Never caught more than a few episodes, but what I saw was interesting. Certainly better than most kid shows today.I don't mind the human element at all in these films, and I think Shia LeBeouf is pretty awesome. I just really like Beast Wars.
'Transformers 3' Casting, Rumors, Pics till release
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I don't mind the human element, which is what Spielberg intended in the first movie. All I ask is no "Megan Fox is so sexy" camera shots, because she isn't and no juvenile humor (pee jokes, scrotum jokes, alluding to masturbation, etc).
There were human characters tagging along in almost every episode of G1, and an even more prominent human role is to be expected in any movie that wants to appeal to people outside of fandom. I've heard TF fans claim they could have copied and pasted the TF: The Movie script into a feature film and it would have been "better", but why is such unoriginal material being promoted? I know one thing, my mother and father who liked the first TF movie and paid to see it in the theatre wouldn't pay to see a bunch of robots defend Cybertron from Unicron. A big "who gives a shit" from the collective audience.
Does Bay need to step it up a notch for the next movie? Uh-huh, definitely, especially if he wants it to make at least as much as the first two movies and to be behind the chair for part four. Does anyone really want to see 110 minutes of robots shooting at each other? If so, are you ever going to make a "plot over flash" argument against any movie ever again?
Does Bay need to step it up a notch for the next movie? Uh-huh, definitely, especially if he wants it to make at least as much as the first two movies and to be behind the chair for part four. Does anyone really want to see 110 minutes of robots shooting at each other? If so, are you ever going to make a "plot over flash" argument against any movie ever again?
"LaBeouf, who starts work on the next "Transformers" sequel Tuesday, said the third installment will be the best one yet. The new script restores a human element that got lost in the second movie, LaBeouf said..."
More here:
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movies.ap.org/labeouf-promises-better-transformers-next-time-ap
Nice to see that some of them noticed that the second film was bad
Isn't the problem with the movies that there's too much "human element" and not enough element about the giant fucking robots? I mean, seriously two movies now and they've pretty much been glorified secondary characters.
This.
I'd definitely like to see what they'd do with Unicron. Especially since Unicron is, AFAIK, the only Transformer who is supposedly exactly the same in all the various TF continuities (I think it's just one being, existing simultaneously in all of them).
^yes, he is. Unicron and The Fallen are/were supposed to be multiversal singularities. how that's changed since The Fallen's appearance in TF2, I don't know.
if you read the comics (ESPECIALLY Simon Furman's original stuff for Marvel UK) you'd know you can have a brilliant Transformers-centric story without it being entirely based around 656 million robots beating the shit out of one another. One of his stories revolved around Ultra Magnus, Goldbug and Galvatron fighting on a volcano Galvy was trying to use as a power-tap to give him mad God-like powers.
if you read the comics (ESPECIALLY Simon Furman's original stuff for Marvel UK) you'd know you can have a brilliant Transformers-centric story without it being entirely based around 656 million robots beating the shit out of one another. One of his stories revolved around Ultra Magnus, Goldbug and Galvatron fighting on a volcano Galvy was trying to use as a power-tap to give him mad God-like powers.
darkwing_duck1
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[QUOTE John Picard] Current IMDB casting lists "Silverbolt". It makes me wonder if the Aerielbots/Superion will be making an appearance. [/QUOTE]
We'll never know unless they use the classic character designs. I can't tell one from the other in II at all.
Frankly, I don't care if I see III or not. G1 was the only decent run and Beast Wars a distant 2nd.
We'll never know unless they use the classic character designs. I can't tell one from the other in II at all.
Frankly, I don't care if I see III or not. G1 was the only decent run and Beast Wars a distant 2nd.
MeanJoePhaser
Admiral
I want to see Megatron's boss having a boss who has a boss who wants to do something that endangers Earth.
And more comic relief Autobots.
If Bumblebee speaks, the movie will suck.
There should be a love triangle between Spike, Megan Fox and a female Autobot.
We need a human autority figure who is wrong, totally wrong and tries to impede our heroes.
And more comic relief Autobots.
If Bumblebee speaks, the movie will suck.
There should be a love triangle between Spike, Megan Fox and a female Autobot.
We need a human autority figure who is wrong, totally wrong and tries to impede our heroes.
The big problem is that the filmmakers couldn't tell the difference either. That why they f*cked up the Constructicons. They had the Constructicons form Devastator, then still had the individual units in robot mode fighting Autobots. Everyone was confused.
The upcoming video game "Transformers The War for Cybertron" is the TF movie that I want to see. This is how the film trilogy should have started...the game seems to use the movie designs better than Michael Bay did. The sequel had more flaws that I care to recount and suffered from far too many fast cuts during key fight sequences. I got a severe migraine during the last half hour or so of the movie and nearly got up and left.
Re: 'Transformers' movies plot/story
behind-the-scenes video that explains the storyline of the game.
1:35 length video:
Transformers: War for Cybertron - Storyline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSaS934pnA8
wow. it looks great.
FYI Release Date for this videogame: June 22, 2010
Even though it takes place on Cybertron and doesn't have the human characters from Michael Bay's films this reminds me more of a
Starship Troopers (1997) or The Matrix Revolutions (2003). It's just all war all the time. But hey it's a different kind of plot/storyline than the Transformers coming to Earth so okay because how much drama can you have over just making energy cubes and building Cybertron?
related thread:
TRANSFORMERS: War for Cybertron game trailer
I just checked this out:
behind-the-scenes video that explains the storyline of the game.
1:35 length video:
Transformers: War for Cybertron - Storyline
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSaS934pnA8
wow. it looks great.
FYI Release Date for this videogame: June 22, 2010
Even though it takes place on Cybertron and doesn't have the human characters from Michael Bay's films this reminds me more of a
Starship Troopers (1997) or The Matrix Revolutions (2003). It's just all war all the time. But hey it's a different kind of plot/storyline than the Transformers coming to Earth so okay because how much drama can you have over just making energy cubes and building Cybertron?
related thread:
TRANSFORMERS: War for Cybertron game trailer
^ He's flipped flopped on that since saying that apparently.
http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-spark-transformers-3.html
http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-spark-transformers-3.html
LOL... Optimus Prime's face on google maps.
This is interesting. While looking for TF3 info online, I found this.
Edit2: I've got to respect LeBeouf for saying this:
This is interesting. While looking for TF3 info online, I found this.
Edit: There's an image of Bumblebee on the Hub logo, presumably from the new series. Looks like it's going to be CG.
Edit2: I've got to respect LeBeouf for saying this:
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^ Yep I respected Shia for saying that...
Shia LaBeouf: I 'Dropped The Ball' On 'Indiana Jones' Sequel
Slightly OT; however, I don't entirely blame him for that. Although his part in the film was sadly lacking.
Slightly OT; however, I don't entirely blame him for that. Although his part in the film was sadly lacking.
Interesting...and I agree with Shia about the heart of the movie, there was no heart of "Revenge of the Fallen". It was fairly large in scope and had too many characters running around doing nothing. I have read the original treatment for TF2 and the original story is a lot better than what we got, there's even a homage to TF The Movie where Starscream kings himself the new leader of the Decepticons. I hope for TF3 that Bay and whoever is writing the script now that Orci and Kurtzman have left have learned their lessons and move on.
