New Footage of Transformers Rise of the Beasts in Teaser

Sabrblade wrote:

First-Aid wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:Keep in mind, the movie is set during the time when Family Matters was at the height of its popularity.

I was just wondering about that...

Now I'm almost saddened that they didn't get Jaleel White to voice him.

Honestly though, after the disaster that was TLK I really couldn't care less about the live action franchise. BB was a nice diversion, but the way Hollywood has gone in the past few years I knew not to get my hopes up that they would actually improve upon that. I used to LOVE going to the movies, but pretty much since 2019, there has been very little to be excited about.

I mean my kids are old enough that they went to see Super Mario Bros with their own friends. They said it was great. I actually believe them in this instance, but I'm still in no hurry to see it. RotB may very well be the first TF film that I have access to, but choose not to see in the theater.

First-Aid wrote:Is it just me or does the CG look WAY better than the original trailer?

It does look a lot more polished to me, I guess it being closer to release means we're gonna be seeing more finalised stuff!

I liked this teaser, Primal and Cheetor look fantastic, and despite all the furious hatred I've seen on the Internet about Wheeljack's design, in motion he doesn't actually look that bad. I'm warming up to seeing the movie when it's out.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Why are the producers so scared of the R-word? Both this and Bumblebee, prior. Does it really matter if BB were a reboot? Or this for that matter?? There is no deep characterisation or narrative thread lost if they were.

Meanwhile, as I've mentioned before. BB garnered a lot of goodwill, from me personally. I wasn't expecting it to either. So I'll give this a go. Couldn't really give an Energon Goodie what any of them look like. As long as the Terrorcons/Predacons/Whatever are entertaining. Like Shatter and Dropkick in the last film.

Fun and Entertainment > Fan service

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Cyber Bishop wrote:Not to mention pretty much all fandoms are toxic as hell but at least the TF fandom isn't no where as toxic as Star Wars fanboys.

The crown of toxicity would be for Genshin Impact, based of all those insane Twitter users.

I don't follow anime (I had to google the name) BUT I'll take your word about it. Yet another reason I stay off twitter.

SpaceEagle wrote:Heh, I remember my days on Facebook, that was truly some next level toxicity that could've melted right through the PC monitor.

On one of the Gi Joe groups I follow if you ask a question you run the risk of some man baby being a complete d!ckhead. I try not to look at the comments just the pictures especially if it is something new.

I guess I am old school, if you want to say something say it to whomevers face, oh wait most people are complete pussies now a days and would get the sh1t stomped out of them so what better way to hide the cowardice than attacking anonymously.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Why are the producers so scared of the R-word? Both this and Bumblebee, prior. Does it really matter if BB were a reboot?

If it were a real full on reboot, like the Batman franchise, the spider-man franchise and the james bond franchise, then yes it would matter. It would mean that the designs would get an overhaul and that they are not constrained with staples of the franchise, like Bumblebee having a radio voice or being a camarro.

So I'm glad they arent calling this a reboot in any official capacity, or else it would just cheapen that word.

And yes, they are scared of using that word on their end because this franchise, with Bumblebee as he is, has made billions of dollars. Up until this year, ROTF had the record for most money made in a 5 day opening week-end. They are not giving that up so easily.

And lastly, the producers are still the same, so they have a stake in this franchise when it comes to their ego.

All reasons no one is using the word reboot in anything close to an official capacity.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:It's so strange though. I would actually equate it to the Batman films. Batman Begins made $370+ million, The Dark Knight made $1 billion. But no one tied them to Batman '89 or ..Batman & Robin. Which is what they are doing in word only, here.

Except, no. Batman Begins made it explicitly clear that it was a different Batman in a different world from those of Batman 89. Begins didn't end in any way that implied Bale's Bruce would later go on to become Keaton's Bruce, whereas Bumblebee ended with Bee ditching his VW Bug altmode and scanning a mint-condition version of the 70s Camaro altmode that he would later have in a beat-up form at the beginning of the 2007 movie, in an unambiguous visual attempt to connect the Bumblebee movie to the 2007 movie.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:whereas Bumblebee ended with Bee ditching his VW Bug altmode and scanning a mint-condition version of the 70s Camaro altmode that he would later have in a beat-up form at the beginning of the 2007 movie, in a blatant attempt to connect the Bumblebee movie to the 2007 movie.

Except, as we all know, BB started off as a VW Beetle in Bayformers '07 and Prime came to Earth in that movie.

Bumblebee was never a Beetle in the 07 movie.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:whereas Bumblebee ended with Bee ditching his VW Bug altmode and scanning a mint-condition version of the 70s Camaro altmode that he would later have in a beat-up form at the beginning of the 2007 movie, in a blatant attempt to connect the Bumblebee movie to the 2007 movie.

Except, as we all know, BB started off as a VW Beetle in Bayformers '07 and Prime came to Earth in that movie.

Bumblebee was never a Beetle in the 07 movie.

Indeed. Misremembered the dealership scene. Wherein they poked fun at the VW beetle, next to BB. To be fair, it's probably been at least ten years since I sat through '07 or any other Bayformers really.

It's funny though. Because they went back and forth with BB as spin-off, prequel or reboot. Then said it was a reboot and now they are saying ROTB isn't.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:And Prime's arrival on Earth in the '07 movie was never outright stated to be his first time visiting, just his first time meeting Sam.

If anything, Optimus coming to Earth in 1987 and then coming back to it in 2007 is no different from George Lucas changing his mind about Darth Vader murdering Anakin Skywalker in A New Hope to have Darth Vader be Anakin Skywalker in The Empire Strikes Back.

Yet there is also Arcee...

What about her? ROTF is set later, so in this movie she's neither split into three yet nor dead yet.