Disclaimer: I have not yet seen this movie.
The Screenwriter for Transformers 4, Ehren Kruger had this to say about this movie:
"We wanted some sense of continuity in terms of the previous films. Those films exist in this universe. But we did want to come at it from the perspective of new human characters, and new Autobot characters around Optimus Prime, who kind of vectored into the franchise from a totally different direction. And it is kind of it’s own thing. It is sort of a reboot, and sort of a fourth movie, or third sequel. It’s its own animal, but this franchise has always been its own animal. It’s as much a circus or a Super Bowl as a regular movie."
I had to read that a few times to make sure I was correct in finding no logic there whatsoever. Go ahead and read it again so you are sure as well, I'll wait.
Ok, so if this is the kind of statement we get from the writer of the movie, I can see why everyone hates the new transformers movies (the same guy wrote all three sequels).
It makes me super sad, because I was genuinely excited to go see this movie (granted it was because of Grimlock, but hey).
