Transformers

Sam Witwicky: So... Maggie Madsen: What'd they get you for? Sam Witwicky: I bought a car. Turned out to be an alien robot. Glen: [whispered] Wow. Sam Witwicky: Who knew? Read in the news this morning that NASA is moving it's mission to the moon back a couple of years. So i thought this would be a great moment to rewatch the Transformers movies again ( even though the whole plot with the moon isn't until like movie three or so). I've watched these movies multiple times, once on a very long bus drive, and somehow I still find them incredible entertaining. Are they good movies? No. Are the a damn comedy? Hell yes. Similar to Fast & Furious it's a franchise that revolves around cars and somehow sexualizing women, but in comparison i have to say Transformers has a lot less homoerotic tension (which is a shame). Let's also not forget that it's basically just propaganda for the American Military... If one would like to analyze this movie deeply, one could argue that it plays on the fear of our technology turning against us and also discusses arguments for humanity and humanity's right to survive in the face of a "higher" species. But i fear there is not enough space here to do that...