If 'Transformers: Rise of the Beasts' had come out in 2007 it would have been amazing.

Instead it came out sixteen years later, which means there're five prior movies it had to separate itself from.

And at points you can see Steven Caple Jr. trying to do exactly that but I suspect the studio – and the writers they hired – were set on making exactly the same movie as every prior Transformers movie, except with a browner cast.

What's odd is that those writers didn't even seem to understand the material.

This means that not only is the narrative one you've seen many times before but there are too many instances where it just doesn't make sense; making it a very frustrating watch.

Just as the MCU needed to adapt when it appeared that people were becoming too accustomed to their fare (one of the reasons being Marvel Studios began to overproduce content. More shows and movies of middling quality doesn't tend to build confidence, never mind an audience).

The same logic applies to the Transformers.

Either they find a way to innovate – or at the very least do something other than what every other film in the series has already done – or this franchise is in trouble.

One way to begin the change would be to work with writers that actually understand the material.

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