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[Raph's Girl]

http://www.dreamworksfansite.com/fullstory.php?id=1968

In the first draft of the script there were four main Transformers on each side but the plans are to expand that to five on each side in the next script revision. The characters of Optimus Prime, Jazz, Ratchet, Bumblebee and Arcee for the Autobots and Megatron, Soundwave and Starscream for the Decepticons. The remaining 2 Decepticons are yet to be determined.

The story is set in Southwest, USA and will be about Autobots who have been on Earth for a long time, (possibly as far back as biblical times) and are engaged in hidden war with other Transformers. It will told from human perspective. There are currently no plans for a second or third film but if the first film does well, two more are likely to follow.

As of now, Soundwave’s alternate mode is a helicopter, however Hasbro prefers Soundwave mass shift and the writers seem to be okay with it.

Hasbro seemed anxious to get Soundwave into musical form to unleash Ravage even if it made no sense. They wanted him to turn into something musical later in the story and spit CDS. Soundwave’s minions are to be included in the film and are said to be “part of him.”

Ratchet is currently set as a fire truck. The writers want to make him an ambulance, DreamWorks doesn't. Hasbro actually doesn't mind if he is an ambulance or a fire truck. Jazz will be some sort of sports car and Arcee will be some type of motorbike. DreamWorks is floating a proposal to all the car companies now and licenses being worked out.

As far as voice casting goes, Peter Cullen and Frank Welker are still Don Murphy’s first choice for the roles of Prime and Megatron.

There are currently no plans for a 2nd or 3rd film. Assuming the first film does well, 2 more are likely to follow.

The film is aimed to be rated either PG or PG-13 with a November 17th, 2006 release date. The script is expected to be done by July 1st, preproduction begins September 1st and filming begins December 1st. ILM is expect to do the effects.

Raph's Girl note: Biblical times???? Uh... I thought they'd been there since Prehistoric times... :-? Gods this movie is sounding bad...

[The Stryker]

Optimus Lead Moses through the desert! Didn't you read Genesis?...Sega Genesis?

[Raph's Girl]

*rotflmao*

Well the transformer's ship IS called the Ark... Noah's Ark??? :lol:

Sodam and Gemora were accidentally destroyed in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons... oops! :o

[The Stryker]

In the Beginning God Created the Heaven and the Earth...And Minicons

Seriously though how are they going to make a movie to be taken Seriously in the age of Sarcasm and Adam Sessler?

[PiffDaddy]

How are they going to transform into current vehicles, if they had been there since pre-historic/biblical times?

Optimus prime transforms into: the wheel, or a horse-drawn charriot.

[Raph's Girl]

Well Megatron originally transformed into a gun but nowadays transforms into a tank. So they can easily transform into other things.... :P

[The Stryker]

Convienient Continuity Cover-up.

The Triple C of TV,Movies and Fan-fiction.

"I thought Homer didn't like Gay people...Why is he living with them?"

Fox:"Look over there! RUN!"

[Peanut]

Arcee? WHY? There are so many better Autobots to choose. Why in the f*ck would they pick Arcee? Damn them all to hell!

[DrSpengler]

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3734

Don responds to an angry e-mail he received from some fanboy. Funny stuff, but flamewars usually are.

And the only news we got out of that thread is...



Some Nobody: I'd be HAPPIER if I heard no-one will ever consider putting in any robot-on-robot love action in this movie.

Don Murphy: Be happier
I can confirm THAT
No one even asked



And all the fangirls on Earth cry simultaneously. Unless they're looking for Robot-on-human love action. In which case, there's still hope for some of you!

[ZariusTwo]

As long as it is'nt Powerlgide making a cameo and doing it...

[Doppleganger]

As long as it is'nt Powerlgide making a cameo and doing it...

:( I did kind of like that episode. It could have been worse they could have included...Blur!

[Peanut]

If they're going to include a G2 Transformer why not make it Hot Rod or Ultra Magnus? Arcee is a ridiculous choice.

[DrSpengler]

If they're going to include a G2 Tranformer why not make it Hot Rod or Ultra Magnus? Arcee is a ridiculous choice.

They want to pull in that female audience, I guess.

Honestly, I think the entire concept of female Autobots is rediculous and is one of my least favorite parts of the mythos. The only time the concept was ever done well was in Beast Wars.

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10330

Is Transformers Happening?
Source: Edward Douglas July 11, 2005

That seems to be the question on everyone's minds after reports that the live action Transformers, executive-produced by Steven Spielberg, has been back-burnered, while writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci go to Rome to start working on Mission: Impossible 3 with Tom Cruise and director J.J. Abrams, with whom they've worked for many years on the ABC show Alias. (We'll have more on that a little later today.)

Well, it is true that they are going to Rome, but that doesn't mean that the duo aren't on top of the Transformers situation, as they told ComingSoon.net while talking to us about Michael Bay's The Island earlier today.

"'Transformers' is very tricky, because it's a movie based on a toy line," Kurtzman told us, when asked about how hard it might be to turn the Hasbro toys into a feature film. "The first question you have to ask yourself is what's the movie? We sat down with Steven Spielberg, and we said that the action scenes in this movie are a given, but he said that that it's the story of a boy and his car and that he wants to bring back the old Amblin movies. It's 'Back to the Future'…great! We're in! It's a real challenge, because the key to making those movies work--and I totally think it's why 'War of the Worlds' works so well--is to be so invested in the people and to maintain the subjectivity of the humans. If you start 'Transformers' with giant robots sitting in a spaceship flying through space, your movie is dead in the water. It's all about keeping it at a human level, and seeing the amazing things that are going on through the eyes of the characters."

The Transformers legacy is so vast and full of characters, we just had to know who they may be including in the story. "The staple characters: Optimus Prime, Megatron, Soundwave, Shockwave, Starscream, Jazz," Kurtzman replied. "There's going to be a lot of them. You're going to have ten Transformers in that movie, and if that's not enough, you can go see 2, 3, 4 or 5."

"The meat and potatoes are going to be in there," writing partner Roberto Orci continued. "We're just missing the premise for the sequels."

They still believe that Michael Bay may be directing the movie, but they do have to hand in the script before he makes a final decision. Neither said anything about a "two week deadline" that has been mentioned on other sites. Later on, Bay was just as non-committal, although he did say they were working on the script and designing it right now.

Bay's The Island, written by Kurzman and Orci, comes out on July 22.

Raph's Girl note: Do they really expect 5 movies?! :o

[DrSpengler]

This films been through so much production Hell, I'm just not anxious anymore. I'll go opening night when it comes out, but I'm not getting excited.

I was pleased that John Rogers left after the first draft since that man couldn't write a good script to save his life, but now we've got the second wave leaving for new projects. At best this may end up like Superman: the Movie; five different screen writers, five different takes on the mythos, one muddled script.

[ZariusTwo]

This films been through so much production Hell, I'm just not anxious anymore. I'll go opening night when it comes out, but I'm not getting excited.

I was pleased that John Rogers left after the first draft since that man couldn't write a good script to save his life, but now we've got the second wave leaving for new projects. At best this may end up like Superman: the Movie; five different screen writers, five different takes on the mythos, one muddled script.

One classic movie ;)

[DrSpengler]

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/thread78394.html

The promo clip for the movie, featuring conceptual animation.

I've gotta say, Helicopter-Soundwave looks pretty good.

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

Sorry I haven't been around lately.

Anyway, one of my recent adventures involved finding a video of the old transformers movie at my local antique store. Now, I'd heard alot about it over the years but had never actually seen it before. I was blown away!

Not only was the plot pretty decent for a 2-hour toy commercial, but the animation was incredible (thanks to Toei) and the music was awesome (I really miss upbeat '80s style rock ballads, it sucks that depessing crap took over in the 90s).

Another great thing was the star power! Nimoy as Galvatron, Rob Stack as Ultra Magnus, storyboards by Peter Chung, and coolest of all Orson Welles as Unicron! The guy who made Citizen freaking Kane was in the Transformers movie!

So, who else wants to discuss this classic with me?

[manny]

its awesome im a huge fan of the 80s cartoon drop me a pm if u wish to talk bout it

[ZariusTwo]

Transformers: The Movie was precisly what the animated series was, MORE than just a "toy commercial" quite frankly I've always found the term "toy commercial" for many of the 80's toyline-based cartoons to be slightly unfair, as many of them rose above that with a level of writing that REAL blatant toy commercials like The Batman, on occasion Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh can't surpass.

[Raph's Girl]

Check it out!

http://www.aintitcool.com/pics/tf-teaser.jpg

And you can see even more at http://www.transformersmovie.com

[Sliced]

Ah man, I'm just so hyped up about this movie being done the way it is. This poster looks awsome and I just hope the movie will too.

We've been waiting for a long time to see a real good Transformers movie, looks like this is it...

[Mecha Cow]

Props to them for not slapping '2007' beneath an Autobot/Decepticon emblem and calling it a day.

I'm not a huge Transformers fan, but I'm looking forward to this movie.

[Cure]

What is it supposed to be? One of their eyes'?

[FireFly]

I just threw up a little. In my pants

[Brodie]

....Yeah, it's one of their eyes....Are you wearing a blindfold?

Reminds me of Dinobot's eye for some reason.

I too, just filled the cup.

Edit: Notice on the website it says 25 days, however many hours, seconds yada yada.....They forgot the year. Unless it recycles after the July 4th date of 2006.... But youd figure people who figured out how to make giant god damned robots that change into giant goddamned vehicles would figure out how to make agood goddamned clock.

[DrSpengler]

I posted the news at the website I write for:

http://forevergeek.com/

But basically

1: the Eye doesn't belong to any character in-particular, but is actually a stylised Autobot Insignia.

2: the counter is actually counting down to the theatrical release of the full teaser on July 4th.

[Cure]

....Yeah, it's one of their eyes....Are you wearing a blindfold?


I just couldn't tell. No need to try to make me feel stupid about it.

[Brodie]

Chill, kiddo, just making light.

[Raph's Girl]

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2006/bumble.jpg

[Cure]

He doesn't look bad to me. I like it.

[DrSpengler]

Well, it's hard to tell. He's kinda...mangled-looking.

Still, I bet when shown properly, he'll look awesome.

[GK Punk]

I like his car form well enough... Can't tell what I think of his robot mode from that shot though. I'll maintain hopefull.

[Raph's Girl]

I like his car form well enough...

So you like that Bumblebee is a Chevy Camaro? :P

[DrSpengler]

Looks like the pics have been taken down and Don Murphy is declaring war on AICN.

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11627

[Raph's Girl]

Looks like the pics have been taken down and Don Murphy is declaring war on AICN.

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?s=&threadid=11627

YIKES! Never mess with Don Murphy! :tcouch:

[GK Punk]

So you like that Bumblebee is a Chevy Camaro? :P

That's actually exactly what I meant. I think Camaro's are awesome cars and Bumblebee has always been one of my favorite G1 Transformers, so I was psyched that they gave him that form. A Gold and Black Camaro wins.

[Spitfire]

Haha wow what a loser.

"OH MY GOD THAT RUINS THE MOVIE!" What an uptight jackhole. I hope someone saved that on their computer so they can upload and keep showing it to people just to piss him off.

I don't care about his gay Transformers movie but I do likee to piss off people who are assholes for no reason.

[DrSpengler]

Well...if anybody hasn't seen it, I have it saved to my computer (YEAH IMA REBEL!!11!!!).

I can always e-mail to anyone.

[Spitfire]

Well...if anybody hasn't seen it, I have it saved to my computer (YEAH IMA REBEL!!11!!!).

I can always e-mail to anyone.
You should just upload it to Imageshack and post it here. A) He doesn't come to this board and B) You can't in trouble for posting a link from another site anyway.

[DrSpengler]

Heh, I remember Murphy threatening to sue to Admins at the TFW2005 boards because they cut and pasted something he said at his own messageboard, and apparently, that's totally illegal.

The guy's a real *****not, and a total racist to boot (he got in trouble with Paramount for posting a threadful of anti-German biggotry).

I'll try and use the TFArchive's photobucket account. Ohhhh they'll never find out!

[Raph's Girl]

You should just upload it to Imageshack and post it here. A) He doesn't come to this board and B) You can't in trouble for posting a link from another site anyway.

I should have saved it to Photobucket. :ohwell:

[DrSpengler]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v461/TFAscans/Bumblebee.jpg

If Don Murphy finds us with this we could be in serious trouble, guys!11!1!!!!

[Spitfire]

Heh, I remember Murphy threatening to sue to Admins at the TFW2005 boards because they cut and pasted something he said at his own messageboard, and apparently, that's totally illegal.

The guy's a real *****not, and a total racist to boot (he got in trouble with Paramount for posting a threadful of anti-German biggotry).

I'll try and use the TFArchive's photobucket account. Ohhhh they'll never find out!
That guy sounds like a nut case. You get him good!

HA Anarchy! Who is Don anyway I didn't even see him listed as a person whose working on the movie.

[DrSpengler]

That guy sounds like a nut case. You get him good!

HA Anarchy! Who is Don anyway I didn't even see him listed as a person whose working on the movie.

He's one of the Producers, the main one, who was in charge of pulling everything together. He's the one who got Spielberg on board and has a big say in casting decisions along with Michael Bay and what not.

Don Murphy is also the genius behind other fine adaptations such as the Double Dragon and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen films.

[cqb101]

And for anybody wondering, a pic of Bumblebee in car mode.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6524/bumblebee44gz.jpg

[Brodie]

Anyone notice the car battery hooked to Bumblebee? Kind of ruins the magic behind the idea of Transformers being powered by a spark...

[Raph's Girl]

Anybody call Direct Tools and Fasteners yet? :lol:

[GK Punk]

And for anybody wondering, a pic of Bumblebee in car mode.

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/6524/bumblebee44gz.jpg


god i want that car so bad

[Spitfire]

Aww I thought he would have turned into this

http://www.autos-modificados.com.ar/truckstuning/Dodge2004RumbleBee/Dodge2004RumbleBee01.jpg

I guess it is robots in disguise not red necks.

[VaughnMichael]

wow if that doesnt just look like every crap modern car I've seen recently...why would they make bumblebee look like that. oh well the robot looks cool atleast. I'm sure another childhood memory will go down the drain for me with this one to.:roll:
and I like your version better spitfire hahahah giterdone! j/k:|

[Peanut]

OK...Bumblebee looks awesome. Honestly, I'm sick of all the people who cry and whine about these kinds of changes. Just picture a god damn yellow beetle amongst all these bad ass robots, now picture how LAME that would be. Do you want him to be confused for some stupid sh*t like Herbie?

People need to let go of those old memories, things change. "Oh, there goes my childhood!" WHY!?! Because Bumblebee isn't going to look like a total tool anymore? Then they go complain about product placement. Like the whole thing about a 360 and Ipod being transformers in the movie, who cares? The whole "prodkt plasmant is teh devil!!" thing is retarded. The entire franchise is nothing but an advertisment, what the hell do you want?

If this movie has 1) Giant robots transforming and 2) Giant robots fighting each other, then it's going to rule. Straight up.

[VaughnMichael]

OK...Bumblebee looks awesome. Honestly, I'm sick of all the people who cry and whine about these kinds of changes. Just picture a god damn yellow beetle amongst all these bad ass robots, now picture how LAME that would be. Do you want him to be confused for some stupid sh*t like Herbie?

People need to let go of those old memories, things change. "Oh, there goes my childhood!" WHY!?! Because Bumblebee isn't going to look like a total tool anymore? Then they go complain about product placement. Like the whole thing about a 360 and Ipod being transformers in the movie, who cares? The whole "prodkt plasmant is teh devil!!" thing is retarded. The entire franchise is nothing but an advertisment, what the hell do you want?

If this movie has 1) Giant robots transforming and 2) Giant robots fighting each other, then it's going to rule. Straight up.
not every transformer was some giant freaking big rig shesh....most of them where cars and ****...he was a beatle whats wrong with them actully sticking to how a character looked...
you want him to change thats fine and what not.
to me it's ruined now I may like the movie but I'll give a huge **** less about him now to be dead honest....so leave me be in my displeasement.
Also I didn't even mention anything about products...but if I seriously see a single transformer jaming out on an ipod that just will make my skin crawl that has got to be the lamest thing....seriously...how about they plug moter oil or something lol.
Yea it can be great giant robots fighting each other or it could just be another cgi showoffish crap fast.

[cqb101]

not every transformer was some giant freaking big rig shesh....most of them where cars and ****...he was a beatle whats wrong with them actully sticking to how a character looked...
you want him to change thats fine and what not.
to me it's ruined now I may like the movie but I'll give a huge **** less about him now to be dead honest....so leave me be in my displeasement.
Also I didn't even mention anything about products...but if I seriously see a single transformer jaming out on an ipod that just will make my skin crawl that has got to be the lamest thing....seriously...how about they plug moter oil or something lol.
Yea it can be great giant robots fighting each other or it could just be another cgi showoffish crap fast.

First of all, you can blame Volkwagen for Bumblebee not being a beatle anymore. They won't liscence their cars out to anything that involves war. The producers couldn't use a beatle, so they went with a Camaro. Big deal. It's the same character, just a different car.

[Peanut]

I wasn't speaking directly to you, don't get so defensive. I was speaking to lamers and whiners in general.

[Brodie]

Dude, Judd Nelson better be involved, thats all I gotta to say.

[DrSpengler]

A lot of Transformers threads all of a sudden? Maybe someone oughtta merge em all.

Anyhow...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-uKst1Hd9c

See it now before Don Murphy sues you tube!

[AquaParade]

Thanks for posting that!
It's pretty cool, but I was hoping to actually see some transforming:ohwell:
I like how it kinda played off the fact that it would actually be pretty freakin creepy if big transforming vehicles from space came down and started a war on our planet...I like that a lot.:D

[DrSpengler]

Yeah, I didn't expect the teaser to show us the robots or anything, just give us enough to anticipate them.

But judging by that teaser, the thing looks really friggen dark for a movie Michael Bay described as "A tale of a boy and his car". And I loved the transforming text.

[Peanut]

Sweet. That was pretty cool. I can't wait until we get an actual trailer.

[DrSpengler]

Aaaaaaaand it's GONE!

And boy is Don Murphy ever pissed.

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?threadid=11680

[Spitfire]

HAHAHHAHAHA What a ***, he gets all butt hurt cause someone posted a trailer. Like this movie is going to be so big and like it REALLY matters.

[DrSpengler]

Murphy can't stop the internet. The trailer is back, get it while you can!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFsjxPkw0Qk

[Spitfire]

Wow that trailer sucked.

[Raven]

that bastard took 1 minute of my life, I want them back!

Man that was lame....

[Toonami Tom]

Screw Don Murphy. He's pissed becasue people are excited about his movie? What the f**k?! That trailer sucked by the way. I hate the toys too. They are such b@st@rds to transform.

[DrSpengler]

And Don Murphy has lost the battle.

The studio said "Screw it" and just went ahead and put the trailer on their official site.
http://www.transformersmovie.com/

[ZariusTwo]

That trailer sucked by the way..

...Reasons?

No?

[Sliced]

Really so so as a teaser...

Of course, it IS a TEASer, but still, it indeed sucked.

Any idea on the identity of the bot we saw ? From the form of the head, it looked like megatron, but still I'm not too sure about that.

[Toonami Tom]

The plot of the trailer was cool. I was just expecting more. Maybe saying it sucked is too harsh. Hmm....

[Raph's Girl]

Oh.. so THAT's what happened to the Beagle probe...it was destroyed by a Decepticon that was on Mars for some reason...yea sure thanks...it all makes sense now....NOT! :roll:

[Toonami Tom]

This is better than the trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cekr1uEq3NE&search=transformers%20teaser%20trailer

[cqb101]

Pretty good for a teaser.

[Brodie]

Kind of interesting trailer. Nothing spectacular.

[GK Punk]

It was decent, but a little dissapointing. I was hoping we'd get to see atleast one Autobot or Decipticon in robot mode.

[VaughnMichael]

I wasn't speaking directly to you, don't get so defensive. I was speaking to lamers and whiners in general.
well can you blame me almost everyone on this ****ing site even the mods always seem like they are just out to start a flame war if you have any opinion of your own that's not even close to the one they hold.:roll:

[Dr. Doom]

Yanno.... he's kinda got us there.

[cqb101]

Optimus Prime:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/moviemaniacs/optimus.jpg

Not a fan of the color sheme, but I'm glad he's still a semi.

[Raph's Girl]

Optimus Prime:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v722/moviemaniacs/optimus.jpg

Not a fan of the color sheme, but I'm glad he's still a semi.

That's Optimus?! WTF?! He's supposed to be all red!

[DrSpengler]

That's actually an homage to Generation 2 Laser Rod Optimus Prime...of all things.

He's actually red and blue, and someone on another board desaturated the pic in photoshop revealing the "black" parts to actually be blue. So I guess they got that much right.

The flames are pretty cheesy, but I'm not completely put-off by them. Dunno why...

[FireFly]

i'm just glad he a semi and not a firetruck

[ZariusTwo]

Love how peopl s are bashing a teaser trailer consisting of a nice little plot point, but that's sad case Transfans for ya. There going to hate this movie no matter what anyway, screw 'em, I'll go by what I see and not by what little I don't.

And from what I see with Optimus, they've completly screwed up in one regard, but then again I've liked the improvments to Bumblebee and can understand why Soundwave and Megatron have been altered to look more threatning

[Peanut]

A red and blue semi wouldn't look very convincing on film anyways. I'm glad they did something to his design. Flames are pretty cheesy, but just try and picture that red and blue semi on the screen. Doesn't sit well with me.

[GK Punk]

I Saw that this morning, as well as a bunch of other pics. I Kind of like his design (as I said at TFArchive). The flames took some getting used to, but it's not bad.

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

A shadow of a Transformer? WTF!

For all I know that could have been one of the damn Go-Bots looking for revenge.

That trailer blew.

[GK Punk]

It was just a teaser. None of that will actually be in the movie.
And the GoBots aRe owned by Hasbro now :p

[DrSpengler]

Good thing cqb posted the pic here, as AICN was forced to take the pic down in under an hour.

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23825

That's their rebuttle.

[GK Punk]

He's pretty correct. The more they hide, the more scared fans are getting.
Edit:
I'm really hoping Megatron and Starscream pics get leaked out soon.

[Spitfire]

God they act like this movie is going to be the biggest thing to hit the screens since Titanic. I'm sure it will make money but it's not like it's going to make highest grossing picture of all time. They act like if people see pictures their going to rip them off and make their own giant robot movies*Cause that's totally in demand right now*

[DrSpengler]

You guys want some pathetic whining?

Check out the reaction the tools over at Don Murphy's messageboard are having.

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?threadid=12012

Dear lord in heaven. I bet if I strangled their grandmothers with piano wire and drop-kicked their puppies, they STILL wouldn't get as upset as they are in that thread.

[GK Punk]

That is rather amusing. :lol:
Now, let's all go watch Energon.

[DrSpengler]

That is rather amusing. :lol:
Now, let's all go watch Energon.

Can I hang myself, instead?

[Spitfire]

You guys want some pathetic whining?

Check out the reaction the tools over at Don Murphy's messageboard are having.

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?threadid=12012

Dear lord in heaven. I bet if I strangled their grandmothers with piano wire and drop-kicked their puppies, they STILL wouldn't get as upset as they are in that thread.
I'm not one to pick on nerds but if I saw people talking to each other like that out loud and they were near me I would beat the crap out of them*Shortly after throwing a few punches I'm sure they would all tackle me and beat the crap out of me...I'm no one man army haha* That Mit Gas guy is the most annoying he has such an ego. I can't stand it when geeks argue about crap like that. I saw that stuff at this stupid anime convention I had to go to with my girlfriend. And I wanted to hit those people to. Instead I just made fun of them out loud and watched them get all mad cause they knew they couldn't do anything about it.

One thing I ALWAYS liked about wearing all black and having long hair is people don't mess with you. I never intended it to be that way but hey it works. Now all I need is a jacket with tons of spikes on it, some tats and a big ass mohawk and people would run from me haha

[GK Punk]

Can I hang myself, instead?

:lol: Permission to hang yourself granted :lol:

[DrSpengler]

:lol: Permission to hang yourself granted :lol:

You're lucky you suggested Energon.

I can't repeat the things I would have done to myself had you said Armada.

[GK Punk]

I like to pretend Armada doesn't exist.

[ZariusTwo]

I like to pretend Armada doesn't exist.

Or the other two...:)

[GK Punk]

Haha exactly.

[Sliced]

That is suppose to be optimus ? Hmm, the flames are just too much, but I like the semi. But really, drop the f*cking flames ! We see it enough on choppers and new gangsta cars...

And to leave it as a red and blue semi wouldn't had been such of a bad thing. Just use dark red and a dark blue and you have a red/blue semi who doesn't look too retarded.

Anyway, if it doesn't screw his robot form too much, then it'll be ok I think. Its always like that in movies, they always change things...

And man are those nerds a bunch of friggin cry babies. I hate that, thank god the drome is not like that. We do express opinions, but not near as retarded as theirs...

[ZariusTwo]

...You guys hav'nt lived until you see the Power Rangers fandom...:lol:

[ThemanthatwouldbeRaphael]

It was just a teaser. None of that will actually be in the movie.
And the GoBots aRe owned by Hasbro now :p

Hopefully not, but until I see some pictures of the Transformers, my expectations aren't gonna get any higher.

Mine are already pretty low when I found out Bernie Mac is gonna be in the movie.

[DrSpengler]

Would it make you feel any better if I told you that they just cast Ludakirs? Still haven't said who he'll be playing; whether it'll be a live-action role or a voice over role.

And I am dead-serious.

[GK Punk]

Ludakris? :|
Lame.

[DrSpengler]

Yeah, we lost Michael Clark Duncan (who had to leave because of conflicting schedules, not because he wanted to) and we gained Ludakris.

I feel kinda ripped-off, here...

[GK Punk]

That's hardly a fair at all. Bernie Mac isn't so bad imo (I'm a fan of his actually...)

They should totally through Arcee in the movie for no reason other than a throw back to the classic movie. Even just as a background character.

[Spitfire]

Would it make you feel any better if I told you that they just cast Ludakirs? Still haven't said who he'll be playing; whether it'll be a live-action role or a voice over role.

And I am dead-serious.
Wow this movie just dropped about 15 points. He's actualyl a decent actor*I saw him in Crash* but for this kind of movie....no.

[DrSpengler]

GOOD NEWS, EVERYONE!

Nelson, one of the middle-men over at Bay's messageboard had this to say:

Spoke to Bay this morning...

...as I said, he will post later on later regarding the designs (when I say later it could mean tonight or in a couple of days).

Among some of the stuff:

-They (Bay & Co.) are commited to maintaining total secrecy about this project until it hits the screen. We spoke of how there was no surprise factor to Peter Jackson's King Kong. You knew the whole movie ahead of time. There are some in the team who believe the audience's first peak of the robots in their normal mode should be when they sit down to watch the movie in the theater (in other words, no sneak peak of them in their normal mode in the trailers).

-The reasons why they went with a huge long nose truck for OP (BTW, regarding the flames, there is a context for them like Orci pointed out). Bay said they did test with flat noses (FN) for scale purposes, and the FN would only be about 20 to 25 feet tall, so they went with the biggest truck they could find: the Peterbilt. We're talking 40 to 50 foot tall robots here. The physics for these robots have to be real...aka no magically disappearing parts. Also, OP is going to have much more red than what was shown in the supposedly "leaked" photo.

-Regarding the designers... all I can say is he said they all had to be fans of the show in order to get their jobs.

-Regarding the Ludacris rumor...no, he does not have a part in TF.

[Dr. Doom]

See, I actually like this. How much more incredible would some of your favorite movies have been if you never saw any commercials or promotions for it whatsoever? If everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) was totally new to you?

[DrSpengler]

Well, they tried that wth Godzilla 98.

And while it made the studio millions of dollars, it disappointed movie goers around the planet, as they had been tricked into thinking they were going to see a Godzilla movie.

But that's just me at my most cynical. I think, so long as they aren't pulling a "Godzilla", that hiding the robots will increase the "Oh S***!"-factor exponentially. Which is a good thing.

[Sliced]

I like the explaination for Optimus. They indeed need to keep it as real as possible. Their decision regarding the trailers and all, is not so dumb. Although, they will need to show us at least some robot parts... C'mon, at least a hand or a foot :lol:

I will go see this movie no matter what. I'm sure that they won't blew it ''Godzilla'' style. Well, I sure hope so...

[TigerClaw]

I like the explaination for Optimus. They indeed need to keep it as real as possible. Their decision regarding the trailers and all, is not so dumb. Although, they will need to show us at least some robot parts... C'mon, at least a hand or a foot :lol:

I will go see this movie no matter what. I'm sure that they won't blew it ''Godzilla'' style. Well, I sure hope so...
I'm sure the trailers and TV spots will show there vehicle modes though. I think the aproach they will be doing as far as promoting the movie, Will be simular to what was done with War Of The Worlds, By not showing the Tripods in the trailers and TV spots until the movie came out.

[DrSpengler]

Video Game Developer "Cliffy B." (Unreal Tournament, Gears of War) is apparently dubbing Michael Bay the antiChrist.

Check out his rant...http://www.cliffyb.com/

Dear Michael Bay,

Hey there! I’ve been a long time admirer of your testosterone fueled ten ton testicle spectacles ever since I was a wee lad. I feel like we’ve been running from explosions for years now, hand in hand, jumping out of the window in slow motion at the last possible second. Ah, the memories.

I liked The Island; I was one of the thirteen people in the US who went to the theater to see it. I can appreciate what you were trying to do post Bruckheimer. Do “smart explosions;” see, it’s an action movie with Beautiful People but it’s got a *message.* (Well, I could watch Scarlett read the phone book, so my feelings are a bit cloudy.)

Michael, you need to understand that you’re dealing with an entire generation of 18-35 year old males who were raised on the concept of Badass Transforming Robots. It’s beyond a fad or some Harry Potter ****. This is in our DNA. It is in our blood. Our hearts race whenever we hear that “WWWOOOWWWW WWOWWWWW WRROWW” of a robot turning into a ****ing CAR.

AND BACK!

So, today during my lunch break I happened to notice that there was numerous Transformers buzz hitting my in-box. Allegedly leaked shots of Optimus Prime in truck form.

Now, let me start by saying I’ve seen the Bumblebee ones. I understand that an effeminate Volkswagen bug just won’t translate to screen. Hey, you’ve got to change some stuff when you’re going live action, we all can’t be wearing Yellow Spandex now can we?

I can even appreciate the game that the studio is playing with “leaking” the shots and then “taking them back.” “We’ll put a shot out and then take it back and get them all hot and bothered!” (Some call it viral marketing. I call it a cocktease.)

This is Optimus Prime we’re talking about. He isn’t just the father figure to the entire Autobot community, he’s the daddy to an entire generation of men. When Ironhide was too *****y to get **** done or Perceptor was off sucking cylinder behind the Ark who do you think stepped up and showed everyone how it was done?

Optimus Mother****ing Prime.

So allow me to express my concern when I see my childhood hero “re-envisioned” as the ****ing truck from the Full Throttle Energy Drink commercial. (How much did Coke pay for that one?)

Disclaimer: Yes, I know it was based off of some later lame design that Hasbro released when they were going all plastic and ****ty post Beast Wars. (It still eats a huge bowl of *****.)

So if this is, in fact, the final design that was decided upon for our ultimate hero I have to just ask one small favor…

Please, while you’re raping my childhood in the ass, please use a little bit of lube. I’m not even asking for that silky KY sprayable window cleaner ****. I’m asking for maybe take a second away from burying my childhood’s face in the burlap pillow on the floor of the dusty barn to maybe hock up a tiny little glob of phlegm and adhere it to the tip of your baby raping schlong.

Also, since we’re on this subject, while you’re pounding away and the jets are flying overhead and explosions are going off try to not go too deep. I really don’t need my childhood having a colostomy bag attached as it tries to overcome its emotional scars.

I’m fragile, Michael. I’m terrified to go online or check my email. I have a feeling that tomorrow I’ll wake up and I’ll see Soundwave as a ****ing Ipod or Prowl as a Segway. I’ll then peek back into the barn and find out that you’ve moved on from my childhood’s freshly shredded anus to the newly opened colostomy bag hole.

And that would be wrong.

So please, Michael, don’t **** this up. Because you’re dealing with a very sensitive generation of fanboys. Put the kid gloves on.

And at least have the decency to give us a warning before you donkey punch our childhood in the back of the head.


Sincerely,


Cliff Bleszinski


Harsh.

[GK Punk]

I’m fragile, Michael. I’m terrified to go online or check my email. I have a feeling that tomorrow I’ll wake up and I’ll see Soundwave as a ****ing Ipod or Prowl as a Segway.

lmao. I was afraid of Sondwave Being an ipod too :lol:

[DrSpengler]

PETER CULLEN CONFIRMED AS OPTIMUS PRIME!!!!!!

http://forevergeek.com/entertainment/peter_cullen_confirmed_as_optimus_prime.php

News...so...good...brain....leaking...

[ZariusTwo]

David Kaye better bag Megatron if they can't aqquire Welker, though Welker would be INSANE not to accept the role

[DrSpengler]

It's probably a matter of them not wanting Welker, honestly. His voice sounds very "cartoonish", much more-so than Cullen's, and that would probably clash with their intention of making Megatron a threat.

Personally, I'd want David Kaye, as well, as his version of Megatron was the best version ever. But I have a feeling Cullen was the bone they threw the fans and all the other characters will be either celebrities or just different voice actors.

[Brodie]

According to IMDB, Dane Cook is in the movie...

[FireFly]

maybe dane will be playing optimus prime's father.:lol:

as for megs i hope david kaye is cast he is the megtron i grew up with and will always remember most. also i heard megs is going to be a cybertronien jet instead of a gun/tank any news to back it up.

[ZariusTwo]

maybe dane will be playing optimus prime's father.:lol:

as for megs i hope david kaye is cast he is the megtron i grew up with and will always remember most. also i heard megs is going to be a cybertronien jet instead of a gun/tank any news to back it up.


A leaked photo of his tank form proves that rumour wrong

[GK Punk]

I thought the Tank turned out to be someone else?

[FireFly]

ok so i found the article and it gives the the alt mode for some the TF we will see here they are

AUTOBOTS
OP-semi
Bumblebee-1075 camaro
JAZZ-exotic car (not much but now we know he's in the movie)
Ratchet-ambulance
Ironhide-pickup truck

DECEPTICONS
MEGS-cybertronian jet
Starscream-F-22 raptor
Devastator-MI abrams Tank(now we know who the tank is)
Brawl-pocice car
Soundwave-boombox bad news he maybe renamed and stand at 4 1/2 feet
Scorponok-.......a scorpion maybe

[TigerClaw]

Brand new behind the scenes footage from the movie from Access Hollywood. If you look carefully at the very end they briefly show an animated storyboard and you can see one of them. To view the video click on this link (http://video.accesshollywood.com/v/?linkId=25416#) and click on Watch Video Now.

[Sliced]

Hmm, hard to really say anything yet. The storyboards weren't very clear and precise. I think we will still have to wait for the trailer to express any opinions on the robots look.

But, from what we saw on the storyboard, look like they might do it right.

[DrSpengler]

It did get me excited. Looks like one of the Transformers is trying to swat the crap out of Shia. Awesome.

[Buslady]

I think one of the best things for this movie is that the ORIGINAL Prime is voicing...I forget his name.But he is THE voice I hear anytime I see Prime.

A conventional nosed Prime will be interesting when he was normally a cab over.

[PsychoJoe]

FireFly wrote:
ok so i found the article and it gives the the alt mode for some the TF we will see here they are

AUTOBOTS
OP-semi
Bumblebee-1075 camaro
JAZZ-exotic car (not much but now we know he's in the movie)
Ratchet-ambulance
Ironhide-pickup truck

DECEPTICONS
MEGS-cybertronian jet
Starscream-F-22 raptor
Devastator-MI abrams Tank(now we know who the tank is)
Brawl-pocice car
Soundwave-boombox bad news he maybe renamed and stand at 4 1/2 feet
Scorponok-.......a scorpion maybe
I really like that lineup of Transformers. It's going to be really cool to see the Autobots and Decepticons battle in the movie. Where did you find that info; do you have a link to that article?
TigerClaw wrote:
Brand new behind the scenes footage from the movie from Access Hollywood. If you look carefully at the very end they briefly show an animated storyboard and you can see one of them. To view the video click on this link and click on Watch Video Now.
Wow, That was cool to final see some footage, eventhough it was short. Thanks for posting that link.:tsmile:

[FireFly]

last months issue of toyfare

[DrSpengler]

First look at Optimus Prime in robot mode!

http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12846

Anybody else getting a Megas XLR-vibe, here?

[GK Punk]

Woah. He's actually kind of awesome...

[Brodie]

Except the goddamn flames.

Looks like they might start a war.

Ha.

Flame.
War.

[Sliced]

Pretty interesting. They censored his eyes :lol: How cheap...

Looks promising, but indeed, those friggin flames... They don't look that good on Optimus. Will take me a little while to get used to them.

[TigerClaw]

Theres going to be a Transformers movie Live webcast this Friday August 18th with the writers of the movie. Heres the info from aintitcoolnews.com
TRANSFORMERS Movie Scripters To Bravely Face Raging Hoards Of Geeks In Live Web Chat...Tomorrow!! Join In!!

Merrick here...

Tomorrow (Friday August 18) you'll be able to participate in a live video chat with Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci, writers of the TRANSFORMERS movie.
The chat will happen via Yahoo tomorrow at 11a.m. Pacific Time (that's 2pm Eastern).
Among the information to be gleaned from the chat? The finalized identities of all Autobots/Decepticons to appear in the film. Folks following the long and winding tale of TRANSFORMERS here on AICN may recall that various drafts of the film's script used "place holder" names/identities for robots; the final word on who shows up in the movie will come down in this conference.
Alex and Bob will also be answering questions from the Geeky masses - questions you can begin submitting shortly via message boards at the official TRANSFORMERS movie website (which you can access HERE (http://www.transformersmovie.com/)).
Be sure to check the official site for the specific Yahoo conference address; we'll update this article as well when the URL becomes available.
This may be a fantastic opportunity to have some long gestating questions answered; I think it's way cool The Powers That Be are pushing open the doors a little in regards to this project. Something like this is long overdue, as far as I'm concerned, and could be a lot of fun...

[Raph's Girl]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, writers of the upcoming Transformers movie, will appear on a live Webcast on Yahoo! at 11 a.m. PT on Aug. 18 to announce the names of robots that will appear in the movie and answer fan questions.

You can post questions here:
http://www.transformersmovie.com/

[TigerClaw]

Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, writers of the upcoming Transformers movie, will appear on a live Webcast on Yahoo! at 11 a.m. PT on Aug. 18 to announce the names of robots that will appear in the movie and answer fan questions.

You can post questions here:
http://www.transformersmovie.com/
I just posted about that a while ago right here (http://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=16698). :)

[VaughnMichael]

ooo sexy I hope he wears a nighty! hahah:lol:

[Raph's Girl]

And the official list of Transformers and Decepticons is:

Autobots: Optimus, Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet, Iron Hide

Decepticons: Megatron, Starscream, Brawl, Bone Crusher, Barricade, Scorpinaut, Frenzy, Black Out

[Mecha Cow]

Wow, the good guys are severely outnumbered. Good thing they'll have the courageous boy and the sassy girl on their side (I kid, I kid).

Maybe one of the Decepticons will switch sides or something. Or not, I dunno.

[TigerClaw]

Many of the characters will stay true to the G1 version, They mention the dynamic between Megatron and Starscream will be just like in the cartoons.

[cqb101]

Some new leaked images were posted on Joblo, I decided to host them myself because I'm sure they'll get taken down.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/bumblebee.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/transformerice.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/transformersprime.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/transformersbackyard.jpg

[DrSpengler]

I really hope that's Bumblebee's Cybertronian mode or something.

Cuz he looks like a Bionicle toy.

[PsychoJoe]

cqb101 wrote:
Some new leaked images were posted on Joblo, I decided to host them myself because I'm sure they'll get taken down.
WOW! those are some awesome pics. Thanks for posting those pics.

Here is another link to more behind the scenes footage.
http://video.accesshollywood.com/v/?linkId=25436
It shows extended footage of Michael Bay filming a scene.
Here is a pic of concept art of Optimus Prime in robot mode:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/Optimus-Drawn.jpg
I found this at themovieblog.com
http://www.themovieblog.com/archives/2006/08/first_optimus_prime_images.html

BTW: On 11/7/06 a 20th anniversary Special Edition DVD of the animated Transformers movie is going to be released! Here is some info I found out about the release from amazon.com:

this dvd release is a 2 disc release featuring three versions of the feature film, commentary tracks and interviews, a sneak peak at the live-action movie.

A breakdown of the dvd details are as follows :

*Brilliantly remastered and color-corrected

*16x9 widescreen presentation, which has not been seen anywhere since the movie was in theatres twenty years ago

*Full screen edition as well

*Commentary tracks

*Interviews with director Nelson Shin, story consultant Flint Dille and voice actress Susan Blu

*Autobot Matrix of Knowledge Presentation: Truly showcasing the pop culture phenomenon that is The Transformers, Sony BMG has created a special version of the film for the DVD release.

*The `Autobot Matrix of Knowledge' will feature trivia and fun facts about the movie itself, the Transformers brand, and the pop culture references in which Transformers has been spoofed/tributed. Approximately one hundred fun facts will show up on screen throughout the movie. Many of the factoids were provided by fans through a special DVD site created by Sony BMG to solicit input--marking the first time that the huge
Transformers fan base has ever been asked to participate in the creation of a Transformers home entertainment release.

*Original commercials for the toy line and movie

*Behind-the-scenes sneak peak at next summer's highly anticipated Transformers live action movie event. The special feature segment on the DVD will include comments from Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg who share their vision and passion for Transformers

*Collectible `transforming' cover

Here are pics of the cover art:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7633/transformersthemovie20thanniversaryspecialedition2 006rv3.gif

[cqb101]

Some more pictures...This time some prototypes of the toys, which give you a good idea of the design of the characters.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/scorponok.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/optimus.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/blackout.jpg
Blackout:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/3941344e685841b497.jpg
Starscream:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v45/cqb101/3941344e686dd5ca67.jpg

[GK Punk]

Oh my god, I've lost faith again.

[ZariusTwo]

What the f*cking heck is that? Seriously, there's "robots" and then there's "Robots in Disguise", the Transformers are alien robots, don't go over the top on the realism Bay, it worked perfectly in the World War II TF/GI Joe crossover, but that's because they resembled the characters, these don't.

[Mecha Cow]

They look more like Anime Mecha's than Transformers. o_O

[FireFly]

i like them....except starscream

[PsychoJoe]

Wow! I'm really liking the designs of the Transformers so far, and Optimus Prime and Blackout look awesome. Did anyone watch the webcast of the Screenplay writers Alex Kurtzman and Robert Orci answer questions from fans at transformersmovie.com? That was cool to watch and to hear more info on the characters that appear in the movie.

[TigerClaw]

Check out this new pic.

http://img317.imageshack.us/img317/6858/all3fp7.jpg

Optimus Prime, Ratchet, And Brawl?

[FireFly]

i think it's megs if it is.....this movie is perfect

[GK Punk]

It looks like a tank, and devistator is allegedly the tank,right? Brawl is a cop car?

[Kaneda]

I really like the designs.That last one does look like a tank.

[Peanut]

The toy designs had me disgusted, but those new ones look much better.

[TerranigmaFreak]

Let me rape your childhood some more.

Megatron!!!

http://aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=24276

[Mecha Cow]

The images have been removed from the website. Here (http://img82.imageshack.us/img82/7602/megatron1jg0.jpg)'s an alternative link.

Man, he looks like a damn Ent or something. Couldn't they at least have given him a face (http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/3044/megatronheadfi9.jpg)?

[GK Punk]

http://img473.imageshack.us/img473/3672/1156433856360ki9.jpg

Edit: Ooops, I was beaten to it!

[DrSpengler]

Megatron's "Standard Mode" head has a Beast Machines Megabolt Megatron-vibe to it, which I kinda like.

The rest of his body is waaaaayyyy too bland, though. He needs a fusion cannon or something just to give it a bit more "oomph".

Still doesn't look like he can transform into anything.

[Sliced]

I hate megatron. The others looks ok at best.

Where is this movie going ? Why the hell do they always have to change things in hollywood ? And indeed, Megatron look like he could play in the lord of the rings... I hate that. Him transforming into a gun was awsome, now he's simply an alien jet..

Devastator is looking like Megatron should look. Bad ass. Incinerator also have a cool design.

[Raph's Girl]

WTF is Megatron supposed to be?! He's scary!! :o

[BartAllen]

Is it just me, or does megatron sort of look like a metal zoalord. I mean I saw that and I thought of Guyot.
Im not going to say I hate it yet, because we've been beat over the head with the statement, "its not G1". So - until I see it in action. Im going to hold my opinion on it.

[AquaParade]

WTF is Megatron supposed to be?! He's scary!! :o

Ya, he does look kinda creepy, but i like it :)
I think i'll really be freaked out when i see what scorpinok looks like....now that just cant be pretty:tcouch:

[Quiller-Bee]

I'm a longtime Transformers fan, and have been into them even a little longer than I have been the TMNT. That having been said, I'm okay--just okay--with most of the designs that have been "leaked." However, I'm not at all happy with what we've seen of Starscream or Megatron thus far. Starscream looks like a Transformer, just not Starscream. (Truthfully, the same thing applies to Bumblebee, IMHO.) Megatron, on the other hand, looks like the bastard offspring of an Eva Unit from NGE and something out of Guyver. We'll see how the movie turns out, but my expectations are honestly pretty low at this point. If the trailer looks bad, I won't even see the movie at the theater.

[Spawn Guy]

Megs has that whole "Give me your sole" thing going on.

[Spitfire]

Havn't bothered to peak at this in awhile...all I can say is wow...not only was I not intrested in this movie to begin with now I'm even more turned off from it. It looks like it's going to be a good old fashioned anime robot rumble...yay?

[Raph's Girl]

SCI FI Wire got a rare peak at the production of director Michael Bay's upcoming Transformers movie in downtown Los Angeles on Aug. 26, including the first up-close look at the disguised versions of four key Autobots: the chartreuse search-and-rescue vehicle Ratchet, the giant black GMC 4x4 Ironhide, the sleek silver Pontiac Solstice sports car that is Jazz and the muscle-y yellow-and-black Chevy Camaro that is the new Bumblebee—so new that the car in the movie is a prototype for a vehicle that hasn't even gone into production yet.

In interviews with cast and crew, SCI FI Wire also got a preview of the film and learned a few key spoilers:

•The film will offer background about the origin of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. The plot will be set in motion when 18-year-old Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers his grandfather's pair of century-old glasses, improbably laser-etched with a map and information about the location of a key artifact, the "Energon" cube, which he then tries to sell on eBay. The movie will follow five separate storylines, which will all converge with a final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, starting at Hoover Dam and ending in an American city that looks a lot like Los Angeles.

•The film is seeking permission to be the first production to film the exterior of the Pentagon since the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001; the movie will also shoot in various cities, including L.A., Chicago, Detroit and Washington.

•The film will feature a top-secret military unit called Sector 7.

•Voice casting of the Transformer robots is being left until later in the production, except for Peter Cullen, who was previously named to reprise his role as Optimus Prime. In particular, producers wouldn't say whether Frank Welker, who voiced Megatron in the 1986 animated Transformers film, would voice the character in the movie.

•The movie will use a mix of computer animation and large-scale puppetry to depict the giant robots. Megatron will appear as a plane, not a giant gun, as he did in early versions of the franchise.

•The film's first full trailer will appear sometime during the holiday season this year.

Overall, director Bay told SCI FI Wire that the movie strives for realism, despite its cartoony origins. "I only wanted to do Transformers if I could do it realistic," Bay said in an interview. "And from what I've seen and what we've done with our digital studies, putting it in real-world stuff, that is lot so of effects around that are real effects, that's how we make it realistic." When Bay got the first call from producer Steven Spielberg, he said, "my first thought was, 'Nah, I'm not interested.' And just because I thought, 'OK, how am I going to do a toy movie?' And then I realized, when I went to Hasbro, 'OK, start over and go for [a] realistic alien-invasion-robot movie on Earth.' And so, with that thinking in mind, that's how I went about it."

On a hot Saturday, Bay and his crew shot a scene on a blocked-off street in the heart of downtown L.A. The scene featured the four Autobots, accompanied by military crews led by co-stars Tyrese Gibson and Josh Duhamel, and young stars LaBeouf and Megan Fox, who plays Mikaela, LaBeouf's love interest. In the scene, the commandoes see what they believe to be Air Force jets flying overhead, then realize that the coming flying machines are something else—Decepticons in disguise?—and throw smoke grenades to obscure their positions as dozens of civilians run screaming around them. Ironhide, the black truck in the lead of the column of Autobots, appears to collide with a delivery truck carrying Furbys (the talking furry animal toys that are also made by Transformers maker Hasbro). The truck is on a gimbal, which allows it to swing up and stand perpendicular to the street, as if knocked on its end. The idea is that the Furbys will be knocked from the truck, in flames, then activate when the Energon cube flies overhead. "We just wanted to have burning Furbys on the ground, you know?" Bay said with a laugh. "We're going to be blowing up a lot of little Furbys." Transformers is currently in production, with an eye to a July 4, 2007, release.

Raph's Girl note: Soo... a kid sells an energon cube on ebay and a truck load of Furbies are gonna blow up.... Sounds like a fun product placement movie to me! :P

[PsychoJoe]

Image Heavy Post


These are on set pics. Check it out:
Jazz
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_7277.jpg
Ratchet
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_7276.jpg
Iron Hide
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_7285.jpg
Bumblebee
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_7286.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_6637.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_6639.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/movieimage_7272.jpg
There are more on set pics at LatinoReview.com. Here is the link to the site:
http://latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=254

Here is a close up of Bumblebee's face:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/bumblesfaceqc5.jpg

This is a pic of a poster of Optimus Prime. It was posted at www.tfw2005.com:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/2006-08-31_161024_1021031smxt1.jpg

[Spawn Guy]

The die hard fans can crucify this all they want, but that looks cool. When you think about, alien robots should look just that...alien.

[GK Punk]

Love Prime, hate Bumblebee.

[Quiller-Bee]

Prime looks great. Bumblebee's face = meh.

[Brodie]

Anyone else think Bumblebee looks like a robot version of Mac from Mac n Me?

http://myspace-905.vo.llnwd.net/00319/50/94/319034905_m.jpg

[Spawn Guy]

Not really. Looks kinda insect like.

[Raph's Girl]

Not really. Looks kinda insect like.

Perhaps that's why his name is Bumblebee! :P

[Spawn Guy]

That was my point. Better than a viking.

[Lady Venus]

Love Bumble bee but hate the body.

[PsychoJoe]

Ain't It Cool News.com just released new clearer and closer pics of Optimus Prime and a closer look at his face:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/prime3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/prime1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/prime2.jpg
Here is a link to a interview with Shia LaBeouf and there are some spoilers:
http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=24383

[GK Punk]

I'm not so down for his face now that I've seen a close up. Something just seems off. It doesn't look bad though. I overall like his design.

But I just read...:

That Prime and Megatron are BROTHERS(!?!) In this movie?

[TheShowstoppa]

I'm not so down for his face now that I've seen a close up. Something just seems off. It doesn't look bad though. I overall like his design.

But I just read...:

That Prime and Megatron are BROTHERS(!?!) In this movie?

According to the Feb. 2006 Script, that would be true. I read the script and liked what I read. I don't remember them very much from when I was young, but looking at what I saw, I liked it very much. Has anyone here posed the pic of Megatron yet? There's been a lot of backlash because of that design. I say he looks fine considering what goes on in the script. However, Someone made a fan rendition of same body type and people loved it. I say give him the megatron head that everyone wants and leave the body alone.

Optimus looks amazing. I'm totally stoked that Bumblebee turns out to be my favorite line of cars ever! (Camaros rawk my sawks!!)

[GK Punk]

Dude, I felt the same about Bumble Bee. He was my favorite as a kid, and Camaros are my favorite cars :lol: Couldn't be happier.

Do you still have that script or know where I Can find it? PM me if you can help!

[PsychoJoe]

At tmz.com, there is a short video of the set on the streets of Downtown LA, and you also get a glimpse of Jazz and Ratchet drive by.
Here is the link to tmz.com where you can view the video:
http://www.tmz.com/2006/08/30/transformers-video-more-than-meets-the-eye/
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/transformers_x17_0830_275.jpg

[ZariusTwo]

According to the Feb. 2006 Script, that would be true. I read the script and liked what I read.

If you were more of an avid fan of TF (and I'm begging you to rewatch the original series to become one), you'd know Prime and Megatron being what they are in this film is an affront.

That was my point. Better than a viking.

No it's not "better" than the horned head approach, in the context of a live action movie, that would actually look like a superior design and interpretation, and if it happened you would'nt complain either

And yeah, the fans will crucify this, given we've had more investment in this for a long time and know TF better than anyone who defends this movie, and not the shill fans who'll prefer any kind of Hollywood PC s*it.

[Spawn Guy]

No it's not "better" than the horned head approach, in the context of a live action movie, that would actually look like a superior design and interpretation, and if it happened you would'nt complain either.
Yeah I would. What the hell does a pair of horns have to do with anything when the guy wearing them is named after an insect?

[Raph's Girl]

New piccie of Bumblebee! He's lying down on the job tho... but still :lol:

Just posting the URL since the image itself is HUGE:

http://static.flickr.com/89/239644309_0b59085569_o.jpg

[Spawn Guy]

Who wants to play Cybertronian Doctor?

[ZariusTwo]

http://www.therossman.com/rrr/other/tfscript.html

Wow, sounds like an epic film, especially with the mute Bumblebee and fighting over glasses.:lol:

[Peanut]

God, that sounds awful. I want to cry now.

[Raph's Girl]

FAKE! That's not a real review!

I mean for gods sakes...that review says Soundwave is in the movie.... Soundwave is NOT I repeat NOT in the movie.

Optimus and Megatron being brothers is not that far off from the original origin story where they were friends before being enemies.

But that review is a total faker...

I mean come on...it doesn't even mention the burning of the Furbies... :P

[ZariusTwo]

I mean for gods sakes...that review says Soundwave is in the movie.... Soundwave is NOT I repeat NOT in the movie.

No DUH, the first thing he said was that the script he got was either a draft or the shooting script, I've seen it before, and it's a legit first draft that they changed when they decided not to use Soundwave.

Optimus and Megatron being brothers is not that far off from the original origin story where they were friends before being enemies.

...WHICH original origin story? The original cartoon and Marvel comics never demonstrated that, hence the fans don't bother with those kind of s*it little things, it should just be a rivalry between two completly unreleated leaders.

[GK Punk]

FAKE! That's not a real review!

I mean for gods sakes...that review says Soundwave is in the movie.... Soundwave is NOT I repeat NOT in the movie.

Optimus and Megatron being brothers is not that far off from the original origin story where they were friends before being enemies.

But that review is a total faker...

I mean come on...it doesn't even mention the burning of the Furbies... :P


It's been long known that the original draft of the script DID have Soundwave, before changing his name to make him a different character.
On top of that, Accourding to Generation 1, The first time Megatron first met Optimus Prime would have been when he was Orion Pax.

Who was Destroyed by Megatron shortly there after, and rebuilt as Optimus Prime. Saying they were ever friends in G1 is very incorrect.

[FireFly]

first pics of JAZZ robot movie form guess where it came from

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/KINGOFNOD5/4418245175325074b9.jpg

i like it as much as i like primes petty darn well

[PsychoJoe]

Holy Sh*t!! That looks awesome.:D thats the best transformer design I've seen next to the Optimus Prime and Bumblebee concepts.

[Spitfire]

Did that one guy stop crapping blood over the leaked info yet? Cause that's the only reason I ever look at this topic. I love seeing that guy get all butt hurt about leaked info.

[DrSpengler]

Did that one guy stop crapping blood over the leaked info yet? Cause that's the only reason I ever look at this topic. I love seeing that guy get all butt hurt about leaked info.

Yeah, Don Murphy's finally stopped threatening to sic his lawyers on anyone who even looks at leaked art. Dreamworks is leaking it intentionally, now, to build hype.

[Spitfire]

Abotu time they realized that's a good idea. I mean really recent polls today say people like to know everything about a movie before they go see it. So they like trailers that bascially spoil the movie for them.

That's just begging for them to leak info.

[ZariusTwo]

first pics of JAZZ robot movie form guess where it came from

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v166/KINGOFNOD5/4418245175325074b9.jpg

i like it as much as i like primes petty darn well


:sleep: :sleep:

[Mecha Cow]

Nice try Dreamworks, but just because you're drawing the designs out in a comic-book style doesn't make them look any more like actual Transformers.

Man, I hate to jump on the 'Hollywood sucks' bandwagon (Even if it is kind of true), but I'd like to know just what the hell the people in charge of this movie are thinking. Come on guys, it can't be that hard.

[Kid Icarus]

Nice try Dreamworks, but just because you're drawing the designs out in a comic-book style doesn't make them look any more like actual Transformers.

Man, I hate to jump on the 'Hollywood sucks' bandwagon (Even if it is kind of true), but I'd like to know just what the hell the people in charge of this movie are thinking. Come on guys, it can't be that hard.

My guess is this comes back to Hasbro wanting to make some cool looking toys...

[ZariusTwo]

I'm not even a part of the "remakes suck" bandwagon (Miami Vice was awesome), and I despise what there doing with this movie, it's either Macross, Patlabour, or Guyver, it is NOT Transformers

[Mecha Cow]

[My guess is this comes back to Hasbro wanting to make some cool looking toys...

Yeah, that's another thing. I mean, Transformers is basically one big toy commercial, but these designs seem way too complicated to be turned into properly transformable toys...:/

[Raph's Girl]

I swear I saw Jazz in an ep of Gundam Wing.....

WTF is up with his fingers....they're like claws or something....

[Raph's Girl]

Don Murphy is pissed again... :roll:

Apperantly Megatron's look will be changed and he doesn't look anything like on the leaked pics (which he's of course not happy were leaked in the first place.... ).

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=22582

[ZariusTwo]

Even better news, the leading candiates for the "Prime Speaks" comepetition poll to make Prime speak a fan voted line are

1. DO A BARREL ROLL!
2. These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty


:lol:

YMTND are behind the success of "Barrel Roll" due to a systematic campaign encouraging their visitors to keep voting for it, it beats the reused original movie and cartoon lines

[Brodie]

I don't understand what this is for, Zarius, is this for a line he'll say in the movie, or what? And whats the Do a barrell roll thing?

[ZariusTwo]

I don't understand what this is for, Zarius, is this for a line he'll say in the movie, or what? And whats the Do a barrell roll thing?

The "Prime Speaks" competition was to submit a line for Prime to say in the film. the approved 100 entries would then be submitted to a poll, the winning entry gets spoken in the movie

"Barrel Roll" is an instruction given to you in Starfox 64, it's become a cult Internet meme on YTMND.com and there the ones behind the majority of votes for it

[Spitfire]

Don Murphy is pissed again... :roll:

Apperantly Megatron's look will be changed and he doesn't look anything like on the leaked pics (which he's of course not happy were leaked in the first place.... ).

http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=22582
What cracks me up about this douche is he acts like he makes good movies. And he acts like this movie is going to rock our worlds so hard that it has to be kept as secret as humanly possible. Maybe Transformers is cool on the internet but most people think it's lame and I doubt many people will be going to see this movie*Atleast in my area* I mentioned the movie to a few people just to see what they'd say and they laughed and made comments like "God Why" so the guys already working on a failure. If the cast didn't tell you that already, Bernie Mac? Please

Then again when you make a point to mention being at the premiere a box office disaster like Texas Chainsaw The Beginning you really have nothing better to do.

[Dr. Doom]

1. DO A BARREL ROLL!

YES

YES

YES

FOR THE WIN

XD

[Cure]

Even better news, the leading candiates for the "Prime Speaks" comepetition poll to make Prime speak a fan voted line are

1. DO A BARREL ROLL!
2. These Pretzels Are Making Me Thirsty


:lol:

YMTND are behind the success of "Barrel Roll" due to a systematic campaign encouraging their visitors to keep voting for it, it beats the reused original movie and cartoon lines

But what about "Transform and roll out!"...........he HAS to say that, right?

[Dr. Doom]

I think that's sort of a given.

[ZariusTwo]

What cracks me up about this douche is he acts like he makes good movies. And he acts like this movie is going to rock our worlds so hard that it has to be kept as secret as humanly possible. Maybe Transformers is cool on the internet but most people think it's lame and I doubt many people will be going to see this movie*Atleast in my area* I mentioned the movie to a few people just to see what they'd say and they laughed and made comments like "God Why" so the guys already working on a failure.

Clerks II did'nt help either...as great as it was.

Still ,with the dissapointments in many remakes like Dukes of Hazzard, the mentality of a live action TF blowing is going to be there regardless

[Dr. Doom]

I just realized I'm actually disappointed, because nobody nominated "It's a trap!"

[Anarky]

So, every internet meme is going to be in some movie these days? So when's the first movie with a line about black people and stolen bikes coming out?

... I'm not sure whether I like this development.

[ZariusTwo]

There was nothing wrong with Juggernaught saying "I'm the Juggernaught B*tch" in X-Men III, for those who liked it, it added to the movie

It's pretty obvious Transfans let their egos get in the way of the real purpose of that competition, just to make Prime say something basic, quick, and probably funny to keep the pace of the drama going. "Do A Barrel Roll" may be humilaiting, but hey, half of this movie looks humiliating.

[Dr. Doom]

I hearby move that all Transformers fans hereby be refered to as "Trannies".

[GK Punk]

I hearby move that all Transformers fans hereby be refered to as "Trannies".

And that's how we'll fit "IT'S A TRAP" in to the movie.

[Dr. Doom]

Yes! -=Highfive=-

[Sewer Bull]

So, every internet meme is going to be in some movie these days? So when's the first movie with a line about black people and stolen bikes coming out?

Only if they make "Punch-Out!!: The Movie".

[Dr. Doom]

I think I'd have to catch that one in theaters. Especially if they got Mike Tyson to be in it. It'd probably be a horrible moviem but that kind of horrible that's fun to watch. Like Street Fighter.

[DrSpengler]

I hearby move that all Transformers fans hereby be refered to as "Trannies".

As if "Transfans" wasn't embarassing enough...

Also, the "Trannies" are actually an annual fanfiction contest in the Transformers fandom.

People really need to start thinking before they apply a name to something.

[Dr. Doom]

Indeed they do.

[Sewer Bull]

I think I'd have to catch that one in theaters. Especially if they got Mike Tyson to be in it. It'd probably be a horrible moviem but that kind of horrible that's fun to watch. Like Street Fighter.

Amen to that... I wish Elijah Wood played Little Mac. Now that would be a blast.

[Dr. Doom]

XD That would actually fit very well.

[Kid Icarus]

Only if he wears his Hobbit feet.

[GK Punk]

As if "Transfans" wasn't embarassing enough...


No worse than "He-Fans" or "She-Ravers"

[PsychoJoe]

On seibertron.com there is a article about the first images of two TF movie toys. Here is the link:
http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8696

Looks like the toys are "Pre - Earth" protoforms/Cybertron mode versions of Optimus Prime and Starscream. The article mentioned they may come out on May 2nd 2007.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_5bbc1b6303fa7e1.jpg

Here are more pics:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_03eed9c6265ff6e.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_a0183d4478d268f.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_82793f438f6ac7a.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_788e4b976053714.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_c0a4afa659a1773.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_71a8cbb47957ec8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_f7d8854379901b2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_a72cf1dbb0fa587.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_4b29393f0ef6dc1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_3eca26fc4609248.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_a1d64f479b85d95.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_6a5d5b761375a6f.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_bd7945a27a90bc6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_6819_807a5340f6a9eb5.jpg

:o Wow, I'm looking forward to seeing the rest of the figures

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v393/jamsem81402/99_5329_f7d8854379901b2.jpg

Starscream seems to look a little better in this pic instead of the leaked prototype pic of Starscream. What do you think?

[DrSpengler]

Not too hot on the "meteor modes" but the "protoform" modes look pretty snazy.

I doubt I'll buy the, but I *do* think they look good.

[Krang's Uncle]

Im undecided on what to think of these toys. On the one hand, they dont impress me very much, in fact they disappoint when i think of Transformers. But, on the other hand, im a big fan of Transformer that do look different from the G1 look. Personally, i think the opinion that Transformers should only appear as they did in the old toon is absurd. There has to be a continued evolution in a property for it to stay relevant. So, there is my dilemma. I dont like how these look, but i do appreciate a different look for Optimus, Starscream etc. Im trying to avoid any major spoilers, so i have little clue as to how they will look, but i imagine that once the toys hit retail i will decide what, if anything, from the movie i will buy.

[ZariusTwo]

Starscream seems to look a little better in this pic instead of the leaked prototype pic of Starscream. What do you think?


Rattrap's in this movie?



As for the figures, I care little for the revival of the Action Masters line, Transformers are supposed to f*cking transform.

Im undecided on what to think of these toys. On the one hand, they dont impress me very much, in fact they disappoint when i think of Transformers. But, on the other hand, im a big fan of Transformer that do look different from the G1 look. Personally, i think the opinion that Transformers should only appear as they did in the old toon is absurd. There has to be a continued evolution in a property for it to stay relevant.

...Ah, but when fans tested out what the G1 bodies would look like in CGI, the fans supporting this now were all over them and praising what they looked like, so yeah, you can see why I think people saying the opposite holds no real relevance, their opinions bend in the wind with whatever there given

Realist Hollywood can be wrong sometimes, this is one of those times.

[Brodie]

I do dig Optimus, but whats with Starscream's hands?

[Spitfire]

THey look like their from that show, uhhh Evangelion? Yeah -_-

[Barkworm]

EDIT: Oops, forget it.

[DrSpengler]

http://www.aintitcool.com/images2006/RunTyreseBig.jpg

Scorponok: 1
United States Military: 0

[Brodie]

Movie scene?

[DrSpengler]

Movie scene?

Yeah, from Scopronok taking on the military. AICN was forced to take it down from their article by Paramount, but luckily the image link still functions.

[DrSpengler]

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?threadid=15646

I think this is Don Murphy's 156th threat to sue AICN.

Still waitin' on that litigation, Donny...

[Raph's Girl]

Altho the image of Scorponok was taken off the AICN site here's another site with it:

http://www.nomadofthewaves.com/

[Raven]

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?threadid=15646

I think this is Don Murphy's 156th threat to sue AICN.

Still waitin' on that litigation, Donny...


How does Murphy have any fans? The way he talks to any one that has a different view then him is right away stupid, an idiot....wtf? Murphy is a jackass.

[Spitfire]

Wow that guy is an arrogant retard. Posting pics like that helps his **** movie get noticed. Everyone knows this movies going to suck ass anyway I don't see how hiding it from everyone is so important. He's keeping it more under wraps then a Star Wars movie. There's far greater movies coming out next year. This garbage is nothing. Spider-man 3 is something epic, Transformers is just...no.

[Anarky]

Dude, Spitfire, do you have inside information? If so, you do realize that you must let us know. As in pronto and the day before yesterday, if you please. I mean, you gotta know something when you can tell which movie's going to be really good and which one isn't.

And on the issue of "Let's have fun and sue AICN... again". I do understand Don's wish to keep it all under cover for as long as possible. Transformers is his baby and he should the last word before anything is released. But going into a tantrum when something slipped by him isn't of any use either. I mean, it's on the internet. And what's on the internet can never be removed from it again. Informations spreads so fast and spawns so many imitators, so many people who download it... and so on. So threatening to sue someone isn't that good of an idea. And let's say Don manages to shut down AICN, do you really think that there aren't any other news-portals around, just drooling to see another image of Optimus Prime? As much as I do understand his wish to keep it all under covers I don't understand his dealing with the leaked info.

[DrSpengler]

I think what disappointed me most about Don's behavior in that thread was how he retaliated to the guy at the AICN talkback that was making fun of him.

He posts the guy's e-mail address and orders all his "Stooges" to span the guy? For making fun of him?

It's like the 5th grade over there.

[Brodie]

Wow that guy is an arrogant retard. Posting pics like that helps his **** movie get noticed. Everyone knows this movies going to suck ass anyway I don't see how hiding it from everyone is so important. He's keeping it more under wraps then a Star Wars movie. There's far greater movies coming out next year. This garbage is nothing. Spider-man 3 is something epic, Transformers is just...no.


Getting to know you, I like the times when you're wrong.

Anyway. Don Murphy is a dick, yeah. But will that make the movie suck? No. There could be a ton of other **** that do that. Like Bernie Mac.

[Spitfire]

Dude, Spitfire, do you have inside information? If so, you do realize that you must let us know. As in pronto and the day before yesterday, if you please. I mean, you gotta know something when you can tell which movie's going to be really good and which one isn't.
If you must know, putting in my opinion before everything gets annoying. it should be common knowledge on any message board that what someone posts is their opinion.

So if you'd like to know what I know about the movie and why I believe it will suck here is the following.

Fire trucks that turn into robots is one of the dumbest concepts I have ever seen. Not only did this get totally over played but this crap has been around since my Dad was in High school and even he;s surprised people like it.

Name one good movie that's based off an old cartoon/Kids series?
Thunder Birds, sucked
Scooby -Doo, sucked
Garfield, sucked
Dudley Do-Right, sucked
Space Jam, sucked
Looney Tunes: Back in Action, sucked

And now let's try and name good adapts of Japanese stuff to American.

Godzilla, horrid
The Grudge, crap
The Grudge 2, more crap
The Ring, ...
The Ring 2, seriously...

And I'm sure there's more I totally missed that you all could mention. You guys might like these movies but I think they suck, and they suck hard.

I love movies, and I applicate good movies, movies that do something new, have a great story, dialog, shots, and atmosphere.

Some cheesy Japanese robot show from the 80's is already a grim set up for a film. What adds to it is the fact that the most recognizable*And only recognizable* actor is Bernie Mac.

The rest of the cast are a bunch of nobody's who have mostly only worked in TV. Oh make way for Rachael Taylor, star of the smash hit "See No Evil" and let's not forget Shia LaBeouf from "Even Steven" and "Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd"

Promising really,Then there's the people witting the movie. We got Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci the geniuses behind "The Island" Which combined the plots of every Sci-Fi movie that has come out in the past 20 years, and "The Legend of Zorro" That one is just to easy...And then we got John Rogers who did the awesome movie "Cat Women"

Then there's the director Michael Bay, the idiot responsible for some some pretty awful movies. Armageddon, Bad Boys, Bad Boys 2*God why*, The Island, and Pearl Harbor. He also produced some crappy horror movies. The Amityville Horror, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

So with all that combined this is why I believe the movie will suck. There's not one respectable movie actor, producer, writer, or Director working on it*Oh excuse me Steven Spielberg is executive producer along with 3 other people*. That on top of the fact that I think the concept is bad to begin with.

Some people think turtles who have ninja skills and live in the sewers are stupid. I think robots that turn into I-pods are.

I like to look at the bigger picture, and that picture is ugly. I can put all this aside, and people can tell me "You don't know if a movie is going to suck unless you watch it" That's not true at all. If I research the movie I can tell if it's worthwhile without even setting eyes on a trailer. Which I did, and it was also lame.

[Mecha Cow]

Actually, the concept is awesome and could make for a great movie, it's the seemingly terrible execution that's the problem with this project.

[Brodie]

Yeah, but Spitfire....Don't you like Hellsing?

That made your opinion null and void.

Just joshing, but seriously. I think we all accept the fact that this movie has a huge chance to blow hard. but its something so close to our childhoods, that we hope it'll be good.

It's like Spider-Man movies. I love the Spider-Man comics/games/toys/everything. He's a great character. Whenever a new one is getting made I HOPE it'll be good. But I know it might suck. And they do. I hate Tobey McGuire. He's a hack. And I said a year or 2 ago, on this forum that the only way I'd ever see another Spider-flick in the theater was if Venom was in it. Knowing at that point on the time like that he would never be in a moving picture. I was proven wrong. So now I have to go. And I HOPE it'll be good, but I know it could suck.

[ZariusTwo]

Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Hulk (Yes, I said The Hulk), and Daredevil are all good movies because the source material, or the best interpretations of the characters, are respected and given life.

The same cannot be said for The Wild,Wild,West, Thunderbirds, Super Mario Bros, or...yes...Micheal Bay's Transformers movie, it will be no different from anything attempted to be changed to a more "conventional" method of realist thinking. Just because it has the words "Transformers" attached to it does'nt mean it's getting special treatment

[Anarky]

An awful lot of prophets we have here, I see. But really, why don't you just wait instead of condemning the movie before you've seen it? Now let's imagine your worst case scenario: The movie rocks. It's totally awesome with a cool story, good acting and abnormally well done special effects. Imagine how you'd look in that case. Like grumpy old men sitting in a restaurant all day, bitching about the whole world and stuff without even doing anything or taking part in it.

I was never a big Transformer-fan, but I enjoyed playing with my two Transformers I had. One even transformed. And I'll probably go and see that movie just because I'm a sucker for huge robots smashing stuff. And I do realize Michael Bay had a history of making stuff look worse than it could have been, but maybe he improved. There's no way to know with all the secrecy going on with this movie.

So stop trying to sound smart and all-knowing, please.

[ZariusTwo]

"Wait and see" is the predetermined route to denial and then acceptance.

Call us "old men" all you want, it gets you nowhere and just furthers the arguing. I've given plenty of examples of failed movies that were changed to the extent Transformers has been changed, Spitfire provided examples. What makes this movie ANY-BLOODY-DIFFERENT?

"Wait and see"

That's it. That's all that can be said now, the one, final wall to cower behind that can possibly defend this movie, the three words that never helps once it leaks on the internet

The script and the designs have all resulted in the same reactions: Mainly Don Murphy losing his credibility, and G1 fans watching countless reruns of the original film. All whilst the apologists "wait and see" how badly Micheal Bay screws up Transformers

[Mecha Cow]

So stop trying to sound smart and all-knowing, please.
Seriously dude, try taking your own advice. You are the only one here pretending to be 'all-knowing'.

"Wait and see". I love that one almost as much as "Let's see you do better". If you said this a year ago before anything about the movie was revealed, you would have had a point, but really, if someone is completely turned off by the character designs and story descriptions (Which would be an opinion based on existing information, as opposed to uninformed assumptions like you're trying to suggest), like some people are, they're not going to like the movie regardless or other factors. I am not one of these people (Though I do hate the designs and have low expectations), but do you honestly not see this is a valid complaint?

I know you get off trying to be clever, but it didn't work in all the other threads, and it's not working here.

[VaughnMichael]

how's about I don't care either way na na na na :-P

[Anarky]

I don't think personal insults are appropriate this early in the fight. Seriously.

Well, see, thing is, I don't really take particular interest in all the preproduction-stuff, all the making-ofs, early drafts of the story released and so on. All I look at is the pictures and if they look good, chances are good I'm going to see it in cinemas.

But I think it's just a terrible waste of energy and effort to complain forever about tiny details that bother you. I agree that the looks will take some getting used to, but hey, even a huge, australian Wolverine worked. So why not a robot-truck-with-flames-on-it? That's something I notice with every fandom when they hear that a movie's being made: They instantly hate everything they see, because it differs from what they're used to. And I just don't think that this is such a good idea. I mean, why get hung up on details when the larger picture is quite awesome (see the "Juggernaut is not a mutant"-debate while X-Men III was playing). Flames or no flames, what does it matter? As long as Optimus is Optimus, I could live with him having a snorkel and a silly hat.

Besides, we'll get giant robots trashing stuff. How awesome is that?

[Anarchistguy]

Name one good movie that's based off an old cartoon/Kids series?
Thunder Birds, sucked
Scooby -Doo, sucked
Garfield, sucked
Dudley Do-Right, sucked
Space Jam, sucked
Looney Tunes: Back in Action, sucked


How in the world did you forget to put the Inspector Gadget movie in that list?

[Mecha Cow]

I don't think personal insults are appropriate this early in the fight. Seriously.
I'm not insulting you, and this isn't a fight.

I partially agree with what you're trying to say, it's just that your reasoning is flawed. Like I said, I'm not a hardcore fan, and I do think bitching about Optimus being a slighty different truck, or even him having a flame motif, is petty and stupid. Being upset that the Transformers look like lifeless Bionicles is a valid complaint, however. "Wait and see" doesn't fly here.

I actually don't care enough about the movie to argue about it, just wanted to respond your comment. Carry on.

[Mr._Mutant_Man]

I'm kind of curious about this new film. Yeah, cars turning into robots is pretty silly...but what forum are we on again? Sillyness is what sci-fi/fantasy/comics/cartoons/whatever thrive on.

Odds are it will turn out bad due to a one Michael Bay, but you never know.

I saw the animated movie for the first time last week, and it was pretty fun. "You've got the touch...":)