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Sat Dec 06, 2014 2:39 pm

I know that the Dinobots didn't exactly have a lot of screen time in the movie but still what do you guys think of how they did turn out in the end.their designs and what may be their new backstory?

While I'm not too happy about their short screen time I did pretty much love the scenes that they're in. They were impressive they way they charged into the city near the end. I also dig their knight motiffs and from what we know so far they seem to be a new take on the Knights of Cybertron as well.

News Credits: 7 · Sat Dec 06, 2014 3:33 pm

Terrible.

They advertised the hell out of them, but they only show up for the last ~15 minutes in a 3 hour movie. They don't talk, don't have names, the backstory is a jumbled mess in a jumbled mess of a movie and added in long after I gave up on new plot points, and ultimately do nothing but give Optimus a ride. Really, they could've used (and may originally have done exactly that) just the "silver knight" upgraded Optimus for the Dinobot's parts.

And what was the point of the real dinosaurs, anyway? Organic Dinos --> Bombed by Creators --> "Transformium" Dinos... lost in the Arctic, was totally setting up for a Dinobot origin, but they didn't do anything with it and so all of that felt pointless.

The designs... meh. Too cheaty, spiky, and homogenous. Although Strafe and Scorn were kinda interesting, though not enough for me to grab their toys.

"Dinobot Charge" is alright, though, and Scorn's backflip-of-death was pretty amazing.
Oh, and I do love how the film was able to imply just how monstrously HUGE they were, at least in their introduction.

Sat Dec 06, 2014 7:41 pm

The Dinobots from what I've heard were actually put in at the last minute due to some reason I can't remember which explains why they didn't appear all that much. I've also heard that they'll play a larger role in the next film which if that's the case that'll be great.

I don't think the Dinobot's designs were all that homogenous at all since they actually have different design elements to them despite sharing the knight them they all have going for them. If there are designs I can think of that are indeed homogenous it would be the G1 Constructicons and to a certain extent G1 Snarl and Sludge in terms of head design. As for them being cheaty in a way they are but they aren't as much as AOE Optimus and Galvatron and they did translate to toys very well indeed.

Sun Dec 07, 2014 1:56 pm

I thought they turned out to be really amazing. They certainly didn't get a lot of screen time but for the last minute add on I think they got a lot of action. They all transformers at some point,they all battled deceptions,Grimlock and optimus disagreed as usual,Grimlock used his fire more than once so I was pleased. I would be happier if they had another dinobot like Snarl.

News Credits: 2 · Mon Dec 08, 2014 5:33 am

Although I wish they had alot more screen time, there's the next movie for that.

I love their design. I don't know why people are saying they're too spikey, all movieverse animal formers have had extra spikes and parts to them that are not on the real world animals. And I think it made them look more fearsome. I just hope they talk in the next one.

Loved their size, their power, their charge. I really want to see more.

And one thing I noticed last time I watched the film: When the Dinobots come out of the ship, Crosshairs states he aint getting involved in this, and then while Drift is saying his line, Crosshairs actually scurries backwards up the waterfall he's sitting on to get out of the way.

News Credits: 22 · Mon Dec 08, 2014 11:26 pm

Their design was pretty good. Character development? Non-existent. But that's nothing new. >:oP

I knew they were gonna be mistreated as soon as I saw Optimus swat Grimlock away like a fly in the 1st preview.

News Credits: 7 · Tue Dec 09, 2014 11:03 am

Its hard to have a final say,because it doesn't feel like we eard their full story.But as its stands, I though the Dinobots were pretty sweet.I loved their design:Unless its Beast Wars,Dinossaurs Transformers never looked realistic so I really liked the additions.In Robot mode I liked that they had an unifying theme besides being dinossaurs,Animated did that with the Caveman look,so I though the Knights look was great!
Age of Extinction is not a movie about the Dinobots,but that doesn't mean it was bad,and what they lack in screen time,they more than make up for it in intensity!

Sat Dec 13, 2014 3:22 pm

I think they were... Just OK. It's hard to beign to exicted about Autobot Heavy hitters, but despite some flavs in designs (Grimlock horns and Vampire-like fangs) they were funny to watch, and I quess that was what they were for. But I must agree:

I knew they were gonna be mistreated as soon as I saw Optimus swat Grimlock away like a fly in the 1st preview.

That propably was the worst thing that happened in enitre movie.

News Credits: 7 · Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:42 am

I dunno, I feel like Grimlock had that smack to the head coming for 30 years. I can easily imagine G1, FoC, and Animated Optimus getting into yet another heated argument with their respective Grimlocks, losing it and punching him to next week. Problem with AoE is that it treated Grimlock more as a beast needing to be tamed rather than a leader on Optimus' level with a completely different world view.

Mon Dec 15, 2014 4:53 pm

I can easily imagine G1, FoC, and Animated Optimus getting into yet another heated argument with their respective Grimlocks, losing it and punching him to next week.

Actually, I don't see anything spectacular in Grimlock fighting scenes. He was onwned easily by Optimus , then he was reduced to some king of horse. He mybe jawed few drones, but it's just not enough for a Legendary Cybertronian warrior of this size.

Good thing that he survived though.

News Credits: 22 · Tue Dec 16, 2014 11:17 am

I really hope their inclusion in AoE wasn't just harried fanservice, and they will be unseen in the next film. Their total mistreatment notwithstanding, they can still have good roles that turns then into the badasses they're supposed to be.

Sat Dec 20, 2014 8:43 pm

Rodimus Prime wrote:Their design was pretty good. Character development? Non-existent. But that's nothing new.
I knew they were gonna be mistreated as soon as I saw Optimus swat Grimlock away like a fly in the 1st preview.

I was so disappointed how easy it was for Optimus to whoop Grimlock. That scene turned out completely different than I expected. I didn't like how the Dinobots were handled whatsoever. I felt about the same when I finally got to see Devastator in the second movie. That was a let down too.

I thought the Dinobots' overall look was interesting though, and it was good to see them as enormous bots on the big screen.

News Credits: 1 · Sun Dec 21, 2014 11:39 pm

The Dinobots were a cool concept, but the execution could do with some refinement.

The fight between Grimlock and Optimus could have been used to give Grimlock more character. Grimlock is pretty much your typical sadistic but non-affiliated bruiser character (think Kenpachi from Bleach), so he'd probably enjoy the fight and grin or laugh whenever either he or OP land a hit on each other--you know, the thrill of the fight and all that. When OP finally manages to land a punch to his face, he gets angry and pounds the ground with his fist. OP asks him to accept defeat with honor, and Grimlock reluctantly transforms and allows OP to ride him.

The whole thing with OP taming Grimlock with a bitchslap and forcing him to concede...I don't know, it just doesn't work for me.

I mean, if Grimlock were so weak that he'd be sent tumbling end on end with one hit, he wouldn't be much help on the battlefield, wouldn't he?

News Credits: 22 · Mon Dec 22, 2014 6:56 am

I came across a Slog at Walmart yesterday.
After getting a good look at him, I think he's actually pretty cool, except for those dumbass spikes.
Why wasn't Slog in the movie, anyway?

Sun Jan 04, 2015 10:09 pm

Kinda useless and minor.
It's quite bad the dinobots only appeared in the ending, but they got a lot of promotion. For example, Grimlock roaring was seem in the trailer, Optimus hitting Grimlock was seem too. Plus they are too big.
I don't really want them to return in TF5

Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:38 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Terrible.

They advertised the hell out of them, but they only show up for the last ~15 minutes in a 3 hour movie. They don't talk, don't have names, the backstory is a jumbled mess in a jumbled mess of a movie and added in long after I gave up on new plot points, and ultimately do nothing but give Optimus a ride. Really, they could've used (and may originally have done exactly that) just the "silver knight" upgraded Optimus for the Dinobot's parts.

And what was the point of the real dinosaurs, anyway? Organic Dinos --> Bombed by Creators --> "Transformium" Dinos... lost in the Arctic, was totally setting up for a Dinobot origin, but they didn't do anything with it and so all of that felt pointless.

The designs... meh. Too cheaty, spiky, and homogenous. Although Strafe and Scorn were kinda interesting, though not enough for me to grab their toys.

"Dinobot Charge" is alright, though, and Scorn's backflip-of-death was pretty amazing.
Oh, and I do love how the film was able to imply just how monstrously HUGE they were, at least in their introduction.

I actually like their designs, but otherwise I could not have stated my thoughts any better. I'm not a Dinobot fan, and I don't really care if they show up in subsequent movies, and I'd honestly be surprised if they did given the total lack of movie to movie continuity. But all in all, they could have been an exciting addition, and they were just D.O.A. for me. The only design issue I have to be honest is Swoop (or whatever, you know who I'm talking about regardless) having two heads, not because it was different but because it didn't make much sense in the group. Extra spikes or whatnot on dinosaur robots isn't that much of a change, but why some dinosaur would just sprout an extra head when the others don't add limbs or anything and the robot itself isn't two headed, so there isn't a correlation between forms, is rather puzzling to me.
But again, it's a Transformers live action movie, so the actual robots clearly are less important than poopy humor and extra thin plots and terrible ad libb'd acting.

Mon Jan 26, 2015 3:45 pm

I already knew they were going to be in int but any other movie goer could have guessed pretty easily they were going to be in the movie because the back story mainly had to do with dinos. They at least did more damage than devastator

Mon Feb 09, 2015 8:21 pm

Noideaforaname wrote:Terrible.

They advertised the hell out of them, but they only show up for the last ~15 minutes in a 3 hour movie. They don't talk, don't have names, the backstory is a jumbled mess in a jumbled mess of a movie and added in long after I gave up on new plot points, and ultimately do nothing but give Optimus a ride. Really, they could've used (and may originally have done exactly that) just the "silver knight" upgraded Optimus for the Dinobot's parts.

And what was the point of the real dinosaurs, anyway? Organic Dinos --> Bombed by Creators --> "Transformium" Dinos... lost in the Arctic, was totally setting up for a Dinobot origin, but they didn't do anything with it and so all of that felt pointless.

The designs... meh. Too cheaty, spiky, and homogenous. Although Strafe and Scorn were kinda interesting, though not enough for me to grab their toys.

"Dinobot Charge" is alright, though, and Scorn's backflip-of-death was pretty amazing.
Oh, and I do love how the film was able to imply just how monstrously HUGE they were, at least in their introduction.

Except for the bit about the toys, this is my answer right here. Thier use in the film SUCKED. Three hours movie and they showed up in the last TWENTY minutes or so.

News Credits: 37 · Mon Feb 09, 2015 10:00 pm

I don't see how people can be disappointed with their role in the movie. In every trailer, the only Dinobots to make an appearance were Grimlock and Strafe. Minus a couple of TV spots. And they always showed the same shot of Bumblebee jumping into Strafe's feet, and literally about 4 or 5 shots of Grimlock, total. They weren't the focus of the movie's story, at all, so why anyone would expect them to be in the movie any longer than they were is beyond me. Hell, I'm surprised they got as much screen time as they did. They served their purpose, and kicked more ass than every Transformer in the first movie combined. They probably even had more screen time than every Transformer in that movie, combined.

Thu Feb 12, 2015 3:25 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:I don't see how people can be disappointed with their role in the movie. In every trailer, the only Dinobots to make an appearance were Grimlock and Strafe. Minus a couple of TV spots. And they always showed the same shot of Bumblebee jumping into Strafe's feet, and literally about 4 or 5 shots of Grimlock, total. They weren't the focus of the movie's story, at all, so why anyone would expect them to be in the movie any longer than they were is beyond me. Hell, I'm surprised they got as much screen time as they did. They served their purpose, and kicked more ass than every Transformer in the first movie combined. They probably even had more screen time than every Transformer in that movie, combined.

Considering a LARGE chunk of the advertising/media was about the Dinobots showing up, maybe more than twenty minutes at the end of a three-hour long slog of crap?

Because AOE makes me appreciate the 1986 movie more, and that takes some doing.

News Credits: 37 · Fri Feb 13, 2015 2:51 pm

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:I don't see how people can be disappointed with their role in the movie. In every trailer, the only Dinobots to make an appearance were Grimlock and Strafe. Minus a couple of TV spots. And they always showed the same shot of Bumblebee jumping into Strafe's feet, and literally about 4 or 5 shots of Grimlock, total. They weren't the focus of the movie's story, at all, so why anyone would expect them to be in the movie any longer than they were is beyond me. Hell, I'm surprised they got as much screen time as they did. They served their purpose, and kicked more ass than every Transformer in the first movie combined. They probably even had more screen time than every Transformer in that movie, combined.

Considering a LARGE chunk of the advertising/media was about the Dinobots showing up, maybe more than twenty minutes at the end of a three-hour long slog of crap?

Because AOE makes me appreciate the 1986 movie more, and that takes some doing.

They showed up, didn't they? It doesn't matter how damn long they were there. Be glad they showed up at all.

News Credits: 13 · Fri Feb 13, 2015 8:16 pm

SlyTF1 wrote:They showed up, didn't they? It doesn't matter how damn long they were there. Be glad they showed up at all.

That's something Michael Bay would say.

Fri Feb 13, 2015 10:52 pm

The Dinobots were awesome to see,but the short screen time sucked. I thought optimus owning Grimlock was great,being Prime IS the Prime.I didn't feel it made my opinion on Grimlocks strength any less.

News Credits: 37 · Sat Feb 14, 2015 12:28 am

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:They showed up, didn't they? It doesn't matter how damn long they were there. Be glad they showed up at all.

That's something Michael Bay would say.

Because it's the truth.

News Credits: 1 · Sat Feb 14, 2015 3:05 am

SlyTF1 wrote:
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:They showed up, didn't they? It doesn't matter how damn long they were there. Be glad they showed up at all.

That's something Michael Bay would say.

Because it's the truth.

Saying that people should be happy about something and then telling people it is the truth is something Kim Jong Un would say.