Transformers: ROTF Headed for $180 Million Weekend Despite Racism Accusations
Sci-Fi Movie News, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen (2009) Movie — By Nix on June 25, 2009
The suits and bean counters at Paramount must be robot-gasming right now, because word via DHD is that Michael Bay’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” is headed towards a $170-$180 million dollar 5-day weekend if their inside tracking is on the mark. The sci-fi actioner’s box office will certainly be helped by its massive Wednesday take of $60-plus million, shattering the previous record holder of $42 million held by “Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix” in 2007.
The great numbers are despite widespread accusations that the film has racist overtones, thanks to two jive-talking twin Autobots that provide the film with much of its comedic relief. As is the case with the media nowadays, as soon as someone mentions “racism”, everyone jumps in on it, because obviously there’s nothing the media loves more than a good old fashion “he’s a racist!” story, all the more to prove just how unracist they are.
From what I’ve read, the two robots in question, Mudflap and Skids, developed their personalities from what they assimilate on Earth upon arrival, and in this case, it just happened to be wannabe gangsters. Jazz from the first movie had the same personality, but I didn’t hear a whole lot of racist accusations directed at him then. If anything, I think the writers of “ROTF” are guilty of lacking subtlety. Then again, what exactly about “ROTF” was meant to be subtle?
At the end of the day, it’s a movie about giant robots from outer space that can turn into cars. Seriously? You were sitting in the movie theater trying to read between the lines?
Below: Mudflaps and Skids. Racist? — or just stupid?
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Rascist? Are you kidding me? I may not have seen rotf but I have seen the first one, and Jazz’s gangsta lines were pure comedic gold! those stupid boojies need to stop trying to make something out of nothing
Skids and Mudflap are NOT racist. People these days always try to find something wrong in everything. I saw Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and those two autobots are really funny…the fans in the theatre always busted out laughing when these two did stupid things, and let me tell u that those people were from every race. Give Michael Bay a break! P.S. GO SEE THE MOVIE! IT IS A GREAT FILM!
Racist? Absolutly, but it’s not blacks that should be offended. The two robots are clearly shorter than all the others, so it must be an attack on asians. Seriously….. the idiots that make these claims are the ones that are racist. Their blatent boy-who-cried-racism crap is whats is breeding racism today. Ask anyone who lived in europe during WWII what REAL racism is.