Merged: Transformers 2

My opinions from the last move thread.

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1. Too much screen time for the twins (Mudflap and Skids). They made Sideswipe so freakin' sweet and he got barely any screen time. Jolt is barely in the movie, and he looked pretty awesome too.

2. The girl who was a decepticon (Alice). First off, hardly anyone who calls themselves a transformers fan actually is familiar with the pretender line. Secondly, it is a dumb line (I only thought it was an interesting concept when IDW fleshed it out) and I really don't think it fits in with the movie at all. I mean, why wouldn't they have more that infiltrate military complexes, etc?

3. I didn't like the Matrix of leadership design too much, and especially not that it was just a key to a machine for the most part.

4. So Sam is now Hot Rod? What is he, Witwicky Prime (rather than Rodimus Prime)? Don't kill him just to bring his dumb *** back to life, with some stupid "earning the matrix" BS. He didn't need to die to earn it.

5. Killing Optimus....really? Is this Transformers: the Movie circa 1986? He's been killed once, and it was a "mistake" and then he got resurrected. It has all been done before. I have no problem with Prime dying. It even made sense that he would not survive against the # of foes he faced. But then there has to be a convenient way for him to be brought back to life. Why not bring Jazz back to life? Or Jetfire after he sacrificed himself only to have prime throw his parts away after he was done.

6. Why did they have to "kill off" Jetfire? First Jazz, then Jetfire. Both were two of my favorite characters from the show/comics.

7. I LOVED Ravage. I even liked what they did with Soundwave. I liked that Skorponok returned.

8. Where is Wheeljack and Prowl? You have Jolt, Arcee, Mudflap and Skids, but not those two? I didn't like Arcee as multiple motorcycles either. I am picky maybe.

9. Had some sweet new decepticons, and they don't even really get introduced aside from as Devastator. Sideways didn't even get to transform into his robot mode.

10. I actually ended up liking Wheelie, who I don't care much for in the cartoon.

11. I guess I am too picky. I want a transformers movie though, that focuses on them primarily, not all this screen time by humans anymore. The first one was fine, as it was a good "intro," but I don't need to know more about individual military members than any Autobot.