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transformers: racists in disguise?

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I was able to go and see transformers 2 in theaters...I have to say that I was very disappointed... the graphics and action scenes were amazing, but honestly they were the only redemptive quality that the movie had... The story line was seriously lacking, there was an overabundance of cursing and oddly there was a scene with random drug use that was entirely unrelated to the movie... why they would put that into the movie is beyond me...The main thing that bothered me however was that a few of the characters; namely two "twin robots" follow racial archetypes and present stereotypical behavior...The two twin robots in question take on the form of some type of Chevy coupe I believe, I never did get to see exactly what the car was, however after taking the form of the coupe; they "street talk" and one of them has a big gold tooth. Throughout the movie they randomly get into fights and are generally unproductive, unintelligent and even at one point they admit that they cant read.

come on.

I found a like to a commercial that portrays them…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCoHoPoiSAE

you decide

 

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