Transformers: America in disguise
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SummaryMichael Bay’s Transformers is a genre pastiche, combining elements of action films, science fiction, high school dramas, general comedy and even moments of direct satire. Most interesting, though, are the ways in which Bay’s film ties into the genre of war cinema and the modes and conventions it borrowsparticularly from such films as Lewis Seiler’s Guadalcanal Diary, George P. Cosmatos’ Rambo: First Blood Part II, Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket and David O. Russell’s Three Kingsto create a surprisingly multi-layered depiction of the wartime Other. The Other of Transformersa race of giant robotsis both alien and familiar, both overtly evil and uncompromisingly noble, and most importantly, it provides an allegorical mirror for American society that allows the film to promote its own consumerist ideology.
Table of Contents
- Introduction.
- Introducing the protagonist.
- Naration and plot.
- Language.
- Nature of the Decepticons.
- Introduction of 'Sector 7' in the movie.
- Incorporation on the part of the Autobots and its absence on the part of the Decepticons.
- Conclusion.
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