The Bayformers trilogy: When Transformers Are Actually Good

#transformers Just My Thoughts On The Bayformers:)

[@savistone7218]

Should i give age of extinction and the last knight a second watch?

[@Tikirahh]

Extinction yeah

[@user-bx1mo4hb4x]

NO DONT CURSE YOURSELF

[@Hulk_Hoagie_Bread_Master]

I wish this video was 40 minutes long. Good shit bro

[@Hulk_Hoagie_Bread_Master]

8:20 they chose earth because of the energon deposits im assuming

[@PoIarisPrime]

Yep, aoe is amazing

[@SonicFanHedgehog_YT]

Bayformers ended with Dark of the Moon, AOE and TLK ruined it.

[@orhandalegend]

I dont really mind AOE (even though it traumatized me by giving Ratchet the most gruesome and cruel death ever and the romeo and juliet scene can go to hell)

[@PoIarisPrime]

No they didn't. AOE is a good movie. Can you actually have ur own mind for once

[@GalvatronStudios]

At this point, we can consider AOE and TLK as a reboot of the franchise.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@GalvatronStudios with all due respect since I think ur cool, that's a very wrong and unnecessary thing to do as aoe clearly does a good job at showing the aftermath of what happened after Chicago battle, the humans turning on them, cemetery wind and ksi, etc. it could've had a follow-up on what happened to the other autobots, but that's one issue as everything else works perfectly. The last knight is a clear followup, but I can see why you'd say something for that as it has many retcons and things that change it's lore, but it was meant to be the start of a cinematic universe.

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE was good, tlk had some big issues tho

[@UNKNOWNL3G3ND]

My only gripe with the Trilogy was the changing of the female cast. Like it doesn't change much, but the stupid decisions of actors lead to breaking the continuity of the elements.

[@jopnop22]

Megan fox was fired because of her “controversial remarks” about Michael Bay.

[@UNKNOWNL3G3ND]

@@jopnop22 and so she did

[@Skaiser_Wilhelm7938]

​@jopnop22 'He wants to be like Hitler on his set, and he is, so he's a nightmare to work with.' - Megan Fox

[@memethanYT]

@@Skaiser_Wilhelm7938 And Bay didn't even fire her, Steven Spielberg did! Real shame.

[@TheLastPrime38]

The 2007 Transformers and Dark of the Moon, were the first theater experiences I remember where I genuinely went "OH my god"

[@Franko384]

These three films are like the new star wars prequels. At first they got a ton of criticism and now that there's a differet interpretation of the transformers franchise, these films suddenly get praise.

[@TaydolfSwifter]

The thing is after tlk it becomes better unlike SW

[@Man_Aslume]

A surprise to be sure but a welcome one

[@_somestuff]

@@TaydolfSwifter true

[@shawerful5209]

It because they were the transformers for the large public, now that there are making more movies about transformers. they just become another element in the transformers universe

[@nugg3tz347]

Nah I recently rewatched them and the first one is the only tolerable one, dark of the moon literally put me to sleep. Time passing doesn’t make movies great all of a sudden.

[@Theorymus]

Nice work 👍

[@Jayden-mu1kh]

Yooooo the goat

[@rohandeo6424]

Cool

[@EnerJazzOfficial]

“unfortunately” true if they are not real? my brother in Christ hundreds of thousands of people would die if these fights were real. we already KNOW Chicago’s death toll is insane. that’s jus one fight

[@weewoo695]

I think that was a joke

[@nightxiv9329]

6:47 that whole scene is why Starscream is my fav bot. He just does a backflip, throws some cars at iron hide and scews him and ratchet up, then does 2-3 more flips and blasts out of there like it’s nothing 😂

[@bluebox13studios43]

That’s not even starscreams character tho that’s just him fighting like a transformer

[@_somestuff]

@@bluebox13studios43 Did Screamer have any personality besides being a "yes man" to Megs? Bc it would've been cool if they adapted the Armada storyline, but oh well.

[@nightxiv9329]

@@bluebox13studios43 sure but in the bayverse how many cybertronians are flying around doing the same cool shit? In 07 megatron was the only other guy.

[@bluebox13studios43]

@@_somestuff no he didn’t it would have been good if he was an actual character

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@bluebox13studios43 1. I don't know why you keep bringing this one point up considering you already agreed to it, and it's getting old having to re-explain. So I'm probably going to stop after this Lockdown ONLY WORKED with the humans because it was necessary, that doesn't mean he wanted to. The same way the humans WORKED with him despite disliking transformers, they HAD TO. As long as it is temporary, and the humans only agreed to help lockdown because it'd involve him leaving after (they don't want transformers on earth in the long run) and after, the humans and society would get a benefit from it while also getting rid of transformers by someone who's not on either faction. Getting rid of prime would prove to be even more beneficial. The writers clearly did it like this for a reason, this is common in fiction and makes sense, your reasons are genuinely proving nothing 2. Lockdown said the species mixing each other upset the cosmic balance, species, that would only apply to species, not the seed. Unless you prove it is referring to objects, then you'd have a valid point. Also, even if it was an unclear statement, that would only be one issue so far out of everything you presented which wouldn't even prove the movie is 3% flawed. 3. Whether Lockdown was being used as an asset or not doesn't ruin his character, because lockdown was ALSO using them as one. Lockdown asserts himself clear when he said "I don't care" to the literal leader of the group The definition of asset: useful, valuable Lockdown was useful, the same way cemetery wind was useful as they'd help each other with goals, temporarily. 4. Lockdown being a feared bounty hunter of the galaxy doesn't mean others can't be a threat or can't be near his level. Optimus is literally a prime and the same species of course he's going to have a threat to face. Humans being involved would make the process quicker and easier, especially when they have upgraded technology that can defeat transformers, it's no wonder he chose to work with them 5. Tlk is not related to aoe, so no point in bringing that up. We can agree to disagree if you want, because this has gotten tiring. Unless you can provide new evidence for your claims I wouldn't mind staying I guess.

[@mark5222]

When I watch Transformers, "Big robots, big fights" is all I have in mind and the first three movies definitely delivered this.

[@TheCaddyAye]

TLK is my guilty pleasure movie. I discard both AoE and TLK from cannon, but TLK is just such a silly movie that I just adore it. That and Sir Anthony Hopkins is just a treasure to witness in the insanity of it all.

[@memethanYT]

His death scene is... something else

[@TheCaddyAye]

@@memethanYT yeah he kinda just shoots the deceptions for a bit then just stands around looking at the birds.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Why tho aoe was the best one

[@PoIarisPrime]

Imagine

[@alecrodriguez5811]

@@PoIarisPrime AOE was indeed the best one.

[@J-Man1000]

It's always good to know that there are people out there who enjoy these movies even with their flaws, I agree with most of things you say, Nice video!

[@roach2110]

To be fair Optimus looking like a knight does look cool

[@troll1572]

Yeah but the first 3 actuwlly made him look alien, the knight makes him look human

[@ThatBigGeek]

Great to see someone not just trashing the bayfilms. I definitely agree that they’re they great in their own different sort of way. Great video!!!

[@jaycob1830]

I’ve watched AoE recently and it honestly wasn’t that bad. I’d say it’s underrated to be honest. The only thing that ticked me off majorly was the boyfriend Shane guy, other than that it was pretty simple and enjoyable

[@SmoglessSky2692]

Bayverse if the best in my opinion

[@user-bx1mo4hb4x]

Its ok to have wrong opinions

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@user-bx1mo4hb4x nope, he said bayverse is the best so it is the best.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@PoIarisPrime BW is mich bigger peak tbh.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@user-bx1mo4hb4x YOU are a wrong opinion

[@user-bx1mo4hb4x]

@@illyanesterenko8930 ah, a man of culture

[@brikmin]

The only problem is that we know that transformers can have a great and intriguing plot, just look at the comics, they are some of the best transformers stories ever written.

[@nitalukder2108]

I've been wanting to get into Transformers comics for years but there are so many series. Which one would you recommend?

[@brikmin]

@@nitalukder2108 the new skybound run, as well as idw's more than meets the eye, though you can't go wrong with most of idw. if you want more look at tf wiki

[@aweirdredtoad3637]

@@nitalukder2108 You can either go by the original Marvel run in the US, or the UK one. (UK run was better in terms of giving characters more recognition and spotlight stories.) You can read Regeneration one as well, IDW's run is beautiful and maybe abit of Dreamwave. It just depends on what you like in Transformers, but I would recommend IDW first.

[@nitalukder2108]

@@aweirdredtoad3637 The art of IDW looks nice, so I will try that. Thanks

[@mitchellbambam5926]

@@nitalukder2108get the new stuff from Skybound. They’re still coming out and if you like the G1 designs, but with beyond Bayverse level brutality then they’re a good choice. IDW is good too, but there’s a lot to catch up on.

[@davemac9563]

Nostalgia is hell of a drug lol

[@AaronLee0219]

So the reason why the transformation is so satisfying is that the parts are shrinking and expanding. Also, the robots do gimmicks like backflips or transforming while running or falling and transforming. Also, they add fake parts to make illusions so Bumblebees front is small but it turns bigger.

[@alecrodriguez5811]

Actually, we do know why Optimus was redesigned to be a knight in AOE. The thing that brought Michael Bay back was not because DOTM was so successful, but rather him going to Orlando to see Transformers: The Ride and Paramount offering to fund Pain & Gain. As for the former, a big part of the ride is a character named Evac who is the last of the Knights of Cybertron, who were the guardians of the AllSpark. Ehren Kruger (the writer of ROTF, DOTM, and AOE) wanted to use AOE to explore the origins of the transformers, particularly Optimus, and Michael Bay must have suggested that Optimus be made a knight. Ehren Kruger worked out a whole new mythology surrounding these knights which would’ve been explored in his sequel to AOE, but he was fired after the critical reception to AOE arrived. His replacement, Akiva Goldsman, is the one who came up with ridiculously idiotic mythology of the knights having been part of King Arthur’s Round Table, and the canon-breaking Order of Witwiccans. We know Ehren Kruger hadn’t intended to introduce anything like this because his knights had been delivered to the Creators by Lockdown centuries before the events of AOE and were not in stasis aboard a ship underwater on Earth as was revealed in TLK. It was also said that the Knights were fugitives because they disrupted a cosmic balance through the crime of “species mixing with species,” which doesn’t match their crime in TLK of stealing the Staff of Power from the goddess Quintessa, who never mentions a cosmic balance. Instead, she says Optimus’ crime was destroying Cybertron even though that’s also not “species mixing with species” either. It should also be mentioned that Optimus isn’t even a Guardian Knight in TLK as Quintessa had to explain their history to him, he only knew about Unicron. On one final note, the knight redesign for Optimus is the best Optimus Prime design that has ever been created, so it cannot be criticized in any way.

[@savistone7218]

I didn’t know that, thanks for the info

[@alecrodriguez5811]

@@savistone7218You’re welcome. I guess I should also mention that my favorite of the five films is Age of Extinction, and that I think it’s misunderstood. The film has just as many issues as those that preceded it, but I think the biggest problem it has is the same one that unfortunately plagues the Synder Cut: That they’re both part of an incomplete story. Michael Bay made the film as a last hurrah, utilizing stuff he hadn’t had access to in the prior films like the CIA and on location shooting in China, but where the film would be going in it’s sequel is what should be focused on the most, and in that regard Ehren Kruger did an excellent job. Lockdown is only supposed to be the first glimpse into the universe that Optimus will find himself in after leaving Earth, and since Lockdown is easily the best villain in the franchise, it was going to be a really cool universe at that. Kruger even taunted the audience with this information, having Lockdown say “Every galaxy I’ve traveled, all you species are all the same. You all think you’re the center of the universe. You have no idea…” to Harold Attinger. The Last Knight completely fumbled this setup though by centering the entire film around Earth again, taking it upon itself to completely mess up what Kruger was trying to do with the Creators. If we had actually seen the Creators, it would’ve been like Darkseid invading Earth in Justice League: Part II as they both had that much potential. Anyway, other reasons people discard Age of Extinction is out of the accusation that it’s not well written or not well produced, but I’d only point them to a video from KZbinr John Pattison titled: Transformers Age of Extinction is BETTER THAN YOU REMEMBER. His only failing in that video is not understanding what took place between DOTM and AOE, but I did that work myself on a page in transformers.fandom.com called End of the Alliance. One last thing, the Creators did not cause the extinction event on Earth. They rather arrived on Earth a few years before the arrival of the meteor, carried out a targeted bombing run on like maybe ten valleys in prehistoric Antarctica, collected elemental metal, and left to unload their cargo. This is why the elemental metal is said to be so rare on Earth and why the film opens in Antarctica: the entire planet was never terraformed. There were no where near enough ships for that.

[@KristopherPrime]

I seriously don’t get why there was a subplot of Sam finding a job. As you said, he could have joined up with NEST. Hell, he clearly wanted to. And while he isn’t a soldier (definitely couldn’t he hired in that capacity), there was SOMETHING they could have given him like janitorial or maintenance work with the occasional autobot assisting. As long as we worked with the Autobots and hung out with Bee, he likely would have been happy with just that.

[@keyman245]

Main problem is that Every human on this franchise is a imbecile loud goblin, and Sam is a terrible human being even when compared to other people, NEST would NEVER hire him because 1. They are assholes 2. Sam is completely uses, save from the time he became a MCguffin dude only ability is having bumblebee

[@Vhie05]

He could've also acted as an Autobot liaison (which makes him a direct opposite Dylan who actually was the Decepticon liasion) to strengthen Dylan's point that Sam thought he's the only modern human deep enough in the Transformers happenings And the guy nearly sacrificed his life facing MEGATRON and got flipped over in Egypt, come on he deserves more compensation than what we see realistically

[@PoIarisPrime]

When did Sam wanna team up with nest the entire time throughout the second and third movie he's talking about how he doesn't wanna get involved did you even watch the movies?

[@Vhie05]

@@PoIarisPrime in the 2nd movie, it made sense. Sam was in college and clearly reminded Optimus that he (OP) doesn't need Sam, which Optimus says otherwise. What doesn't make sense to me is how by the time the third movie arrives, Sam isn't in witness protection or secured himself an actual job and still has the get his resume questioned, even after his identity got leaked in the 2nd movie. So yeah I agree with the original comment that it doesn't make sense Sam is looking for a job, but at the same time acknowledge Sam didn't want to be involved in ROTF

[@callmejacob3234]

Transformers is an underrated franchise and deserves more love. It's way better than the superhero slop we have today.

[@badman_iiixiii]

My only problem with 1-3 is how violent Optimus became in 2 and 3. In the first, Optimus killing Bonecrusher is quick and relatively clean. He's more concerned with sacrificing himself than wishing to kill any Decepticon, expressed remorse that Megatron had to die, and part of me thinks he genuinely believed the Decepticons would stop fighting once the All-Spark was destroyed as they would have no reason to. (Likely because the original DOTM ending was something similar). In the sequels he goes from this to ripping off faces with hooks and axes. I really hated the redesign in 4 and 5 so I never bothered watching the last

[@alobaymar]

The whole point is that Autobots are as viscious and violent as the Decepticons (as proven by Sentinel) but Optimus is here to change the game.

[@Gangstanoob1998]

If I died once already, stabbed in the back (literally), my mentor betraying me, killing my friends and starting a whole invasion to enslave the species I swore to protect, also attempted to kill me and my friends a 2nd time, I'd lose my cool too.

[@alobaymar]

TRUE

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@alobaymar hey

[@drixcaster5169]

The design in 4 & 5 was actually good but they did everyone dirty with the plot.

[@samuelgallegos5107]

What song did you use in the background

[@thesilentscreamer1595]

I'm really happy that some people finally appreciate and love the Bayformers franchise. Despite their flaws, the Bayformers movies make up a large part of my childhood. Even now, I still remember the first time when I watched Transformers (2007) and how awesome it was to my young brain. Nowadays, I do not or cannot feel the same about the latest Transformers movies at all. No matter how many times I rewatch Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts, I don't have the same feeling of inspiration and awe-inspiring anymore. The Transformers in the Bayformers universe feel VERY real and lively whereas the latest Transformers feel... off somehow.

[@kittsuyokamekiri]

Yeah same, I always felt alone for liking movies that everybody else hated so much

[@nickthebabba7767]

It could’ve been perfect if it just ended at DoTM (which it did, the two movies that came after are failed attempts of a reboot, with Bumblebee being a second attempt and actually succeeding)

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@nickthebabba7767 nope, AOE was good

[@thearbiter3351]

The 2nd movie was a banger, I don't know what you smoked but your speech is clearly showing that

[@KylanHarv]

One crucial thing Michael Bay proved in TLK is that full-on CGI final battles are terrible for live-action films. Which was later on repeated with RotB, which was its major let down.

[@markjakab6635]

Aoe was goated

[@marcinmcula99]

I knew that would happen. First people started praising the star wars prequels and now bayformers. Nostalgia will make you think garbage is actually art

[@Shield51_]

first 3 were always goated

[@superxavxii421]

Not really, it's just that the kids who grew up on it now have a voice to speak up and we get to hear how much they loved it. This happens to every generation tbh, you tend to love what you grew up on. Not saying this is 100% always the case, but it's a common occurrence. People nowadays call the current kid shows trash, but when those kids grow older they will be making video essays titled "Why Paw Patrol is the best show of all time" lol.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Except the films aren't garbage lol

[@bluebox13studios43]

Eh the prequels are great tf is not so much

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@bluebox13studios43 ur opinion

[@hashling8]

Even as a child I used to notice all the writing flaws and retcons that came with each instalment but I always loved these films especially the first two but I haven’t seen any since age of extinction

[@angelescobar5714]

10:10 THISSS bro it would've changed everthing!!

[@sithproductions6996]

dont know if its the nostalgia but trhe bayverse truly was a masterpiece

[@TheRightSoPod]

Get this dude more subs. PLEASE

[@elementalt4nick]

Personally I find the first to be a pretty good TF movie The second to be watchable And the third to be boring because of Sam

[@ultimateslinger9857]

Aside from the first movie Sam got really annoying after that

[@xtravugant4245]

@@ultimateslinger9857does everyone agree to this ?^^ I enjoyed his character

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@xtravugant4245 no one gives a care who agrees to it or not have ur own opinion weirdo

[@XiasIV]

They kept retconning stuff even within the first three movies. I couldnt get behind anything other than the first movie and specifically John Goodman the transformer

[@rancidavocado2166]

Oh god were hyping up bayformers now only things that were peak were the effects and CGI rest is a bane on the series

[@PoIarisPrime]

Nah

[@Brushed_Ranger]

(when transformers was actually good) transformers has always been good since 1984

[@thqwibble]

love the first three as i grew up with them, though personally i like to pretend AOE and TLK don't exist

[@Letsgetdusty]

Bayformers is good until you checkout literally any other transformers media, then it’s damn near impossible to back to

[@zadas1132]

Anything other than that one series being a sequel to Transformers Prime, PLEASE.

[@ultimateslinger9857]

@@zadas1132Love prime. My favorite Transformers related thing ever.

[@user-bx1mo4hb4x]

@@zadas1132what prequel

[@MaximumSillyGoof]

@@user-bx1mo4hb4x He's talkin about Robots in Disguise, and it's a sequel not a prequel.

[@Gangstanoob1998]

Nah, it literally was what got me into it and I've consumed many media since and still love it as much as the others.

[@erumikun]

cuh improving

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE was an amazing movie man

[@forgottowipemybum]

its my all time favorite movie in the transformers franchise almost being beaten by transformers 2007 the hate it gets is undeserved

[@kaijuwarrior8917]

It really wasn’t

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kaijuwarrior8917 It really was*

[@kaijuwarrior8917]

@@PoIarisPrimeIf you wanna defend the movie that spent more time defending borderline pedophilia than developing its characters, then go for it champ. that movie has great idea but terrible execution and bloated runtime

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kaijuwarrior8917 It's characters are literally well developed but keep coping and I'm not talking about those scenes with tessa or shane bud everything else is fine and you can't prove me wrong

[@alro5679]

As as as I know, they made optimus into knight so they could sell more toys with separate weapons

[@thealphabeticalist]

They are alright.

[@sunsetman22]

these films are blockbuster masterpieces, and should be viewed through that lense in my opinion. the 2007 film is a classic in my book.

[@Vhie05]

For the past 3 years or so, the world amusingly went "Yeah, let's forget AoE and TLK", and many people collectively referred to the Bayformers as a trilogy without much prior discussion to kick AoE and TLK out It all started when Sam wasn't the main guy and they turned Optimus into an absurdly large man. With barely any truck parts. I love the og trilogy, say what you want about Bay but at least he had passion for the first three. He was just being generous with that Hong Kong battle in AoE

[@PoIarisPrime]

a lot of people think aoe is underrated tho and it's arguably the best one in the entire franchise bc more character development and more personality for the robots + Megatron is actually pulling the strings here as galvatron and we aren't exactly facing just decepticons anymore

[@Vhie05]

@@PoIarisPrime AoE is still the biggest miss of potential but had the best setup. The Transformers finally have personality but the next movie seemed to invalidate the point of Optimus leaving Earth. I kind of wish AoE's worldbuilding lasted a lot longer, TRF is just lame compared to Cemetery Wind.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@Vhie05 AOE isn't the biggest miss of potential for that tho that wasn't AOE's fault if anything you should say that about tlk (tlk still amazing to me tho)

[@Vhie05]

@@PoIarisPrime alright fair enough that you could say TLK is a miss potential, when really I would've preferred TLK's plot be pushed a lot far back. Imagine back in 2014, thinking Prime is embarking on a space adventure only to realize he was back on Earth just 3 years after AoE released. TLK should've been TF 6 or 7, it's too early Optimus to return to Earth after such a threat he made at the end of AoE I'm saying AoE is missed potential because the long runtime was misused, (I love the Hong Kong battle more than ROTF Egypt) but dang did AoE's highway battle suck compared to like 07 or DOTM's, the redesigns were hit-or-miss. They got the plot points right, hunting down both Bots and Cons as fugitives, reusing their parts and tech ceo using Transformers for their own benefit, but it still lacked.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@Vhie05 Explain AOE was missed potential, we can debate it. The person who wrote AOE's script literally had plans for the fifth film but he was fired before he could tell where it would go

[@walix0799]

I like the bay movies idk why some people hate his movies that much. Atleast there is action and cgi was amazing. Cant understand the critics Also btw TF4 and 5 were ok, but ofc the first 3 were peak

[@goldengodgoldengod-yj4rf]

Grounded. That is the word your looking for. An example for a grounded material is something like monster hunter. Rathalos has 4 limbs like all animals. It had realistic behavior. But elder dragons are more fantastical. Transformers is the same but the elder dragons are the transformers. Sure they are grounded but they are unrealistic.

[@superxavxii421]

I would not say peak, even as someone who likes 1,2, and 3. Besides the weird bay humor in all three, TF1 is alright, TF2 is the weakest but has some kickass fights, and TF3 is my favorite with the most off the wall action. If i can say anything about the other two, its that AOE Grimlock is cool and TLK Barricade is cool, but besides that, im not a fan of TF 4 and 5. Im hoping that Transformers One will be great so we can get a new series, cause im liking its tone and we get a movie without humans so the cybertronians get the full spotlight.

[@PoIarisPrime]

TF2 is the strongest film out of the 3 tho (the others were excellent too tho)

[@Itskingcodone]

Hey man! I really like the content of your video, if I were to give any constructive criticism I would say you should make an affront to annunciate more properly. You tend to mumble and talk a little too quickly, just take your time! Love the video though 👍

[@galorefilms7489]

Okay look, I hate the bayformers movies but I can agree that the main triliogy had its moments. I'm not trying to hate on your opinion to be honest I'm glad that there are fans of theses movies showing that it wasn't all a waste of time for the creators.

[@RiC3R69]

I love Transformers 1 & 2

[@AntonioDues]

176 sub 💪🏽💯

[@FTWDKSSB]

James 1:21 21 Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you

[@HackRazor1012]

It is my unpopular opinion that AOE and TLK are decent (not "good") movies on their own. Both have some pretty damn cool ideas tbh and I personally enjoy them. But good god. They are actually awful as part of an existing series.

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE is good tho

[@AvionMurrell]

Mannnnn I remember the lil bobble heads for the promotion of dotm damm I had prime and shock wave I was mad af I wanted bee so bad bro I asked the lady at Burger King before going to the movies aye miss you got bumble bee she’s like nah kid soory I’m all like 👁️👄👁️ Nah this can’t be 😂

[@naytny5819]

Age of extinction is better than revenge of the fallen and dark of the moon. It also built off dark of the moon perfectly by showing the aftermath of how the humans react to the destruction in dotm.

[@Tikirahh]

Heavy agree. AOE had the best line-up of Autobots and Villains IMO, While Galvatron i thought was heavily underused he STILL had more to do than most of the villains in DOTM.

[@kymerahYT]

Buuuut, that’s not how “humans” reacted to the events of DOTM, it’s how a select military group reacted. Remember, the president wanted to meet Optimus, even he was kept in the dark about the killings.

[@naytny5819]

@@kymerahYT military group = humans they are also more relevant than a regular citizen since some of them were there first hand witnessing the destruction of Chicago. Obvious some random people in China won't be as affected by something happening in America so there was no focus on them

[@naytny5819]

@@Tikirahh i felt like Galveston was setup to be more important in the sequel but we all know how last knight turned out...

[@Vhie05]

This would've been solved if ROTF was skipped, DOTM went ahead and AOE was last. I think it flows better that way If it were reworked: 1st movie = Arrival to Earth 2nd movie = Coexisting in Earth 3rd movie = Fugitives in Earth

[@filippohl9097]

I love the theory that the Decepticons are the most good faction in these movies, still not with good intentions but they are stopping the space satan and his offspring aka humans.

[@heyer777]

optimus knight is baddass change my mind

[@Gangstanoob1998]

What people keep misunderstanding about the Bayformers is that it wasn't made with high cinema in mind. Michael says this as much. It's meant to be a huge blockbuster action packed film that teenagers can enjoy. Key word: TEENAGERS. And even then, adults can still enjoy it. It knows that it is and is unashamed at being so. The plots are simple and straightforward, the humor is outrageous and over the top ridiculous, the action is adrenaline inducing awe and spectacle, some fanservice moments sprinkled here and there for spice. How I see the Bayverse is that it's an action adventure film first and foremost, with the Transformers being these larger than life Lovecraftian (in terms of design) set pieces and backdrops. Do I want a more TF focused film? Obviously. But sometimes, you have to meet a film on its terms to judge it fairly and objectively, not what YOU want out of it. You can't judge a juicy burger with large fries and a Coke fairly if you're going in expecting fine dining with the best cut of steak and wine. They're totally different things. The problem I see with a lot of haters is that they expect Bayverse to be fine dining when it's honestly telling and showing us its just a damn good fast food burger. Also Bayverse still has the best live action designs, at least the OT.

[@PoIarisPrime]

But Age Of Extinction DID have high cinema

[@kao7143]

extremely well said

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

Bro just because a film can be enjoyed by teens and adults doesn't mean it should misrepresent a IP. There's a difference between well written films that aren't citizen Kane but aren't trying to be dumb fun either and just dumb fun that doesn't care if it's accurate to the source material or not. There's a reason why TF animated, tf prime and the cybertron games were met with high praise from fans meanwhile at the same time, these movies got mixed reactions time and time again. As films, the bayverse doesn't represent the franchise properly. Fun films but they're better off as their own things and not what the franchise should of had as the first live action films. Haters of the bayverse want proper representation of the franchise, not the next godfather. Is that hard to ask? It's the equivalent of asking marvel writers to read the comics and stop making unnecessary changes. A simple request that shouldn't be hard to bring to the screen. If we are comparing TF to food then the franchise is a grocery store of many different types of good and bad foods and the bayverse is leaning towards the food that's not healthy but it's delicious side. Meanwhile most of the franchise leans towards the healthy or average food you can eat on a regular basis.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@Kaiju-bm4ts The bayverse DOES represent itself properly. But it doesn't represent transformers properly - doesn't mean they're bad on their own

[@Kaiju-bm4ts]

@@PoIarisPrime Bro on it's own, the bayverse is still flawed, this is why I described it as junk food that's not healthy for you but you can't help but find joy in it. Meanwhile the rest of the franchise is equivalent to healthy to average food you can eat on the daily

[@RaisenBran_9919]

All honesty I really didn’t care for the redesigns in the later movies just the stories of the last two weren’t really hitting

[@liltanooki7005]

I know AOE is a disgrace but I’m kinda happy that we got to see galvatron and the Dinos. I feel like they could’ve just done that within the original trilogy tho instead of them just making the first three movies re-hashes of each other

[@PoIarisPrime]

Alright buddy Imma have to stop u there aoe is not a "disgrace"

[@zucchini2339]

Gonna be real i hate the goofy ass cartoon transformers designs. Maybe i just prefer the cooler designs

[@shawerful5209]

People are pissed that these movies are getting praise, cmon we had more than 10 years of these movies getting shit, let we be happy for once

[@marcinmcula99]

Have to recommend cosmonaut picture show videos on these movies, now that's peak entertainment

[@Marcosbolado1845]

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen is very average, it missed the chance to put Age of Extinction(2nd best film in this franchise) on video

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE and rotf were good

[@animeking1357]

While I do agree they're not as good as 07 and Dark of the Moon I actually really enjoy Age of Extinction and The Last Knight. None of these movies are perfect, I basically consider them all movies to turn your brain off to watch.

[@kaijuwarrior8917]

Controversial opinion but I actually liked sam as a protagonist and I think the closest we ever got was charlie. mark walberg wasn’t that great. Unpopular opinion, i actually like sam’s parents. I find them funny most of the time. me and my mom regularly quote the random shit sam’s mom says lol

[@LucasAustin8895]

Bumblebee which was directed by Travis Knight had what the first Bayformers film lacked. Character driven storytelling slowing down on the action to focus on the characters of Bumblebee (voiced by Dylan O'Brien) and Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld)

[@PoIarisPrime]

The first bayformers movie was BETTER than the bumblebee movie

[@LucasAustin8895]

@@PoIarisPrime The Bumblebee movie actually made us care about the characters

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@LucasAustin8895 And you're claiming no one cared about any from 2007? People clearly loved them. The whole fandom likes ratchet, Ironhide and jazz and ofc bee and prime... Just stop

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@LucasAustin8895 tf1 had better introduction and character than bb movie. BB movie doesn't excel in character because most of it is just bee having amnesia. If he didn't have it and the character moments happened, it'd be way more impactful. Bee movie was still good but it's not on the level of tf1, 2, 3, or 4.

[@LucasAustin8895]

@@PoIarisPrime for the Amnesia plot I will give you that but It had what the first 5 Transformers movies lacked, Heart and emotion. All the live action Transformers movies have this human Transformer relationship problem where it kinda feels forced and we always get a mcguffin chasing end of the world scenario and the we get action every 5 minutes with a little less slowed down emotional scenes for a couple of minutes but they usually don't last then we are back to the non stop action where we get a little less development in the characters. In "Bumblebee", we didn't get a action-packed end of the world mcguffin chasing scenario nor action every 5 minutes unless you are looking at act 3 and the prologue for the action. Sure "Bumblebee" lacked action but it made up for it with a ET and inspired coming of age story focused on the chemistry between Charlie Watson (Hailee Steinfeld) and Bumblebee (voiced by Dylan O'Brien, in the prologue). So we need to look at all the reasons why each live action Transformers movie are basically the same movie. "Bumblebee" is basically what Spielberg envisioned for the 2007 Transformers movie to be like where Bay would have thought it would be too kidish. Michael Bay (producer of "Bumblebee" and "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts") told Travis Knight (director of "Bumblebee") to make "Bumblebee" the way Travis Knight wants to make a Transformers movie. At least no offense to Steven Caple Jr. (Director of "Transformers: Rise of the Beasts") Knight didn't have to direct a Bayformers movie without Michael Bay

[@kymerahYT]

Anyone else hate it when people call Cybertronians “robots?”

[@whomilloo]

Age of Extinction is actually Top 3 for me, i just hated Cade Jaegar 😭

[@Omar_ZX]

Wow imagine if they made extra sequels to dark of the moon aka peak, that couldn't happen, just like pacific rim (joke) Edit: wow I did not know there were aoe super fans and the fact I have to "earn the right to dislike it" even though I've probably watched it more than everyone replying to my comment

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE?

[@Tikirahh]

Stop regurgitating other peoples opinions. AOE was better than DOTM and i stand by that opinion until i die.

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE is good Omar keep crying

[@djspectrebolt8450]

@@Tikirahh buh it's possible for people to not like age of extinction

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@djspectrebolt8450 and their reasons usually consist of terrible points

[@nitroplays7024]

"Tf franchise nown for its bad writing and plots" hope you talk only about the movies 😂 cus the Shows Games Comics are oll peak and carry the franchise

[@MontyTheMothman]

They were alright. Generic bay movies.

[@bluebox13studios43]

Look I’m not gonna sit here and say I hate the live action totally , but peak…. That’s a stretch , they were technically impressive, had some really good moments even, and entertaining for the most part .. but transformers best strength is its wide cast of diverse characters, and it’s really cool and unique angles of storytelling. It doesn’t have to be g1 but the movies do not respect the transformers as complex characters or story points I think movies 1-3 are great I love the first movie and what it setup but after there’s no characters really just plot devices and the storytelling is frustrating because the transformers which should be the movies main thing are relegated to being barely visible unless it’s bumblebee, or Optimus , half of the time some just sit in vehicle mode for a lot of scenes like dotm could be awsome… but there’s no transformers characters in it just Optimus barely and sentinel megatron just sits out most of the movie. Your entitled to your opinions but the bay movies just don’t respect the characters or what transformers is always actually been about their not just about robots who turn into vehicles in a war , they have always been “more than meets the eye” and the movies simply miss that

[@savistone7218]

Yeah, if only transformers movies actually focuses on the transformers it self, then it would’ve been a lot better, still think that TFP is the best adaptation of transformers, it manage to balance the robot casts stories and human casts stories very well, which in turn also makes the robot feel like characters instead of like u said “plot devices” and also it’s “peak” as in the bayformers franchise, not like transformers as a whole and also it looks good for the thumbnail Lol

[@bluebox13studios43]

@@savistone7218 highly agree TFP knew exactly what it was doing amazing storytelling, worldbuilding, and characterization!! I mean the movies literally had starscream and didn’t do a single thing with him one of the most devious deceptions easiest to write for as far as character traits and Megatron being gone for years and years and they didn’t even capitalize on it

[@PoIarisPrime]

Age of Extinction was peak fiction tho

[@bluebox13studios43]

@@PoIarisPrime explain how because I don’t see it but I would like to see your point of view

[@LLockdown877]

​@PoIarisPrime no offense but I don't see how the only thing I liked was lockdown and optimus and bee evasion modes

[@MrExoticDemon]

All of the movies are good aside from the 1st. Lore and storyline kind of fell off but at the same time it makes sense

[@seth3491]

Theyre good

[@DarthAlphaTheGreat]

Ok, even hot poop looks good compared to the post Transponders 4+ movies.

[@toadieten]

Knight Optimus is my favorite iteration

[@CertifiedGrimlockFan]

The first three were good. DOTM is the best while ROTF was the worst. AOE’s plot was interesting but it makes up in character designs and actually giving a new character a decent personality, Hound was a blessing. TLK sucked. No way around it.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Rotf was good

[@M64bros]

Finally!!!! Someone that actually sees the first three Michael Bay Transformers movies as a true trilogy! I absolutely loved the first three movies more than the last two, I always pretend that the last two movies never existed.

[@PoIarisPrime]

why? 😭 AOE was good

[@M64bros]

@@PoIarisPrime AOE cuz actually not that terrible but it's still a good movie, Yes I'm not a fan of the prime design but I'm starting to grow into it a little bit more now. However, I do absolutely love how he referenced the G1 truck in the beginning of the movie, Age of Extinction was actually pretty good though now that I'm looking back at it

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@M64bros true

[@christopherjohnson2171]

T2/3 get a lot of hate, but that's just from critics/snobs. I don't think I've ever met a Transformers fan that dislikes them.

[@snoot6629]

tf2 made me fall asleep and I love tf franchise

[@xtravugant4245]

@@snoot6629definitely the weakest of the 3

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@xtravugant4245 strongest* of the 3

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@snoot6629 sad for u

[@xtravugant4245]

@@PoIarisPrime u think revenge of the fallen os the best out of the three ? Wild statement

[@mooliciousmaul6514]

Yes, peak Transformers. When nothing makes sense, the continuity is all over the place and characters who are either incompetent or stupid. Just because the movie is supposed to be fun doesn’t mean it can’t be good and have characters who aren’t stupid and a story that isn’t laughable.

[@antlastheant]

Dude it’s just his opinion

[@user-bx1mo4hb4x]

@@antlastheantits ok to have wrong opinions

[@antlastheant]

@@user-bx1mo4hb4x opinions can not be wrong by definition.

[@alobaymar]

Who tf watches Transformers for the PLOT? HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHA

[@PoIarisPrime]

Everything makes sense up until tlk lol

[@chad9971]

The first Transformers trilogy with Shia was fcking SICK! The reboots are lame af

[@GeneralConobi]

1 & 3 are the best ones the other 3 are unbearable

[@user-ed7cw8on7n]

aoe was good bc of lockdown tlk was not

[@thehahvokexperience]

FINALLY, SOMEONE SAID IT! THE TRANSFORMERS TRILOGY IS AMAZING! TOP TIER POPCORN CINEMA!

[@PoIarisPrime]

Ur mom is cinema

[@squishyazalea9970]

i respect bayformers for what it is, but it doesnt represent the transformers for me. no really unique transformer characters besides bee and prime. I like when each member has their own job to do. prime is a complete opposite of who he's supposed to be. and the decepticons were even worse.

[@J7R29]

No

[@_somestuff]

Eh, not really. The first is okay at best, Revenge is terrible and Dark was a fun bad movie. The films pale in retrospect with shows like Beast Wars, Animated or Prime. Even Armada, which, despite being meh compared to other shows, actually bothered to develop the characters beyond the "good guy who's tough". The trilogy is still better than Age of Excrement or The Last Turd, no denying that. Those 2 are just as dogshit as Energon.

[@PoIarisPrime]

Revenge of the fallen was good

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@PoIarisPrime *NO*

[@namonef]

AoE needs rewrite.

[@alecrodriguez5811]

I’d love to see you try

[@Tikirahh]

I'm so fuckin' tired of people saying AOE was bad. DOTM was incredibly boring filled with horrible acting and mushed together characters & villains with lack of screen time while trying to fit in the most possible giving you blue-balls the entire time packed in with weird unsettling & awkward human drama. While AOE was filled with hype until the end where the climax was more than good with amazing action, Actual cool villains and a right amount of Hollywood corniness. Everyone has lied to themselves so much into believing AOE was bad because of audience manipulation from reviews and people that are big in the communities, TLK was bad, AOE was not even close to bad. Most of the people saying AOE don't have an actual opinion on it they just regurgitate others opinions so they can fit into the community. Not only that, Since when was ROTF good? Apart from the forest fight scene the rest of it was absolute (Very rarely joyful & fun) trash so why is everyone praising the "trilogy" even though Transformers 2007 carried it? Stop glorifying a "trilogy" that fell off after the second movie while the rest were just enjoyable guilty pleasures (Some better than others) up until TLK.

[@naytny5819]

You ain't lying I was hesitant to buy the 5 movie blu ray collection because I heard how bad 4/5 were and wanted to just stop at dark of the moon but after watching AOE I actually found it equal if not better than Dark of the moon and leagues better in than revenge of the fallen. Like I understand people have nostalgia towards the trilogy but as a fan of the movies since 07 the first movie I'm not gonna shit on a decent movie.

[@HeyaHeya_643]

These were the transformers I grew up with and people saying random useless stuff about it meaning that they don't know if they're evening telling the truth or not,and besides I believe a lot of people just say misinformation of these films if they know nothing about the bayverse.

[@kao7143]

its called an opinion

[@Tikirahh]

@@kao7143 Yeah, A horrible one.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kao7143 u can have ur opinion but a lot of people like AOE anyways

[@Velvety_]

People use the term “peak” for anything now huh?

[@_somestuff]

yep

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

“The Bayformers Trilogy: When Transformers was Peak.” More like When Transformers was ruined.

[@Melkorsolostheverse]

good joke troll

[@duquedealbadetormes6117]

Go back to Gen1 then.

[@ShockwaveFPSStudios]

⁠Bruh, my favorite Transformers show was Transformers Prime. And that show’s basically what the Bayverse should’ve been.

[@Ravenxback]

it might just be me, but the Transformers movies are my favorite movie franchise ever. I might just be a super fan but ion know

[@Velka-.-]

First 3 is Bay just playing around with his robot toys, even the weakest of the 3 have very entertaining actions. The following are just straight up cash grabs

[@PoIarisPrime]

Rotf - the best Dotm = 2007

[@MCRBLXPlayer]

I noticed a pattern here. Kung fu panda, and transformers got the best movies at the frist 3 but when it reached lile the 4th movie. It just flops.

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE never flopped ☠️☠️☠️

[@illyanesterenko8930]

Yeah, but here's the difference... The second movie of Bayverse is VERY bad. While in KFP franchise, second is can be considered even better then the first lol.

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@illyanesterenko8930 the second movie is good what are u talking about

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@PoIarisPrime How can someone even say something like this about ROTF? I just don't understand... The jokes, the characters, Megatron, the plot... It's just so bad

[@MCRBLXPlayer]

@@illyanesterenko8930 Agree.

[@venugopalan146]

Transformers movies released after the bay trilogy are trash including that overrated bumblebee movie

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

transformers dotm is an insult starscreams death was horrible he was infinitely better than megatron and should have died at the hands of his arch nemesis optimus prime

[@Gangstanoob1998]

"Starscream's arch nemesis, Optimus Prime" Yeah, this tells me you don't know a single thing about Transformers lol

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

@@Gangstanoob1998 no I actually paid attention to what happened on screen and didn't cancel the characters down to names like you. if you don't like the fact bayformers is different go enjoy every other version of transformers because megatron and sentinel are arch enemies in this continuity and optimus and starscream are.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

DOTM is the biggest insult for the most fans of characters like Soundwave and Shockwave also. My boi Soundwave got literally killed by the frickin plot armor character. Not only saying that he's just all silver and in the action I can't even tell where he's. Shockwave... His death is even worse... I don't even need to explain why, we've seen this whole ass thing in the movie.

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

@@illyanesterenko8930 right he has like a minute of screentime, no character, dies in a pathetic way though tbf all the decepticons did haha. man awful. but soundwave was the worst character. he knew the humans had a shard of the allspark in rotf yet never thought to let megatron or the fallen know and gave up trying to steal it when wheelie failed even though it was guarded by one person and only known about by two hoiasfd. haha man. at least starscream was great in the first two shockwave soundwave and megatron were just always awful

[@kao7143]

you hit the nail on the head, they have flaws yes but i adore the first 3 movies, with DOTM being my favorite ROTF relies on cringe teen comedy but more than makes up for it with the action and music, and some jokes make me laugh ill admit DOTM would've been the perfect sendoff, and to me it's the last main film, AOE and TLK to me are just very soft reboots that just so happen to take place after the third film, the third movie is legit the perfect ending and i wish they would've stuck to that regardless of the money it made to me AOE is okay it retains some of bay's spark but it isnt amazing, but TLK is a slog

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE doesn't even feel like a soft reboot it literally feels like a continuation of 3 but it's ok ur opinions can be wrong

[@kao7143]

@@PoIarisPrime you sure are defendant of this movie lol

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kao7143 because it's my favorite.

[@kao7143]

@@PoIarisPrime okay and that's fine but it's kind of hardcore fanboy behavior to reply to every single comment in the comment section to get upset with others who dont like/criticize AOE, like bro dont you have time to do anything else in life instead of caring about what some strangers online have to say about your fav movie?

[@PoIarisPrime]

@@kao7143 Hop off me weirdo. I'm not replying to people who hate aoe: I'm replying to people who don't have valid reasons to hate aoe (like questioning why lockdown so working with the humans ☠️)

[@user-mb5ju9in2j]

original trilogy is hands-down the best of the movies. id give AOE a 6/10. TLK was just... they tried to hard. Bumblebee was very different but i loved it! TLK was GARBAGE. and ik it hasent dropped yet, but what in the actual FUCK did they think when they made Transformers One??? TERRIBLE animations/CGI (imo) and compared to the original trilogy, its a goddamn joke. the idea of knowing more about Orion and Megatron before the war is great but godDAMN they coulda shown that better... BRING BAY BACK!!!

[@masteroftheradio]

In my opinion the only good thing to come out of TLK was nitro zues and they did him dirty by killing him in his first movie

[@PoIarisPrime]

AOE was amazing and what do you mean they "tried too hard"? They did good

[@kyflysupreme7727]

Bay ain't coming back....that dude isn't interested anymore dude

[@user-mb5ju9in2j]

@@kyflysupreme7727 unfortunately...

[@user-mb5ju9in2j]

@@masteroftheradio Nitro Zues is pretty cool lol

[@alobaymar]

I guess TLK was the very last good one. We're all going home now, fun's over.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

Good? You're saying the sh*t is good?

[@alobaymar]

Nah sorry, I mean frickin awesome.

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@alobaymar that's... Alright, I'm not even gonna say anything, it's just not worth it.

[@PoIarisPrime]

​@@illyanesterenko8930 I ain't gonna say anything to the terrible takes you have either

[@illyanesterenko8930]

@@PoIarisPrime wait, so you're on the same side as those people's that says "TLK iS gReAt"?