[Movie] Transformers Movie (07-04-07)

http://www.tfarchive.com/

I think that site's okay. I haven't visited in a few years, but I remember visiting it often back in the day.

I'll hold my fanboyish giggles for the first trailer or two, because right now all I see is Michael Bay. I do like that the writers and other members of staff are chatting with fans. Hopefully that'll have some impact on the quality of the actual film.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Only Autobots that matter are Optimus Prime and Grimlock.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

They need to bring Weird Al for one of the sequels for a revisit to the Planet of Junk. It'd totally hurt the movie, but I'd lol pretty good.

I heard they're shooting for a trilogy, with Unicron eventually making an appearance. If this is true, who the fuck can replace Orson Wells?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

I kind of like how the Death Star and Galactus are totally retarded, but combined they make the awesome that is Unicron.

Galvatron would totally whoop Silver Surfer's ass, though. In chess.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Optimus Prime can't be a fire truck. I mean I won't bitch and moan if he is, but I don't think it'd look nearly as cool as a fucking big rig.

I was speaking idiomatically.

How can you fuck up a show that basically had a terrible storyline, crap one or two episode plots, and one-dimensional characters? You can't. Michael Bay CANNOT fuck this up, especially with guidence from Spielberg. Remember the source material here, guys.

And yet people see designs of the Transformers and because they don't look ANYTHING like their original G1 boxy and totally '80s counterparts, you're gonna bitch and claim the movie as a failure?

Gtfo.

How ya doing, buddy?

They look too alien..? Maybe because they're fucking aliens. They shouldn't look like something humans made or are capable of right now. They should look advanced, sleek, etc.

FELIPE NO

It's a Decepticon if it looks evil.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

What the fuck are you talking about the characters not being recognizable? Bumblebee's yellow. That's all I need. Optimus Prime has the mouth-piece (lol) and red and blue color scheme. You can't change that. OMG HE HAS IT.

When you say simply more modernized, I don't see how they'd get it to work without the characters looking like shit at all. The Transformers look very good now, even if they're a bit of a divergence from the '80s look (which, again, really isn't a bad deal at all).

As for the differences between Autobot and Decepticon, uh, it's kinda hard to make them look really similar when one group is called DECEPTicon. I mean fucking come on, dude, if they're gonna call themselves the Decepticons then they're probably gonna try and use fear in a visual sense as well. Why not look like a fucking evil motherfucker? Why not wake up every morning and bulk up with laser cannons, rockets, dildos, the works. You're a Decepticon and you're here to FUCK shit up and take over Cybertron for your kind. You're a war-machine.

So yeah. They'd look different, seeing as how the Autobots are all "omg sparx and all are won!!"

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mobius One

You saw that Citreon commercial right? The robot Citreon is a great example of what should have happened. It looks like it's straight out of the freakin' Alternators toy line! I don't mind so much if they change stuff, but the changes implemented by Bay are way too far out from what Transformers have ever traditionally been. At least when they transform they always retain some recognizability of what their vehicle mode was. You can see how the entire front end of a car doubles as a robot's torso and the very design of the car helps you recognize and helps define each character. The new designs look to do just the opposite: differentiate the robot from the vehicle mode. This is not Transformers.

The Citreon robots look even more flimsy and liable to blow up from a single laser shot than anything the live action movie's providing is with so far. Sure they look more 'realistic,' but they're not very fun AT ALL. I would hate to sit through a movie with boring designs like that. At least with these I get mech-on-mech cybering with every character sporting a Transformers decal.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Acceptable as realistic? Maybe, okay, yes. Maybe. Acceptable as anything else? No. It's outdated. It needs to be spruced up, and honestly, there's absolutely nothing wrong with the new look. I'd have a problem if Optimus Prime had a mouth and bat wings and clown feet, but he doesn't.

I think I'm posting the same thing over and over again.

How ya doing, buddy?

Mabius, I think I did. I was pretty maniac-crazy about it for years. I remember crying when Optimus died in the movie. I remember hating Rodimus Prime. I remember thinking Galvatron turned into a whiny puss in the season that followed the movie.

I also remember growing the fuck up and accepting the fact that Transformers was a cartoon that, as acid mentioned, had only one objective: SELL PLASTIC AND DIE-CAST METAL TOYS TO LITTLE KIDS. The plot was simple: Autobots blew up Decepticons and vice versa while trying to keep their war hidden from humans (Decepticons less so). It was a silly plot about alien robots and whatever but I didn't care. It was fucking awesome.

I grew up and it's still awesome, but I'm not going to lynch Bay or bash a film that hasn't even been released yet because of some creative character redesigns. As long as the characters RESEMBLE the originals I could care less about anything else. It's obvious the creative team behind the movie cares about TF, as they've gone so far as to try and get original voice actors casted for the movie rather than some shoddy big name actors.

The real question is: does your mom comb you netherhairs?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I think what you've got going is just a personal vendetta against change. That's why you're probably typing all of this in the pants you wore in 5th grade and the underwear your mother bought for you in preschool. You're so uptight about evolution that you're probably still living in a cave, only now some people call it a INSERT BASEMENT JOKE.

Cool off, grow up, and accept the fact that what was cool in the '80s simply isn't all that rad today. Yes Optimus Prime will always be awesome, but a little redesign can't hurt. Rub your tits to sleep and relax; a chill pill is fine too.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Lord Jaroh

Which is why you are the one throwing around insults like the "bad ass" in grade school? Maybe you should actually try and learn what growing up really means, beyond getting older.

I don't remember any bad asses in grade school. I do remember the retards in college like you who couldn't let go of the past, still whining about the changes in remakes and adaptations that shouldn't be. It's called a creative license. Once somebody gets the rights to something, they have no obligation (unless noted by the original author on some special condition) to follow the original plot of the game, movie, TV show, whatever.

Quote:

What was cool in the 80's is still cool today

Really now.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

George Michael is actually still cool.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Cardboard boxes that you hide in are cool because Snake does it. Cardboard boxes that are supposed to be robots aren't as cool anymore. In the late '90s and the 21st century, we learned how to SHAPE metal. Apparently the denziens of Cybertron discovered the flexibility of metal as well.

FELIPE NO

And what sense is that? WOW. In THIS episode, Starscream's working against Megatron and sided with a human scientist with the delicious frame of a malnourished woman in a labcoat! There's not that much subplot and nothing particularly groundbreaking in the G1 Transformers TV plot (the movie was and still is god, however).

I think the best storylines I'd read involving Transformers were in yaoi fan-fiction between Optimus Prime and Megatron and the work Dreamwave produced before Pat Lee murderized his own company and fucked over his crew. War Within, the G1 series and even the GI Joe versus Transformers lines were all kinds of awesome. The characters were given more depth (though not too much, so they still felt cartoony, which ain't bad) and the plots were far better than anything the original G1 show produced.

On a side note, who's to say that these new Transformers don't use some kind of cloaking technology to better conceal themselves. Oh shit, did I open a whole new window of bitchery?

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Hmm. While it looks cool, it doesn't feel like Megatron (the head does a LITTLE bit). He's a jet, though? I was hoping he'd at least be a tank or something.

If he's actually frozen in the Arctic for half the movie or something, then that would explain why he lacks a vehicle/gun mode for now. This is the only design I have a bit of a problem with, but like Acid, I'll be one of the first nerds in line come opening.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

He's a robot alien. Why would he look like anything WE'D create.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Updated set information from IGN.

Good news is Soundwave will more than likely play a big role in the sequel. Sounds sexy. However, as with any news that comes forth regarding the movie, the bitching will now commence.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Interrobang

That just screams a "I'LL SUCK YOUR COCK" photoshop.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Oh, that was something to wake up to. I really dig the new trailer and hope to see it on the big screen soon. The movie looks to be shaping up pretty nicely, and I'm glad that we didn't see most of the Transformers up close.

Starscream's voice actor is dead, right? God, I hope they can get somebody who can kind of pull off his trademark wailings.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Prime doesn't look THAT bad without the faceplate. Hell, the scene could've been taken completely out of context (remove the faceplate temporarily in an effort to humanize himself before Shia, who's clearly shitting his pants?). I do hope that he keeps the 'plate on, as it simply wouldn't look right without it.

As for his voice, who knows. It'll probably be changed or altered in the final bit, as he only slightly sounds like the Optimus we all know.

My hopes are still high: if anything, it'll be an exciting robot royal rumble.

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Frank Welker, the original Megatron VA, is in the game, but his voice has (obviously) aged quite a bit. Still pretty cool hearing it again.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

In Hollywood, if you can get an A-Lister onto your project, you stand a MUCH greater chance of getting that movie made with some nice financial support from producers and other sources. While Hugo's not as big as say, Brad Pitt or hell, even Keanu Reeves, his roles as Agent Smith and that Elf guy from LOTR pushed him into the public eye enough.

This is probably why shitty movies like the 'Ocean's' keep getting made.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Meth

Hopefully, someday I'll have the opportunity to kick Michael Bay in the balls and scalp him. The dude needs a haircut.

Why are the words "a Michael Bay film" above the title on the movie poster... as though Michael Bay is a bigger than Transformers itself? Bay is an arrogant prick who thinks he makes good movies cause retards pay out the nose for his shitty work. The only decent thing he's ever done was the Aaron Burr milk commercial.

I've started to re-watch the original series so I can see exactly how far he's missed the mark. What's sad though is the fact that the movie will make $100M+ opening weekend just cause it's a summer blockbuster. And because of this, Michael Bay will think he's done justice to the intellectual property.

The 1986 flick had an all-star cast of voice actors including Orson Welles, but you certainly didn't see a movie poster that read, "Orson Welles in, Transformers the Movie" I hate seeing directors or actors thinking they're bigger than the movies that they work on.

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW.

It's called marketing, dumbass. People are going to respond to movies positively (as in, throwing money at it) so long as you have big names attached to it. NAMES are MORE important than the franchise itself in many cases, especially when it comes to something like Transformers. In fact, if you don't have a big name on-board for the movie in the first place, then your shit probably won't get greenlit.

Get off your fucking nostalgia horse and recognize that.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Divest and Meth slash

SLICK SLICK SLICK

I swear to god, did you two call each other last night? Is this your first time watching a Hollywood-produced summer blockbuster?

Jam it back in, in the dark.