Author Topic: Transformers (Read 35067 times)

slacker · « **Reply #25 on:** July 03, 2006, 01:06:37 PM »

I didn't get the teaser trailer. With rumors that Arcee will be part of the TF cast, the movie will most likely blow up the more familar TF story line. What's the point of being on Mars? They crashed on earth and is scheduled to re-wakened. I also thought the Beagle 2 was not a mobile lander. I'm hoping the movie would be good and true to the original story, but I have a feeling its going to be messed up when it is all over. The movie better have some kick ass CG and transformation sequence.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #26 on:** July 03, 2006, 01:20:18 PM »

I think the point is too show that the Transformers aren't homegrown robots, but that they come from outerspace. They aren't on Earth yet, but they will be next year when the movie releases

Donutt007 · « **Reply #27 on:** July 03, 2006, 06:47:29 PM »

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Well, the movie is over a year away, so you know they probably have to keep most of it under wraps. Still.... it's a real-life Megatron, and how can you go wrong with that?

Well you could start by having Megatron be an actualy gun and not a tank. Or maybe having Bumblebee be an actual bug instead of a frikcing camero (I think it was camero, some sports car) Or maybe having soundwave actually be a boombox instead of a helicopter....a helicopter!!! WTF!!!

Ceric · « **Reply #28 on:** July 04, 2006, 04:11:28 PM »

Are you serious? How can you justify Soundwave being a Helicopter? I mean Megatron in some different and later incarnations has been a tank. Bumblebee has to be a Beetle. I expected him to be classic or new style but everyone loves Beetles. A helicopter... How can that even work...

Edit: I know Boomboxes aren't the thing any more but they could have made a Laptop. A lot of the same premise and could misconscrue it se he has the same capabilities...

Donutt007 · « **Reply #29 on:** July 04, 2006, 05:43:48 PM »

Yeah I guess Bumblebee is supposed to start off being an old 70's camero, then gets messed up and becomes the new (yet to be reveled) 2008 camero.....can we say corporate sponser? I guess what happened was that VW wouldn't approve the rights. well the still could have made it look like a beetle without calling it a VW bug, right?

And yeah, I understand the whole boombox thing. Ya know what sucks, I had written a transformers live-action mixed with CG script, and ya now what? It was all based in the 80's like it should be. I even had a more bad-ass idea for a teaser trailer. It was gonna be a side shot of a bunch of people walking around all decked out in 80's clothes, even a guy walking around with a ghetto blaster on his shoulder, maybe some fools breakdancing. Then a familiar looking semi drives by off the screen, then you hear the familiar transforming sound followed by a loud thud. The camera shakes (reacting to the thud) and all the people look up in that direction in awe and terror. Now that's a f***ing teaser trailer for transformers, not some damn mars rover BS.

Sorry, just a little angered by this movie. I know it's probably gonna be good and I should just get used to it, but hell if I had the clout that guys doing the movie do it would have been so much better. (gee I sound like the other million fanboys now)

couchmonkey · « **Reply #30 on:** July 07, 2006, 12:59:28 PM »

Personally, I'm fine with Megatron as a tank. I know it might not becool with G1 purists, but I always thought Megatron's transformation into a gun was cheezy. First, he inexplicably shrinks, and then you're left with what? A gun. Since almost all the tranformers already have guns, this transformation is especially useless, and it also makes him subservient to whoever is "using" him (so that's why he keeps Starscream around - FIRE ME, BOY!) Apparently he was able to fire himself from mid-air or whatever, but honestly he was a cool toy but a terrible transformer.

Now, Camaro Bumblebee, yuck! That's stupid. The idea of changing an old Camaro one into a new one halfway through the movie is just the strawberry jam on this rancid hotdog. It really exposes the corny advertising ploy for what it is. I could probably live with it if they just started out with the Camaro concept, though it would still be wrong. I like Donutt's idea of having a badgeless Beetle-like car, but I guess that won't fly in this day and age of corporate-sponsored everything.

Possible changes to the storyline don't bother me so much. The series has been reimagined so many times now, I'll forgive an inaccurate retelling of the story if the acting and writing are decent. That and the effects, obviously.

Nile Boogie · « **Reply #31 on:** July 07, 2006, 05:40:33 PM »

Bumblebee as anything other than a Beetle= Blasphemy!

mantidor · « **Reply #32 on:** July 07, 2006, 08:50:44 PM »

I just hope it doesnt suck. The teaser doesn't tell us a lot, but so far I don't have any complains. I don't remember much of the original series but I loved it, I was too little so any details are lost in my memory, which I suppose is a good thing and Ill be able to enjoy the movie more, also Im not much of a purist and I don't mind some changes in order to make it work as a movie.

JonLeung · « **Reply #33 on:** December 07, 2006, 10:17:39 AM »

How come no one's posted for five months when news about this film have been somewhat steady?

Anyway, Barricade looks BADASS.

Barricade in robot form

If only because no one remembers Barricade, that is. He was a G1 Micromaster race car toy from 1990 who's only appeared in Dreamwave Comics' Micromaster series (thanks, Wikipedia!) so he doesn't have the history (or fan-expectation baggage) weighing him down.

It's only logical that us Transformers fans are so critical of the designs for all the Autobots that will be in the film and certain Decepticons like Megatron and Starscream, but I can live with Barricade like this. (He's the Decepticon cop car formerly known as Brawl.)

A teaser trailer (apparently the previous footage was just an announcement trailer) is due out the weekend of Dec. 22, where we'll supposedly see an on-screen transformation.

couchmonkey · « **Reply #34 on:** December 08, 2006, 04:22:18 AM »

The only live-action Transformers movie worth watching (some explicit language)

I'm interested in the movie but I figure it's not going to be that good...and I'm not sure I want to be seen walking into a Transformers movie.

Still, thanks for the heads-up. Barricade looks cool, and it gave me something to do on YouTube for a few minutes.

BACK TO VERK!

mantidor · « **Reply #35 on:** December 08, 2006, 08:09:19 AM »

I really, really don't get the overall anger of transformers fanboys about the designs, given that anything new in the series reinvents them completly, it started with beast wars and it has been going on since then, and the designs are not that bad to begin with.

Sir_Stabbalot · « **Reply #36 on:** December 09, 2006, 02:48:07 AM »

Ah, Transformers. I don't care what anyone says, if you didn't play with Transformers when you were a kid, you must have had one crappy childhood.

I really hope the movie doesn't suck.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #37 on:** December 09, 2006, 06:33:37 PM »

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I really, really don't get the overall anger of transformers fanboys about the designs, given that anything new in the series reinvents them completly, it started with beast wars and it has been going on since then, and the designs are not that bad to begin with.

And I really, really don't get why ANYONE would have even the slightest interest in a Michael Bay movie.

segagamer12 · « **Reply #38 on:** December 09, 2006, 06:54:33 PM »

I am die hard Transfan and although it kills me to see the G1 boys get new alt modes I am excited for the movie cuz its goona be cool to see them on a big screan first time for me cuz I was like three or four when the original movie came out.

vudu · « **Reply #39 on:** December 10, 2006, 02:44:29 AM »

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And I really, really don't get why ANYONE would have even the slightest interest in a Michael Bay movie.

QFT. Seriously, look at the guy's track record.

Bad Boys
The Rock
Armageddon
Pearl Harbor
Bad Boys II
The Island

The only passable movie in there is The Rock. Michael Bay is famous to putting out big budget crap; lots of flashy explosions with very little meat once the special effects are stripped away.

Ceric · « **Reply #40 on:** December 10, 2006, 02:27:39 PM »

Mostly because rumor has it that Steven Spielberg has something to do with the movie.

oohhboy · « **Reply #41 on:** December 10, 2006, 03:50:49 PM »

I liked the "The Rock". Sean Connery made that movie.

The rest though I are LOL grabage.

mantidor · « **Reply #42 on:** December 10, 2006, 04:43:45 PM »

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And I really, really don't get why ANYONE would have even the slightest interest in a Michael Bay movie.
QFT. Seriously, look at the guy's track record.

Bad Boys
The Rock
Armageddon
Pearl Harbor
Bad Boys II
The Island

The only passable movie in there is The Rock. Michael Bay is famous to putting out big budget crap; lots of flashy explosions with very little meat once the special effects are stripped away.

And this is exactly why Bay is perfect for this, I know there are some people that are almost scary in their fanaticism about transformers, but they have to face the franchise is not "meaty", the whole series is just a huge infomercial for the toy line, and this is what transformers is about, giant robots with cool designs that transform in cool cars or other things and beat each other, thats it, their stories are laughable at best, but it never bother me because the robots are great, the only interest I would have for a live action transformers is the awesome action sequences, not some melodramatic scenes because transformers frankly will never pull those off, no matter all their previous attempts at doing that.

TrueNerd · « **Reply #43 on:** December 10, 2006, 05:38:24 PM »

Mantidor, you just described every Michael Bay movie. Sans all the stuff about giant robots. So maybe they are perfect for each other.

But still. Robot smashing action scenes can carry a Saturday morning cartoon. Can they carry a two-hour motion picture that you're paying $9 to watch? Color me skeptical.

segagamer12 · « **Reply #44 on:** December 10, 2006, 06:00:43 PM »

Bad Boys is one of my favorite movies. the second wasnt as good. As HUGE Transfan Ill watch the movie no matter who makes it.

I agree with mantidor on this also. I have every episode of every tf series except Cybertron and energon, and they arent really that good story wise. the comics were ok and the BW and Victory stuff was the best but still not what woudl make a movie good.

JonLeung · « **Reply #45 on:** December 15, 2006, 04:28:28 AM »

The stories in Transformers may be laughable, and it was primarily used to sell toys (I say "was" because several comics deal with characters who haven't been available in their original form in years), but I think the fans (including myself) love the characters. For a toy line, you have to admit, that the characters do have a lot of personality, beyond that defined by their alt-modes.

Anyway, approximately a week before we see a real teaser trailer...where there won't be this Mars stuff and we'll see a transformation!

nitsu niflheim · « **Reply #46 on:** December 18, 2006, 05:38:49 AM »

I just ordered the cartoon Transformers movie. I haven't seen it in over 10 years, and well childhood nostalgia FTW!

JonLeung · « **Reply #47 on:** December 18, 2006, 09:23:42 AM »

I got the 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD of the movie as well, but a while back. It's awesome, though I haven't really checked out many of the extras (other than the Autobot Matrix Of Knowledge facts or whatever it's called), despite finding the time to watch the movie twice.

The new teaser may be showing up online on the 20th now. We'll finally see what the movie is really like. Two days to see coolness - or be disappointed.

Ceric · « **Reply #48 on:** December 19, 2006, 03:31:51 AM »

Yeah the 20th Anniversary Special Edition is by far the best copy of the original movie you can own. Though the Trivia track is made of Phail. It can't hold a candle to the best trivia track of all time, Spiderman 1. In fact I like Spiderman 1 better because of that trivia track thats how good it is.

JonLeung · « **Reply #49 on:** December 19, 2006, 05:28:42 AM »

I heard the fan commentary is actually really good but I haven't gotten around to it. I normally wouldn't've even considered listening to it otherwise...a bunch of geeks sitting around talking about the movie? I can do that, sheesh. But maybe these are more than geeks - like ubergeeks - who might actually have some neato info to share. I hope they don't bawl like babies when Optimus dies.

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