The Energon Pub

earlier i had mentioned the fusion cannon.i did not mean for this to mean the encompassment of all that is megatron.and bear in mind to the effect yes some megs did not have it (rid,cybertron),but these were among some of the least favorite of the character.
now secondly,my wife hates transformers.she abhors them.you know how some people think nails on a chalkboard are grating.the transformation sound is her nails on a chalkboard.it took a lot of begging to get her to go to the movie.but something amazing happened.she saw the teaser in theaters and had no idea what it was for until the logo came up.that one little robot actually made her want to see it.she saw the pic of prime and recognized who it was and thought it was cool.......then she saw the decepticons and was like wtf.she thought the same thing about starscream that many here have stated
here(look is that a beast wars character?it looks like that wasp guy)these designs have actually made a little less enthused to see the movie.and trust me,my wife represents the mainstream they are trying to attract.

Greyryder wrote:*sings*
"You've lost that lovin' feeling. Woah-oh, that loving feeling...."

Sounds like Top Gun, but that will fit this situation

I definitely think it's the face (or lack thereof) that's putting most of us off this version of Megatron - I'm good with the alien jet thing, as long as it's explained well - I can see how the Autobots want to blend in, while the Decepticons don't care - or maybe Megatron's staying in the sidelines till he's ready to make his grand entrance, so he doesn't feel the need for an Earthen mode, and never 'downgraded' (as he would probably consider it) to one.
But personally, I'm happy with changing alt-modes from line to line, but let's face it, if you remove everything that makes him recognisable (and when it comes down to it, what's more personal than your face?), then you're just asking for dissent in the ranks.

exactly.its the same problem with starsceam's design.it looks like g2 dreadwing(bw neo bb,rm gigant bomb)

myclone wreckgar has nipples,maybe he could be joel schumacher version of a tf movie

So at what point do we boycott completely? I'd love to just to teach them a lesson, but I love Transformers in every series since the beginning. I don't think the Movie will be any different. I just wish a REAL Transformers fan was making the movie instead of a gobots fan.

personally i would have gone Alternator style transformers.

incecticons forever wrote:personally i would have gone Alternator style transformers.

I agree with that. I thought that's what they were going to be doing

Dark_Fool wrote:

incecticons forever wrote:personally i would have gone Alternator style transformers.

I agree with that. I thought that's what they were going to be doing

Yeah! Me too...

Dark_Fool wrote:

incecticons forever wrote:personally i would have gone Alternator style transformers.

I agree with that. I thought that's what they were going to be doing

The reason they didn't? Good luck having the Alternators climbing buildings, grapple and engage in mortal combat with each other, and to move like a human. Besides, I think they didn't like the whole 'car turns into a robot' angle, so they reversed it.

Never thought of it from that standpoint but it makes sense!

When I first heard that the transformers movie was going to be live action, it dropped my expectations considerably. So it's no suprise to me that they are radically changing the looks of the transformers.

That's not going to stop me from going to see the movie, I'm still going to shell out $8 just to gripe about it later.

I wonder if they are planning to release a toy line based on the movie figures. Although by the looks of it, I can already give up any hopes of getting a new megatron that fits in with the rest of my transformers.

I heard no toys. Makes sense if the bots look like that. too many small sharp pieces. Could you imagine trying to transform a bot with 6000 pieces without looking at the instructions. Fogettaboutit.

if no toys, then what the hell are those toys being claimed as movie toys???

http://www.tfarchive.org/forum/showthre ... #post38367

http://www.tfmaster.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5572

Palamon wrote:I'm still going to shell out $8 just to gripe about it later.

$8 bucks? Its like $9.25 here in Georgia. I've demoted seeing this movie to a matinee at the low price of 6.50...

BTW I hope this is a real pic of Prime
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8300

Theres a lot less pointy small parts on him and OH! Whats that? *points and stares* Could it be a truck part or two?!?

Hes still too fragile looking though if you ask me but much better looking than megatron

9.25?!haha.thank god for the boonies.how are you enjoying the most "lovely" weather in our state?to quote robin williams"its weather by sybyl"

is prime going to be like g1 and have a trailer , if those are doors and a windshield on his chest he might transform into the whole truck

After seeing the pic of Optimus and what he turns into, I know that the chances of a transforming toyline are extremely slim. I mean, besides movie magic, how are they going to transform? Holographic truck parts? (like something off of Star Trek's Holodeck)

Although, the lack of truck parts on prime does make it a little more believable that they can adapt their transformations.

I mean on Transformers Cybertron, when Landmine was picking out his vehicle transformation at the construction site, did he really have a choice? He already had bulldozer scoop on his shoulders, what was he going to pick, the Dump Truck or Mixer?

grimlockprime108 wrote:9.25?!haha.thank god for the boonies.how are you enjoying the most "lovely" weather in our state?to quote robin williams"its weather by sybyl"

Yeah I live near Marietta and oh the weather is just wonderful I call it "The Desert" I'm originally fron NJ where summer wasn't 5 months long

Hey what is the temperature on average over there anyway?
I'm kinda curious.

I realize you aren't exactly next door to Kentucky. but Your closer than central Texas. I'm going to botcon and don't want to freeze in my light weight clothing you know.

Wait, so none of you guys can't figure out the transformation? And you call yourself Transformer fans!?!




Seriously though, the arms are the front of the cab (his shoulders are the wheel casing and his lower arms are the red part of the nose, you can even see part of the headlightsection), his chest is made from the main part of the cab (he still has the same windshield look but now has part of the doors covering them with the mirrors above the doors, oh and don't forget the smokestacks on his back!), and it looks like his legs are completely made of the sleepercab of the truck and the back, much like G1 Prime (with a LOT more folding).

Sure, it's complicated, but no more then the transformations of Alt. Smokescreen and Skids thrown together. I think it's also very easy to make a toy out of it, with the only real problems possibly being the lower legs.

i noticed from the other concept designs and toy prototypes of the decepticons the toys had much less complicated designs,

Lord_Loqi wrote:Hey what is the temperature on average over there anyway?
I'm kinda curious.

I realize you aren't exactly next door to Kentucky. but Your closer than central Texas. I'm going to botcon and don't want to freeze in my light weight clothing you know.

like my fellow georgian said the summer is just about 5 months so it should still be warm when you get to kentucky for the con.

ky weather is similar to oh weather. it will still be nice.. maybe a little muggy. but nice non the less...

Palamon wrote:After seeing the pic of Optimus and what he turns into, I know that the chances of a transforming toyline are extremely slim....

Of course there will be a transforming toyline. You don't do a movie called "Transformers" and not have toys that transform. Besides, there have already been prototypes shown and I don't think there's even a slight chance that they won't get released.

At least one of the prototypes seems to have a much simplified transformation and a more traditional Transformers look.