The other half of the movie makes me wish I had Helen Keller powers.
Giant robots hitting each other though? YEAH!
I dunno, I kinda enjoyed the main character, the teenage boy, like his scenes were good enough and I smirked in parts. Though the Pentagon scenes and stuff like that were awful, but thankfully pretty brief.
For all the hooplah about it disregarding the extreme nerdyness of the cartoon, it actually pretty much directly translated its best elements, the Autobots were like awesome pals, a gang of courageous friends, and the Decepticons were great for that bad guy nostalgia "You've failed me again Starscream", lines like that are so brazen and unashamedly nerdy you just have to respect the production as a whole for pulling it off in a live action movie.
And both my sister and all her friends loved it, and my girlfriend really enjoyed it, they all thought the Autobots were cute, I think any Transformers iteration that can do that is something to be praised.
Oh. Hey. There's a fifty-foot talking robot standing in the drive-thru, asking for a hamburger and OH MY SHIT, HE JUST TURNED INTO A NORMAL-LOOKING SEMI TRUCK.
D.T. on
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Oh. Hey. There's a fifty-foot talking robot standing in the drive-thru, asking for a hamburger and OH MY SHIT, HE JUST TURNED INTO A NORMAL-LOOKING SEMI TRUCK.
Man Animorphs, talk about a series that took forever to get nowhere.
Did anything of real relevance happen in any of the books after the first one? The only other one with any sort of revelation that had any lasting effect was when they discovered one of the character's parent, though dead, was possessed by the alien dudes.
the last ten or so books covered a lot of ground storywise
shit like the yeerks figuring out who they were, capturing jake's parents, recruiting new animorphs, blowing up the yeerk pool, yeerks getting the morphing technology, rachel and tom dying, the animorphs driving the yeerks off while trying to keep the andalites from annihilating them, then the team going separate ways until ax is captured and everyone but cassie dies trying to rescue him
Oh. Hey. There's a fifty-foot talking robot standing in the drive-thru, asking for a hamburger and OH MY SHIT, HE JUST TURNED INTO A NORMAL-LOOKING SEMI TRUCK.
I like it.
Seriously, that commercial is pretty rad
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WHOLE SHITLOAD OF INFORMATION ABOUT THE UPCOMING ANIMATED SERIES.
Transformers Animated
ALLSPARK POWER
Incinerator - Osprey, Voyager
Landmine - Sector Seven looking buggy
Stockade - Sector Seven GMC Envoy, Decepticon
Desert Attack Brawl (Leader Class) with X-ed out Autobot lgos
Nightwatch Prime
New Robot Heroes - Galvatron, BW Megatron, BW Cheetor
Transformers Animated stuff
Going to give us a sneak peak
Better timeslot for TV show than with Energon and Cybertron
Hasbro thinks that we shouldn't be worrying about things as much as we are.
Worked very closely with Cartoon Network.
People working on cartoon are big fans ... I got the impression that they are moreso than the folks at Hasbro
Wanted to diversify, freshen things up.
It's our new Cartoon series for 2008
Production has been brought back to US
Writing Style
Return to character development and story telling similar to BW.
Action driven show - very fluid.
Episodic but ties into an overall Seasonal Arc
Smaller cast of Bots with signifciant character development for each individual character.
Action driven with a dose of Humor.
Major fcosu on personality and abilities
Rich action sequences
Familiar and New characters
Human super-villains and Decepticon villains.
Artistic Style
Highly stylized and fluid animation
More energetic and expressive bots.
Major focus on personality and abilities
Grow from Mechanical to Emotive designs
Familiar and New characters
Realistic and Stylized transformations.
1 transformation is tasmanian devil styled.
Will not be anime cut transformations.
You will really see them transform
Summary
Set on Earth in the near future in Detroit, the alien Transformers are thrust into a world populated by humans and automatons. As visitors to Earth, the Transformers -- Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Prowl, Bulkhead and Ratchet -- work in the human world interacting with the 'natives' in exciting and humorous ways. Transformers Animated has been created to showcase the heroic Autobots working together to battle the evil Decepticons and save Earth with kid-relatable plot lines filled with humor, distinctive characters persaonalities and dynamic action.
AUTOBOTS
Ratchet - season Autobot, legitimate combat, cybertronian version of the military, like the guy from Full Metal Jacket
Ironhide will be like the Fantastic Four's Thing.
Prowl is like a ninja.
Grimlock is a T-REX!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!
THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER DINOBOTS IN THE SHOW.
They are 3 crazy dude.
Grimlock looks awesome
DECEPTICONS
Megatron is a gun in his Cybertronian mode.
Starscream kind of resembles Cyclonus in jet mode.
Has kind of like a Chris Latta voice
Voiced by Tom Kenny
We will be seeing most of the Transformers in their Cybertronian modes at the beginning of the series.
Blitzwing is a triplechanger (tank, jet, robot) - looks f'in awesome!!!
Kind of a new spin on his character, fun personality quirk: has a split personality
Spinning face gimmick on the toy
Lugnut (similar in body style to Bulkhead)
If Bulkhead is like the Thing, then Lugnut is like the Incredible Hulk.
Lugnut has missiles for hands,
Jet of some sort
BLACKARACHNIA!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE
Different origin story for BA than in BW.
Starts out as a different character entirely, flashbacks, one of the more complicated Decepticons, you'll care more about her.
HUMANS CHARACTERS
Cpt. Fanzone - Police Chief
Sari (girl) and her father Isaac Sumdac
Sari's interaction with the Autobots is unlike her interaction in the past shows. It works out better. Not the typical human sidekick.
Sari is an outcast. Looks to the Autobots for friendship.
Human villians - "Angry Archer" (applause), NOT your typical run-of-the-mill Dr. Archeville character. Super villains ...
OTHER STUFF
The Autobots WILL have their Ark. It looks like a stylized G1 Ark. Crowd: Will there be a toy? No response from Hasbro.
The Decepticons WILL have the Nemesis.
Nemesis dwarfs the Ark. It's GIGANTIC.
The Ark is about the size of one of the spikes on the Nemesis.
Nemesis has a purple lighting and black interior.
Ark had warm colors, circular, multi-level
Showed us some shots of what Detroit looks like.
Showed us a shot of the Sumdac Tower's interior.
What will the toys look like?
Toys developed at the same time as the animation designs.
Animation style allows us to show more personality with each character.
90% animation/toy accuracy.
Takara has really helped out with these designs.
New sculpting style.
No more full line gimmicks!!! WOO HOO! Big round of applause ...
Transformation is the feature.
Signature weapons and poses - attitude and stance.
Range of motion is great!
Allows for the characterization to stand out more.
There are some things they won't be able to do because of joints and stuff.
Accessories will transform?
Convey a greater range of style with these characters.
Wow ... just showed us what deluxe and Voyager Optimus Primes. Look awesome. The stylistic sculpting is there ... match up extremely well with the animated versions. Wow. Just wow! I wish you guys could see this.
Deluxe Bumblebee and Voyager class Bulkhead - really staying faithful to animated look.
Archer: can't thank Takara enough for their help with this line.
Really paid off by working daily with Takara and Cartoon Network.
Deluxe Prowl and Deluxe Ratchet
All figures have great articulation.
Artist rendition (3-D model) of Voyager Grimlock.
Voyager Megatron and Starscream: Megatron is a vertical take off Cybertronian vehicle in this image. I'm confused with the gun mode drawing of him from earlier. Maybe the gun mode Megatron is his earth mode.
Deluxe Blackarachnia looks great!
Lugnut and Blitzwing pics ...
The future
Working on season 2 already.
More familiar and new characters.
Possibility of season 3 and 4.
Desire to create brand new characters ... with cameos by G1 favorites.
Toys will have a "matte" finish like Batman Animated.
Marty Isenberg is on clip they show us.
AllSpark looks like a Matrix/
Optimus has an axe.
Megatron has a sword.
The animation is really slick looking. Everyone is going to love this.
Optimus Prime doese have a mouth and a face shield.
The transforrmation of Optimus Prime looked really cool.
My opinion has officially changed
Optimus says: "transform and roll out."
Opening audio is very cool: hip hop, rock type style.
No transformation audio yet.
The Optimus Prime axe is awesome.
Showed us a space scene.
Optimus pole-vaulted with an extended version of his axe.
HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
FALL 2008 ... CLASSICS??????????????????
CLASSICS 2.0
Showed us Sunstreaker and Sideswipe.
Want to continue realistic look with Classics.
"Transformers Universe" in G1 styled font.
Deluxe scale.
Will not be licensed vehicles
In early development.
Sunstreaker and Sideswipe will not have the same chest, head or design. They look just as different in robot mode as their G1 selves.
Showed us Octane (triple changer): military tanker vehicle and looks like the gun ship from TF Movie that took out Scorponok.
Looking to add an ultra scale to Transformers Universe.
They are planning on doing a new Galvatron figure that is not a repaint of Megatron.
2 segments for fall 2008: Transformers Animated and Transformers Universe (Classics 2.0). I have the impression that the G1 styled font "Transformers Universe" is the official name for Classics 2.0. The fans shouted ... Hasbro heard.
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Why not a cartoon based on the movie? The movie is it's own Universe.
Robot Heroes: wanted to see how well it did before they committed to more figures.
They are a big hit.
Will make a decision in a few months on how to expand the line.
Any chance for an Ultra Magnus that isn't a Prime repaint? YES!
No mentions of Alternators or Titaniums - had to make some choices based ... $2 million dollars invested in Alternators and die-cast in Titaniums ... Hasbro wasn't getting a return on their investment with those lines so they decided to focus on Classics 2.0.
Larger scales for Classics.
Similar number of figures as wave 1 in last fall's Classics line.
Animated Optimus Prime has a detachable trailer.
Classics Jazz or Arcee? Jazz is likely as a Classic. Not sure about an Arcee yet.
Getting more and more difficult to make just a trailer without a feature.
Probably will not do a character in Animated and Classics at the same time.
Probably won't see the Dinobots in the upcoming Classics line.
Grimlock performed really well in the Classics line.
Fan: please make Arcee a real car and not a bike.
There will be an upcoming Combiner. Not sure if they meant Classics or Animated.
The unproduced Titanium molds (Bumblebee, Cosmos, Shockwave and Arcee) could be used for other lines.
Will not be a vending machine Transformer (in reference to the Mountain Dew vending machine Transformer).
Skywarp and Thundercracker might turn up in Animated. Still working with Cartoon Network on this.
Cosmos could end up somewhere. Hasbro said they will keep trying to get us that figure/character.
Titanium will end with WW Prowl and WW Grimlock.
One of the problems with the Titanium and Alternators is that the momentum is hard to keep up. Sounds like those lines just weren't selling.
There will be redecos in the Universe line.
Prowl in the Classics line as a police car?
Said something about Ironhide as well but I didn't catch it.
Susan Blu is the voice director for Transformers Animated.
Hasbro has little to do with voice casting (which translates to they really don't have anything to do with it).
Weird Al will be voicing a character in the Animated series.
The BotCon exclusives will NOT be released at retail. Hasbro will never release a convention exclusive at retail.
It was unknown at the time when the BotCon exclusives were decided if the Classics line would continue later down the road.
Toy trademarking only lasts for a few years which is why they keep reusing the names. It's kind of a "use it or lose it" type of thing.
Could possibly be more female Transformers in later episodes of Animated.
Takara apparently claims they can't find the Dinobot molds.
Might be a garbage truck or school bus type vehicle mode Transformer in Animated.
Fans keep bringing up Arcee to Hasbro. They just want one down right.
Working internally at Hasbro to figure out how to do the cross-over lines with Star Wars or G.I.Joe.
Grimlock will have his familiar talk in the Animated series.
Reaction to Animated and Movie ... let's wait to react until we actually see this stuff. Hasbro: just trust us. Seibertron: they're 100% correct. We spend a lot of time bitching about stuff that we just need to see more visuals of.
Looking to do more than just the G1 season 1 and 2 core characters in the Classics 2.0 line.
Elita-One from comic: Hasbro hasn't discussed it with anyone yet. Lots of people from convention are hoping it will released as a club exclusive.
Leader class Movie Bonecrusher hasn't been decided yet.
Brawl/Devastator error in Movie is just a continuity error. It is supposed to be Brawl.
Archer's favorite character is Lockdown, a Boba Fett-like character.
Classics Decepticons: GALVATRON that is not a redeco of Megatron (Hasbro forgot to mention it earlier).
Stolen from DP.
You had me at T-Rex Grimlock and 2 other Dinobots.
Classics WILL return with new molds in Deluxe(4-8) and Ultra(3) size classes. Prowl as a police car, then Silverstreak and Smokescreen maybe, Ironhide, probably Ratchet eventually.
AUTOBOTS
Ratchet - season Autobot, legitimate combat, cybertronian version of the military, like the guy from Full Metal Jacket
Ironhide will be like the Fantastic Four's Thing.
Prowl is like a ninja. Grimlock is a T-REX!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!
THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER DINOBOTS IN THE SHOW.
They are 3 crazy dude. Grimlock looks awesome
DECEPTICONS
Megatron is a gun in his Cybertronian mode.
Starscream kind of resembles Cyclonus in jet mode.
Has kind of like a Chris Latta voice
Voiced by Tom Kenny
We will be seeing most of the Transformers in their Cybertronian modes at the beginning of the series.
Blitzwing is a triplechanger (tank, jet, robot) - looks f'in awesome!!!
Kind of a new spin on his character, fun personality quirk: has a split personality
Spinning face gimmick on the toy
Lugnut (similar in body style to Bulkhead)
If Bulkhead is like the Thing, then Lugnut is like the Incredible Hulk.
Lugnut has missiles for hands,
Jet of some sort
BLACKARACHNIA!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE
Different origin story for BA than in BW.
Starts out as a different character entirely, flashbacks, one of the more complicated Decepticons, you'll care more about her.
The current comic series by IDW is a reboot of G1 and is much better. There's a thread in Graphic Violence that I made that should help you out with those.
Beast Wars however is still fantastic, it doesn't look that great, but the writing is still top-notch. I believe most of the series is on DVD.
my only concern is that it's the first day of school holidays
and i hate teenagers
If you're in Australia, go early. Like, as close to before noon as you can. Teenagers don't get up before noon, aside from the people who want to watch the movie.
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Giant robots hitting each other though? YEAH!
I dunno, I kinda enjoyed the main character, the teenage boy, like his scenes were good enough and I smirked in parts. Though the Pentagon scenes and stuff like that were awful, but thankfully pretty brief.
For all the hooplah about it disregarding the extreme nerdyness of the cartoon, it actually pretty much directly translated its best elements, the Autobots were like awesome pals, a gang of courageous friends, and the Decepticons were great for that bad guy nostalgia "You've failed me again Starscream", lines like that are so brazen and unashamedly nerdy you just have to respect the production as a whole for pulling it off in a live action movie.
And both my sister and all her friends loved it, and my girlfriend really enjoyed it, they all thought the Autobots were cute, I think any Transformers iteration that can do that is something to be praised.
i think i'm going to enjoy this movie...
Oh. Hey. There's a fifty-foot talking robot standing in the drive-thru, asking for a hamburger and OH MY SHIT, HE JUST TURNED INTO A NORMAL-LOOKING SEMI TRUCK.
I like it.
the last ten or so books covered a lot of ground storywise
shit like the yeerks figuring out who they were, capturing jake's parents, recruiting new animorphs, blowing up the yeerk pool, yeerks getting the morphing technology, rachel and tom dying, the animorphs driving the yeerks off while trying to keep the andalites from annihilating them, then the team going separate ways until ax is captured and everyone but cassie dies trying to rescue him
Seriously, that commercial is pretty rad
Holy fuck he sounds fantastic.
He might be a better Megatron than Welker himself, although Weaving probably has a few filters to help him out.
"You've failed me yet again Starscream!"
dammit now i can't wait to see it again
Stolen from DP.
You had me at T-Rex Grimlock and 2 other Dinobots.
Fuck. Yes.
Classics Ironhide.
I'm pretty excited for this series now.
Ratchet - season Autobot, legitimate combat, cybertronian version of the military, like the guy from Full Metal Jacket
Ironhide will be like the Fantastic Four's Thing.
Prowl is like a ninja.
Grimlock is a T-REX!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE!!!
THERE WILL BE TWO OTHER DINOBOTS IN THE SHOW.
They are 3 crazy dude.
Grimlock looks awesome
DECEPTICONS
Megatron is a gun in his Cybertronian mode.
Starscream kind of resembles Cyclonus in jet mode.
Has kind of like a Chris Latta voice
Voiced by Tom Kenny
We will be seeing most of the Transformers in their Cybertronian modes at the beginning of the series.
Blitzwing is a triplechanger (tank, jet, robot) - looks f'in awesome!!!
Kind of a new spin on his character, fun personality quirk: has a split personality
Spinning face gimmick on the toy
Lugnut (similar in body style to Bulkhead)
If Bulkhead is like the Thing, then Lugnut is like the Incredible Hulk.
Lugnut has missiles for hands,
Jet of some sort
BLACKARACHNIA!!! HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE
Different origin story for BA than in BW.
Starts out as a different character entirely, flashbacks, one of the more complicated Decepticons, you'll care more about her.
This right here is what sold me on the series.
Especially the bolded bits.
Yeah, it's probably old, but I haven't seen it yet, and I would guess that some of you haven't either.
And Producer of Transformers, Tom DeSanto, has said the he wants to put the Constructicons and the Dinobots in Transformers 2.
Today is an excellent day.
After seeing this film, and realizing that it was the tip of the iceberg has honestly made me a fan.
Where do I start?
All of them.
Start with the Classics, Movie and Alternators line.
The current comic series by IDW is a reboot of G1 and is much better. There's a thread in Graphic Violence that I made that should help you out with those.
Beast Wars however is still fantastic, it doesn't look that great, but the writing is still top-notch. I believe most of the series is on DVD.
Does this change matters much?
Oh, my kingdom for an edit button.
my only concern is that it's the first day of school holidays
and i hate teenagers
If you're in Australia, go early. Like, as close to before noon as you can. Teenagers don't get up before noon, aside from the people who want to watch the movie.
Anything else?
Watch the original Transformers Movie.
I haven't seen the transformers movie
thanks fagbot
Hey heres another spoiler - Indiana Jones finds the hoil grail! Darth Vader is Luke's Dad!
PS: Hot Rod isn't in the latest movie :P He was refering to the "You got the touch" Transformers movie, that made me cry