It’s been a little while since we’ve had some interesting Transformers news. Actually, you might say we’ve never had any interesting news on the movie since it was announced. Michael Bay and company keep tossing out human actor names like the cast depends on them, when really what everyone wants to know is what the Transformers will look like and who will be voicing them. This is me just taking a guess here, but I suspect we won’t see any test footage until around Comic-Con time.
For now, here’s some of the latest Bay has posted on his blog about the movie, now officially titled Transformers: Prime Directive:
Expect to see the official teaser poster and trailer July 4th.
Last week was the official first week of filming, with over 250 shots set up and filmed.
Currently Bay is working on the military aspects of the film in New Mexico. Bay states “this is the largest military cooperation since Pearl Harbor and Black Hawk Down”
Several of the crew suffered from heat stroke during filming. The temperatures are around 118 degrees and Bay himself almost dropped once.
Script reviews circulating the internet have been great but are wrong, working from a 4 month old script. Bay claims they have done lots of work on the script since then and that the only shooting script is kept on Bay’s personal computer (a trick Spielberg taught the director).
Bay sounds really excited about working on Transformers and hopefully that excitement will carry onto his project. He’s one director that’s pretty much guaranteed to deliver Grade-A Bang Bang. As long as they don’t mess things up completely for the fan-boys, this should be a guaranteed hit.
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Excellent. More recycling of stale old ideas, siuped up with no doubt excessive CGI bling sacrificing however anything controversial, interesting, thoughprovoking or inspiring, and also no doubt with an undercurrent of US nationalism, chauvinism, militarism, subtle hints of an unreasonable enemy in far off places and with not too subtle hints about the morbid US fascination with cars and superficiality.
Plus loads of merchandizing. I'll download it, watch it halfway, then delete it in time. Going to the cinema for this shit? Never.
so you're saying that all "Americans" are superficial and fascinated with expensive ass foreign cars, and we all want to be more "European". OK, so you didn't say that last bit about Americans wanting to be more "European", but I get the feeling that you don't like Americans too much. If that's the case, then why are you commenting on this movie, when you don't even know how good it's going to be? So what if it does suck? How would that be any different than the suckitude of most movies that come out nowadays? Honestly, I could care less about this new Transformers movie, mainly because I've seen the REAL animated Transformers movie, and to me, that movie is the shit. I don't really care for all the souped-up CGI/ flashy special effects, but then again, how else could the people that are making this movie actually go about making it in the first place? It's not like I expect there to be outstanding acting in a movie of this caliber, nor do I really expect there to be a deeply engaging storyline and serious plotline development. This is a movie that will be fun to watch in theaters, it's that simple, and there's nothing wrong with that. I think what you're expecting is for the movie company to somehow find the "real" Optimus Prime, Starscream, etc. on some distant planet, then coerce them into being in this movie. At least that's how it sounds to me.
Americans like cars....cars that turn into ROBOTS!!! Robots are cool.
All joking aside, this should be a movie that has fun and returns some of us to a time where "politics" was a word only our parents used, and a time when we couldn't quite remember how to transform JAZZ back into a porsche. Lighten up.
Do you really want to mention Pearl Harbor? That makes me think there'd be about 20 minutes of action, and the rest would focus on a horrible romance between Ben Affleck and Optimus Prime.
While I really liked the Transformers cartoons and movie as a kid, one thing that always struck me about it was that it was supposed to represent good and evil, but the Autobots were every bit as violent and destructive as the Decepticons. Strange. The first series based on the Japanese toys from the 70s were the best, then it just got kooky from there. This movie will be an enjoyable pastime for those who don't know any better.
Obviously, as we know, Dagon's statements are born from reading too much overhyped media coverage from another country. And of course his statements are highly ignorant and uninformed. I'm thinking he should consider getting a refund on any higher education he received and stop reading "Star" magazine to find out about the U.S. way of life. No culture is perfect and Dagon's ignorance proves his culture is even further than perfect than he'd like to admit. Sorry is I generalized in any way, as you seemed to do.
ok, so rumours are that Bay's gonna concntrate on the humna perspective of "thier war". Acording to some this is at a cost to the transformers POV. so which is preferred by my fellow posters? Is it all about the reactions of the man on the street when he sees a 2 storey high robot's foot anialating his double-parked moped Or is it about the relationships between the Auto's and the Deceps? And no cheesy "well a bit of both" answres.
What concerns me about this movie is that they want to re-invent the transformers and make them out to be characters they should not be, such as Soundwave changing into a helicopter. We (transformer fans) already know the characters. We grew up with them. Transformers have not been the same since the early 1980 versions. The 80's characters and toys are the best. If these characters are "transformed" into something other than what they should be then the movie will lose it's worth and will just become some altered dream. It's like making a new Batman movie--we expect Batman to wear a utility belt not a "super" belt, to have a black cape not an orange one , have a bat cave not a hide out, maybe have a side kick called Robin not "Joe" the sidekick. His character has not change over 40 plus years why change the transformers? Leave them alone and create a cool movie with as many original characters as possible.
I agree! This movie should be based around the original Transformers not the cheap remakes that have coming out the last nine years. Speilberg should be targeting the original fans and not catering to todays generation. We can show our children where the Transformers came from and they will love it because DADDY was into to it at their age. If he wants to make a movie for today than make a Sponge Bob movie. But leave the greatest generation of cartoons and toys alone.
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.
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.
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. :):):)
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!
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!
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.
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
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.
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...
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
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.
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....
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!
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.
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..
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.
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???????
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.
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It’s been a little while since we’ve had some interesting Transformers news. Actually, you might say we’ve never had any interesting news on the movie since it was announced. Michael Bay and company keep tossing out human actor names like the cast depends on them, when really what everyone wants to know is what the Transformers will look like and who will be voicing them. This is me just taking a guess here, but I suspect we won’t see any test footage until around Comic-Con time.
May 31st, 2006 at 08:39
Excellent. More recycling of stale old ideas, siuped up with no doubt excessive CGI bling sacrificing however anything controversial, interesting, thoughprovoking or inspiring, and also no doubt with an undercurrent of US nationalism, chauvinism, militarism, subtle hints of an unreasonable enemy in far off places and with not too subtle hints about the morbid US fascination with cars and superficiality.
Plus loads of merchandizing. I'll download it, watch it halfway, then delete it in time. Going to the cinema for this shit? Never.