Movie News: First Weeks Shooting...

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:06 pm

A relatively brief article from Empire:

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=18873

WARNING: contains a naughty word.

Nothing particularly exciting (although if true the comment about levels of military co-operation is interesting i guess) but i thought i would share anyway.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:21 pm

I wonder if the use of a Stealth Fighter and an A-10 Tank killer are indication of TF alt modes?

F117a 'Stealth Fighter'

A-10 'Tank Killer'

Post by **Best First** » Tue May 30, 2006 1:43 pm

i hope so, as the a10 is cool as beans, but i more got the impression this was the opposition.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Tue May 30, 2006 2:00 pm

BOOM! Here's Jetfire!

Jetfires alt-mode in Cybertron is one of those bombers, now innit?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 30, 2006 3:11 pm

Due to its intrinsically unstable aerodynamic form, the F117a is the epitome of fly-by-wire aircraft in that without the computer to correct the attitude, no human would be able to fly it.

Just as you'd expect a Cybertronian aircraft to be.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Wed May 31, 2006 12:36 am

Michael Bay.

This movie is gonna suuuuck.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:02 am

Nice to see Bay's enthusiastic at least. Tho I can't say I'm a fan.

Post by **Best First** » Wed May 31, 2006 8:40 am

The Rock was good, but that was ruddy ages ago.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 7:13 pm

Any of you read the 'fake script reviews"? Well Bay said they are more then 4-5 months old. But they are real... meaning that if half of what was in those scripts stays in the final draft, this movie will suck major time... (4,5 foot large Soundwave, BB cannot talk, very little TF speaking in the whole movie).

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 10:06 pm

Pictures here of some of the vehicles used in the movie including Bumblebee, Bonecrusher, "Brawl" and "Devastator". Last two inames n inverted commas 'cause hopefully they'll change them for the final version...

http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23472

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 11:30 pm

BB looks cool but why couldnt he be a VW - I notice a trend here that so far the cars are all from the US...

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:04 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:BB looks cool but why couldnt he be a VW - I notice a trend here that so far the cars are all from the US...

VW allegedly vetoed the use of the Beetle because they don't want their brand to be associated with war. I'd have thought they would have jumped at the chance to be on the good guys' side for once, but obviously not.

Considering the posts on Don M.'s message board (along the lines of "the Autobots will all be American cars, and the Decepticons will be foreign military vehicles") I wouldn't be surprised if the cars are indeed all from Merka.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:19 am

Why so insular...gah!

On a plus side I dont like yank cars and if its a question of Military stuf V's Yank cars im all for it

Kabooomm!!

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:28 am

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:Why so insular...gah!

I saw a post on another board (AICN, I think) pointing out that TF was essentially a big toy commercial and this movie is just going to be a big car commercial, targetting the exact same people they sold toys to 20 years ago...except this time it's more expensive.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:03 am

Skropo-who?

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:24 pm

The images are gone. Waporized.

Somebody put a fusion-canon to their head and triggered it .