Arthur B reviews the Transformers movie.
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My take on the film -
Biggest joy: the loyalty to the feeling of the cartoon (Jazz was deliciously over the top, and Starscream and Megatron even got a one-line reference to their bizarre relationship in!)
Biggest letdown: Megatron turned into something useful; it would have been so much better if he'd turned into a gun someone else had to use - plus he looked too cool and modern.
Biggest shock: transformers, perverts in disguise! They traveled across the galaxy, apparently to save us from destruction, indulge in water sports, and set up a dogging club. Ewwwwww. :)
(Slightly worried about Jen's biggest shock above)
And there can be no doubt as to the lubricant/pee connection, as earlier in the film, the family pet of the main human pees on Ironhide's leg, and Ironhide says "It's spilled lubricant on me."
It came as quite a shock to me too, I can tell you. I think the vague in-character justification for Bumblebee's action is because his speech unit has been damaged so he can't speak. However, as we know he has an alternative method of communication (talking through his in-car stereo, used earlier in the film), the peeing on a guy is made an even more powerful statement. What isn't made clear in the film, though, is if it is harmless oil, or, as the viscosity and colouration of the liquid seemed to suggest, is actually petrol, in which case the gesture takes on a far more threatening approach.
It also means that even if Megatron was on fire, no transformer would piss on him to put him out. :)