Transformers: Review and Discuss (TF2 Confirmed for 2009)

[YSSMAN]

Yay! Now we just need to know what each of them are going to be...

August 18, 2006 - Transformers screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci revealed this morning, in a live webcast on Yahoo! Movies, which Autobots and Decepticons will appear in the forthcoming Michael Bay-directed movie based on the popular franchise. Here's the list with a few random notes from the screenwriters...


Autobots

Optimus Prime - "The king!"

Bumblebee - "He's the same underdog character we always knew and loved." [Note: Except he's a Camaro in the movie.]

Jazz - "He's eager to take on the Decepticons."

Ratchet - "Ratchet, who was an ambulance in the cartoon, will appear in a new form."

Ironhide - "The muscle. A tough soldier who can make any Transformer bust an o-ring just with his stare!"


Decepticons

Megatron - "He's been portrayed as pure evil but we're trying to get a little bit behind the evil in this movie. ... He has a slightly less idealistic version of what he thinks humanity is worth."

Starscream - "Always secretly plotting to dethrone Megatron..."

Brawl - "An extremely pissed off Decepticon."

Bonecrusher - "The closest thing to a Constructicon in the film."

Barricade - "The hunter of the group -- a cop car."

Scorpinok - "Closest thing to Beast Wars or Dinobot in the film."

Frenzy - "A smaller form able to infultrate spaces -- a stealth spy."

Blackout - "The guy who takes out our ability to fight back."

Cool. So we know Optimus is going to be a Mack Truck, Bumblebee a 3rd Gen Camaro (later a 5th gen), Ratchet an Ambulance, Barricade a Mustang Cop Car, and Frenzy an F117 Steath Fighter.

...I have a feeling Ironhide is going to end up being a Chevrolet Silverado, a guestimate based on early photos taken from the set... As for the rest, I don't have a clue...

 

[Swift]

MAn, that just couldn't help but put some of those stupid second generation Transformers in there huh? Oh well. It could still be good.

 

[YSSMAN]

...Some leaked photos of the Autobots...



According to the website, the black truck in the back is Ironhide, the green Hummer being ratchet, and obviously the Camaro is Bumblebee and the Mack Optimus Prime

Bumblebee post transformation...

 

[Der Alta]

I am very interested in this movie, but I suspect the wife won't be. Hence, DVD

 

[miss_schu]

Cool picture of Bumblebee, it looks awesome! Would love to see Optimus and Megatron! That cartoon was cool!

This is off the subject but does anyone remember the Transformer chips?

MS

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

I think if they include Bonecrusher, they should include the rest of the constructicons, then we could atleast see Devastator wreck havoc like the bad mother that he is. He belongs to the group, and to include him without the rest of them just makes it weird. Bad move in my opinion. 👎

 

[Omnis]

Here are better pics:





I'm not digging Optimus's nastyass Jeff Gordon paintjob, though.

 

[Dave A]

I know, they screwed Optimus' paint right up.

 

[YSSMAN]

...I agree. Optimus should be red and blue, but you've got to do something for those ADD kids these days...

 

[Omnis]

I hope he's red and blue on the inside.

 

[a6m5]

Very cool pics, but mark my words: This will turn into another 2-hour product placement commercial from Michael Bay.

I am very interested in this movie, but I suspect the wife won't be. Hence, DVD

DA, I think we were playing ball that Saturday afternoon? *wink**wink* Remember? We ate lunch, and it cost like ...... eight, nine bucks?

 

[3-Wheel Drive]

I know, they screwed Optimus' paint right up.

Not to mention the type of truck.
Everyone knows that Optimus is a red cab-over-engine semi!

'Tis blasphemy! BLASPHEMY, I TELL YOU!

 

[87chevy]

yeah, the paint job is 100% Jeff Gordon gayness.

I'm going to keep my hopes up for this movie. Besides, it's got a NEW Camaro in it! That means it's worth watching no matter what, just for that!

 

[Anderton Prime]

I am very interested in this movie, but I suspect the wife won't be. Hence, DVD

You can't watch a movie at the theatre unless your wife comes with you?!

 

[a6m5]

There is the real Optimus Prime. Anderton, don't ever change your avatar. You've had that as long as I can remember(except for the Darth Vader phase, which was alright), and it is one of my favorite avatars in all of gtplanet!

 

[Anderton Prime]

I ain't changin' it anytime soon! But I did have a fairly long Neo phase as well when I first arrived on GTP.

 

[Law93]

wow........the guys look pretty cool, but, Optimus' paint got wild, and Megatron looks like a scrap or metal with legs

 

[DQuaN]

It i's all been messed around. I might watch it out of curiosity, but why couldn't they stick more to the original?

And where is Soundwave? He was the coolest by far. He can't be left out.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

And where is Soundwave? He was the coolest by far. He can't be left out.

I agree, definitely one of the coolest Decepticons along with ravage and laser beak. Plus he was the one who created the energon cubes they used to store the energy, which was one of their main reasons to stay on earth! It'll be interesting, and most likely sad, to see how they hack that apart for the film as well. 👎

 

[El Gigante]

Soundwave has the coolest voice 👍

 

[Swift]

After seeing those picutres...I'm actually much less excited.

 

[FoolKiller]

OK, I will give what I have gathered from trolling around on Michael Bay's Web site (Please forgive me) and the official movie Web site forums.

WARNING: May be spoilerish.


Optimus is not a flat-nosed semi because they wanted to get eth largest truck they could, which was this funky painted Peterbilt we see here. This way the physics work out for Optimus to transform and be huge. They are not having any size changing during transformation the way the cartoons did.

Megatron's image looks weird because he is supposed to be frozen in the Antarctic or something like that when a research vessel discovers him and reawakens him.

Bumblebee supposedly doesn't speak because his voice box was ripped out (or some such nonsense) and so he communicates by tuning his radio to something that conveys his message.


My thoughts: Well, at least Peter Cullen is doing the voice of Optimus.

Bumblebee can't talk? WTF?!?!? The jury is still out on this but I am apprehensive. I was fine with the but this just sounds bad.

Optimus as the flaming Peterbilt: Um, you don't show up at Comicon with a red and white flat-nose and tease me like that. Of course, the teaser trailer had nothing to do with the movie either, so why am I surprised?

Oh, and allow me to make a few connections: GM is sponsoring the movie, hence a Hummer and Camaro as autobots. A decepticon is a Mustang cop car. Michael Bay is directing. I smell an overdrawn car chase scene between a new Camaro and new Mustang where the Camaro proves to be the winner.

Here are the pics of Bumblebee and Barricade.

You do have to love these:

Don't get me wrong. Despite my few issues with the Michael Bayness of this film I will still go see it and am excited about it. I have just been apprehensive ever since finding out that Michael Bay was signed on and I feel that he is taking more liberties with the franchise than needed to make it a believable movie.

 

[Swift]

I guess they had to go with the "next generation" of transformers. But I must say that I'm very disappointed in that. Simply because the fans with money are fans of the story comes from the 80's version. Not the whole minicon nonsense.

There was one mission. "Stop Megatron from getting a bunch of energy and ruling the universe." That was it. There wasn't a bunch of extra mess getting in the way. If Megatron got all that energon and got back to cybertron he'd be unstopable. Not to mention Starscream constantly messing things up for Megatron Anyway, I'll probably go see it just "because" but my expectations are very low at this point.

 

[Der Alta]

I am very interested in this movie, but I suspect the wife won't be. Hence, DVD

You can't watch a movie at the theatre unless your wife comes with you?!

Actually, its more like:
Her:You're going to the movies and see that movie?

DA:Yep.

Her:I think we should see this movie.

DA:Nope. DA's life is a living hell for two weeks, until he takes her to see This movie.

Don't get married.

 

[Swift]

Actually, its more like:
Her:You're going to the movies and see that movie?

DA:Yep.

Her:I think we should see this movie.

DA:Nope. DA's life is a living hell for two weeks, until he takes her to see This movie.

Don't get married.

ROFL!

Well, I'm getting married so I guess I just learned a lesson

Why can't she go to see what YOU want every few months?

 

[Dave A]

Because that would be fair .

 

[Omnis]

I think Michael Cullen should just change his name to Optimus. If there was ever a cartoon voice-over...

 

[Swift]

Why can't she go to see what YOU want every few months?

Because that would be fair .

Doh!

I think Michael Cullen should just change his name to Optimus. If there was ever a cartoon voice-over...

Don't you mean Peter?

 

[a6m5]

Doh!



Don't you mean Peter?

Cullen, Cullen, Cullen..... Why does that name sound so familiar? He must be an actor.

 

[Pupik]

Actually, its more like:
Her:You're going to the movies and see that movie?

DA:Yep.

Her:I think we should see this movie.

DA:Nope. DA's life is a living hell for two weeks, until he takes her to see This movie.

Don't get married.

Fortunately, my wife rents the chick-flicks, since she'd rather see an action movie in the theatres; because it makes better use of the huge screen and multi-speaker layout much better than a drama or comedy would. Am I lucky or what?

In any case, the lack of a red-and-blue Optimus Prime is heresy. What's next: A yellow Hound? Turn Jazz into a Ferrari 512BB? Make Prowl a Crown Victoria?