Baumann posted:I think its odd that Optimus seems to be separated from the Autobots when we first see him, and in pretty rough shape. Dark of the moon ends with him being pretty much unstoppable, killing two major threats to his power, but something clearly changes in the 4(?) years since that happened. I wonder what happened to change that. I think the idea is that, at some point, humanity decided 'enough is enough' and started killing all Cybertronians. So, he's probably been on the run and hidden. It makes you wonder if they started hunting down the Autobots before or after they figured out what they were made out of.
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Am I the only one psyched for a new Steve Jablonsky soundtrack? Anyways, I was thinking. It's interesting how the new Autobot designs seem to be continuing the trend of eschewing the 'car bits and pieces' that were very obvious in the first film. Optimus is still a truck but you wouldn't know that looking at his new design. It's like the Autobots have thrown off all pretext of appearing like cars or trucks in human-form and instead appear like alien soldiers and warriors. I really liked the designs from the first film so, really, I'll miss it. On the other hand, Lockdown is a fantastic looking design. Black metal with a bright green faceplate, goddamn. And this is an interesting promotional image for the film... 
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Milky Moor posted:Am I the only one psyched for a new Steve Jablonsky soundtrack? Nope, the dude's amazing.
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Milky Moor posted:Anyways, I was thinking. It's interesting how the new Autobot designs seem to be continuing the trend of eschewing the 'car bits and pieces' that were very obvious in the first film. Optimus is still a truck but you wouldn't know that looking at his new design. It's like the Autobots have thrown off all pretext of appearing like cars or trucks in human-form and instead appear like alien soldiers and warriors. I really liked the designs from the first film so, really, I'll miss it. To me it looks like they tried to combine the original design with a suit of armor, which makes sense with Optimus riding a dragon and wielding a sword.
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The Dinobots in the movie have a distinctive "knight" aesthetic in robot mode, too - or at least the toys do. Oddly, they also all seem to end up with their Dino-mode fore(arms/legs) on or near their hips.
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Milky Moor posted:Am I the only one psyched for a new Steve Jablonsky soundtrack? Reminds me of the movie Platoon.
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Leospeare posted:Is it weird that I kinda feel bad for Linkin Park? I can just see them, sitting by the phone, asking each other, "Have you heard from Bay? Did he call yet?" No it is not weird because Linkin Park are much better at making music than loving Imagine Dragons.
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Here's some interesting words about Drift's face from a toy review. Emphasis mine.quote:...his head is meant to resemble a kabuto of the typical suji-bachi style. His face is... odd. The mengu facemask on a samurai's helmet was often made to resemble oni or other terrifying monsters- Darth Vader's faceplate was inspired by such masks, as was Bludgeon's. Drift's face, especially in his package art, is a robot face designed to look human and goateed and more relateable than many of the faces we've seen on movie Transformers before. The end result of these influences colliding is very Lawnmower Man. With maybe a dash of Transmutate. On the toy, the face skews a little less human, which keeps it from falling facefirst into the Uncanny Valley. What it ends up looking like primarily is a facemask rather than a face. The face of a monster.  The MSJ fucked around with this message at 06:29 on May 19, 2014 |
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Jonny Angel posted:No it is not weird because Linkin Park are much better at making music than loving Imagine Dragons. Because we're in a thread where we're talking about how awesome Transformers movies are, I feel comfortable saying this: Linkin Park released one of my absolute favorite albums of all time in A Thousand Suns. It's fan-loving-tastic.
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Ha ha, you dumb fucker. Multi-year trap sprung.
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The MSJ posted:Here's some interesting words about Drift's face from a toy review. Emphasis mine.
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Jonny Angel posted:No it is not weird because Linkin Park are much better at making music than loving Imagine Dragons. Eeeeeehhhh. I don't hate either of them, but other than both being in Transformers at some point it's kind of an apples-to-oranges comparison.
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God I love the transformers films. As bad as they are (I still need to read the thread PDF), they are exactly what I want it to be and seeing Optimus ride Grimlock only promises me more of the same.  "NOOOOOO!!" Baumann posted:I think its odd that Optimus seems to be separated from the Autobots when we first see him, and in pretty rough shape. Dark of the moon ends with him being pretty much unstoppable, killing two major threats to his power, but something clearly changes in the 4(?) years since that happened. I wonder what happened to change that.
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Darth TNT posted:Well, he already discarded Jetfire and maybe he forgot where he parked his trailer? But he needs that flight tech!
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Wade Wilson posted:I like how the swordgun is breaking Marky Mark's fingers. He knows more than anyone that no pain, no gain.
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Has there been a poster yet with Prime riding Grimlock? Because I need hanging on the wall in my movie room! edit: Found it http://www.denofgeek.us/movies/transformers/235547/new-poster-for-transformers-age-of-extinction no where to buy though. 
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Milky Moor posted:But he needs that flight tech! I love you for finishing my set up.
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SuperMechagodzilla posted:Boys 18+ Hasbro also owns My Little Pony and Magic the Gathering, so they have a lot of experience on this part.
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Arquinsiel posted:That's.... actually really subtle and disturbing. Happy Noodle Boy posted:The attention to robot faces in this movie is unsettling. I forgot to add that Drift is also described an ex-Decepticon. He's was a Decepticon and is now wearing a monster mask to hide his 'Con face.
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The MSJ posted:I forgot to add that Drift is also described an ex-Decepticon. He's was a Decepticon and is now wearing a monster mask to hide his 'Con face.
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Arquinsiel posted:Do we know if he's an ex-Decepticon in this too or is that just speculation based on the IDW continuity? He might have been an Autobot all along in Bayverse. It's also part of the movie version's official bio.
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That website URL as cool stuff on it.
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I'm really like where this film appears to be heading. Revenge and Moon both struck me as ranging from "meh" to "terrible" from the moment teasers started to trickle out for both. But so far I've been pretty swept up in the marketing for this one. I especially like how they aren't going to gloss over the Transformers turning a major city into a wasteland in the third film.
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Lockdown at the end there. 
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Milky Moor posted:That website URL as cool stuff on it. So are Transformers asylum seekers now?
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Corek posted:So are Transformers asylum seekers now? Or was it just straight up destroyed at the end of the last film?
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Cardboard Box A posted:Cybertron was ravaged by war... and is uninhabitable now right? I thought it being "ravaged by war" was an Optimus Lie? It looks that way when he does his hologram trick in movie 1, but not at all when we actually see it in movie 3. I can't for the life of me remember what happened to it, though. Probably not destroyed as nobody seemed too broken up about it after the battle. Presumably at least a few autobots wouldn't be happy about destroying their home planet.
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Milky Moor posted:That website URL as cool stuff on it. Stop the bots
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Leospeare posted:I thought it being "ravaged by war" was an Optimus Lie? It looks that way when he does his hologram trick in movie 1, but not at all when we actually see it in movie 3. It looks like it's collapsing in on itself during the climax of the third film. However, that could easily be said to be spacebridge magics and it might be fine. They could go either way, really.
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Due to the World Cup, the movie's release is being rescheduled in certain countries. http://apps.paramountpictures.com/movie/transformers/releasedates/release-dates.html
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So I saw the trailer for this when I was in the theater today for Edge of Tomorrow. And dear god, Nicola Peltz looks so awful in this*. I mean, I know that this is a Michael Bay film, and she's a Michael Bay female lead character, so it's a given that she's not going to have anything to do besides look pretty, gape horrified at the camera, and need to be rescued five to a hundred times. But man, Peltz couldn't even pull that off. There's also this part in the trailer where she's kissing her love interest and I thought that was her dad. Yikes. *Not to single the female lead out, since it's a fair bet that the male actors are also going to be awful.
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Nicola Peltz, primarily known for The Last Airbender
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