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greenconverses) wrote2009-06-29 05:29 pm
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Hello, I'm a girl who likes explosions!
Okay, being a female Transformers fan, this sort of generalization kinda pisses me off:
While Bay's movies are best known for their over-the-top action sequences, he is developing a strong following from families, and his growing female audience suggests that for all of the film's leering close-ups of "Transformers" costar Megan Fox's anatomy, ticket buyers enjoy the "Transformers" love story, too. Source.
No. Just...no.
As much as I like the Sam/Mikaela story, that's not my favorite part of the movie nor the most enjoyable aspect of it by far. In fact, I could do without it completely. I know this is nothing new, but I hate, hate, hate the assumption I'm a ~girl~ I must be into epic movies for whatever slight romance the director decides to throw in. NOT SO.
Like any other 20-year-old, geeky fan boy, I went to watch the giant robot death matches, cool CGI, and Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots being generally awesome. Is it so hard for some people (read: entertainment writers, Hollywood exes, and others) to just admit that yes, girls like to watch things go explodey too and aren't at all concerned about a romantic storyline?
Now if that romantic storyline had been Sam/Bumblebee, I would've been all over it.
While Bay's movies are best known for their over-the-top action sequences, he is developing a strong following from families, and his growing female audience suggests that for all of the film's leering close-ups of "Transformers" costar Megan Fox's anatomy, ticket buyers enjoy the "Transformers" love story, too. Source.
No. Just...no.
As much as I like the Sam/Mikaela story, that's not my favorite part of the movie nor the most enjoyable aspect of it by far. In fact, I could do without it completely. I know this is nothing new, but I hate, hate, hate the assumption I'm a ~girl~ I must be into epic movies for whatever slight romance the director decides to throw in. NOT SO.
Like any other 20-year-old, geeky fan boy, I went to watch the giant robot death matches, cool CGI, and Optimus Prime and the rest of the Autobots being generally awesome. Is it so hard for some people (read: entertainment writers, Hollywood exes, and others) to just admit that yes, girls like to watch things go explodey too and aren't at all concerned about a romantic storyline?
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But hey who cares because I'm going there for badass robots and shit blowing the fuck up. I honestly would really love it if Mikaela would be written out in a horrific manner.
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Yes this, totally.
I honestly would really love it if Mikaela would be written out in a horrific manner.
I'd want her to be written out, but she just has so much more potential than being the OMG HAWT CHICK MUST OBJECTIFY for the male audience. You see glimmers of her awesome in both movies, but noooo.
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Besides, my favorite movie of all time (Titanic) is just as much action flick as it is romance. Well, maybe not so much action as, "PRETTY SHIP SINKING WHOO."
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Oh my GAWD, I loved Definitely Maybe. Mostly because of Ryan Reynolds. All right, completely because of Ryan Reynolds and Isla Fischer.
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and for Sam to finally admit that he loves Bumblebee more.no subject
But Sam/Bumblebee is way too awesome. I really wish there had been more of it in the movie, but I totally think the writers had delved into Transformers fandom for ROTF's plot.
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*sigh* I need to write Transformers fic sometime. Especially the Obama and Optimus Prime meeting for the first time plot bunny I had...
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And like you said, it's sexism at one of its worst to assume that just because we girls go to an action flick, we're going for the romance.
*growls*
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If you loved the first one, you're probably going to love this one. MOAR AWESOME ROBOT RAMPAGE YEAH.
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Yes. Because it might mean that women have thoughts, feelings, opinions, and desires that don't revolve around men.
Totally unacceptable.
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