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Delicon wrote:with the classic characters looking like the classic characters and then go from there.
william-james88 wrote:Delicon wrote:with the classic characters looking like the classic characters and then go from there.
There is a major issue with that when you do live action. Smooth and blocky surfaces are hard to animate, light and most of all give sense of scale.
The movie designs werent overly complicated for the hell of it, they were there so that light could bounce off as many surfaces as possible, giving you,the viewer, the illusion that Optimus Prime was truly sharing the same space as the surounding live action environment.
I am not saying they cant look better than what we have gotten, they certainly can. But they will never have their classic looks in live action. Doesnt have to be bad though, Live Action Jungle Book's Baloo didnt look like animated Baloo and it still worked out ok.
william-james88 wrote:Delicon wrote:with the classic characters looking like the classic characters and then go from there.
There is a major issue with that when you do live action. Smooth and blocky surfaces are hard to animate, light and most of all give sense of scale.
The movie designs werent overly complicated for the hell of it, they were there so that light could bounce off as many surfaces as possible, giving you,the viewer, the illusion that Optimus Prime was truly sharing the same space as the surounding live action environment.
I am not saying they cant look better than what we have gotten, they certainly can. But they will never have their classic looks in live action. Doesnt have to be bad though, Live Action Jungle Book's Baloo didnt look like animated Baloo and it still worked out ok.
william-james88 wrote:Delicon wrote:with the classic characters looking like the classic characters and then go from there.
There is a major issue with that when you do live action. Smooth and blocky surfaces are hard to animate, light and most of all give sense of scale.
The movie designs werent overly complicated for the hell of it, they were there so that light could bounce off as many surfaces as possible, giving you,the viewer, the illusion that Optimus Prime was truly sharing the same space as the surounding live action environment.
I am not saying they cant look better than what we have gotten, they certainly can. But they will never have their classic looks in live action. Doesnt have to be bad though, Live Action Jungle Book's Baloo didnt look like animated Baloo and it still worked out ok.
Munkky wrote:It is a shame we're not getting TF6 (7?) any more, it would've been great to see Cogman and Hot Rod again, and that Unicron plot will now go unresolved. That being said, this series had to end sooner or later, and a reboot will probably be for the best. Unlike others in this fandom however, I hope Hasbro and Paramount don't immediately rush to churn out the reboot. The Transformers films should have a long break after Bumblebee, probably around seven or eight years, Hasbro can focus on their other properties in the mean time. Who knows? Dungeons and Dragons or Micronauts could be huge hits and spawn a bunch of sequels like Transformers did.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Delicon wrote:william-james88 wrote:Delicon wrote:with the classic characters looking like the classic characters and then go from there.
There is a major issue with that when you do live action. Smooth and blocky surfaces are hard to animate, light and most of all give sense of scale.
The movie designs werent overly complicated for the hell of it, they were there so that light could bounce off as many surfaces as possible, giving you,the viewer, the illusion that Optimus Prime was truly sharing the same space as the surounding live action environment.
I am not saying they cant look better than what we have gotten, they certainly can. But they will never have their classic looks in live action. Doesnt have to be bad though, Live Action Jungle Book's Baloo didnt look like animated Baloo and it still worked out ok.
I think that there is a happy medium which they never tried to find. They could have at least kept familiar color schemes and character traits. At least the first movie stayed pretty close with the Autobot personalities. After that, they just didn't seem to give a crap.
DeathReviews wrote:The Transformers were supposed to be the stars of the show, but instead they became caricature sounding boards for the human characters to bounce lines off of.
Octobotimus wrote:Yay i'll grow old and probably die before i see another movie on the big screen..... how exciting..... seriously tho now its back to the dark age where there'll be no movie toys but instead the very "meh" generations line..... this is going to be a very bad time for toys....
Skritz wrote:Octobotimus wrote:Yay i'll grow old and probably die before i see another movie on the big screen..... how exciting..... seriously tho now its back to the dark age where there'll be no movie toys but instead the very "meh" generations line..... this is going to be a very bad time for toys....
You call a line that gave us updated Headmasters 'meh'? You must be a very hard-to-please man.
Skritz wrote:Octobotimus wrote:Yay i'll grow old and probably die before i see another movie on the big screen..... how exciting..... seriously tho now its back to the dark age where there'll be no movie toys but instead the very "meh" generations line..... this is going to be a very bad time for toys....
You call a line that gave us updated Headmasters 'meh'? You must be a very hard-to-please man.
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Octobotimus wrote:Yay i'll grow old and probably die before i see another movie on the big screen..... how exciting..... seriously tho now its back to the dark age where there'll be no movie toys but instead the very "meh" generations line..... this is going to be a very bad time for toys....
william-james88 wrote:If ever Sabrblade decides to go on vacation, I am glad to know we can rely on you.
Burn wrote:I started reading this thread before I had to go offline, I think I made it through the first page. What I read, there are some I agree with.
This decision ... good and bad. To me, Age of Extinction did a LOT of damage that hurt The Last Knight. It didn't have an impact like it should have, and I believe that was because of AoE.
After watching it, the general movie going public (the ones that REALLY bring the money in, NOT the fanbase) were put off, and a lot probably didn't even bother with TLK.
Add to that, the general movie going public are getting tired of these types of movies. The Marvel Cinematic Universe, as awesome as it is (IMO), is starting to lose the interest of the general movie going public (though I do hope Black Panther performs well), plus various other superhero movies ... people are starting to want something different.
That's why rebooting is a terrible idea. It's been 10 years. TEN YEARS. Did they not look at Sony and their reboot of Spider-Man and how those two movies bombed? Rebooting will not help the Transformers movie franchise, people will just say "this crap again?". Lumping it with their other brands is just making things worse.
This was not a good decision, anyone getting excited for it, especially those who are wanting a G1 look, you're going to be disappointed. Set your expectations low.
Burn wrote:This was not a good decision, anyone getting excited for it, especially those who are wanting a G1 look, you're going to be disappointed. Set your expectations low.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
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