{"id":2368,"date":"2007-07-19T10:35:47","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T14:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=1139"},"modified":"2007-07-19T10:35:47","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T14:35:47","slug":"optimus-prime-and-the-order-of-the-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=2368","title":{"rendered":"Optimus Prime and the Order of the Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a bit of debate going on in my Wife’s office about which was the better movie, Transformers<\/a> or the latest Harry Potter<\/a>. Personally, I think it’s a toss-up since they are, in essence, the exact same movie dressed up in different clothes.<\/p>\n

This could involve some spoilers for those of you who haven’t seen the movies, so the faint of heart should turn back now.<\/p>\n

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Ok? Here’s the list of massive plot alignments.<\/p>\n

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  1. In both films, you’ve got a group of heroes (Autobots \/ Order of the Phoenix) and a group of villains (Decepticons \/ Death Eaters).<\/li>\n
  2. Both the heroes and the villains are operating in secret, and have to avoid notice by the authorities (Section Seven \/ The Ministry of Magic).<\/li>\n
  3. Each group wants control of a mysterious object that the government is hiding (The Allspark \/ Harry’s prophecy).\n
  4. In each movie, the heroes get to the target first, there’s a fight and the object is destroyed to keep it from falling into the hands of the villains.<\/li>\n
  5. During the final fight, a hero is killed (Jazz \/ Sirius Black) and the two most powerful protagonists face off in a duel (Optimus \/ Dumbledore vs. Megatron \/ Voldemort).<\/li>\n
  6. The outcome of the duel is decided by the presence of the young man who has been the main focus of the whole movie (Sam Witwicky \/ Harry Potter).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Apart from that, the only differences are in the details. One movie had wizards, the other had robots. One movie had a MacGuffin<\/a> that was a glowing sphere, the other had a metal cube. Tomato, Tomahto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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