Most Useless Movie Autobot...?

AutobotSkids · 07-06-2009, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jostru

Well, they still have Red Alert to put in the movies, but I always liked Ratchet more. But he NEEDS to heal someone in TF3!

He does! He makes Bb's legs from scratch remember? And after both final battles everyone is up and running again after getting beaten up.

People seem to forget these alot. But it would be nice if we got to watch Ratchet heal someone.

Satomiblood · 07-06-2009, 01:42 PM

I'm gonna have to go with Ratchet on this one. His uselessness goes all the way back to the first movie. He didn't really do his job as the Autobot medic.

245am · 07-06-2009, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by buickanddeere

I agree. Shaky cam is for a few key action scenes for effect. Shaky cam over used as it was in this movie made the action scenes blurry and difficult to watch.

I got really sick of the camera spins. Don't know what to call it, but when the actors are in the middle and the camera spins on a track like Omega Supreme. That was waaay over used and made me dizzy...

As for most useless Autobot... I guess the only candidates aren't Prime, Jetfire, Sideswipe, and Bumblebee... I'll go with the Twins. I get that they "added comic relief," but relief from what? Simmons' comic relief? Leo's comic relief? Wheelie's comic relief?

einis · 07-10-2009, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by darthrage

Did Ironhide do any shooting at all during the final battle?

I only saw him in truck mode once and then standing in robot mode (no firing) and then running away from an explosion in slow-mo

That's all of Ironhide's scenes in the final battle

At least Ratchet got to shoot at a mysterious foe that was off the frame of the camera

he shoot at bonecrusher when arcee was killed.i watched it few times.and there realy was bonecrusher i saw his face

slowso · 07-10-2009, 02:25 AM

shoudnt be ratchet a medic? why cant he fix jazz? he can power up prime like what 3-5 sec...

useless IMHO twins... but in reality prime and bee has all the spotlight to begin with...

the other autobots are like props... ironhide with big guns when did he let one rip?

Takeout · 07-10-2009, 02:59 AM

Jolt and the Twins.

It would've been a much better movie without them.

Bulkhide · 07-10-2009, 03:07 AM

Most useless screen time: Jolt.
Jolt took what could have been one of the best Ratchet scenes ever in TF history and made Ratchet even more useless in the movieverse. A close up of ratchet working on Prime, adding Jetfire's part to him would have rocked so hard. They could have just shown him start to combination/medic process, then jumped ahead to Prime beginning to stand up as Ratchet finished the final details. Then have Prime jet off to fight the Fallen. But instead we get a forced robot using two electric whips to somehow make a Super-Powered Prime. UGH.

Most under-used Autobot in the films: Ratchet. Without a doubt.
Ratchet obviously put Bumblebee's legs back on after TF1. And he is stated as the medical officer, but we never see him actually do his job (outside shooting a "plasma beam" into BB's throat). He had more missed opportunities in both movies than any other Autobot IMO.