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News Credits: 349 · by **Bed Bugs** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:59 am

Anime-expo.org has posted that their convention will also be getting an early showing of the Transformers Movie on July 2nd. So for anyone on the West Coast looking for a way to see the movie earlier, here is your chance.

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News Credits: 1 · by **mangatron** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 12:12 pm

Oh man even more reason to go to Anime Expo. Good thing I live in the area

by **Roboto750** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:32 pm

This makes no sense what so ever! It's an anime convention, not a film festival or a TF gathering of some sort! Yes, I know there fans of TF that go to those things (myself included), but this just cuts more ticket sales and cheapens the Botcon screening (even though it's still earlier) even more. Plus Botcon is a TRANSFORMERS convention, not a cover-all Sci-Fi or Anime convention, so it made sense and was special because of that. What's next, a screening of the TF movie at a My Little Pony Convention or a gun show?

by **Spoon** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:56 pm

Roboto750 wrote:This makes no sense what so ever! It's an anime convention, not a film festival or a TF gathering of some sort! Yes, I know there fans of TF that go to those things (myself included), but this just cuts more ticket sales and cheapens the Botcon screening (even though it's still earlier) even more. Plus Botcon is a TRANSFORMERS convention, not a cover-all Sci-Fi or Anime convention, so it made sense and was special because of that. What's next, a screening of the TF movie at a My Little Pony Convention or a gun show?

The latest transformer series (armada, energon etc) are all pretty much anime. So in a way it makes sense.

by **Roboto750** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:26 pm

Spoon wrote:
Roboto750 wrote:This makes no sense what so ever! It's an anime convention, not a film festival or a TF gathering of some sort! Yes, I know there fans of TF that go to those things (myself included), but this just cuts more ticket sales and cheapens the Botcon screening (even though it's still earlier) even more. Plus Botcon is a TRANSFORMERS convention, not a cover-all Sci-Fi or Anime convention, so it made sense and was special because of that. What's next, a screening of the TF movie at a My Little Pony Convention or a gun show?
The latest transformer series (armada, energon etc) are all pretty much anime. So in a way it makes sense.

Yes, but the movie isn't animated. Plus, it seems to feature more concepts and characters from the G1 series, which really isn't anime. Again, don't get me wrong, I do like anime.

All that aside, I just don't like the prescreening being done at another convention (in the US) besides Botcon. With the number of prescreenings going on, the Botcon one (which was one of the first announced) keeps seeming less "exclusive." Yes, it's before this one takes place, but it just seems cheapened to me.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 8:03 pm

If the July 2nd Opening is only for select locations, alot less people should feel upset about the integrity of opening day being the 4th.

News Credits: 1 · by **mangatron** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:47 pm

Roboto750 wrote:All that aside, I just don't like the prescreening being done at another convention (in the US) besides Botcon. With the number of prescreenings going on, the Botcon one (which was one of the first announced) keeps seeming less "exclusive." Yes, it's before this one takes place, but it just seems cheapened to me.

Isn't it that there are July 2nd showing's at 8PM? I don't see why an anime convention should get shafted from the fun.

Alot of people go to AX. Heck, thousands, with AX presumebly the biggest anime convention in the US. And people do go there. It makes sense to show the movie there because for example, you don't want half the people attending AX and half attending the movie showing, it would hurt both theaters and AX to not have a TF showing in AX.

Think about it this way, both AX and TF marketing win, rather than marketing get bloated and AX lose.

Good move by marketing (or whoever orchestrated this) :-P

by **Roboto750** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:52 pm

mangatron wrote:
Roboto750 wrote:All that aside, I just don't like the prescreening being done at another convention (in the US) besides Botcon. With the number of prescreenings going on, the Botcon one (which was one of the first announced) keeps seeming less "exclusive." Yes, it's before this one takes place, but it just seems cheapened to me.

Isn't it that there are July 2nd showing's at 8PM? I don't see why an anime convention should get shafted from the fun.

Alot of people go to AX. Heck, thousands, with AX presumebly the biggest anime convention in the US. And people do go there. It makes sense to show the movie there because for example, you don't want half the people attending AX and half attending the movie showing, it would hurt both theaters and AX to not have a TF showing in AX.

Think about it this way, both AX and TF marketing win, rather than marketing get bloated and AX lose.

Good move by marketing (or whoever orchestrated this)

Ah, we have a winner! ;)^

I forgot about the whole July 2 thing. I keep thinking 7-3-7, and that's about it. Kudos to you!

News Credits: 1 · by **mangatron** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 10:55 pm

Roboto750 wrote:
Ah, we have a winner!

I forgot about the whole July 2 thing. I keep thinking 7-3-7, and that's about it. Kudos to you!

Your welcome. Wait, are you saying....that if I hadn't mentioned the July 2nd opening,....you would've missed it?

I'm glad I told you lol :lol:

by **Roboto750** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:20 pm

mangatron wrote:
Roboto750 wrote:
Ah, we have a winner!

I forgot about the whole July 2 thing. I keep thinking 7-3-7, and that's about it. Kudos to you!

Your welcome. Wait, are you saying....that if I hadn't mentioned the July 2nd opening,....you would've missed it?

I'm glad I told you lol

Nah, I actually knew about the July 2 release date. I just didn't put 2 and 2 together (or really pay close attention to what date this screening was

). Oh well, teaches me to read and respond to a story at 1 AM! :oops:

News Credits: 1 · by **mangatron** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:23 am

Roboto750 wrote:Nah, I actually knew about the July 2 release date. I just didn't put 2 and 2 together (or really pay close attention to what date this screening was ). Oh well, teaches me to read and respond to a story at 1 AM!

1AM lol, goodnight dude

Speaking of AX, I wonder how do they plan to accommodate all the attendants. Hope it isn't like a drive-thru theater :lol: