Chapter 167

For "Transformers", Zhang Tiancheng did not change the plot, but made a few minor adjustments. He slowed down the robot transformations and fight scenes to avoid the hyper-fast pacing of the original, where battles end before the audience can even make out what is happening. Furthermore, the plot point about a joint Chinese-Russian fleet and the American fleet nearly clashing in the Yellow Sea was changed to the Atlantic Ocean, with a near-conflict against the Russian fleet instead. Any overt references to China were either removed or replaced with Russia. The film opens directly inside a military camp, instantly plunging the audience into a state of suspense as soldiers face the unknown. As a helicopter morphs into a giant robot, gasps of "Fack!" and "Oh my god!" ripple through the theater.