Transformers 7 is coming, doesn't Optimus Prime love humans?

When that huge "guy" appeared -

"Click-click".

When that familiar voice sounded -

"Autobots, go".

We knew that the real "blockbuster" was back.

Yes, today in Changsha, we gathered 100 people and felt the charm of the blockbuster movie in the cinema for a long time.

To be honest, we also had doubts before watching the film.

As a movie that is filmed and filmed all over the place is "robot fighting", at the moment, when the audience's taste has been cultivated very badly, can it be successful?

After reading it, we finally took a reassurance pill.

This time "Transformers" has changed too much compared to the past.

Four-way melee fight!

Change is first and foremost storytelling.

There shouldn't be many people who watch "Transformers" for his story, right? But if you're familiar with the first few movies, you'll know that no one watches it not because they don't want to watch it, but because they don't do it well.

Especially "Transformers 5".

You can see that Michael Bay wants to enhance the epic sense of the story on the one hand, and increase the connection with humans on the other, but unfortunately, neither of these aspects are done well.

But Transformers 7 "has changed". Suffice it to say, of almost all Transformers movies, it combines these two aspects best.

The story begins with an accident at the museum.

One night in 1994, young intern Elena decided to investigate the source of a bird-shaped statue out of curiosity.

Who knew that the machine swept and the statue cracked, revealing a golden object coming out. At the moment when this object was revealed, a strange light invisible to humans rushed straight to the sky.

What is it?

Later, we learned that this is called the "speeding wheel key", like Doraemon's portal, which can connect various time and space.

And it is also the object of contention between the Universe Emperor and the Big Mac many years ago.

In that war, the Cosmic Emperor, who wanted to devour the planet everywhere by relying on the "Speed Curvature Key", completely defeated the Big Mac, and fortunately, a small number of Big Macs escaped with the "Speed Curved Wheel Key" and came to Earth.

As a result, this time the "speeding wheel key" reappeared in the rivers and lakes, which attracted the attention of the two gangs.

One is the Autobots stranded on Earth and want to rely on the ability of keys to return home.

One is the "thug" of the Universe Emperor, a fear beast headed by natural disasters.

If you add to this the Big Mac who has been keeping the key, and Noah and others, who have discovered danger and want to protect the earth, this "Change 7" arranges an unprecedented battle of the four centaurs.

The result?

Don't worry, there are no spoilers, I just want to talk to you about two more exciting action scenes.

One is a museum, the Autobots and the Dire Beast fight for the keys for the first time, the Autobots fail miserably, and even the Bumblebee is knifed.

But in this scene, the most thrilling thing is the human drama that has been spit on.

The story arranges the male protagonist Noah to steal the key, but unfortunately, he was chased and killed by the fear beast with the female protagonist, so the second changed into "Museum Horror Night", which also allows us to see how vulnerable humans are between fear beasts and autobots.

One detail is that the female protagonist is hiding behind the wall, and the male protagonist is ready to flee, but he is surprised to find that above the female protagonist, there is a fear beast standing, and the poor female protagonist does not know it.

It can be said that this simple thriller not only makes the audience's palms sweat, but also lays the groundwork for the future: only by uniting can we defeat a stronger enemy.

The other is a dogfight at the end.

In this scene, the Autobots, Big Macs, and humans unite to attack the fear beasts together.

I saw that on the battlefield, the Autobots resisted the frontal battlefield, the Big Mac conjured up a super-evolved form, and humans were responsible for "sneak attacks" to crack the key and close the channel, with a clear division of labor.

But when the key turned, the door of heaven and earth opened, and the Universe Emperor sent more and more killers, the United Legion began to suffer heavy casualties.

It was also at this time that Bumblebee was revived with the help of energy crystals, a dive, and its combat effectiveness soared.

It can only be described in four words: exciting.

That's right, this "Change 7" is about the story of different species uniting.

It is precisely this setting that makes both the historical space and different species have a great play, so even if there is no ups and downs in the portrayal of human characters, at least it is qualified.

Compared with the previous "Transformers", it is also a big improvement.

"Click"

A conspicuous bag that is more suitable for the car's physique is coming

The changes in "Change 7" are also "technical".

One question: Why do we like Transformers?

In fact, it is still because of "deformation".

It's not a big robot, it's not an alien like Ultraman, and its biggest selling point in our memory is that it can be turned into a car, into an airplane, into all kinds of things.

So the "Transformers" we remember are actually always accompanied by sound.

The sound of steel rubbing, the sound of collision, there is a mechanical texture in that sound, and our infinite imagination.

In the previous "Transformers", we roughly saw this memory.

Especially several protagonists, Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, the movie gives a lot of deformation shots to show.

However, the reason why I say "roughly" is because in those shots, their deformation speed is so fast, often in the blink of an eye, the deformation is completed, and if you want to see the details, you need to constantly pause.

And "Change 7" completely fulfilled my wish.

Take this new character Phantom, which is a "conspicuous bag" more suitable for the car's physique.

Phantom has countless transformations in this movie, but interestingly, almost every transformation has a special design.

For the first time, the warehouse became mechanical for the first time.

Because he maintains the shape of the car for a long time, when he becomes an Autobot, he can clearly see a gradual process from the body to the head.

But look closely, in order to reflect the state of the character, he finally put away the two wheels and "stretched his waist" by the way.

The second time, the male protagonist downstairs.

Since it first changed from an autobot to a car, and then changed back to an autobot in a few minutes, coupled with the experience of the last time, this time the transformation was obviously much smoother, and even played a handsome role in front of the little boy.

The third time, go to Peru with the male protagonist.

After repeated deformations, the phantom can be said to be familiar with it, and more importantly, in order to reflect his playful character, this time he changed shape during the march, and by the way, he also turned in a circle.

It can be said that the transformation of Transformers is not only clearer than before, but even adds character personalities, which is also the biggest highlight of "Change 7".

The "scary" thing is that almost every Transformer has a similar design.

Optimus Prime once fell off the cliff of deformation, it needs to consider not only the logic of the deformation, but also the rationality, such as how to reflect the collision again and again.

The stratosphere once had a "wobbly" deformation, because the form was too old, so it was arranged to put away the wheels very early, but in the end it still could not stand up and hit the ground.

Bumblebee's transformation is handsome, Alsie's transformation is sassy, and in the final battle, Big Mac conjures up a super form. That moment, at least as a Transformers fan, was exciting.

So obviously.

As a movie that cost $200 million, they didn't spend the money on salary, nor on publicity, but more on the display of the Transformers themselves.

As a result, even without reading the story, we can see many gratifying images.

Take the Flying Arrow Warrior voiced by Michelle Yeoh.

You watch the scene of her death, the wings slowly slipped and collapsed to the ground, and in the camera, the steel after steel, you seem to be able to smell the smell of rust.

These details, maybe you won't care.

But it is precisely this detail that makes these big guys have an unprecedented sense of reality.

Doesn't Optimus Prime love humans?

"Change 7" still attracted a lot of controversy.

Many people feel that Optimus Prime here has changed, has become less human-loving, and is no longer the "honorary citizen" who is enthusiastic about protecting the earth.

Are you sure? Yes and no.

"No" because they got the time wrong, you know, the story of this "Transformers" takes place in 1994, and the plot of the first 5 films has not yet begun.

And "yes" is exactly where I think this film is ambitious.

Optimus Prime in this part is indeed "less human-loving".

There is a quarrel scene between him and the male protagonist in the movie.

It happened because the key they took in the museum was snatched away by a natural disaster, so Optimus Prime complained there: he knew that he would not give it to humans.

The male protagonist then countered: Blame me? You didn't tell me that stuff was important.

Optimus Prime: Yes, it's all to blame that you lost the key, and now the Cosmic Emperor is going to devour the planet with it.

Well......

I think anyone who doesn't understand the cause and effect will think Optimus Prime is "not very good" when they see this conversation.

But if you could feel Optimus Prime's emotions in the moment, you might not think so.

Originally, the earth was just a temporary gas station for the Autobots, and Optimus Prime led the Autobots to participate in interstellar battles, and came to Earth during the process to take a break, but who expected that from now on on this "alien", there would be no return.

Hide and hide every day.

As the leader who made this decision, I don't know how much remorse there is in my head.

This time, he finally saw hope of returning home.

But the result?

Not only lost the key, but also sacrificed Bumblebee, can he not regret it?

So not only for humans, but even when he saw the Big Mac, he also raised his gun to face each other, and the insecurity was visible.

Isn't this Optimus Prime the most flesh-and-blood Optimus Prime ever?

In fact, not only Optimus Prime, but also humans.

At the end of the previous dialogue, Optimus Prime decided to lead the Autobots to find the other half of the key, and the humans heard about it and stopped working:

How can I trust a loser?

So he wants to secretly take back the key and destroy it secretly to protect the safety of the earth.

You see, each "person" thinks differently because of their different positions, Optimus Prime's ideas are righteous in the eyes of their race, but irresponsible for humans, and human ideas are to defend the earth in our opinion, but in the eyes of the Autobots, they cut off their way home.

Less human-centric, but more consideration of the position of each race, this is the ambition of this "Transformers".

Perhaps, it is the main conflict of the next "Transformers" series.

Sister E's epilogue

Back to the beginning topic, what is a blockbuster?

Investment? Scene? In fact, in the end, it is what we can't feel in other movies, that visual shock.

That's right, the plot of the "Transformers" series has never had any advantages.

This final "soul piercing Iron Man" also made many people who did not know the cause and effect complain.

However, just like "Avatar" to the cinema, the experience of "Transformers" only belongs to the cinema.

Take today's screening.

To be honest, even in the case of word of mouth, the enthusiastic response from the audience exceeded our expectations.

After all, if you watch it on TV, or even on a mobile phone, you can't feel the mechanical shock at all.

We hope that no matter what, the series will live a little longer.

For nothing else, just for us to have more reasons to stay in the cinema.

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