New Movie Trailer is Online

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:36 am

http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/transformers/

Looks pretty good, in a Michael Bay Popcorn Action Movie kinda way. Though obviously that's the point of a trailer...

Stormwolf · Post by **Stormwolf** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:14 am

I feel that this movie will be 99% action and 1% story

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:15 am

Well, yeah. It's a Michael Bay movie. I'm actually geeking the hell out right now.

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:31 pm

Um, ok. That looked kinda cool.

Predabot · Post by **Predabot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:33 pm

That was indeed rather cool.

It'll be a fun flick atleast, and it will no doubt cement enough of a basis for a sequel to be made, and who knows? Maybe it will be done by a diff director, or have more tf-like designs?

It can only get better from here on out...

Legion · Post by **Legion** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 12:42 pm

hmmm not bad...
was kinda hoping they'd keep the old cartoon transforming noise, but hey ho...
oh and how deep is that swimming pool?

Post by **Computron** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:32 pm

There's gonna be tons of explosions and lots of nonsensical dialogue, but it looks like it'll be a hell of a ride.

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:51 pm

Looks like a good movie.

What I wonder if it will be a good transformer movie

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 4:56 pm

Well it's not like the standards set by the only existing one are sky high...

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:19 pm

Brendocon wrote:Well it's not like the standards set by the only existing one are sky high...

So you didnt like the jap Bw2 movie either?

Brendocon · Post by **Brendocon** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:25 pm

I'm yet to see it. But it's not like it has a stellar reputation.

And that's a Beast Wars movie. [/semantics]

The Last Autobot · Post by **The Last Autobot** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 5:30 pm

Brendocon wrote:I'm yet to see it. But it's not like it has a stellar reputation.

And that's a Beast Wars movie. [/semantics]

Well this one will be a great bionicle movie!

Or an ID4 sequel.

BB Shockwave · Post by **BB Shockwave** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 6:23 pm

Legion wrote:hmmm not bad...
was kinda hoping they'd keep the old cartoon transforming noise, but hey ho...
oh and how deep is that swimming pool?

Actually - how stupid is Ironhide?

He and the others must hide before Sam's parents... so does he transform into a car and just parks there?

No, of course not. Because coming out of a pool scaring children is cool, y'know.

If they want to do a scene so badly, at least do it logically.

But then, I didn't do it this time.

Those who read the script probably recognised a lots of scenes, but there was a new one... that TF with shoulder blades that'd make the Shredder cry - actually it's Scorponok, I think - I saw his claws when he ran - ramming the bus was a new scene. I wonder where it fist.

Oh and check it out, Blackout has a head like Treebeard's! Complete with 'angry' eyebrows!:D

http://www.tfw2005.com/gallery/showphot ... 0/cat/1431

Post by **Kaylee** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:25 pm

meh, it's a multimillion dollar movie trailer so it's designed to look good just as brend said.

Not really enough to comment on as such- lots of random shots of things going bang and big robots appearing menacingly. The film itself could be anything.

On the bright side, having seen that I've probably now seen all the best bits and don't need to bother watching the actual flick

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 7:54 pm

Its nice to see them move - still seem a bit odd.

Hound · Post by **Hound** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 8:46 pm

I really like that trailer

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:19 pm

This trailer is seductive, people.

You know, we can rant and rave about this Bayathon for a whole year, and we can hate and hate on the movie.

But no matter how much we've read the script, or looked at the character designs and been revulsed, we are STILL TransFans.

And so when you see a trailer like this, it's impossible NOT to look at that scene where the copter transforms in front of the army, or where Optimus Prime is actually recognizable and just completly and utterly geek out.

But that doesn't mean that this movie will actually be decent. Decency is the exception for Michael Bay. It looks good and it wants you to like it. Like that ex girlfriend you don't want anything to do with, but you're drunk at the pub and she's all up in your grill wanting to go home with you. You've got to stay strong. You think it's tough now? Just wait until they show clips with Cullen dialogue to go with that Prime.

If that ****** even begins to say "Autbots, transform," we're all just goo and puddy in their hands, and we'll line up like lemmings to the box office? Is that where we are? :P

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:48 pm

I must be a lemming, because I thought it was pretty cool to watch.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 2:51 pm

It does look cool - my issue with the designs was that they always looked good, but dont resemble transformers.

Also, i have a feeling that the Transformers will be a backdrop to the main film, I dont expect any deep dialogue to be written between Optimus and Co. at any point.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 6:14 pm

But that's what I'm saying, sprunk: The fan in you can't help but look at that and go, "cool!"! But no matter how cool that thing looks, it doesn't change the fact that Bay directed it and, like Impy said, the designs take very little from original G1 design.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Thu Dec 21, 2006 9:10 pm

There is no doubt that what we saw was cool as ####.

But my fear is that they will have a hard time showing personality and emotion with what I've seen so far. They are awfully complex, which isn't a good thing when you want character and emotion to shine through.

Some might say, "####, it's the action, not the story, we're going for."

That might be true, but after an hour and a half of nonstop robots transforming, even that can get old real fast. The coolness factor will only carry the movie so far before the "been there, done that" feeling that tends to happen with repetitious special effects sets in.

In order for this movie to have staying power, it has to be more than transforming robots. Even if the plot is ridiculous as ####, there HAS to be personality, there HAS to be character. Can these robots, as complex and cool looking as they are, give us personality?

That's my fear.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:49 pm

I agree, the complex designs, especially in the facial areas, looks fat to messy. This makes it hard for people to relate too - it will be interesting to se how much subtle emotional change can be conveyed from these arachnid face plates.

I was thinking how complex megatron is, he can go from sheer rage to doe eyed child in a flash, hes an unstable killer in a sense, a hannible lecter in the transformers world.

not sure if this is possible...

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:55 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:I agree, the complex designs, especially in the facial areas, looks fat to messy. This makes it hard for people to relate too - it will be interesting to se how much subtle emotional change can be conveyed from these arachnid face plates.

I was thinking how complex megatron is, he can go from sheer rage to doe eyed child in a flash, hes an unstable killer in a sense, a hannible lecter in the transformers world.

not sure if this is possible...

Exactly. I think it's a major ****up if they abandon mouths, for example. So much emotion can be conveyed with a smile or a frown.

Take "The Iron Giant", for example. Just a few moving recognizable facial parts, yet the big guy displayed the full range of emotion. Kids loved it. I loved it.

Even if it looks fake, I hope Bay didn't abandon the mouth.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 4:48 pm

I can't see any way in which he didn't abandon the mouth. I thought this whole face brouhaha is because you look at G1 figs with the human mouths, it doesn't make any sense as to how or why these robots came up with these anthropomorphic characteristics, nor would it be an easy job to recreate those in CGI without looking ridiculous.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 6:50 pm

I realized as I watched the trailer that I've never cared so much whether the movie sucks. I endured three years of awful comics from DW. Comics were what got me into Transformers in the first place, and it was like twisting a knife through my inner child's heart. So I think I can stand two hours of a mediocre movie, as long as I see a truck turn into a robot at some point.

Post by **Kaylee** » Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:49 pm

meh, im not 'geeking out' in the slightest- i think it looks like every other trailer for every other blockbuster which is cranked out every other week

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 5:05 am

Karl Lynch wrote:meh, im not 'geeking out' in the slightest- i think it looks like every other trailer for every other blockbuster which is cranked out every other week

Though I wasn't that underwhelmed as you were, I will admit it did not incite in me the same orgasmic feelings most have experienced across the message boards when I watched it.

And I still can't exactly pinpoint the reason, but I think its because it reminds me too much of Godzilla, War of the Worlds, and ID4. It just almost felt "been there, done that" to me.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:40 pm

maybe I'm not a real fan anymore, i must say the only thing thats been exciting me recently is my masterpiece starscream (which i cant wait to receive) and looking forward to MP Megatron.

Most of the comics i can't be bothered to pick up, although I do hear some fabulous things about them from peeps here, and the movie just does nothing for me.

Yaya · Post by **Yaya** » Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:22 pm

Karl Lynch wrote: Most of the comics i can't be bothered to pick up, although I do hear some fabulous things about them from peeps here, and the movie just does nothing for me.

I hear you, but I think its premature to write the movie off without at least a single viewing in a nice theatre with a good sound system. We owe the Transformers franchise and Hasbro that much.

I like what I'm seeing, I am just concerned that the final product won't deliver the goods that our ultimately sky high expectations demand.

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:14 am

Looks great, but its tainted by my reading of that very poor quality script. Like seeing a fantastic chocolate cake, but reading the ingredients and knowing it chocolate flavouring and monosodium glutimate....

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:I agree, the complex designs, especially in the facial areas, looks fat to messy. This makes it hard for people to relate too - it will be interesting to se how much subtle emotional change can be conveyed from these arachnid face plates.

I was thinking how complex megatron is, he can go from sheer rage to doe eyed child in a flash, hes an unstable killer in a sense, a hannible lecter in the transformers world.

not sure if this is possible...

Unless there been a serious redraft, he's only going to be a pantomime, two-dimentional bad-guy. Unfortunatly, it wouldn't matter if he had no face.