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- Dpack1, on 10/11/2007, -6/+50Is anyone else starting to think this movie is looking more and more like a 2 hour long commercial for General Motors?
- Ninjab3ar, on 10/11/2007, -20/+57Am I the only person here who thinks this movie will suck?...
- lickmygiggle, on 10/11/2007, -5/+40I'm so ***** sick of Michael Bay's "look, I put the camera on a track and I'm moving it past the characters" shot.
It was kind of cool the first time I saw it in Bad Boys, but it was ruined in Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, The Rock, Con Air, The Island, and that one shot was in Bad Boys 2 eight friggin times.
Oh look, there it is in the trailer. Great job Michael. - GabrielS, on 10/11/2007, -2/+35The autobots have always been the tools of Big Oil. Decepticons are just trying to bring cheap, efficient, energy solutions to all mankind through the production of energon cubes.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -5/+32These trailers tell me this movie is either going to be ***** sweet, or Pretty god damn stupid.
hope its f'n sweet. - MaynardJK, on 10/11/2007, -3/+30"Plus, the Transformers just weren't that good. Just a cheesy 80s cartoon, not sure where all the nostalgia comes from."
Sounds like someone is still bitter that their mom bought them Go-Bots! instead of Transformers. - jsg7, on 10/11/2007, -7/+34Please, please, please... be good. Don't rape my childhood memories...
- gthyb, on 10/11/2007, -2/+27They couldn't just set it in the 80s?
- diggan8, on 10/11/2007, -2/+25While the trailer looks action-packed and the premise is ***** solid - I have my doubts.
Here are a few things which will ultimately lead to negative reviews for this fim:
- This move has Tyrese in it
- Michael Bay directed it
- The trailer gives me a Fast And The Furious feeling
- This move has Tyrese in it
Even with all that said, watching Optimus Prime transform gave me a boner. - DivisibleByZero, on 10/11/2007, -2/+24OK, so Optimus Prime and some Decepticreep are battling it out on the interstate, and all the other cars just seem to be carrying about with their normal commute? I think I'd pull over and stay the hell out of their way, but that's just me.
- Misanthrope, on 10/11/2007, -7/+27I feel like I'm the only one on the internets that can separate my childhood from the present. How is some movie, made some 20 years after your childhood memories were forged, capable of "raping" you childhood memories. They could make Optimus Prime a freakin' station wagon and I'd still have my love of the original show and the memories associated with it. There is no way some movie can change what has already happened.
I guess what I'm saying is: "Don't be so god damned dramatic." You sound like a woman for god's sake. - MrsButtersworth, on 10/11/2007, -4/+24If theres "good stuff" in this trailer, I cringe to think what a bad trailer looks like. Hollywood is ass, and destroying everything that used to be good about entertainment.
- ACrazyGerman, on 10/11/2007, -10/+27Oh ***** my head hurts... How can some thing good come from MTV?
- mmaSENSEI, on 10/11/2007, -6/+20Could be worse, a two hour commercial for Ford.
- danceparty, on 10/11/2007, -3/+17I dunno, this is starting to look like a really cheesy summer blockbuster. Michael Bay...oh God. Bad Boys...Bad Boys II. hahaha. Here's the rest of what the crap he's done: http://imdb.com/name/nm0000881/. Funny, I thought the Digg crowd would appreciate movies with a little more depth. I loved Transformers as a kid but I'm an adult now and so far this movie looks nothing like the Transformers that I knew so why would I care?
- BigFloppy, on 10/11/2007, -7/+19Just looks like one long car advert. And the cars are all awful. "This thing is wicked!" Right.... very subtle plug there.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -14/+26It amazes me that all it takes for you people to forget the words "MICHAEL BAY" is a few shiny explosions and CGI-soaked mayhem.
MICHAEL BAY
MICHAEL BAY
MICHAEL BAY
Oh, and before you see another clip of an orange LA sunset overshadowing exploding cars, here's another MICHAEL BAY to ground you back to reality.
MICHAEL BAY! - GabrielS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+11GM paid 50 mil for the rights. Do you think they're going to keep advertising just in pro sports?
The producers knew the automobiles were going to be a major focal point of the film. The characters ARE THE CARS. They partnered with an auto fabricator because they knew it was an easy to way to pump 50 large bills into their budget.
Ford probably bid. Maybe Toyota bid as well. I don't know those details. But I guarantee you that the producers solicited bids from a handful of auto fabs. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+12I cannot believe you watched all of those. What's that Bush quote? Fool me once shame on you, fool me... you can't get fooled again.
- SnuKs, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9You should really watch Hot Fuzz. Hahaha!
- ArmyOfFun, on 10/11/2007, -2/+11The bigger problem I have with Bay is the way he edits action scenes in general. There's so many quick cuts back and forth between money shots you can never tell what the ***** is going except that ***** is blowing up. Granted, that sort of editing is ok when used sparsely, maybe to let us know how chaotic and confusing such scenarios are. But every single Bay action scene is like that. It kills it for me, if I consistently find the action nonsensical, I stop finding it exciting and therefore, it's not fun for me to watch.
As a contrast, look at every major action scene in Saving Private Ryan. The final battle is unknown to us and yet it's still served in a way that makes sense which makes the action all that more exciting. You're presented with a major thoroughfare on the opposing side of the bridge, you're told where the German forces are coming from/going to, and you're made well aware of where the end point, the bridge, will be. The result is, you can "feel" the Americans losing that battle, getting pushed back towards the bridge. If Bay had shot that scene, it would've just been a load of gun shots, explosions, and people yelling with zero context other than GIs good, Germans bad. In other words, it would've been Pearl Harbor (replace Germans with Japanese unless you're quoting Animal House).
Putting "Directed by Michael Bay" on the poster is the mark of poison, do not consume. I feel sorry for all the Transformers fans looking forward to this. It cannot end well. - jstohler, on 10/11/2007, -0/+9Technically speaking, Bay is the worst ***** director working. He spends all kinds of time and money to set up a giant action shot and then shows you half a second of it. Contrast that to long takes of The Matrix and ask yourself which is truly the better cinematic experience.
- CheckSando, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10Yes you will.
- inactive, on 10/11/2007, -2/+10@cGt2099 "Would like to see more."
I'm sure bittorrent will be able to help you with that shortly. - thewebguy, on 10/11/2007, -3/+11Michael Bay won an MTV Movie Award for this unreleased ***** last night.
He didn't thank one ***** person. - RoroCo, on 10/11/2007, -4/+12Michael Bay is never the perfect director for anything. He is a hack. Bad Boys 2, The Island, The Hitcher, Pearl Harbor, Texas Chainsaw Massacre... All these mostly action movies had great trailers and seemed like he was a good fit to direct the movie, but he managed over produced every last one and made them all practically unwatchable.
He does come up with some cool camera effects, but he is a lousy story teller and director.
I hope I am wrong about this movie because I have a lot of vested childhood memories in the Transformers, but I have been burned by Bay too often to have high expectations on this one. - trer, on 10/11/2007, -3/+10Too bad you had to sit through another lame ass MTV Movie awards to get to them.
- xenoploid, on 10/11/2007, -1/+8Bay and ILM have made some fundamental animation errors involving design and discernability of characters. Some pioneering Disney animators defined a series of animation principles ( http://minyos.its.rmit.edu.au/~rpyjp/a_notes/anim_principles.html ) , and the principles most in violation here involve:
3. Staging
"A pose or action should clearly communicate to the audience the attitude, mood, reaction or idea of the character as it relates to the story and continuity of the story line...Care must be taken in background design so it isn't obscuring the animation or competing with it due to excess detail behind the animation"
Of course, the problem here is excess detail within the character itself: http://www.theshiznit.co.uk/images/art/megatron-big.jpg
11. Solid Drawing
"The basic principles of drawing form, weight, volume solidity and the illusion of three dimension apply to animation as it does to academic drawing."
You basically loose a sense of the fundamental 3d form of Bay's characters in the noise of the detail.
And the worst offense of all:
12. Appeal.
"All characters have to have appeal whether they are heroic, villainous, comic or cute. Appeal, as you will use it, includes an easy to read design, clear drawing, and personality development that will capture and involve the audience's interest."
You end up not giving a ***** about the characters at all because you can't read their emotions. Unlike in the 80's:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/courses/cs148/old/2002/megatron.jpg - CheckSando, on 10/11/2007, -10/+17I cant wait to see this movie.
Does anyone else get the feeling it is going to be a 2 hour long GM commercial though?
.......... - astrotrain, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7First Michael Bay... now MTV... now its really destined to bomb at the box office... it now has the MTV Curse.
- buff01, on 10/11/2007, -4/+10Another childhood classic ruined by bigshot Hollywood action-movie producers. I will NOT be seeing this garbage.
- archistudent, on 10/11/2007, -1/+7Fast And Furious 4: Transformers Joy Ride
- jstohler, on 10/11/2007, -2/+8No, you're right -- it's going to suck toad nuts.
And for the gmark13, there IS a word to describe the excitement: nonexistent. - CheckSando, on 10/11/2007, -6/+12Wow.....really looking past the obvious arent we?
I am referring to the cars...... Ill slow it down for you next time. - EXElotus, on 10/11/2007, -0/+6Transformers... won MTV's Best Summer Movie You Haven't Seen Yet. I call shenanigans! It only won because GM spammed the ***** out of that show last night.
But i mean that should be pretty obvious to anyone with a brain who watched it, then again, if you watch that random celebration of movies on Music Television, you probably don't have a brain, or was really, really bored. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6@danceparty (#7010767)
Not in one trailer have I seen the Transformers Talk.
Starting to look pretty damn cheesy. - McHoffa, on 10/11/2007, -0/+5well i am too, but this movie sorta requires a highway shot since they are cars and all...
- Beeryan, on 10/11/2007, -1/+6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03I6GN6vIq4
- Chetopuffs, on 10/11/2007, -6/+11Do you really remember the 80's? I know lets go listen to Poison and wear tights. Maybe we can watch Thriller again and try to moon walk. The 80's where a terrible time and not worth repeating.
- Optimaximal, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4As I think everyone states whenever something about this movie pops up, the VW group (which includes Porsche) will not let any of their cars be featured in a work of fact or fiction that presents their products as weapons of war. Jazz (originally a Porsche 911) and Bumblebee (a VW Bug) will be brandishing weapons in the film, therefore the VW group would not grant licenses.
This, coupled with the obvious GM coup on the cars, means that there was no chance of the original designs being used. That said, the idea of bumblebee being a larger car than Jazz just doesn't seem quite right. - inactive, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7I wonder if I was/am the only one that wished those damn autobots got their assess handed to them by the 'baddies' in the cartoon?
The decepticons were just so much cooler! - GabrielS, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4The MTV movie awards is a total sham operation. They're not even trying to cover that up anymore.
Do you notice how the only celebrities that show up are the ones that are getting awards or presenting them? It's just a ragtag band of celebs MTV can get to show up at the show. Most studios are writing these into their contracts that as part of the film promotion costs, the actors must appear at the MTV awards show for summer movie promotion.
I wasn't aware that MTV added a "you haven't seen it yet" category. That should pretty much seal the deal that the MTV movie awards show is just a marketing gimmick and nothing more. - DigitalKid215, on 10/11/2007, -8/+12WTF! Optimus Prime has lips! Lips! Someone needs to answer for that *****!
- punkyMunky, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4
July 4th release
gratuitous pelvic shots
MTV backing
dammit, it's gonna suck... - jsg7, on 10/11/2007, -0/+4No, because the Gobots were just a lame ripoff even back when I was a kid...
Hell, let them make a Gobots movie and nobody will be annoyed if it sucks... - Kanna, on 10/11/2007, -3/+7Movies that are going to ruin my childhood memories. First Transformers, then He-Man. ***** you hollywood, ***** you.
- UglieJosh, on 10/11/2007, -12/+15Am I seriously the only one that sees the trailer and thinks they are bastardizing the original series?
They are trying way too hard to make this world seem realistic when there is nothing realistic about Transformers. - Dpack1, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4@RealHyperx
They didnt need to sign just one manufacturer, it would of been cool if they had used multiple different cars from multiple different manufactures as to give a good example of whats on the roads... I mean the fact there are more Toyota Camry's on the road then any other vehicle dont you think it would of been a little better if it didnt seem like the Autobots landed in a GM car show room before deciding to take thier new form? - bshock, on 10/11/2007, -1/+4Rarely have I seen film clips of such monumental pointlessness and stupidity.
Clearly this was posted by someone whose job is to deep-throat Hollywood's *****. - dkm201, on 10/11/2007, -2/+5What, did you retards think this was going to be directed by Woody Allen or something? I liked Transformers too, but let's not forget it was a half-hour COMMERCIAL FOR TOYS. Now it's going to be a two-hour commercial for toys, and it is going to be an AWESOME two hour commercial for toys. Robot cars punch stuff and explode, Michael Bay style.
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