That statutory rape card is an actual thing in one of the movies? WTF?
YepThat statutory rape card is an actual thing in one of the movies? WTF?
That statutory rape card is an actual thing in one of the movies? WTF?
One of the key points of the who thesis is that folks like Bay decided to completely undercut Fox's character by focusing solely on her looks.
It's pretty funny then that someone's entire engagement with the video is to solely comment on how good looking Fox is.
Yeah, Lindsay talks about it in a different part.
Do you have a link for that? Because this is breaking my mind right now. There has to be more to it than the "joke" right?
Do you have a link for that? Because this is breaking my mind right now. There has to be more to it than the "joke" right?
Prime was a great show. Comparing it to Kurtzman and Orci-levels is just cruel.
I think his professional life just picked up enough and he's busy?
They are credited as executive producers. This means fuck all, especially with animated shows. Joss Whedon is credited as Executive Producer for Avengers Assemble. Doesn't mean he's ever looked over a script for Disney XD.Didn't they develop it?
I hate to ask, but does that mean it's terrible or just really mediocre? I want to know this because of reasons.
As for the video: this whole series is great, and I love the constant sneaking in of 'the whole plate' even when it's factually unconnected.
Hey, ya gotta give credit where credit is due. As Lindsay pointed out, Mikaela in Bayformers 1 was written competently, but then Bay went a ruined her. Kurtzman & Orci were the ones who wrote her. K&O were big fans of the Transformers franchise and wanted to show it a lot more love than Bay was willing to allow. K&O wanted to put Soundwave and motorcycle-Arcee into Bayformers 1, but Bay rejected those two characters because he felt they weren't badass enough. K&O persisted, suggesting that Arcee could be a three-part mini-combiner, so Bay killed her onscreen in Bayformers 2 out of spite.Prime was a great show. Comparing it to Kurtzman and Orci-levels is just cruel.
I still can't believe that I didn't get that until just now.Michael Bay
Mikaela Banes
I still can't believe that I didn't get that until just now.
Michael Bay didn't waste any time to show exactly how well-rounded Megan Fox's character was.
Yes, I did watch the video. It had just been ages since I sae Transformers, so I was surprised how incredibly blatant Michael Bay's use of the camera was.Right that's the... Did you...? Watch thing
:/
https://youtu.be/oNkTeHpHj_I?t=306
It's that classic dynamic of father figure not approving the boyfriend the daughter is dating taken to the extreme when the boyfriend pulls out that card to the father as a justification to continue to bang his daughter.
Michael Bay
Mikaela Banes
That statutory rape card is an actual thing in one of the movies? WTF?
Between these two things and as someone who hasn't seen the Transformers movies outside of all these clips, sometimes I get the feeling Lindsay is gas-lighting me and all of this nonsense is made up.
Anyway, this episode was really sad and made me feel bad for Megan Fox. I also found out via a stray tweet that she used to self-harm and have low self-esteem. Then I felt worse.
But I do think I should watch these movies... except that is like a 12 hour commitment, and I saw parts of the first one and hated it (and it's supposedly the best???)
Between these two things and as someone who hasn't seen the Transformers movies outside of all these clips, sometimes I get the feeling Lindsay is gas-lighting me and all of this nonsense is made up.
Anyway, this episode was really sad and made me feel bad for Megan Fox. I also found out via a stray tweet that she used to self-harm and have low self-esteem. Then I felt worse.
But I do think I should watch these movies... except that is like a 12 hour commitment, and I saw parts of the first one and hated it (and it's supposedly the best???)
Between these two things and as someone who hasn't seen the Transformers movies outside of all these clips, sometimes I get the feeling Lindsay is gas-lighting me and all of this nonsense is made up.
Anyway, this episode was really sad and made me feel bad for Megan Fox. I also found out via a stray tweet that she used to self-harm and have low self-esteem. Then I felt worse.
But I do think I should watch these movies... except that is like a 12 hour commitment, and I saw parts of the first one and hated it (and it's supposedly the best???)
I've seen the first three, and the first movie is easily the best of that trilogy. I never bothered with the Mark Wahlberg movies.
On mobile right now, so no link, but it's in episode 6, which is part 2 in her analysis of Transformers through the lens of feminist theory, titled "The Male Gaze vs. The Men".
The point of the card is that it is a common trope in Hollywood films to have a father figure face off against a boyfriend in competition over who "gets" the daughter/girlfriend, just with added creep factor.
It's a way of treating the female character as an object to be fought over so that the male characters get some of good old dramatic conflict.
https://youtu.be/oNkTeHpHj_I?t=306
It's that classic dynamic of father figure not approving the boyfriend the daughter is dating taken to the extreme when the boyfriend pulls out that card to the father as a justification to continue to bang his daughter.
Between these two things and as someone who hasn't seen the Transformers movies outside of all these clips, sometimes I get the feeling Lindsay is gas-lighting me and all of this nonsense is made up.
Anyway, this episode was really sad and made me feel bad for Megan Fox. I also found out via a stray tweet that she used to self-harm and have low self-esteem. Then I felt worse.
But I do think I should watch these movies... except that is like a 12 hour commitment, and I saw parts of the first one and hated it (and it's supposedly the best???)
It's goofy fun with a lot of stuff that blows up real good, and it has the grace not only to realize how preposterous it is, but to make that into an asset.
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments.
I don't think anyone liked Sam just surprised how bad he actually isI never did get the hate for Megan Fox or her character in Transformers. She was the only thing tolerable in the first film. This video sums up why.
Not sure why people are shocked that Sam's a shitty character. He was easily the worst thing in the movies.
Isn't she doing condom commercials now?
Man, doing commercials seems like a step down from starring in a blockbuster franchise. Does she not have anything else in the pipeline?
Didn't she make a comment that basically blacklisted her from movies?
The "Michael Bay is Hitler" one? I guess I didn't realize that had such an effect.
Didn't she make that comment between Transformers 2 and TMNT (which Bay produced)? She kinda fell off (the last big thing she did was be Zooey Deschanel's replacement on The New Girl for a little bit) because once she stopped being a name she didn't have a ton of talent to fall back on to get roles.
That statutory rape card is an actual thing in one of the movies? WTF?
That's nice, but she is also the recipient of male gaze camerawork for like half of her time on-screen.
Yes and I should appreciate Bayonetta's "irony" more too -- except not, because I can actually have an opinion of my own, because I saw the movies and played the games myself.
Nerd culture apologia is never in short supply. I'm glad you found some that was to your liking. No matter how "human" they made her "arc," the camera was mostly interested in something else, and I'm not interested in pawing through garbage in search of plausible deniability.
Frankly, the movie is such underwritten garbage for even the male characters I'm amazed anyone is interested in this conversation. The film itself doesn't even pretend to take itself seriously. Why should we?
Yuuuup.
Just confirms to me some don't read the article or watch the videosThe first page of this thread is good reading.
Sometimes the usual suspects actually get caught out in the lineup.
The first page of this thread is good reading.
Sometimes the usual suspects actually get caught out in the lineup.
Just confirms to me some don't read the article or watch the videos
And Lindsay Ellis's work on this series should be more popular than Plinkett
Didn't she make that comment between Transformers 2 and TMNT (which Bay produced)? She kinda fell off (the last big thing she did was be Zooey Deschanel's replacement on The New Girl for a little bit) because once she stopped being a name she didn't have a ton of talent to fall back on to get roles.