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*Raph's Girl* · 04-21-2005, 10:29 PM

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* · 04-21-2005, 10:38 PM

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

*Raph's Girl* · 04-22-2005, 12:22 AM

*rotflmao*

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

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

*The Stryker* · 04-22-2005, 12:29 AM

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 · 04-22-2005, 12:59 AM

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* · 04-22-2005, 01:05 AM

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

*The Stryker* · 04-22-2005, 01:09 AM

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 · 04-22-2005, 11:17 AM

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* · 04-22-2005, 11:47 AM

http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurph...&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* · 04-22-2005, 12:16 PM

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

Doppleganger · 04-22-2005, 03:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

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 · 04-22-2005, 05:54 PM

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

*DrSpengler* · 04-22-2005, 06:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Peanut

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* · 07-12-2005, 10:34 AM

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?!

*DrSpengler* · 07-12-2005, 01:43 PM

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* · 07-12-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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.

One classic movie

*DrSpengler* · 07-17-2005, 06:21 PM

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* · 05-13-2006, 12:17 AM

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 · 05-13-2006, 08:39 AM

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

*ZariusTwo* · 05-13-2006, 02:35 PM

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.

04-21-2005, 10:29 PM	#1
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Transformers - Please Use Spoiler Tags 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... __________________

04-21-2005, 10:38 PM	#2
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	Optimus Lead Moses through the desert! Didn't you read Genesis?...Sega Genesis? __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

04-22-2005, 12:22 AM	#3
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	rotflmao Well the transformer's ship IS called the Ark... Noah's Ark??? Sodam and Gemora were accidentally destroyed in a battle between the Autobots and Decepticons... oops! __________________

04-22-2005, 12:29 AM	#4
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	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? __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

04-22-2005, 12:59 AM	#5
PiffDaddy Thug Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 55	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. __________________ _________________________ ________________________________ You have just read an inspired post. Although the author might not post as many replies, the replies made make up the quantity through the exquisite quality. Truly your life is better having read it. Rejoice.

04-22-2005, 01:05 AM	#6
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Well Megatron originally transformed into a gun but nowadays transforms into a tank. So they can easily transform into other things.... __________________

04-22-2005, 01:09 AM	#7
The Stryker Stupid Rich Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Room 237 Posts: 11,152	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!" __________________ @~<3 Mom~@

04-22-2005, 11:17 AM	#8
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	Arcee? WHY? There are so many better Autobots to choose. Why in the f*ck would they pick Arcee? Damn them all to hell!

04-22-2005, 11:47 AM	#9
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurph...&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!

04-22-2005, 12:16 PM	#10
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,494	As long as it is'nt Powerlgide making a cameo and doing it... __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

04-22-2005, 05:54 PM	#12
Peanut Second Gear Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: The New World Posts: 15,422	If they're going to include a G2 Transformer why not make it Hot Rod or Ultra Magnus? Arcee is a ridiculous choice. Last edited by Peanut; 04-22-2005 at 07:00 PM.

07-12-2005, 10:34 AM	#14
Raph's Girl Dierna Soul, Reporter Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Jakku Posts: 10,831	Transformers movie characters revealed! 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?! __________________

07-12-2005, 01:43 PM	#15
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	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.

07-17-2005, 06:21 PM	#17
DrSpengler Foot Elite Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 4,842	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.

05-13-2006, 12:17 AM	#18
Tetsu Deinonychus The Iron Dinosaur Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Studio Snowlion HQ Posts: 3,021	Transformers the movie 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? __________________ (Image hosting by Postimage.org) And here's a list of all my old wacky threads! Last edited by Tetsu Deinonychus; 05-13-2006 at 12:53 AM.

05-13-2006, 08:39 AM	#19
manny Thug Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94	its awesome im a huge fan of the 80s cartoon drop me a pm if u wish to talk bout it

05-13-2006, 02:35 PM	#20
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,494	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. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks Last edited by ZariusTwo; 05-13-2006 at 02:50 PM.