Exclusive Transformers the Movie pics (with Bumblebee!)

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 1:12 pm

Pretty cool stuff indeed.

I'm not so bothered by the flame-job Optimus as I once thought.

matthewsturm · Post by **matthewsturm** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 8:59 pm

well, they did say it would make sense in context.

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 8:05 am

This however, doesn't make me feel so good.

Plot to the upcoming TRANSFORMERS movie.

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The film will offer background about the origin of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. The plot will be set in motion when 18-year-old Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) discovers his grandfather's pair of century-old glasses, improbably laser-etched with a map and information about the location of a key artifact, the "Energon" cube, which he then tries to sell on eBay. The movie will follow five separate storylines, which will all converge with a final battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, starting at Hoover Dam and ending in an American city that looks a lot like Los Angeles.

The movie will use a mix of computer animation and large-scale puppetry to depict the giant robots. Megatron will appear as a plane, not a giant gun, as he did in early versions of the franchise.

I did kinda want to see the 'gun'.

Sankofa · Post by **Sankofa** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:10 pm

Megatron isn't a gun, he might as well be Cy-Kill.

echosauce1 · Post by **echosauce1** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 11:12 pm

I dunno bout that. As a kid, I always recognized Megatron as a gun but more so how the barrel was like a bazooka on his arm. Growing up, I have troubles seeing how realistically, a hand gun can turn in to a giant robot. In later years I've come to like Megatron more as a tank. I can conceive in my mind's eye a tank turning into giant robot, and he still has the tank barrel on his sholder.

Megatron as a plane though???...Meh, too close to Starscream for me.

BTW...Is Starscream supposed to be in the movie as well? Can't imagine the transformers w/o the character I despise the most.

The pictures look cool but I still refuse to elevate my hopes for the movie (It still stings how much I was burned by that Spawn piece of crap way back when).

sharkmansix · Post by **sharkmansix** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 8:24 am

Yes. Michael Bay confirmed Starscream will be in the movie. From Wiki:

Director Michael Bay stated on his personal message boards that with the exception of Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, and Starscream, they could not reveal the names of any other Transformers appearing in the movie until Hasbro had movie merchandise prepared.[10] Indeed, Bay recently claimed on his official forum that character names used in leaked versions of the script were "codenames" for the actual characters set to appear in the film. However, this would seem to conflict with photographic evidence, at least in the case of the character of Bonecrusher, whose name was clearly displayed on his vehicle in pictures taken on set.

Massage...Bored · Post by **Massage...Bored** » Thu Aug 31, 2006 11:52 am

Prime 'Prime!

Looks good to me, can't wait to hear the voice that is Peter Culllen eminating from him.