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Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:57 pm

I told you it was just a temp track and not Cullen.

Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:25 pm

No, that IS Cullen's voice.

Someone on TFW2005 had pointed out a few links to someone altering the pitch of the clip. They weren't working for me at the moment, so I took the downloaded copy of "Optimus Lips", as I call it, and recorded the sound off of it via Audacity. Following another tip, I upped the pitch by 2.5 semitones (don't ask me what they are, that's what the guy said to to, and I found a way on the program to do that), and listened to it again.

(Voight sounded kinda funny, but) That was DEFINATELY Cullen in the trailer. Upping the pitch shows you that.

Now, I share the opinion of (yet another) member of TFW2005, in that Bay meant that was not the tone of Cullen's voice they'd be using for the film, rather than that not being Cullen at all.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:44 pm

Sounded like a temp track when I heard it and I'm glad that's what it was.

I am also glad to hear that it will sound more like Cullen in the film, Prime has to sound like Prime.

And even if we were to presume that they deliberately leaked that clip to test the voice with the fans then I say good on them, it shows they listen and are still refining and improving things.

Can't wait for this film to come out, this is the first film in a few summers that I am actually anxious to see.

News Credits: 3 · Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:48 pm

I knew that wasn't Cullen as Prime! I at least knew it sure as hell didn't sound like him.
Thanks for letting us know.

Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:16 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:How many times have we heard/read someone say "that was a mock version" or "the design is not final" or "it wont be like that in the final version", only for whatever they said to not be true, and the designs be final, or that the not final or the mock version ends up being exactly what will be in the final version?

I can cite you a specific example - a month or so before Sony's Godzilla movie came out {the one often called GINO by Godzilla fans} a picture of the "Godzilla" leaked out. The vast departure was drawing many complaints from Godzilla fans and Dean Devlin and/or Roland Emmerich flat out denied that leaked image was of their "Godzilla".

Now, while I do still have concerns about the upcoming Transformers movie - I hope Bay is telling the truth {though Stalker's post leaves some doubt}.

Someone on the official movie boards posted a thread about comparing Prime's head in the "Prime Speaks" clip with that of the final movie poster {which presumably is using the final model for Optimus}.

It's indeed different, most notably the lower jaw doesn't seem to jut out as it does in the clip - so I'm fairly certain that model used when Optimus speaks is outdated and not what'll be in the movie itself.

News Credits: 11 · Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:32 pm

I can take my voice on audacity and modify the pitch and bla bla bla and I can sound like optimus if I wanted to.

Sun Apr 22, 2007 11:15 pm

1Big\"F\"ingRayOfSunshine wrote:I can take my voice on audacity and modify the pitch and bla bla bla and I can sound like optimus if I wanted to.

Well yeah, one could if you add in the "bla bla bla". As it is, though, I only altered the pitch level. Increased by the already-stated 2.5 semitones (still wish I knew what that term meant...), the voice matches the recent Cullen clips perfectly. Or, at least, is too close to be anyone else.

If I had a way, I'd upload the MP3 for you.

Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:06 am

Liege Evilmus wrote:Still don't change the fact that the ?organic? mouth looks bad on the sectioned metal head

Agreed.

Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:41 am

Yeah, frankly after Bay got Cullen in the film, I knew he wasn't half the butthole people made him out to be? All hollywood directors are somewhat "premadonnas" and tempramental to a degree. So as long as I recognize the content of the characters I'm cool with the movie. We know they are not going to look anything like Our TF from our childhood.

Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:43 am

More good news from Bay. I think the haters are amusing, it is a lot like when Beast Wars came out, there was tons of hate for Primal. Stuff like "gguuhh, trukk not munkey!" was frequently uttered from the lips of fans who couldn't approve of anything except G1. Bay and staff are taking this movie in exactly the right direction, they are adding a sense of realism to the Transformers, while still maintaining the cool sci-fi aspect. What they did was take Transformers out of the cartoon world, and put it into the world of cinema. Now everyone can enjoy transformers, and not just fans. I love the G1 transformers, but I have to admit, seeing the G1 forms in a live action movie would have looked kind of silly.

Thumbs up to Bay, he's put up with a lot of crap to move transformers in a direction it needs to go.

News Credits: 8 · Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:59 am

Good news. First of all, the movements of the head were very jerky and over-exaggerated. And Megan Fox was looking up way too high, looking over Prime's head, even. Not that I noticed such things myself, I was just too bummed by the fact that they changed "Peter Cullen's" voice like that (I've given up on the designs themselves. Just can't get into them).

Anyway, I just hope Peter Cullen's voice won't be changed, synthesized or whatever. His natural "Prime voice" is just too good for that. We need him to sound like the original Optimus. If they manage to make him sound normal (shouldn't be too hard) I'll manage to enjoy the movie regardless of the crap designs of the actual Transformers.

If only they would have just gone with the Masterpiece designs... those would have been realistic (and familiar) enough, I'm certain of it.

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