relying on big name actors you’ll never see and the bots won’t resemble over actual voice actors was another. Another attempt at Guardians Of The Galaxy/Suicide Squad humor by people who don’t understand why either worked. I don’t get why either worked but I haven’t seen the first one and couldn’t care less about the second. At least that’s how it looks.

Tyler TJOmega” James has seen Transformers One because that’s his online job, and between his YouTube career, working at a toy store, and the occasional auction, he has the money I don’t. Most of the time we agree or could come to a mutual understanding. Oddly, we’re on opposite ends when it comes to the Rescue Bots show and EarthSpark. He thinks the former is too kiddie and the later fantastic. I find the former to be one of the few post-war stories I actually enjoy and the latter boring with the good parts having been done better elsewhere…including the two Rescue Bots shows. And yet I’ve heard other fans saying that the movie is actually good. So what are the reasons? I agree with most of TJ’s reasons, but there’s also a few I think he missed or glossed over.

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