Beast Wars!
Jun. 25th, 2023 07:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dragovianknightOr, really, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, but I went to see this movie for one reason, and that reason is BEAST WARS!
And it did not disappoint. I'd say it was about...90% of what I wanted from the introduction of the beast era to the big screen, and most of what it lacked was due to having to share screen time with those other franchise-defining transforming robots.
But, lack of Rattrap, Blackarachnia, Silverbolt, Dino-butt, and The Best Megatron™ aside, the movie did offer lots of robot on robot violence (munky smash!), humans I did not actively hate even once (unheard of), and a surprisingly entertaining Mirage who, quite frankly, can replace Bee as the Official Kid-Friendly Robot any time now (it's hard to overstate how very OVER Bumblebee I am at this point). I loved Mirage's whole, "You do this and I will let you sell me; you get paid, then I take off" sales pitch to Noah. Mirage is clearly the ultimate grifter, and probably a menace to this planet, and I'm pretty okay with that.
The action sequences, with flipping in and out of alt modes and partial transformations, were pretty much everything I want from transforming robot fight scenes. Loved Arcee riding Cheetor into battle, and just the fact the Maximals' beast modes were bigger than most of the Autobots. Also, if I have not mentioned, Munky Smash.
Rhinox and Cheetor needed more screen time, I categorically refuse to accept a certain character's fate, the movie definitely needed more hot, poisonous, and deadly (just spin off a Blackarachnia/Silverbolt romcom for me, really), but overall, I was much happier with it than I expected to be. It wasn't enough to make me fannish again, but it was enough to make me want a sequel. Or a new series. Or just the original series but with prettier animation (which could probably be done by a team of dedicated fans in Blender, at this point).
The name drop at the end was brilliant and I await my crossover eagerly.
Edit: I forgot to mention my amusement over Optimus Primal telling Optimus Prime that he was named after him, and then his private "and frankly I find meeting my namesake rather disappointing" conversation with Airazor.
10/10, would definitely watch again, and plan to buy as soon as they allow it.
And it did not disappoint. I'd say it was about...90% of what I wanted from the introduction of the beast era to the big screen, and most of what it lacked was due to having to share screen time with those other franchise-defining transforming robots.
But, lack of Rattrap, Blackarachnia, Silverbolt, Dino-butt, and The Best Megatron™ aside, the movie did offer lots of robot on robot violence (munky smash!), humans I did not actively hate even once (unheard of), and a surprisingly entertaining Mirage who, quite frankly, can replace Bee as the Official Kid-Friendly Robot any time now (it's hard to overstate how very OVER Bumblebee I am at this point). I loved Mirage's whole, "You do this and I will let you sell me; you get paid, then I take off" sales pitch to Noah. Mirage is clearly the ultimate grifter, and probably a menace to this planet, and I'm pretty okay with that.
The action sequences, with flipping in and out of alt modes and partial transformations, were pretty much everything I want from transforming robot fight scenes. Loved Arcee riding Cheetor into battle, and just the fact the Maximals' beast modes were bigger than most of the Autobots. Also, if I have not mentioned, Munky Smash.
Rhinox and Cheetor needed more screen time, I categorically refuse to accept a certain character's fate, the movie definitely needed more hot, poisonous, and deadly (just spin off a Blackarachnia/Silverbolt romcom for me, really), but overall, I was much happier with it than I expected to be. It wasn't enough to make me fannish again, but it was enough to make me want a sequel. Or a new series. Or just the original series but with prettier animation (which could probably be done by a team of dedicated fans in Blender, at this point).
The name drop at the end was brilliant and I await my crossover eagerly.
Edit: I forgot to mention my amusement over Optimus Primal telling Optimus Prime that he was named after him, and then his private "and frankly I find meeting my namesake rather disappointing" conversation with Airazor.
10/10, would definitely watch again, and plan to buy as soon as they allow it.
