We're both complete strangers to the franchaise. I only saw the first movie because someone told me it had orson Welles in it and that was several years ago and unlikely to be repeated.
All throughout my childhood I played with robots that could turn into dragons, rocks, dinosaurs, cars, trucks, whatever. All that time I imagined what it would be like if they were real. I tried to envision massive robots destroying cities and turning each other into scrap.
Not only did I get to see that, but I got to see it with a horribly awkward teenager, directed by a man who understood that there was no way on this Earth that you could make a movie about giant, transforming robots and NOT have it be absolutely ridiculous.
It reminded me of a Bert I. Gordon film too. Lots of padding and a paucity of gigantic things wreaking havoc. Plus the science was right up there with the "because the human heart is not a collection of cells but in effect a single cell..." line from "The Amazing Colossal Man"
To avoid flames from those who don't know me the above means that I enjoyed it.
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Date: 2007-07-20 01:45 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2007-07-24 06:47 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-20 03:56 am (UTC)Not only did I get to see that, but I got to see it with a horribly awkward teenager, directed by a man who understood that there was no way on this Earth that you could make a movie about giant, transforming robots and NOT have it be absolutely ridiculous.
It was so over the top that I thought it worked.
Unlike Spider-Man 3.
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Date: 2007-07-20 05:50 am (UTC)Or really harsh on balls.
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Date: 2007-07-20 08:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-07-23 04:28 am (UTC)It reminded me of a Bert I. Gordon film too. Lots of padding and a paucity of gigantic things wreaking havoc. Plus the science was right up there with the "because the human heart is not a collection of cells but in effect a single cell..." line from "The Amazing Colossal Man"
To avoid flames from those who don't know me the above means that I enjoyed it.