Transformers, Coming July 2007

[Neon_Chaos]

http://www.transformersmovie.com/

Dreamworks. Steven Spielberg. Michael Bay.

Trailer comes up in July.

I cannot wait.

[Passacaglia]

I dunno about this. I think the best thing about Transformers (the original show) was its humor. Ever since that ended, they've completely abandoned that. Starting with the original movie, and continuing to every time I see a new-generation Transformers show, it's just a bunch of melodramatic crap.

[wade moore]

This is one of the biggest setups for dissapointment ever.

[WSUCougar]

How about a He-Man movie? Tori Spelling could play Skelator.

[stevew]

Yooooooouuuu've got the touch..
Yooooooouuuu've got the poowwwwwwahhhhhh!

[Franklinnoble]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

[Passacaglia]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

Damn, we got scooped AGAIN!

[rkmsuf]

meh

transformers were cool when I was 10.

now, not so much.

[Raiders Army]

Too many nerds like me are flooding the site. Supposedly a teaser is up now.

[MJ4H]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...:rolleyes:

[Wolfpack]

Too many nerds like me are flooding the site. Supposedly a teaser is up now.

I'm able to get through but the thing is laggy as all get out right now. Trying to give it a chance to download before watching the trailer.

[Raiders Army]

While pretty cool, it was somewhat of a disappointment due to how long it took to download the freakin thing.

[Wolfpack]

While pretty cool, it was somewhat of a disappointment due to how long it took to download the freakin thing.

Unfortunately, I have to agree. A bit of a letdown given the wait. Heck, they wasted half the trailer on a non-event. Take the last half of the thing and it's a perfectly good teaser, though.

[sterlingice]

Not a lot from that teaser to go off of.

SI

[KWhit]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

Jesus Christ, that's getting old.

[Schmidty]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

Come on dude. I don't hate ya, but why don't you call your site www.franklinnobletalkstohimself.com .

NOBODY CARES, EXCEPT BANNED PEOPLE.

Remember - I don't hate you.

[cthomer5000]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

who the fuck could possibly care?

[Anthony]

who the fuck could possibly care?

the same people who would care about your bad show that you insist on pimping

[cthomer5000]

the same people who would care about your bad show that you insist on pimping

while i certainly agree in principle, i can count on one hand the number of mentions the show has gotten outside my signature.

I think i've seen 3 scoop reports by franklin today.

[Anthony]

was it me or did the trailer suggest that the writers have yet again changed the story of a remake? we didn't crash land on the Transformer planet, i thought it had something to do w/ the Transformer planet about to explode or something and they crash landed on earth.

and should i assume that it was a Decepticon that destroyed the little robot probe in the teaser clip?

[Franklinnoble]

Come on dude. I don't hate ya, but why don't you call your site www.franklinnobletalkstohimself.com (http://www.franklinnobletalkstohimself.com) .

NOBODY CARES, EXCEPT BANNED PEOPLE.

Remember - I don't hate you.

Uhh... I love you too?

Seriously, why does it bother anybody that I'm trying to do this? I'm a little confused at the negative overreaction.

[Honolulu_Blue]

How about a He-Man movie? Tori Spelling could play Skelator.

Uh... You're about 19 years late on this one, Coug.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093507/

http://www.jimaftercollege.com/movies/movie.covers/large/masters.of.the.universe.jpg

[Honolulu_Blue]

This is one of the biggest setups for dissapointment ever.

Indeed.

Two words: Michael. Bay.

Many more words: "Pearl Harbor", "Armageddon", and "The Rock".

'Nuff said.

[Schmidty]

Indeed.

Two words: Michael. Bay.

Many more words: "Pearl Harbor", "Armageddon", and "The Rock".

'Nuff said.

"The Rock" was pretty entertaining, imo.

[Raiders Army]

I cried at the end of Armageddon.

j/k

[JeffNights]

Well, I geeked out and I dont care, i thought the teaser i Just watched was pretty well done.

[Neon_Chaos]

I just hope Spielberg's involvement in the project bodes very well for the film, regardless of Bay's direction.

edit: based on the trailer, if they make the Tranformers into evil robots out to take over earth... I'm going to be pissed.

edit 2: the only thing that hints the story NOT going there, and still going with the classic Autobots/Decepticons concept is the tag-line "THEIR WAR. OUR WORLD."

[spleen1015]

I cried at the end of Armageddon.

j/k

I did. When Chick gets to hug his son, that's heartwrenching shit right there.

[Easy Mac]

I had this on SportsDigs.com three weeks ago...

http://www.digitalstadium.org/smf/index.php?topic=292.0

Just sayin'...

The first thread about the movie was from 2004 here... seems your scoop was 2 years late :)

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=28321&highlight=transformers

[KWhit]

Uhh... I love you too?

Seriously, why does it bother anybody that I'm trying to do this? I'm a little confused at the negative overreaction.

Because you do it over and over and over and over. And because the reason the forum came to be was that you were dissatisfied with the way this forum is run. And yet you use every opportunity you have to pimp your site here.

[BucDawg40]

I've been a Transformers geek for about 20 years, and I think this teaser is laughably bad.

[KWhit]

Michael Bay sucks. Why would Spielberg collaborate with that hack?

[Raiders Army]

I did. When Chick gets to hug his son, that's heartwrenching shit right there.
Took me about 5 minutes to figure out what you were saying. I thought you were talking about Liv Tyler hugging someone's son. I know what you're talking about. That was pretty good there, but I thought the scene where Chick's ex-wife says, "That's your daddy." was much better. :)

[Franklinnoble]

Because you do it over and over and over and over. And because the reason the forum came to be was that you were dissatisfied with the way this forum is run. And yet you use every opportunity you have to pimp your site here.

Dude... I mentioned SportsDigs twice in the last week... everyone else is making a big joke out of it now. All I was trying to say is, "Hey, we're still working pretty hard over here on a site that has a lot of breaking news - come check it out."

And, FYI, there's not a single thread over there saying anything negative about FOFC... all that crap got left on the old ezBoard. We made it pretty clear from the outset that none of that would be tolerated.

But if you wanna blow it out of proportion, be my guest. I suppose bad publicity is better than no publicity.

[WVUFAN]

Because you do it over and over and over and over. And because the reason the forum came to be was that you were dissatisfied with the way this forum is run. And yet you use every opportunity you have to pimp your site here.

Actually, the reason why Sportsdigs came to be was because we wanted a place to host info on ALL sports sims plus other things. If it was just about an anti-FOFC, then we wouldn't have had mods from here helping us create it. My personal intention for the site when I helped make it was for interviews (I did an interview with Gary Gorski to start it off), things that for the most part don't happen here because this is more of a social board than a news board. (it's one of the reasons I like THIS board so much, and why I post on it so much).

But don't let things like facts get in the way of your dislike of Franklin or the site.

I don't understand the hatred, to be honest, I really don't. I never understood why people throw a fit about it. It just seems that people want nothing less than the site never getting mentioned again here, and I just don't understand WHY.

<SHRUG>It may seem this way, but I'm not trying to anger people here -- I honestly just want to know what it is about the site that piss so many of you off. Hell, since I'm an admin there, if I can fix it so that that level of uncomfort goes away, I will. I thought by removing my Sportsdigs signature from here (since everyone already knows about it), it would stop the bashing, but it hasn't. I'm not trying to be difficult or even start an argument, I just want to understand. Is there something I can do with the site (aside from deleting it) that would stop you people from hating it, or make people at least give it a shot?

[Passacaglia]

I think that most people (not necessarily all, but most) are just giving you guys a little crap, nothing serious, and you're just taking it out of proportion.

[spleen1015]

Took me about 5 minutes to figure out what you were saying. I thought you were talking about Liv Tyler hugging someone's son. I know what you're talking about. That was pretty good there, but I thought the scene where Chick's ex-wife says, "That's your daddy." was much better. :)

I forgot about that scene!

It makes me cry just thinking about it! Seriously.

[Schmidty]

I don't understand the hatred, to be honest, I really don't.

Who said anything about hate? You are making it into a bigger drama than what it is.

People just don't want to hear about the site all the time (even if only a few times a week). The signature is enough, IMO. Also, coming into some other dude's thread just to brag about a having posted it already is just rude and lame. Add in the fact that he was doing it to pimp a site that FOFC is sick of hearing about, and it's just plain irritating.

Like I said before. I don't hate FN, I just don't like how he promotes his site.

With that, can we get back to talking about Transformers? I hope Mirage is in the movie. I went through 3 of him as a kid because I played with him so much. And no, Mirage is not what I call my penis.

[Anthony]

And no, Mirage is not what I call my penis.

yeah, we all know it's called "Nonexistent".:p

[Schmidty]

yeah, we all know it's called "Nonexistent".:p

You are SHARP!!! ;)

[Passacaglia]

Mirage was cool. I remember that mine got broke in half. Other than that, most of those were pretty durable.

[stevew]

Michael Bay sucks. Why would Spielberg collaborate with that hack?

Producer credit, his name gets more people interested in the movie.

[stevew]

dola,
How long until Go-Bots the movie comes out?

[KWhit]

Producer credit, his name gets more people interested in the movie.

I know. But if I were Steven, I'd do everything possible to keep my name off of anything that Bay is involved in.

[Blade6119]

Indeed.

Two words: Michael. Bay.

Many more words: "Pearl Harbor", "Armageddon", and "The Rock".

'Nuff said.
I thought the island kicked ass, as well as the latter of those two movies..pearl harbor, well, it had kate beckinsale so i cant really remember the actual movie too much

[Blade6119]

The first thread about the movie was from 2004 here... seems your scoop was 2 years late :)

http://www.operationsports.com/fofc/showthread.php?t=28321&highlight=transformers
pwned

[Wolfpack]

Indeed.

Two words: Michael. Bay.

Many more words: "Pearl Harbor", "Armageddon", and "The Rock".

'Nuff said.

"Armageddon" and "The Rock" weren't bad, though admittedly, these movies have looked worse with time for me. "Pearl Harbor" was a mind-staggering achievement in the realm of crap movie-making, though. I do generally make it through most movies I pay a ticket for or rent or buy on DVD, but I think I cut PH off within the first hour, which is a very rare event for me. Fortunately, it was my brother-in-law's DVD so I lost no money on the deal. :D

[Neon_Chaos]

Some familiar names from the Cast list from hxxp://www.imdb.com
Shia LaBeouf (Even Stevens) as Spike
John Turturro
Michael Clark Duncan
Bernie Mac
Jon Voight
Tyrese Gibson

...and taken from the unofficial hxxp://www.transformersthemovie.com...

Confirmed Transformers:
Optimus Prime (Truck, they said they wouldn't change his form much.)
Jazz (Still a sleek looking car, dunno what type tho, hoping either porsche or ferrari.)
Ironhide (No idea what hes gonna be)
Bumblebee (Camero, still looks kickass)
and I THINK the last one was Ratchet, I could be wrong. (No idea.)

Decepticons: seems to be more than the autobots
Megatron (Alien Jet configuration)
Vortex (Helicopter)
Skorponok (Giant scorpion)
Starscream (tentative, havent heard it actually confirmed...)
Devestator (Giant tank)
Brawl : Black Policecar with Decepticon Policebadge on the side that is chasing Bumblebee and Spike in his first scene


also...

Peter Cullen, the ever so heroic and brave voice of Optimus Prime/Iron Hide and a slew of other Transformers (and the Voltron intro scene), has auditioned for the voice of Prime. Not sure if he got accepted though. :(

[Franklinnoble]

Megatron (Alien Jet configuration)

This makes me sad. :(

[Fidatelo]

Why would they change the vehicle forms of the robots? Man Hollywood is friggin' stupid.

[wade moore]

Bumblebee (Camero, still looks kickass)

This makes me VERY sad and makes NO sense whatsoever to me.

[Neon_Chaos]

I don't know, I have no problems with the changes they've made to the robots. The robots haven't been the same since Generation 1.

[Franklinnoble]

I don't know, I have no problems with the changes they've made to the robots. The robots haven't been the same since Generation 1.

That's the problem.

[Neon_Chaos]

That's the problem.

So them actually changing things to make them more modern is a bad thing? The robots needed an overhaul anyway. :)

*spoiler pic*

hxxp://www.usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2006/July/bumble1.jpg

Bumblebee looks wicked by the way.

[wade moore]

So them actually changing things to make them more modern is a bad thing? The robots needed an overhaul anyway. :)

*spoiler pic*

hxxp://www.usemycomputer.com/indeximages/2006/July/bumble1.jpg

Bumblebee looks wicked by the way.


I'm sorry, bumblebee is a VW Bug. It's part of the whole POINT behind his name (you know the shape, etc)... Make Jazz from one sports car to another is one thing, but this is sacreligious...

[Neon_Chaos]

I'm sorry, bumblebee is a VW Bug. It's part of the whole POINT behind his name (you know the shape, etc)... Make Jazz from one sports car to another is one thing, but this is sacreligious...

Ooookay.

[wade moore]

Ooookay.

Maybe I'm being a bit extreme since he was always my favorite character...

But some of these names of the characters are there for a reason... bumblee is one of them, and making him a sleek muscle-car just doesn't jive... just make a new character that is yellow and give him some other cheesy name...

[Neon_Chaos]

Maybe I'm being a bit extreme since he was always my favorite character...

But some of these names of the characters are there for a reason... bumblee is one of them, and making him a sleek muscle-car just doesn't jive... just make a new character that is yellow and give him some other cheesy name...

Why don't you wait for an actual trailer. Heck, he might still be the whiney human-loving Spike-ride-giving yellow sonofabitch that I remember from the cartoons. :)

Anyway, this is a brand new continuity of the story... so, I don't expect things to remain the same.

[wade moore]

Why don't you wait for an actual trailer. Heck, he might still be the whiney human-loving Spike-ride-giving yellow sonofabitch that I remember from the cartoons. :)

Anyway, this is a brand new continuity of the story... so, I don't expect things to remain the same.

But he won't be shaped like a bumblebee...

That's the point I'm making...

[Fidatelo]

The thing that kills me about Bumblebee is that the VW bug is still in production! I mean, its not like he was a Tempo or something, people are still buying bugs all over the place.

My other huge problem is that 90% of the 'character' for a given transformer was his visual appearance. If you take one and change the entire way he looks, you may as well just give him a new name and let the old guy rest in the junk yard.

[wade moore]

The thing that kills me about Bumblebee is that the VW bug is still in production! I mean, its not like he was a Tempo or something, people are still buying bugs all over the place.

My other huge problem is that 90% of the 'character' for a given transformer was his visual appearance. If you take one and change the entire way he looks, you may as well just give him a new name and let the old guy rest in the junk yard.

This man speaks the truth.

[Neon_Chaos]

BTW, maybe a good explanation why Bumblebee is not a VW. From Wikipedia


When the Alternators (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternators)/Binaltech line of hyper-realistic Transformers was being developed, fan favorite Bumblebee was to be recreated as a new Volkswagen Beetle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_New_Beetle), according to prototype art in "The Transformers Binaltech & TF Collection Complete Guide".
According to Hasbro designer Aaron Archer at "The Official Transformers Collectors Convention" (or OTFCC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OTFCC)) '03, Volkswagen had refused to license an Alternator Bumblebee. Volkswagen refused to license the car, however, supposedly due to the warlike nature of the Transformers. [[1] (http://www.spencer1984.com/my_models/bumblebee.php)] Since VW was hit hard in 2002 by a lawsuit by holocaust victims for their involvement in WWII (as a German manufacturer), VW is understandably reluctant to have its name tied to anything that could be considered a war machine. Hasbro had agreed to not give Bumblebee a gun, however, the prototype shot given to Volkswagen still had the gun present. Volkswagen were unaware that the picture was a prototype and they rejected the idea
This explains why the Bumblebee Altmode does not exist as a New VW Beetle and instead as other form cars beyond the old VW Beetle model.

[ice4277]

The VW thing is one of the stupidest things I've ever read.

[wade moore]

Yeah, I had read WHY no Beetle.. but I think I'd rather they just create a new character is what I'm sayin...

[Neon_Chaos]

Yeah, I had read WHY no Beetle.. but I think I'd rather they just create a new character is what I'm sayin...

Maybe because the characters are more than their vehicular alt? Besides, they're going to use Bumblebee's name for instant name recognition, and they're going with the same color scheme. It's probably the same Autobot with the same personality (love humans), just with a different alt.

[Neon_Chaos]

interesting...


Producer Don Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Murphy) has stated that he wishes the original voice cast of the animated series to reprise their roles, especially Frank Welker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Welker) and Peter Cullen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cullen) as Megatron (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megatron) and Optimus Prime (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimus_Prime), respectively. The logic to this is that a famous name makes no difference to the one half demographic which is children, while retaining the original voice cast would please the fans. New voice talent is all but guaranteed, since several original voice actors such as Scatman Crothers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatman_Crothers) (Jazz's voice actor) and Chris Latta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Latta) (Starscream's voice actor) are deceased. Jon Voight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Voight) has recently been confirmed as playing Secretary of State "Keller" alongside the already-cast Shia LaBeouf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_LaBeouf) as "Spike" and Megan Fox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megan_Fox) as "Mikaela," the love interest, and Kevin Dunn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Dunn) as "Spark Plug," Spike's dad.
Murphy negotiated the rights with Hasbro for a Transformers film. He then brought on DeSanto who had worked on X-Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_%28film%29). The two were turned down by every studio, since the heads of those studios were too old to remember the property. Eventually Mike DeLuca at DreamWorks "got the property" and bought it.

[wade moore]

Maybe because the characters are more than their vehicular alt? Besides, they're going to use Bumblebee's name for instant name recognition, and they're going with the same color scheme. It's probably the same Autobot with the same personality (love humans), just with a different alt.

But that's the thing, as someone said above, I think a large part of what a Transformer "is" is what their alt. is...

*shrug*... I'll get over it, I just don't agree with it.

[flere-imsaho]

Michael Bay sucks. Why would Spielberg collaborate with that hack?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[Raiders Army]

It would definitely please me if Megatron and Optimus Prime's voices were the same.

[Fidatelo]

There were 4 important voices from Transformers:

Megatron
Starscream
Optimus
Soundwave

Getting back Megatron and Optimus would be great. Its too bad that Starscream isn't an option. As for Soundwave, no mention.

Speaking of Soundwave, since they are changing all the transformed versions, does he turn into an iPod now or something?

[KWhit]

You Transformer-Nazis are funny.


:)

[Neon_Chaos]

There were 4 important voices from Transformers:
Speaking of Soundwave, since they are changing all the transformed versions, does he turn into an iPod now or something?

They aren't changing all the alts.

Prime is still a mack truck.
Starscream is still a fighter jet.


I do hope they fucking turn Megatron into something good. The entire bit turning into a fucking pistol was so ridiculous.

From the 'net. Soundwave was going to be a chopper-alt that deploys little robots (ala his casettes, but given a realistic perspective) But there was major fan backlash in the 2005 tease during a Convention, that they are probably just scrapping his character.

[stevew]

I do hope they fucking turn Megatron into something good. The entire bit turning into a fucking pistol was so ridiculous.



Yeah, transforming is one thing. Transforming and shape shifting your mass into the size of a pistol just pissed me off.

[rkmsuf]

Yeah, transforming is one thing. Transforming and shape shifting your mass into the size of a pistol just pissed me off.

Yeah the nerve.

I mean when I watch Tom and Jerry now, no way Tom survives some of the blows to the head he got.

[Neon_Chaos]

Yeah, transforming is one thing. Transforming and shape shifting your mass into the size of a pistol just pissed me off.

I hope they make him into something like Galvatron... his alt being some really large BFG annihilator turbo-machine plasma gun... or something.

[Franklinnoble]

I hope they make him into something like Galvatron... his alt being some really large BFG annihilator turbo-machine plasma gun... or something.

Ugh... I HATED Galvatron...

If they change him (and I don't think they should), I'd prefer a tank or a howitzer or something. The whole idea is "robots in disguise."

[Neon_Chaos]

Ugh... I HATED Galvatron...

If they change him (and I don't think they should), I'd prefer a tank or a howitzer or something. The whole idea is "robots in disguise."

Devastator is supposedly going to be a bad-ass tank in the movie.

[Franklinnoble]

Devastator is supposedly going to be a bad-ass tank in the movie.

Which is so much less creative than the original...

[Passacaglia]

Hasbro had agreed to not give Bumblebee a gun, however, the prototype shot given to Volkswagen still had the gun present.

Morons. Did they get Daivd to make the prototype?

Anyway, I'm bummed that it appears that there's no Kasey Kasem as Cliffjumper.

[sterlingice]

Hm... this sounds a lot more like the recent cartoons than G1 stuff. Shame since those have pretty much sucked on the whole.

SI

[Neon_Chaos]

really, really late update/news: Peter Cullen (original Generation 1 voice of Optimus Prime) has been signed on as the voice of Optimus Prime in the movie. Frank Welker (Megatron) has auditioned for the part of Megatron and is yet to be confirmed.

[hukarez]

Devastator is supposedly going to be a bad-ass tank in the movie.

According to ToyFare magazine, yes.

I'm pissed off at this. He's not a gestalt/combiner, but just one damn robot.

At this stage, for me, the only slim saving grace for this movie would be whether or not there's a rendition of "The Touch" in this film.

[sterlingice]

Yeah, see this is the problem with this movie. I'm guessing none of you have seen anything with the name Transformers attached to it in 15+ years. The current incarnations of Transformers are pretty much anime-esque but not the dramatic and well written shows but the bad, throwaway stuff with awful writing.

SI

[Honolulu_Blue]

This movie will not be good.

[Neon_Chaos]

So much pessimism. :)

[Neon_Chaos]

hxxp://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=3&id=37534


<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=81 align=left><TBODY><TR><TD><TABLE height=76 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=76 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/news_thumbnails/transformers_moviepos_tn.jpg</TD><TD rowSpan=2>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/images/shadow_thumbnail_right1.gif</TD></TR><TR><TD>http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/images/shadow_thumbnail_bottom1.gif</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>Transformer Bots Revealed

Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, writers of the upcoming Transformers movie, revealed the list of robot characters that will appear in the big-budget adaptation of the 1980s comic, toy and animated franchise, topped by the Autobot leader Optimus Prime and the Decepticon leader Megatron, in a live video Q&A on Yahoo! on Aug. 18.

On the Autobot side the movie will feature Bumblebee, Jazz, Ratchet and Ironhide. On the Decepticon side, the film will include Starscream, Brawl, Bonecrusher, Barricade, Scorponok, Frenzy and Blackout.

The writers also asked fans to submit a key line of dialogue for Optimus Prime on the official Web site (http://www.transformersmovie.com/), which will be included in the film, apparently taking a page from the publicity campaign for Snakes on a Plane, which also incorporated a fan-suggested bit of dialogue.

The writers said that the movie will rely heavily on characters from the generation one chapter of the long-lived franchise, centering on the war between the benevolent Autobots and the nefarious Decepticons—a war that plays out on Earth in 2006. Michael Bay is directing Transformers, which is currently in production with an eye to a July 4, 2007, release. —Patrick Lee, News Editor ([email protected])

[Passacaglia]

I recognize all the autobots in your post, but only one of the decepticons. What the hell is a Scorponok?

[Honolulu_Blue]

This movie will still not be good. I mean, Michael-Duncan Clark left because of creative differences. He was an "Armageddon". 'Nuff said.

While I understand the idea of a "boom box" is not all that threatening, Soundwave was the bomb. A cool voice, all those cool tapes, he fired Megatron in gun form. It was all good.

[hukarez]

I recognize all the autobots in your post, but only one of the decepticons. What the hell is a Scorponok?

If I'm not mistaken, he was introduced in the "Transformers: Beast Wars" animated series that was on a few years ago.

[sterlingice]

If I'm not mistaken, he was introduced in the "Transformers: Beast Wars" animated series that was on a few years ago.

Actually, he was in the final 3 eps of the first series (Rebirth) when they tried (fairly unsuccessfully) to launch the headmasters, targetmasters, etc. He's kindof been a major character in most subsequent series.

SI

[Neon_Chaos]

This movie will still not be good. I mean, Michael-Duncan Clark left because of creative differences. He was an "Armageddon". 'Nuff said.

Which probably means there's less camera time for him and more camera time for the actual Transformers.

People expect this movie to be a "Pearl Harbor"-esque type of movie, but I don't. That was a love-story wrapped in a war background. This is a whole different beast.

[Wolfpack]

People expect this movie to be a "Pearl Harbor"-esque type of movie, but I don't. That was a love-story wrapped in a war background. This is a whole different beast.

Whoa, whoa, wait. There was war in "Pearl Harbor"?

Oh, wait. That's right. I stopped watching after the first unbearable half-hour.

[Neon_Chaos]

http://ul.craveonline.com/images/cravefix/27153.jpg

Can't wait. :)

[Honolulu_Blue]

Ugh. This is not good. His mouth looks like an anus.


http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2006/08/25/megatron-transformers-1.jpg

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2006/08/25/megatron-transformers-2.jpg

I am carefully considering banning this film. I have only done this once before. It was back in 1997 when I banned "Batman & Robin." The nipples on the Batsuit, the bastardization of one of my favorite Batman villians Mr. Freeze, and the overall general suckitude of prior Schumacher Batman film all made it an easy decision.

Michael Bay, you're officially "on notice", sir.

[Wolfpack]

Not that I was likely to see it before, but that image of Megatron pretty much torpedoes it for me. Terrible.

[DanGarion]

New HD trailer.

http://video.vividas.com/CDN1/5029_paramount/en/web/

[dervack]

Meh. I wasn't a big transformers fan when I was a kid, so the only one I recogonized it Optimus Prime. The robots look cool, just not sure if I'll have any interest in seeing it.

[lordscarlet]

Meh. I wasn't a big transformers fan when I was a kid, so the only one I recogonized it Optimus Prime. The robots look cool, just not sure if I'll have any interest in seeing it.

There aren't any others you should recognize. Bumblebee has been changed to a Camaro and Megatron is unrecognizable.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Outside of the name, Optimus Prime, and the fact that these are robots that turn into vehicles, there is really nothing that links my memories of Transformers to this film.

The trailer was pure Michael Bay though, through and through.

[Raiders Army]

I don't care that it's not the same. The trailer kicks ass.

[spleen1015]

I don't care that it's not the same. The trailer kicks ass.

Optimus Prime looks like he'll be what he was in the cartoon. It will be cool just to see Transformers in live action. I can take them modifying the look of some of them.

[spleen1015]

Dola, they better have the sound when they transform, though!

[hukarez]

Dola, they better have the sound when they transform, though!

Are they going to use some kind of adaption of Stan Bush's "The Touch!" theme?

[Vinatieri for Prez]

I think it looks good. I mean, come on, for a major motion picture, you cannot transfer over everything from the cartoon -- it would be way to kiddy like and you may as well just stay with a cartoon. Instead it looks like they are going with a young adult audience with a "menacing" look. I think this likely will gain a bigger audience (since young kids nowadays don't even know who the transformers are). I think this is the only way you can go with it for a live action young adult movie with broader appeal.

[cthomer5000]

michael bay's involvement worries me a great deal.

[Atocep]

Did that look a lot like War of the Worlds or is it just me?

[spleen1015]

Optimus Prime - hxxp://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=118347&page=7

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

New news out that the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron will be doing the voice-overs for their respective characters in the new movie......

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168669.html

[lordscarlet]

New news out that the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron will be doing the voice-overs for their respective characters in the new movie......

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168669.html

If true this would go a long way to credibility for those of us that watched the original cartoon.

[Wolfpack]

New news out that the original voices of Optimus Prime and Megatron will be doing the voice-overs for their respective characters in the new movie......

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6168669.html

Hmm..that article cites that they're doing voice-overs for the game, but doesn't say whether they're doing it for the movie or not.

[rkmsuf]

Hmm..that article cites that they're doing voice-overs for the game, but doesn't say whether they're doing it for the movie or not.

if it's a july 07 release for the movie i'd say they are way behind schedule then if they still are messing with voice overs.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

if it's a july 07 release for the movie i'd say they are way behind schedule then if they still are messing with voice overs.

My guess is that they kept it secret until now hoping to build up hype in the weeks before the release, but that's only a guess.

[spleen1015]

I thought that was already well known info.

[Celeval]

My guess is that they kept it secret until now hoping to build up hype in the weeks before the release, but that's only a guess.

I think aintitcoolnews had reported it a few months ago, actually. Might just be getting 'officially released' now.

[Celeval]

If true this would go a long way to credibility for those of us that watched the original cartoon.

FWIW, I also understand that the original "transforming noise" is in the movie.

[DanGarion]

I thought that was already well known info.

Yeah, this isn't new news. We already knew this last year.

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Yeah, this isn't new news. We already knew this last year.

Apologies. I'm excited about it nonetheless! :)

[lordscarlet]

FWIW, I also understand that the original "transforming noise" is in the movie.

And I'm someone who realizes this is not meant to be a recreation of the G1 universe that "our" cartoon was based on. But it's nice to throw us a bone here or there.

[Rizon]

michael bay's involvement worries me a great deal.

Same here. I'll probably save my money and catch it during it's TV premiere a couple months after it's threatrical release.

[Neon_Chaos]

Can't wait for the movie. *excitement*

And of course, my favorite scene in transformers history...

Optimus "WHO'S YOUR DADDY, DECEPTICON BIATCH!?" Prime

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[sterlingice]

I know it's kindof silly to make a comment like this, particularly 20 years after the fact, but the relative ease with which most of the G1 Transformers were killed always bugged me. I know the metafictional reason of "we've gotta make new toys and those will be our new characters". But within the movie, it would have been more satisfying if Unicron had killed a lot more of them instead of the run-of-the-mill, typical for every episode, generic fighting between Autobots and Decepticons.

SI

[Fidatelo]

I like how, in that clip, Prime can't manage to dodge the rock shard that Megatron hurls at him, but 2 seconds later, after being impaled by said rock shard, he is able to successfully dodge a laser beam. :)

[Fidatelo]

dola, Starscream kicking Megatron at the end of the clip is awesome, what a fantastic character.

[Neon_Chaos]

Update: New trailer is up! More Transformers shots, and several full/semi-full transformation sequences from Bumblebee, Optimus Prime, and Starscream.

http://www.transformersmovie.com

This is shaping up to be one kick-ass movie.

[Lathum]

anyone else getting really excited for this?

I wonder if it will be a one and done or an Xmen type series

[Lathum]

dola- I hope for a series

[Atocep]

anyone else getting really excited for this?

I wonder if it will be a one and done or an Xmen type series

Words cannot describe my excitement. Unfortunately, its a Michael Bay movie so I'm expecting it to suck.

[cthomer5000]

Looking forward to it, but expecting disappointment.

[Lathum]

I am trying to go in with no expectations.

Plus I am a big fan of Josh Duhamel ( love Las Vegas) so I think I'll enjoy it.

[spleen1015]

Optimus Prime live action. Can't wait to hear the voice.

[wade moore]

Looking forward to it, but expecting disappointment.

Yup.

And seeing what the robot shapes look like in the trailors, it makes me extra concerned...

[wade moore]

Dola: And hearing that pompous ass bay on "On The Lot" makes me not want to watch it.

[Crim]

Serious question here: What was so great about the animated cartoons, that's generating such breathless anticipation for you fans?

I watched maybe one or two episodes ever, and didn't get it. Robots turning into pistols or radios? I was more of a Thundercats kid -- even though the names of the characters were ludicrous to the point of embarassment.

But I digress. I had a friend who always swore by Robotech, telling me that the ongoing plot was compelling, but I didn't know anyone who was sucked in by Transformers the way some of you guys are. So, I'm seeing these trailers, and I think they look cool, and I'm planning to see it. But what about the cartoons makes one opine, "I hope they remain true to the original!!!1!1"?


Thanks in advance,
Crim

[cthomer5000]

Serious question here: What was so great about the animated cartoons, that's generating such breathless anticipation for you fans?

I watched maybe one or two episodes ever, and didn't get it. Robots turning into pistols or radios? I was more of a Thundercats kid -- even though the names of the characters were ludicrous to the point of embarassment.

But I digress. I had a friend who always swore by Robotech, telling me that the ongoing plot was compelling, but I didn't know anyone who was sucked in by Transformers the way some of you guys are. So, I'm seeing these trailers, and I think they look cool, and I'm planning to see it. But what about the cartoons makes one opine, "I hope they remain true to the original!!!1!1"?


Thanks in advance,
Crim

Nostalgia.

[Lathum]

Nostalgia.

yup, it would be nice to feel like that kid who ran home everyday to watch GI Joe and the Transformers, even if it is two hours

[Tigercat]

Transformers music video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcQuXAf0cKc
A friend of mine really enjoys Black Lab. Think they did a pretty good job with the song given what they HAD to include for it to be the transformers theme. Oh, and some of the clips are nice to look at too.

[Atocep]

Serious question here: What was so great about the animated cartoons, that's generating such breathless anticipation for you fans?


I was in the target age range when the original cartoons ran and I can remember running home after getting off the schoolbus every day to catch the start of the cartoon. It was my favorite cartoon during the prime cartoon watching years (ages 6-10)

I seriously doubt very many people could find enjoyment in the cartoons now and I think thats a big reason people are wanting this movie to be really good. People want to enjoy Transformers again and I'd like my son to enjoy Transformers.

With that said, I want the movie to be good, but I don't have unrealistic expectations. I'm looking for an enjoyable movie, I really don't care if they stick strictly to the original story. Its Transformers, not Tolkien.

[Tigercat]

I think Transformers was always fueled by the idea more so than the execution. Don't get me wrong, its a solid cartoon for the 80s. But the idea just really hits with the young boys that we once were and still have in our heads. A fighting robot that can change into something else? Cool!

So I think people are just hoping that this will be a kickass popcorn movie. Even Bay has the ability to pull that off, hopefully he does, cause he has also ruined popcorn movies in the past.

[cthomer5000]

With that said, I want the movie to be good, but I don't have unrealistic expectations. I'm looking for an enjoyable movie, I really don't care if they stick strictly to the original story. Its Transformers, not Tolkien.

This is where i'm at. The people freaking out over changes in the robot designs (im looking at you, wade) mystify me. You're making a live-action film. THey have to take the source material, then make whatever changes are believeable/update the product to fit it. I dont want a live action version of the cartoon, i want a good movie using the basic story of the cartoon as it's backbone. Even if they had to make drastic changes to suit the movie, i'm all for it. Robots who can disguise themselves, robot war spilling over onto earth are basically all they need to be loyal to, IMHO.

[wade moore]

This is where i'm at. The people freaking out over changes in the robot designs (im looking at you, wade) mystify me. You're making a live-action film. THey have to take the source material, then make whatever changes are believeable/update the product to fit it. I dont want a live action version of the cartoon, i want a good movie using the basic story of the cartoon as it's backbone. Even if they had to make drastic changes to suit the movie, i'm all for it. Robots who can disguise themselves, robot war spilling over onto earth are basically all they need to be loyal to, IMHO.

I'm over the minor changes (different cars, etc)... but making the transformers look like crazy, pointy, edgy aliens (particularly the autobots) just changes the feel so dramatically imo...

*shurg*...

[spleen1015]

If they were doing a live action movie back in 1986, then the blocky looking robots would be fine. Being 2007, things are much more sleek in design.

I think I am going to like it no matter what, but I'm much less critical about these things than a lot of you guys are.

[Neon_Chaos]

I cried when they killed off Optimus Prime in the original movie.

And I'm in the same boat as spleen1015. I feel that I won't be as critical with this movie as I would any other.

Just the fact that they meshed in the sound of the original transformation with the current ones sends chills down my spine.

Can't wait to hear Peter Cullen reprise his role as Prime!

[stevew]

I'm over the minor changes (different cars, etc)... but making the transformers look like crazy, pointy, edgy aliens (particularly the autobots) just changes the feel so dramatically imo...

*shurg*...
Yeah, i think it looks awful, in part cause of the robot designs. Other than that, Michael Bay hasn't made a good movie, maybe ever. And the look and feel of this project doesn't make me anticipate that he will break his string of crapola.

[Passacaglia]

I dunno -- I think it's not just that the original designs are different, but they're also uglier. I mean, why change something if that's the best change you can come up with? Also, what I find missing between the old tv series (and the comic books), was that it was funny. From previews of this movie, and little tidbits of the new tv series i've seen, the humor's gone -- it's been replaced with some dark, depressing melodrama. Looking back, I think it all started with the Transformers Movie. When I was 9, I thought that movie was the shit, but watching it a few years ago, it really sucked hard-core. So anyway, why do I care? Well, it's probably no more than I cared about it when I was a kid -- it's just tainted with some adult pessimism! :)