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[o.supreme]

I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.

Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency. I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....

[Sabrblade]

I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.

Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency. I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....

I'm not seeing those kinds of characters in the trailer (and thank goodness for that). All I'm seeing are a bunch of adult-aged/minded characters living in a corrupt, oppressive society and trying to make the most of it or change it for the better.

The director admitted that he crammed as much humor into the trailer because of how real the actual movie itself gets.

[Sabrblade]

A wise person once said, "a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story."

[chuckdawg1999]

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

[Stormshot_Prime]

I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.

Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency. I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....

I'm not seeing those kinds of characters in the trailer (and thank goodness for that). All I'm seeing are a bunch of adult-aged/minded characters living in a corrupt, oppressive society and trying to make the most of it or change it for the better.

The director admitted that he crammed as much humor into the trailer because of how real the actual movie itself gets.

THIS right here is what got me even more hooked after seeing the trailer. The build-up of relationships is going to be huge in the tragic twist we all know is coming, characterization between the Cybertronian characters that we’ve never had in the movies before.

If I wanted some humorless TF media, all three seasons of WFC are right there, lmao.

I’m anticipating a scene like the finale of Autocracy, Megatron betraying Orion at the crux of their victory, only for him to return as Prime, the moment of the war kicking off proper.

[cloudballoon]

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

[-Kanrabat-]

Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie.

[Sabrblade]

Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie.

Captain America 3 was Civil War. It released years ago.

[-Kanrabat-]

Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie.

Captain America 3 was Civil War. It released years ago.

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE, 4.

You should have guessed that's what I meant, FFS.

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

One of my favorite childhood movie!

This is a good sign.

[chuckdawg1999]

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

[-Kanrabat-]

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

Those are the classic hurdles a movie or video game must face. But at least, this means that the chances for a GOOD movie are high. That's the only thing that matters.

Beside, some "bombs" turns into cult classics over the years, so, time will tell.

[snavej]

Meanwhile in the MCU:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment ... r-BB1ngPac

[cloudballoon]

It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

Ah, got it. Yeah... just caught up on a UHF retrospective on Youtube. It's just unfortunate that UHF was stacked against such strong (now classics) movies for bums-in-seats that year. But a good movie is a good movie. May not work for the studio financially, but it's no big lost for fans that can pick up the movie later.

With the write-off tax laws that Hollywood gets, even a bombed movie can worth something to Studios. So as much sympathy as I have for studios with good movies that bombed at the box office (currently Furiosa), as long as the studio survives, I'm not too concerned.

[Glyph]

Good news that it's testing well. Doesn't mean much either way for its chance of success, as others have said, but an indicator for general quality at least. Personally I'm expecting this to be enjoyable, relatively light, full of easter eggs, and a financial bomb because (a) it's releasing in September and (b) audiences will take it as a 'kid' / 'toy' movie rather than a stunts-n-explosions blockbuster.

Ah well. Still looking forward to it and I suspect it'll find its place in fandom overall.

[noctorro]

Grace Randalph. .... yeah... known for some really bad takes.

Anyway, I hope it's a good enjoyable movie, really hope so. TF5 and Rise of the Beasts was really putting the big screen bots in the grave.

Trailer's a bit overly comedy only but I also heard/read that it does have a serious tone. Hoping for a good/decent movie!

[Sabrblade]

Well, this sure sounds promising:

https://twitter.com/TomMCJL/status/1800271883356492003

#TransformersONE received a standing ovation at its surprise debut at the Annecy Film Festival.

There were multiple applause eruptions throughout the movie, getting rowdier & louder as it went on with the title itself being called an instant 'Hit', 'The Best Transformers Movie Yet' & 'Incredibly funny' with a 'great story' from those in attendance.

The story follows the fallout of Optimus Prime & Megatron on the brink of the War For Cybertron.

https://twitter.com/HollywoodHandle/status/1800245673872552109

‘TRANSFORMERS ONE’ receives a standing ovation during its screening today at Annecy.

A work-in-progress version of the film was shown.

(Via: https://www.thewrap.com/transformers-one-reactions-annecy/)

https://www.thewrap.com/transformers-one-reactions-annecy/

A work-in-progress premiere of the first fully animated “Transformers” movie since 1986 torn the house down.

On the second night of this year’s Annecy International Animation Film Festival, after an opening night that showcased the beautiful and brutal “The Most Precious of Cargoes,” the festival gave over to fun. In the same slot they previously premiered a work-in-progress print of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” Paramount debuted “Transformers One,” the first fully animated “Transformers” feature since 1986’s “Transformers: The Movie.” It played like gangbusters.

Josh Cooley, the former Pixar artist and director of the Oscar-winning “Toy Story 4,” introduced the movie after some preliminary words from Ramsey Naito, president of Paramount Animation. Cooley described the feeling of anticipation that goes along with giving someone a really cool present. He said he couldn’t wait for the Annecy audience to open that present, a love letter to “Transformers” of old and to animation in general. He thanked the amazing artists who worked on the film and the team at Industrial Light & Magic, who were responsible for the movie’s animation (ILM also provided the feature animation for “Ultraman: Rising,” which has its world premiere at the festival later this week).

“You are audience one,” Cooley said. Then the movie rolled.

It is exactly what it has been described as — an origin story for how two young robots (voiced by Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry) went from being besties to mortal enemies, ultimately known as Optimus Prime and Megatron. The animation style previewed in the early trailer; a kind of painterly, 1980s lunchbox aesthetic, is very much present in the final film — all vibrant colors and shiny surfaces. That’s pretty much all we can say without giving anything away. But that’s all you should know going into the movie, debuting theatrically in September. Whereas the original “Transformers: The Movie,” while enjoyable, was pretty much used to hard reset the lucrative toy line, which was cobbled together from existing Japanese toy lines and given a fresh coat of paint. The toys had been flagging, the movie was a way to rejuvenate the line (it didn’t work). The cynicism of the earlier animated feature has been replaced with something joyful, beautifully alive.

And that joy was very much felt in the biggest auditorium at Annecy. There were applause breaks several times throughout the movie, getting bigger and rowdier as the movie went on. It was punctuated at the end by a standing ovation for Cooley and his collaborators. What seemed at first like a polite response to the movie also swelled, going on for several minutes while Cooley bashfully took the praise (down the row from him was Jeff Rowe, director of “TMNT: Mutant Mayhem,” who received a similar response last year).

This was a project that had been in the works for at least a decade. Finally, in a sleepy town in France, it transformed into something real.

“Transformers One” hits theaters Sept. 20.

Also, the movie's banner has been revealed:
https://twitter.com/arun09345/status/1800274574665216347

Transformers One Banner Officially Released
#Transformers #TransformersOne

[william-james88]

Transformers One had its first screening in France at the Annecy Festival. While it did receive a standing ovation, that is a common occurrence in premier screenings in France, but fans there are giving us some tidbits that they can share. We will share those below but before we also have the runtime confirmed to be 94 minutes. Also, we learned that there are no pop songs in the film, it's all score.

Here are some points shared on Reddit.

- film is not shallow, it is instead best film of the franchise so far
- pacing is very quick
- no pop songs in the film
- a lot of cameos
- no time skips or flashbacks, easy film to follow
- Transformers we see the most are Orion Pax, D-16, B-127, Elita-1, Sentinel Prime (leader of Cybertron) and Airachnid
- film is unbelievable fun, amazing action packed and side-splittingly hilarious
- Rise of Orion to Optimus and fall of Megatron is handled as best as it could have been
- film is gorgeous
- voice acting is really good
- kinda between Lego movie and first Avengers movie, innocent on the surface but dar underneath
- a lot of G1 references

Also, a new poster was unveiled for this first screening, it shows Optimus and Megatron in their final forms in the film.

[-Kanrabat-]

This looks very, VERY promising.

And damn, having pop songs in the movie would have been very immersion-breaking. So I'm glad that the director decided to skip them, or he stood his grounds against corporate inference.

[AlexanderLuft]

That's really cool. I hope if we get to see Megatron's downfall we hear Instruments of Destruction like on a montage

[Dragonslayer]

I was pretty excited for this movie both as a Transformers fan and as a dad. I took my daughter to the theater for the first time last year to see The Super Mario Bros. Movie (the Dreamworks one, of course ) and she had an absolute blast and loved it. She got super psyched when I showed her the trailer for TF One.
All this positive press is extremely promising and getting me even more excited for it. I cannot wait!

[Quantum Surge]

"best film in the franchise so far" guess that means the 1986 movie isn't good anymore then lol

[-Kanrabat-]

"best film in the franchise so far" guess that means the 1986 movie isn't good anymore then lol

To be fair, the 1986 movie is pretty bad. The movie is awesome from the start until the final battle between Optimus and Megs. But once that battle is done, we're back to the regular Sunbow shenanigans.

[Glyph]

Anticipation cautiously building...

And damn, having pop songs in the movie would have been very immersion-breaking.

Yeah, imagine if the movie was in the middle of a pitched battle or something and a rock anthem suddenly started blaring out!

[Sabrblade]

Anticipation cautiously building...

And damn, having pop songs in the movie would have been very immersion-breaking.

Yeah, imagine if the movie was in the middle of a pitched battle or something and a rock anthem suddenly started blaring out!

Yeah, that took me by surprise. A Hollywood-made non-Disney family film in this day and age having no pop songs whatsoever is super rare.

[Rodimus Prime]

Yeah, I'm taking all that with a whole shaker of salt. I'm still going to see it, but I was hoping we would get a detailed view of life on Cybertron before things went bad, but if "the downfall of Megatron" is already included, it sounds like they're just rehashing the story in the same manner that's been done repeatedly. So my expectations are tempered. Still looks better than RoTB, but that not a high bar to clear.