May 17, 2008

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Transformer Review

By Brandon McFarland

I was thirsty for some Transformer action, and my thirst was thoroughly quenched. For all you Transformer geeks out there who have to see it with the rest of the 4th of July crowd -- sucks for you.


I was thirsty for some Transformer action, and my thirst was thoroughly quenched. For all you Transformer geeks out there who have to see it with the rest of the 4th of July crowd -- sucks for you.

Director Michael Bay did the damn thang. Any time Transformers talked, fought, and, you know, transformed..."oohs" escaped everyone witnessing the wonders of CGI action. I'm not talking about the half hearted computer generated imagery (CGI) in that new Ninja Turtles movie, I’m talking about the real deal. Thirty-eight hours of work PER a frame went into this alien brawl...and mind you, one second of film equals 24 frames. And you know since it's Michael Bay you have to have his rotation scenes embedded in the action.

I'm being forced to write this by the powers that be here at Youth Radio. I'm still refusing to give anything away. The only warnings I'd give about the movie; it's two and a half hours long, and there's a little unnecessary human jibber jabber to put up with. But it leaves an opening for a sequel that I'm hoping will have more dialogue between Auto- bots and Deception.


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