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(217 votes, average 4.47 out of 5)
Written by TheDudette   
Saturday, 27 June 2009 02:32
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Comments (358)
  • Amp
    Good review as always nostalgia chick
  • Nyix
    Oh no the Nostalgia chick stepped into the Nostalgia Critic's territory! Sweet!

    Nice review NC with a twist ending :woohoo:
  • DeathsHead419  - REAGAN!?
    He brought us Transformers?!



    Nice use of the impirial march, by the way.



    Edit: Definatly one of, if not, your best reviews.



    Now, if you'll excuse me, I must find Mister Bay and force him to whatch every
    Alfred Hitchcock movie until his eyes bleed.
  • Dohguy  - re: REAGAN!?
    Don
    DeathsHead419 wrote:


    Now, if you'll excuse me, I must find Mister Bay and force him to whatch every
    Alfred Hitchcock movie until his eyes bleed.

    don't or else he'll make a shitty North by Northwest remake with nothing but
    explosions.
  • Richard Wesker
    Is there any franchise more nostalgic than Transformers? Well...maybe some
    people think so, but not me. The toys were, and still are, awesome. They're 3
    toys in one: a vehicle, a robot, and a puzzle (the transformation process).
    Could there be anything more perfect?



    On top of that, the show, while cheesy, was a fun slice of sci-fi goodness for
    kids of all ages, and will not be soon forgotten, thanks to people like Lindsay,
    Doug, and the rest of us Transformers fans out there.
  • Elwood
    G.I. Joe And no, that one will be a rental for me.
  • DaniusKang
    So, 1980 Transformers was Transforming Toys as imagined by Gerald Potterton?

    Armageddon...yes...it is coming.
  • koalaman  - hehe
    I swear these two make a great couple......And they would spawn the most
    sarcastic child ever....And it would be good.
  • Demon Ninja
    I must go find the Bay bunker to stop more overhyped crap from coming out.
  • DeathsHead419  - Got your back
    You pack the knock out gas, I'll supply the cutting torch.
  • madkap42
    VIVA LA REVOLUCION!



    I will bring a cigar cutter. You don't want to know why.
  • Aces High
    Good thing the US military made a bunker-buster, we now have Target #1 :evil:
  • Destron D-69  - this is awesome
    I have no doubt that this part 2 will be better than Bay's part 2 :)
  • Destrucity
    Very funny, and the coup de grace was the Michael Bay hack (is that redundant?).
    You guys might want to consider making Mikey a regular guest star.
  • H2O
    Meh. Not your best review. At times I thought you were falling asleep during the
    video. Also the NC cameos are getting a bit old. The last couple reviews you did
    had me laughing out loud, this one... not so much. Oh well, they can't all be
    memorable.
  • emlodik
    Does that mean we should be expecting a review of "Titanic 2" (Pearl
    Harbor) in the near future? ;)
  • Grave  - First person to laugh
    Where is Cecil B. Demented when you need him. He would have delt with Michael
    "Baysplosion" Bay years ago.

    I still emotionally spike when I hear those so 80s songs hit. I was 6 years old
    when I say the animated Transformers movie and was amazed through out the whole
    thing. Epically when Spike said shit. My jaw dropped.

    Oh if you really want to tourture NC properly make him sit through the god awful
    animated Mortal Kombat and Street Fighter (american) series that ran on USA.

    Cheers
  • Mamba
    I had this terrifying image that McCracken was going to do the Buffalo bill.
    "would you fuck me? I'd fuck me" bit at the end. :s
  • Sl0th
    It always amazes me how attached some people are to the original Transformers
    movie. I'll freely admit I liked the Transformers as a child. I even had a few
    of the toys growing up. There's certainly a nostalgia factor involved with the
    franchise for me. But all things being equal, the show and movie were long toy
    commercials. Much like every other popular 80s cartoon. I feel nostalgic about
    the Transformers. But I've seen people who are down right fanatic.

    Oh dear God you're going to take on thatmovie next? My condolences. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to get "Don't
    Want to Miss a Thing" out of my head. I forget how I got it out last time
    it got stuck in there. Perhaps large amounts of alcohol will do the trick.
  • Shinigami
    Great work Lindsay. This review was much better than Cinemassacre version done
    by James.
  • Dinger
    Gotta love the life cycle of the Transformers, it went from Diaclones in Japan
    to what it is today

    so initially we had The Transformers: the Cartoon based off the Japanese toy

    It splits off onto The Headmasters, Super-God Masterforce, Victory, and Zone:
    which finish off what is known as Generation 1, or the Japanese continuation of
    the American cartoon, based off the Japanese toy

    Then Beast Wars, Beast Wars II, Beast Wars Neo, Baeast Machines: The Canadian CG
    based off the Japanese cartoon, based off the American cartoon, based off the
    American Cartoon based off the Japanese toy

    Then came Robots in Disguise, and the Unicron Trilogy (Armada, Energon,
    Cybertron) or: The Japanese Cartoon, based off the Canadian CG, based off the
    Japanese continuation of the American cartoon based off the Japanese toy

    And now Animated has just finished its series: The American cartoon, based off
    the Japanese Cartoon, based off the Canadian CG, based off the Japanese
    continuation of the American cartoon based off the Japanese toy
  • mobo85
    Things I knew about Transformers and its movie before coming in:

    1. As implied here, the Transformers series and similar ones of its ilk were
    only possible thanks to Reagan's deregulation of the FCC and relegalization of
    toy-based TV shows.

    2. Optimus Prime dies in the movie.

    3. It was Orson Welles's last film role.

    4. Scatman Crothers was Jazz.



    Things I learned from this review:

    1. John Mochitta was a Transformer. Not surprisingly, a fast-talking one.

    2. Orson Welles died from eating too many robots.

    3. This is not the film based on a Hasbro toy line where a character says
    "holy shit"- that was G.I. Joe.

    4. Garage door openers can double as explosive devices. But then again, maybe
    that's the power of Michael Bay- everything he seems to touch becomes an
    explosive device.
  • catboyjeremie
    Nice review and I can't help but to laugh each time I hear any mention of the
    80's movie.

    I used to talk with my friends about our favorite characters and most of them
    prefered Megatron and Starscream and when we heard characters died in the movie
    we all argued about who would. I was the only fan of Soundwave and they all
    thought he would die.

    Needless to say, I got the last laugh. I didn't really watch TFs much after, I
    never figured out if Soundwave ever died.
  • Moore
    Power Ballads! They give you super strength!

    Nice review as usual, I just hope you JUST put him to sleep lol.
  • THOOM
    The review was right on, from the bickering with Doug to Michael Bay's
    appearance.

    Ever since I saw The Worst Movie Ever* (Armageddon) eleven years ago, this
    actor's portrayal is exactly how I pictured Bay to be: A megalomaniacal, greedy,
    imperialist, propaganda making Redneck. And a hack too.

    Doug, you could have countered the 'Red Sonja' argument by stating 'Red Sonja is
    not a girlie movie because Brigette Nielson is the lead character and she's a
    man.


    *Technically, it is not the worst movie ever,but after I did the budget to
    badness math, Armageddon trumps everything else. It is #1 on my top 3 bad movie
    list alongside 'Funny Games' and 'Black Devil Doll from Hell'.
  • geekguy  - worst movie ever
    I have seen the worst movie ever and it's name is... "WING COMMANDER"

    "Armageddon" doesn't even come close!

    Nostalgia Chick, you review whateverthehell you want!

    You Rock!
  • Prowl  - re:
    Even with how much I absolutely love this movie, this was a pretty fair
    evaluation of it. :)



    It's very flawed, and surprisingly brutal for a movie geared at kids. Killed my
    (obvious) favorite character, too. :( And it's a bunch of power ballads over
    an hour and a half-long commercial. But loving things despite (or because of)
    their flaws is what Nostalgia is for, right?
  • Prowl
    mobo85 wrote:
    3. This is not the film based on a Hasbro toy line where a character says
    "holy shit"- that was G.I. Joe.




    No, I'm pretty sure it was this one.



    Spike (I think it was Spike, it might have been Cliffjumper) says it when he and Jazz and
    Cliffjumper get eaten by Unicron. I think it's editted in a lot of releases of
    the movie, though, so that he says something else.
  • Prowl
    catboyjeremie wrote:
    Needless to say, I got the last laugh. I didn't really watch TFs much after, I
    never figured out if Soundwave ever died.




    If it matterred to you at all, which I'm sure it didn't... Soundwave lives
    through the movie, and actually has at least 1 episode pretty heavily dedicated
    to himself in Season 3. He laughs in the episode, which is as strange to
    actually hear as it sounds to say.



    Given that it's an episode about him setting up a Nightclub or something... it's
    not the strangest thing about it. Season 3 was very strange.
  • catboyjeremie
    Actually it matters for me a lot, seeing how Soundwave is by far one of my
    favorite characters of all time. I decided that I'd go see the second
    transformer movie no matter what, even if it seems to be considered bad as long
    as it had Soundwave or Shockwave.

    I bet I won't see much of Soundwave in the movie but that's fine with me, I just
    want to have a moment of fanboyism.
  • madkap42
    Quote:
    Given that it's an episode about him

    setting up a Nightclub or something... it's not the strangest thing about it.

    Season 3 was very strange.




    Finally, Xanadu with alien robots.
  • NowCompleteWith  - Yes, the body count is horrible.
    I am still haunted by the deaths of Iron Hide and Brawn till this day. NEVER
    FORGET! NEVER EVER FORGET!
  • Prowl  - re:
    catboyjeremie wrote:
    Actually it matters for me a lot, seeing how Soundwave is by far one of my
    favorite characters of all time. I decided that I'd go see the second
    transformer movie no matter what, even if it seems to be considered bad as long
    as it had Soundwave or Shockwave.



    I bet I won't see much of Soundwave in the movie but that's fine with me, I just
    want to have a moment of fanboyism.




    Even with all the negative things that can (and should) be said about Revenge of
    the Fallen...



    Soundwave wasn't handled too poorly at all. He isn't in any actual combat or
    anything, but he feels right in how he's represented. At least, I thought so.
  • Keile  - re: re:
    Prowl wrote:

    Soundwave wasn't handled too poorly at all. He isn't in any actual combat or
    anything, but he feels right in how he's represented. At least, I thought so.


    Best part was Soundwave was voiced by Frank Welker in the new movie, a name any
    fan of the original series should know. (He voiced half the originals in the
    old show/movie including Soundwave and Megatron). They did a good job with his
    voice modulation, but it just didnt sound enough like Soundwave. Frank did a
    really god job doing the actual lines and capturing the emotionless sound he
    always had. I'm dissapointed at the voice modulation, not the actual voice
    itself if that makes sense at all XD
  • Starscreamfan89
    In an interview with Frank Welker, he said that his favorite character that he
    voiced was Megatron.
    FRANK WELKER IS DA BOMB!! :woohoo:
  • Animikean
    Masterfully done, you miss deserve a round of slow dramatic clapping! :D
  • soldierstar  - Another type of review
    Okay, good first start but you can go further when doing a Transformers review.
    Specifically you need to do a toy review of one of the figures that are so
    popular on YouTube, make it happen!
  • Fyodoror
    Michael Bay needs some ritalin or something.

    Can't wait for the Armageddon review!
  • Taigan  - G1 Hilarity
    Nice but you failed to touch on what I feel is the key source of humor of the
    old Transformers Cartoons.

    Hilariously bad voice dubbing.

    Just look at the pilot episode of the original series. There were times when
    Shockwave's voice came out of Megatron's mouth, etc. My favorite was when the
    Autobots save a town from being flooded when a dam is in danger and from one of
    the rooftops a woman in a pink dress calls down in a deep, masculine voice
    "Thanks, neighbor!" Wow, I didn't realize Transformers was TG-friendly!
  • ThePharaoh
    Transformers ROTF was awesome!!

    :woohoo:
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