Well I wasn't planing on seeing it,... now I'm definitely not.   

"Life is about movies; anything else is a bonus!"- Me   

I know, jesus, if a piece of shit like Transformers 1  can look good by comparison, maybe it really is time to just stop making movies. You had a good run Hollywood.

What a ridiculous review. Summer entertainment can be great without being dumb. I'm really getting sick of this idea that we should hold big blockbusters to lower standards than "normal" movies.

From what I remember from the live show, this discussion peters out at the end because, well, Battleship sucks.

I'll listen to the podcast, though, because I barely remember what was said (it was very late, I was half asleep )

I refuse to believe this movie is less coherent and awful than Transformers 3.

True enough - and those are three movies that I'm (cautiously) looking forward to.  However, it's worth noting that they're all also installments of established money-making franchises.  <sigh>   

That may be the true tragedy of the summer of '12 - sequels (and reboots - Hello again, Spiderman) will likely do well as usual, while attempts to do something at least new are setting new records for failure.   Hunger Games is the only one to buck that trend so far, I think.