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Originally posted by RipBlippley
Are you on crack?

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Originally posted by surge
yes

as ts:

v8,a7,m9

good enough ts for me to keep, don't care about the nuke in this case i think it's fine for a ts

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for a ts, dam good

no audio problems here, and no problems with dark scenes. Think some of you have codec issues or cheap monitors,tvs, or something wrong, the nuke is like above said, just outdated rules. Until r5 or dvd
this is the release to get.

8/8/5 agree over rated

excellent special effects but silly story and bad acting.

On missing scenes, nothing important or
noticeable.If you didnt know it was missing you wouldnt of noticed...

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Originally posted by surge
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as ts:

v8,a7,m9

good enough ts for me to keep, don't care about the nuke in this case i think it's fine for a ts

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i was skipping through it, but if its there cool, i know its missing a scene for sure, hence the glitch.

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Right, so, now a proper rating

Video - 9: The high resolution is obviously warranted by the source, as it's wonderfully sharp. (save for the out-of-focus paramount logo at the beginning) Unfortunately it does have problems with dark areas; while the bright stuff is nice and bright, the dark stuff is too dark. The color gradient isn't even, basically. Some really, really expert contrast tweaking could fix this, but it's hardly something I'd expect out of your average video editor, much less a release group. Still gotta deduct points for it though. No uneven frame transitions fortunately, so they had the shutter speed set right.

EDIT: After watching the movie all the way through I'm bumping my rating up to a 9. I'm not sure if it's the film's content or that the cammer (mostly) corrected the problem partway through, but the "too dark" issue is only a problem near the beginning of the movie. It's not pefect, but you won't be squinting and wondering what the hell is going on, even in the high-motion stuff that happens in the dark. Were it not for the motion blur this could easily be mistaken for a true Telecine. As to the missing footage, there are three segments missing; two are less than 3 seconds, and the biggest one (3:19 on the second disc) is maybe 30 seconds. All of it is stuff you can easily fill in based on what's being said before and after.

Audio - 8: Mixed bag on this one. The first ~30 minutes of the film use a tinny "fake stereo" source. (i.e. one channel is inverted compared to the other) This means that for the first ~30 minutes of the film, any speaker output that combines the two channels (e.g. a mono TV or your center channel speaker) will be almost completely silent because the two channels cancel each other out. 20th should have taken just one channel of this audio (doesn't matter which) and encoded it mono. (or joint stereo anyway) The rest of the audio is better quality, and more importantly is absent that "fake stereo" crap.

Movie - 9: Good lord, that was awesome. I mean, it helps that I grew up watching the animated series, but it's still a really good movie all the same. You've got action interspersed with interesting characters, human and Cybertronian. Optimus Prime is, well, Optimus Prime, to a T... except he's funny too. Megatron is an awesome villain as well, but not nearly as two-dimensional as he was in the cartoons. The only gripe I have is that Starscream has like two lines in the entire film. (He blows a lot of stuff up though) Oh, and they confused Brawl (Decepticon Tank) with Devastator. (Decepticon Voltron, basically) The plot is a wee bit nonsensical at times, but given that the movie is about robots that turn into cars it's well within the "suspension of disbelief" threshold. I'm legitimately surprised that Michael Bay, a guy who wasn't a fan of the Transformers at all, was able to put together such a good film about them.



Bottom line: With the excellent video quality and (mostly) good audio, this is the release to get. Screw the nuke; the nuke is for a retarded reason anyway. ("Bad res" = resolution is too high; see my previous post) There are some minor things I wish had been fixed, but they are still minor things. This might still be the release to get even after the R5 inevitably comes out, as I've seen plenty of R5s with worse quality than this. Download it. Download it now!

GReaT MoViE!!! PReTTy NiCE QuaLiTY

V-7
A-6
M-9.5

All i can say is WOW!!! What a great movie. just watched this for the first time with the wife and we both enjoyed the heck out of it. the video was pretty clear throughout entire film. however, there are a couple of hickups that drop the video rating itself. there are a few glitches throughout the movie and also there is a couple seconds missing from the glitches. there is also a few bodies that walk by during the movie which is kinda distracting but not too bad at all. the audio is very hollow and tinny through the first 29 mins of the film. however, at 29:49 the audio fills out and gets much better. i dont know what happens but it is definately a major improvement and makes the movie that much better. as for the film itself, all i can really say is WOW again. like i said my wife and i thoroughly enjoyed watching this great movie MADD PRoPS to 20th for a pretty quick and by far the best quality release of Transformers as of yet. Keep em comin!

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Well movie looks good so far besides the glitches on some of the scenes, and the missing scenes on the second cd and also people's heads running by but overall good movie.

8 - good movie besides the heads walking by!
8 - audio alittle to much trebile
10 - best movie seen this yr

I didn't care too much for the movie but this is superb quality. Dark as has already been said and slight flicker. Sound is good but is lacking bass, doesn't take much from the viewing experience. Could be better, but very clear.

V-9
A-8
M-6

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I have to agree with yukichigai on the audio. I listened through my headphones on my laptop and it's kinda fake stereo until 29:39. Then it changes to mono.
Video is very good, not dark at all. Missing scene at 3:19 in CD2: the guy from sector 7 comes at the door and introduces himself to the father and enters the house is missing.

Movie: seen it in the theatre. Awesome!!!!

V: 8
A: 7
M: 9

When a group puts out something this good I think you need think a little about what to say. So my review of the whole thing.. "WOW".. and I every bit mean that.
Sharp.. good colors. great Sound.. Movie was really cool, very funny. I just had this thought.. You know their going to make a porn called Transfu..ers .. Starring Optimus Rod and MegaCock... I hope I dont get banned for this stupid joke..

V:9
A:7
M:8 just for the effects

Superb release , strange how some are finding scenes to dark though , clear as crystal on my monitor and on the tv .

i have to say that people insulting this copy must have alterior motives .i have been looking on this site for yrs noow and i have to say that in my time on here i have proberly not seen a copy like this sinse the maven days .

ANY ONE WHO READS THIS...THIS COPY IS AMAZING AND DEFFO WORTH A LOOK IN

8
8
8

BEST FOR ABOUT 2 YRS I THINK FOR A TSYNC

This is the copy to get, it's amazing great work from 2th.
And like what was already said i don't see how anyone can put down this release.

My rating.
V8
A7.5
M8

video = 9 AFTER TWEAKING - if you're encoding to mpeg for DVD, just touch the brightness and saturation up and its an awesome copy, possibly the best TS in years! (no ghosting, good colours, crystal clear and if you know your encodng shit, you could even make this a perfect 10 for a CAM video)

audio = 7 - no bass (which again you can add yerself with tweakin') , but clear & does the job... good enough for me.

movie = 7 - better than i expected, but I'm no obsessive transformers geek aged 30+ and still got all the dolls (seems theres a few on here hahaha.)

V : 9 - AS a ts. One of the best I've endured in a while. A little soft, more of the usual bluish tones, and clearly oversaturated, but you can tweak it up nice. I counted 3 macroblocked frames and 2 brief human passes, but all in all - Great.

A: 8 A little tinny and quiet, but clear and workable.

M: 9+ Well surpassed my expectations. Really don't care for the franchise and wasn't going to even see it, but glad I did.

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Have to agree here, a lot of people are bashing this release for silly reasons.

The video is astounding, colours were slightly off, e.g. Shia looked like he'd been using fake tan for a while but apart from that this was superb, people have pretty much hit on everything else like the glitches on CD2 etc but I didn't feel they distracted from the movie.

Audio like others have said, is Tinny up until 29.39 where it seems to switch channels and becomes full, doesn't distract majorly though.

The movie for me was excellent, never saw Transformers as a kid, so this was all new and sometimes we all need to see a rip-rage leave your brain at the door blockbuster.
If you're looking for storyline with a message, go watch War & Peace otherwise just enjoy.

Video - 9
Audio - 7.5
Movie - 8

P.S. Did that woman walking past at the end really need the toilet so badly she had to leave right in the middle of the biggest scene?

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Good release the 1 to get.

V: 9
A: 7
M: 9

typical 20th people walking across the screen and kind of darkish 7.5/8/6