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D-Maximal_Primal wrote:How the fandom treats that first 3 minutes is why Bee is my 2nd least favorite movie. It is really good, and i love Shatter and Dropkick, but the first 3 minutes ruined the fandom, and after a couple years the fandom finally ruined that movie for me thanks to that.
I get it. The movie is cool, but they way its praised online, can be off putting. I take a break from the online communities when I feel like this.
Silverwing wrote:Also, I feel compelled to give the obligatory: One for each year of the Movieverse's decade strong tenure. Here's to a few more explosive years!
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TulioDude wrote:
D-Maximal_Primal wrote:How the fandom treats that first 3 minutes is why Bee is my 2nd least favorite movie. It is really good, and i love Shatter and Dropkick, but the first 3 minutes ruined the fandom, and after a couple years the fandom finally ruined that movie for me thanks to that.
I get it. The movie is cool, but they way its praised online, can be off putting. I take a break from the online communities when I feel like this.
The easiest solution is to simply skip that opening Cybertron scene when watching the movie.
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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.'
On the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards an extended look at Transformers One was revealed. A special thanks to Pookah for letting us know that Chris Hemsworth, Bryan Tyree Henry, and Keegan-Michael Key introduced the extended look of Orion Pax, Elita-One, D-16, and B-127 exercising their new transformation cogs for the first time! If you are looking to catch the clip it aired around the 20 minute mark of the 2024 Kids Choice Awards, and Nickelodeon has the following clip available on their site.
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It's such a thing we take for granted, the ability to transform. But that first time...everyone is nervous their first time. It never goes the way you expect. Beast Machines focused on it to an extent, but that wasn't in the heat of battle. This scene makes total sense to me and it's humorous enough to entertain the kids. IF I'm not mistaken this is the first time we actually hear them referred to as "cogs", taking a page from TF: Prime's book.
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First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
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First-Aid wrote:and it's humorous enough to entertain the kids.
This is something I've seen a lot of people mention many times in many places. Why is humor considered "for kids"? Don't adult like to laugh too? All adult cartoons are bad sitcoms full of alleged "humor", so it would seem to be the case.
First-Aid wrote:IF I'm not mistaken this is the first time we actually hear them referred to as "cogs", taking a page from TF: Prime's book.
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.'
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twitchybristles wrote:Definitely looking forward to this. (Also thanking the Allspark that so far no one is voiced by Chris Pratt, lol.)
Just wait. The movie will come out we'll find out he's voicing Starscream, Hot Rod, Shockwave, Soundwave, Grimlock, and about seven other side characters.
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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.'
First-Aid wrote:and it's humorous enough to entertain the kids.
This is something I've seen a lot of people mention many times in many places. Why is humor considered "for kids"? Don't adult like to laugh too? All adult cartoons are bad sitcoms full of alleged "humor", so it would seem to be the case.
First-Aid wrote:IF I'm not mistaken this is the first time we actually hear them referred to as "cogs", taking a page from TF: Prime's book.
Keeping kids laughing is more important because they generally have a horrible ability to stay focused on something. Laughing for children is equated psychologically with something fun because for the most part that is what kids want. Adults...well, we can laugh at something but it isn't necessarily going to be fun. We also have a better ability to focus and tend to look for things more than just fun. There are thousands of pages here in this very forum about what is supposed to be fun and enjoyable- collecting something we love- yet there is whining, wailing, gnashing of teeth, and name calling. Adults look for things to be more complex. Kids...not so much so making them laugh keeps them having fun and resets that "focus" button because they think something just as fun might be coming.
As for the cog, I totally forgot about that because I am old as dirt.
It finally happened. The Chicago Cubs won the World Series. Yes, I cried.
-Kanrabat- wrote:
TF-fan kev777 wrote:
First-Aid wrote:Okay, did anyone else notice that we all get a wonderful shot of Starscreams crotch anytime he sits in that throne? That's unnerving. Couldn't they have put n extra flap in there? It's....weird.
Its kind of like Basic Instinct, but not in a good way...
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First-Aid wrote:Adults...well, we can laugh at something but it isn't necessarily going to be fun. We also have a better ability to focus and tend to look for things more than just fun. There are thousands of pages here in this very forum about what is supposed to be fun and enjoyable- collecting something we love- yet there is whining, wailing, gnashing of teeth, and name calling. Adults look for things to be more complex.
But we are geeks. We're not normal adults because we refused to grow up, refused to conform to what society has deemed appropriate for adults. We like fun, dagnabbit.
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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.'
The Transformers One marketing campaign is going into overdrive. We had the film's presence at the Kid Choice Awards and now we can view the transformation scene clip on its own. We also now have a TV Spot for the film found on Twitter. It gives us the best look yet at Megatron's tank mode, which was the one alt mode not seen properly in the debut trailer. Both clips/links can be seen below.
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william-james88 wrote:We also now have a TV Spot for the film found on Twitter.
It's on YouTube as well.
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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.'
I may not be excited about this as others might be. I still have issues with the voices and the lack of consistency in terms of characterization, but after watching that recent clip I've decided I will definitely give it a fairer chance than I've given the previous live-action films. I do expect there will be some changes I'm unhappy with, but I am okay and open to a different take now.
The first half of the 2024 box office has been incredibly underwhelming for the movie industry. Films could not even crack the 100M mark domestically for their opening weekend. However, with the summer season came two big hits and they both happen to be animated films.
We have Inside Out 2 from Disney and Despicable me 4 from Universal and both have been strong right out of the gate, with Inside Out 2 on its way to become the highest grossing animated (looking) film in history, and inside out 2 being on par with previous opening in its own franchise, showing that it has yet to reach franchise fatigue. None of these films were events, their advantage was simply that they were family oriented films of well known current brands/characters/franchises. They are also helped by their release schedule, where school is out and theatre chains show movies all through the week during the day, creating an easy air conditioned outing for families and daycares/daycamps.
Now, I mention all this just to show that in times where Hollywood is unsure what movies can be successes, big Animated films seem to be the way to go. And the next big animated film is none other than Transformers One, which is getting mentioned during analyses of the current box office landscape (an example of such time can be seen in the Youtube video below). Like with Inside Out and Despicable Me, Transformers is a well known brand that is still current and well known by kids and families (unlike, say, Garfield). The continued success of the Despicable Me / Minions franchise also proves that humor can be very marketable to those same groups, which was an element of the first Transformers One trailer heavily criticized by older fans online. All these points show that Paramount and Hasbro may have read the market correctly when choosing to go the animated route for their next big Transformers film.
Another point to consider is that both Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me are out concurrently and both are making money, even though they attract the same market. This proves that there is enough interest (and wealth) from families that two animated films can prosper and one won't take business from the other (at least not to a significant degree). That point is extremely important for Transformers One since it will be "competing" with the Wild Robot on its second week-end at the box office.
The biggest difference between Transformers One and Inside Out / Despicable Me, however, is the season it's releasing. By being in the fall, when school begins, there are no family outings during week-days and week-ends become busier for families. To take full advantage of the shifting movie market, the film should have released in August, as no other animated movie opens that month and it could have taken advantage of summer vacation.
So, to recap, what works in it's favor when looking at the current box office landscape is:
- targeting families (the most successful movie market of 2024) with animation and humor - being a well known current franchise
What might work against it:
- release date during school year
We'll see how much the box office for Transformers One differs from Inside Out 2 and Despicable Me 4 when September rolls around. It is currently slated for a September 20 release date in the US and other markets, though it is not opening everywhere on the globe concurrently.
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It also helps that the next most interesting movie out right now is Thelma. A couple of weeks ago when my wife and I were having date night, we looked to see if there was a movie worth seeing and it was just inside out 2 (we wanted to watch that with the kids not on date night). Does the fall have such a dearth of movies?
kurthy wrote:It also helps that the next most interesting movie out right now is Thelma. A couple of weeks ago when my wife and I were having date night, we looked to see if there was a movie worth seeing and it was just inside out 2 (we wanted to watch that with the kids not on date night). Does the fall have such a dearth of movies?
It would be a lot like now. Aside from the Wild Robot, which I addressed in the article, you'd have had Beetlegeuse Beetlegeuse two weeks before and Joker two weeks later, but that one is an R rated film. There's also Wolfs with Clooney and Pitt in there but that's an Apple streaming film being put on the big screen and those have never been popular. And then the only other big movie is Venom a month later.
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I so hope this Transformers movie is going to be good. Just fun and a competent story, not Mcmuffin hunting and everything else horrible.
The toys look promising. September right? It's almost time Transformers fans.
I just hope the Critical Drinker can be okay with it.
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Idk how true it will be in the movie being successful, but I have to give credit to William for not calling out prior movies (other than the 1986 movie) in the article because I honestly expected it to be the case before reading it.
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G1 Deadend, Wildrider, Breakdown w/Menasor fists, feet, waist, chest, mask, and weapons Nightmare Megatron with upgrade parts Cybertron Galvatron Hunter Shockwave ROTF Mindwipe, Lockdown Dr Wu Little Monster (ROTF Wheelie) Unique Toys Dumb and Dumber (MPM Twins) Reverse Convoy/Rebirth Megatron All HasLabs (except Omega Prime)
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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.'
With Transformers One being a general prequel to the brand, Paramount and Hasbro have chosen to spoil the third act in their latest trailers. It really seemed like the upcoming Transformers One film would be taking place predominantly before the war between Autobots and Decepticons, but the new trailers (one for domestic market, the other international) veers right into that conflict as being the culminating climax. The new trailer shows us a lot of Optimus Prime and Megatron, which is their third form in the film.
We also have new posters which you can see below. The movie has now been seen by more people and the embargo for reactions is now over, so we will be doing a write uo of how well this movie has been received as well. Stay tuned.
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Caught an advance screening of Transformers One and can confirm it is a DELIGHT. Absolutely tremendous fun, a wonderful love letter to the franchise and a stellar introduction for new fans! You guys are gonna LOVE it. Full review coming soonish!! Here's me getting punched by both of them
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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.'
Okay, this trailer is so much better than the first one shown and honestly does a way better job of showcasing the characters and showing their characterizations are both on point. I can definitely get behind this mow 110% and feel excited for it. Whatever trepidations and concerns I had are now gone thanks to this new trailer and the positive responses I have seen from others regarding this. So OK, now I am on board and sufficiently hyped.
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Many fans have been able to see a preview showings of Transformers One across the world (US, UK, Australia). Below are images of the various preview events along with reactions. And that includes Thew's!
Thew wrote:Caught an advance screening of TransformersOne with my mate Tom in tow and can confirm it is a DELIGHT. Absolutely tremendous fun, a wonderful love letter to the franchise and a stellar introduction for new fans! You guys are gonna LOVE it
Ugh, I wanna watch it again already. What a movie. Straight in as my fave of the 21st century TF movies. Brings the backstory and deep lore to life, has fun with it and puts on a show with real stakes, big emotions, and easter eggs galore. I need it on Blu-ray immediately cheers
Shadow25 wrote:Guys... it was fantastic. You're all gonna love it. This movie is a love letter to Transformers. It embraces and does right by its characters and all iterations of the franchise while carving its own path.
I can't wait for everyone to see it. I really think and hope this can be something that unites all fans of this franchise.
Matt Neglia wrote:I almost cannot believe I’m saying this, but TRANSFORMERS ONE is by far and away the best Transformers film to date. The trailers don’t do this justice. Rich in character & emotion with a deep reverence for the lore, it tells the origins of Optimus Prime and Megatron, tragically transforming once from brothers to enemies. Josh Cooley directed this animated film to perfection, down to the last comedic and action beat, all backed by an epic score & an excellent voice cast. One of the genuine surprises of the year for me
ItzPerka wrote:TransformersOne is the ultimate Transformers movie! I felt like I was a kid again watching this movie. This was a movie made for the fans. It doesn’t release until September 20th but definitely go watch it when it releases! Easily a 9/10!
Thembo wrote:Sooo I just got lucky enough to see transformersone a bit early and I say as a lifelong fan that this is the best on-screen Transformers since 1986. I can't spoil anything, but it's really really good! You can feel that it was made by fans, with love. Had a fantastic time!
LiamTCrowley wrote:Paramount showing TransformersOne screenings TWO MONTHS early is a massive vote of confidence and damn it is it justified. Engaging story, stunning visuals, legit laughs, AND some tear-jerking gravity? Come on. The best Transformers theatrical experience I’ve had. Massive W. I’ve long thought the Transformers lore was goofy - this movie slapped me in the face and told me to sit down and listen. was locked in on everything regarding the Primes, Cybertron, and exactly how this world works. made me want to become a diehard fan. Keegan-Michael Key steals the show as Bumblebee. multiple legitimate laugh out loud moments from him. ScarJo and Hemsworth are welcomed surges of charisma as well, and Jon Hamm crushed as Sentinel Prime
tiza wrote:I went into this movie no expectations. i was blown away. imo there is no critique from me. the relationship between orion pax & d-16 is just amazing. this is a dark movie. very emotional the scenes hit like crack. in other words…peak!
I'll probably wind up seeing it eventually, and everyone knows - the Reaper's judgement is what REALLY matters! . Though saying that it's 'better than the live action movies' isn't exactly shooting for the moon, is it? The Bayverse films aren't what you'd call shining examples of quality cinema....
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