Kids Explain Transformers: The Last Knight Promotional Clips

Feels really odd for kids to be describing these movies, considering their content...

Haha

These are very cute and having Prime dub them makes them funnier.

Kurona wrote:Feels really odd for kids to be describing these movies, considering their content...

Why would that be strange? A lot of us kids of the 80s watched movies that were totally not meant for kids like Aliens, Terminator, RoboCop and such. Hell, they even had toy lines for some of them back then.

I kinda love ock stimus prime!

Kurona wrote:Feels really odd for kids to be describing these movies, considering their content...

Odder than grown men playing with toys? Lol

Seriously though who cares. The movies are fun, I grew up watching late 80s early 90s horror movies. They're action films, not porn, it's not that odd. My sister was 6 when the first one came out and its her favorite movie she's grown up on them.

This is the first time we've had content like this with kids promoting a TF movie. I'm honestly thinking that promotions like this, plus the inclusion of an actual teen character, and Squeeks makes me think they are actually aiming for a slightly younger demo with this film.

One of the things I liked about AoE is that is cut back the gutter humor somewhat, if this 5th film continues that trend I'm all for it honestly.

I just hope SJW don't go all PC and say the way the last girl spoke and was dubbed over is insensitive, or promotes stereotypes etc...

o.supreme wrote:This is the first time we've had content like this with kids promoting a TF movie. I'm honestly thinking that promotions like this, plus the inclusion of an actual teen character, and Squeeks makes me think they are actually aiming for a slightly younger demo with this film.

One of the things I liked about AoE is that is cut back the gutter humor somewhat, if this 5th film continues that trend I'm all for it honestly.

I just hope SJW don't go all PC and say the way the last girl spoke and was dubbed over is insensitive, stereotypical etc...

Totally agree. I don't mind the movies, I appreciate them for what they are and what they do and they grow the brand but I do wish they were aimed more toward a younger audience. I want a transformers movie that I could introduce to my kids like how I was introduced. This move feels like they are trying to go that way a little and I like it

Only thing that ever really bothered me was in DOTM when people were getting vaporized and turned into skeletons. That kinda messed me up. I don't wanna see the franchise that has been with me all my life showing that stuff.

Now I've finally had the chance to watch these... this is hilarious and cute Fair props; the marketing for this movie has been pretty fun.

Kurona wrote:Feels really odd for kids to be describing these movies, considering their content...

Well if the imax footage and AOE are anything to go by the movies "humor" is toned down a bit compared to the first three movies.

Plus my generation and newer generations of kids swear every single day for no good reason and act pretty questionably they swear so much so that I've been starting to swear sometimes when I did not previously I mean it's kinda something when I only started to swear at 16 years old and that was only a few years ago.

Anyways the Bay humor is a bit less worse then say the unrestricted access kids have to Facebook, Twitter, Youtube (Jesus the comments), among other websites parents don't restrict I'm sure most of us can see that the world's sense of respect and manners is disappearing thanks to media and the rude people around them.

Sorry if this is off topic mods I'll edit the comment if it is.

Kids Explain is a YouTube thing. It has very little to do with kids as audience.
The marketing team are tapping into What is Popular.

You know who I'd like to see in TLK? Even if it would only be a cameo... Cosmos would be nice. It would fit in with the idea of "earth's hidden history of transformers", if he was supposedly the basis of a lot of UFO sightings. I don't think the guy that turns into an awesome little flying saucer gets enough attention.

breacher wrote:You know who I'd like to see in TLK? Even if it would only be a cameo... Cosmos would be nice. It would fit in with the idea of "earth's hidden history of transformers", if he was supposedly the basis of a lot of UFO sightings. I don't think the guy that turns into an awesome little flying saucer gets enough attention.

This film is already stuffed enough as it is with the Autobots which would make cosmos if he would be anything like his G1 version a bit meaningless.

Optimus, Bee, Crosshairs, Drift, Hound, Wheelie, Grimlock, Slug and maybe Strafe and Scorn return in this movie heck maybe Brains returns too since he was shown alive and well in AOE and is Wheelie's buddy.

And then for new Autobots we got Squeeks, Hot Rod, Cogman, whoever the red Mclaren is who might or might not be Dino, Canopy, 3 Mini Dinobots, The mark IV tank "Bulldog".

Then we got all those knights including what appears to be two factions with Steelbane, Skullitron and all those other guys on one side, The Inerfnocons that seem to be evil on Quintessa's side and Dragonstorm who I don't know where he belongs but is clearly important.

The Decepticons also have Megatron and Barricade returning with new guys Onslaught who might or might not be the Garbage truck con from DOTM as a returning character with a name, Hooligan, Mohawk, Nitro and maybe Berserker too if he is in the film.

Oh and all of those vehicles who might or might not be transformers as well including: The Mercedes dump truck, a Submarine (Somebody said it actually is a transformer), A silver LeEco LeSEE Pro Concept car and the Decepticon prison and the junkyard of dead robots in which not all of them are dead which is most likely where Barricade comes from.

This is the LeEco car from on set.


TLDR: there are a lot of Transformers in this film with one of the film makers stating this movie is going to have the most Transformers yet.

Wanted to make a separate post for this but does anyone else think that Onslaught is the same guy as the DOTM Garbage con?




Their both based on the Long Haul body type and they bot have the same colors of green and white and turn into vehicles of similar mass although the Tow truck is long, the garbage truck has bulk or whatever you want to call it, also we never saw the Garbage con die and AOE does state there are still cons roaming about on Earth.

If nothing is stated in the movie either way I'm rolling with this as my headcanon.

These are way funnier than they deserve to be.

Also, I love how Va'al names the kids as Gabriela, Georgia, Vlad, and Another.

Personally I'm just gonna start calling him Reginald Francesco P. Montague.

breacher wrote:You know who I'd like to see in TLK? Even if it would only be a cameo... Cosmos would be nice. It would fit in with the idea of "earth's hidden history of transformers", if he was supposedly the basis of a lot of UFO sightings. I don't think the guy that turns into an awesome little flying saucer gets enough attention.

Slightly off-topic, but if Cosmos getting a lot more attention is what you're after; IDW's ex-RiD/Transformers/OP has you covered. Turned him into one of my favourite characters

WreckerJack wrote:Michael Bay has posted a picture of himself and actor, John Turturro on Instagram. John Turturro has played the role of Seymour Simmons in all four of the previous live action Transformers films.

This past week Michael Bay has been working with John Turturro on the latest film. Transformers: The Last Knight is most likely on the post-production stage at this time. Meaning that there could be some scenes that need to be filmed again and others that might need to be altered for the final piece.

Hmmmmmmm
John Turturro was not " in all four", since he was not in AOE.........just saying getting your facts right can't be that hard can it?

Michael Alex Kawa wrote:Hmmmmmmm
John Turturro was not " in all four", since he was not in AOE.........just saying getting your facts right can't be that hard can it?

There is no need for this.

We'll be correcting the mistype, thank you for bringing to our attention.

You know the monster planet in the picture Hopkins is holding? Anyone else think the shape resembles a traditional Quintesson?

Silverwing wrote:You know the monster planet in the picture Hopkins is holding? Anyone else think the shape resembles a traditional Quintesson?

Just looks to me like the same honeycombed broken planet that we've seen in all the trailers, which is quite possibly Cybertron itself given the full contents of this trailer and the notion of the upcoming Cybertron playset being made in the TLK toyline.

Sabrblade wrote:

Silverwing wrote:You know the monster planet in the picture Hopkins is holding? Anyone else think the shape resembles a traditional Quintesson?

Just looks to me like the same honeycombed broken planet that we've seen in all the trailers, which is quite possibly Cybertron itself given the full contents of this trailer and the notion of the upcoming Cybertron playset being made in the TLK toyline.

You know, I dont get the whole honeycomb thing. I was watching the 2007 Transformers film (which is not bad at all) and when we first see Prime he shows us what Cybertron looked like, which is quite different.

Also, I realize now that there better be some serious explaining in this film if Megatron turns out to have been on earth for any other reason than to find the Allspark.

william-james88 wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Silverwing wrote:You know the monster planet in the picture Hopkins is holding? Anyone else think the shape resembles a traditional Quintesson?

Just looks to me like the same honeycombed broken planet that we've seen in all the trailers, which is quite possibly Cybertron itself given the full contents of this trailer and the notion of the upcoming Cybertron playset being made in the TLK toyline.

You know, I dont get the whole honeycomb thing. I was watching the 2007 Transformers film (which is not bad at all) and when we first see Prime he shows us what Cybertron looked like, which is quite different.

DOTM gave it the honeycomb look for some reason.

william-james88 wrote:Also, I realize now that there better be some serious explaining in this film if Megatron turns out to have been on earth for any other reason than to find the Allspark.

Well, I know Deadput will come and crucify me for saying this but the DOTM comics John Barber wrote a few years ago offered a very workable explanation for how Megatron's pursuit of the AllSpark, his servitude of The Fallen, and his deal made with Sentinel Prime all ended up coming to a head on Earth:

• First, The Fallen left Cybertron aboard the Nemesis (captained by Soundwave) to go looking for the Star Harvester, which he had previously built on another planet (Earth) eons ago.
• Then the Autobot/Decepticon war commenced, during which time Megatron and Sentinel made their deal, which they decided to carry out on the planet that The Fallen had built his Harvester on.
• Then Sentinel left Cybertron aboard the Ark, but which was presumed lost. It would crash on Earth's moon in the future (the 1960s).
• Then Optimus launched the AllSpark into space and Megatron chased after it. The AllSpark ends up on Earth NOT by coincidence: Turns out the AllSpark was drawn to that planet by the Harvester.
• Megatron arrives on Earth and gets frozen in the Arctic, unaware at the time that this planet is the very same planet that the Harvester is on, the very same planet that both The Fallen went looking for and Sentinel made his deal with Megatron over.

So, in this regard, it all ties in with the Harvester being the key that brought the AllSpark, Megatron (unknowingly at first), The Fallen, and Sentinel to Earth. Thus, the only coincidence left intact by this explanation is the particular planet that the Harvester was put on happening to be Earth.

Of course, the new films could ignore all this continuity-mending that the comics did and come up with their own explanation, or even just skirt around all explanations entirely. We'll just have to wait and see.

william-james88 wrote:You know, I dont get the whole honeycomb thing. I was watching the 2007 Transformers film (which is not bad at all) and when we first see Prime he shows us what Cybertron looked like, which is quite different.

Also, I realize now that there better be some serious explaining in this film if Megatron turns out to have been on earth for any other reason than to find the Allspark.

I think it could of just been a city and the angles or that parts of Cybertron that we did not see in DOTM since we did not actually see the whole planet nor do I think the whole thing is destroyed maybe.

Or just different people made up a new look for Cybertron and forgot about the brief movie 1 flashback

Sabrblade wrote:
Well, I know Deadput will come and crucify me for saying this but the DOTM comics John Barber wrote a few years ago offered a very workable explanation for how Megatron's pursuit of the AllSpark, his servitude of The Fallen, and his deal made with Sentinel Prime all ended up coming to a head on Earth:[list]

Thanks Sabr my good pal

I don't mean to be all "your wrong!" it's just I don't think people should use the comics as an excuse since they are stated to be non canon by the highest source of canon it's just like with some Star Wars comics which even back in the EU Lucas did not consider most of the EU to be "true" canon

I personally see the films and the words of the film staff as true canon and then the Idw comics as "b" canon with Titan comics as "c" canon I do enjoy the comics a lot and Reign of Starscream is my second fave Transformers media ever and I wished it even if it alone was canon but unfortunately it probably is not especially with the sort of change Starscream goes through with his bad arse-ness to his well less bad arse role in ROTF and DORM.

Look I'm sorry alright? I'm just an aggressive and blunt person I'm not good with online chats I'm much better in person when I can use different tones such as sarcasm instead of letting people assume what I mean.

Whether they use that idea or not, I like how everything stems from the harvester. I would at least like them to at least make sense of Megatron and his business on planet earth if they are gonna add more to it.

Poor Bumblebee. I think every trailer has him getting progressively more beat up. First choke slammed and having his chest ripped off. Then getting face slammed into the ground, but actually getting to hit Prime with his hammer. And how getting his wings ripped off. Poor guy just keeps getting it worse and worse.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Poor Bumblebee. I think every trailer has him getting progressively more beat up. First choke slammed and having his chest ripped off. Then getting face slammed into the ground, but actually getting to hit Prime with his hammer. And how getting his wings ripped off. Poor guy just keeps getting it worse and worse.

And that's not even the whole fight!

While I doubt he will die there is no doubt that Bee is going to get hurt really bad.

You can have tension without the sense of death in movies you know.

As expected, and as seen with previous films, the Transformers: The Last Knight marketing department is rolling out cross-brand promotions to advertise the upcoming Michael Bay / Paramount live-action movie! This particular sighting comes from China, via Baidu, and features the multinational Coca Cola company with Optimus Prime and Bumblebee designs - check out some images below.

Who is the red character on the thumbnail? It looks like Knock Out or Rodimus but I highly doubt it is either.

WreckerJack wrote:Who is the red character on the thumbnail? It looks like Knock Out or Rodimus but I highly doubt it is either.

It's either Grimlock or Megatron. It has the horns of Megatrons helmet, but it looks like it has the teeth of Grimlock's shoulders

WreckerJack wrote:Who is the red character on the thumbnail? It looks like Knock Out or Rodimus but I highly doubt it is either.

It's Megatron I saw a bigger pic of the cans.

At first I thought it was Dino because of the red mclaren from filming that's confirmed to be a robot but then I thought it was Drift because he is also red despite turning into a mostly black car.

Va'al wrote:

Look guys! It's Murderbee! Murderbee's back!

As the Transformers: the Last Knight movie gets closer, we are getting more screen caps and promotions. One character that we have not seen much of yet (especially not in the trailers) is Hot Rod. However, an image just surfaced on Instagram with our best look at him yet (in a still image). He is next to Laura Haddock's character and it seems to be an images used for a summer movie guide in a magazine.

Enjoy!

Duuuuuude. That robot mode looks sick. I'm glad there's more orange than I think we've seen so far.

So..humans are Nebulons?!

Not bad, I like, but he still looks like a robot who scanned a car then scanned a gaming laptop for the random colour scheme of neon orange and black.

Also, that bio just went over my head, the only interesting fact is Hopkins name being mentioned :/

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.

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.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Why would you do that?! He just wants hugs!!

itscramtastic 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.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Why would you do that?! He just wants hugs!!

WARNING: Transformer hugs can be hazardous to your health:

I think Hot Rod looks pretty damn cool there. Now where's the frickin' toy???

Sabrblade wrote:

itscramtastic 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.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Why would you do that?! He just wants hugs!!

WARNING: Transformer hugs can be hazardous to your health:

Well a hug from BRAWN is hazardous, sure!!

Hot Rod knows how to hug kids. Here's Hot Rod from the year 2005, clearly hugging a child.
*insert image of Daniel in Hot Rod's arms from TF:TM*

itscramtastic 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.

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?! Why would you do that?! He just wants hugs!!

Yup he's just trying to calm her down after kidnapping her for Hopkins.

Huh... Hopkins kinda is a creepy character judging from the 30 minute imax preview.

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 ...

Carnivius_Prime wrote:I think Hot Rod looks pretty damn cool there. Now where's the frickin' toy???

Sadly, the only toy he has coming out so far is a non transforming die cast vehicle that I am not even allowed to show you due to licensing not being acquired yet

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 ...

Even better

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?

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?

Not sure if that's sarcasm or a serious question

Orange and black Hot Rod. Where have I seen that before?


Transformers Dark of the Moon Rodimus Gallery

Here is a bigger image from EW's website.



Link to article
http://ew.com/movies/2017/04/21/transformers-last-knight-hot-rod-first-look/

Edit: not in the article but related Hot Rod does have a face it's easier to see in motion and on screen this is coming from someone who saw the 30 minute imax preview that had him in it and his accent is fine not awful but it is supposed to be cheesy.

I actually really like how he looks. He looks like an orange and black version of Bumblebee I drew in high school actually, and it works!

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

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

Hoping bay sees sense and either gets the lines redone by judd nelson or hot rod picks up judd's voice towards the end. Here's hoping.

More images of Hot Rod from the upcoming movie have surfaced via instagram. In this picture we can see Hot Rod's faceplate up close and personal. This image is actually from a series of motion character posters for the upcoming movie. If you would like to see more images of Hot Rod please check out this article.



We also have for you, a larger image from Entertainment Weekly's article. So you can get a better look at this big guy supposedly trying to befriend Laura Haddock's character. We don't think it's working very well, sorry Roddy!



In the above mentioned article a passage explains more about Hot Rot and his relationships with other characters. It also tells us that his vehicular mode is a 1963 Citroën DS.

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.”