Comments on: What Transformers 2 and Terminator Salvation Can Teach About Bad Storytelling

By: Melatoninmg

Melatoninmg — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 01:18:58 +0000

Transformers movie rocks. i am a fan of Transformers ever since childhood. Now i have three kids and they all like the Transformers cartoon series and the Movie.

By: Matty

Matty — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:54:02 +0000

Thank Gawd for this article…

I was so disappointed and insulted after walking out of Terminator… and you’ve saved me $15 on wasting a ticket for TF2… will someone in Hollywood plz give the audience credit for having at least half a brain!?!

…and to think of the millions of $$$ spent on making these duds….

sheesh!

By: Body Detox Diets.

Body Detox Diets. — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:25:20 +0000

I watched the Transformers cartoon version during my childhood days. It is nice to know that good computer graphics brought the Transformers back again. I wish to see more of the Dinobots in action perhaps on another sequel.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:37:27 +0000

I enjoyed the effects in both, actually- gratuitous explosions don’t bother me. But Transformers did go Jar Jar with those stupid twin ice cream truck guys. Bleh. And the story was ridiculous.

By: Ren

Ren — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 04:16:02 +0000

Say what you will about the human element, but I have a friend who wants his Transformers to be all robots, all the time. I have a feeling that he is not alone in his opinion, though everyone else would probably just want Megan Fox running in slo-mo.

By: Hal

Hal — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:04:08 +0000

Another crime of Terminator 2, and many others: time travel. It never works! I always walk out trying to make sense of the causality of it all, and I never can. Bah!

Let this be a lesson to you, travel writers: leave the time travel to the Hollywood wankers.

Except for Turner’s piece on BNT. That was pretty cool:

http://www.bravenewtraveler.com/2009/04/27/10-key-destinations-for-the-historical-time-traveler/

By: Josh Johnson

Josh Johnson — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 01:28:35 +0000

Indeed, you now have the advantage of knowing that it will suck so you can focus on the storytelling crimes.
My problem is that i was trying to enjoy myself and really wanted to like it.
My advise; wear earplugs!

By: Teresa

Teresa — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:06:44 +0000

Ugggh, my beloved husband made me see Transformers 1 with him, and even he admitted that it was painfully boring–for exactly the reasons you point out. But I have no doubt that he’ll be begging me to see Transformers 2 with him this weekend–at least now I can avoid total boredom by checking off all the storytelling crimes!