Transformers - Summer 2006

[ClarkKentKY]

Transformers Coming the Summer of 2006
Source: Hasbro, Inc. Friday, July 23, 2004
http://www.comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5673

DreamWorks Pictures and Paramount Pictures, in association with Hasbro, Inc., will develop a live-action, motion picture based on the globally popular Transformers franchise. Steven Spielberg will executive produce. The film is slated for release in the summer of 2006. Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Constantine), Don Murphy (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen) and Tom DeSanto (X-Men and X2: X-Men United) are attached to produce.

DreamWorks Head of Production Adam Goodman stated, "Steven and everyone at DreamWorks are very excited about the prospect of expanding the world of 'Transformers' into the live-action feature film arena. The possibilities for a thrilling action adventure are virtually endless, and a film holds the definite promise of expanding an already worldwide fan base to new audiences."

"This is a tremendous franchise that offers us the opportunity to create an inventive and thrilling action-adventure film," said Donald De Line, Vice Chairman, Motion Picture Group and President of Paramount Pictures. "We're happy to work with our colleagues at DreamWorks to develop this project with Hasbro. There couldn't be a better team to bring the 'Transformers' to the big screen."

"We are truly fortunate to have the best talent in the entertainment industry on board for the 'Transformers' movie and are excited at the opportunities this powerful collaboration will bring to the property," said Brian Goldner, President of Hasbro's toys segment. "The 'Transformers' franchise has been successful in many entertainment arenas and we are thrilled to give millions of fans an extraordinary experience that's never been done in the history of the brand."

Hasbro will work with the production team, DreamWorks and Paramount on all aspects of the film's creative development, marketing, promotions and will manage merchandising in conjunction with the release of the film. Hasbro will also team up with Takara, who has been the co-developer of the Transformers brand since its beginning in the early 1980s.

"The 'Transformers' brand has always struck a chord with fans around the world and remains one of our strongest franchises since it was introduced 20 years ago," said Keita Satoh, President and Chief Executive Officer of Takara. "Together with Hasbro, DreamWorks and Paramount, we will bring the property to a new level for fans in the Japanese market, as well as around the world."

DreamWorks will distribute the film domestically, while Paramount will distribute internationally.

In 1984, the Transformers brand took the world by storm with its compelling saga of the "Robots in Disguise," and quickly became a childhood rite of passage with a tremendously successful toy line from Hasbro and Takara, comic book series, television program and animated feature film. Twenty years later, a new generation of kids has discovered the excitement of the Transformers brand and the legendary characters, such as Optimus Prime and Megatron, that truly are "more than meets the eye." Today, the franchise features a popular toy line, an animated series on Cartoon Network and a chart-topping comic book series from Dreamwave Productions, which sold two million Transformers comic books last year.

:banana:

[LorenzoL]

As per AICN...

Link (http://www.aint-it-cool-news.com/display.cgi?id=18017)

[Kal-El]

Damn. Hope they do it justice. This could seriously kick-ass or go completely south.

[fumanstan]

So long as they go with the Generation 1 designs and story. Could care less about the recent Transformers crap they've put out lately (Beast Wars not withstanding)

[elny3680]

hahaha can you even imagine if it was based on the R.I.D. or armada designs? i hope to god they make this all about the robots & not have some annoying little kids running around...that would seriously suck

[Derrich]

Even the Gen 1 cartoons made Spike a teenager. Please don't let this be Armada with a bunch of pokemon kids running around on transforming scooters.

But Spielberg is involved, so it should be good.

D

[LorenzoL]

Originally posted by Kal-El
Damn. Hope they do it justice. This could seriously kick-ass or go completely south.

Exactly!

[Fanboy]

I smell Thunderbirds 2. Check imdb, has Bill Paxton attached himself to this yet?

[cleaver]

I will be there day 1.

[tofu]

Sweet. They better have Bumblebee in it.

[DonnachaOne]

Lorenzo DiBonaventura.

Christ.

This is the same guy that took over Superman from Jon Peters, spending millions in pre-production for a film that still isn't near being made... and after Pluto Nash, was given the heave-ho.

DeSanto and Murphy - well, they seem to know what they're doing (Murphy's a bit more hit-and-miss). There's a few things I hope for.

I feel that these requests are reasonable.

That it's a good film that doesn't attempt to water down the cartoon. I want to see robots beating the energon out of each other. It can get a PG-13 and still be harsh. Hey, it's not imitative... kids aren't going to transform into cars and blast each other after watching the movie...

I'd like good effects, a nice integration of CG and practicals.

I don't mind if they play with the story or omit characters. A lot of them were just toy fodder anyway. We need Sideswipe? I would like t to be within reason though. I do not want this, and $100 million, to be given to a pretentious one-name frenchman who will then botch the film and story beyond measure.

Optimus needs to be a truck with a shield on his face and Megatron needs to be an evil gun. And Soundwave needs to breakdance (http://www.wilenkin.com/transformers/Video_player_06_content.html) ;).

I want a freeway chase scene with robots turning into cars and vice versa.

I want the Decepticons to be evil. Not misunderstood, not misguided - gleefully evil.

I don't want any Dinobots, Constructicons, Headmasters or any other Gimmickbots, at least not in the first movie anyway.

[PixyJunket]

MINICONS!

[Snowmaker]

Originally posted by tofu
Sweet. They better have Bumblebee in it. For some reason, that just mad me :lol:

[El-Kabong]

Ok, I could live without the headmasters, but the Constructicons were the bomb!

But frankly I cant see how this could fly - Chris Latta is dead. How can they do Starscream without him?!?

[Snowmaker]

"Me, Grimlock want to be in movie. "

His voice always reminded me of Cookie Monster.

[Snowmaker]

Originally posted by El-Kabong
But frankly I cant see how this could fly - Chris Latta is dead. How can they do Starscream without him?!? [/B]

Just get the guy that did Cobra Commander's voice. :D

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by Snowmaker
Just get the guy that did Cobra Commander's voice. :D

:lol:

God ......I really hope they do not dick this up.

Hell...I'd be content if they just remade TF: The Movie as live action film. (along with the 80's music and judd nelson).

[Derrich]

You got the touch! You got the powaaaa!

D

[animalmystic]

But Spielberg is involved, so it should be good.

I hope soo too!

[Get Me Coffee]

I just hope it stays true to the 80's Transformers!!! It would be even cooler if it was set during the 80's.

Wonder how they are going to handle Megatron? He's a 30 foot robot that turns into a small hand gun :lol:

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by Get Me Coffee
Wonder how they are going to handle Megatron? He's a 30 foot robot that turns into a small hand gun :lol: Okay, so talking humanoid robots from another planet is perfectly logical?

[ClarkKentKY]

No Minicons, No pokemon crap, No beast wars crap. Original generation 1 inspired storyline only. And technically isn't Speilberg an Executive Producer on everything at dreamworks?

[beefjerky]

They need to have one combining bot. Definitely throw in the Constructicons.

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by ClarkKentKY
No Minicons, No pokemon crap, No beast wars crap. Original generation 1 inspired storyline only.

...and no annoucing/naming of any type of projectile or special attack (I hate the crap)

[fumanstan]

Constructicons ruled.

[B.A.]

I'd rather see a live-action GI Joe first.

[El-Kabong]

Originally posted by candyrocket786
...and no annoucing/naming of any type of projectile or special attack (I hate the crap)

They never did that (as I recall) in the G1 Transformers, so your safe. I can't vouch for later series or anything out of Japan, however.

Funny aside - I picked up the Takara series on DVD from the UK a while back (the series picks up from the end of season 4 in america, with all new (and horrible) voice actors). One of the new Decipticons that was in the show dropped out of the sky onto an autobot, whupped his ass and then announced "I am Sixshot, the Decepticon Ninja Consultant!"

:eek:

Decepticon.

Ninja.

Consultant.

Wow - to have THAT job discription.

[Abranut]

Wow. This could suck on so many levels. I hope they do it right.

[atari2600]

this could be the greatest movie of all time. or the worst. i grew up a huge transformers fan (the originals, not the remake crap that has spawned from it). and this is gonna be live action too - sweet.

[clemente]

While I was watching I, Robot, the scene where the house demolition machine starts expanding it popped into my mind that it was time for a live-action Transformers movie......I'm looking forward to it.

[Tarantino]

I'd love to see a Transformers movie if it was say...rated R. That'd be awesome, Decepticons ravaging a city, tearing civilians limb from limb.

Like Donnacha said, a freeway sequence with cars transforming back and forth would be freaking rad.

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by El-Kabong
They never did that (as I recall) in the G1 Transformers, so your safe. I can't vouch for later series or anything out of Japan, however.


Correct......G1 never did that. Just thought I mention it since it was apparent in the post G1 TF cartoons and extremely annoying.

[beefjerky]

Originally posted by El-Kabong
"I am Sixshot, the Decepticon Ninja Consultant!"

Man, I still wish I had my Sixshot toy. He was so damn cool. Althought I didn't know him to be a Decepticon Ninja Consultant.

[outer-edge]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
I don't want any Dinobots, Constructicons, Headmasters or any other Gimmickbots, at least not in the first movie anyway.

No dinobots? No constructicons? We're talking about first season stuff here!

I could see them leaving dinobots out though, focus on vehicles, but a Devastator vs. Superion battle would be quite the treat!

[ClarkKentKY]

I can see why you'd want to leave out the dinobots. They don't exactly fit into the "Machine/Robot" formula... They turn from a robot-dinosaur into... well... a dinosaur-robot. Plus they're stupid, and it would require a backstory on why they differ from the others.

But Constructicons and Protectobots, Stunticons, Superion, thats some great stuff. I hope they at least address one group like that from each side. It would make for a great scene.

Headmasters sucked.

[The Cow]

Originally posted by Derrich
But Spielberg is involved, so it should be good.

D
I guess it depends on what you are wanting to see. I can't see Spielberg making a movie with a bunch of bad-assed transformers.

I see him bringing in the human element (the damn kids), which is not what I am hoping for. (I want a lot-of-action flick, not a feel-good story flick)

[RyoHazuki]

If Eric Idle is in it, I'll be there.

[Giantrobo]

Wow :eek: I can't wait.

[Abob Teff]

Well, if Spielberg is attached we can look forward to a TomHanksobot . . . yippee. Why do I just not have the glee for Spielberg movies that I used to? Somebody needs to take his kids away from him.

[GuessWho]

the dinobots are what took the autobots off track in the fiirst place.... until then, the AUTObots were all AUTOmobiles

thats what made the decepticons more dangerous as vehicles--they could fly

[beefjerky]

Originally posted by Abob Teff
Well, if Spielberg is attached we can look forward to a TomHanksobot . . .

Sweet, he can transform into an Oscar.

[Jericho]

Spielberg is only executive producer, I'd hardly say he's attached. Probably about as a attached as the Weinsteins were to LOTR

[Original Desmond]

kick booty !

[Abranut]

Originally posted by beefjerky
Sweet, he can transform into an Oscar.

He'd have to be one of those three way transformers. To change into the Oscar, he'd first have to turn into a retard or an AIDS patient.

[Giantrobo]

Originally posted by Abob Teff
Well, if Spielberg is attached we can look forward to a TomHanksobot . . . yippee. Why do I just not have the glee for Spielberg movies that I used to? Somebody needs to take his kids away from him.


:lol:

TomHanksobot and yet another lame sugar sweet John Williams score....

[sinister]

include the dinobots, they were the coolest and most powerful transformers. impossible to hurt in their dino form and one dinobot could take out five decepticons. stupid but together could take out devastator. aerialbots vs. stunticons would be very cool.

[necros]

I just can't see this being a good movie. As much as I love the old transformers .. I know how hollywood loves to screw things up and "adapt" it for the big screen. And unless they stick with the original storyline too it'll get messed up. And they must get the original voices back at least for Prime and Megatron.

[DonnachaOne]

To clarify why I don't want any autobots, constructicons etc:

The first movie should be about the autobots and decepticons who have crash landed on Earth and are trying to go home. It's the old, but never boring story - hero and villain want the same thing, but just have different means to get it.

How many autobots and decepticons came to Earth? Twenty of each, maybe? How many of them really mattered? That's enough robots for a first movie. Dinobots, Constructicons etc - they're great, but for a first movie, they're superfluous and unnecessary. There wouldn't be enough time to go into those robots and the attention to them would take away from the really important characters. We don't need a ton of characters thrown at us all at once, if we do it'll be overkill.

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
To clarify why I don't want any autobots, constructicons etc:

The first movie should be about the autobots and decepticons who have crash landed on Earth and are trying to go home. It's the old, but never boring story - hero and villain want the same thing, but just have different means to get it.

How many autobots and decepticons came to Earth? Twenty of each, maybe? How many of them really mattered? That's enough robots for a first movie. Dinobots, Constructicons etc - they're great, but for a first movie, they're superfluous and unnecessary. There wouldn't be enough time to go into those robots and the attention to them would take away from the really important characters. We don't need a ton of characters thrown at us all at once, if we do it'll be overkill.

Basically...

The first film should follow the plot of the More than Meets the Eye story arc.

[DarthMarino]

Yeah, it better be Generation 1. Otherwise, count me out. Even Generation 1 lost some luster with the movie. Part of what was cool about Transformers was that it was set in modern day earth. So everything looked like something you could see outside. Futuristic robot turns into 18 wheeler. With the movie they moved it 20 years in the future so everything became Futuristic robot turns into futuristic space ship. Many of the episodes took place on strange planets. Kind of destroyed what the original charm was.

[Shilex]

Now that there's gonna be a Transformers movie, it's time to bring on the GO-BOTS!! Yeah

[zero]

Originally posted by Shilex
Now that there's gonna be a Transformers movie, it's time to bring on the GO-BOTS!! Yeah

YOU'RE FIRED

[maxpower]

That was the first thing I thought...but more like....it would not surprise me to see a rival studio bring out some gobot movie ala the volcano/meteor movie copycat fiascos.

[DonnachaOne]

Yeah, but those volcano and meteor movies... well, they were just shite anyway.

[isamu]

I predict this is gonna rock.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by isamu
I predict this is gonna rock. Coming from the man who didn't like The Terminator OR Terminator 2, I'm amazed and intrigued at your elation...

[isamu]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Coming from the man who didn't like The Terminator OR Terminator 2, I'm amazed and intrigued at your elation...

Hmm, I am willing to bet THE FARM that you have me mixed up with someone else. Cuz I DAMN sure never said I didn't like T1 or T2. They're among two of my favorite films ever.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by isamu
Hmm, I am willing to bet THE FARM that you have me mixed up with someone else. Cuz I DAMN sure never said I didn't like T1 or T2. They're among two of my favorite films ever. I alwasy wanted to be a farmer... ;)
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=3818237#post3818237

[isamu]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
I alwasy wanted to be a farmer... ;)
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&postid=3818237#post3818237

Originally posted by isamu
I voted for None of Them, They All Sucked!

HOLY SHIT I must have seriously wanted to get a rise out people that day :lol: And no one fell for it :(

Oh well, the farm is yours, just don't fondle the cattle and you're good to go :)

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by isamu
Oh well, the farm is yours, just don't fondle the cattle and you're good to go :) Oh... um... well, I... just can't accept your generous offer, then... :D



Something else I was thinking about: this would be a GREAT movie from an advertising standpoint. Imagine the car companies that would want a piece of this! Lotus would pay handsomely to make Sideswipe an Elise... Jazz could be a pimped-out Honda...

While we're at it, do some things need updating? Why not update a few things? The F-15 Eagle isn't the end-all, be-all of fighter jets anymore. Would our new Decepticons be F-22s and F-117s? Should Bumblebee remain a classic bug (I think so!)? Would Ironhide's personality be more suited to a beat-up 1980's Toyota? And from the looks of today's boomboxes, Soundwave's going to look like a futuristic alien machine anyway...







Also, this movie will have to explain where the robots kept their guns, and where Optimus' trailer always went.

[Deftones]

wow, I think this thread is better than the movie is going to be. :lol:

[The Cow]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Something else I was thinking about: this would be a GREAT movie from an advertising standpoint. Imagine the car companies that would want a piece of this! Lotus would pay handsomely to make Sideswipe an Elise... Jazz could be a pimped-out Honda...

Well.... They've kinda already done this. Sideswipe is a a Dodge Viper though. Jazz is still TBD. The Takara versions are actually pretty cool (metal), the Hasbros are kinda weak.

Check out the Transformers:Alternators :)

Sideswipe:
http://www.transformerland.com/image/transformers-alternators-sideswipe.jpg

[Tradnor]

Some posts from the producer Don Murphy on the message board (http://www.donmurphy.net/board/) of his official web site:
Zemeckis is in no way involved- Harry Knowles hasn't seen the truth (or his feet) in a very long time.

We are staying focused on the original mythology.

We are working to get permissions for REAL vehicles so that Bumblebee turns into a VW for example.

Steven is COMPLETELY behind staying true to the mythology- no supersoakers.

Hasbro has exerted a ton of pressure so that the film happens QUICKLY.

Your voice is being heard.

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No script, no voice actors, plot confidential, just trying to get things done on time

Megatron is NOT gonna be a gun
That was lame anyway

we are gonna try to treat this as realistically as possible

one giant robot doesn't turn into the gun for another
nor does a giant robot turn into a tape deck

We MAY have Soundwave- but we'd keep him proportional and make him a cd player or something.

Think REALITY

If Megatron is a tank, then when he transforms it is to scale.


Does anyone think we should keep the Transforming SOUND- squugeee or however you'd spell it
?

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Making a movie like this will involve 100's of people and 100+ million dollars.

I will have a lot to say about it.

I will not have the final say.

That's just the way the world is- deal with it. I do.

Now, because of this board, I can tell you that there is a HIGH likelihood the sound will be kept for the shifting.

Now, leaving aside the hysterical ("I will bring you down"- ha!) posters among you...
The idea I like (which is from the Budiansky Marvel series) is "Robots in Disguise". They are among us, waging a secret war, and we don't know jack.

You like Soundwave so much as a character. I respect that. Let's keep him. But NOTE WELL- even if every fan goes to see this twice, we need to be able to explain Transformers to millions of people who don't know what it is. Okay. You tell them your VW might be secretly a robot. They get that. You tell them your cassette deck might be one too- and it can become 8 feet tall- that's just too many ":buys". So we gotta figure it out. Nothing is set in stone.

Megatron- again- we'll keep the character the same- but how does a big ass guy become a pistol? Where does the rest of him come/go from? Let's all figure it out calmly (although I do not think Hasbro will be selling a pistol to kids...)

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Many things to answer here on the fly.

There's a shitload of rumors that you guys take as facts out there. There are NO voice actors yet. There may be soon. I will personally make sure that our director considers Frank and the gang. I think celebrity voices for a film like this is moronic.

Someone out there is telling you that there aill no be toys for this movie from Hasbro? Dream on. That's the very reason they WANT a film from Steven Spielberg.

NOTHING is decided. IN MY OPINION knowing how Hollywood works---

1- I do not see mass shifting happening.
2- I do not see a giant robot turning into a cassette player.
3- Hasbro will not have a toy that turns into a pistol.
4- I just saw the robots in SKY CAPTAIN at Comic-Con- we want ours to be the opposite of those. Personalities!


We are NOT doing anything to do with Beasts and Dinos and shit.

I think Soundwave is the burger with cheese and sauce. I think his "tapes" are badass.

Maybe you're right- maybe he never changes.

Dunno.

Keep talking- you can tell we are really listening.

The next few weeks will have us, ala X MEN, decide on 7 core members of each team. Desanto will be there to make sure we stay true.

Your input is NOW.

[El-Kabong]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
How many autobots and decepticons came to Earth? Twenty of each, maybe? How many of them really mattered? That's enough robots for a first movie. Dinobots, Constructicons etc - they're great, but for a first movie, they're superfluous and unnecessary. There wouldn't be enough time to go into those robots and the attention to them would take away from the really important characters. We don't need a ton of characters thrown at us all at once, if we do it'll be overkill.

I'll freely admit that the 175 Autobots and 200 Decpticons per episode towards the end of the run WAS a bit to keep track of (and really brought the series down, IMO), so yes - keeping the cast to about 20 transformers is a good idea.

Ok, so WHO should we keep?

Prime and Megatron of course (tho it sucks that Meggy isnt going to be a gun. Damn you restrictive US Toy laws!)

Starscream (duh - can't get rid of the whole "schemeing to overthrow megatron" subplot)

Soundwave and his cassettes (although in this modern day and age - what kid knows about cassettes? But we cant have Ravage as a CD. Hmmmm)

Bumblebee (and spike - who I know falls into the "Annoying Child" catagory, but I think is essential for the human hook for the viewers).

Jazz, Ratchet and Ironhide (pity Scatman Crothers is dead)

And personaly, I'd love to see Omega Supreme - which is why I'll still defend the idea of the Constructicons, so he has someone his size to fight.

So, who have I forgotten?

[Kal-El]

I think they should include Thundercracker and SkyWarp with Star Scream.

[fumanstan]

The Constructicons were introduced fairly early in the series and i think should be included. Looking at El-Kabong's list, there are more recognizable autobots then decepticons, and having Devastator would make for one of those overwhelming challenge type thingies for the good guys :)

[candyrocket786]

What about Mirage, Wheeljack, Prowl, Hound and Cliffjumper (Casey Kasem)?

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by fumanstan
The Constructicons were introduced fairly early in the series and i think should be included. Looking at El-Kabong's list, there are more recognizable autobots then decepticons, and having Devastator would make for one of those overwhelming challenge type thingies for the good guys :)

Possible Decepticons:

Megatron
StarScream
Soundwave
-Rumble
-Frenzy
-Laserbeak
-Ravage
Thundercracker
Sky Warp
The Insecticons
The Constructicons
Shockwave (on cybertron)

[auto]

Originally posted by Derrich

But Spielberg is involved, so it should suck.


Fixed. ;)

Just kidding. As most people have said, this is gonna be sweet or it's gonna be really, really awful.

[Fok]

Looking foward to this one!

[ivelostr2]

jazz, there has to be jazz

[Maquis]

And personaly, I'd love to see Omega Supreme - which is why I'll still defend the idea of the Constructicons, so he has someone his size to fight.


I agree! I loved the Omega Supreme/Constructicons story. I know one movie can't have it all, but it would be great to includ this as a subplot, with Omega Supreme hell-bent on revenge. :up:

[fumanstan]

Originally posted by candyrocket786
Possible Decepticons:

Megatron
StarScream
Soundwave
-Rumble
-Frenzy
-Laserbeak
-Ravage
Thundercracker
Sky Warp
The Insecticons
The Constructicons
Shockwave (on cybertron)

Ugh, i hated the Insecticons. Laserbeak is a must, and probably Ravage. Thundercracker and Sky Warp were always around but really didn't do much except be cannon fodder :)

[DonnachaOne]

Some that haven't been mentioned

AUTOBOTS:

Wheeljack. The bots need their doctor.

Hot Rod. Set up stuff for the sequels!

DECEPTICONS:

Octane. We need a triple-changer in there, and he's a right bastard.

We need the Decepticon jet fighter squadron. They don't have to be all the same, as long as they're all there. Thrust, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, and of course Starscream.

As for Megatron - of course he can be a gun. Hasbro has made a toy gun before. It was called MEGATRON.

He's supposed to be evil personified. He has to turn himself into an instrument of doom. Keem him as a pistol.

[Kal-El]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Some that haven't been mentioned

AUTOBOTS:

Wheeljack. The bots need their doctor.

Hot Rod. Set up stuff for the sequels!

Wasn't Wheeljack the mechanic? Ratchet was the doctor right? The ambulance?

DECEPTICONS:

Octane. We need a triple-changer in there, and he's a right bastard.

We need the Decepticon jet fighter squadron. They don't have to be all the same, as long as they're all there. Thrust, Skywarp, Thundercracker, Ramjet, and of course Starscream.

As for Megatron - of course he can be a gun. Hasbro has made a toy gun before. It was called MEGATRON.

He's supposed to be evil personified. He has to turn himself into an instrument of doom. Keem him as a pistol.

I don't remember Octane, but if we're going to put a triple-changer, shouldn't it be Astro-Train? I think having Thrust and Ramjet would be pushing it. That'll be 2 more planes they'd have to render with different designs whereas Star Scream, Sky Warp and Thundercracker pretty much has the same design, only with different colors. They(Ramjet and Thrust) weren't Generation 1 anyway right? As for Megatron, I think it *would* be a little tacky to make him a gun.

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by Kal-El
As for Megatron, I think it *would* be a little tacky to make him a gun.

They're raping my childhood by not making him a gun...damn them all to hell!!! :mad: ;)

[El-Kabong]

Hasbro has said "No Gun" to Megatron - which probably has all the world to do with that when you get right down to it, the toy sales from this is gonna be HUGE. Unfortunately, the puritan standards dictate that toy guns are not to be sold.

The sad truth is: Megatron = gun = no sales.

(I'm hoping that someday we'll get an import version of Meggy like the 20th anniversary Optimus that just came out. 12 inches tall and a total badass)

[GuessWho]

Anybody have that videoclip that floated online a year or two ago of a "real" Bumblebee transforming?

[Kal-El]

I remember that. Should be in Otter. I'd search but I'm too lazy. :D

[hitmanjules]

That clip was on Kazaa and I hope the guy/gal who made it is contacted to help on the film

[fumanstan]

If Megatron turning into a tiny pistol is a stretch, they could always go the Galvatron route and just let him transform into a large cannon. It would be hard pressed for me to imagine Megatron turning into something else.

[Get Me Coffee]

I hope one of the songs on the soundtrack is, You Got the Touch! :lol: Classic Transformers The Movie song!

[Dr. DVD]

I hope we don't get a credit reading: Directed by Paul S. Anderson.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by Kal-El
Wasn't Wheeljack the mechanic? Ratchet was the doctor right? The ambulance?Yeah, but Wheeljack's more of an engineer - he creates the Dinobots, etc.



I don't remember Octane, but if we're going to put a triple-changer, shouldn't it be Astro-Train?Octane turns into both an airliner and a fuel truck.

I think having Thrust and Ramjet would be pushing it. That'll be 2 more planes they'd have to render with different designs whereas Star Scream, Sky Warp and Thundercracker pretty much has the same design, only with different colors. They(Ramjet and Thrust) weren't Generation 1 anyway right?I think they could be different planes.

As for Megatron, I think it *would* be a little tacky to make him a gun. It wuld be, but he's not exactly a tactful fellow, more of an 'attackful' fellow. ;)

I suppose you could make him into a Tank. An EVIL Tank though. He needs that big ol' gun on his arm; it's part of his character.

[nchhabra]

Originally posted by Kal-El
I don't remember Octane, but if we're going to put a triple-changer, shouldn't it be Astro-Train? I think having Thrust and Ramjet would be pushing it. That'll be 2 more planes they'd have to render with different designs whereas Star Scream, Sky Warp and Thundercracker pretty much has the same design, only with different colors. They(Ramjet and Thrust) weren't Generation 1 anyway right? As for Megatron, I think it *would* be a little tacky to make him a gun.

Another vote for Astro-Train. :up:

[DonnachaOne]

Fine, have your Astrotrain... I just think it's silly to not have your robots be able to fly back to Cybertron, even though one of them can turn into a Space Shuttle...

[Kal-El]

Originally posted by DonnachaOne
Fine, have your Astrotrain... I just think it's silly to not have your robots be able to fly back to Cybertron, even though one of them can turn into a Space Shuttle...

Well maybe he doesn't get good mileage? :D

[bub2000]

I'm pretty sure Bumblebee as a VW is a no-go. Apparently, VW was contacted about making a Binaltech/Alternators version of Bumblebee/Beetle, but VW said no, as they do not want to be associated with any violent/war type toys.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by bub2000
I'm pretty sure Bumblebee as a VW is a no-go. Apparently, VW was contacted about making a Binaltech/Alternators version of Bumblebee/Beetle, but VW said no, as they do not want to be associated with any violent/war type toys. We'll see how married to that idea they are when the prospect of the movie's advertising perks excite them...

... push comes to shove, you could always make Bumblebee a mini cooper.

[Deftones]

wow, so much geek, so little thread. :)

So this will be a lame PG movie, right?

[DonnachaOne]

I don't think a PG movie has to be lame at all. Robots bashing each other to bits, as I've already said, isn't easily imitated by impressionable kids. No blood or gore, just pulverising steel.

[bub2000]

Found a couple of links:

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/toystan.asp?Queryid=pr060
http://www.ncsx.com/2004/ncs071904/ncs0719f.htm
(you can pre-order a Mini-Cooper transformer. This info comes from Takara, the Japanese toy maker)

but then there's this:
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=3166
NEWS: A few tidbits of Alternator-related information were given out by Hasbro's panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend. These included:

Alternator Grimlock WILL be silver.

There has been NO attempt at getting the Mini Cooper license for an Alternator, but that is not to say it couldn't happen.

They haven't given up on getting the license to Volkswagon.

They have several clay mock ups for Alternators that to which they haven't gotten the license yet.


So it looks like Hasbro doesn't have the rights. But Takara does??

[DonnachaOne]

We're getting into toy discussion now. Let's get back to the movie and what we'd like to see in that.

[nchhabra]

Originally posted by Kal-El
Well maybe he doesn't get good mileage? :D

Yeah he probably consumes too many energon cubes. :) Also, I remember something in Transformers the movie to the effect that Astrotrain could only carry a certain amount of weight?

[Breakfast with Girls]

Originally posted by bub2000
but then there's this:
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=3166
NEWS: A few tidbits of Alternator-related information were given out by Hasbro's panel at the San Diego Comic-Con this past weekend.
Holy crap! I'd never even heard of these, but now I must own them. :drool:

Edit: Thanks a lot, jerk, I just paid $53 shipped for an Alternator Optimus Prime. :mad: :lol:

[fryinpan1]

Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers is writing Transformers:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7026

Rogers Writing Transformers
Source: Variety November 3, 2004

Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers is writing Transformers, the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action tentpole based on the popular Hasbro toys, reports Variety.

Steven Spielberg is executive producing the film that is slated for a Summer 2006 release and will likely be a franchise property. Tom DeSanto, who executive produced the two "X-Men" films, wrote the story that Rogers will adapt.

Rogers is also working on Rush Hour 3 for director Brett Ratner at New Line, due out next year. At DreamWorks, he's producing Fatal Frame, based on the Japanese video game.

[DonnachaOne]

http://www.gizmodo.com/archives/images/CNN-Election-Winner.jpg

[PixyJunket]

Originally posted by fryinpan1
Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers is writing Transformers:BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Mazje]

So put aside your feelings about the Star Wars prequels for a moment (good or bad) and just think about the amount of violence contained in both of those films. Lots of robot violence (plus a couple of fairly violent human deaths) and those were both PG. So I think we could see a PG Transformers movie that would contain lots of violence. What would you have in an R rated Transformers movie anyway? "Fuck you, Megatron!" right before Optimus Prime blows his head off and oil spurts everywhere?

[Fincher Fan]

Originally posted by fryinpan1
[B]Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers...

My hopes were dashed there.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by darthlurker
What would you have in an R rated Transformers movie anyway? "Fuck you, Megatron!" right before Optimus Prime blows his head off and oil spurts everywhere? I see your point, it's a point I've been making, but c'mon, what you just described would be BRILLIANT!

[RocShemp]

Originally posted by fryinpan1
Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers is writing Transformers:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=7026

Rogers Writing Transformers
Source: Variety November 3, 2004

Catwoman screenwriter John Rogers is writing Transformers, the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action tentpole based on the popular Hasbro toys, reports Variety.

Steven Spielberg is executive producing the film that is slated for a Summer 2006 release and will likely be a franchise property. Tom DeSanto, who executive produced the two "X-Men" films, wrote the story that Rogers will adapt.

Rogers is also working on Rush Hour 3 for director Brett Ratner at New Line, due out next year. At DreamWorks, he's producing Fatal Frame, based on the Japanese video game.

I was really looking foward to this for a long time and was real excited when Don Simpson announced that Simon Furman was to be story consultant but.... this just spells almost certain doom. I don't even understand this from a marketing perspective because Catwoman was nowhere near a hit. They should have let Mr. Furman himself write it or hand it off to another comic writer and have him colaburate with Simon Furman.

[Dr. DVD]

Catwoman screenwriter? At least someone with a little respect for this kind of stuff wrote the story he has to adapt.

The scenario with Prime saying: "Fuck you Megatron," before he blows his head off would make a great sound byte for a toy! ;)

[David_M]

Come'on guys give him a break, he has also written The Core

[Dr. DVD]

Originally posted by David_M
Come'on guys give him a break, he has also written The Core


Make it worse why don't you?

[animalmystic]

No mention of Jetfire?? How kick ass would that be.

I want a freeway chase scene with robots turning into cars and vice versa.

That would be sick!

[JEStinson3]

This is from IGN. They posted it about a week ago


In a posting on the message board of his official site, producer Don Murphy addressed several rumors making the rounds about the live-action feature film version of The Transformers in-development at DreamWorks.


"There are NO voice actors yet. There may be soon. I will personally make sure that our director considers (Frank Welker) and the gang. I think celebrity voices for a film like this is moronic," Murphy wrote. As for rumors that there will be no movie tie-in toys from Hasbro, Murphy advises rumor-mongers to "dream on. That's the very reason they [Hasbro] WANT a film from Steven Spielberg."

While emphasizing that "NOTHING is decided" yet, Murphy nevertheless says his experience in Hollywood leads him to belive that "1- I do not see mass shifting happening. 2- I do not see a giant robot turning into a cassette player. 3- Hasbro will not have a toy that turns into a pistol. 4- I just saw the robots in Sky Captain at Comic-Con – we want ours to be the opposite of those. Personalities!"

Murphy adds that he and fellow Transformers producer Tom DeSanto "are NOT doing anything to do with Beasts and Dinos and (expletive). ... The next few weeks will have us, ala X-Men, decide on 7 core members of each team. DeSanto will be there to make sure we stay true."

Murphy encourages Transformers to provide their input on the movie by posting on his message board. The Transformers is slated for a 2006 release.


The most encouraging part of this news is that the original voice actors will do the voices, so Optimus would be Optimus, Megatron would be Megatron, etc. He is against celebrity voices. I wonder if that means that Judd Nelson won't reprise his role as Rodimus Prime.

The bad news about this is the part about not having a toy that turns into a gun. I don't have a huge problem with Megatron turning into something else, but it wouldn't be a Transformers movie if it didn't have Megatron.

I thought that it was funny that he so quickly dismissed Shockwave.

I think that the 7 per team thing will work out very well, but some people will be disappointed that some of their favorites are missing.

[Michael Corvin]

Originally posted by JEStinson3

I think that the 7 per team thing will work out very well, but some people will be disappointed that some of their favorites are missing.

Doesn't mean they can't have cameos in the bg or something, kinda like Xmen.

[Dr. DVD]

Hey, when Transformers debuted on TV it took them several seasons to introduce new members of each side. Red Alert, Grapple, and Omega Supreme never appeared until season two, but it was inferred that they crash landed on earth with the rest of the Autobots.

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by JEStinson3

The most encouraging part of this news is that the original voice actors will do the voices, so Optimus would be Optimus, Megatron would be Megatron, etc. He is against celebrity voices. I wonder if that means that Judd Nelson won't reprise his role as Rodimus Prime.


Is he still a celebrity? :) Actually that would be pretty sweet if he came back as Hot Rod or Rodimus.

Originally posted by JEStinson3



The bad news about this is the part about not having a toy that turns into a gun. I don't have a huge problem with Megatron turning into something else, but it wouldn't be a Transformers movie if it didn't have Megatron.


What's the problem? If there are no product tie-ins, why can't Megatron be a gun?

[fumanstan]

I think the comment on Soundwave was more along the lines of how silly it would be because of the size differential. Still, Soundwave is one of the more recognizable Decepticons, so it would be dissapointing to not have him included in some form or another.

[fumanstan]

Originally posted by candyrocket786

What's the problem? If there are no product tie-ins, why can't Megatron be a gun?

There's a belief that it wouldn't be politically correct.

[Dr. DVD]

Originally posted by fumanstan
I think the comment on Soundwave was more along the lines of how silly it would be because of the size differential. Still, Soundwave is one of the more recognizable Decepticons, so it would be dissapointing to not have him included in some form or another.

Maybe Soundwave will be a CD or MP3 player. ;)


If they wanted, they could set the movie in the 80s and explain away the tape player and out of date cars dilemma. Maybe they can get Michael Bay to direct. ;)

[DonnachaOne]

Soundwave as an iPod?


"Soundwave, why are you jittering and stammering?"
"FORGIVE_ME_MEGATRON: WINDOWS_MEDIA..."

[Dr. DVD]

If they update, maybe soundwave could be more along the lines of a media software and rumble, ravage, and lazerbeak would just be the names of viruses he uses to infect systems of the earth and Autobot spaceships, Skynet style!
Or maybe Rumble could be a vibrator. :D

[DonnachaOne]

Dr. DVD, you may be onto something...

Instead of being rebuilt by the ship's computer, Soundwave's battered body was discarded and his personality saved. Soundwave is now a sentient program that gets downloaded onto your computer as free Media software, enabling him to control computer systems. Ravage now transforms into a monitor & speakers, and Laserbeak, a CPU.

While it's a loose tie-in to the name "Soundwave", it would get really suit the idea of "robots in disguise" - imagine how much the audience would jump if a guy sat down at a computer, only for the monitor to suddenly transform into a shrieking mechanical cat.
Also, the idea of Soundwave being a compter virus than people unwillingly download is certainly applicable to everyday computer life...

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by fumanstan
I think the comment on Soundwave was more along the lines of how silly it would be because of the size differential. Still, Soundwave is one of the more recognizable Decepticons, so it would be dissapointing to not have him included in some form or another.

Yeah... I always had a problem with "shrinking/enlarging" effect and where transformers were used as vehicles for other transformers (ie. Astrotrain and Cyclonus in TF the movie)


All I ask is that they keep the recognizable robot modes for both sides.

Damn shame that there's no love for the Dinobots.

[DonnachaOne]

Originally posted by candyrocket786
Damn shame that there's no love for the Dinobots. There's love! It's just a "sequel" sort of love.

[fumanstan]

Personally, i could do without the "Me Grimlock... smash" in a feature film. The Dinobots retarded nature annoyed the bejesus outta me :)

[Obey The D]

Originally posted by candyrocket786

What's the problem? If there are no product tie-ins, why can't Megatron be a gun?

Spielberg is producing it, so I imagine this is what Megatron will look like when transformed:

http://img.ebigchina.com/cdimg/144757/327598/0/1049467415.jpg

[BuddyRevell]

HAHAHHAH!

Good one Obey the D

[Dr. DVD]

Actually, Megatron as a cell phone would probably be more appropriate than one would think. Mayn cell phone users are seen as bad in public, so why not capitalize on that? In fact, this could be used as a plot device. The Decepticons make allies of corrupt business men and become their phones, computers, and personal jets when they're not menacing giants. ;)

[candyrocket786]

Originally posted by Obey The D
Spielberg is producing it, so I imagine this is what Megatron will look like when transformed:

http://img.ebigchina.com/cdimg/144757/327598/0/1049467415.jpg

rotfl


I have a feeling that someone is "really" going to fuck this up.

Thankfully, the original movie is on dvd with that kickass 80's soundtrack. :D

[RocShemp]

Originally posted by candyrocket786
rotfl


I have a feeling that someone is "really" going to fuck this up.

Thankfully, the original movie is on dvd with that kickass 80's soundtrack. :D

Yeah but with a skewed sound mix. :(

I really wish Rhino would re-release it with a corrected 5.1 track and/or the original 2.0 stereo mix.

[necros]

Like others have said, as long as they stick to the original story I'll be happy. And of course, they gotta get some of the original voices back if they can. I heard the guy that was Starscream is dead though :( Dunno if that was mentioned before, I don't feel like reading all the old posts :p

[RocShemp]

Yeah, Chris Latta is sadly dead. So is Clive Reville (Cyclonus among others and the Emperor in The Empire Strikes Back).

But Peter Cullen (Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and even the voice of the titular monster in Predator) and Frank Welker (Megratron, Soundwave, and a whole boatload of Transformers and the voice of many many characters in many different cartoons and live action features) are still around.

But I have a worry. Don Murphy said he wanted the original cartoon voices. But the original cartoon voices according to whom? Afterall, in the craptacular Armada and Energon series, Megatron and Optimus Prime are voiced by David Kaye and Gary Chalk (from Beast Wars and Beast Machines). I know I'd prefer the original 80's voices but if they intent to catter mostly to the younger fans, I'm assuming they'd pick the voices of the current show.

[RocShemp]

Originally posted by Snowmaker
Just get the guy that did Cobra Commander's voice. :D

You know they were one and the same, right? :(

[fryinpan1]

The guy who did Cobra Commander's voice died in 1994:
http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0490383/

[RocShemp]

In G.I. Joe he was also Breaker, Frostbite, Gung-Ho, Horror Show, Ripper, Steeler, and Patrick O'Hara.

As for The Transformers he was Defensor, Reflector, Skullcruncher, Wheeljack, Krunk, Sparkplug Witwicky, among others in addition to Starscream.

[Snowmaker]

I forgot there was this original thread started.

[HN]

-more details in the other one.

-the other one was started over a year earlier.

[Snowmaker]

-the other one was started over a year earlier.

Oops, you're right. They both came up in a search I did.

[orderandlaw]

I think I'm going to throw up.....

Designs for Megatron from the movie.... (http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8253)

That...that's just.....hideous.

I can handle that he's a jet (He still should be a gun, parents organizations be damned.) But if this turns out to be for real.....UGH!!! What the hell is up with the overcomplicated, techie bullshit? That's just a garbled mess of a CGI reject.

I'm completely disgusted now

*goes to watch the animated Transformers: The Movie to restore faith in humanity*