Transformer Metaphor
For many decades, the US military has, engaged with Hollywood’s movies by giving permission to their production crews to use their military machines and techniques. Black Hawk Down was about the US military, Top Gun was about the Navy, and Iron Man was about the Air Force (McMillen). These kinds of movies are regarded as joint-military force movies, and one of the largest joint-military movies is Transformers, which was released in 2007. The third series was recently released, which is now being processed into a 3D version to be released in the coming months. The movie series includes Transformers (2007), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: The Dark of the Moon (2010).
All three movies have tapped into the common fear of war, because the period of the movie production was during the long war between the US and the Middle East (2003-2008). These movies reflect on and promote the US military’s actions by lauding pro-war political views and depicting how the US can defend itself against enemies (McMillan). The Movie use specific real world’s facts, not only detailing new high-tech machines but also detailing political issues to the audience. The relations between China, North Korea, Iraq and the US manifest symbolically in the movie. The first three countries are the countries with which the US is facing its main military problems, so the movie series aims to further the US agenda with regards to these countries. Therefore, the US military fully supported the movie and in 2008, Department of Defense allowed director Michael Bay and his crews to access the army’s New Mexico missile range, the Air Force’s fighter planes, and the Navy’s aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (ANI). Influenced by such big support from the military, the Transformers movie series shows the US Army’s ideal of protecting the nation, as the army is personified in the movie as one of the superheroes, or the good Transformers (Autobots). They are pitted against the
All three movies have tapped into the common fear of war, because the period of the movie production was during the long war between the US and the Middle East (2003-2008). These movies reflect on and promote the US military’s actions by lauding pro-war political views and depicting how the US can defend itself against enemies (McMillan). The Movie use specific real world’s facts, not only detailing new high-tech machines but also detailing political issues to the audience. The relations between China, North Korea, Iraq and the US manifest symbolically in the movie. The first three countries are the countries with which the US is facing its main military problems, so the movie series aims to further the US agenda with regards to these countries. Therefore, the US military fully supported the movie and in 2008, Department of Defense allowed director Michael Bay and his crews to access the army’s New Mexico missile range, the Air Force’s fighter planes, and the Navy’s aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (ANI). Influenced by such big support from the military, the Transformers movie series shows the US Army’s ideal of protecting the nation, as the army is personified in the movie as one of the superheroes, or the good Transformers (Autobots). They are pitted against the