Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon?
Friday, February 18th, 2011 10:08pm CST
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Thanks for Seibertron.com member whipslash for letting us know about a very interesting picture that's surfaced over at the Transformers Live Action Movie Blog site. According to their latest post, the new image, supposedly captured from a scene in Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon, reveals what could be a very exciting new Decepticon cast member: the triple changer Blitzwing. In the picture, we see what appears to be a robot similar in style to the other movie characters visible parts from both a jet fighter and a tank. Of course, this news is completely unconfirmed so it's definitely one for the rumor mill. But with Michael Bay promising to go out big with this film, this could definitely be true. When we know more, we'll let you know.
The image is mirrored below. To see the original post, click HERE.
The image is mirrored below. To see the original post, click HERE.
Credit(s): whipslash, Transformers Live Action Movie Blog
This article was last modified on Friday, February 18th, 2011 11:03pm CST
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Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183967)
Posted by frenzyXprime on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:13pm CST
Posted by frenzyXprime on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:13pm CST
Mixmaster was a triple changer, was he not? Robot mode, truck mode, and cannon mode.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183969)
Posted by Jazz-1982 on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:15pm CST
Posted by Jazz-1982 on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:15pm CST
Hope this rumour is true!
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183976)
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:24pm CST
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:24pm CST
Oh lord, not a desert again...
Bits and pieces look kinda familiar. Like the upper arms are very similar to the recent Hailstorm/Mindset toy. The lower arms, head, and even the wings particularly look 'borrowed', but I can't remember from who.
While I'm not getting my hopes up, I REALLY would like to see some more new Decepticon characters in this movie.
Bits and pieces look kinda familiar. Like the upper arms are very similar to the recent Hailstorm/Mindset toy. The lower arms, head, and even the wings particularly look 'borrowed', but I can't remember from who.
While I'm not getting my hopes up, I REALLY would like to see some more new Decepticon characters in this movie.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183982)
Posted by DevastaTTor on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:30pm CST
Oh yeah, I forgot about that cannon thing. I stand corrected.
Posted by DevastaTTor on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:30pm CST
frenzyXprime wrote:Mixmaster was a triple changer, was he not? Robot mode, truck mode, and cannon mode.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that cannon thing. I stand corrected.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183990)
Posted by Optillamanus on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:40pm CST
Posted by Optillamanus on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:40pm CST
I don't buy it. Way too skinny to be both a tank and a jet. Remember that really convincing Wheeljack that turned up a while back?http://media.photobucket.com/image/movie+wheeljack+/Zaraxion1021/Transformers%2520Movie/MovieWheeljack.jpg
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183991)
Posted by Mindmaster on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:44pm CST
Posted by Mindmaster on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:44pm CST
Is it Blitzwing? No. As a matter of fact, looks like it's a fake to me. I wanna believe it's the real deal, and we're taking a glimpse at Movie Blitzwing, but it's gonna take more than this to make me believe in fairies... did I say that out loud? I meant Blitzwing. Not that I believe in Tinker Bell... ![:-s]( "Worried")
![:lol:]( "Laughing")
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1183995)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:51pm CST
What do you have against deserts?![:evil:]( "Evil or Very Mad")
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 18th, 2011 @ 10:51pm CST
Noideaforaname wrote:Oh lord, not a desert again...
What do you have against deserts?
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184005)
Posted by juxtapose519 on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:05pm CST
Posted by juxtapose519 on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:05pm CST
Who cares which triple-changer it is? Michael Bay will find a way to screw it up anyways. He had his chance to appeal to the average Transformer's fan's sensibilities, and RotF still sucked. Way to go Mike, you can't even revamp an already popular franchise properly. Just give up now.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184007)
Posted by T-Macksimus on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:11pm CST
Posted by T-Macksimus on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:11pm CST
IF this picture turns out to be legit, and that is still a big IF regardless of it's source at this point, don't expect much beyond a single scene with this guy in it. They may have had a bigger budget and more time to work within for TF3 but there is also a lot more stuff to pack into the final installment so don't get your hopes up for anything beyond a 5 second cameo from any of the peripheral characters. It sucks because I want for this to be something more than just a rumor. I almost had a nerdgasm at the thought of Blitzwing having appreciable screen time but we have to be realistic in our expectations.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184015)
Posted by guarayakha on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:26pm CST
Posted by guarayakha on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:26pm CST
Looks great, but at the same time too polygonal and simplistic to be a Bayformer. Probably character from the DOTM game though.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184021)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:42pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 18th, 2011 @ 11:42pm CST
was only a matter of time until they added a triple changer, as bayformers go it doesnt look to bad from that angle. There need to be more triple changers, every toy line and show should have at least 1 or 2 and have them be real triple changers not that half/miss-transformed crap they try and pass off with straxus and ROTF soundwave a real triple changer like classics astrotrain.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184026)
Posted by Ultra Markus on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:40am CST
Posted by Ultra Markus on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:40am CST
That's great but it would be greater to have springer also
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184027)
Posted by FflawSuperior on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:44am CST
Posted by FflawSuperior on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:44am CST
Looks a lot more like Hailstorm without his rocket thingies defeating a jet - Those jet wings do not really look attached to the robot, but looks like he's "breaking through" a jet, and it's passing over his back.
I'd like to see either bot really.
I'd like to see either bot really.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184034)
Posted by Dr. Caelus on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:57am CST
Posted by Dr. Caelus on February 19th, 2011 @ 12:57am CST
Honestly, what makes me most skeptical is how much he looks like his G1 self. The tracks and wings are in the right place and the wings have the same silhouette as G1 Blitzwing's MiG-25 alternate mode.
Unfortunate that it's probably fake, since he'd work really well in the movie. He'd make a good bit of muscle to back up Shockwave's appearance, and his air-to-ground-to-air would not only look good on screen, it would counter Optimus's own abilities neatly.
Also, ROTF Megatron was kind of a spaceship/tank triple-changer, although we never got a clear enough look at him in either form to tell if there was actually any distinction.
Unfortunate that it's probably fake, since he'd work really well in the movie. He'd make a good bit of muscle to back up Shockwave's appearance, and his air-to-ground-to-air would not only look good on screen, it would counter Optimus's own abilities neatly.
DevastaTTor wrote:frenzyXprime wrote:Mixmaster was a triple changer, was he not? Robot mode, truck mode, and cannon mode.
Oh yeah, I forgot about that cannon thing. I stand corrected.
Also, ROTF Megatron was kind of a spaceship/tank triple-changer, although we never got a clear enough look at him in either form to tell if there was actually any distinction.
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184035)
Posted by rpetras on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:01am CST
Totally agree!
If it IS from the bay film, and it is a triple changer that looks like that, he'll be called "Bruticus"![:roll:]( "Rolling Eyes")
Posted by rpetras on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:01am CST
Caelus wrote:Honestly, what makes me most skeptical is how much he looks like his G1 self. The tracks and wings are in the right place and the wings have the same silhouette as G1 Blitzwing's MiG-25 alternate mode.
Totally agree!
If it IS from the bay film, and it is a triple changer that looks like that, he'll be called "Bruticus"
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184042)
Posted by synthetik on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:23am CST
Posted by synthetik on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:23am CST
This is amazing news BUT hopefully it's not going to be a two minute cameo.
BUT, who am I kidding? Bayformers, ahahaha...
BUT, who am I kidding? Bayformers, ahahaha...
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184046)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:28am CST
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:28am CST
I love the idea, trust me, but I'm a little hesitant to believe that he'd be cool enough to give us something like this. For all we know that's a jet-bot ripping up a tank or a tank-bot ripping up a jet, or just jet or tank parts flying by as debris. Still though, that would be so effing awesome! ![:KREMZEEK:]( "Kremzeek")
![:CON:]( "Decepticon")
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184050)
Posted by Joshua Vallse on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:34am CST
Posted by Joshua Vallse on February 19th, 2011 @ 1:34am CST
I call hoax. A rather good one mind you, but still a hoax.
The Bot just doesn't seem to follow the same design pattern that all the bots over the previous two films seem to follow. Even Jetfire, whom turned out to be a Nursing Home Bot, had more meat on him..and he had a bloody cane.
Unless it is just a two second shot, then it wouldn't really matter. Figure he's on the ground, fire cannon, jumps in the air, shoot rocket, blows up...use explosion and scrap shower to X-disolve to the next shot of Optimus cutting something in half.
End Scene
The Bot just doesn't seem to follow the same design pattern that all the bots over the previous two films seem to follow. Even Jetfire, whom turned out to be a Nursing Home Bot, had more meat on him..and he had a bloody cane.
Unless it is just a two second shot, then it wouldn't really matter. Figure he's on the ground, fire cannon, jumps in the air, shoot rocket, blows up...use explosion and scrap shower to X-disolve to the next shot of Optimus cutting something in half.
End Scene
Re: Is A Familiar Triple Changer Appearing In TF3: Dark of the Moon? (1184074)
Posted by whipslash on February 19th, 2011 @ 5:10am CST
Posted by whipslash on February 19th, 2011 @ 5:10am CST
Good shout 5150 Cruiser, looks to be the 'Typhoon' euro fighter, man them things can manouver in the air.
If this indeed genuine, i think he may be mid transformation.
Now if it is fake, why such an obscure view of a bot, the wheeljack fake someone mentioned gives you a clear frontal view, this pic makes me feel like hes standing/landing on top of me, oblivious to the insignificant fleshling hes about to squish.
If this indeed genuine, i think he may be mid transformation.
Now if it is fake, why such an obscure view of a bot, the wheeljack fake someone mentioned gives you a clear frontal view, this pic makes me feel like hes standing/landing on top of me, oblivious to the insignificant fleshling hes about to squish.
