Picture Perfect

With photos and stills trickling out of the new Transformers movie production, one thing is irking me -- the movie robots look nothing like the cartoon robots. I understand that the story might be open to interpretation and Michael Bay/Steven Spielberg could want a more updated look for the Autobots and Decepticons, but robots aren't meant to have visible muscles or look like simple twisted metal. Visible goatees are cool, but non-angular, sinewy forms are not very robot-like indeed. I came across this image today and it pretty much sums it up (click to enlarge):


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