Cinema Hype

The new trailer for Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen debuted last week, and it looks like it’ll be playing before Star Trek starting this weekend. Much of the cast and crew from the first Transformers has returned for the sequel, including action-movie heavy-hitter Michael Bay, master of the disorientingly close-up action shot.

Here’s the trailer:

So…let me get this straight. In the new Transformers movie, Shia LaBoeuf is Chuck Bartowski?

Let’s see: Sam (LaBoeuf) encounters an ordinary object, apparently planted in his path by some higher entity. Against his will and almost without his knowledge, said object provides top-secret information to his brain. When presented with certain sensory stimuli, his brain accesses the related information provided—one might say “uploaded”—to his head. Shall we call these episodes “flashes”? The bad guys want what’s in his mind; hijinks and misadventures ensue. I suppose Megan Fox is supposed to be Sarah in this scenario; wouldn’t it be so much cooler if, all this time, Sam’s biker-chick girlfriend has been reporting to the CIA? (Or is that just me?) (Also, Sarah Walker could totally take Mikaela Banes, just so you know.) Will the role of Crazy Scott Bakula here be played by John Turturro?

I could go on like this all day.

(…OMG, who plays Captain Awesome?)

Truthfully, though, this looks like fun; I’m especially taken with the shot on the ocean floor, assuming that alien automotive robots have mastered anti-rusting technology. Because, really, THAT would be disappointing.

Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen comes out June 24.

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