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Nah, I think the next movie Optimus finds a tribe of primitive robots (Dinobots) and then trains them as his hound dogs to dismember more Decepticons, in a not-so-subtle reflection of what he has been doing with his human allies all along. The names of Age of Extinction toys have been leaked. Some possible spoilers there, including the mention of Galvatron. The codenames used to hide the toy identities are pretty great: Adrian Bruce Duke Ivan Max Paulie Rocky
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The cover of Empire shows off a new look Optimus. Maybe this thread has coloured my views, but he doesn't look heroic at all - he looks like loving Sauron. If I didn't know any better if think he was the film's villain.
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That's a pretty neat sword. I can't wait to see how many decapitations and dismemberments are played for laughs.
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Holy poo poo.  My first thought was 'Oh, that must be an evil version of Optimus' but, wow, if that's the direction they're taking him...
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Nov 26, 2013 13:45
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Milky Moor posted:Holy poo poo. Evil version of Optimus is just Optimus, though.
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Nov 26, 2013 15:04
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verybad posted:Evil version of Optimus is just Optimus, though. He's actually been Galvatron all this time since his "revival". The REAL good Optimus will come back leading the heroic Dinobots to free Earth from the Autobots.
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:He's actually been Galvatron all this time since his "revival". The REAL good Optimus will come back leading the heroic Dinobots to free Earth from the Autobots. Aw yeah! They're going to Clone Saga this bitch! Party Boat posted:Maybe this thread has coloured my views, but he doesn't look heroic at all - he looks like loving Sauron. No it's not the thread. He really does look like Sauron. Also, kudos to Wahlberg for looking totally pumped on that cover. "`k Mark, give me your best 'huh?' face!"
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I wish Bay would just cast all the other actors from Pain & Gain in this one. Wouldn't be the first time Dwayne Johnson is in Transformer either (he voiced Cliffjumper in the pilot of Transformers Prime). And this is apparently another Autobot from Age of Extinction. It was allegedly spotted on a set crew hoodie. Notice the dinosaur-like details and you'll realize who it's supposed to be. 
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Nov 26, 2013 17:33
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Party Boat posted:The cover of Empire shows off a new look Optimus. Wow that sword. Also did Labouf give up?
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Uncle Wemus posted:Wow that sword. Also did Labouf give up? Sam's story is complete, and Shia is off doing other kinds of movies now.
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Nov 26, 2013 23:46
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Is Mark Wahlberg turning into ripped Michael Keaton?
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If you like some of the quirkier movie Transformers designs, check out this Hound toy from the new movie toyline. I saw someone speculate that it's based on the bearded Special Operations guys who was in Afghanistan. edit: Like this guy. 
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Dec 1, 2013 03:55
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What is the metapolitical subtext of the pteranodon having two heads
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Rita Repulsa posted:What is the metapolitical subtext of the pteranodon having two heads Double-headed eagle reference?
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So can we just get a bunch of giant robots doing giant robot stuff and no hot chicks or shia or anyother bay-isms Okay maybe having areosmith do a song would be fun.
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I kinda want the dinobots to be semi-organic. Think Terminator: robot on the inside, but coated in living tissue that gets violently shredded and rent and twisted as they transform. Make it looks really creepy, and have the clean and austere vehicle transformers be disgusted by it, like it's some long forgotten perversion.
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Dicky mouse posted:So can we just get a bunch of giant robots doing giant robot stuff and no hot chicks or shia or anyother bay-isms No, of course not. Why on earth would you want that?
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Dicky mouse posted:So can we just get a bunch of giant robots doing giant robot stuff and no hot chicks or shia or anyother bay-isms The lack of Shia has me less interested in TF4 than TF3. This film better be good.
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But is Linkin Park still doing the theme song?
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Cinnamon Bastard posted:I kinda want the dinobots to be semi-organic. Think Terminator: robot on the inside, but coated in living tissue that gets violently shredded and rent and twisted as they transform. Make it looks really creepy, and have the clean and austere vehicle transformers be disgusted by it, like it's some long forgotten perversion. The original series dealt with something similar. The precursors to the Transformers were the Trans-Organics, cybernetic creatures using biological and mechanical components. They were seen in the episode Dweller in the Depths    
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Looking a little Inhumanoids-ish there.
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Milky Moor posted:The lack of Shia has me less interested in TF4 than TF3. Marky Mark, motherfucker. Movie's going to be great.
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Armyman25 posted:The original series dealt with something similar. The precursors to the Transformers were the Trans-Organics, cybernetic creatures using biological and mechanical components. They were seen in the episode Dweller in the Depths Ah ha hahahahahah ahahahahahhahah I wasn't picturing that, I was picturing Robo-Thing, but gently caress it, give me that. Give me a Micheal Bay produced film with a cybernetic tentacle gorilla and a goblin bear trap camera, slap "Transformers" on it, and watch the fandom shake itself to pieces.
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Armyman25 posted:The original series dealt with something similar. The precursors to the Transformers were the Trans-Organics, cybernetic creatures using biological and mechanical components. They were seen in the episode Dweller in the Depths
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The third season went to some pretty strange places. Zombie Optimus Prime, Galvatron going to a mental institution, a cameo by Cobra Commander. It really was an episodic science fiction show, rather than the Earthbound show the first two season were. And we find out this guy made Unicron: 
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Armyman25 posted:The third season went to some pretty strange places. Zombie Optimus Prime, Galvatron going to a mental institution, a cameo by Cobra Commander. It really was an episodic science fiction show, rather than the Earthbound show the first two season were. Wait, what?
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Vintimus Prime posted:Wait, what? It turns out some weird little alien created Unicron as a sentient A.I. that grew too powerful or something. I forget exactly what the details were. Yeah the third season got into some pretty mad poo poo. Granted so did the second season, but there was something especially crazy about the third season. It's part of the reason it's my favorite season.
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LightsGameraAction posted:It turns out some weird little alien created Unicron as a sentient A.I. that grew too powerful or something. I forget exactly what the details were. This is somehow less crazy then the comic books where Unicron is some sort of Satan analogue that literally came from another dimension together with the Transformers god Primus (Primus having transformed himself into the planet Cybertron).
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BiohazrD posted:Is there a compiled PDF of the second movie/thread? The pdf in the OP has everything from both incarnations of this thread.
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Party Boat posted:The pdf in the OP has everything from both incarnations of this thread. Almost, I do not have this post... http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3571842&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=4#post420983733 I...might have forgotten to copy over the editable document when I reformatted a few weeks ago.  I will add that post in tomorrow.
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Age of Extinction will be the first film to be shot in full 3D IMAX.quote:Up until now, every feature film shot in full IMAX (of which there have been only a handful – The Dark Knight, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Dark Knight Rises, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol, Star Trek Into Darkness and now The Hunger Games Catching Fire) has filmed with a 65mm 2D IMAX film camera. IMAX has a 3D film camera available, but most filmmakers find it too big and loud to actually use. (Star Trek Into Darkness is the only of those films to be exhibited in IMAX 3D, but it was post-converted.) It wasn’t until recently that IMAX created a 3D digital camera, which will allow 3D capture in full IMAX. The first filmmaker to use that is Michael Bay on Transformers: Age of Extinction. That camera is much smaller and lighter than the other IMAX 3D cameras and will be used quite a bit in the future. There is no 2D digital IMAX camera, but one is being developed.
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Party Boat posted:The pdf in the OP has everything from both incarnations of this thread. Apparently I had an old PDF that only had the first movie stuff. Thanks!
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God I can't loving wait. Bulky cameras are the best thing that happened to Michael Bay.
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I read through most of the PDF over the course over a few hours just now. I'm happy to have read it and it will be mulling in my brain for a while. I think the saddest thing is what these ideas are encroached it. It's really telling that the OP had to skip through a significant chunk of the second movie because it was just plain stupid/useless. I wish these movies weren't assaults to my senses so that the story of Megatron could have been more well presented.
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Personally, I like that the film's staunchest defender has to admit how vile and nearly unwatchable the second movie is.
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:Personally, I like that the film's staunchest defender has to admit how vile and nearly unwatchable the second movie is. Nah, I watched the whole trilogy because of the original thread (had previously only seen the first one, and hated it back then) and I definitely enjoyed that one the most. Except for some of the poo poo with Seymour which just went on and on. Number one still follows that kinda standard template where the underdog hero tries to get the girl and the car and save the world. Second one dispenses with a lot of that and just goes off in its own weird tangents. Along with more memorable actions scenes, to me.
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2 is actually fantastic. The early scene where Bumblebee blows up the kitchen beats the entire ending of Part 1, and there's great imagery like a mural being blown open to reveal a ribcage underneath (way better-executed than the equivalent shot in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 2). Dark Of The Moon found a perfect balance between being a fairly straight alien invasion picture and a harsh satire of the Autobots and everything they stand for - but if I have to choose (which you do, with the earlier films) I'm going to go with the latter.
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2 has it's moments but I'm not that into robot cooning. 3 is balls to the wall and replaces cyber-minstrelsy with Buzz Aldrin.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the main issue people still have with the second film is "The Twins" being egregious racist stereotypes (fake edit- and judging by HUNDU's post as I was writing this, looks like that is the case). But the explanation that the Transformers are acting out what they know about Earth culture from Earth media is one of those "its not even subtext, its just text" things. The Twins should not be seen as a literal representation of racist stereotypes, but as alien robots acting out stereotypes that already exist in our culture. Just like Optimus is acting out the cultural idea of how a hero looks and talks without actually being heroic at all. I mean isn't Terry's central idea that you can watch the films and not have to agree with everything the Autobots/protagonists do? And even that the films can be seen as being entirely about that? EDIT - And before someone says "lol ironic racism", I'm not saying the film was being racist ironically but rather that you can see it as about racist stereotypes rather than as advocating them. Lord Krangdar fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Dec 8, 2013 |
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