I heard there is going to be a live-action Transformer movie. The same people behind X-men and LXG are joining forces to create it. Is there any truth to this?
Transformers Live-Action Announced
Here's the official release on the live-action announcement:
"The Transformers" -- the ever-morphing Hasbro toy line introduced in the mid-1980s that has gone on to spawn comic books, multiple television series and an animated feature -- are being prepped to change shape again, this time into stars of the big screen. Angry Films topper Don Murphy (whose next film is "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen") and writer-producer Tom DeSanto ("X-Men" and "X2: X-Men United") have teamed to produce a feature-length, live-action movie based on the popular brand. The duo are expected to shop the project to studios shortly, and DeSanto said they have already received interest from a handful of directors hoping to get involved in the project. DeSanto is currently working on a story treatment for the project before he and Murphy hire a screenwriter to adapt it for the big screen.
Tom DeSanto Talks The Transformers Adaptation
Source: Sci Fi Wire
X2 producer Tom DeSanto spoke to Sci Fi Wire about the proposed live-action adaptation of The Transformers, which he says will make use of both computer and practical effects for the signature machines and will mostly be based on the original 1980s lineup.
"We're working on the storyline for Transformers, and we're hopefully going to set that up," DeSanto said in an interview at Comic-Con International over the weekend. "We're going to start going out to studios."
DeSanto also said that he and producing partner Don Murphy are close to hiring a director. "We've been talking with several now," he said. "But we have a big guy next week." He declined to comment on a report on IGN FilmForce that quoted Murphy saying that the candidates include Michael Bay, Robert Zemeckis and Joseph Kahn.
Tom DeSanto on the Live-Action Transformers Feature
Source: Ain't-It-Cool-News
Ain't-It-Cool-News reports that producer Tom DeSanto said to Dreamwatch magazine that he's going to do for Transformers what they did for X-Men...
"There's no better mythology to bring to the big screen than Transformers. Transformers has got great characters and created an iconic world, and the mythology still resonates with people 20 years after it was launched. Even though they're robots the characters have a lot of personality and a lot of heart and people still care about them. That's a great thing."
"The plan with the movie is that it will combine live action with CGI. I think it's going to be something the audience has never seen before. In all the years of movie-making, I don't think the image of a truck transforming into a 20-foot tall robot has ever been captured on screen. I also want to make a film that's a homage to 1980s movies and gets back to the sense of wonder that Hollywood has lost over the years. It will have those Spielberg-ian moments where you have the push-in on the wide-eyed kid and you feel like you're 10 years old even if you're 35. That's the energy I want to go for."
Thanks, MacGuffin. Seriously, you find the most information on any movie. You must be a Google god. :)
Maybe they can sign up Mark Wahlberg to do a rendition of "The Touch" for the soundtrack. :-D
Murphy Talks Transformers
An update on the live-action feature.
In a posting yesterday on the message board of his official site, producer Don Murphy gave fans a brief update on the status of the live-action Transformers movie. "The Transformers film that I am doing with Tom DeSanto is still on target," wrote Murphy. "Three studios are discussing a deal as we speak. We hope to conclude a deal within the next month."
The producer promises Transformers fans that the filmmakers "are going to get this film right, and follow the classic mythology of the show and the comics."
Murphy adds that "everything you post on the board is read and discussed by us. That is why it is here. We do not always have time to reply – but your voice is listened to!"
So if you care to let Don Murphy and company know what you think about The Transformers, post a message at his site (http://www.donmurphy.net/board/forumdisplay.php?s=8e33fcfd24efd6559d9279b7660016c3&forumid=8).
Scribes Toy with 'Transformers'
Scribes Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci have been tapped to write the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of "The Transformers."
Steven Spielberg is executive producing the film, which is based on the 1980s Hasbro toy line of robot action figures that double as vehicles.
The first generation of Transformers revolved around two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, who believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, and the other by Megatron, who espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life.
Tom DeSanto wrote the screen story that will serve as the basis for the script.
Kurtzman and Orci have a two-year, first-look deal to write, direct and produce films for DreamWorks, where they rewrote "The Island" They also rewrote "The Legend of Zorro" and recently finished working on "Mission: Impossible 3."
Before their feature careers hit high gear, Kurtzman and Orci were best known for their work as writer/exec producers of ABC's "Alias."
Quit fucking with my childhood!
Who do you think their target market is?
'Transformers' on Bay's radar
Source: Hollywood Reporter
Michael Bay is in talks to direct the DreamWorks/Paramount live-action adaptation of "The Transformers," Hasbro's popular 1980s toy line of giant robots that morph into cars, trucks, planes, ships and other technological creations.
The move would reteam the director with DreamWorks, which is handling domestic distribution on the movie. Bay is helming DreamWorks' upcoming summer release "The Island," a co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures.
Bay also would reteam with writers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, who -- under their two-year, first-look deal with DreamWorks -- rewrote "Island" and wrote "Transformers."
The Transformers are divided into two groups of robots, one led by Optimus Prime, which believes in tolerance and the sanctity of life, the other by Megatron, which espouses survival of the fittest and the extermination of biological life.
Angry Films topper Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto, who wrote the screen story, are producing the feature along with Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Steven Spielberg will executive produce.
John Rogers wrote the initial draft.
Marc Haimes and John Fox are overseeing for DreamWorks.
A Nov. 17, 2006, release date has been set.
Oh, well. Deleting yet another pop-culture facet from my childhood memory.
Quote from: PwaybloeWho do you think their target market is?
that's a good question. i used to love tranformers when i was a kid and i could care less about this movie.. and i don't think kids these days are even aware of them.
They need to make a really really sweet Thunderbirds Are Go! movie.
Quote from: PwaybloeWho do you think their target market is?
robots
[in disguise]
They should get the FX crew who did this....
http://www.theembassyvfx.com/citroen.html
Transformers Robots Revealed!
Some fan faves will be featured in the film!
For those have been following IGN FilmForce in the past year, we've been keeping you abreast regularly on the development of a live action Transformers film. Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay are serving as producers, and it's also been rumored that Bay will direct.
Today FilmForce was on hand for a press day to promote Michael Bay's latest, The Island, which opens on July 22nd. Bay was non-committal when asked again today if he would be directing, but we managed to land some big news from Transformers' writers Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci. Up until now, it's been up in the air which characters would be featured in the film. As Kurtzman and Orci near a completed draft of the film, today they revealed to FilmForce a short list of characters to be included in the film!
"Right now, we're thinking there will be five Autobots and five Decepticons," says Kurtzman. "But you know the ones everybody knows like Optimus Prime and Megatron and Starscream and Soundwave and Bumblebee. R.C. is gonna be in it."
Although the writing duo hasn't yet finished the script, they have figured out the characters and are now fleshing out the story. "We're in the middle of writing it. There's nothing that came before it, it's a movie that's based on a toy line, so the trick with that movie was again figuring out, 'Okay, what's the character story here, because the action scenes are a given, so what is this story really going to be about?' We spent some time with Steven Spielberg talking about that, and Michael (Bay) may direct it, which would be, I think, perfect in a lot of ways."
It's unclear as of yet how much of the film will be practical vs. CG. Kurtzman comments: "At this point we're not sure, but I think there will be a lot of CGI." Both Kurtzman and Orci said that, for now, that won't play an effect on their script.
"That's where Michael comes in," says Kurtzman. "People like Michael, when you have a director of that magnitude, come in really handy. Sometimes when you're spending all of your time sort of going, 'Okay, what's the logic behind a giant robot? How do you make that work?' Michael will say, 'Guys it's this, this is the vision I have of it.' He sees things on a different kind of a scope, so he helps get you out of your head and kind of remember, it's all about what's on screen. Sometimes you can really get through it just by having an amazing visual."
The fan expectations also play a part for the writers as they shape the story. "It is hovering for me," says Orci. "We're trying to come up with the story that you would come up with if there was no pressure, and then sort of go, 'Okay, we have to be vigilant of fans and what is good about the source material and what is truly necessary.'"
There's a chance that some of the voice cast from the original show could return for the movie, but nothing is set so far. "Not at this point," says Kurtzman. "There's been a lot of discussion about that and I'm sure, obviously that will come up when we make the movie, but at this point, in a way, we're sort of trying to tune out all of that stuff… We have all those voices in our head just because we've done so much research on Transformers, but as a screenwriter, you metabolize so much of what the fans love about the franchise, because we're fans too. You have to divorce yourself from that and say, 'What's the movie that we're making?'"
When asked whether the voice cast could include Hollywood A-listers, Kurtzman says he's not sure. "I don't know that I think it does [need to have them], but I also can see a version that does have big name stars [for] the voices."
Both writers were fans of the shows and the toys. "[We've got] All the comics and we've got an office full of toys," says Kurtzman.
Orci laughs, "Who knew all that time as a kid, we weren't wasting [our time]. [In a motherly voice]: 'Stop watching all those cartoons!' (Laughs) I didn't have the toys, but we used to watch the stuff. I remember seeing it after school."
Independence Day for Transformers
Optimus Prime has a prime release date: The Fourth of July.
Transformers, the long-planned, live-action movie based on the robot-morphing cartoon, comic and toy franchise, will roll into theaters July 4, 2007, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures announced Wednesday. Michael Bay (The Island, The Rock) will direct; Steven Spielberg will executive produce.
Children of the 1980s likely will be champing at the tie-in lunchbox.
"The diehard fans will like it as long as it stays true to Transformers roots and doesn't stray too far from the ideals that we grew up with," Brendan Reilly, co-Webmaster of The Transformers Archive (www.tfarchive.com), said in an email interview about the movie announcement. "The casual or un-familar fan will need to see something awesome to win them over, although a 40-foot robot is usually pretty cool."
Cool-looking robots who convert themselves into battle tanks and other vehicles in order blow up things real good are at the mechanical heart of the Transformers, the classic tale of good automaton (the Autobots) versus evil automaton (the Decepticons) in a battle for control of Earth. Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots; Megatron, the dark lord of the Decepticons. Both Autobots and Decepticons hail from the planet Cybertron. All this backstory and more was revealed in Transformers, the syndicated cartoon series launched in 1984 with the help of toy-maker Hasbro, which simultaneously--and savvily--launched a still-thriving merchandise line.
No less savvy today, the makers of the new Transformers movie have already begun a full-scale offensive. The new official Website (www.transformers.com) went up Tuesday. Transformers: Cybertron, the latest animated series, launched this month on Cartoon Network. Burger King cooks up a monthlong action-figure promotion beginning in August. And this weekend in San Diego, on the occasion of Comic-Con International, the geek world's largest annual gawkfest, an 18-wheel truck touting the franchise's considerable wares will be beached in the convention hall.
In theory then, this thing ain't going to be Transformers: The Movie.
Transformers: The Movie was the little-loved 1986 animated feature that gave Optimus Prime, Megatron, et al., their first crack at the silver screen. Much as Fox is planning to right past cinematic wrongs with an all-new, A-list take on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, another 1980s cartoon/toy phenomenon that spawned a cheeseball 1980s film, the new Transformers crew is looking to take its property upscale.
In a message board Monday post on his personal Website (www.donmurphy.net), Don Murphy, a Transformers co-executive producer, said Spielberg, DreamWorks and Hasbro are committed to making a film that is no less than "GREAT" (the capital letters are all his).
"It will be GREAT," Murphy continued, "and then we will make sequel after sequel. There is no doubt that this is true."
With excellence promised, the powers that be now need only to lock in actors and writers--none were announced Wednesday--and start cameras rolling. Time, after all, is of the essence. In publicly staking claim to July 4, 2007, DreamWorks and Paramount become the first studios to reserve that holiday date for their own. Currently, the only other release on the 2007 calendar is Spider-Man 3, set for May 4 of that year.
Until Transformers debuts in theaters, and after Comic-Con wraps, its considerable fandom can busy itself with BotCon (www.transformersclub.com/conventions/frisco/), described by organizer Brian Savage as being "like a giant group hug for everyone who enjoys Transformers."
Scheduled for Sept. 22-25 in Frisco, Texas, the latest edition of BotCon--the event is more than 10 years old--is expected to draw as many as 5,000 devotees of the shape-changing robots. "The whole movie announcement just adds more fire and fuel," said Savage, director of Hasbro's official Transformers Collectors Club.
The way Savage sees it, the unlikely secret to the Transformers' success is: Personality. Anyone, he said, can make a transforming robot.
"But guess what? It's not Optimus Prime."
With all these big screen adaptations of TV shows, comic books, and now, a toy, I'm waiting for Apple Jacks: The Movie.
Spielberg Talks Transformers!
The official film site is now online.
The official film site (http://www.transformerslive.com/) for the live-action feature film version of The Transformers is now live.
There is a weblog, a message board, a news section, a photo gallery of fans at Comic-Con, and a production notes section, which just advises fans there's nothing to report now except that the film is in pre-production.
The site's biggest attraction is a video introduction by Transformers executive producer and DreamWorks honcho Steven Spielberg. After intially discussing his love of the concept and the Hasbro toys, Spielberg spoke about the film:
"We're now starting our first but certainly not our last Transformers movie that I hope will be an enduring franchise and we're going to be making many, many more Transformers movies in the future. But we're going to make the best one first because we want the best one to inspire everybody to not only play with these toys but to want to know about the further adventures of all of these characters, both human and machine alike. So I'm just really privileged that I get to be part of this."
Get ready to blame Asperger's on Transformers: The Live Action Movie.
Quote from: Find Your MagaliMaybe they can sign up Mark Wahlberg to do a rendition of "The Touch" for the soundtrack. :-D
Wahlberg Shmahlberg. Marky Mark aint got nuthin on....
http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2670533
you've posted that link in two seperate threads now. give it a rest, thanks.
Sorry, it just hurts so good!
There was a post up on AICN the other night that got pulled after an hour or so, talking about how Transformers was suddenly in danger of turnaround after The Island's performance. Apparently, producer Don Murphy went on a rant about it in the forums on his website and someone copied and pasted them and sent them to AICN. Just a bunch of muckraking, but anyway, word on the street supposedly is that this movie is all of a sudden in trouble.
From I, Robot to Transformers
Which actor is poised to join the film?
The Allspark first reported that 19 year-old actor Shia LaBeouf (Constantine, I, Robot) is in the running to play human protagonist "Sam" in the big-screen version of The Transformers. IGN FilmForce has now confirmed via reliable sources that LaBeouf is indeed in negotiations for the role.
A casting breakdown making the rounds online describes the human characters as follows: "Sam - teenage male, somewhat nerdy, but ultimately heroic. Miguela Barns - teenage female, Sam's love interest. Cpt William Lennicks - 30s male, leader of the military. Maggie - female, really hot, really smart, works as a codebreaker for the government. John Kellar - 50's/60's male, US Secretary of State. Glen Whitman - 20's male, technogeek, comic relief."
Michael Bay is directing The Transformers for Paramount (it was a co-venture with DreamWorks until Par bought the studio). Steven Spielberg is exec producing the film.
Shia LaBeouf's credits include The Greatest Game Ever Played, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle and The Battle of Shaker Heights.
2nd bomb for Bay...
I thought for a second they were talking about Will Smith... but of course not
Huge Transformers Exclusive
The cast is coming together.
IGN FilmForce has learned which actors are poised to join the previously announced Shia LaBeof in the cast of the DreamWorks-Paramount live-action feature film version of The Transformers. (LaBeof will star as "Sam," the unlikely teen hero of the movie.) IGN has confirmed through multiple sources that Oscar winner Jon Voight is in talks to reunite with his Pearl Harbor director, Michael Bay, as "Keller." A casting notice online describes Keller as the U.S. Secretary of State. Voight and LaBeof previously starred together in Holes.
Another Bay veteran, Armageddon's Michael Clarke Duncan, is closing in on the role of "Figueroa." This character is described in a casting notice posted at Sneak Peek TV as being "Dominican by way of the Louisiana Bayou. Chief Warrant officer in the Army. Spirited fellow who loves to sing. Close team member of Lennox."
And who is Lennox? Sources indicated that Vegas star Josh Duhamel has a lock on the role of the young military commander.
Bernie Mac is the frontrunner for the role of "Bobby Bolivia." A casting notice said Bolivia "could sell ice to an Eskimo. Tries to get Sam to buy a car. Your typical wheelin' dealin' used car salesman."
IGN has also learned that the following actors are being lined up for roles: Tyrese as "Epps"; John Turturro as "Simmons"; Rachael Taylor as "Maggie," previously described as a super-hot and super-smart codebreaker for the government; Megan Fox as "Mikaela," referred to in a casting notice as Sam's love interest; Travis Van Winkle as "Trent"; and John Robinson as "Miles."
There is still no word yet on who will be voicing the Autobots and the Decepticons.
Transformers is slated to begin filming next month for a July 4, 2007 release. It is being produced by Angry Films' Don Murphy, Tom DeSanto, Ian Bryce and Lorenzo di Bonaventura. Steven Spielberg and Michael Bay are exec producing. Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (The Island) wrote the latest draft of the screenplay; John Rogers (The Core) penned an earlier draft.
Transformers Cast Confirmed
You heard it here first!
IGN FilmForce first reported a few weeks ago that the cast of the live-action Transformers movie was shaping up to be quite an ensemble, with the likes of Oscar winner Jon Voight, Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac and John Turturro leading the contenders to play the human roles in the film.
Variety has confirmed that Voight has been cast, and "Josh Duhamel, Bernie Mac, John Turturro, Megan Fox and John Robinson are expected to round out the cast. Travis Van Winkle and Shia LeBeouf have already been announced."
The trade adds that "many of the rumored names are not likely to end up in the film." Well, by Variety's own count 7 of the 10 names we mentioned (excluding Michael Clarke Duncan, Tyrese and Rachael Taylor) are now confirmed so that can hardly qualify as "many." That darn "new math" must be to blame.
The DreamWorks-Paramount project, which bears a $100+ million price tag, starts filming later this month under the direction of Michael Bay.
The Transformers is slated to open July 4, 2007.
Transformers Teaser Online
More than meets the eye.
The teaser trailer for Transformers, the forthcoming CG/live-action feature film, is now online at the official site! It's been previously reported that the preview would first appear in theaters with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on July 7th, so this early online debut is a surprise treat for fans.
The preview begins with footage of a rocket launch and a robot rover scooting around the Martian landscape -- the story idea is that the Beagle 2 Mars Rover launched in 2003 did not actually crash. The teaser reveals that the rover's final transmission, which we learn has been classified, shows it was destroyed by what only fans will know is a Decepticon. And as the following title card says, "That was the only warning we would get." The Earth fades into view and it's at this point that a mind-blowingly cool series of transforming titles take over the screen displaying the film's logo and release date.
The big-screen battle between the Autobots and Decepticons arrives July 4, 2007. Action helmer Michael Bay is directing the flick from a script by John Rogers, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. The notable live-action cast includes Jon Voight, Bernie Mac, Shia LaBeouf, Tyrese Gibson, Michael Clarke Duncan, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro and Zack Ward.
Watch the teaser here. (http://www.transformersmovie.com/)
Sweet! I love Michael Bay for once. That was a great teaser.
I guess it would be a great teaser if it didn't, y'know, promote a freakin' Transformers movie.
I just realized we're going to have to live through an entire year of promotion for this damn thing...
:yabbse-undecided:
Bay Casts Transformers' Optimus Prime
Michael Bay was one of several directors at the Con who sent a taped address to the folks in Hall H. He said via taped transmission that he is currently halfway through filming Transformers, due July 7, 2007, and he begged folks for their patience as ILM does its thing. What Bay wanted the fans to know is that Optimus Prime will be played by Peter Cullen, the original voice from the Transformers TV show.
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the decepticon logo is cooler.
It always was.
By the way, call me when they sign Frank Welker on for Megatron.
Quote from: hackspaced on July 25, 2006, 10:32:32 AMBy the way, call me when they sign Frank Welker on for Megatron.
Call me when they update the song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s7z9AgjEuA&search=stan%20bush
Transformers Revealed!
Check out the Autobots and Decepticons featured in the film.
Transformers screenwriters Alex Kurtzman and Bob Orci revealed this morning, in a live webcast on Yahoo! Movies, which Autobots and Decepticons will appear in the forthcoming Michael Bay-directed movie based on the popular franchise. Here's the list with a few random notes from the screenwriters...
Autobots
Optimus Prime - "The king!"
Bumblebee - "He's the same underdog character we always knew and loved." [Note: Except he's a Camaro in the movie.]
Jazz - "He's eager to take on the Decepticons."
Ratchet - "Ratchet, who was an ambulance in the cartoon, will appear in a new form."
Ironhide - "The muscle. A tough soldier who can make any Transformer bust an o-ring just with his stare!"
Decepticons
Megatron - "He's been portrayed as pure evil but we're trying to get a little bit behind the evil in this movie. ... He has a slightly less idealistic version of what he thinks humanity is worth."
Starscream - "Always secretly plotting to dethrone Megatron..."
Brawl - "An extremely pissed off Decepticon."
Bonecrusher - "The closest thing to a Constructicon in the film."
Barricade - "The hunter of the group -- a cop car."
Scorpinok - "Closest thing to Beast Wars or Dinobot in the film."
Frenzy - "A smaller form able to infultrate spaces -- a stealth spy."
Blackout - "The guy who takes out our ability to fight back."
Transformers rolls out on the big screen on July 4th.
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Trailer here. (http://playlist.yahoo.com/makeplaylist.dll?id=1540534&sdm=web&qtw=480&qth=300)
Release Date: July 4th, 2007 (wide)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Megan Fox, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, John Turturro, Bernie Mac
Directed By: Michael Bay
Premise: The Earth is caught in the middle of an intergalactic war between two races of robots, the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons.
Didn't give a toss about this film till I saw that. Michael Bay may con me out of my money yet.
But Michael Bay movies have always made for good trailers.
This one has at least shown me that we'll see, bare minimum, 20 minutes of fanboy boner-inducing moments. The remaining 2 hours or so is what I'm still worried about.
The airport controll tower man is Aaron from 24!
that little girl at the end is pretty stupid. i think there will be tons of emotionally dumb/hideous moments as per (bay) usual but i am really really excited by the robots.
did the original show ever explain how these presumably non-reproductive robots that transform into man-made vehicles could exist in space? the only explanation i can think of is time travel.
Quote from: picolas on December 20, 2006, 06:36:52 PM
that little girl at the end is pretty stupid.
Did anybody else think "Lost World" during that part?
Quote from: polkablues on December 20, 2006, 06:59:48 PMDid anybody else think "Lost World" during that part?
Quote from: Tryskadekafobia on July 21, 2005, 04:28:04 PM
Get ready to blame Asperger's on Transformers: The Live Action Movie.
It looks good... but who knows... how many actual people care about the Transformers?
I will probably see it, just cause i saw all the Michael Bay flms... good loud fun
Quote from: kal on December 20, 2006, 08:16:14 PM
how many actual people care about the Transformers?
good question. apparently lots of geeks, but i am not one of them. even though i grew up with the Transformers and have seen all of Bays films in the theatre(!) i have really little interest in this movie. the trailer was cool, made me slightly more than not interested but eh.
Quote from: kal on December 20, 2006, 08:16:14 PM
how many actual people care about the Transformers?
my big brother.
New Optimus Prime Image Revealed
TFW2005.com has posted a shot of Empire magazine's new cover, which features a new photo of Optimus Prime from director Michael Bay's Transformers.
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1515
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New Trailer here. (http://movies.yahoo.com/summer-movies/Transformers/1808716430/trailers/31)
i hate to admit it... but that looks fucking cool...
this is absolutely the only summer movie i'm going to see
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So what's the deal with these robots? Are they aliens or robots? And do they only turn from cars and helicopters into robots/aliens? Or can they turn into anything?
Cause if it's a bunch of aliens who transform into 87 Camaros, that's pretty fucking stupid.
This movie looks cool, but knowing Bay, he'll turn it into a comedy with the transformers spouting comedic one liners while their fighting crime or whatever the fuck their doing.
Plus, it has that Shia Lebeouf kid who used to have a fan club here and I can't get with that.
i thought you were sposed to be pop culture savvy.
the only thing i don't like about this instant asshole movie classic is shia and that the robots look way too complicated in some of the shots, to the point where i can't figure out where their heads are. if they can't be anthropomorphized easily then they lose all their appeal.
I'm pop culture shitty. My references don't go pre 1999. I'm like Jeffrey Tambor as Murray in that one episode of Max Headroom, when he couldn't rememeber anything before 1987.
hey everybody, this is really stupid. i can't believe i fell for the hype.
i know it's a michael bay movie, and i went in allowing room for completely ridiculous moments of dialogue and story, but this exceeded everything i was prepared for. let me get my rant on:
it is fucking stupid. i havn't seen pearl harbor but from the Team America song and general audience reaction to it i gather it missed the mark, well this has to be up there with the greatest misfires this virile chest hair exposing douche has ever shat out. it has it all:
-blatant gaping plot holes and continuity errors (sudden and unexplained transition from day to nite within the span of minutes - numerous times)
-useless subplots and absolutely NO characters that are worth caring about
-john turturro. oh god. oh. god.
-gratuitously long scenes and a script that at some point in its creation must've been used to wipe a dog's ass.
but above all, it is confusing and muddled. as i predicted the transformers are way too busy in movement and in features to be anthropomorphized easily and so there is no identification with them as anything but giant hunks of metal.
i didn't see spidey 3, shrek the turd, or pirates of who gives a shit, all for the same reason i should've avoided transformers.. this is a movie for retards by retards. i'm not GT, i want nothing but to have good mindless fun sometimes, but i think if you placed a fucking rock in front of a screen it would grow eyes and roll them at the shit that happens in this movie. see it to laugh if you must. a small part of me died today.
Thanks for confirming that feeling of dread that I have, as I'm seeing it tonight. But you're avoiding the one detail that we all want to know...
how was Shia?
Quote from: SPARR•O on June 28, 2007, 10:37:15 AM
how was Shia?
pray for indy.
edit: but really, everything else was so bad that he turned out --- dare i say it --- hmm.. well he showed that he can run and yell and appear flummoxed. u know, but so can anthony anderson.
Quote from: Pubrick on June 28, 2007, 10:10:52 AM
i think if you placed a fucking rock in front of a screen it would grow eyes and roll them at the shit that happens in this movie.
Hilarious, if that phrase wasn't too long it had to go up in the marquee, thanks for the laughs. :laughing:
Quote from: Pubrick on June 28, 2007, 10:10:52 AM
i didn't see spidey 3, shrek the turd, or pirates of who gives a shit, all for the same reason i should've avoided transformers
Well, I saw all of those and while spidey is bad in the end compared to the other two turds isn't that bad, at least it doesn't feel as long as pirates or pointless and unfunny as shit the turd.
Pubrick couldn't be any more right. Every point he makes is spot on. Everything we were afraid this douchebag was going to do with this movie, he did, harder than he ever has before. It's so bad, there are whole chunks of the movie that I don't remember because I was daydreaming about my subway ride home after the movie. A lot of that had to do with the fact that I was watching a giant nondescript pointy piece of metal roll around on Hollywood Boulevard with another giant nondescript pointy piece of metal for half an hour.
Bay has finally convinced me that he's the fucking antichrist of film. I've always said that he's not the worst. He might be the fucking worst. He is so hellbent on putting "funny" moments at inappropriate times in every movie which inexplicably undercuts the tension of the painstakingly staged action sequences, like he's afraid to let the audience feel uncertain about the outcome of the scene. There's a whole thing about a soldier making a cell phone call to the Pentagon (because they take calls, of course!) and is told by an Indian operator that he needs a credit card to put the call through... all while he's under fire from one of the Decepticons. OMGROTFLMFAOfuckthisasshole!
And he's also obsessed with portraying as many stereotypes and caricatures as often as possible. I now have to retract my statement that Bernie Mac can make any movie better with his presence, if only slightly. Every black, hispanic, Asian, female, overweight, and child actor should refuse to work with him because of what he does.
The only answer that I can come up with for Bay constantly doing this shit is that he's following market research on what dumbass audiences like in movies, only he doesn't even begin to try to make it coherent at all; he just throws it all up there at the same time. And you know what? It works. People laughed at every single shitty "funny" moment, most of the audience I was with applauded at the end and some woman on the street told a complete stranger how awesome it was.
And Shia is the least of the problems of this movie. If he was any less of an actor, the movie would have been completely unwatchable. Since I have no hope that Indy 4 will be any good, with or without him, I can at least count on him keeping it from being the worst thing ever. Barely.
There's so much more to talk about but what's the point? Fuck Transformers. Fuck Michael Bay. Fuck movies. Every memory I have of weekdays at 4 in front of the TV after school is bleeding from the asshole right now.
Quote from: Fernando on June 28, 2007, 11:06:12 AM
shit the turd.
Eli Roths next movie. Possibly a Tarantino collabo.
Quote from: SPARR•O on June 28, 2007, 10:44:49 PM
most of the audience I was with applauded at the end
they did that at my screening too. i couldn't believe it, i genuinely thought they were cheering because the ordeal was over. am i crazy?
there really is so much more to say about it, partly because it's so long.. i remember the point where i didn't think there could be a worse scene and that it would by default have to get better from there, i'm talking about when they go to shia's house to get the glasses and the autobots wait outside. HOW LONG DID THAT GO FOR??? jesus christ. then the transformers started acting like drunken idiots and stumbling all over the place **those lovable giants ha ha ha!**, then they're trucks and they're still on the goddamn lawn **oh ho ho, ever so droll!**, then they keep poking their head everywhere, breaking power lines, making a ruckus and reminding us that they "really need those glasses" <--- actual quote after what feels like an hour into the same endless scene that has obviously forgotten it was about those damn glasses (which btw ended up being
completely useless). but hey they're still bumping into things **classic fish out of water! where's jackie chan??!** was everyone in the editing room bored to sleep by their own creation and forget to cut half the movie?
i thought it couldn't get more tedious than that. i was wrong.
Quote from: Stefen on June 29, 2007, 12:04:31 AM
collabo.
Ooohh, nice abbreve! I'm gonna use that.
I think I'll go see this and Die Hard on the same ticket. Only that ticket will be for Ratotouille, which I'll also see.
well the movie may suck, but these reviews are hysterical and great (sparro and p in particular).
i have imax tickets to see this on monday, but now i'm wondering if i wouldn't have more fun taking my 22 dollars and buying a 12-pack, ordering chinese, and watching curb your enthusiasm reruns...
chris cunningham should've directed this fucking movie.
I honestly believe with all my heart that ANYONE else directing this would have been a step up. Jan de Bont, Simon West, any of the other Tony Scott clones I'm forgetting right now. I even wish Ratner or McG had had a shot at this.
The hysterical laughter that erupted from the audience when Optimus Prime said, "My bad..." Fuck people too. And I forgot to mention that Jon Voight should have his Oscar reposessed. His daughter's also.
But did anyone get that trailer for that J.J. Abrams-produced movie that didn't give the title? I can't wait to see and be disappointed by that one in January!
Quote from: SPARR•O on June 29, 2007, 09:34:12 AMI even wish Ratner or McG had had a shot at this.
Please don't go there.
Next it'll be Renny Harlin or Uwe Boll.
You got me on Harlin but I stand by the other two. I'm not saying that McG and the Rat would have made GOOD movies but they'd at least have had the simple decency to make instantly forgettable ones.
Umm...since when do movies come out on tuesdays?
fucking michael bay and his ignorance of movie laws.
If I'm not wrong it was opening TONIGHT... Since when do movies open on a MONDAY night?
I dont know, but I guess they believe they will shatter every box office record with this movie... I dont think so.
I will, however, go and see this sometime later this week... my dad is coming to visit and he loves the shittiest special effects movies he can find...
just checking, "the cream of the crop" over at rotten tomatoes doesn't actually mean anything right?
i always thought it was an attempt to differentiate the more established or legitimate critics from the "majority" scale which determines the overall score. are they always the same ppl or are they just the best written reviews available for a particular movie?
I just saw it and I was actually pretty entertained. I really loved the first hour or so. It was fun and thrilling and entertaining in that overly bombastic Michael Bay fasion. I loved it all the way up until Optimus Prime opens his mouth and introduces the other autobots. At that point it became stupid. Bad stupid, with intermittent moments of good stupid dropped in throughout the remaining running time. Any big robot fight scene was generally lame because they all look exactly the same, especially the decpticons, but when they were on their own - like the desert battles or the scenes with bumblebee - I thought they worked really well. And I loved how gloriously cheesy the opening narration was (and some of the exposition as well). It really felt like some sort of 80s kids fantasy thing (which it was, I guess, but I never actually watched the show or played with the toys much).
I'm glad I saw it, in any case. Way better than Spidey or Pirates. In my opinion.
"I'M NOT LEAVING BUMBLEBEE!"
Did anyone else notice the little car ornament hanging on Bumblebee's dash that said "Bee-otch!"?
The thing that worries me about this movie is the cheese factor. I want the transformers to be taken seriously, and I'm not going to be able to do that if they are spouting off "I'm Rick James, bitch!" or "Wasssuupp" or any other highly topical catchphrase. If it has any of that stuff (and I hear it does) I'm setting this roof on fire, the roof, the roof is on fire.
Imagine if in the last crusade indy says "Don't have a cow man!" or "Ayatolla Assaholla!" It might have been fun at the time but not LATER.
It's like before Phantom Menace came out, and hearing that Jar Jar Binks passes gas at one point in the film.
When I heard the transformer Jazz (obviously the black autobot) say "What's up, bitches." it was almost enough to make me walk out of the theatre. Almost.
Fuck outta here. Does that really happen?
That was the point it gets bad stupid. He says a lot more than that. And also breakdances.
SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER
Also, he's the only tranformer who dies.
Quote from: B.C. Long on July 03, 2007, 03:21:41 PM
When I heard the transformer Jazz (obviously the black autobot) say "What's up, bitches." it was almost enough to make me walk out of the theatre. Almost.
god damn spoiler! :yabbse-angry:
That's not a spoiler, that's fair warning.
I'll probably be banned for saying so, but Michael Bay dialogue notwithstanding, Shia LeBoeuf is a funny guy. I think he has good comic timing and good delivery, and manages to actually make the crap he was saying funny.
I agree with Ghostboy though, I didn't think I'd like any of it, but the first bit, before the Autobots introduce themselves, was pretty interesting. There are a million plot holes and idiotic things in the movie that I could list and it would be ten pages long, but I guess if you set your standards REALLY REALLY low, you are pleasantly surprised.
The whole military plot line was totally unnecessary though, and I thought I was going to implode from the patriotic cheese.
Quote from: ponceludon on July 04, 2007, 06:38:42 PM
I'll probably be banned for saying so, but Michael Bay dialogue notwithstanding, Shia LeBoeuf is a funny guy. I think he has good comic timing and good delivery, and manages to actually make the crap he was saying funny.
I honestly agree. He's actually one of redeeming qualities about Transformers. And dare I say it's because of him I didn't completely hate this movie. Well that, and the amazing CGI.
So, I saw it.
It started out really good and I remember thinking "Those guys just don't know how to have fun" in reference to P and Hacksparrow.
Then they started talking. Ugh. It went all downhill from there.
It could have been the most BADASS movie ever made if they would have just taken it seriously. It was just too much. Their fucking autobots, and their transforming. Rinse, repeat, ad deceptinasueam.
The worst was these two fucking fanboys we had in our theater. One directly in front of me, and the other directly behind me. The one in front of me was just a bitter fanboy. Complete with thinning hair, robust waistline, and thickass bi-focals, and he kept talking through the whole thing like "Ugh, they ruined it! I am going to write a letter!" Shut the fuck up asshole.
Then the dude behind me was one of those guys that has really big teeth and an even louder laugh. And he kept explaining to his friends what was happening, and then this dickhead would clap whenever an action scene happened. This asshole yells "WOOOOO" at the top of his lungs when Optimus is like "You and me Megatron! Be preapred to handle the realness!" Then when the Armageddon reference was made, this guy tells his friend "HAHAHAHA the same guy that directed this movie directed Armageddon. He's so awesome!"
I was about to punch them both in the face. When the latter fanboy was going nuts, I even turned around to his friend and went "Is he alright? What the fucks his problem?" And his friend just puts his hands up like "my hands are full"
It started out so good too. I hope Turturro, Voight, Tyrese, The ugly chick Shia has a crush on that looks like she had scars all over her face, Anthony Anderon, the other dickhead military asshole, and even Hugo Weaving never get work again.
Shia was alright. She was actually the best thing about it if you ask me. No beef with her.
Bay doesn't even like making movies. He does it cause it's his job. It's a 9 to 5 for him. He has no passion.
And fuck Spielberg too.
Am I the only one who hasn't seen this 140 minute toy/GM commercial?
Quote from: Ravi on July 04, 2007, 09:57:46 PM
Am I the only one who hasn't seen this 140 minute toy/GM commercial?
I don't know the numbers it did, so maybe.
I knew it was going to be awful. But I went anyways hoping it would at least be fun in a cheesy, big explosion kind of way. And it wasn't even that.
biggest tuesday ever...
havent seen it yet... but will go for sure soon
spoilers:
I can't wait to buy the toy of the mountain dew transformer.
Quote from: kal on July 04, 2007, 11:07:44 PM
biggest tuesday ever...
But that's easy when you're the first movie in the history of history to open on a fucking Tuesday.
I haven't seen it yet, but I'm taking my girlfriend to the drive-in on Sunday and it's one of the movies playing. So I'll have seen it, technically, but don't ask me to remember anything about it.
Quote from: Stefen on July 04, 2007, 09:38:23 PM
The ugly chick Shia has a crush on that looks like she had scars all over her face
Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. Did you really think she was ugly?
i wouldn't say "ugly" but i wouldn't give her face a second glance...
IMDB is fucking ridiculous. The movie has an 8.3 rating with "reviews" such as...
"Shia is HILARIOUS in this movie!"
"That girl did a good job acting. Her ass is amazing!"
"Michael Bay is becoming the best in Hollywood."
I wanna punch someone.
I was complaining that Spider Man and Pirates tried too hard on the script... well this one didnt even try!!!
What the fuck was that...
Quote from: The Red Vine on July 05, 2007, 06:35:35 PM
IMDB is fucking ridiculous. The movie has an 8.3 rating with "reviews" such as...
"Shia is HILARIOUS in this movie!"
"That girl did a good job acting. Her ass is amazing!"
"Michael Bay is becoming the best in Hollywood."
I wanna punch someone.
HAHA. Yeah, sounds like an IMDB comment.
speaking of IMDB, look what i found in the news section:
Days before the opening of the latest Transformers movie, director Michael Bay posted an angry message on his blog, deriding producers Don Murphy and Tom DeSanto for allegedly attempting to take undeserved creative credit for the film. Although his message was later removed, it was apparently cached by Google and found its way to L.A. Weekly columnist Nikki Finke, who posted it on her website today (Thursday). In it, Bay writes that he had only one creative meeting with DeSanto a year ago, during which, he wrote, "I realized he was worlds apart in my vision. I said, 'Thank you very much, ' and then showed him my office door. I never really spoke to him again other than to mutter, 'Hello.'" Bay says that although he never had conversations with Murphy, he did read notes from him "kind of trashing the script and making me and the writers feel like a big s*** pile." Bay also accused DeSanto of attempting to get a writer's credit on the film and discussing the film with interviewers at an awards dinner as if he had seen the completed film. "Give me a break," Bay wrote. "The guy was lying through his teeth. He had seen nada, nothing, until the press screening."
Here's the full entry:
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LET'S GET SOME FACTS STRAIGHT
06/29/2007 11:20 PM
The movie is over.
Wow that was a hard one, but I must tell you it was so much fun. The most difficult actors I've ever worked with, besides Bruce Willis, are Optimus Prime and Bumblebee. They took every single one of my days for a year. But they are well worth the work. I've just traveled 36,000 miles around the world (in two weeks) and had the most amazing premiere at the Taormina film festival in an ancient, Greek-built theatre that existed well before the birth of Christ. I loved seeing the reactions to the film from so many different cultures. This movie really travels around the world. I'm so excited for everyone to see it. Thanks to all you that supported me on this film.
Just so I set the story straight, my budget started at $145 Million, it crept to $150 and some change – I'm very proud of that – the fact that we are half the cost of all these other summer blockbusters. I see people doubt that out on the net, but anyone want to challenge me I'll put a ten thousand dollar bet down on the table right now.
Even when the studio tried to ship me out to Canada or shoot down with Aussies - I looked but I knew we were dead up there. I needed my crew that I have been loyal to for years, they are the best in the world. Besides I believe American movies that portray America, should be made in America. I cut my fee 30% so I could make this at home. I knew this was right for the movie so I asked the other producers to join – Ian and Lorenzo did, and the two others (that came attached to the project) Tom Desanto and Don Murphy did not. That was my introduction to them – they did not want any part of their fee going to make a better movie. Things like that don't usually sit well with me.
Now that the movie is done I get strange questions from the press. Like 'how did Tom control the set'? What? 'How did Tom and Don control you?' What the fuck. 'How was it working with Tom and Don who knew Transformers so well?' 'We heard Tom wrote the story – he had a 90 page treatment, right?' Okay stop. Let me take you back in time. Tom and Don are very nice guys, but let's get some facts straight.
Tom had one creative meeting with me for one hour and ten minutes to be exact about a year ago. He told he was the über fan boy and was going to protect me from the minefields. The type of minefields on the Net like 'Damn you Michael Bay' 'You wrecked my childhood Michael Bay' and other various web death threats I received. Tom proceeded to tell me how much he had problems with the robot designs and script issues. I realized he was worlds apart in my vision. I said thank you very much, and then showed him my office door - I never really spoke to him again other then to mutter hello. He would occasionally come to the set with guests like it was some theme park. I never spoke creatively with Don. I read his notes kind of trashing the script and making me and the writers feel like a big shit pile. But during production Don was nice to me, he knew I was not going to talk creative with him.
One day not too long ago, the writers of our movie Alex and Bob called me in a panic saying all of a sudden after the movie was almost finished in post that Tom was applying for writer's or story credit. I was appalled because neither the writer's nor I ever saw any treatment. Well, he applied for credit, but the Writer's Guild shot him down, denied him.
But what made my blood curl was something that was on the Net with Tom at the Saturn awards on IESB.net where they interviewed him about the movie – a movie I might add he had not seen yet. He acted very much like he did. Check it out as he vamps through the questions, and how Hugo put his 'thumb print on it'. Give me a break, the guy was lying through his teeth - he had seen nada, nothing, until the press screening.
So that's the real truth, I had to say it, cause I'm tired of answering these questions.
What these guys did do was stuck with a 'silly toy movie' and pushed it around town and kept the faith after everyone turned them down, always with the hope that maybe someone somewhere would make it. Now I commend them on that. Hats off to them, but trying to taking creative credit in the press let me just say it – irks me. Too many credits are given to too many people who had nothing to do with the movie. Hell, even investment bankers with not the slightest idea of how to make a movie all of a sudden are big producers in town.
I guess that's how it goes in Hollywood.
Michael Bay
Quote from: I Love a Magician on July 04, 2007, 01:58:10 AMsometimes you just gotta let the dumb shit wash over you.
And this film was it for me.
Pretty much in agreement - the first hour or so was really great. Action-packed and exciting; the CGI was amazing. Then the Autobots started talking in ebonics and it was just a slow decline from then on out. And after a while, like much of Bay's films, all of the action just started getting prolonged. But I knew what kind of film I was in for; it was fun during, and forgettable after.
If this movie weren't so long, I would see it again I laughed so much at how bad it was. Worst/best movie of the year!
Quote from: Michael Bay
a bunch of bullshit
wow, shut the fuck up, dude...it's transformers for crying out loud.
Quote from: Mike "Red, White, & Blue!" Bay on July 06, 2007, 10:57:44 AMEven when the studio tried to ship me out to Canada or shoot down with Aussies - I looked but I knew we were dead up there. I needed my crew that I have been loyal to for years, they are the best in the world. Besides I believe in American movies that portray America
lol@this hillbilly.
Maybe if you weren't so gotdamn loyal to the USA, you would have made a better movie with a different crew from a different country.
This was a waste of fucking time on almost every level. Shia and the CGI were the best parts of this piece of shit and that's saying alot.....Bleh...just...Bleh.
Easily the most intellectually dense film of the season. I presage long deliberations in tiny French cafes as to exactly what the fuck was going on. An erratic, unstable, impatient script that delights in pop culture hemorrhages. Limitless potential in the extrapolation of Bay's intentions.
Quote from: Losing the Horse: on July 25, 2007, 09:55:19 PM
Limitless potential in the extrapolation of Bay's intentions.
he doesn't care about story, he wanted to make money, he achieved his goal.
end of extrapolation.
Quote from: Pubrick on July 26, 2007, 02:20:02 AM
Quote from: Losing the Horse: on July 25, 2007, 09:55:19 PM
Limitless potential in the extrapolation of Bay's intentions.
he doesn't care about story, he wanted to make money, he achieved his goal.
end of extrapolation.
Yeah he wanted to prove to everyone that he is a big bucks blockbuster guy after The Island, which is a fucking masterpiece compared to this piece of shit.
He probably considers Island his introspective personal piece.
Michael Bay Says No to Transformers 2
Source: Michael Bay
August 21, 2007
Transformers director Michael Bay has responded to Paramount/DreamWorks' decision to become exclusive to HD DVD instead of releasing movies on both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD:
Bay said: "I want people to see my movies in the best formats possible. For them to deny people who have Blu-ray sucks! They were progressive by having two formats. No Transformers 2 for me!"
Will this change Paramount/DreamWorks' mind about at least releasing Transformers also on Blu-ray Disc? We're not sure, but we have a feeling Mr. Bay isn't the only unhappy one. Yesterday's press release itself concluded with a note that read, "Today's announcement does not include films directed by Steven Spielberg as his films are not exclusive to either format."
What a fucking douchebag... but I agree with him.
When is the fucking industry going to learn with this shit... cant we just get along? The only problem they create with these format wars is for the people who spend their money in products and they dont want to deal with this shit.
We saw it before with VHS and BETA... then Windows Media and Fairplay... DRM and all these fucking limitations are stupid, especially for an industry that has been struggling to fight piracy and get their sales numbers up. They need to make the products available and easy for everyone.
Quote from: kal on August 21, 2007, 06:26:49 PM
What a fucking douchebag... but I agree with him.
lol.
When did Kal become the funniest poster on the site? Dudes been killing me lately.
Bay Retracts No Transformers 2 Statement
Source: ComingSoon
Early Tuesday morning, Michael Bay posted on his official website that Paramount/DreamWorks' decision to exclusively support HD DVD and not Blu-ray meant he would not be coming back for Transformers 2. Now, he's taking it all back. Here's his new post:
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!
Michael Bay
I just imagined Ari Gold calling Bay and telling him to fucking change his statement before they burn down his house.
Quote from: Michael Bay
Last night at dinner I was having dinner
no shit, idiot.
i can see him giving directions to his cast:
"this is the end of the movie so this is where it ends."
"you just got hurt real bad so now you're in pain."
"you wanna touch her boobies cos you're young and virile. hey so am i, check out my chest hair."
still, he's no ratner.
Quote from: Pubrick on August 22, 2007, 01:00:04 AM
Quote from: Michael Bay
Last night at dinner I was having dinner
no shit, idiot.
i can see him giving directions to his cast:
"this is the end of the movie so this is where it ends."
"you just got hurt real bad so now you're in pain."
"you wanna touch her boobies cos you're young and virile. hey so am i, check out my chest hair."
still, he's no ratner.
LOL. His chest hair game is something else, but you know they gave him tons of cash to switch sides.
did Bay really consider Blu-ray that much of a better format to show off his slow-mo shots than HD Dvd?
he didn't say it was a better format. he just didn't want to deny one of the hd players the movie.
Quote from: picolas on August 29, 2007, 05:22:44 AM
he didn't say it was a better format. he just didn't want to deny one of the hd players the movie.
ok, i got it.
so, by taking up both format he ultimately get a wider dvd release ,which equals more mony in return, perfect sense...
I hate filmmakers like Bay who make movies to make money instead of making money to make movies.
Don Murphy Comments on Transformers 2
Source: ComingSoon
Transformers producer Don Murphy has explained on his message board why we haven't heard any official Transformers 2 news:
For those of you most anxious about TRANSFORMERS 2, the silence you hear is primarily because people are fretting about a presumed strike in June 2008. Will it happen? I don't know- does the public care about strikes anymore in this day and age? What do rich people have to strike about anyway? I don't have any side here (you hear about the writers and the Producers but that actually means the STUDIOS) I just think stopping work is kind of pointless. But since no one wants to be filming IF a strike happens, everything needs to be done filming by the end of May 2008. So this is affecting the lack of news about Transformers 2 at least for now. Stay tuned.
Paid 50 cents to see this today. That's about what its worth. I agree that the first part of the film was interesting, and Shia was pretty good. But geez, the damn ebonics-talking robot! After a while this just became a jumble of noise and flashing images. I couldn't tell one hunk of metal from another hunk of metal. The CGI work is excellent, but I wasn't invested in the story.
Bay says 'Transformers' DVD could have been better
By Mike Snider, USA TODAY
Most directors diplomatically go to bat for DVDs of their films. Filmmaker Michael Bay (Armageddon, Bad Boys, The Rock) is just as likely to drop verbal bombs while talking about his DVDs as when he is directing.
Bay's take on the new Transformers DVD, which has sold 8.3 million copies since its release last week: "It's a good DVD. But not as good as it could have been," he says. That sales total made Transformers the year's fastest-selling DVD in North America, according to Paramount Home Entertainment.
Despite setting a record, Bay, 42, says a hectic studio schedule prevented him from being as personally involved in the DVD as he was back in the days of Pearl Harbor. His 2002 four-disc director's cut of that film set the standard for buffed-up special editions.
"I was traveling promoting (Transformers) while they were doing the DVD," he says. "You try to guide people as to what to do (in making it), but ultimately if you rush your date, you are not going to get the DVD as good as it could be. ... Studios want to pump this stuff out, and my job is to care about it and try to put the right people on it. They just see it as a show they are selling, and I see it as a movie. That's how your movie lives on, in the DVD format."
An aspect of the DVD that Bay says he personally fought for was having the film be on a disc by itself, with just a commentary. He won that battle in the $20 single-disc version that hit shelves last week along with a deluxe, two-disc $40 version.
The two-disc set has many bonus features:
•Producer Steven Spielberg talks about wooing Bay to direct. "Michael Bay was born to direct Transformers," he says on the DVD. "He was the perfect fit for this concept."
Early on, Spielberg knew that he had made a good choice. "Michael staged huge, logistically complicated scenes of massive destruction and explosions, and even when I was watching those dailies without the actual Transformers there, it was just eye candy," he says.
•Also covered in the filmmaking extras are Bay's dealings with the military, toy company Hasbro and General Motors, which supplied many of the vehicles. An Easter egg on the DVD is a "Bay Bot," a Transformer robot with Bay's face. "(Hasbro) made that for me, but I didn't know it was going to be on the DVD," Bay says.
•An anatomy of a scene details how Bay and the crew created the desert attack by the scorpion-like Skorponok. Filming that scene early on convinced Bay that the Transformers movie could work. "As soon as I saw how violent and vicious it was and we added a rough visual effect to it, I said, 'Oh my, I get it,' " he says.
Transformers is the first major film to arrive on HD DVD ($40) since partners Paramount and DreamWorks joined that side of the high-definition video disc format war. Universal also makes its films available exclusively on HD DVD. Sony, Disney and Fox support rival Blu-ray Disc, while Warner releases on both formats.
Bay caused a brouhaha on his blog (michaelbay.com) by voicing his displeasure that Transformers would not be available on Blu-ray and that he was rethinking his plan to direct a sequel. The next day he backpedaled, but he is still upset about the format war.
"It's short-sighted and it has delayed consumers' moving to HD (home video)," he says. "As a director, my critical eye is that Blu-ray is where my money is. Consumers are smart, and they are going to wait it out."
The HD DVD version also set a new mark. Its 190,000 copies sold is the best debut of any high-def disc.
Bay expects the cast to return for Transformers 2, which is targeted for June 25, 2009. The first film's take recently surpassed $700 million worldwide, and it has reached No. 18 on the all-time U.S. box office chart and No. 28 internationally.
"It just caught on in our culture, and I am excited to do the second one," he says. "There are so many different and innovative ways you could have fun with this movie."
i love Michael Bay.
goddamn did this suck. i know i'm pretty late to the conversation but i really have to get this out.
- bay is the only director i can think of who has no issue turning the magic hour on and off like a water facet. it could be pitch black or high noon, he doesn't give a fuck.
- the robots are waaaaaay too complicated. for all the zillions of movable parts that pivot back and forth, maybe 30 register. more than meets the eye indeed.
- the movie never stops for a breath. it's the cinematic equivalent of snorting an 8 ball and jogging in place for two hours. and in classic bay fashion the action is confused and exhausting, thanks to his stubborn refusal to cut to a wide shot or stop moving the camera so we can get a grasp on what the fuck is happening. after a while the shit just gets boring.
- sweet christ was there some bad acting in this, particularly voight and tuturro. but i must say i don't think shia is as much of a douche as y'all do. in fact i find him to be quite charming at times.
- as a kid there were few things i dreamt about more than having a transforming car as my buddy. one of the many missed opportunities in this trainwreck was to expand on bumblebee's relationship with shia's character, or at least get us to care one iota about any of these metallic behemoths. but p is right, at the end of the michael bay day they're nothing more than giant hunks of metal.
- was i drunk or did i hear a character cheer "this is awesome! way better than armageddon!"
i went in buzzed, completely prepared for some ridiculous bay moments and wanting nothing more to have fun and like it in a nostalgic, campy kind of way. mac i love you buddy but how you or anyone else could buy this piece of shit on dvd is beyond me.
Quote from: ©brad on December 08, 2007, 09:06:58 AM
i don't think shia is as much of a douche as y'all do. in fact i find him to be quite charming at times.
I actually like Shia, and I've never understood the vitriol directed towards him.
Quote from: ©brad on December 08, 2007, 09:06:58 AM
- the movie never stops for a breath.
I truly envy you for being able to block the memory of the backyard sequence.
I was just re-watching this on TV for like 15 minutes... until Optimus Prime said he saw the glasses on eBay and some stupid shit... this is so retarded I cannot believe it... then some hot blonde dumbass knows more about aliens and technology than the government... incredible