It is, in short, completely bonkers.

Why cant it be a bit more like the comics and animated TV shows of the past?

This version of Prime is terse and ornery.

He solves leadership problems by punching his usurpers in the face.

Megatrons now Galvatron, and only appears in the film for about 15 minutes.

How else do we explain the constant urge to crowd every movie with human characters?

Like its predecessors,Age Of Extinctionis led by an extended cast of particularly fine character actors.

Nominal leading man Mark Wahlberg is joined by Stanley Tucci, Kelsey Grammer, Sophia Myles and Li Bingbing.

And even then, the heroes would only bear a scant resemblance to the ones from the comics.

The Hulk would have a beard for some reason.

Black Widow would constantly pose in tiny shorts.

The Insecticons would make for unusual and potentially quite scary villains.