I miss the practicality of the Transformers trilogy.
They had groundbreaking visual effects and sound design, but the foundation was built on a solid base of practical action, stunt work and explosions.
Michael Bay was really blowing shit up on camera. Beautiful chaos.
You can't get this effect when soldiers are just unintelligent cannon fodder that get blown up on screen every scene. That's why Blackout's assault on the base in Transformers 1 and the surviving team struggling against a mini-con in the desert is also an effective scene.
-them stand a chance in these films actually creates more tension and frames the action in something relative. Seeing human soldiers fiercely and competently fighting for their lives, yet still loosing, makes the Decepticons an even greater threat.
What sells the action in Bay films is he doesn't depict the military as cannon fodder. A lot of sci-fi action blockbusters treat normal soldiers disposably. They're effortlessly killed off to show how weak they are compared to whatever advanced threat they are facing. But having-
For their faults the Michael Bay Transformers movies had a level of spectacle you just simply don't see in the majority of blockbusters now.
Like look at this it holds up so unbelievably well in an era where every other popcorn movie ends with people fighting in a grey void.
This is one of the parts of SEED I liked a ton, it sets it apart from a lot of Gundam
entries and gives it a uniquely edgy and visceral aesthetic in line with a lot of early 00s anime.
Man Zechs refuses to be at an unfair disadvantage, even from a child.
He’s the type to watch Dragon Ball and completely understand why Goku gives his enemies a Senzu bean. He’d say “it’s the only honorable thing to do”
#MobileSuitGundam
For me, PlayStation started a downward trend around the time it became an American brand. I like some of the western games, and PlayStation always had western games, but the brand itself lost something in 2016 when it became American. A playfulness and customer focused approach.
“This generation will not be defined by its great games or incredible tech, but rather by corporate greed, mismanagement, and anti-consumer practices.”
Nailed it