Well that was just a suggestion on my part, not saying it HAD to be that. But I still think "Rise" has been used a lot with franchise movies.ZeroWolf wrote:They probably wouldn't have gone with war of the beasts since they're likely going to just call the spin off movie, "Beast Wars" assuming it still happens. In fact, that's probably why they went with Rise. They're basically just signposting that these characters are getting their own thing.
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well that was just a suggestion on my part, not saying it HAD to be that. But I still think "Rise" has been used a lot with franchise movies.ZeroWolf wrote:They probably wouldn't have gone with war of the beasts since they're likely going to just call the spin off movie, "Beast Wars" assuming it still happens. In fact, that's probably why they went with Rise. They're basically just signposting that these characters are getting their own thing.
blackeyedprime wrote:For the movie title I'd have gone for Tansformers: Name Slap
As for something I'd like to see in the movie would be a terrorcon talking to their 'gun' or the 'gun' talking/influencing them/them seeming mad for it to later transform to megs or galvy. But much like with Bumblebee not actually using cassette bots in a retro movie with cassettes, it won't happen.
Might be cool visually if the trailer gets fan modded to dinobots instead of the beasts and Wheelie walking out of Jazz.
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:this is also the first film not to use ILM
-Kanrabat- wrote:Peter Dinklage as Scourge?
HOW DARE HE?
Scourge is not a Dwarf, he's a giant alien robot. Why can't they cast a giant alien robot in the role?
#giantrobotrepresentationmatter
Guillermo1790 wrote:Ignoring the obvious unfinished CGI, the character designs look AMAZING! Being a ¨Beast Wars¨ era kid, I think the Maximals look better than expected (Cheetor, I´m waiting for your figure).
I always find so weird that the so called ¨fans¨ tend to be the more judgmental with these movies, I know they could be better, but let´s be honest, without the movies, the Transformers lore in general wouldn´t be as big as it is.
(BTW, this is my first comment ever! Even though I´ve been on Seibertron.com for years now, Hi everyone)
Sabrblade wrote:The funny thing about the Maximals being human-sized instead of giant-sized, that's only ever been the case in just the original Beast Wars and Beast Machines cartoons (and their comic/prose spin-offs from BotCon, Dreamwave, and IDW). Virtually everything else they have ever appeared in has depicted them as giant-sized. Same with the Predacons.
The Japanese Beast Wars cartoons, Car Robots/RID 2001, RobotMasters, IDW1, the Prime Wars Trilogy, the War For Cybertron Trilogy, etc.
X3ROhour wrote:Guillermo1790 wrote:Ignoring the obvious unfinished CGI, the character designs look AMAZING! Being a ¨Beast Wars¨ era kid, I think the Maximals look better than expected (Cheetor, I´m waiting for your figure).
I always find so weird that the so called ¨fans¨ tend to be the more judgmental with these movies, I know they could be better, but let´s be honest, without the movies, the Transformers lore in general wouldn´t be as big as it is.
(BTW, this is my first comment ever! Even though I´ve been on Seibertron.com for years now, Hi everyone)
I'm buzzed for this film too!
The Bay films killed my expectations in the past,
but since BUMBLEBEE,
I have decided that I can feel hope and even JOY again for a Transformers film!
On top of that, like you, I am thrilled by the design so far.
They will clean it up and add some color, of course.
Just watch.
But most of all,
I love that they allowed PRIMAL to actually be bigger than PRIME!
Still hoping for Prime's rifle, though.
As far as I believe, Cybertronians can have both:
The difference being that the built in blaster draws from one's own reserves of Energon, while an external rifle would utilize its own ammunition.
For example, on TFP; BULKHEAD has his own blasters, but that doesn't stop him from picking up a rifle from Ultra Magnus's armory.
MaximalNui wrote:Between the cool transformations and the hologram stunt, Mirage is clearly the main spotlight og the trailer.
Also, funny how some fans keep saying "but Mirage had invisibility, Hound was the one with the holograms, this will only confuse fans!", yet nearly every reaction I saw that knows Transformer names immeadiately identifies Mirage once the hologram trick comes up . Plus, y'know, the bios by Budiansky said Mirage had illusions and Hound had holographic maps, so...
Interesting to note the "enemies from your past and your future" line. Are the Maximals time-travellers here as well, or somehow precognitive? Maybe this is what turns the film into a "true" reboot, somehow changing past events so the Bay films stop being in continuity?X3ROhour wrote:Guillermo1790 wrote:Ignoring the obvious unfinished CGI, the character designs look AMAZING! Being a ¨Beast Wars¨ era kid, I think the Maximals look better than expected (Cheetor, I´m waiting for your figure).
I always find so weird that the so called ¨fans¨ tend to be the more judgmental with these movies, I know they could be better, but let´s be honest, without the movies, the Transformers lore in general wouldn´t be as big as it is.
(BTW, this is my first comment ever! Even though I´ve been on Seibertron.com for years now, Hi everyone)
I'm buzzed for this film too!
The Bay films killed my expectations in the past,
but since BUMBLEBEE,
I have decided that I can feel hope and even JOY again for a Transformers film!
On top of that, like you, I am thrilled by the design so far.
They will clean it up and add some color, of course.
Just watch.
But most of all,
I love that they allowed PRIMAL to actually be bigger than PRIME!
Still hoping for Prime's rifle, though.
As far as I believe, Cybertronians can have both:
The difference being that the built in blaster draws from one's own reserves of Energon, while an external rifle would utilize its own ammunition.
For example, on TFP; BULKHEAD has his own blasters, but that doesn't stop him from picking up a rifle from Ultra Magnus's armory.
I'm also enjoying most of the designs so far (haven't seen enough of the Terrorcons to get an opinion). My only critique is that Primal's tranformation from gorilla to robot is too minimal, but that's a common issue with humanoid robots with ape modes; the body structure is too similar between both to make an involved transformation.
As for the weapons, I'd say external weaponry actually make far more sense from a safety/practicality point of view: they're easier to switch around and replace, don't use the bot's own resources for function or maintenance, and in case of malfunction or damage (particularly a blaster misfire) it's easier to avoid damaging the bot's own anatomy. I could see built-in weaponry being less of a widespread thing, either a characteristic of a Cybertronian subspecies or specialized military modifications, with the necessary secondary features to use them efficiently.
Frankly, I never understood why some people don't accept robots using handheld weaponry, just like I never understood "they turn into vehicles, why do they use spaceships?". I mean, we have legs; why don't we use them instead of cars and planes to travel within a continent?
“It’s been two years now — Anthony [Ramos, who plays the lead male role] and I talk about having this type of opportunity but also understanding it’s our time. For us to be in this position where we can tell a story about our culture, our people, and see ourselves portrayed on the big screen blending in with these vast genres is special. There are not too many people on the actor or director side to be in this position on this scale and scope, and we’re doing our best to carry this weight. No matter how many times [Anthony] and I look at each other on set, tired and all, we realize we’re able to do something special and for a reason. We created something special, and it feels great to be in this position — super honored and blessed.”
“The movie takes place in the 90s when the album Ready Or Die was released, so that’s why [Juicy] was the perfect record to choose. His voice and what he meant in that era and time captures much of what we’re doing in the film. Fishback, who originally is from Brooklyn — her character and Ramos's character have a lot of big dreams and hit glass ceilings but ultimately become the heroes saving the world discreetly as that’s how the Transformer laws are. You have these average folks transforming into something huge and special we didn't know existed, so the record was a right move — it was our anthem on set, so we played Biggie or Anthony was singing [The Tempations].”
In terms of how the seventh installment will elevate the franchise, Ramos feels the new characters, especially with Black and Brown people in leading roles, will play a factor.
“We have new elements and characters, with Black and Brown people in the lead roles,” he said.
“Things have expanded, and with me being from New York, where the story is set in Brooklyn, this feels like it’s for all my homies in the projects. [Steven] and the creative team allowed us to tell a story in a major franchise like [Transformers] in a part of New York that doesn’t always get highlighted in this kind of way. The series saw Shia LeBeouf and Mark Wahlberg as the lead, and now it’s me. It was Megan Fox, Nicola Peltz, and now Dominique. This film incorporates the Beast wars, the Terrorcons — it’s going crazy.”
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Big Grim wrote:So after the success of Bumblebee being about a robot and the girl that helps him, we're right back to "The Transformers" where the robots are background characters to the bloody humans. Ah well.
Still, if they can tell a decent story and have the Transformers front and centre with the humans, great. But how did they not hear the collective Transformers community say "We want more of the Cybertron segment of Bumblebee!"?
~ Grim
ZeroWolf wrote:Because that's getting its own spin off movie as a prequel. Hopefully showing shockwave's leadership of the cons in megs absence.
Cheetron wrote:I'm just waiting for the day when we have a transformer movie. No humans. Just giant robots.
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