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    Those Transformer Questions You Were Afraid To Ask

    Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    04/07/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    But...but... Arcee is one of my favorites! *sics IDW Arcee on Bay* Survive that, douchebag.
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    Image of Quilt Quilt
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    They killed everybody in the animated Transformers movie. Who gives a shit?
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    Image of CoffeyWasHere CoffeyWasHere
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    Why include her at all if you think she sucks, you fucking ponce? Seems like you could have given screen time something/someone more "awesome" instead of wasting everyone's time and a few million dollars on a character you detest. Prick.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/06/09

    @CoffeyWasHere: Good point. Why bother, unless you're TRYING to be an asshole?
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    Image of RanOutOfUserNameChoices RanOutOfUserNameChoices
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    A woman getting treated like crap in an action movie?


    NO WAY!

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    Image of Valrose Valrose
    04/06/09

    @RanOutOfUserNameChoices:

    Let us just hope that her death does not include being stuffed into a fridge.
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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/06/09

    @Valrose: She might turn into a fridge, still fulfilling the stereotype.
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    Image of SinisterBill prints in color on both sides SinisterBill prints in color on both sides
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    "There are certain actors that blossom on screen, and there are certain others where you're like, 'Yuck, I'm cutting them out of the movie.'"


    Then how the hell is Shia LaBeouf still alive?

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/06/09

    @SinisterBill: Him and what's her name, the bimbo love interest. Cut them both out and that would leave more time for Bayhem.
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    Image of Mount_Prion Mount_Prion
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    Transformers have genders so that THIS can happen:


    [www.toplessrobot.com]

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    Image of dirtybacon dirtybacon
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    Thank god I am awesome, and so therefore have nothing to worry from Michael Bay.
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    Image of RadProphet RadProphet
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    The only thing sad about Jazz's death, in Bay's eyes, is that it didn't happen in a spectacular explosion.


    I'll sound Jezebotish but Bay sounds like a misogynistic pig. There, I said it.

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    Image of Alchemistmerlin Alchemistmerlin
    04/06/09

    @RadProphet:


    He's a misogynist for killing off an unnecessary character in his vastly expanding cast of unnecessary characters?


    It's a fucking "robots and explosions" movie, stop trying to read motive into it.

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    Image of Meirelle Meirelle
    04/07/09

    @Alchemistmerlin: It's not that he's killing off a female character, it's the reason why. "Oh, I don't like her." Just the way he justifies himself rubs me the wrong way.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    The heck? They already made a Movie Arcee toy that looks exactly like that concept art. She's purple, not pink.
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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    04/06/09

    @Purple Dave: Now that you mention it, I'm a little unclear on that myself. But it's her sister that's the purple one, apparently.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/07/09

    @Alasdair Wilkins:
    Well, the back end of the bike has "RC 1000" printed on it. RC = Arcee, right?


    [www.flickr.com]


    In my book, that's purple. Kind of a reddish purple (maybe the one you mentioned is darker or more into the blue spectrum or something), but that certainly isn't pink. And if anyone should know, that'd be me.

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    Image of Alasdair Wilkins Alasdair Wilkins
    04/07/09

    @Purple Dave: I certainly make no claims to superior purple knowledge. I just report whatever color Michael Bay claims it is.
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    Image of Purple Dave Purple Dave
    04/07/09

    @Alasdair Wilkins:
    Eh, he's probably got scarred retinas from watching all those explosions in person...
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    Image of Chris R Chris R
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    "As some fans might remember, the death of Jazz in Bay's first "Transformers" film not only served as a reminder of the severity of the robot war, but also became one of the film's most touching moments."


    Really? A touching moment? Apparently I saw a different movie in which Optimus said, "Damn, Jazz is dead. Moving on blah blah blah." There was no touching moment. Hell, Jazz was barely on screen enough for us to tell him apart from the rest of the Autobots.


    Is there a directors cut in which Optimus goes into a 5 minute soliloquy ala Julius Caesar?

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    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    04/06/09

    @Chris R: I dont even remember a robot dieing. It was all just baysplosions and Shia saying "no".
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    Image of adamczar adamczar
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    He kills off the black robot in the first one and the female robot in the second one.


    I'm not implying anything, I don't think there's an agenda there, but I'm just sayin'. Some people might.

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    04/06/09

    @adamczar: A thing that makes you go hmmmmm.
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    Image of wheelsoffire wheelsoffire
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    I'm surprised this hasn't been cross-posted on Jezebel so they can all complain about this.
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    Image of Lassus Lassus
    04/06/09

    @wheelsoffire: The robots?
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    Image of Red-headed bookworm Red-headed bookworm
    04/06/09

    @Lassus: I think we are supposed to be coming here to complain that the female Transformer is pink...or gets killed off, whatever. Can I ask why everyone thinks we are all cranky over at Jezebel without someone thinking I'm cranky?
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    Image of Ruthless, If you let me Ruthless, If you let me
    04/06/09

    @Red-headed bookworm: I think all the frequenters of the sister sites only see the cross-posted stuff. They *probably* also see an inordinant amount of snarkiness regarding women and plastic surgery, or the Snap Judgements. (I use this example since I vaguely recall someone explaining that it was OK to make fun of someone that modified their own body as opposed to making fun of someone for inherent body shapes which is not OK.)


    It all boils down to people trying to be funny, without all the insight. Much like the comment memes of "Will it blend?" and "But cam it run Crysis? (Gizmodo,) formerly Brady Quinn jokes (Deadspin,) and others at the sister sites.


    I say this as a surfer of all the "non-blocked at work" sites of the Gawker network.

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    Image of miss_so_unknown miss_so_unknown
    04/06/09

    @Red-headed bookworm: The first few times it was like, ok, I get it, we're women and we're cranky sometimes. But the joke is officially played out. Seeing 'oh, the snarky Jezebels' posted on every Gawker site is ruining my experience. I enjoy io9 and Jezebel equally, and I don't want to choose between the sites because of an old joke. (Can't we all just get along?)
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    Image of miss_so_unknown miss_so_unknown
    04/06/09

    @BullLifter: Thank you for this. I really appreciate your insight.
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    04/06/09

    In reply to Michael Bay Kills Off Transformer Just Because He Can
    Wait, am I supposed to be sad? All I remember about The Movie is watching on VHS and crying that they killed Optimus. I have been indifferent to the deaths of robots ever since.


    Do your worst, Bay. Nothing can touch by basalt heart now.

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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    04/06/09

    @ThisDudeRufus:

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