Live Action Transformers Movie

[Shellfox]

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http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?s=0d77cd57e12b8a3599ef64c13225fac0&threadid=78183

This real, but if it ever happens is a question, And yes I question this being a good idea I really do

[Reznorite420]

I don't see how they can pull it off...and DON'T say CGI! IMO, CGI makes it look less real than with animatronics or costumes.

[Shellfox]

Yes CGI, they want to use CGI, theres also a rumor that Human may become the Transformers

[Mars-Chan]

I don't see how they can do it. The series shall always rock and that's all the fans need.
I rest my case. :D 8)

[Tetsu Deinonychus]

They made a live-action Gundam movie with CGI. Why not a Transformer one. And, why does everyone hate CGI?

[Shellfox]

I'm not aginst CGI, its the movie at the moment I'm afraid of. There are so many incarnations to choose from, the need to get the right humans for the parts, the right voice actors, and yes the right company to do the animation. A lot of People want the show to be based on G1, but the odds of a Armada, TFUniverse, or a universe they craeted movie are just as possible. As its stands no one knows enough but there are so many ways they can screw up this movie, and with out more info, Assume the worst

[liltimmyw]

Interesting...I'm a big ol' Transformers fan and this seems cool. I hope they pull it off right and it's based on the original series, then I'll be happy! :D

[The 7th Turtle]

what's CGI?

[Shellfox]

what's CGI?
Computer Generate Imagery- The same way they brough Beast Wars, parts of Jarassic Park, and Jar Jar Binks to life

[The 7th Turtle]

all these shortcuts are making me confused...
thanks :)

[The Stryker]

Computer Generate Imagery- The same way they brough Beast Wars, parts of Jarassic Park, and Jar Jar Binks to lifedon't say the JJB word......

[Mars-Chan]

I LIKE JJB!!!! :evil: :D

[Shellfox]

Computer Generate Imagery- The same way they brough Beast Wars, parts of Jarassic Park, and Jar Jar Binks to lifedon't say the JJB word......
I'm not supporting him, but he is important to note when refering to the history of CGI

This is off the top of my head, but since GI Joe is so oftne linked to TFs in the comic and once in the Toon, that there may be a slim chance of them being mentioned, maybe even cameoed. Again this is a slim to nonexistane chance but its something ot thing about.

[Mars-Chan]

I didn't think about it that way..... :|

[Ghidorah2000]

Yes CGI, they want to use CGI, theres also a rumor that Human may become the Transformers

That rumor had better not be true. I've already seen my childhood cartoons (Well with the exception of Turtles.) wrecked by weird corporate decisions to totally disregard the source material that made them popular and start from scratch. I want the classic G1 Megatron and Optimus dooking it out dudes! And I'd think they'd use a combination of real vehicles and CGI to make it look more authentic. They'd have to do alot of texture mapping to make the CGI Robots look like they could transform into real vehicles. None of that CGI Power Rangers Zords look from the movie. They looked much too fake. I can tell you already this will be one very, very expensive movie. And they're going to have to get it right to get my and other hardcore Transformers fans to pay good money to make up the cost. Which means ultimately they will need to delve into the comics and cartoon series from the 80's. And the script writers had better be real good because you want to sell this idea to a wide demographic for it to make all of its money back.

[HorseTechie]

*insert evil metallic laugh here*

Sounds really cool to me, and I don't care if they use CGI. I think it might look better with CGI TF's in a real setting (Godizilla/LotR style). After all.. I spend the first three months of this year learning how to model and transform a rudimentary TF in my 3D class. It can be done to look like the real thing, easy!

Cause uh, I guess I have seen one cheesy Power Ranger flick too many, and I fear if they had humans in man-made animatronic outifts stomping about a model of a city.. urgggghhh..... :dead:

I als read on the TF2005 boards that the producers behind the Xmen movies will behind this. Sweet!

[Mars-Chan]

SWEET!! Brian Singer!!! WHO-HOOO!!!!!

[TheShredder]

A Live Action Transformers Movie? I don't know if that sounds like a very good idea. You know what's really stupid? There actually planing a live action Pac Man movie! :roll:

[Ninjatron]

This will most likely be "based" on G1, but expect changes. I would not be suprised at all if Megatron transforms into a tank instead of a gun. Which is fine by me, he should have been a tank in the first place.

It won't be an Armada movie because Armada will be over in 2004, and it won't be Universe because the toys are all recolours and the story is all fanwank. It could, however, be based on the upcomming Transformers: Energon line, but we shall see. My money is on a G1 Redux.

This has been in the rumor mill for a long, long time. Glad to see that it's finally getting off the ground after a few aborted attempts. What with Akira, Evangelion, AstroBoy, Gigantor, and Lupin III all being made into movies too, I think I'll be spending a lot of time in the theater!

Sayonara.

[The Stryker]

im more looking forward to the garfield movie.....that cat

he's voiced by bill murray too and the movie is produced by the creator of garfield so it should be decent

[Leo656]

Y'know what I think is funny? Bill Murray is doing the voice of Garfield in the movie. Garfield's voice was originally done by Lorenzo Music. Lorenzo Music also did the voice of Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon. And Pete Venkman was played in the Ghostbusters movies by.... Bill Murray.

Aint it weird how things come full circle like that?

((Skips out of the thread humming "Circle of Life"......))

[Shellfox]

From what I understand theres still a chance the movie will be stuck in developmente hell, so its still a bit soon to know what the movie will be.

But I'm still putting my money on an original universe (losely based on G1, but clearly not the same place) with a hand full of TFs on both sides
But if they do Grimlock, he better be completely visually G1 autherntic, bo Beast Wars hybird image crap

[Ghidorah2000]

People, people....great news! Tom Desanto, producer of X-Men and X2, is in charge of producing the Transformers movie so you can rest assured it will be pretty faithful with the previous cartoon and comic continuity while being a fresh take on the old series. I have nothing but faith in Tom Desanto's respect for the material since the X-men movies captured the spirit of the comic characters.

[liltimmyw]

Y'know what I think is funny? Bill Murray is doing the voice of Garfield in the movie. Garfield's voice was originally done by Lorenzo Music. Lorenzo Music also did the voice of Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon. And Pete Venkman was played in the Ghostbusters movies by.... Bill Murray.

Aint it weird how things come full circle like that?

((Skips out of the thread humming "Circle of Life"......))

Yeah...Bill Murray is perfect for Garfield's voice.

[Shellfox]

People, people....great news! Tom Desanto, producer of X-Men and X2, is in charge of producing the Transformers movie so you can rest assured it will be pretty faithful with the previous cartoon and comic continuity while being a fresh take on the old series.
Yeah I have to say this, you say faithful, but to which version, Cartoon G1 season1&2, Cartoon season 3, Comics G1, Comics G2, Headmasters, Master force, Beast Wars, Beast Machines, Beast Wars 2, Beast Wars Neo, Dreamwave G1 vol 1, Gl Dreamwave Vol. 2, Armada Cartoon, Armada, Comic, Transformers Univers, transformers, Energon (new 2004 series), WW2 comics TFs.....
Faithful is difficult when you have a dozen + TF options to choose from. This movie is much harder than X-Men

[HorseTechie]

heh.. I'll just hope it's G1 based at the least. I've tried to adapt to Armada.. but, eh...

*hopes the Energon series will not be something like Armada*

[Raven]

Y'know what I think is funny? Bill Murray is doing the voice of Garfield in the movie. Garfield's voice was originally done by Lorenzo Music. Lorenzo Music also did the voice of Peter Venkman in "The Real Ghostbusters" cartoon. And Pete Venkman was played in the Ghostbusters movies by.... Bill Murray.

Aint it weird how things come full circle like that?

((Skips out of the thread humming "Circle of Life"......))

now thats just weird but to funny

[Ninjatron]

It is now confirmed to be based on, and I quote, the "original cast".

Of course, how much of the original cast, and what changes they will make, remain to be seen.

But who cares about that? What I'm excited about is that Transformers: Energon will see the return of one of the most awesome villains ever! Scorponok is back! Yeah!

Sayonara.

[Kid Icarus]

im more looking forward to the garfield movie.....that cat

he's voiced by bill murray too and the movie is produced by the creator of garfield so it should be decent

A Garfield movie!!!????!?!?!?!?! SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!

ahem.

back to the topic: I think a CGI TF movie would be the best way to go, because with all the technology out there they could pull it off really well.

[Shellfox]

This came out last night

Tom DeSanto—the X2 producer who is also producing a proposed live-action Transformers movie—told SCI FI Wire that the film will make use of both computer and practical effects for the signature machines and will be based primarily on the original 1980s lineup. "We're working on the storyline for Transformers, and we're hopefully going to set that up," DeSanto said in an interview at Comic-Con International over the weekend. "We're going to start going out to studios."

DeSanto also said that he and producing partner Don Murphy are close to hiring a director. "We've been talking with several now," he said. "But we have a big guy next week." He declined to comment on a report on IGN FilmForce that quoted Murphy saying that the candidates include Michael Bay, Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Kahn.

The movie will go "back to sort of the roots" of the franchise, DeSanto said. "But if there's something great that ends up from a later storyline, it's the same principle as X-Men: Don't try to follow continuity, but get to the heart and the soul of what made it work."

As for the effects, DeSanto said, "I think relying 100 percent on CGI would be a mistake. But, you know, you need CGI. ... You will believe that an 18-wheeler will transform."

Some new, some not, but for most TF fans this is what we have been waiting to hear on an official capacity

[liltimmyw]

God....I hope Robert Zemeckis does it. Zemeckis = Auto-awesome.

[The Bossanova]

BOTH OF THE X-MEN MOVIES SUCKED AND THEYRE AN INSULT TO ALL COMIC READERS

[Mr. Snackpants]

bs, the xmen movies were great.(damn bossanova, youve been busy)

[Raven]

BOTH OF THE X-MEN MOVIES SUCKED AND THEYRE AN INSULT TO ALL COMIC READERS

what are you stupid those movies were the best! you need to get out more

[The Bossanova]

no u need to read comics more ( but yeah iv been busy)

[Leo656]

By necessity, comic book movies need to have a lot of differeances from the comic book. It is essential to NOT adhere strictly to the comic, but to focus more on the bare essence of the characters and plotline. You only have two hours to tell a story, not six months or a year's worth of comic books. You need to strip it down to essentials in order to make it presentable for a mass audience.

I personally hate the X-Men comics but loved the movies, mostly because someone who's never read an X-Men comic in their life could watch the movies, understand them, and enjoy them. Whereas in the X-Men comic, it's nearly impossible to understand without having read the book for years.

It's ridiculous to expect comic book movies to be exactly like the comic book. It's impossible.

[The Bossanova]

there were plentl of things wrong with the story itself..regardless whether it followed the comics

[Shellfox]

The Official Transformers Collector's Convention was this past weekend, and there were obviously some fairly big announcements on the future of the franchise.

The first word is that the movie is still on track, but there is no script yet or director. Desanto is working on a story that will remain true to the comics and will feature all Generation One characters. Vince Dicola, the man behind the score to the original Transformers movie, was in attendance and said he's actively seeking the job for the new movie. He's helped lend new music to a couple Transformer projects since the movie and has been great about getting out to the cons.

Hasbro said at the current rate, we can expect the movie to run in 2005, which is appropriately the same year the original film took place. No toy line is planned to work with the movie yet, but we do have a 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime coming....


Hell ya, its not TF with out Vince

[HorseTechie]

Yay!

When I went to the DW panel, I also heard that they will be influencing the movie's direction too it it's based a bit off of what they are doing.