
"It was the only warning we would ever get..." And without any warning, the Transformers movie teaser has arrived four days early. Paramount and Dreamworks have given us a pleasant surprise for the holiday weekend, but I wouldn't count on the multi-platform game launching ahead of schedule next Spring. It has been six months since Activision acquired publishing rights, and they still haven't announced a developer.












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Thank goodness "meh" is now a word most people understand. I can't think of any other word that really fits.
First of all....what does Mars have to do with Transformers at all? My favorite childhood show is NOT a War of the Worlds knock off.
Secondly.....Did Michael Bay REALLY have to flash his name at the title like that? Holy undeserved ego! He MUST realize that most people expect him to ruin this story. So far.....most people's fears seem accurate.
Lastly....does anyone feel that .5 seconds worth of real Transformer "footage" is going to get anyone excited about the film? It certainly won't excite fans of the show considering he's already altering the story quite a bit with the Mars thing.
My childhood just puked.
P.S. Am I being overly negative? Maybe. But I will say....I really do hope I'm wrong and will be the first poster admitting I am wrong with JOY if this does turn out to be a good movie. Until then....I'm preparing now for the dissapointment.
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"It certainly won't excite fans of the show considering he's already altering the story quite a bit with the Mars thing."
a direct translation of the source material from one medium to another usually leads to terrible results. a successfull director will understand the essence of the story and preserve the essence and adjust other elements to fit in the new medium. it's too early to tell if michael bay will do it.
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like the way they got the chunky transforming style down in the credits bit at the end though. otherwise it was all a bit crap.
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Your part about Bay I completely agree with though.
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But now you post this?? OH WELL! Keep up the good work though !!
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Actually, I do like teasers. Most people don't like to sit by me in a theatre when a particularly exciting teasers comes on cuz I can get a little......hyper.
But there is good tease...and bad tease. This was bad tease (.5 seconds of a silouette on mars just isn'te what I call clever). But not just because of the content itself, but because of the knowledge I have of the movie leading up to this. I just have NO faith in Michael Bay. That clearly affects my view of the teaser.
Secondly, even though source material is often changed for movies, I don't believe ripping off War of the Worlds is a good change. Again....that's probably cuz I have no faith in the team doing this.
Lastly, as I said in my "P.S." in my first post, I HOPE I am wrong. This is my favorite childhood show. I WANT this to be good. I wanted the teaser to be good. I have every reason to be excited.....and I'm not.
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Well, here's to hoping.
Add: although if they threw out the whole " Ark" storyline, I am gonna be pissed. Oh, and if they make them evil, which is a possibility.
For the love of Primus, Michael bay - don't make this a bad movie!
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the point of this bit was to announce that they're even doing a movie to the general public. wait till the real trailer (which is a ways off according to murphy) before you start making your decisions.
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Hopefully, the game won't be delayed.
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http://www.d13satellite.com/donmurphy/showthread.php?s=c3df57e57dfc2936ad07a2925c395d4b&threadid=11723
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Thank you....That's actually quite a relief. Clearly no news..really can be good news.
@ Martin
Best post I've read in weeks!
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To quote the Transformers Wiki: "The successive Transformers series focus on two factions of robots fighting out a civil war which spilled over to the planet Earth."
Maybe this means that the Decepticons were on Mars scouting or something. Who knows?
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The whole "mars probe" thing is lame. Yes. But, hey, if an alien race was exploring our solar system, they wouldn't nessicarily bee-line to rock 3, they might set up a listening post. Say, on another, uninhabited body, and conducted recon. And learned what trucks looked like.
So, whatever. And, another poster said that produce man (insert name here) said that none of this footage was from the movie, so, let's not all get too worked up.
Keep in mind, we are not the target audience for this trailer. We clicked on that link knowing what we were getting, and went in with expectations. This is going to be shown in movie theaters, to a crowd of unsuspecting patrons, the nerdier of which are going to practically wet themselves with delight when they see that title. And then, crap themselves when they see Micheal Bay's GIGANTIC ASS NAME there.
Seriously, man, put your name on there if you have to, but did you have to go for 42 point type? I mean, I know Word goes to 72, so it COULD have been bigger, but really...
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All talk and no balls.
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I have hope for this movie.
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And they won't be from mars. No question on that one.
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Since when do teasers have any relation to the actual storyline?
We all know the beagle crashed. They just used this as a vehicle for "something's coming". Not "oh the Transformers are actually Martians out to conquer Earth"
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I don't think I'd trust Uwe Boll to wipe Michael Bay's rear without it turning into a total crapfest.
At least Michael Bay has "The Rock" and "Bad Boys."
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yes, mars does have clouds
http://www.solarviews.com/eng/marscld.htm
and yes, the sky does turn blue usually at around sunset.
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I really hope someone figures out how to rip this off the site and put it in a decent video format :/
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Rent The Island some time if you haven't seen it.
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michael bay's blog has links to downloadable versions
http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/d1b400d87fe08917254e634ea78bd066-24.html
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Uwe isnt even a name, its a noise made in utter disgust.
also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers_%282007_film%29
some current rumors about the movie...not all that promising :(
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You're the third person, me included, that has ever said that. Thank you!
As for the trailer. Eh, defeats the purpose of what trailers are for - to create positive buzz. True, you could nitpick about how Mars looks like Montana, but it IS a movie. It is also fair game to say the rovers don't transmit clear video nor do they move in such fluid motion due to the radio wave delays and solar interference, but going overboard on realism can be a real mood killer.
As for Bay. We may not like him on a movie afficionado level, but the man knows how to make profitable movies. With the exception of The Island, which truly was a joke, all of his movies banked big time. It is questionable this time around, though, since his budgets have only been growing bigger over time. Armageddon at $140 million in '98 was massive, and I can imagine this one really needing to be a winner to make money. I think Bay knows this, too. If he doesn't turn a decent profit on this one, unlike his $100 million loss on The Island, he may turn out to be the next Michael Cimino.
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Yes, let's never critique or add feedback to anything again. Let's just get rid of Comments while we're at it
This a beloved franchise. It's quite natural to see folks nitpick about if they see their favored memories being touched upon. What's it matter? If it *is* bad, then hopefully they do change it. I would love a good Transformers movie vs. a bad one
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As for the trailer? Well, I don't like Michael Bay either but it was an interesting teaser. While this is not nearly enough to go on to make an opinion, it seems like the movie is going to try to be fairly adult-oriented (hopefully not too adult) and is going to distance itself a little from the cartoon and the merchandising we're familiar with. To that I say more power to them! I don't want to see this movie unless it can give me something new and different. As long as it respects the core ideas (transforming vehicle robots that talk and fight each other) and doesn't go into mental autopilot or Disney-Pixar mode then maybe we'll have a surprise on our hands. Maybe they'll even make it . . . smart?
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Trust me, with THAT level of fandom behind it, I have all faith that any changes done would be in good conscience and with VERY good reason, possibly to make the movie that much better.
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Keep in mind that bugs haven't really been cool since...well, a really long time. Lindsy Lohan isn't helping.
In my mind, anyway, Hot Shot = Bumblebee, only faster with better lines. (dialouge and aerodynamic. HA! that's a engineering joke there...get it? heh, heh...ehhh.)
Anyway, looks like they did change Bumblebee, but I don't think you can blame Bay for that one.
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We need to stop pretending like our childhood movies and cartoons were such masterpieces. They were the same brand of crap thats out now. We were just kids then and had better imaginations. (I still dont like what they did to the Ninja Turtes cartoon. Yikes)
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AYE
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I didn't watch the show nearly as much as I watched TMNT, but I thought the Autobots were supposed to protect humans or something...
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