Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2006 see....Bernie Mac should be Jazz...that'd be...weird. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Amazing Rando 0 Report post Posted July 30, 2006 "SUMMAMABITCH....PRIME~!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChrisMWaters 0 Report post Posted July 31, 2006 Ladies and gentlemen...the possible Ironhide Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 2, 2006 ^ That's pretty hilarious. Thanks for the link! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2006 First Shots of Optimus Prime And here's a Q&A from the writers of the movie: Chat Begins: Teaser Trailer Shown First Character Names: Autobots: Optimus Prime - Classic Prime type character. True hero of the Autobots. Bumblebee - Underdog type character. The scout. Smallest of the gang. (Spike mentioned) Jazz - Rock n' roll style character. Ratchet - New form. Emergency vehicle. Medical officer/Science officer. Repairs Transformers injured in battle. Ironhide - Optimus' oldest friend. Gritty Decepticons: Megatron - Survival of fittest. Less idealistic version of humanity. Starscream - 2-faced. Secretly plotting to overthrow Megatron. Doesn't neccassarily want Megatron's duties, but wants to be leader. Brawl - Pissed off Decepticon. Heavy lifter. One of the first ones not from G1. More experemental with Decepticons. More G1 styled characters to come with sequals. Bonecrusher - Closest to constructicon. Hates all other Decepticons except for Megatron. Barricade - Hunter type. Cop car, likes to get to things first. Skorponok - closest to a beast era type of character. Frenzy - Character who evolved from Soundwave. Had contradictions to the original Soundwave, so they changed him to Frenzy. Smaller form. Stealth spy. Blackout - Takes out ability to fight back. Likes to pulse blast electronics. First tier attacker. Transport, one of the biggest decepticons in the movie. Question and Answer Session: What did you know about TF's before? They were fans from the begining. Wanted to do movie right. Wanted to make sure the things they loved from G1 made it into movie, such as Prime. Both big G1 cartoon fans. What's the Transformers to human ration in terms of screen time? Script floating around is not finished script. More Transformers action than what most fans expected. Very close to 50/50 in terms of screen time. Why is Bumblebee a Camaro? Needed for design changes. Character is more important than the "cloths". Bublebee will be very close to his original character. Close relationship with Spike. No cheating in the transformation. No size shifiting. What you see is what the vehicle is. From a female - How is this movie going to open the eyes of fans who never watched Transformers? You won't need to know anything about TF's to enjoy the movie. Fans will notice alot more and will appeal to them a bit more. Movie is massive. Approaching the film how Spielberg approached Jurrasic Park. Girls will like the "hot guys". There are cool, smart women in the film. Film for everyone. Will Megatron insult at leat once? Yes...multiple times. The relationship between the two will be much like G1. Why are there so few Autobots compared to Decepticons? Wanted Autobots to be outnumbered and at a major disadvantage. Makes it have very intense action scenes. Decepticons firepower far outweighs the Autobots. You will see and feel the sense and scope ofthe Cybertronian war. How closely has Hasbro been involved in the character design process? Very closely. Sat with the design team. Looked through all Transformers catalogs and talked extensively with the design team about what is important. Trying to overcome the perception of a "toy commercial". Tried to use the history to their advantage. They talk about monitoring the boards to see reaction. Who would win in a street fight Optimus or Megatron? You will find out. Why no Shockwave? Too many characters, tried to choose important characters who could focus o nthe story. Door open for possible future appearance. Laser blasts or bullets and missles? In earth modes, they have earth style weapons. But Cybertronian technology (pulse blasts) come into play while in robot form. Bumblee as a Camaro asked again. Explained again at greater length. Video Cuts out...Technical difficulties. Fans will know first via TF movie.com. How do you feel about Bay directing? Great. They felt Bay was the right guy for the job. Was their first choice. When they pitched it to him, his eyes lit up. He wanted to really know about the story and characters. Bay trusted Orci and Kurtzman to keep the perspective of the fans. They feel Bay is keeping things great. Bay knows vehicles like no other director. Can you tell us about any other voices? Not yet. They called it a Work in progress right now. That's all for now. They will be involved at Transformersmovie.com Message Board. Contest coming soon: Submit a line that Optimus Prime MUST say for the film. Winning entry will be recited by Cullen (Prime) for the movie. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2006 Michael Bay will at least insure we get action and explosions....sacrificing a halfway decent plot and character developmont to achieve it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2GOLD 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2006 Michael Bay will at least insure we get action and explosions....sacrificing a halfway decent plot and character developmont to achieve it. And this one won't have Cuba Gooding Jr desperately trying to save it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lil' Bitch 0 Report post Posted August 18, 2006 I don't like the Autobots being outnumbered, but that's just me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2006 I don't like the Autobots being outnumbered, but that's just me. That doesn't bother me, since apparently much like in G1 the Autobots are losing the war. It adds an element of danger and actually allows them to give fan service (Kill the Decepticons) for when a certain Autobot dies (Speculation). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2006 Oh and apparently if you goto TFW2005, they have full scans of the Movie Toys and a full Render of Movie Optimus. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2006 Bacchus, have you seen this yet...allegedly, this is Bumblebee: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 19, 2006 Bacchus, have you seen this yet...allegedly, this is Bumblebee: Yep, thats the "to scale" Bumblebee that they used on the set. The finished head will be more like the cute little rascal in my avatar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 Optimus Prime: Bumble Bee: Scale Models: Who plays who in the new movie. 20th Anniversary Transformers The Movie DVD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dubq 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 Who plays who in the new movie. Alas, no Soundwave. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 But look at the size of that Bumble Bee! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 Who plays who in the new movie. Alas, no Soundwave. They didn't want to do him because they couldn't do the classic "Soundwave". His minion Frenzy will be in the movie and Soundwave is supposedly going to appear in the sequel. The sequel is supposed to introduce size or mass shifting. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 I don't buy Special Edition DVDs if I already have the original, but I may make an exception in this case... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FroGG_NeaL 0 Report post Posted August 22, 2006 No doubt. I own the VHS and DVD for the G.I. Joe and Transformers flicks. But I'm dying for a Special Edition DVD G.I.Joe The Movie. Especially if it has an alternate ending where Duke stays fuckin' dead. I think I'm gonna have to buy this Transformer one too. I'll give the old one to somebody for Christmas. FroGGer NeaL: Broke cheap ass bastard since 1983. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Conspiracy_Victim 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 I don't buy Special Edition DVDs if I already have the original, but I may make an exception in this case... I'm going to have to wait and see what the features are. A feature on how they got Dirk Diggler to sing "The Touch" in "Boogie Nights" isn't going to do it. I need something good to make me double dip. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Amazing Rando 0 Report post Posted August 23, 2006 Blackout, a heli-carrier of sorts, that carries smaller bots inside of it is probably the closest thing to Soundwave we are going to get (originally this was going to be Soundwave). No mass-shifting? I guess that means Prime won't have his awesome trailer with his little helper inside. The Autobots being outnumbered 5 to 8 does go back to G1, because originally they were outnumbered, and have pretty much always been outnumbered (thanks to the numerous gesalts and the Insecticons). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 Blackout, a heli-carrier of sorts, that carries smaller bots inside of it is probably the closest thing to Soundwave we are going to get (originally this was going to be Soundwave). No mass-shifting? I guess that means Prime won't have his awesome trailer with his little helper inside. The Autobots being outnumbered 5 to 8 does go back to G1, because originally they were outnumbered, and have pretty much always been outnumbered (thanks to the numerous gesalts and the Insecticons). It also allows you to kill off Decepticons, showing that even outnumbered, the Heroes kick ass I just hope that they don't kill off my Starscream. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 oh there's no way he gets killed off...not if sequels are already being planned...sooner or later, they'll have to have him do a double cross...the first movie should just lay the foundations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
luke-o 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 Things please me when i hear them, but things annoy me. Petter cullen back = good No Soundwave = bad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 I can't wait to hear the bad Chris Latta impersonation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blue Bacchus 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2006 By the way an early draft of the script has been leaked... Someone's getting Fired! All in all, not too bad. Almost has a Star Wars: A New Hope feel to it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alro 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2006 Megatron He looks evil and all, but he's not even remotely close to the cartoon. At least the others (thus far) are in the ballpark. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Black Lushus 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2006 honestly, the main thing that sucks about it....NO ARM CANNON! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Amazing Rando 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2006 Bah, that is WAY too alien, especially when everyone else is going to resemble an earth vehicle (minus Scorponok) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Amazing Rando 0 Report post Posted August 26, 2006 He's probably one of the most redesigned out of the cartoons, actually through all the various old school and new school incarnations. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
