Originally Posted by Mark_H
Really looking forward to seeing this in the cave if only to see how good it can really look and sound.

How`s your tolerance for Michael Bay? Being the whippersnapper that I am and having grown up with the cartoon and the toys I must say there was a lot about Bay`s movie that annoyed me - though not in a “he ruined my childhood!` sense (although the Autobots are made far too goofy). It`s not that Bay doesn`t deliver when it comes to the giant robot action, but as silly as it sounds to say, yes a better giant robot movie could have been made out of all this. His attempt at drama is laughable and his tiresome obsession with the military and a subplot involving irritating teenage hackers causes the movie to veer off on too many tangents. The young lad in the lead is good, mind you. He`s got a lot of charisma and anything Starscream does (that`s the one that turns into a jet fighter) is a marvel of exciting visual effects work. Beyond that though it`s a cliched and generic mess. There are some striking similarities to Joe Dante`s movie Small Soldiers too - right down to Kevin Dunn playing the exact same father character in both films.

I`m more keen to get the recent UK region free Blu-ray release of the 80s animated movie…. though I leave myself no choice either way as I`m happy to ignore HD DVD at the moment.


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Digital projection at home with HD sources, properly calibrated sound, no ambient lighting and no audience annoyances is significantly outperforming anything that my local cinemas can offer...

I've been toying with going the projection route recently, but the fact I'm not in the best position to do so optimally (no dedicated room at the moment) puts me off, despite the fact a JVC HD1 would cost me about �1000 less than Pioneer's top of the line plasma. The HDTV route is, obviously, more practical for a multi-purpose room, but the projector certainly lends more “bang for the buck” so to speak and I can`t deny I`ve not been tempted.

Last edited by DanielB; 2007-10-20 11:59.