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by **Ultra Markus** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 7:34 pm

so was Bay full of s**t when he said it was too hard to film red
cars so he wouldn't do it with optimus and ironhide but now
we get mirage who is not supposed to be red

by **MINDVVIPE** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:16 pm

I'm pretty sure it all comes down to marketing. The colours on screen need to work WELL together to have people get into it. Its sorta cheating, but yea. Its stupid coz it's basically using the human's perception of colour to decide character colour use, when really, that is the cheapest trick when dealing with a franchise with such a large dedicated fan base. For example, Ironhide being red AND Optimus being a ton of Red. Then, Ratchet having red on him, and BB's Yellow, another warm tone, would come off too "uninspired" or some crap on screen. Of course, if done properly, and the alternative being to have characters who posses the desired colour scheme present, it might have worked, but no.

News Credits: 3 · by **MR Optimus Prime** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:30 pm

[quote="OptiMagnus10"]Uggh...you people drive crazy (watch someone kill me for saying that):

1. The toy is not an actual Ferarri simply because Hasbro didn't want to go to the trouble to get the license from Ferarri so they can cut corners. Remember Sideways and Mixmaster from ROTF?

They already got the license from Ferarri to use it in the movie, which is the hard part. I want someone to SHOW me where it says this red toy car is suppose to be that Ferrari, then I want someone to SHOW me where it says the the Ferrari is Mirage.

News Credits: 3 · by **MR Optimus Prime** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:37 pm

The car looks cool, but I think this would have been much cooler:

And It's street legal.

[/quote]

HULME F1

by **MINDVVIPE** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:40 pm

MR Optimus Prime wrote:HULME F1

Another great option. Looks sick

Is it street legal too?
The car I posted is the Caparo T1 for those wondering.

News Credits: 3 · by **MR Optimus Prime** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:43 pm

MINDVVIPE wrote:
MR Optimus Prime wrote:HULME F1

Another great option. Looks sick
Is it street legal too?
The car I posted is the Caparo T1 for those wondering.

Yes its street legal, wanted it for Dragstrip. Thougt you posted some version of the Hulme.

News Credits: 3 · by **MR Optimus Prime** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:46 pm

MINDVVIPE wrote:
MR Optimus Prime wrote:HULME F1

Another great option. Looks sick
Is it street legal too?
The car I posted is the Caparo T1 for those wondering.

I like your car better for Mirage, and the Humle for Dragstrip. At least there are two REAL WORLD cars that in fact could be them. WOW what a street race that would make on screen!

Mirage vs Dragstrip!

by **Darkman20xx** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:53 pm

Those racers look sick. Surprised they haven't shown up in some movie yet.

by **Darkman20xx** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:56 pm

OptiMagnus10 wrote:Uggh...you people drive crazy (watch someone kill me for saying that):

1. The toy is not an actual Ferarri simply because Hasbro didn't want to go to the trouble to get the license from Ferarri so they can cut corners. Remember Sideways and Mixmaster from ROTF?

2. Yes, Michael Bay did say this was a Decepticon before. HOWEVER, unless you've been living under a rock since the announcement of the first film, you would know that Bay has made us aware of a "misinformation campaign" that says things not necessarily true so we go into the movie expecting the opposite of what is eventually presented. But this is not technically lying because he's told us about it beforehand. It's only meant to surprise us.

3. The fact that Mirage is not a blue-and-white race car has nothing to do with lack of common sense. It's called creativity. It's what happens when a new continuity begins in the Transformers universe more times than not. Just because a character shares the same name as one from 1985 doesn't mean he must share all qualities with the older counterpart. A new continuity creates new characters.

Now we all know that if Batman was turned red white and blue in his movies Batfans would have gone bezerk. Some things need to be kept sacred. To look at that Ferrari and not think Sideswipe is retarded. Yet the Silver Corvette, who would have likely been more acceptable to most as Mirage, is Sideswipe. With these standards I'm waiting for the hot pink sports car that shall be named Brawn.

by **MINDVVIPE** » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:13 pm

MR Optimus Prime wrote:
MINDVVIPE wrote:
MR Optimus Prime wrote:HULME F1

Another great option. Looks sick
Is it street legal too?
The car I posted is the Caparo T1 for those wondering.

I like your car better for Mirage, and the Humle for Dragstrip. At least there are two REAL WORLD cars that in fact could be them. WOW what a street race that would make on screen!

Mirage vs Dragstrip!

You just pitched some awesome screen play. THATS the kind of thing TF fans really want to see. Their old characters pitted against each other in a real world setting. Imagine how killer it'd be if they had to transform to navigate road obstructions and fire at each other, then transform back to vehicles just in time to avoid falling debris... All mixed in with the screaming loud F1 engines. god, my MIND does a better job of the live action movies.

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