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GeorgeC
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Honestly, this film has NEVER looked better than it has on the Blu ray from the remaster done for the Shout Factory release.
With the exception of ONE extra (the animated footage from that Japanese exclusive, "Scramble City" something or a title like that), it has everything the 20th anniversary DVD release had except for the lenticular, 3-D cover the first print-run DVDs of that release had. I'm puzzled as to why they didn't screen it in theaters for the 30th anniversary of the movie itself. (Yes, I saw it in theaters in 1986 -- me and about 100 other kids back then! That's probably why it was a box office failure. It made its money on home video over the years.) I know why they're doing it but I wonder if it might not backfire on Paramount and get people to realize, "Gee, they really haven't made a better Transformers movie than the one that was released in 1986!" I think the thing more old TF fans are looking forward to are the use of G1 designs for the Bumblebee movie. Optimus Prime is supposed to appear in it looking very much like his 1980s incarnation, basically what he looked like in the 1986 animated film, too. The movie itself took place in 2005 so we're already past it! |
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Stampeed Valkyrie
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lol holy 1986 Batman!
If it's screening close to me.. yea I'll go. I also saw this in theatre's back in 86. But I have yet to buy the blu-ray or steelbook version. The only copies of this I have are on VHS.. |
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meiam
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You got the power!
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BadNewsBlues
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The only people who would think that would be the hardline Transformers fans who never liked the live action movies from day one. And aren't anymore likely to change their opinions regardless of how the Bumblebee movie performs. And with you pointing out that movie was a bomb when it released originally that assessment comes off looking even more suspecr 
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Stampeed Valkyrie
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Sorry to prove you wrong... but I'm not a hardline TF fan.. and I generally agree with @George C. I'm so much of a TF fan that I watched 2 of the Bay derivatives and said meh don't care. So from what I have seen.. I prefer the original. And yes my opinion is still valid.. even if you don't agree with it... 
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EricJ2
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Paramount's priming the "true-believer TF fan" 80's pump, because early screening/trailer reactions seem to suggest that the Bumblebee movie--and its "Oo, 80's!" setting--is going over rather well with audiences as a welcome change of pace, rather like "Logan" vs. the crappy Fox X-movies. If they have to end it, at least end it on a non-annoying note.
Which also explains why the '86 screening is pushing the 80's-music nostalgia angle for all it's worth. (What, no interview with Weird Al Yankovic over "Dare to Be Stupid"??) And those new generation TF fans who were never alive when the cartoon was on the air, can now see the movie on a bigscreen, and watch their 80's-animated favorites, like Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream spoiler[brutally mowed down by a new Infinity War-style enemy, as half the cast is permanently killed off to make room for the '87-'88 Hasbro toys...] 
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K7P5V
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In 1986, I saw this movie in the theater too. I also own the Steelbook version of this movie as well. One of my favorite movies of all-time ever. Hope it will do well at the box office. |
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Bearguy82
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I was a huge TF fan growing up as an 80s kid. I think I was probably around 6 years old when I rented it. Totally caught me off guard. Probably the first movie that ever made me cry.
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Titus-A
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This is the Transformers in it's purest form. No stupid humans in the foreground and no MURRRRRRRRRRRRKAN propaganda. The robots look awesome and they are the stars of their own movie.
Vice DiCola and Stan Bush, Toei animation at it's best, actual stars in lead roles. For God's sake, ROBERT STACK!! Anyone who says Bayformers is better needs to be in a mental institution, and that's me being nice, deep down I'd give them the chair. |
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CR85747
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Paramount isn't involved with this release. Hasbro currently owns the 1986 film outright (having bought it from the estate of Sunbow), so all backfiring would be due to Hasbro putting their old film up against Bumblebee, which they are co-producing with Paramount. |
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BadNewsBlues
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Isn't Unicron more akin to Galactus than Thanos....which is kind of hard mto say with a straight face given how Galactus was depicted in the 2nd FF movie.
That's okay never said you were.
I'm curious as to what opinion I was disagreeing because unless I misquoted someone or someone deleted part of post (both of which are likely) I don't what it was. |
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