![]() The bar was so low for the Transformers franchise that it’s not enough to call Bumblebee the best of the bunch-it feels like it was beamed in from a different universe, one where characters and emotion take precedence over wanton robo-destruction. (When none other than Steven Spielberg tells you to call it quits, it’s best to listen.) A clean break suited both the studio and the director, and Paramount responded by moving forward with a Transformers prequel that was a complete 180 from the typical Bay bluster. ![]() ![]() Your mileage will certainly vary on Bay-I remain a proud hater, though Pain & Gain legitimately slaps-but even his biggest diehards should be willing to concede that his reign over Transformers had run its course. There’s a lot of TV out there. We want to help: Every week, we’ll tell you the best and most urgent shows to stream so you can stay on top of the ever-expanding heap of Peak TV. The franchise became so absurd that Ehren Kruger, the screenwriter responsible for three of those five movies, admitted there is no logical sense to Bay’s unique brand of chaos-and he meant it as a compliment. To experience a Bay-directed Transformers movie is like watching the “America, Fuck Yeah!” sequence from Team America: World Police delivered without a hint of irony: Human- and robot-kind work together in the pursuit of freedom, even if it means leveling entire cities in the process. With Michael Bay at the helm for the first five films, the series was synonymous with his signature Bayhem: explosive, mind-numbing action scenes interspersed with overly sexualized female characters and racist caricatures. Succession didn’t always pull directly from the real world, but it’s not hard to imagine Paramount Pictures reaching a similar inflection point when it comes to the Transformers franchise. (“YOU HAVE AWOKEN ME FROM MY HIBERNATION!” a robot bellows in a snippet of the film, which is hilariously juxtaposed with a group of bored Scandinavians looking on in despair.) By Succession’s final season, the next entry in the franchise, Kalispitron: Hibernation, has become an overlong shit show mired in expensive reshoots-turns out, a premise centered on a robot sleeping in a cave doesn’t yield anything interesting. Waystar Royco’s movie studio is responsible for the Kalispitron franchise, which Cousin Greg describes in Season 2 as “solid, mediocre entertainment.” Setting aside that Kalispitron is phonetically similar to the villainous Decepticons of Transformers lore, we know that this fictional IP is centered on giant robots and beginning to run out of ideas. I'm here to help you navigate through it all.While Succession spent most of its run skewering the über-wealthy, the Transformers movies, of all things, also managed to catch a few strays in the series. ![]() After all, there is so much music on the site, from Scottish indie pop to electronic blip-hop, swing jazz to psychedelic folk, Brazilian funk to string quartets, alt country twang to hardcore screamo. Think of me as the one-stop-record-shop for YouTube’s music community. I'll be working hard to make sure that YouTube is the music destination you expect it to be, and I'll be launching a few new channels to make it even easier for music fans to track down their favorite videos and discover new ones (with plans to include a few highly original sock-monkey serenades). I'll be on a perpetual hunt for good sights and sounds while reaching out to the talented musicians on the site (signed and unsigned).
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