Renny Harlin: Man, Myth, and Auteur

[Captain Russ]

What about Thrust? I always liked his red paint-job. He almost didn't look evil enough to be a Decepticon.

He'd be great.

And a nice color contrast between the icy blue spike that'd wreck him.

[Captain Russ]

But who sings the remake of "The Touch"?

Pre-drug embattled Justin Hawkins-led The Darkness.

COME AT ME BROS

[Ed Hocken]

Bobby has it right. But anyone who tries and remakes "Dare to be Stupid" by one Mister Weird Al Yankovic will have to answer to a higher authority.

[Bobby Bear]

He'd be great.

And a nice color contrast between the icy blue spike that'd wreck him.

This film would be many things, but ugly wouldn't be one of them!

E.T.A. Thanks, Ed!

[B_Metal]

Linkin Park...sadly.

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Oh, in the 80s....Hmm.

Can I say Huey Lewis and The News?

Ed, I hate you to death for mentioning Linkin Park. We're trying to make things BETTER not worse.

I'd be happy with a remastered version of Bush's original, although if David Lee Roth fancied taking a shot at a proper Van Halen version (again, via the wonder of this 80's Sliders scenario we've got going on) with his patented high-pitched "WOOOOOOW"s after almost every line, I might be persuaded.

Pre-drug embattled Justin Hawkins-led The Darkness.

COME AT ME BROS

Any of the three Bobby and Russ mention would work.

[B_Metal]

This is what the movies never touched. The absolute hatred Megatron has for Prime and how far Optimus is willing to go to stop him.

Oh that's right Decipticons are just mindless evil robots. DURR

[Abraham Smashington]

People need to stop bringing out the shitty fucking TF cartoon movie to back up their points. You're not helping your cause.

[Abraham Smashington]

Also fuck Harlin for NOES 4.

[FilmNerdJamie]

Also fuck Harlin for NOES 4.

It loses epic points for killing off Kincaid that quick, true, and it's not Dream Warriors. But...cooome ooooooon!

[Abraham Smashington]

I dig his other films, but I hate part 4 sooooo much and it's all him. He allowed Freddy to not be scary anymore. But the best part about it is any interview with him from that time. Fucking greatness.

[Captain Russ]

People need to stop bringing out the shitty fucking TF cartoon movie to back up their points. You're not helping your cause.

Aside from the inclusion of "The Touch," the more reasonable complaints and our remedies for them are completely valid for this proposed redux that will never happen.

Let the butthurt flow through you

[Timothy225]

Lot of good points raised in this thread. Revamping the looks of the Transformers, especially in a Harlin TF flick would work wonders. Case in point...

Agree with B-Metal - must have the hate 'twixt Prime and Megatron, and if Rerb can like TF3, us old farts can like us the '86 cartoon.

Instruments of destruction
Tools of powerplays
It's a violent eruption
Existence drips away (guitar solo!)

[Matt]

Sorry, but it's necessary.

[B_Metal]

People need to stop bringing out the shitty fucking TF movie to back up their points. You're not helping your cause.

I thought you liked the movies Rherb

Aside from the inclusion of "The Touch," the more reasonable complaints and our remedies for them are completely valid for this proposed redux that will never happen.

Let the butthurt flow through you

Lot of good points raised in this thread. Revamping the looks of the Transformers, especially in a Harlin TF flick would work wonders. Case in point...

Agree with B-Metal - must have the hate 'twixt Prime and Megatron, and if Rerb can like TF3, us old farts can like us the '86 cartoon.

Instruments of destruction
Tools of powerplays
It's a violent eruption
Existence drips away (guitar solo!)

Seriously, nobody wants the movies to be exactly like the cartoon but we would like more to the story than "we don't get along" between the autobots and decipticons. It also wouldn't be terrible to simplify the bot designs a little.

Feel free to hate the cartoon all you want but the movies had autobot heaven so it's not like it's highbrow entertainment.

[Bobby Bear]

The absolute hatred Megatron has for Prime and how far Optimus is willing to go to stop him.

Oh that's right Decipticons are just mindless evil robots.

Agreed. There wasn't one line to rival "I'll rip out your optiiiiiiiics!!!"

Aside from the inclusion of "The Touch," the more reasonable complaints and our remedies for them are completely valid for this proposed redux that will never happen.

Not with that attitude, buddy (don't stop believin'!)

Seriously, nobody wants the movies to be exactly like the cartoon but we would like more to the story than "we don't get along" between the autobots and decipticons.

Indeed. The aforementioned design modifications and personalities for the eponymous characters would be splendid bonuses.