Transformers 2 Bashes Obama Administration on Foreign Policy
In “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”, there is a scene where the Obama Administration is portrayed as weak and, well, a modern day Chamberlain. I Twittered about this two days ago when I watched it and now it seems the media is picking up on it.
I suppose in my driveway antics, I’d run the risk of squashing an Autobot, one of the good robot aliens, as well. If either Mudflap or Skids, a pair of new characters who speak in an appallingly offensive ghetto patois, were my victims, I could live with myself. The world doesn’t need more versions of Jar Jar Binks. But what if it were the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime? Optimus truly cares about the future of the human race, unlike the Obama Administration, which Bay represents as so prissy and antiwar it just wants the alien robots off the planet. Bay’s Obama would probably drive his Prius over Optimus if he had the chance. But no problem; if you still had your hearing in the deafening home stretch of Revenge of the Fallen, you’d know that just about any chunk of metal can be brought back to life by merging the Matrix with its Spark. (I’m fairly sure this process has nothing to do with Keanu Reeves. As for the Spark, without benefit of the Hasbro manual, it’s impossible to say whether it is of the plug family or something more ephemeral like Chi.)
What the article fails to mention is that the movie clearly went out of its way to mention Obama. Here is where they scene happened:
**Warning: This is not spoiler, but will definitely reveal some of the plot**
In the movie, the Decepticons are invading the planet in Mass and the President Obama’s liaison to NEST (military group that works with the friendly Autobots to protect world) orders the group to stand down and not fight the invasion. Instead President wants to look into all options including diplomacy. They even are considering giving Sam (Shia LaBeouf’s character) to the Decepticons (which means certain death) in order to appease them.
Without giving too much away, let’s just say the “Obama way” isn’t followed and the day is saved.
The funny thing is that they don’t just make vague references to some nameless president like in most movies; they actually reference President Obama by name in at least one scene if not more.
Even though the critics are already saying this movie was a dud, I would recommend going to see it if not just for this part.
anyone notice that one of the main soldiers in charge at the base clearly wears a name patch that reads McCain? Too funny!!!
I think it’s really amusing how every the media and everyone in general can slam whoever they want but Obama is untouchable and everyone gets their feelings hurt. Who cares? Honestly. No president has ever been perfect and that certainly includes Obama. So what if they say his name and make his team seem weak. Maybe it’s true, maybe not. Get over it.
Maybe that’s why it’s getting such bad reviews…..
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The funny thing is that Transformers 2 criticizes Obama for not listening to his military (NEST) and instead employing his annoying agent to disband the group, while in reality Obama has become known for listening to his military advisers more seriously than Bush ever did.