By Prof. Losanjealous - Tuesday July 10th 2007 |
(WARNING: Plot points revealed in the following post.)
I’m not a movie critic. I’m a scientist. But the Transformers movie raised a lot of questions that trouble my scientific mind. (I will say that the special effects were mind-boggling even to Prof. Losanjealous—and that’s coming from someone who once installed two flux capacitors in a T.A.R.D.I.S. and made perfect flan.)
Starting with the chronology. Prof. Losanjealous seems to recall that the toys came first, then the cartoon, then the comic book, then the movie starring Orson Welles and Judd Nelson (who rumor has it feuded throughout production). Then a few years later there came some vector graphics nonsense where Optimus Prime was an ape and Megatron was like a wine rack. I think that brings us up to date.
So the following are just some notes based on a single viewing of the recent studio release:
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Dear Prof. Losanjealous:
