decepticonjon wrote:Tazirai wrote:It wouldnt have worked well.
just playing devil's advocate.. but why? i keep hearing it wouldn't of worked.. but why? honestly?
No problem.
My opinion only: Based on knowledge of real world robotics.
There have never just been "Boxy" Transformers. There have been all shapes and designs. People Equate Boxy with Robot. that isn't accurate in the real world.
Here's an example of a Boxy Real world robot. It's box like internal Workings are that way simply, because robotics is still in it's infancy on This Planet.
Once we get to the point where we can simulate a human skeletal structure, The boxy like designs will be gone. Robots on a real world level come in all forms and shapes. From Boxes to spider like beings.
Notice the shape of this robot. It's not box shaped like the leg above, it's transitioning to a more organic look.
Kinda like how people hated the designs from the 1986 movie, over the normal cartoon series.
Hot rod had more curves and less angles, than did most of the Ark Autobots.
Robots will eventually evolve to have less boxes, to more curved structures. Curved allows entry to places in accessible to box shapes, this is important for exploration.
the Transformers in this movie, I believe weren't designed to be boxy, not because of negative fan reaction. But to make sense out of their ability to transform.
lets take a look at two robots. movie bumblebee versus this Nissan robot.
Heres the Nissan robot. it looks like it can change into "something. it has a nice sexy curved body, it's also In the vein of G1 post movie style. But if it transformered, where do the parts go? I see wheels , a solid calf, solid legs. Arms that dont provide Bending appendages. A non transitional upper torso, meaning no intermediate modes. Basically it looks G1'ish. It would look GREAT onscreen, but not as a Transformer.
Now to Bumblebee. The pic is too big to post so heres the link instead.
http://www.seibertron.com/images/galler ... G_1099.jpg
You can see that he has MANY transitional parts to him. You can tell he can change into something. POSSIBLY MANY THINGS.
He's not limited by his own body to do things. In a sense he makes sense. Facial features aside. His body is more endo-skeleton, than heavily armored mechanoid. He has armor on the parts that matter. Other places are less armored, yet allow him flexibility and Humanoid movement.
I liek the new designs, faces are something different. Some work some don't, it may be color issues. But As a student of robotics, even our primitive stuff. I can see the beauty in a cybertronian form. Even my own robot below is a G1-movie Hybrid.
Now THAT woulda been nice. Hybrid styles.
