Just saw it in theater last night (After having viewed a bootleg first to decide if it was worth it) and I can safely say I really enjoy it an it’s totally worth almost anyones time. I honestly thing the people with me, gf for example, who are not trans fans enjoyed it more. As I said above i;ve got a vision in my head of how it should be and could rattle of a rather lengthy list of what I think should have been done different but judging it on what it is rather than what I think it aughta be I have to say it’s pretty damned good. Few jokes are a little groan worthy and the sector 7 guy is way over done but all in all its totaly fun and has just enough “optimus prime talking about honor and courage and other inspirational stuff” to get me chocked up.

Unless your an absolute fanatical nut that doesnt even liek the comic book reimaginings of the story then you should have a blast at this.

The G1 series was definately fluff, and they were inspiring emotions while they were selling toys. A lot of heart went into those characters, even though the dialog was a bit lacking, you knew how every one of the characters would react, what motivated them, how they interacted with each other – it’s something I miss seeing from some of the “modern” cartoons, you just don’t get as attached.

I mean really, who all cried when Optimus Prime died in the animated movie?

/raise hand
/sniffle

I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I’m not going in with high expectations when I do. Really, reading the various mixed comments about the movie made me understand that, being a huge G1 fan, there’s no way they could ever do the original cartoon justice in a 2-some-hour movie, so why should they even try? A fresh look at it and try to make it entertaining is all they could do – look at how many people gripe about the Harry Potter movies for crying out loud. No way they were going to satisfy all the book fans, no matter how much involvement Rowling has with them. Same case here, I believe – there’s just so much to each character from G1 transformers, how in the world could you possibly make it a true fan movie and not have it last 8 hours?