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SlyTF1 wrote:Random question: Wasn't the movie "I am number 4" supposed to have a trailer for DOTM!?

Thats what i thought too. I know it was anounced somewhere here... But if it indeed was a trailer, chances are we would have seen it by now.

Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:I read somewhere the guy that is sliced in half in the superbowl may be blitzwing.

This guy?

Sideways.

This guy?

I have no clue.

This guy? (a still just won't cut it)

I'd have to say Brawl. Or maybe a mini-Blackout.

There's also Long Haul and Desert Brawl, but they aren't stabbed, sliced, shot, or otherwise killed on screen, I think.

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rpetras wrote:

Caelus wrote:Honestly, what makes me most skeptical is how much he looks like his G1 self. The tracks and wings are in the right place and the wings have the same silhouette as G1 Blitzwing's MiG-25 alternate mode.

Totally agree!

If it IS from the bay film, and it is a triple changer that looks like that, he'll be called "Bruticus"

Wouldn't "Octane" sound cooler? That's kinda the reason Optimus got those flames and Brawl in the 2007 movie was named "Devastator": they were cooler.

Although, which do you think is cooler name:

a) Blitzwing, b) Bruticus or c) Octane?

Blitzwing is definitely the most inspired, even tho almost everything from the Budiansky period is inspired anyway. The other two, for their original toy, are only a nudge behind in inspiration and cool.(at least in my view).

This would make a better Voyager Class or Leader Class (look at Starscream's kibble), and those wings have to go somewhere in tank mode. I love to see a Leader Class Astrotrain, but I don't think he'd fit where the story is going.

Noideaforaname wrote:There's also Long Haul and Desert Brawl, but they aren't stabbed, sliced, shot, or otherwise killed on screen, I think.

I don't think its Deep Desert Brawl--I'm pretty sure this is him on the ground right when Prime lands:

godzillabot wrote:Well this afternoon I was at the library watching youtube videos and somebody had made a knock-off TF commercial for the third TF movie, it seemed to have video meshed with it from some other movie I’m not sure what the movie was called but I can remember a seen from it, it showed a jumbo jet transforming into some sort of robot, what does this have to do with the image, I kind of think its from the movie mentioned previously


P.S. if anybody knows the name of this movie please tell me

P.S. by the way it is not transmorphers

There's a scene in a film I own on dvd that has this. It's a Japanese movie called Returner. In this film it's actually an alien ship and not a robot, also there was nothing in this film that relates to the image.

Searchlight wrote:

godzillabot wrote:Well this afternoon I was at the library watching youtube videos and somebody had made a knock-off TF commercial for the third TF movie, it seemed to have video meshed with it from some other movie I’m not sure what the movie was called but I can remember a seen from it, it showed a jumbo jet transforming into some sort of robot, what does this have to do with the image, I kind of think its from the movie mentioned previously


P.S. if anybody knows the name of this movie please tell me

P.S. by the way it is not transmorphers

There's a scene in a film I own on dvd that has this. It's a Japanese movie called Returner. In this film it's actually an alien ship and not a robot, also there was nothing in this film that relates to the image.

THANK YOU!!!! I HAVE TRIED AND TRIED AGAIN TO REMEMBER THE TITLE
P.S. does it have any other transforming thingy's

If Blitzwing is indeed in DOTM, this would definitely make up for some of the disappointing (to some) figures we've seen so far. Hopefully his figure would be Voyager class, seeing as the figures will be smaller in this line. If we do get Blitzwing, I hope he (well, his figure) wouldn't be too movie-styled so he could fit in with Classics. I would also hope that he would have his German accent.

5150 Cruiser wrote: I don't get how so many can write this off as being overly simplistic based off one screen shot that doesn't even show the entire bot. For me, this look nothing like a game rendering and looks more on par with movie still. A game shot would be more pixeled, this is fairly clear with more distinct lines.

Because we don't need the entire bot to see it doesn't represent the same design thought as the other movie-formers do. A rendering of a game bot', especially from a cut scene versus real-time doesn't have to be as low-poly as the real time mesh used in game. In fact, it usually looks better, and nothing like game quality.

If you study the movie designs closely you'll see many discrepancies with the image here. To list,

- to date, none of the jet-formers in the films retained their wings in bot mode. Starscream's collapse, and while his wide shoulders give the impression of the 22's wing shape, the wings themselves break apart. Jetfire only retains "feather" bits protruding out of his back.

Wings themselves are generally too large for the average retained alt-mode bits. Bumblebee has some of the most complete alt-mode pieces in bot mode with his chest and door wings. Prime is close behind with large chunks on his forearms and lower legs. In general, the Decepticons break down even more than the Autobots, presumably for different faction aesthetics (it's supposed to help you differentiate, along with pointy versus square/rounded, and color/saturation).

The bot in the pic has highly undisturbed wings, treads, and a continuous band of armor right under the arm, on the chest - film bots generally like to expose moving pieces there, to show how the arm moves, besides it just being a lot of coverage for any area of a movie bot in general. The lower arm and hand are about the only pieces that are almost convincingly movie-like, however, again, they lack a large amount of detail in all the small pieces that would go in that wrist gap. Even if the gap is for lower arm twisting, movie bots would cover over the gap with other pieces.

So I stand by my impression that this is not from the film, or at least it wasn't originally expected to be in the film, etc. aforementioned.

Having made costumes of three canon movie formers, and using a game model for one of them, I am confident in my judgement.

Remember way back in February when this image started making the rounds on the internet, and the speculation of Blitzwing making an appearance in Transformers DOTM fired up?



Sorry Blitzwing fans, but the source of the image has been found, and it's not Transformers DOTM. As revealed in the video embedded below, the image is from a promo for Cinema 4D Tutorial. That's not to say Blitzwing isn't in the movie, just not this particular incarnation. Check it out below.

Too bad... Blitzwing could have been a really cool character.

NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NatsumeRyu wrote:

5150 Cruiser wrote: I don't get how so many can write this off as being overly simplistic based off one screen shot that doesn't even show the entire bot. For me, this look nothing like a game rendering and looks more on par with movie still. A game shot would be more pixeled, this is fairly clear with more distinct lines.

Because we don't need the entire bot to see it doesn't represent the same design thought as the other movie-formers do. A rendering of a game bot', especially from a cut scene versus real-time doesn't have to be as low-poly as the real time mesh used in game. In fact, it usually looks better, and nothing like game quality.

If you study the movie designs closely you'll see many discrepancies with the image here. To list,

- to date, none of the jet-formers in the films retained their wings in bot mode. Starscream's collapse, and while his wide shoulders give the impression of the 22's wing shape, the wings themselves break apart. Jetfire only retains "feather" bits protruding out of his back.

Wings themselves are generally too large for the average retained alt-mode bits. Bumblebee has some of the most complete alt-mode pieces in bot mode with his chest and door wings. Prime is close behind with large chunks on his forearms and lower legs. In general, the Decepticons break down even more than the Autobots, presumably for different faction aesthetics (it's supposed to help you differentiate, along with pointy versus square/rounded, and color/saturation).

The bot in the pic has highly undisturbed wings, treads, and a continuous band of armor right under the arm, on the chest - film bots generally like to expose moving pieces there, to show how the arm moves, besides it just being a lot of coverage for any area of a movie bot in general. The lower arm and hand are about the only pieces that are almost convincingly movie-like, however, again, they lack a large amount of detail in all the small pieces that would go in that wrist gap. Even if the gap is for lower arm twisting, movie bots would cover over the gap with other pieces.

So I stand by my impression that this is not from the film, or at least it wasn't originally expected to be in the film, etc. aforementioned.

Having made costumes of three canon movie formers, and using a game model for one of them, I am confident in my judgement.

Wow! I have to give credit where credit is due. You called it based on some well observed movieverse robot traits and were right. Respect my friend. Respect.

Looks like some of us got all exited over nothing.

its a jet with tank treds on its sides... yup ... its blitzwing

What a tease, would be kinda cool for Blitzwing to be in DOTM.

Michael Bay.

Why you no like Blitzwing?

this sux ..........why now use that?

SlyTF1 wrote:BLITZ'VING!!! YES! I hope he's tri-polar like in Animated!

I hope he's not.

Very cool! Shame it's not official

Well now we know why it actually looked good, it was fan made and bay had nothing to do with it.

GetRightRobot wrote:I have talked too much trash about this film for it to started leaking coolness!!!

I don't wanna eat my words!!! I don't wanna...

Looks like you won't be.

Well that's dissapointing, I'm actualy really mad at the guy who made that screenshot now
(Whoever he is), I mean he put the Paramount logo at the bottom and everything!

Megatron Wolf wrote:Well now we know why it actually looked good, it was fan made and bay had nothing to do with it.

Yes, because Bay designs and animates all the Transformers in the movies, as we all know. >.>

I can't wait for this character called Brains, he seems very cool and he invent things badass bring out the cgi pictures now Bay.