@ Mackattack: Well, see this is where we differ. I am a true believer that movie making is an art – a sto. A skillful movie maker can tell an interesting and compelling story given any material.

Transformers was pretty much just an extended car commercial with no story, no character development and no appeal other than a visual barrage of boobs and explosions.

@ Zel: Yeah, but that kindoff misses the point. If you want to do an over-the-top parody, you don’t even need to license the source material. If you are doing an adaptation, you ought to put some effort to it rather than turn it into a farce.

I kind of like Ghost Rider, the movie was so stupid it’s not possible it was not intended that way, and me and my friends had a good laugh watching it and later citing memorable quotes like “Look into my eyes. Your soul is stained by the blood of the innocent. Feel their pain!” (even better with a rough french translation)… still makes me smile two years later. I admit I had (and still have) no knowledge of the source material, which is probably the only way to enjoy a basic comic-book based movie. Quite strange and self-defeating really, because I’d assume they choose the source material to attract its fans and not alienate them…

Personally I liked transformers – I think it’s a little silly to ask for anything more than explosions and boobs from a franchise about Detroit Cars turning into giant robots and voting republican.