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william-james88 wrote:

SnoopDawg wrote:

Kurona wrote:I relate to this picture as I, too, am a woman who would run at TLK Hot Rod ready to bludgeon them with an axe.

You do know that she is holding a cricket bat, not an axe ...

Her bat is made of crickets?

President-prime wrote:You guys know that Hot rod is meant to replace bumblebee, right. After this movie, bumblebee is torn up and will be missing in the next few tf movies, hence his own solo movie. Hot rod was originally meant to be in place of bumblebee. So expect more of him in future transformers movies

Alongside Mark Wahlberg’s salt-of-the-earth mechanic, Anthony Hopkins is joining the cast as Sir Edmund Burton, an astronomer who — with the help of Hot Rod — has tracked these long-forgotten connections to another scholar, Oxford professor of English literature Viviane Wembly (Laura Haddock, who played Star-Lord’s mother in Guardians of the Galaxy).

She has no idea she harbors a genetic secret that could destroy (or save) the world. “[The humans] are empowered in a way that is very different than we’ve experienced before and honestly, it’s not easy figuring out how to empower the six foot human versus the 35- or 45-foot robot,” says producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura.

In the image here, Wembly comes face to face with the longtime friend she didn’t even know she had — the Autobot covert agent Hot Rod. She’s freaked out — and not planning to go quietly.

Hot Rod has secretly been serving as her protector in the guise of her father’s 1963 Citroën DS.

“It’s a rickety old thing, but she can’t part with it because she adores it,” Haddock says of the vintage vehicle. “This car has actually been put there to watch her and feedback information to Anthony Hopkins’s character about what she’s up to and her life. So yeah, she gets kind of taken [by surprise] in a really funny, dramatic way by this Hot Rod.”

The revelation also reshapes how she viewed her dad. “She’s not had a very good relationship with her father, but this is one thing that her father has done that makes her realize that maybe he cared than she thought.”

karyuudo wrote:No one could possibly like him with that French accent. Horrible choice.

karyuudo wrote:No one could possibly like him with that French accent. Horrible choice.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like Hot Rod's robot mode, as much of it as I can see. I don't even mind the colors, though I wish there was more red and a lot less black. Also, I really don't like his alt mode, but considering his back story, it's acceptable. I just hope he does what Prime did in AoE and gets upgraded in the film.

EvasionModeBumblebee wrote:Hey guys, there's a red Optimus Prime statuette in with those TLK statues at Thailand comic-con. Think we'll see this red Optimus in the movie?

Deadput wrote:Here is a bigger image from EW's website.

william-james88 wrote:

karyuudo wrote:No one could possibly like him with that French accent. Horrible choice.

At least now we know why, he was originally a 1963 Citroën DS. So at least theres a theme kind of thing going on.

karyuudo wrote:Anyway knowing Bay's track record, he just name slaps Hasbro character names on whomever he pleases.

Deadput wrote:

karyuudo wrote:Anyway knowing Bay's track record, he just name slaps Hasbro character names on whomever he pleases.

He's not the one who gives them their names either.

You must really hate Rid Grimlock (both of them), Animated Prowl, most characters from the Unicron trilogy, and Prime Arcee and Prime Starscream.

karyuudo wrote:

Deadput wrote:

karyuudo wrote:Anyway knowing Bay's track record, he just name slaps Hasbro character names on whomever he pleases.

He's not the one who gives them their names either.

You must really hate Rid Grimlock (both of them), Animated Prowl, most characters from the Unicron trilogy, and Prime Arcee and Prime Starscream.

Well, let's look at the several names in his movies vs the toys.

Tank Decepticon = Devastator (Movie) / Brawl (Toy)
Autobot Scientist = Que (Movie) / Wheeljack (Toy)
Dinobot = Spike (Movie) / Scorn (Toy)

Either him or his writers are making the name changes here, not Hasbro (at least initially for the first movie since they had total control - not sure how much control he has now).

In regards to the hate for Rid Grimlock, if you're referring to the 2001 Grimlock then, yes, that will always be Build Hurricane in my eyes. Grimlock was a total name slap and Saban should be shot for doing a horrible translation / dub of Car Robots.

As far as the other series go, it depends on how the characters are portrayed on-screen.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like Hot Rod's robot mode, as much of it as I can see. I don't even mind the colors, though I wish there was more red and a lot less black. Also, I really don't like his alt mode, but considering his back story, it's acceptable. I just hope he does what Prime did in AoE and gets upgraded in the film.

TaraTech wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like Hot Rod's robot mode, as much of it as I can see. I don't even mind the colors, though I wish there was more red and a lot less black. Also, I really don't like his alt mode, but considering his back story, it's acceptable. I just hope he does what Prime did in AoE and gets upgraded in the film.

Prime and Bee may have done it on screen, but it seems that Hound, Drift, Megatron and others also rescan between movies. You'll be happy to know that while Hot Rod may be undercover as the Citroen DS, you can expect him to rescan as the Lamborghini Centenario, possibly to lend aid to his brother-in-arms in that London chase.