Yeah. I recognized Starscream. Don't know the last time I recognized a bot from they way they look in a Bay film. It's usually just random name slapped on random bot.
Probably because he's only a producer, I don't think he has much of an impact on that one.
I finally got around to seeing Star Trek Beyond. This might actually be the worse Trek movie (granted I haven't watched the worst of the older films in awhile). The story was a mess, we don't really get a good idea of why the enemy is a threat, there was basically no emotional connection. It could have been a great send-off for Yelchin and Nemoy but ultimately felt pretty fucking meh.
Also, I don't remember if I ever made any comments about TLJ here. I don't exactly hate Rose like many people do, I thought the character was okay but not an incredible add. What wasn't okay was the entire dumb-ass side mission, dumb ass Poe who's been in a military organization for basically a decade pretending like the chain of command doesn't matter, the commanding officer not recognizing that he was a bit of a loose cannon who had a lot of people that could be under his sway, the entire fucking idea of the side mission, the shit fight with Plasma, and her dumb-ass choice to ram Finn. I don't blame Rose for any of that, I blame the writers, directors, and producers. Oh, and the Merry Poppins bullshit was awful. They could have done that a different way and made it work or done some re-cutting to make that her final scene (maybe that would have worked poorly as well, though, I'm not certain). Also, Holdo should have realized that Poe doesn't listen to orders considering THE VERY FIRST THING HE DOES in the film is not listen to orders and get all of the Resistance's bombers blown to fucking shit, including Rose's sister, who was probably more interesting.
EDIT: I forgot to say, I think better editing actually could have saved TLJ. I actually did not hate the film but I still like it better than TPM (excepting the Darth Maul fight). The Rey/Kylo stuff I very much liked. Would have preferred Luke's story ended differently but ultimately I can accept it, even if it was out of character how he was in the beginning of the film. The other dumb shit, though... ugh.