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08-26-06 | 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Corvin

Come on. Can't you find any humor in your passion for The Transformers? It's not even just a little funny? Lighten up.

Of course I can find humor in it - I KNOW it's a toy. But that doesn't stop me from being cranky about the way that toy is being treated

08-27-06 | 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Darknite39

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Yeah, I liked reading that.

It doesn't seem too bad given that I'm not going to watch this movie for the humans but I do hope the reviewed script wasn't final. Then at least there's some hope that the other Autobots and Decepticons might have been rewritten to be as good as Prime apparently has.

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08-28-06 | 12:05 AM

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This is gonna suck big time. Ah well.

08-28-06 | 09:40 AM

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I love how Bay's team can't even get a bulldozer right. The more I think about Bonecrusher, the less sense it makes. It looks like they just combined all the Constructicons into one hideous heap.

Edit: I think I should join his design team for the sequel. Check out his robot mode that I made.

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08-28-06 | 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthMarino

I love how Bay's team can't even get a bulldozer right. The more I think about Bonecrusher, the less sense it makes. It looks like they just combined all the Constructicons into one hideous heap.

Edit: I think I should join his design team for the sequel. Check out his robot mode that I made.

Sorry, it looks like you missed at least one tire in your robot mode. Perhaps you can incorporate it into his metallic g-string.

08-28-06 | 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthMarino

Edit: I think I should join his design team for the sequel. Check out his robot mode that I made.

I think the guy who designed the Electric Gremlin from Gremlins 2 would sue your ass.

08-28-06 | 11:16 PM

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"We just wanted to have burning Furbys on the ground, you know?" Bay said with a laugh.
"We're going to be blowing up a lot of little Furbys."
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=3&id=37687

08-28-06 | 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DarthMarino

Edit: I think I should join his design team for the sequel. Check out his robot mode that I made.

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that the De Lorean DMC-12?

08-28-06 | 11:39 PM

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dude that's a sweet liger.

08-28-06 | 11:47 PM

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When Bay got the first call from producer Steven Spielberg, he said, "My first thought was, 'Nah, I'm not interested.' And just because I thought, 'OK, how am I going to do a toy movie?' And then I realized, when I went to Hasbro, 'OK, start over and go for [a] realistic alien-invasion-robot movie on Earth.' And so, with that thinking in mind, that's how I went about it."

I found that interesting and that's pretty much how I'll view the film. It's brand new take on Transformers and I'll just watch the animated movie for all my G1 goodness (though I still long for a G1 based live action movie).

Any word on any possible re-release of the original series to coincide with the theatrical release of the movie?

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08-29-06 | 01:31 AM

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I want to be really mad about the changes and ridiculous robot designs, but damn it I can't help be excited about a 'giant robots kicking ass'-movie.

08-29-06 | 10:31 AM

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From Bay's forums:

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I just barely caught Michael in between takes. Among the things he mentioned:

1- They will be releasing more teaser posters in the coming months.

2- Paramount made studies and concluded that the TF "ANNOUNCEMENT" was the 2nd highest rated "teaser" this summer.

3.- They just finished shooting a lot of Pentagon interiors on a soundstage in scenes that involved many Chiefs of staff in their huge war room.

4.- Shia just was recently suspended over the edge of a 20 story building in a very dynamic and intense scene.

5.- The average transformation time from normal mode to alt mode and vice versa is about 3 to 4 seconds.

6.- The leaked pictures are legit (although a somewhat early rendering).

7.- Filming of massive chase scenes will begin in the following weeks.

8.- The CGI transformations by ILM are looking wicked and nastier every single day.

9.- Part 1 will be about why the transformers came to earth.

10.- This movie will be a new start for the live action franchise that will not be based on any particular TF TV series and/or comic book.

08-29-06 | 10:39 AM

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3.- They just finished shooting a lot of Pentagon interiors on a soundstage in scenes that involved many Chiefs of staff in their huge war room.

Yeah, its much cooler to see that then see the Autobots lay out their plan and actually focus on the Transformers. No other movie has ever featured generic Chiefs of staff in a big war room.

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10.- This movie will be a new start for the live action franchise that will not be based on any particular TF TV series and/or comic book.

So why even make references to the old show/toyline? Bringing in Cullen and using some familiar names is supposed to please the die hard fans?

08-29-06 | 10:43 AM

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Transformer Movie Details Revealed:

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index...ory=3&id=37687

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Originally Posted by Michael Bay

"my first thought was, 'Nah, I'm not interested.' And just because I thought, 'OK, how am I going to do a toy movie?' And then I realized, when I went to Hasbro, 'OK, start over and go for [a] realistic alien-invasion-robot movie on Earth.' And so, with that thinking in mind, that's how I went about it."

08-29-06 | 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by DarthMarino

So why even make references to the old show/toyline? Bringing in Cullen and using some familiar names is supposed to please the die hard fans?

....because they are basically trying to save their ass now, especially that pics have been leaked and the response has not been positive.

08-29-06 | 10:48 AM

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10.- This movie will be a new start for the live action franchise that will not be based on any particular TF TV series and/or comic book.

images so far look like they're loosely based on these concepts:
http://www.tfarchive.com/fandom/transtech/

08-29-06 | 11:22 AM

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heres some concept images out looks pretty cool

theres more at http://community.livejournal.com/tra...09.html#cutid1

08-29-06 | 03:40 PM

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I've been okay with everything up until that SciFi article. chartreuse? Come on!

08-29-06 | 03:45 PM

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I am making a prediction now that on opening weekend this movie makes only $30 million dollars and is a complete and total failure.

08-29-06 | 03:52 PM

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I guess since I never really watched Transformers much as a kid, I'm not too pissed about all the changes. But I can understand why all of you are so outraged. I also hope that the movie does not deal a lot with humans, but I'm sure that they will comprise 70% of the story/screen time. Too bad.