New CGI Images of Skids and Mudflap

I already hate those two.

Wow those guys suck. Could we make them look any more like kicks?

dont be too quick to judge them by their looks, this im sure will add a lot of personality to them, and in the end, make the movie a hell of a alot more believable...

Skids and Mudflap are 2 of the bots i want the most!! Especially in that ice cream truck combiner.. I have a feeling , somehow they will play a big part in the movie...

whats with the gold tooth?

Wait a minute ....

These aren't cybertronians, they were made at MIT:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... 051016.jpg

Haven't we seen these pictures somewhere before?

Oh for the love of.......



Horrible.. Simply horrible.

To quote Peaugh,

"Rwer Rwer Rwer, Herpa Derpa Derpa!"

by rpetras on 23 May 2009 11:57

Wait a minute ....

These aren't cybertronians, they were made at MIT:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File: ... 051016.jpg

Nailed it!
So isn't there supposed to be some emphasis on how the Cybertronians in the movieverse are so ALIEN and not human-like. So why do we keep getting ridiculous HUMAN traits like say a bot with a cane and one with large buck teeth (including one that's GOLD for crying out loud). Don't get me wrong, I liked the first movie and think I'll like this one too... As long as there is no Ninja Grandma Bot with sunglasses and a skateboard.

Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have found the next Jar Jar(s)!!!!!

Enter the retardobots.

oh god they are ugly their personalities and characters had better be good! im still getting them no matter what.

They are Gremlincons no doubt there.

I don't know who designed their heads but please jail that person in a mental institution cause that person is clearly insane.

Peaugh, was right...these are the herpa-derpa brothers T_T

Arrggh. What have they done to Transformers?!

I don't see how any pro-fuglybrots could love these designs.

DMSL wrote:I don't know who designed their heads but please jail that person in a mental institution cause that person is clearly insane.

Hrm... personally, I prefer the traditional angry-mob-with-torches-and-pitchforks solution to this thing. Don't forget about the ones who actually allowed these faces to see the light of day and cause optical hemorrhages to many, many innocent eyes.

DevastaTTor wrote:Brace yourself: here are some recently released images of the faces/heads of Revenge of the Fallen Skids and Mudflap.





(Images mirrored from original post)

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Apart from the different sized eyes and the gold tooth, skids is actually quite cool!
Mudflap on the other hand . . . well the dots speak for themselves.

I dont see why they had to have teeth in the first place, being robots, that don't eat . . . Even if they put them in, WHY MAKE IT GOLD!
As for Skids eyes, why are they different sizes?

Mudflap - apart from the eyes, i cant make out anything else recognisable...

Is the gold tooth visible on the trailer we got with him sayin its upgrade time? - just checked and yes, the tooth is visible!!
Hopefully a decepticon rips it out near the start! Infact, rips out the other tooth, as they are both just not needed!!!

One of them has a cybertronian symbol on their tooth.

roll out wrote:One of them has a cybertronian symbol on their tooth.

that would be skids.

once again i stress the point to whoever designed him, WHY DO ALIEN ROBOTS NEED TEETH!?

Dear god. Why would artificial robots be hideously Fugly with buck teeth, and asymetrical eyes.
Why did Micky Bay think this was a good idea? Why not more of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRS90V8BQGo

What the hell was bay thinking? Oh wait he wasnt like usual. What was the idea behind these to epic fails? Im sure this is how the meeting went.


Guy- Lets make two bots like Jar-Jar and make them look like they were run over, sprayed with acid and then fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch on the way down just to land in a garbage disposal.
Bay- will they blow shit up?
Guy- sure why not
Bay- lets do it

Newtilator wrote:Dear god. Why would artificial robots be hideously Fugly with buck teeth, and asymetrical eyes.
Why did Micky Bay think this was a good idea? Why not more of this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRS90V8BQGo

Hey i didnt know ROTF was leaked already. Awesome.

Ungh.

My theory:

Skids and Mudflap once had regular faces, but were damaged severely in a decepticon attack. But while they were put under, the guy fixin' them got confoozled and put them back together the wrong way.

in the new trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDkttsmSz9o

there s a clip of Mudflap and Skids, im not gunna say what they say, but they sound as stupid as they look! Stupid as in thick and brainless.

I thought Michael Bay said he didn't want cartoonish features on any of the characters and wanted them to possess more realistic robotic features. They don't get any more absurd than these two. If he's looking for the Jar Jar Binks reception for a character he's accomplished that. These two are riducolous looking...

dlee1515 wrote:I thought Michael Bay said he didn't want cartoonish features on any of the characters and wanted them to possess more realistic robotic features. They don't get any more absurd than these two. If he's looking for the Jar Jar Binks reception for a character he's accomplished that. These two are riducolous looking...

I agree. Mudflap is the worst of the 2 though! I still cant get over the gold tooth on skids though!

By the looks of the trailer it is Mudflap getting sucked into devastator- YAY

Then Ratchet can improve skids face, do a bit of dentistry, even out each eye, and we are all happy

Hobbyist Prime wrote:Ladies and Gentlemen, I believe we have found the next Jar Jar(s)!!!!!

This.

WHO. THOUGHT. That this would be a good idea? I mean, usually, when I see something artistic that I don't care for, I at least can convince myself that, sure, someone out there would like it. But this? I can't imagine anyone looking at these ugly faces and going, "yeah, totally awesome!"

Can I ask what the eff the production team is thinking on this? I mean, to Engineer these astronomically intricate mechanical beings that literally transform by shifting thousands of panels around without collision, and then take a steaming hot dump in a paper bag, throw it at the drawing board and say, "Here's a good look for the head design!" seems like a complete waste to me. I'm not sure who's decision these things were, and I don't even care what the on-screen explanation is to why they look like that(or if one is even needed or given). That is effing ruining my buzz to go see this movie. We already have Bumblebee's voice shot again so he can dance around and play funny songs for Sam to appeal to the kids and fair-weather fans, so why do we need more comic relief? Why not just make all of the Autobots bumbling half-witted buffoons? I'm sorry but this crap gets to me!

I for one....think this Is the greatest combiner team of all time. Anyone notice the similarity to the drama faces Laugh Now or Cry Later???

I'd say they're hideous, but I said the exact same thing about Frenzy and he ended up being awesome. Here's hoping they're just as awesome.

a little off topic....but does anyone else think that devastator taking a bogart hit off of that sand look a little well fake? like you can see where the reality and the animation begins?

Guys, don't be so quick to hate. They're both just recovering from strokes, so half their faces are still droopy, and Botox only works on organic cells.

"I think what the fans have to understand is that we need the Transformers to look REAL"
to paraphrase Michael Bay.

Example 3456 of why Bay is full of it: Two robots that look like hicks, one with a gold tooth.


No, I am never going to let it go.

NewFoundStarscreamLuv wrote:"I think what the fans have to understand is that we need the Transformers to look REAL"
to paraphrase Michael Bay.

Example 3456 of why Bay is full of it: Two robots that look like hicks, one with a gold tooth.


No, I am never going to let it go.

True, but, as retarded as the twins look, they are a whole lot more realistic that robots with such simple transformations that people can make spot on transfrorming costumes of them out of cardboard boxes. Also, sorry to nitpick, but when you paraphrase something, you don't use quotation marks.

The more i look at it, the more im ok with Skids. But i really cant stand Mudflap!

In the trailer it looks like Mudflap gets eaten. I hope it happens quick because these two Deliverance-Bots are insulting to the Franchise. Unfortunatly, I am cursed with being a Completist. When I start buying movie figures I will end up having to have these two at some point. I might never transform them out of car mode though.

A little off topic but why does almost any individual Decepticon look like they can take out the entire Autobot team. They are giant, bad-ass war machines, as compared to the Autobots.
The Autobots have Prime who is a bad-ass, along with Ironhide and Sideswipe, who seem to also be, but now we have 2 or 3 fembots, 2 Hick-bots, Bumblebee who really is more of a spy, Ratchet who is a medic, and an old bot with a cane as reinforcements?
I get the whole underdog/peacebot theme with the good-guys, but enough of the cutesy crap already.

That is just horrible, I just don't understand why they would do something like that. Somewhere someone is patting them self on the back thinking what a great job they did.

mitchsantona wrote: ... and I don't even care what the on-screen explanation is to why they look like that ...

Well said, I feel the same way about Bumblebee's voice gimmick

mitchsantona wrote:A little off topic but why does almost any individual Decepticon look like they can take out the entire Autobot team. They are giant, bad-ass war machines, as compared to the Autobots.
The Autobots have Prime who is a bad-ass, along with Ironhide and Sideswipe, who seem to also be, but now we have 2 or 3 fembots, 2 Hick-bots, Bumblebee who really is more of a spy, Ratchet who is a medic, and an old bot with a cane as reinforcements?
I get the whole underdog/peacebot theme with the good-guys, but enough of the cutesy crap already.

Decepticons were designed as military hardware, the Autobots were designed as consumer goods. This is why Decepticons usually turn into combat vehicles and Autobots usually turn into civilian, aside from a few exceptions.

mitchsantona wrote:An old bot with a cane as reinforcements?

Does Jetfire actually have a cane?
If he does, why why why, infact, why does a robot need a cane, i am sure a robot wouldnt need it, even a damaged one!

skids 2.0 wrote:

mitchsantona wrote:An old bot with a cane as reinforcements?

Does Jetfire actually have a cane?
If he does, why why why, infact, why does a robot need a cane, i am sure a robot wouldnt need it, even a damaged one!

Yes, it's a cane. What of it? What if Jetfire is just emulating his favorite rock star, Billy Idol, during his "Rock the Cradle of Love" era?

DMSL wrote:They are Gremlincons no doubt there.

I don't know who designed their heads but please jail that person in a mental institution cause that person is clearly insane.

They do look like Gremlins...kinda remind me of the ninja turtles as well. Man transformers is getting destroyed, They used to be so cool man. It was painful to watch, now the more bad stuff I see the funnier.

i agree with you bout that. TF seemed much more cooler when they were on the reclusive fringe (mainly g1) way before the mid00's. about 92-02. its always more sheik? chic? when its out of style

dumd and dumber meets transformers

Just a shot in the dark here but I think the reasoning behind the assymetrical eyes and arms is that these two combine.

Separately they look imbalanced and awkward but once they combine everything will even out into a green and orange bad ass uber-bot.

That's probably the case, but still, ugly is ugly

No, just no. They suck.

SamYarbrough77 wrote:i agree with you bout that. TF seemed much more cooler when they were on the reclusive fringe (mainly g1) way before the mid00's. about 92-02. its always more sheik? chic? when its out of style

The main fanbase is pro Real Transformers, there are some many REAL transformers that exist, it sucks that the Bayformers keep making new bots we don't know, the casual fan won't be into this because there are just too many characters. Introducing 1 or maybe 2 homemade characters in the mist of Real Transformers would work, but when its 6 or 7 new bots it gets watered down. If Starscream and Soundwave get a lot of play I may change my mind, but if Lids and FlappyMcMud get over featured...We'll just have to be patient for the reboot.