Tell Me! How bad was that soundtrack?

[thebitterguy]

With the impending arrival of Michael Bay's Transformers, many eyes have turned back to the original. While many are realizing that it was, in fact, a pretty sad ass film (Transfomers! Starring... A bunch of new characters!), it appears that some in the thronging crowds are still holding nostalgically onto fond memories of the film, or the soundtrack.

This is categorically wrong. The TF film soundtrack has been scientifically tested, and found to contain almost 200% of a lethal dose of pop rock. When combined with the misplaced Weird Al music, this can be a fatal combination.

So, where do you stand? Yea or Nay? The People Must Speak!


[Poll #1014849]

Comments

[thothmeister.livejournal.com]

The soundtrack had one saving grace: Weird Al's 'Dare to Be Stupid' as the Junkbots theme.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

I second that. The rest could be jettisoned into space for all I care.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

I haven't seen it.

[thebitterguy]

It's for the best. You would have been upset at the violence and foul language.

[pyat.livejournal.com]

Likely. And what's with Soundwave turning into a tree?

[rickj.livejournal.com]

Dude, "You Got The Touch" is a great song.

[thebitterguy]

Stan Bush is humanity's greatest monster.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

Considering you count Celine Dion among your compatriots, that can't be a very accurate statement.

[thebitterguy]

She's just very popular. He's just the musical equiavlent of Jack the Ripper.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

I dunno, she sure hacked up this AC/DC song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FONt47Z0KZg) pretty badly, eh?

[inscrutable.livejournal.com]

I didn't remember it, as I saw it when I was 8 or so. So I made the mistake of going to amazon.com and listening to it.

Dear Fuck that's awful!!

[thebitterguy]

It is only good for providing salt and taters onto the table of the blessed Al.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

I'm too afraid to listen.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

Full disclosure: senior year of university, I listened to "The Touch" and "Dare" while studying for any exam, for good luck. I passed each time, and graduated with a 3.65 GPA. Linkin Park wishes it had that kind of inspirational power.

[thebitterguy]

You realize, of course, now scientists will want to dissassemble your brain.

[stop-no-dont.livejournal.com]

Oh, like that's anything new.

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

I... AM... UNICRON.

duhduhduh dahthump...
dumduddawah duddaduddah wahhhh...

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Unfortunatly, that cool ass song isn't in the soundtrack CD :(

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

The awesome remix, however, lurks among the reedy datas of teh intarnets...

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Got a link to where I might locate said awesomeness?

[madmanofprague.livejournal.com]

"Unicron remix" on most p2p networks should get you it...

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

That was the theme music for "the Portal" from Newgrounds.com for YEARS and it drove me nuts. I couldn't figure out where it was from!

[sarahnade.livejournal.com]

I have fond memories of the movie like I have fond memories of watching Jem and He-Man cartoons in my youth: for nostalgia purposes. It reminds me of a simpler time, when one could eat one's sugary breakfast cereal on the couch before Chauffer Dad drove us to school and eating Rice Krispie Treats and Hawaiian punch for lunch. Certainly not because of the quality of the thing, more so because the ease of youth is a long time gone.

[thebitterguy]

Oh, nostalgia's a powerful thing. The problem is when things stop being fond memories, and people start trying to sell them to you.

[rodshark.livejournal.com]

Hey, I actually own that soundtrack and its one of my favorite CD's! And I love the original movie... well, I love it up until Optimus Prime dies, then the movie turns to shit. But that whole opening sequence of Megatron blasting the hell out of the Autobots and the siege of Autobot City, up until the climactic final battle between Optimus and Megatron... awesome! Everything afterwards sucked royal ass.

Stan Bush, admittedly has some cheesy 80's power ballads on there, but they still rock!

The score Death of Optimus Prime still moves me to tears and is one song I want played at my funeral.

Instruments of Destruction and Hunger are both pretty decent songs too.

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

There was a web radio station I used to listen to occasionally at work (before I got a job that involved wearing a headset). It was all geek music from s/f and video games, and I could not stand the Transformers soundtrack. Generic '80s-pop-rock tripe, I thought.

And this is coming from a woman who has a soft spot for the music from Ladyhawke, so that's saying something.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

When I think of '80's movie music, I think of Ladyhawke.

[indefatigable42.livejournal.com]

It was sad, really, because nothing else about the movie really dates it that terribly. The cast were all made up to look a bit more classical than trendy (including Michelle Pfeiffer, which was surprising -- even in a period piece, you can usually date a movie by the female lead's makeup), and only the music made it less than a real fantasy classic.

[uhlrik.livejournal.com]

This is true. I do still love that movie, horribly dated tunes aside. Imperius the Monk is still one of the best supporting characters of any fantasy movie as far as I'm concerned.

[thetathx1138.livejournal.com]

The fight scene scored to Weird Al is the single most surreal/stupid thing from the '80s, especially since it's full of jokes and parodying a band most of the audience at the time simply wouldn't be aware of.

[crashing-angel.livejournal.com]

I promised a_canary_mad that we will play Dare at her funeral in honor of the fallen in the first movie.