Also, the evil robot woman was completely pointless. She was almost as irritating as the lost-puppy, no-longer-cooler-than-the-wimpy-lead Fox with her inflated lips (her lips were NOT that big before) and her forlorn ‘omg he didn’t answer my call’ staring at the computer. Yeesh. The movie was a constant wtf.

Additionally, all opinions are valid. Even if someone missed the point, the opinion is valid. In fact, the opinion might be more useful if someone missed the point. The point was, for some reason, not communicated. With such a significant portion of watchers being ‘o_O whut?’ at the two robots, whether or not it was intended is moot. Perception – like possession – weighs more heavily than intent.

Michael Bay, with his throwaway comment, sounds like he was just casually using stereotypes without understanding his underlying assumptions, something that should never be excused.

I got my summer giant robot fix from Terminator: Salvation myself…

I’m so glad someone finally mentioned these movies! I saw the first one and found myself so irritated at the portrayal of Fox’s character that I vowed not to see the second for my own benefit.

I feel more content to know I’m not the only one that noticed such atrocities.

Then the sexism. Holy crap, the sexism. Meghan Fox humping the bike for no reason. The Decepticon posing as an over-sexed femmebot who walked around in a dress more suited for a five year old. The end fight, in which it is revealed that there is one Autobot with a female voice, who gets one line and then is killed (apparently women can’t be heroes). Another Decepticon humping Fox’s leg in such a painful scene that nobody in the theater laughed. His mother being downgraded to an absolute airhead devoid of a shred of intelligence.

Basically the movie establishes that black people are ignorant, foreigners are incompetent (the Jordanians crash their helicopters when they are called to help), women are stupid, whores, or shrill bitches, and that only white men, or robots that talk like white men and act like them, can be heroes.

I can’t believe I spent money on this atrocity. Ugh, you’d think that a movie with giant fighting robots would be so awesome it hurts.

I was appalled and disappointed in the decision to include these characters, especially because they had nothing to do with the original cartoon series and were added simply because Michael Bay does whatever the f**k he wants with the movies he directs.

Lasly, neill ferguson, you must be mistaken, because I distinctly remember the twins stating that they “cain’t read dat” in reference to the Cybertron hieroglyphics. This, however, was no surprise since most of the Transformers characters couldn’t read it, including a tiny Decepticon that resembled an R/C car and Bumble Bee.