Transformers news

[DeusExMachina]

Michael Bay...Jon Voight...Shia LeBeouf...wtf...

I mean, Voight used to be cool. Midnight Cowboy anyone? But now...he's a freaking money grubbing whore :|. And Shia LeBeouf? Don't even get me started...AND MICHAEL ****ING BAY? AND its written by the guys who did the Island. AND its based off a first draft from the guy who wrote the ****ing Core :|

 

[chu]

Was anyone really expecting much from this movie? I sure wasn't.

 

[Reginald]

Shia Leboeuf is my childhood hero. Or was for about a week when they showed back to back episodes of Even Stevens for a whole week when I had a broken leg.

 

[_Z_Ryuken]

Optimus Prime does not require talented fleshlings in his movie for him to be cool.

 

[Darkside55]

God...what IS this? Who are all these f*cking people? Voight as Secretary of State. Michael Clarke Duncan as a singing Dominican warrant officer, and that guy from Vegas as his military buddy. Bernie Mac as a used car salesman. The kid from Even Stevens as the protagonist, his girlfriend, more random military personnel, some "really hot" codebreaker chick, TYRESE...what in the bloody hell?!

I'm going to go on record here and expose my super geekiness, but I am one of THE biggest Transformers fans. When the Transformers movie came out in '86--only in select theaters, lucky me--I watched it EVERY DAY. Sometimes TWICE a day.

FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT.

I know every goddamned line by heart, every song lyric by heart; I can tell you what people are saying at what point in the song if I'm listening to the soundtrack...I'm crazily obsessed with Transformers. And you know why? Because it was about giant robots that transformed and kicked butt, and looked really cool doing it. Believe me, nobody tuned in to see what Spike Witwicky was up to. They tuned in to see how the Autobots were going to stop the Decepticons. They tuned in for Prime and Megatron, not Sparkplug or Chip Chase.

The movie had two humans in it! Spike, Daniel. That's it, man. You don't need twelve people in the cast for this new movie. You need UNICRON, and that's it.

 

[kaf11]

Michael Bay...Jon Voight...Shia LeBeouf...wtf...MICHAEL ****ING BAY? AND its written by the guys who did the Island. AND its based off a first draft from the guy who wrote the ****ing Core :|

This movie has a lot going against it.

 

[AmishSlayer]

I don't mind Michael Bay directing. I haven't seen Jon Voight in much besides Mission Impossible and his cameo on Seinfeld and that Shia Lebouf looks kinda lame...the Core writer thing bugs me too...but the worst thing will be if the transformers look like this.

That's not the Optimus Prime I know...

 

[Dr. Freeman]

God...what IS this? Who are all these f*cking people? Voight as Secretary of State. Michael Clarke Duncan as a singing Dominican warrant officer, and that guy from Vegas as his military buddy. Bernie Mac as a used car salesman. The kid from Even Stevens as the protagonist, his girlfriend, more random military personnel, some "really hot" codebreaker chick, TYRESE...what in the bloody hell?!

I'm going to go on record here and expose my super geekiness, but I am one of THE biggest Transformers fans. When the Transformers movie came out in '86--only in select theaters, lucky me--I watched it EVERY DAY. Sometimes TWICE a day.

FOR TWO MONTHS STRAIGHT.

I know every goddamned line by heart, every song lyric by heart; I can tell you what people are saying at what point in the song if I'm listening to the soundtrack...I'm crazily obsessed with Transformers. And you know why? Because it was about giant robots that transformed and kicked butt, and looked really cool doing it. Believe me, nobody tuned in to see what Spike Witwicky was up to. They tuned in to see how the Autobots were going to stop the Decepticons. They tuned in for Prime and Megatron, not Sparkplug or Chip Chase.

The movie had two humans in it! Spike, Daniel. That's it, man. You don't need twelve people in the cast for this new movie. You need UNICRON, and that's it.

very nicely put.
its not about humans and definitely shouldn't be about the cast but sadly thats how it seems its gonna turn out. :|
mehhhhhh...this just makes me depressed...another legendary cartoon being ruined by Hollywood. :x

 

[Asuka]

Michael Bay...Jon Voight...Shia LeBeouf...wtf...

I mean, Voight used to be cool. Midnight Cowboy anyone? But now...he's a freaking money grubbing whore :|. And Shia LeBeouf? Don't even get me started...AND MICHAEL ****ING BAY? AND its written by the guys who did the Island. AND its based off a first draft from the guy who wrote the ****ing Core :|

LOL! @ this post. Dunno why i thought it was funny. Just i guess the way it was typed out. Haha.

 

[Darkside55]

its not about humans and definitely shouldn't be about the cast but sadly thats how it seems its gonna turn out. :|

The sad part is, from what I'd been hearing they want to make a few sequels off of this, perhaps a trilogy or more. A setup like that could've had a real chance in exploring a lot of things about the Transformers, and developing them and the story. But instead, we get Bernie Mac as a HI-LARIOUS used car salesman.

And while I can understand the need for humans in the Transformers movie (and can even see how a relationship between them and the humans could form and develop over a series of films), they definately don't need to be piled on, nor have roles so inane that it makes me weep. They could've had LeBouf discover the Transformers, and have a serious plot whereby the military tries to cover them up and/or exploit them. But instead, we get the Kingpin singing.

Maybe I'm crying wolf early, but it's not looking good. This could've been a really good chance to connect with fans of the old series, while bringing in the younger generation and showing them what transforming robots is all about. A fusion of the old and new, something that would've appealed to hardcore fans and newcomers alike. But instead, we get Tyrese, who will probably attempt to rice up Bumblebee with a giant spoiler and a coat of neon green paint.