More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity
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It looks like we have more support to the IMDB rumour about the identity of The Maker in the upcoming Transformers: The Last Knight movie - out this June with Paramount Pictures - thanks to the voice actor profile of Gemma Chan at SueTerryVoices.com. According to the agency, Chan is indeed involved in the fifth Michael Bay film, and does lend her talents to a character with a very familiar name - after a fashion.
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Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859002)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:18am CST
Posted by Stuartmaximus on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:18am CST
Hmmm ![:-?]( "Thinking")
I can't see them going all G1 5 faces with this! so it'll prob be like something along the lines of the borg queen but with multiple personalities
I can't see them going all G1 5 faces with this! so it'll prob be like something along the lines of the borg queen but with multiple personalities
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859004)
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:23am CST
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:23am CST
I've said it once and I'll say it again- a female Quintesson, complete with face-swapping gimmick, run through the movie aesthetic would be a truly awesome thing.
Imagine a mix of the Judge from the 86 movie and SHODAN.
"You are found...innocent. As such...you are to be fed to the Sharkticons. Do you have...any last requests, mortal creature?"
Imagine a mix of the Judge from the 86 movie and SHODAN.
"You are found...innocent. As such...you are to be fed to the Sharkticons. Do you have...any last requests, mortal creature?"
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859011)
Posted by RiddlerJ on February 13th, 2017 @ 8:10am CST
Posted by RiddlerJ on February 13th, 2017 @ 8:10am CST
She'll have five sexy faces.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859022)
Posted by Stuartmaximus on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:19am CST
Posted by Stuartmaximus on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:19am CST
If they use cg morphing of the one face into different ones....then......yes! but if they are 5 ones that rotate like with the original g1......then mmm...i doubt it
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859031)
Posted by Kurona on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:49am CST
Posted by Kurona on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:49am CST
... or she's just voice acting for a CGI model. Given that she's a voice actor and all.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859034)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 13th, 2017 @ 10:30am CST
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on February 13th, 2017 @ 10:30am CST
Honestly don't overly mind what Quintessa looks like, that voice is perfect for someone of "Creator" importance.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859096)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 13th, 2017 @ 2:24pm CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on February 13th, 2017 @ 2:24pm CST
Im calling it now shes quintesson in name only, shes organic not mechanoid (maybe some borg parts but not a robot) and there will be no face changing. This is the bayverse remember they dont care about what came before only what they feel like doing now. How many times have they just slapped a name on a character for the hell of it, going to be the same deal here. There may be some half assed homage to the original quimtessons but thats about it.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859106)
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 13th, 2017 @ 2:44pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 13th, 2017 @ 2:44pm CST
Quintessons! Being this feels a bit more official, I can be happy about it! Season 3 of G1 was my favorite, with the Quintessons being a big reason for it.
Whoa... salt much? This is one thing I don't understand. Why is "new" or "different" considered "bad"? I actually appreciate the Movieverse's different interpretation of classic characters. If they had to be limited to the characters' original designs and be stuck to only the original ideas, it would suck a lot of creativity and imagination out of the movies that make them fun, IMO. The movies may not be incredibly great, but at least they put enough effort to give us new interpretations of characters we love.
Megatron Wolf wrote:Im calling it now shes quintesson in name only, shes organic not mechanoid (maybe some borg parts but not a robot) and there will be no face changing. This is the bayverse remember they dont care about what came before only what they feel like doing now. How many times have they just slapped a name on a character for the hell of it, going to be the same deal here. There may be some half assed homage to the original quimtessons but thats about it.
Whoa... salt much? This is one thing I don't understand. Why is "new" or "different" considered "bad"? I actually appreciate the Movieverse's different interpretation of classic characters. If they had to be limited to the characters' original designs and be stuck to only the original ideas, it would suck a lot of creativity and imagination out of the movies that make them fun, IMO. The movies may not be incredibly great, but at least they put enough effort to give us new interpretations of characters we love.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859142)
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 3:51pm CST
There is a difference between "a new spin on an old element" and "being completely new and just re-using the name of something popular to skate by". Captain America's World War II costume in the movies is an example of the former. It kept the recognizable elements of the classic design, but used more grounded, realistic materials and tailoring. The entire 1998 Godzilla movie is an example of the latter.
When a property gets translated into a live-action movie, fans want to see the same things they love, but with a new twist. Optimus Prime's design in the first three movies is a fairly decent example, even if the radical aesthetic departure took some getting used to. But most adaptations in this franchise tend to skew in the direction of being like Skids, a totally different, inferior character that just has the name of a classic character. It's the difference between Anne Hathaway's Catwoman and Halle "I just vomited in my mouth a little just thinking about her" Berry's Catwoman.
Bay and company have treated our franchise with just about as much respect as the Nazis treated the lost ark in Raiders. It's a means to an end to them, and nothing more.
So yeah, it's understandable that fans would be pretty salty and jaded at this point.
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 3:51pm CST
Nexus Knight wrote:Quintessons! Being this feels a bit more official, I can be happy about it! Season 3 of G1 was my favorite, with the Quintessons being a big reason for it.
Megatron Wolf wrote:Im calling it now shes quintesson in name only, shes organic not mechanoid (maybe some borg parts but not a robot) and there will be no face changing. This is the bayverse remember they dont care about what came before only what they feel like doing now. How many times have they just slapped a name on a character for the hell of it, going to be the same deal here. There may be some half assed homage to the original quimtessons but thats about it.
Whoa... salt much? This is one thing I don't understand. Why is "new" or "different" considered "bad"? I actually appreciate the Movieverse's different interpretation of classic characters. If they had to be limited to the characters' original designs and be stuck to only the original ideas, it would suck a lot of creativity and imagination out of the movies that make them fun, IMO. The movies may not be incredibly great, but at least they put enough effort to give us new interpretations of characters we love.
There is a difference between "a new spin on an old element" and "being completely new and just re-using the name of something popular to skate by". Captain America's World War II costume in the movies is an example of the former. It kept the recognizable elements of the classic design, but used more grounded, realistic materials and tailoring. The entire 1998 Godzilla movie is an example of the latter.
When a property gets translated into a live-action movie, fans want to see the same things they love, but with a new twist. Optimus Prime's design in the first three movies is a fairly decent example, even if the radical aesthetic departure took some getting used to. But most adaptations in this franchise tend to skew in the direction of being like Skids, a totally different, inferior character that just has the name of a classic character. It's the difference between Anne Hathaway's Catwoman and Halle "I just vomited in my mouth a little just thinking about her" Berry's Catwoman.
Bay and company have treated our franchise with just about as much respect as the Nazis treated the lost ark in Raiders. It's a means to an end to them, and nothing more.
So yeah, it's understandable that fans would be pretty salty and jaded at this point.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859151)
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CST
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:11pm CST
That would be fair enough if it weren't for the fact that Transformers has been all about using old names for new characters since forever. Beast Wars had a load of (very well developed) characters using names of older, completely unrelated characters- in the same continuity. Case in point, Silverbolt went from a concorde that was scared of heights into a noble but dorky winged wolf, and Rampage went from a one-note angry tiger into a twisted abomination that turned into a crab.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859159)
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:25pm CST
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:25pm CST
And I reiterate, it would be one thing if those new characters were as good as, if not better than, the originals. But going from
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Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859165)
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:31pm CST
Posted by Evil Eye on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:31pm CST
Yes, because G1 Skids was such a deep and developed character...
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859166)
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:32pm CST
Posted by JazZeke on February 13th, 2017 @ 4:32pm CST
That's
my
point.
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my
point.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859205)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:05pm CST
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Posted by Sabrblade on February 13th, 2017 @ 7:05pm CST
Black Hat wrote:Yes, because G1 Skids was such a deep and developed character...
JazZeke wrote:That's
my
point.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859236)
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:08pm CST
If you find someone on the internet that gets the difference between sarcasm and realism, that'll be a minor miracle.
I seriously think it's unfair to harp on the designers that have to put TFs in a "realistic" (ha ha ha) setting, while keeping up with the fans. Do most people even know who the names of the designers? At least they have to put work in their um... work and keep it interesting. Or they purposely design the characters to make some people rage just so their work will be remembered.
EDIT: And for those of you not smart enough to tell the difference between sarcasm and not, that last sentence was sarcastic.
Posted by Nexus Knight on February 13th, 2017 @ 9:08pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Black Hat wrote:Yes, because G1 Skids was such a deep and developed character...JazZeke wrote:That's
my
point.
If you find someone on the internet that gets the difference between sarcasm and realism, that'll be a minor miracle.
I seriously think it's unfair to harp on the designers that have to put TFs in a "realistic" (ha ha ha) setting, while keeping up with the fans. Do most people even know who the names of the designers? At least they have to put work in their um... work and keep it interesting. Or they purposely design the characters to make some people rage just so their work will be remembered.
EDIT: And for those of you not smart enough to tell the difference between sarcasm and not, that last sentence was sarcastic.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859509)
Posted by Munkky on February 14th, 2017 @ 3:45pm CST
I know what you mean, I remember seeing an IMDB page of Predacons Rising a few months before it aired, and it was just a list of actors like Anthony Anderson and Raquel Taylor reprising their roles from the first Michael Bay movie, along with a fan-ficcy wishlist of 'bots and voice actors (the only ones I remember now are Frank Welker voicing Galvatron rather than Megatron, and Garry Chalk as Optimus Primal....)
Anyway, it would be great if Gemma Chan really was part of The Last Knight's voice cast, I've seen her in a couple of things and she is a pretty good actress. The movie's Wikipedia page is now saying that John DiMaggio is voicing Megatron, Dee Bradley Baker is voicing Sqweeks and Alan Tudyk is voicing Hot Rod (it also claims that the VW camper van is named Hooligan, the Decepticon motorcycle is named Mohawk and the silver Aston Martin is a Headmaster), has any of this been backed up by any reliable sources?
Posted by Munkky on February 14th, 2017 @ 3:45pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:When it comes to stuff that has yet to be released, IMDB is as unreliable as Wikipedia.
Anyone else remember the three times IMDB flat out lied about some TF: Prime episodes that hadn't aired yet, but got news'd by all the fansites each time anyway?
I know what you mean, I remember seeing an IMDB page of Predacons Rising a few months before it aired, and it was just a list of actors like Anthony Anderson and Raquel Taylor reprising their roles from the first Michael Bay movie, along with a fan-ficcy wishlist of 'bots and voice actors (the only ones I remember now are Frank Welker voicing Galvatron rather than Megatron, and Garry Chalk as Optimus Primal....)
Anyway, it would be great if Gemma Chan really was part of The Last Knight's voice cast, I've seen her in a couple of things and she is a pretty good actress. The movie's Wikipedia page is now saying that John DiMaggio is voicing Megatron, Dee Bradley Baker is voicing Sqweeks and Alan Tudyk is voicing Hot Rod (it also claims that the VW camper van is named Hooligan, the Decepticon motorcycle is named Mohawk and the silver Aston Martin is a Headmaster), has any of this been backed up by any reliable sources?
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859581)
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2017 @ 9:28pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on February 14th, 2017 @ 9:28pm CST
Now, that I hadn't seen. What I was referring to were three instances where IMDB posted false info for new Prime episodes during season 1.Munkky wrote:Sabrblade wrote:When it comes to stuff that has yet to be released, IMDB is as unreliable as Wikipedia.
Anyone else remember the three times IMDB flat out lied about some TF: Prime episodes that hadn't aired yet, but got news'd by all the fansites each time anyway?
I know what you mean, I remember seeing an IMDB page of Predacons Rising a few months before it aired, and it was just a list of actors like Anthony Anderson and Raquel Taylor reprising their roles from the first Michael Bay movie, along with a fan-ficcy wishlist of 'bots and voice actors (the only ones I remember now are Frank Welker voicing Galvatron rather than Megatron, and Garry Chalk as Optimus Primal....)
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1859649)
Posted by Deadput on February 15th, 2017 @ 2:24am CST
The two Decepticon names were stated by people who saw behind the scenes stuff which also claim that the VW Van looks like a Dread in the same way Berserker from the first wave of TLK deluxes does.
Cogman (Aston Martin) being a Headmaster was something that comes from Bay who says he is also Psychopathic and rips off heads to replace them.
Posted by Deadput on February 15th, 2017 @ 2:24am CST
Munkky wrote:
(it also claims that the VW camper van is named Hooligan, the Decepticon motorcycle is named Mohawk and the silver Aston Martin is a Headmaster), has any of this been backed up by any reliable sources?
The two Decepticon names were stated by people who saw behind the scenes stuff which also claim that the VW Van looks like a Dread in the same way Berserker from the first wave of TLK deluxes does.
Cogman (Aston Martin) being a Headmaster was something that comes from Bay who says he is also Psychopathic and rips off heads to replace them.
Re: More Support for Transformers: The Last Knight The Maker Identity (1861812)
Posted by Va'al on February 21st, 2017 @ 1:03pm CST
Posted by Va'al on February 21st, 2017 @ 1:03pm CST
Not entirely news news in the newsiest sense of the word, but it is nice to get to see the people behind the live-action movies closer to the toys that made that particular slice of the Transformers world possible. That's right, along with the actual movie prop Sqweeks from Toy Fair, Michael Bay, Josh Duhamel, Mark Wahlberg, Isabela Moner (in a new haircut!), Laura Haddock and producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura were all in attendance in New York! Check out some shots below, via the various The Last Knight social media feeds.
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