Here Today... Gone To Hell!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_wqjodSoro&NR=1

Honestly watch that and tell me its not the most promising 1 min trailer u have ever seen

Not even Michael Bay can mess this up, its gonna be the best thing since....well, since the last good film came out, which is, hell...ages

In the UK we get it some three weeks after the yanks - and lord knows i'll find a pirate copy somewhere

Bring on the release for fraks sake!

Grow up for fraks sake!

get a sense of humour, ur on a god damn GNR board after all!

ok i'll leave this topic alone now but LOL @ EDITING OUT YOUR COMMENT WHICH SAID "GIANT ROBOTS MAKES FOR BLISTERING SCI-FI ACTION!!" or something in that tone. lmao. i knew i should have quoted that comment but oh well. you're probably gonna try to deny it too you big kid. go shine your 2 inch thick glasses with rubber bands around the neck and go watch star trek.

Well, apart from the fact that the robot designs suck, I'm looking forward to it, since I love Transformers. But no way this will beat the 1987 cartoon movie.

Yeah, a Michael Bay movie about an 80s toy franchise, starring Shia LaBeouf. . . how can that not work? Bay has already shown his immense talent for sci-fi story-telling in such movies as, uh, The Island? And that space rock movie. Coupling that talent with a property with the immense pedigree of Transformers is a master stroke, this movie could easily be the Blade Runner of the new millenium.




Even if Bay wasn't involved I don't think there's any way you could entice me to line up to see a movie about robot cars. 

It will have a weak ass story but some good action beats.typical summer popcorn flick.

why dont you piss off. you joined this board to advertise 50 cent at first and now you jsut troll your ass around the place.

why dont you grow up.

I'll see it at the Drive In.

Pretty much anything kicks ass up on a huge screen : ok:

I really hope Michael Bay don't mess this up, transformers are just great and yes 1987 cartoon movie kick ass. Transformers Robots in the sky, the soundtrack of that movie is great too  : ok:
Is my idea or at 00:57 Nicole Kidman is there?  ???

The special effects look pretty damn impressive, that's for sure. I think I'm glad that it didn't copy the cartoon exactly. It looks much more modern.

this could be pretty cool.....

new footage....

http://www.virb.com/michaelbay/videos/13983

I thought the Cartoon movie sucked ass.  They killed off all the best characters to make way for famous Hollywood voices to be put into the mix.  As for this movie, it's going to blow.  I don't think they can pull it off.  Tyrese will be like "OH SHYT SON, TRANSFORMAS IN DIS MUTHAFUCKA" or something stupid and of course we've already seen the poor product placement by Chevy. It'll be nothing more than overblown Hollywood hooplah.

the cartoon movie is ok, but i totally agree with you, the best characters are barely in the movie and are replaced with new toys for hasbro to sell.  lame.  the franchise went downhill after that. 

totally kick ass soundtrack though ;)

I always thought it was Transformers, Robots In Disguise. Now Im not sure anyone know?

Robots In Disguise is correct, of course.

I thought exactly the same thing!
But I haven't heard or read anything about her being in the film, so I doubt it.

nope she's not

...we have Megan Fox instead

The effects are just looking incredible, and i love the new designs - though Megatron perhaps wasnt as well thought out as he could have been

Two sequals have already been announced, though of course final approavl is gonna wait for the opening weekend.....

you CAN'T be serious....they are horrible and barely resemble the original characters.  take our prime and show me the rest of them and i wouldn't even know it was a transformers movie. 

megatron looks like a metal turd and all the other robots look like scrap metal quickly welded together.

the only thing that can save this movie are the effects and the action.  the story is already dog shit.

Looks like shit. Sorry.

None of the designs were "well thought out," as they're all based around one huge brain-fart: These designs are supposed to be "realistic" because when in robot form  all of the internal and external vehicle parts are still on display. Why is that a fallacy? Because these giant robots aren't really cars and trucks, they're really giant robots. Why are they full of car parts? Surely they should be full of robot parts which facilitate transmogrification between their different forms? Shouldn't they? Of course they should. Silly robots.

Maybe they evolved from Nasa space-junk. That would be pretty ironic.

I cant believe Im going to actually try and argue this point, but Im board.  The designs dont look like the cartoon because this is "live action".  Thats why they dont resemble the original designs.  Optimus looks awsome.  And so does Bumblebee.  Im waiting to see how the rest work on screen. Also, did you want Megatron to become a hand held gun?  Im happy they came up with new designs.  It makes this movie more than just a retro 80s thing.   Anyways, Im not some Transformers fanboy,  I just hate that message boards have become a dumping ground of negativity when it comes to movies.  Also, Michael Bay isnt THAT bad.  He delivers what he promises.  Pearl Harbor was kinda dumb, because he took himself too seriously. And since then, he has become an easy target.  But I felt that he redeemed himself with the Island.

That makes no sense. Transformers fanboys could point to any number of cross-platform franchises as proof that good design transcends media. And in return we could argue that Transformers cartoon characters are hardly the pinnacle of iconic design. To which the fanboys could argue that if you don't like the design of the characters and you intend to change their story there seems to be little point in licensing their franchise when you could just make up your own robot names and silly narrative and call it an original movie, leaving their 80s cartoon franchise unmolested. To which we would reply "well, that's Hollywood for you."




 

Amen, brother.

I'll wait for the DVD...then, if it's shit, at least I can stop it, get up, put it in my driveway, and back over it repeatedly why cursing Bay.

And if it's not...I'll only have waited about 3 months longer than the theater crowd.

Seems a worthwhile trade off.....

...er, disguise...remember?

You could ask why a giant robot would bother to take on a disguise in the first place - the whole transformation thing is pure nonsense, it serves no purpose at all!

...but its fun, aint it?


...er...they do.

What looks like a car door etc is just a part of their body...disguised. Its full of 'robot parts' but outwardly has been formatted for its new appearence

..if you could make your hard drive look like a steering wheel, hell - why the hell not?

The original cartoon designs were shite even back then - 30 foot robot into a gun...or boom box...and where DID that trailer come from?

Funnt how people forget this stuff....

Why would a robot able to fly convert into a plane? :hihi:



...indeed, Nasa missions ACHIEVEING something! :rofl:

Transformers are supposed to be aliens, wouldnt an alien design look.....alien to our eyes?

izzy i don't get you at all...you shit all over movies that most people like, yet you applaud the AWFUL designs/story of this movie that almost everyone else seems to hate.   do you like just going against the grain??

how anyone who is even remotely a fan of the original show says these designs are good is WAY beyond me.

...how will it be....''shit''?

Ur not seriosuly going to evaluate a film designed to sell toys, made by a toy company by criteria like plot, acting and internal coherance? :confused:

The original show was utterly absurd - gun>robot, the fact the governments of Earth never reacted to the Transformers and the strange decision of both factions to fight over Earth rather than just get ''energon'' elsewhere...

Transformers has always been stupid - its about blatant commericialism and having a good time,

How the hell will a director that fills his films with product placements anyway possible go wrong?!?

and i pray u never will



everyone i assume is...you?

'cos the original transformers designs were so cool! :confused:

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/02/Ironhide-anim.gif)

....really?

..and the ''Awful'' story? Worse than ''find all the red crystals!''

This films plot is ''find the Allspark!' - familiar?


I can make up my own mind on things, most people cant


..so basically u want an exact duplication of 'more than meets the eye parts 1,2 and 3' on the big screen?

wow, that would be bold!

''i aint gonna see this film cos the robot that turns into a car looks to much like a car that turned into a robot''

what....ever ::)

Please, I know you love me. 

What is "find all the red crystals"??  I don't remember that one.

I don't know what is wrong with re-telling a good story.  Why do you have to make up a new one...just to be "bold" and "fresh".  Yeah, I have an idea...lets remake superman and give him a kid!! GENIUS!!  Or how about we tell the story of darth vader growing up but lets introduce this guy named Jar-Jar b/c its "bold" and "fresh".  I'm glad you're not writing movies.

What I meant was, in the cartoon, because its animation, they can magically transform from robot to car without anyone questioning it.   In the "real" world, the robot designs actually have to look like they can work, and actually transform.  Thats the biggest reason for the design change.  Also, the designs are updated so as to not look like an 80s cartoon.  And by the way, how is making a live action movie molesting an 80s franchise?  The cartoons are still there.  You can watch them whenever you want.  The movie does nothing to them.  I dont even know if Im going to like this movie.  Im just saying I understand a lot of what the filmakers have been doing.  Changes are neccessary.  A strict translation to film would be pointless, and really wouldnt work anyway. 

I have no problems with changes.  but when you radically redesign how the characters look, change their entire origin story....why!?!?  does prime need flames on him?  do robots have lips!!!!!!!  No more Arc? No matrix?  Starscream looks like a monkey....

some changes are just STOOOPID.  did batman need nipples on his costume?  Izzy probably loved that...TOTALLY bold move!!!

I realize what the film is supposed to be.....and I certainly enjoy a good summer popcorn action blockbuster as much as the next guy.  I'm just not sure Bay can pull it off.  We'll see. 

Notice I said "IF it's shit", not "it will be shit".  For my money, it's still even money how it will turn out.  Because execution is going to be everything in this type of movie.  So I'll wait.

(http://www.filmwad.com/ul/868-550x-megatron2.jpg)




I am very disapointed.

How can this be Megatron ?

This is a pretty early picture, but the final version still looks like shit.

Ok, I understand that they would have gotten in trouble by just converting the cartoon characters, but these things look nothing like Transformers, they just look like som crazy aliens, and I've seen better ones.

All the designs I've seen seem to put me in the mind of "Independance Day"...I don't know why.

I thought the same.

Man if they want to combine robots that really look like Transformers and besides have a realistic transformation concept, why not base it on an advanced design of the Alternators line?

Man, the point when I was really shocked was when I saw Starscream. He's such a cool character, and now he looks like a fuckin' robot-chicken.

I really, really don't want to watch them but thanks all the same.

I can appreciate that some changes are usually necessary in making an unnecessary translation from kids cartoon to kids live-action movie but I'm more sympathetic towards the pre-existing fans on this one. We aren't looking at simple aesthetic changes here but radical redesigns of the characters and rewriting of their story which goes so far beyond the "necessary" as to suggest that those involved in the production are less interested in "bringing the franchise to the big screen" than they are in making lots of money by sticking recognizable names and logos on their otherwise unrelated giant robot movie.

But if there's one thing I enjoy about how this "translation" has played out it's that the inevitable line of toys based on this movie-based-on-a-cartoon-based-on-a-toy-line are going to be so impractical or potentially injurious as to defeat the very purpose of the movie.

The NEW transformers theme song (from the movie)

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/32910


I can't even comment on it.....my ears are bleeding.   Awful, total shit, bastardization do not even begin to describe this....


For everyone that makes fun of/laughs at "the touch", you will be BEGGING for that song after you listen to this puke.

for sure sugar ;)


More than meets the eye part 2 - they go looking for....red crystals....for some reason

The ep featured Optimus getting blasted off the side of a mountain...ah memories....



Robots come to Earth and fight for ''resources'', they havent really changed much...

...except Optimus and Megatron are now brothers.....there is no Ark...all the backstories are wrong....oh no, damn u Michael Bay! :nervous:


Superman Returns rocked.....oh wait, no....

c'mon that film had Bryan Singer directing, thats to all intents and purposes an official health warning - we choose to ignore it, so we cant really complain....


...its quite possible to go....'new' and not shite, ya know

...though i cant actually think of any examples.....

"...except Optimus and Megatron are now brothers"

I didn't know that (thanks for the spoiler jerky!!!!  >:(  )

but now that i do....oh my god, please tell me you're kidding.  is bumblebee optimus' son too??  sigh.


Izzy, listen to the theme song i posted and tell me if you like it.   : ok:

The only Transformer that looks "decent" IMO is Optimus Prime.

This movie is going to be sweet as fuck. I will be there...

Has anyone listened to the new transformers theme song I posted?  Or did your ears start bleeding and you had to go to the hospital instead of being able to type your opinion?

god awful.

I don't think that's the theme, probably just an "end credits" abortion to get some crappy band on the OST.   

Nope, Prime and Optimus are brothers who ruled Cybertron together untill Megatron decided he'd rather have power for himself and went hunting for ''the Allspark'' - during the hunt he......crashed....and froze in the Arctic. Damn that really does suck!

Quite how two robots are brothers....or how an Autobot and Decpticon can be brothers...just makes ya wonder.....

Bumblebee is mute cos Megatron ripped out his....throat?....he now communicates by playing god awful songs through his....car stereo?

Yey gods, ya cant even make this work as a joke....what were the writers thinking?


i think i'll pass - obviously it will be awful, as will the plot and acting in the film....but all i really care about is giant robots fighting, I'll sleep or eat popcorn or pick fights with the person sitting next to me during the ''talking'' scenes.

...just watch that 10 second clip of Bonecrusher hurling himself at Prime....damn, thats what i'm talking about!! (so what if Bonecrusher was a Constructicon in the show - damn u Bay!)

LOL omg Izzy we agree on something!!!

i'm not gonna be paying attention to the acting/plot that much either, i mean what do u expect, Michael Bay of all people is directing.

what i am looking forward to is the robot fighting as well, i want some badass action scenes. i used to love transformers as a kid.

it should be a fun movie.

I'd rather watch a pair of Rock 'Em, Sock 'Em robots go at it than watch this CGI crapfest.  I hope this movie flops harder than than a fish out of water.  Michael Bay still shouldn't be allowed to make movies after that monstrosity that was Pearl Harbor.

Indeed, all the reports leaking out suggest this film has more action than any comparable blockbuster to date - it should be a CGI masterpiece

no one is saying the effects aren't going to be awesome.  but theres no good reason for why the story is going to have to suck balls.  i find it ironic that the guy who cries over every movie he sees b/c its not "bold" enough or the plot was boring or the story wasn't good etc....  is only looking forward to cgi effects and giant robot fights.

Well, I got my tickets for opening night (Thursday) and I can't wait. I hope it's really good!

"Autobots transform and roll out!!!" : ok:

GIANT ROBOTS FIGHTING!  :drool: :drool: :drool:

July 24th in Aus ...  :rant:

Since when?

I'm in Australia and it starts showing this Thursday night.

Yeah I got tix to go tomorrow night! Gonna be awesome!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY0WYbZMKL8&NR=1

'my bad'

lawl!

SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

I love being wrong in this situation!

I've read if you dont' care about plot/story at all and only want to see giant CGI robots in cool action scenes then you will LOVE this movie.

i'll probably like it, but never have a strong desire to ever watch it repeatedly

I enjoyed the movie.. the first hour had its humorous moments too. Definately worth seeing!

i think this will be an awsome movie. the "new look" of the robots is actually starting to grow on me.

The radio DJ on my local classic rock station said that the decepticons actually eat people  :drool: :drool: :beer:

I went to see this last night and I thought it was fucking great. It obviously wasn't meant to be taken too seriously, but for a movie based off cartoon robot cars and trucks fighting eachother, they couldn't have done it any better. And the action scenes were simply amazing! :beer:

I loved the cartoon when I was younger and I thought they made good reference to the cartoons too, just with some of the humour of the autobots characters. The movie had quite a few funny scenes and some sad scenes where you really feel for the Autobots characters.

All in all, very well made, and very enjoyable.

Easily the best movie I've seen this year. Highly recommended.

I'm fucking pissed because this movie is gonna be released only in july 20th here in Brasil. :rant:

I love the series, can't wait to watch the movie!

still earlier than its planned UK release

BTW, where did you get this transformation scene complete on your avatar? Never saw this one complete on any trailer/teaser/snippet...

LOL @ Michael Bay using the same scene as Pearl Harbor, with just some digital jets added:

(http://www.omelete.com.br/imagens/diversos/portaavioestransformers.jpg)
(http://www.omelete.com.br/imagens/diversos/portaavioesharbor.jpg)

:hihi:

sadly a huge chunk has been OFFICIALLY released as trailers even before the film was released in the cinema!

Bay said he'd never allow any of his trailers to show a robot transforming - well....he's a liar, Blackout, Prime, Starscrean, Bonecrusher and Megatron can all be viewed transforming in trailers he's helped make!

Trawl Youtube and u can watch scene after scene after scene

I have to laugh when these fat cats moan about piracy - they put the stuff out there in the first place

How cheap lol.

this movie wasnt bad. could have been a hell of a lot better. there was was to much comedy in this movie.

I thought I had watched all the videos.. Seems like I missed this one with Bonecrusher transforming. Cool, tho! :)

Also, some of the scenes had some premiere in Leno and Letterman... Nowadays is hard to not read/watch any spoilers of the movies...

I enjoyed the movie for sure.. very entertaining.  i'd like to see another one actually.. with more of the storyline between autobots & decepticons.. they did a pretty good job and it was kinda funny too!

I just got back from watching it.. LOVED it..was so awesome

what was your fav. scene?  i think i need to see it again because there was so much craziness going on that i missed some of it....

Box Transformer Video -

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=5451

Hmm.. early into the movie my favorite scene was when the cop was after the kid and transformed but as it when on there were so many awesome parts to choose. The highway scene was awesome and the big fight scene at the end. I really like how after some of them transformed it went slow motion.

yea i loved the slow motion parts.
i also loved when that first transformer attacked them in the desert , the helicopter dude.   prime/megatron battles are always good.. should have been longer though.

hopefully a sequel will come.

Transformers 2 is confirmed by Dreamworks/Hasbro

Megan Fox, Peter Cullen and Shia LaBeouf are all signed up - Michael Bay wont be involved (hopefully) but said he's up for it if they ask him

...if he does return expect an aircraft carrier transforming into a giant robot as a certainty - apparently he's dead keen on that

Yes, great news about Transformers 2!!!

Transformers conquer US cinemas

Sci-fi blockbuster Transformers has entered the North American box office chart at number one, with takings of $67.6m (?33.6m) in its first weekend.

The film has registered the highest first-week box office returns for a non-sequel in US cinema history, beating 2002's Spider-Man.

Transformers, about two races of rival robots who bring their battle to Earth, was also a popular 1980s TV series.

Robin Williams' new comedy License to Wed entered the chart at number four.

Last week's chart-topper Rataouille dipped to number two, with Bruce Willis' fourth outing in the Die Hard films dropping from number two to three.

Former box office leader Evan Almighty, psychological thriller 1408 and Michael Moore's Sicko, a documentary about the US healthcare system, all fell inside the top 10.

Pirates of the Caribbean: AtWorld's End, which was released in May, broke the $300m (?149m) box office barrier, becoming the third film to make that amount this year after Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third.

But overall cinema takings fell 23% compared with the same weekend in 2006, which set a record of $135.6m (?67.4m).

BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6283174.stm)

i wonder how they will bring megatron back to life ?

perhaps starscream will take over as leader of the decepticons ?

umm i think thats the plan , if u watch the end of the the credits you see star scream raising to space after all the other decepticons are killed . SO im assuming they will use him but you never know its micheal bay again i think according to IMdb

im watchi?ng this online (dvd quality)

http://stage6.divx.com/user/Nailzz/video/1411801/myhoneymoon1
http://stage6.divx.com/user/Nailzz/video/1411801/myhoneymoon2

you gotta be logged into stage6 and haveing the filters off ( go to settings)


and im like 2 minutes in the movie ... us military IN QATAR (middle east !!!) ....  some us marine : " unknown aircraft you are in US military airspace .... " gosh. that should keep annoyed  ....


ps: crappy movies dont deserve my money :)

my bad, the us army are getting pwned by some laser-hellicopter-robot   :hihi:

man this movie is so cheesy ....  :rofl: :rofl:

Shame on you for posting that, but thank you! :hihi:

im watching this
but it's painful ... it's so bad ... i don't know if i have to take this movie seriously or not .....

Take it seriously?! It's a Michael Bay movie about giant robots, starring Shia The Beef. Use your head man!

I haven't seen it. I'm sure the effects are great an all but ILM isn't about to drop off the face of the earth, I'll wait until they make giant transforming robots for a talented director's good movie.

I do kind of want to see it. Don't want to spend 10 bucks to go see it, but it looks like it'd be better in the theatre than a rental.

Oh my god it was horrible. Not worth the two hours.

i'll let you know in  one week hehhe, so i post now   :hihi:

dont pay for it, watch it online, save your money.

I downloaded it, kinda glad I didn't pay for that crap.

It was stupid as hell.

Boo-Hoo!!

Alright ... saw it yesterday and thought it was the fucking goods.  : ok:
Anyone who watches this movie, and even thinks about taking it seriously is a fucking idiot! I mean for fuck's sake, it's giant robots fighting. That's what we went to see, anything else was just a distraction.

I honestly can't believe how anyone who was a fan of transformers as a kid didn't love this movie. A female friend of mine said she couldn't believe the level of coolness in that movie (I am 28, she is 30).

And anyone thinking about seeing this on video, if you don't see it at the movies you will be kicking yourself!

I was extremely skeptical about it before seeing. Loved the cartoon as a kid-hate michael bays films. I gotta say tho it was real fuckin good. Don't really have any complaints at all. I was worried about them ruining the memory for me of transformers but it was real bad-ass. Def worth seeing in theatres.

Megan Fox is a fox.

she is the only reason why the movie is worth seeing

wow - that post is atleast as shallow and stupid as anything Michael Bay could put on the screen

Everyone else only saw it for giant computer-generated robots. Axlfreek popped a boner for something with a pulse, at least.

agreed :hihi:


the movie is okay as long as you don't take it seriously. i thought it was entertaining, nothing more, nothing less.

That movie was fucking awesome! A new standard for action sequences and CGI  : ok:

This might be cool if it wasn't so incredibly dorky (make sense?)..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03vCVejaEd8&mode=related&search=

Just got back from seeing it - what an amazing film....but where did Barricade go....and Skorponok....and Mountain-Dew-bot..... :hihi:

cant wait for the sequal

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion



watch it online, it's free. don't pay for crap.

Don't be a pirating prick like this douch!!? :yes:

where did you download it from?

I saw this the other day, and I'm siding with a lot of others - it absolutely kicked ass. Nice amount of laughs in there, too.

finally saw this movie.

oh

my

god

what a steaming pile of SHIIITTTTTT.

the "fight" between megatron and prime is just god awful.  thats how megatron is defeated?!?!?  hahaha

people actually liked this movie and thought it was good! HAHHAHAHAHAHA  :rofl:

Bay is threatening not to be involved with the sequel because Paramount isn't supporting Blu-Ray at the moment. And God wept.

Yeah I saw that today as well.

BLU RAY, BLU RAY, BLU RAY!!!!

what a fucking dweeb that guy is.  i hope this puts him into early retirement.

God i wish it would just scrap the seguel all together.

And now he's retracted his outburst:

"Last night at dinner I was having dinner with three Blu-Ray owners, they were pissed about no Transformers Blu-Ray and I drank the kool aid hook line and sinker. So at 1:30 in the morning I posted - nothing good ever comes out of early am posts mind you - I over reacted. I heard where Paramount is coming from and the future of HD and players that will be close to the $200 mark which is the magic number. I like what I heard. As a director, I'm all about people seeing films in the best quality possible, and I saw and heard firsthand people upset about a corporate decision. So today I saw 300 on HD-DVD, it rocks! So I think I might be back on to do Transformers 2!"

Translation: "Gotta stop running my stupid mouth after all-day coke binges. Please, Paramount, let me have another chug of corporate franchise cock. Thanks."

HAHAHAHAH how pathetic does that one statement sound.

so I THINK i MIGHT....

hahah

i kinda sorta know i'm not really a good director and my movies might, wel, kinda suck a lot and i raped the childhoods of millions of kids with this movie that, well, i'm not really sure what i was doing when i put flames on prime and gave him lips but I think people liked it...

hahahahah