Transformers Update

As long as the Transformers themselves look totally shweet, and as long as Starscream totally pwns everyone, this movie will rule.

Megatron didn't die, nobody knew what would happen if someone absorbed the cube.....his body is adjusting to the new power and Galvatron will be born for Transformers 2 to be released in Summer '09.

That's my guess, anyway.

well.. i think megatron died coz the power of the cube was to great for it to absorb alone. Thatz why.. i think.

just saw the movie today.. well, superb visual effect
only two things i dont really get it.. can anyone tell me

1. why they have to go to the city... destroy everything, building, human?
2. what happen at the the end... why that robot die, i thought it gonna be the other one with that box???????

cheers,

Well the movie is near perfect. You can give a 8.5 out of 10.

The movie had some light moments in it. And some sad moments in it when Bumble bee gets captured by the FBI...I mean sector 7. Anyway the last fight was a bit bland. I mean the kid killed megatron using the cube. whats with that coz' i wanted optimus to kick some serious ***. and well he did it in the one part where he will kill Bone crusher.

Bumblebee will transform into a new camaro and he will look damn cool. and optimus talking and his mouth is actually moving like a human's mouth - so not cool. anyway transformers 2 will be out coz satrscream wont die, he will escape. and jazz too will be dead.

I would like everyone out there to realize and remember that this is just a movie.

With that being said, the writers of this movie actually wanted to cater to the old Transformers as much as possible. Thats why they have the original sounds and voices. The new look, well, I think everyone would much rather see CGI than block shaped robots. It would be great if they had more robots, but you have to leave room for more characters just in case of a sequel. Think about it.

The helicopter is Blackout, not soundwave. I like seeing original features, but honestly id rather see Megatron transform from a jet rather than a handgun (never did like that), even tho starscream is a jet. I dont mind Bumblebee being a Camaro...i mean, when he transforms its not gonna make any difference. Its not that serious.

Anyway, I loved the show growing up and i'll probably go see it on the first day, but for peace sake, remember its just a movie..

That's soooooo not cool...I wanted Soundwave. Well I'll stick with the original transformers, although the movie does look way cool. I'm seeing it and maybe if there's a sequel, I'll see that too.

Well sound wave isn't even in the movie. His replacement is frenzy for the Decepticon spy. From what I've seen in the trailers and production photos there's not very many Transformers in the movie. The CGI looks great and at least the story line is right. Michael Bay may be the director but who cares? This movie is going to rock. I grew up watching the ORIGINAL SHOW and even have my Optimus Prime at home ( the old school toy). This just brings back one of the greatest cartoons in history. Until the 3rd of July, I'll just get my fill of the original series and movie on DVD! UNTIL WE ARE ALL ONE!

One question...why is soundwave a helicopter???? Why couldn't they leave him alone!!!! I liked him the way he was, they changed everything though. Soundwave is a tape deck, not a helicopter....i hope they kept the small little decepticons he can use. Also, what's up with Bumblebee?? He's supposed to be avolkswagon beetle?? It still looks ok, they kept the transforming noise and the voices sound pretty cool....

i wish i too worked on this movie.

Well the reason that all the cars have changed into GM or Ford is because all the other cars wouldn't allow use of their companies because they didn't want their company related to violence in any way, besides the new VW is super-mega-gay. Personally I grew up with the Transformers (robots in diguise) and I still know the words for the theme song word for word, I go back far enough that I had the original g1 Optimus Prime made of metal not this plastic crap. I'm a bit pissed that some aspects have changed but even still I'm going to see that movie the moment I can and pray that they Spielberg hasn't screwed it up like he did War of the Worlds for which he should be dragged out into the street kicking and screaming and flogged with a horse whip until he reaslises that it is not that hard to stick to an original storyline and not try to jazz it up and revolving the whole movie about Tom 'Bloody' Cruise, god just thinking about that movie makes me want to barf. I digress, I am hanging to see the movie and will be there many hours early even if I have to take a day off work. And the record having the original voices for Optimus Prime and Megatron is worth seeing and hearing just for that and if I get the chance to see a pirated copy like you often do before it is out in Australia then I will refuse to watch it because this kind of movie deserves the big screen and respect that comes with paying for it.

Oh wow! I grew up with these guys and can't wait to see this movie, those of you hating, should go pound sand because a lot of people grew up with transformers. Now for my rant....

Bumble Bee is not a VW Bug, but a Chevy Camaro........migraine inbound

Jazz isn't a Porsche but rather a Pontiac Solstice.........dry heaving

How the hell is BB bigger than Jazz??? Sure the new VW bugs probably arent the best choice, hell a mini cooper woulda been a sweet switch. I about tossed my cookies when I heard Jazz was a Pontiac, damn he was my favorite. Why in the hell couldn't they get with Porsche and make him the GT2!!

Well I think it is going to be a good movie as soon as the old nerds like me get over the fact that the american auto makers must have been the highest bidder

My new movie will rock both Earth and Cybertron (if it still existed).

I think some people on this thread have forgotten what they were like when I was first around.

Freedom is the right of all sentient beings, and this includes the freedom to make a movie relevant for the time it is being released (ie dropping Soundwave for Frenzy and the use of 'modern' music).

But I did hear that Stan Bush may be looking to do a tune...

..."You got the touch... You got the POWER!!"

shame about spielberg being on board,shame about the unnecessary changes,great the voice of op is back.

above all lets hurry up and roll out to see this film,switch brain back to faded memory mode and bask in the fact that TRANSFORMERS ARE BACK , different or not.

i am a huge fan of the originals and im sure my ass will clench at the fact that megatron will not be a gun and there will be limited referencing to the original style but i can still go to my collection of toys and spin that wonderful metal/plastic walther ppk on my finger and get all teary over a youth that hasnt gone away,just moved on a little.at the end of the day there have been several versions of transformers since our beloved g1 stuff.catering for all generation fans is probably the best way forward,otherwise we could have a g1 film as a precursor(hint mr spielberg) and then move them on.

critics hated final fantasy spirits within as unrealistic and confusing,they will probably hate this,but they obviously never played a final fantasy game or realised that the clue is in the title.

this is one fantasy i cant wait to be reality.

regrets aside,july 07 cannot come soon enough for a 'fanboy' like me.

music wise i hope to see artists like linkin park and pendulum dropping some metal ass kicking beats to accompany the action,but some original music would be nice.

peace out,

dont bitch,just watch it or dont.

Any movie with robots squishing humans will rule.
Anyone who disagrees can kiss my shiny metal a$$.

the bit about soundwave not being a tape player is very justified - how can a 20 ft tall robot turn into a hand held tape player? the cartoon never had to worry about scale - like how astro train was just a tall as the other decepticons, yet could carry all of them as a shuttle.

grimlock and the dinobots would be cheezy - dinosaur robots in a live action film? some characters won't transfer over to live action like they do in a cartoon initally aimed at kids, so you gotta think about that - this movie is for the adults who were kids in 1984. ideally, CGI is a tool used to enhance a movie's story - in this case a story about transformers, so forget about all the "CGI bling" and how it will corrupt this movie - how else do you want them to make this movie?

as far as remakes go, this is not a remake of anything - it's a movie about characters and elements from the cartoon, remember the original animated movie was part of the cartoon series 1986 season

does anyone know if the story in the new movie is anything to do with the cartoon or is it a fresh new storyline

Try this guys!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=310525832158046051

i just hope they get the robot mode right. i don't care about what the robots look like in a car or truck. for example look at the image of the leaked pictures of prime. prime doen't looki like that? he doesn't have a long nose and fire on the sides? i think they should just use the old truck like in the toy line of generation 1. or the black truck used in terminator 2. i mean if they can't get prime right then what makes any thinkj these producers can get all the other characters right? the transformershave to look cool in the car mode as well as the robot mode.

Oh god i've never heard so much negativity over a movie, every site i go to people are constantly bashing this movie....and yet....IT'S PRACTICALLY A YEAR AWAY! A WHOLE YEAR and already people are treating this movie like it's gonna be crap! Okay maybe i'm over reacting, some of you have said some good stuff about this movie..but honestly, who cares if soundwave turns into a helicopter, they're being creative! Who cares if the story will change a bit, hey..at least this way we wont completely know what's going on with the story right? That way we'll be in for new surprises! I'm gonna see this movie and probably see it a good 5 more times after that and who knows..probably even throw up on the day i see it from all the excitement! Yes i know lately transformers isn't what it used to be (*coughTFanimecough*) but hey, let's give director MB a chance huh? Every director has their good movies and their shitty ones. It's a new generation, new changes have made their way and i expected it to happen with this movie, and quite frankly i'm happy for it, make soundwave a helicoptor! Make Megatron some kind of alien starfighter thingy! (so i've been told) and change brawl into a police car! As long as it's a movie that I and my little brother will enjoy, that's good enough for me!

And as for those who believe that they're gonna give this movie a chance, GOOD FOR YOU! It's nice to know some of you have learned to grow up and try to give things a chance rather then criticize something before it's even released in a years time, or think that's it's stupid to bring out a movie with lot's of explosions and CGI, at least you people know how to enjoy life the easy way!

It is impossible to recapture the granduer of the original movie and series. The crap on cartoon network is just that, crap. My 7 year old son refuses to watch it. He and I watch the DVD's and movie on a weekly basis. He cranks the volume up for both the opening and ending theme, which being a fan of late 70's and 80's hard rock and heavy metal I encourage all the way. Personally, I wish they would make a movie based on the Transformers before they came Earth and not use CGI (the CGI from War of the World were SHIT). Make it a good, old fashion animated movie. Those of us who bought the original 4-part Marvel comic series (unfortunately the quality of the issues that followed were some of the poorest comics ever written and drawn) while sucking down slurpees at the 7-Eleven, and begged our parents to buy us the toys (Bluestreak was my first one) would go see such a movie, we'll go see this one. Those of us with kids will take them. If the high and mighty Sburg thinks he's going to draw from a new audience who did not grow up in the 80's, he's mistaken.

This movie can be made with storylines, Spike (Buster) and his dad have a background to tell, but it better have some ass-kicking by both the bots and cons, I want to see Megatron smash a few "fleshings" under his foot, or transform and jump into Starscreams hand and blast he crap outta some highrises! I also want to see Grimlock smash a few decepti-creeps with his jaws, or at least engage in a dinobot rematch with Devastator.

I hope to see the Autobots down and out (like in the original movie) on the edge and then make a comeback, kicking ass all the way.

The soundtrack better stay true ("Instruments of Destruction" kicks ass!!!), if there is any hip-hop, techno beat, or so-called metal from the late 90's or now, I will puke up my red-vine licorice and popcorn, go home make little voodoo dolls of Speilburg and rip his stinking heart out and ala Temple of Doom!

Nuff send................

they should make the robors look the the energon or cybertron cartoon series.

The original transformes were of course the best. I hear they are bringing back the original voice of Optimus Prime. Though he won't look like the same snub nose truck we grew to love before. every one of us cried when Optimus drove into megatron and whipped his ass but suffering a lethal blow in the process. He saved so many lives... and then laid there to die. It was tragic stuff. I don't think they'll have any problem making a compelling storyline if they keep with that mentality. The autobots were our heros. We loved them. Optimus gave his life for us (so jeudeo christian it's right there)... If they keep in line with that sentiment... there is plenty of room for a powerfull script to support all that CGI bling bathing our eyes in photons. :):):)

I can't wait to see it!

Dagon, I would usually just call you a dick, but I know what you mean. I am a short filmmaker and I am always pissed at how hollywood can't do anything original. I too moan about how everything is a remake with a safe, established fan base.

So what are you going to do about it? I am going to become a filmmaker, and make independent thought provoking movies rather than winge and moan.

BUT THIS IS TRANSFORMERS DUDE! If anything should be remade again and again and again it is the robots in disguise.

I am looking forward to this movie so much I could almost wet my pants. And really, as long as Megatron doesn't kill Optimus again (I am still crying inside from the hurt that inflicted on me as a young boy), I'll be happy.

Love live Optimus Prime!

I just want to also add that the producers would be VERY wise to get the original G1 voice actors on board. I would probably drop about $1000 on tickets to this if the original voices were still there.

Long live Optimus Prime!