The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

No matter what anyone in the fandom says in the movies and tv shows humans will always be necessary. It only works in the comics due to the fact they are not as big as movies or tv shows.

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing,

No. No, it really isn't.

[o.supreme]

No. No, it really isn't.

Let's just agree to disagree.

[Rodimus Prime]

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing,

No. No, it really isn't.

That's a matter of opinion, isn't it? Personally, if I had to choose between TF:TM and any of Bay's movies to watch, I'd pick the animated movie. DoTM might make me hesitate for a second (the best of Bay's work), but I'd go with TF:TM over live action. And no, it's not nostalgia talking. Just simply an enjoyment of good entertainment.

[Sabrblade]

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing,

No. No, it really isn't.

That's a matter of opinion, isn't it? Personally, if I had to choose between TF:TM and any of Bay's movies to watch, I'd pick the animated movie. DoTM might make me hesitate for a second (the best of Bay's work), but I'd go with TF:TM over live action. And no, it's not nostalgia talking. Just simply an enjoyment of good entertainment.

That's a comparison of the 1986 movie vs. the live action movies, which is a different subject from the 1986 movie being "absolutely amazing" or not.

[SlyTF1]

No matter what anyone in the fandom says in the movies and tv shows humans will always be necessary. It only works in the comics due to the fact they are not as big as movies or tv shows.

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing, and human involvement was minimal, and could have easily been removed. I think it is budget restraints that require human involvement. To render 120 minuets of purely alien worlds and dozens of cinema level CG characters would push the budget to an insanely high amount. Remember we are not talking Pixar. We are talking ILM & other animation houses. Creating CG good enough to interact with the "real world" (I realize sometimes they fall short), still is way more complicated than creating an animated film within its own self contained animated world. I just hope that someday technology progresses to the point that you could have an entirely self-contained cinema level Transformers movie with all CG characters. True it would not work for most films, because well... most films require humans (Star Wars, Star Trek, MCU etc...) but Transformers does not.

Um, what do you think this Cybertron prequel is going to be?

[o.supreme]

Um, what do you think this Cybertron prequel is going to be?

I *think* it is going to be something fully animated on the level of PIXAR, in terms of animation quality, not in terms maturity. Like I said, there's a difference between what ILM and others do to create CG characters realistic enough to blend in real world environments, and "cartoon" CG animated films. To my knowledge, there has never been a fully animated film with CG imagery intended to blend in with real world environments, without having said real world interaction.

It has the potential to be the best TF film ever, but seeing as how it takes pace in the established Live-Action universe, I am skeptical. What I was originally responding to was what I believe is a false assertion that a TF movie simply cannot be made, or made well, *without* any human characters.

[Sabrblade]

To my knowledge, there has never been a fully animated film with CG imagery intended to blend in with real world environments, without having said real world interaction.

Dinosaur - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_(film)

[o.supreme]

cartoon lemur


real lemur


judges- nope not "real world" - Next.

[Sabrblade]

Your pics are broken.

Every character in that movie was CGI while the environments were filmed on location. That's what my point was.

[o.supreme]

and that is not what I am describing. If the environments were "on location", then they were real, NOT "real life quality" CG. It will be kind of hard to go on location to an alien world.

[Sabrblade]

and that is not what I am describing. If the environments were "on location", then they were real, NOT "real life quality" CG. It will be kind of hard to go on location to an alien world.

Oh, you meant a fully CGI movie with CGI so good that it looks real and not CGI? I see.

Well, I know another film that was close to that, but not quite there only because it ended up having two scenes in live action while the rest was realistic CGI: The LEGO Movie.

[Va'al]

Via entertainment media website Deadline, we have some news regarding the Paramount project for Transformers 5 and the expanded universe led by Akiva Goldsman - who appears to have been moved from the direct writing of the script for the next movie, and will be heading a similar project for the G.I. Joe and Micronauts franchises instead. Read more on this below, and head here for the full story!

After their Akiva Goldsman-led Writers Room experiment led to at least three movie ideas to extend Transformers, Hasbro and Paramount have set Goldsman to supervise a Writers Room for their G.I. Joe movie series. And they will go the same route with Goldsman to draft ideas for the Hasbro property Micronauts, with Goldsman supervising that as well.

This change of duties means Goldsman will supervise but won’t write the next Transformers installment. Paramount now is negotiating with Writers Room participants Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man) and Black Hawk Down scribe Ken Nolan to write the script together. That course change was cemented by Paramount, Hasbro, Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura and Don Murphy.

[Carnivius_Prime]

Oh just hurry up. I want some new movie figures!

[griftimus prime]

lol. all of this talk about a super awesome writing team and making ten sequels or whatever then people drop out.

[Sabrblade]

One less Batman & Robin writer to worry about sounds fine to me.

[Deadput]

lol. all of this talk about a super awesome writing team and making ten sequels or whatever then people drop out.

Your saying this like anyone dropped out.



If you actually stop being snarky and read the post Goldsman is just trading places with some better writers while he helps with Gi Joe.



Seriously it's good someone better then him is writing 5.

[OptimalOptimus2]

I am nervous about this. Stop teasing us!

[Va'al]

As announced in the investors meeting and webcast, Paramount and Hasbro are already reaping the fruits of the writers' room production, and have not one but three new movie releases lined up for the coming years! Hasbro reached out directly with the full information, which you can find below. What do you make of the continuation of the series, and the Bumblebee spin-off?

We are reaching out today to share some exciting Transformers movie news from Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures and Paramount. At Hasbro’s Analyst Presentation this morning during Toy Fair, Hasbro Chairman, President and CEO Brian Goldner announced new details about the next three films in the multi-billion dollar global franchise.

In partnership with Paramount, the writers’ room assembled by Hasbro’s Allspark pictures has created several exciting new Transformers stories and is beginning development on the next three theatrical films.


· In 2017, Michael Bay will direct the next chapter of the Transformers films, with Mark Wahlberg returning to star. That film is slated for release on June 23.


· On June 8, 2018, a new film is being developed which will tell the never before heard story of Bumblebee, one of the most beloved characters from Hasbro’s Transformers universe.


· A third new film will continue the story of Hasbro’s iconic franchise which is scheduled for release on June 28, 2019.

[Evil Eye]

A Bumblebee movie.

A BUMBLEBEE movie.

A movie. About Bumblebee.



I'm not sure whether to laugh or scream. Or both.

[griftimus prime]

i wonder what kind of toys will be in the bb movie line.

[Deathsaurus1]

Character development please lol

[Stuartmaximus]

aye! like Star Wars.....there's to be one a year(ok there's the possibility that Star Wars may do two films a year)

+ there's to be a Bee movie(as in Bumblebee)

[DedicatedGhostArt]

Like we've not had enough Bumblebee already, "let's just make a whole movie about him!"

[partholon]

oh christ !

is there seriously demand for a bumblebee movie ?

i mean Fking bumblebee !

if your gonna concentrate on on origin story of one of the main characters surely to GOD its prime !

i'll be hnonest i was having a hard enough time going to the regular films now as they continually disapoint on everything past the effects front.

theres got to be some sort of mad karma going on that the films seem to be getting worse inversely porportional to the rise in quality of the comics.



i wont condemn it completely and will wait to see what theyre selling us in the trailers but TBH im first reponse upon hearing this was "God no ".

[Microraptor]

Is it wrong that i'm ecstatic over a Bumblebee film?