Transformers 4?!?!?!

Big news for all of us Transformers fans today!  There will be a 4th film!

Michael Bay has just announced that Mark Wahlberg will star in the 4th installment of the Transformers movie franchise, scheduled for release on June 27th, 2014.

There are no details available on the plot yet, but my guess is that the Autobots will attempt to save the earth from the evil machinations of the Decepticons, (possibly lead by Galvatron?) resulting in some really big, very expensive explosions.  Ofcourse, it could also be that Unicron is set to destroy the earth, or maybe we are jumping forward to the Rodimus Prime story line.  OR - It could be a do-over.  Time will tell.

While Maichael Bay is single-handedly ruining my fondest childhood memories, i have to admit that I appreciate that somebody has finally put the Transformers on the big screen.  None of the movies up to this point have been well done, but 4th times the charm, right? right?

In honour of Rememberance Day, I would also like to take a moment to remember some of the fallen heroes who will not be appearing in this 4th installment of the franchise.

Jazz

Ironhide

Jetfire



Lest We Forget

TED: Fail!

Right off the top I want to say that I was dissapointed with Ted.
However, the reason for my disappointment stems from the fact that I didn't find the movie anywhere near as offensive (read: funny) as I had been lead to believe.  With Seth McFarlane at the helm, I had been hoping for something that explored the extreme edges of dark comedy, broke established bounderies, while offering scathing pop culture quips.  What I got instead, was a dumbed down full length version of a family guy episode, with an alcoholic, slacker, talking  stuffed bear taking the place of the alcoholic, slacker, talking animated dog.
An R rated comedy about an anthropomorphic Teddy bear from Seth McFarlane, creator of Family Guy, and featuring some big name Hollywood celebrities: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, and Giovanni Robisi, Ted simply does not live up to expectations.
Sure there are some laugh out loud moments, most of which feature Ted's bizarre sex life, but for the most part, this movie is just full of tired old jokes.
The one exception: the brawl between Ted and Whalberg in a seedy hotel room was pretty god damn funny, because of how violent it was. 
Wahlberg, who also produced the film, doesn't have much to work with when it comes to character or plot.  His character comes across as the biggest looser (read: pussy) in Boston, still needing his Teddy bear to get through thunderstorms in his mid 30's.
Mila Kunis has almost nothing to do...other than look incredibly hot, which she does remarkably well, as always.
McFarlane, voicing the role of the title character comes across exactly as he does in everything he has ever appeared in.  There is no variety, which leads to a very dissapointing character.
Giovanni Robisi, adds little to the plot with his nut case role, but of the entire cast, he looks the most like he is having a good time on camera.
Ryan Reynolds earns full points however for the movies best cameo.
In short, if you love Family Guy, this movie will be for you.  If you were hoping that McFarlane's first full length feature film would step up and raise the bar...you will be sadly dissapointed.