Originally Posted by Josh Z (Post 11792048)

That excuse doesn't hold up to scrutiny when you watch the scene. Lots of empty chunks of ice unencumbered by anything plummet to the bottom of the ocean like rocks.

I'll remind you that the movie also has submarines flying around under water like fighter jets, and an actual figher jet that can fly at Mach 20,000 from Moscow to Washington DC in five seconds and only responds to voice commands in Celtic.

Rise of Cobra is dead stupid. The movie isn't "turn off your brain" entertainment. It's "shoot yourself in the head to stop the pain" torture.



I don't disagree with any of this. The destruction of London (presumably killing millions of people) also felt out of place given the tone of the rest of the movie and was handled almost dismissively. Roadblock's pushing the self-destruct button on the satellites at literally the last second was also exceedingly lame. Why were the satellites rigged to explode in the first place?

Even so, the movie's still not as stupid or awful as Rise of Cobra. Rising to the level of mediocrity is a huge improvement over that garbage.

Originally Posted by Josh Z (Post 11792048)

That excuse doesn't hold up to scrutiny when you watch the scene. Lots of empty chunks of ice unencumbered by anything plummet to the bottom of the ocean like rocks.

I'll remind you that the movie also has submarines flying around under water like fighter jets, and an actual figher jet that can fly at Mach 20,000 from Moscow to Washington DC in five seconds and only responds to voice commands in Celtic.

Rise of Cobra is dead stupid. The movie isn't "turn off your brain" entertainment. It's "shoot yourself in the head to stop the pain" torture.



I don't disagree with any of this. The destruction of London (presumably killing millions of people) also felt out of place given the tone of the rest of the movie and was handled almost dismissively. Roadblock's pushing the self-destruct button on the satellites at literally the last second was also exceedingly lame. Why were the satellites rigged to explode in the first place?

Even so, the movie's still not as stupid or awful as Rise of Cobra. Rising to the level of mediocrity is a huge improvement over that garbage.

Originally Posted by robin2099 (Post 11792468)

Well I do know if there's one thing that I expect from my movies based on toylines, based on a comic book, based on a cartoon, based on a toyline it's complete realism.

Originally Posted by wishbone (Post 11792082)

It seemed odd that the Zeus satellite had such an involved and time-consuming clamping process to ready the tungsten rod which apparently only needed to drop from space.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11792035)

You're joking, right?

Originally Posted by mattysemo247 (Post 11928163)

So it looks like the extended edition isn't sold in stores anymore and is $35 at bestbuy.com. Amazon has the regular edition for $8. Is there really that much of a difference between the two versions or would the regular edition be just fine?

Originally Posted by mattysemo247 (Post 11928163)

So it looks like the extended edition isn't sold in stores anymore and is $35 at bestbuy.com. Amazon has the regular edition for $8. Is there really that much of a difference between the two versions or would the regular edition be just fine?