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Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:What if the guys behind Lockdown are Sweeps? Wasn't Cyclonus rumored to be in the movie?

As for Cyclonus, common belief is that that was a preliminary/misunderstood name for Galvatron.

Remember the CinemaCon description? There was a jet Transformer that came from Lockdown's ship and scooped Tessa and Optimus with a net. That could be Cyclonus or a possible drone that serves Lockdown. You are going to have to watch the movie to find out.

New spot is awesome with autobots

Hound also talks in this

and pay attention to the left when bumblebee transforms you can see Optimus is stabed with his own sword.

Edit better quality

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:What if the guys behind Lockdown are Sweeps? Wasn't Cyclonus rumored to be in the movie?

As for Cyclonus, common belief is that that was a preliminary/misunderstood name for Galvatron.

Remember the CinemaCon description? There was a jet Transformer that came from Lockdown's ship and scooped Tessa and Optimus with a net. That could be Cyclonus or a possible drone that serves Lockdown. You are going to have to watch the movie to find out.

We dont have to to know Cyclonus is not in the movie


the name was used as a code name for Galvatron during the filming i was there and the only vehicle there that did not have the proper names were the black semi and there is no vehicle that cyclonus could be.

Guess what? Yes, another Transformers: Age of Extinction teaser spot trailer clip video! This time, we get a slightly longer look at the Autobot cast from the film, and hear John Goodman's voicing of Sgt Bulk Hound. Check out the embedded clip, courtesy of CBMTrailers, below.

JOHN GOODMAN

Little cheesy but this was an awesome trailer. Can't wait til this hits theaters

11 days left!!! I can't wait

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:What if the guys behind Lockdown are Sweeps? Wasn't Cyclonus rumored to be in the movie?

As for Cyclonus, common belief is that that was a preliminary/misunderstood name for Galvatron.

Remember the CinemaCon description? There was a jet Transformer that came from Lockdown's ship and scooped Tessa and Optimus with a net. That could be Cyclonus or a possible drone that serves Lockdown. You are going to have to watch the movie to find out.

We dont have to to know Cyclonus is not in the movie


the name was used as a code name for Galvatron during the filming i was there and the only vehicle there that did not have the proper names were the black semi and there is no vehicle that cyclonus could be.

There was art drawn for the character and it was listed on a script on set (IIRC, ALONGSIDE Galvatron), which is where the original rumour/confirmation of the character came from - note that the Wikipedia editors thought it was legit enough to include that, and they refuse to even list characters based off toy sightings. Ofcourse, a lot can change in a year of editing, however I've got my money down that this is Cyclonus, and he transforms into a helicopter of some description.



The guy who in Payoff flips the cars at Bumblebee. I struggle to see Bay giving so much screen time to a fight between Bee and a random vehicon bot with no name, additionally it looks a lot like the art that was leaked for Cyclonus AND it's head design looks very similar to Starscream. I mean IDK guys, but my gut is telling me it is. I live to be proved wrong.

Well, it's nice to see new footage and it's nice to hear John Goodman's chance to speak. (Probably his only one.)

After seeing all of these commercials and trailers, I've noticed something I didn't catch the first time: It's going to be a rehash of the first film.

Wait...hang on!

"I...am Optimus Prime" *cue introductory montage*
One or more of the bots says something funny to make them endearing.
Bumblebee changes from "old & busted" into "the new hotness".
Giant city battle, once in flashbacks from Chicago, with the current climax in China.
The wow factor, this time coming from the Dinobots, like what happened with Optimus in the first one.
Joshua is Simmons with a new coat of paint.
Now Cade, instead of Sam, is telling Bumblebee "Faster Bee!" (and he's calling him Bee, too!)
The kids in the ball field remind me of the kids in the diner when Ratchet crashes to Earth.

Locations have changed, the villain's changed, character models have changed, but the rest of it strikes me as the first movie all over again. However, I'll be fair... This could be what the first film should've been, and could be a really strong film. I'm keeping an open mind, but I'm not ignoring the common threads here.

There are some positive changes, however:

The humans DO hate the Autobots and this could lead to a strong story.
The scene with Attinger and Cade shows there's at least a slight bit of character development and some serious undertones.
Optimus actually fires AT humans (doesn't kill, but fires at!) and protects the family first, instead of Bumblebee handling that task. (As he usually does.)

If the positives have enough impact, if the story's stronger than it's predecessors, then this could be a fantastic film.

CarWrapKid wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:What if the guys behind Lockdown are Sweeps? Wasn't Cyclonus rumored to be in the movie?

As for Cyclonus, common belief is that that was a preliminary/misunderstood name for Galvatron.

Remember the CinemaCon description? There was a jet Transformer that came from Lockdown's ship and scooped Tessa and Optimus with a net. That could be Cyclonus or a possible drone that serves Lockdown. You are going to have to watch the movie to find out.

We dont have to to know Cyclonus is not in the movie


the name was used as a code name for Galvatron during the filming i was there and the only vehicle there that did not have the proper names were the black semi and there is no vehicle that cyclonus could be.

There was art drawn for the character and it was listed on a script on set (IIRC, ALONGSIDE Galvatron), which is where the original rumour/confirmation of the character came from - note that the Wikipedia editors thought it was legit enough to include that, and they refuse to even list characters based off toy sightings. Ofcourse, a lot can change in a year of editing, however I've got my money down that this is Cyclonus, and he transforms into a helicopter of some description.



The guy who in Payoff flips the cars at Bumblebee. I struggle to see Bay giving so much screen time to a fight between Bee and a random vehicon bot with no name, additionally it looks a lot like the art that was leaked for Cyclonus AND it's head design looks very similar to Starscream. I mean IDK guys, but my gut is telling me it is. I live to be proved wrong.

What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

Hound really loves to roll around.

sigh.


Im ok with the Lockdown voice, I guess. But I think it's a bit cliche (British accent = villain).

I still wish they had Lance Henriksen.

CarWrapKid wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:What if the guys behind Lockdown are Sweeps? Wasn't Cyclonus rumored to be in the movie?

As for Cyclonus, common belief is that that was a preliminary/misunderstood name for Galvatron.

Remember the CinemaCon description? There was a jet Transformer that came from Lockdown's ship and scooped Tessa and Optimus with a net. That could be Cyclonus or a possible drone that serves Lockdown. You are going to have to watch the movie to find out.

We dont have to to know Cyclonus is not in the movie


the name was used as a code name for Galvatron during the filming i was there and the only vehicle there that did not have the proper names were the black semi and there is no vehicle that cyclonus could be.

There was art drawn for the character and it was listed on a script on set (IIRC, ALONGSIDE Galvatron), which is where the original rumour/confirmation of the character came from - note that the Wikipedia editors thought it was legit enough to include that, and they refuse to even list characters based off toy sightings. Ofcourse, a lot can change in a year of editing, however I've got my money down that this is Cyclonus, and he transforms into a helicopter of some description.



The guy who in Payoff flips the cars at Bumblebee. I struggle to see Bay giving so much screen time to a fight between Bee and a random vehicon bot with no name, additionally it looks a lot like the art that was leaked for Cyclonus AND it's head design looks very similar to Starscream. I mean IDK guys, but my gut is telling me it is. I live to be proved wrong.

just an fyi.. the robot that is in that photo is hound.. you can tell by the gun, and the bars on his back.

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

CarWrapKid wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

You know what? That does look a hell of a lot like him. I hope that truly is Cyclonus. Maybe after Lockdown is "taken care of," maybe they'll introduce Unicron's minions or whatever and have the final few minutes of the movie have to do with building them up for the sequel. Kind of like the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

SlyTF1 wrote:You know what? That does look a hell of a lot like him. I hope that truly is Cyclonus. Maybe after Lockdown is "taken care of," maybe they'll introduce Unicron's minions or whatever and have the final few minutes of the movie have to do with building them up for the sequel. Kind of like the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

(From what we know) there are 2 "factions" of bad guys in this film's climax, the Vehicons made by humans, and Lockdown's henchmen. We obviously don't know if they're working together, or if Lockdown takes control of them, or why he is sucking up Hong Kong etc it's all relevant, BUT if I'm completely honest, that design does not look to me like Lockdown's buddies overall aesthetic. If anything it looks human-made. It's all smooth panels and army markings, original trilogy design where Lockdown&co are bars, green glow and spiky alien bits. BUT HEY, we find out in 11 days time!

P.S.

TimothyR wrote:just an fyi.. the robot that is in that photo is hound.. you can tell by the gun, and the bars on his back.

I hope you're right and that is Hound in that shot, it makes me feel slightly less embarrassed that the Cyclonus design is nothing like the original cap I posted.

SlyTF1 wrote:
You know what? That does look a hell of a lot like him. I hope that truly is Cyclonus. Maybe after Lockdown is "taken care of," maybe they'll introduce Unicron's minions or whatever and have the final few minutes of the movie have to do with building them up for the sequel. Kind of like the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

Rgardless, I would LOVE a toy of that CG model. I always like when a helicopter alt mode is attempted.

Anyone getting a TF:Prime vibe from this TVspot? We have the desert and 4 obviously color-coded bots; YellowBee, RedPrime, BlueNinjaDrift replacing Arcee and HugeGreenHound replacing Bulkhead. Minus Ratchet, of course.

guarayakha wrote:Anyone getting a TF:Prime vibe from this TVspot? We have the desert and 4 obviously color-coded bots; YellowBee, RedPrime, BlueNinjaDrift replacing Arcee and HugeGreenHound replacing Bulkhead. Minus Ratchet, of course.

"Colored-coded Good Guy Transformers in a desert" is a concept as old as G1.

If you want to single out their being a small ragtag bunch instead of a big unit, then that would make the concept as old as Beast Wars, instead.

Sabrblade wrote:

guarayakha wrote:Anyone getting a TF:Prime vibe from this TVspot? We have the desert and 4 obviously color-coded bots; YellowBee, RedPrime, BlueNinjaDrift replacing Arcee and HugeGreenHound replacing Bulkhead. Minus Ratchet, of course.

"Colored-coded Good Guy Transformers in a desert" is a concept as old as G1.

If you want to single out their being a small ragtag bunch instead of a big unit, then that would make the concept as old as Beast Wars, instead.

But taking the recency element into account, this is very Prime like as opposed to what we saw in the past 10 years. The inclusion of a Bulk Head like character also reinforces that element since a big green brute force character has been far more prominent as a core team member in recent TF shows like Animated and Prime.

Also, I really like that comment about how this is a redo of the first movie but with lessons learned (hopefully). This is pretty much the start of a new trilogy so it only makes sense that we retread certain things. If all goes well, we can have a discussion someday about which trilogy we should show our kids, like Star Wars fans do

SlyTF1 wrote:

CarWrapKid wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

You know what? That does look a hell of a lot like him. I hope that truly is Cyclonus. Maybe after Lockdown is "taken care of," maybe they'll introduce Unicron's minions or whatever and have the final few minutes of the movie have to do with building them up for the sequel. Kind of like the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

that is interesting design for cyclonus. i like it mostly except for the head. the head seems a little weird to me

dreadwing95 wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:

CarWrapKid wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

You know what? That does look a hell of a lot like him. I hope that truly is Cyclonus. Maybe after Lockdown is "taken care of," maybe they'll introduce Unicron's minions or whatever and have the final few minutes of the movie have to do with building them up for the sequel. Kind of like the Rhino in The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

that is interesting design for cyclonus. i like it mostly except for the head. the head seems a little weird to me

like to be proven wrong I doubt he will be called cyclonus saw some new bots in revenge of fallen never got toys of them or had names for find out when its released if he speask or just another drone

CarWrapKid wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

Those guys are vehicons too when optimus says sharge you can see grimlock bite on one making green stuff come out



It is not Cyclonus and that is a cgi model and that was never meant to turn into anything Nizzi just made that as how to make a transformer thing.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:New spot
with Lockdown

Are those Autobots comically dangling from Scorn?

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

CarWrapKid wrote:

Metro Prime wrote:What leaked art are you referring to, exactly?

http://www.thegnomonworkshop.com/store/product/540/#.U58FFvldV8E

It's from 2009 (ROTF concepts) but it's the concept art Nizzi did specifically for Cyclonus IIRC from his website, he was meant to transform into an Apache. Go ahead, google image Josh Nizzi, it's right there.







It's the exact same character, virtually unchanged. We've heard the character was in the script from a call sheet.

With hindsight I agree it looks different from the Starscream-dude shooting at Bee above, I just think it's weird that there's a Starscream lookalike fighting Bee. Perhaps there are even more new characters we haven't heard of (Thundercracker anyone?) OR, perhaps more probably, Bay is using the characters/designs but not giving them names. *shrug* I'm not grasping at straws here, it just seems probable to me and the image doesn't lie, that's the same bot that's in the concept art from 4 years ago. That's Cyclonus.

Those guys are vehicons too when optimus says sharge you can see grimlock bite on one making green stuff come out



It is not Cyclonus and that is a cgi model and that was never meant to turn into anything Nizzi just made that as how to make a transformer thing.

The guy Grimlock bit is a vehicon. That guy in the trailer looks nothing like a vehicon. He doesn't even look like he could transform into a car.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:It is not Cyclonus and that is a cgi model and that was never meant to turn into anything Nizzi just made that as how to make a transformer thing.

If he's that irrelevant, it's kindof funny how there is clearly a fight sequence between Bee and that Decepticon. Even in ROTF, the filler 'Cons that took longer than 3 seconds to die all had names (the Constructicon clones lol), plus we're getting Junkheap return (named) in TF4 and he had 3 seconds of screentime in DOTM.

Bear in mind that first and foremost, Josh Nizzi is a massive Transformers fan, he was creating TF robot designs before he got hired, that's why Bay snapped him up so fast for TF2. I'm fully aware that the design is from the tutorial DVD he put out, that's why I included the link in the OP. I can't pull the source, but wherever I first saw that image was an interview with Nizzi talking about his work and that image was referenced, it had one of those blurbs notes overlaid with his name, TF3 etc on it IIRC, with the name Cyclonus. Any photoshopper can slap that on the image, but it was with an interview, so... seemed legit to me. Ofcourse like I said, that's no guarantee that they use the name. It could just be a "drone" as was mentioned above, which would f*cking suck.

I'm just going to leave this thread here as well. Some people seem to think it's the same model that OP cuts in half when he jumps off Grimlock so it may just be a drone --
http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transform ... an-he.html



If that is the same bot, either OP kills him later in 2 seconds OR it's a drone. Having said that, supposedly there are multiple Stinger's, and we've just heard that the Trax drones are also a "character called Trax". Wouldn't be surprised if there are multiple "Cyclonus"'s.