The dark side....

So I woke up this morning to find this image released onto the interweb:



This seems to be an image of the combined form of Optimus Prime and Jetfire, thus confirming something that I was really hoping would not be in the movie.

It's not that I mind this visually, it's just that the concept is a little beyond me. And yes, I'm aware it's an element that was taken from some branch of the franchise.

I'm also aware that it looks a little fucking silly.

So I started to think, and I realized that there are several things in the movie that I'm not exactly thrilled about seeing.

THE PRETENDER

This has remained my absolute #1 problem with the movie, and I can't imagine there is anything that will change my mind. A robot who wears a "human suit"? And DOESN'T TRANSFORM? I don't care about "more than meets the eye!" and "robots is disguise!" I'm sure there is a rationalization for putting it in the story. But is there one for using this over the many many many other characters available?

THE TWINS

I have warmed to these 2, but only slightly. I get why they are in the movie, and I can live with their personalities. But I just do not get the head designs. They insult me as a designer. I hope the Johnny 5 computer that designed them is the one that melted.

ROGZILLA

Not getting to see the movie with ROGZILLA, who will be out there somewhere without my guidance and thinking that the Transformers were created by a combination of artistic sentient computers and pixie dust magic.

GIRL ROBOTS

So apparently there are 3 female robots who may or may not combine into one big amazonian female robot. Normally I am a fan of any situation that gets 3 females together, but I've never understood the need for women Transformers. I know there's a logic behind it, but the robot designs that I've seen from footage look like ass.

SOUNDWAVE

It's not him being in the movie that bothers me, it's the design he's been given. And the fact that I don't think he even comes to Earth, or even does that much in the movie at all. There are few characters in the franchise that could be considered iconic, and Soundwave is one of them. Hopefully he is handled properly.

THE END

The movie ending will blow ass, because it's going to be another 3 years before the next movie comes out!