New Peter Cullen Interview

Front paged and credited!

Wow, thanks Hot Rod

I feel so special.

'Our very own Conceptron'

Like the sound of it.

well we know peter won't voice ironhide

Conceptron, how do you go from 'one of the voice actors thought it was a shame his friend didn't get cast' to 'non fans won't support the film and it's going to fail'? I would genuinely like to understand your train of thought.

It was a decent interview- pretty in depth, and they asked about Eeyore! Woot! He sounds pretty excited about the movie game, too. It's going to be pretty special, from the sound of things.

-Nick

"A voice actor really does not know what he's going to do the next day and it's just the nature of the business, unless you have a series and you can't even count on that because they can wipe you out on page 16."

Man, I love this guy. Peter Cullen FTW!

decent interview, that game sounds better and better all the time

Cullen seemed alittle troubled about the robot designs, Welker not being Megatron, & the "My Bad." line (My bad? OMFG how stupid.) But what else is he going to say? Bears gotta eat right!

Cullen always gives a great interview.

Seibs, you saw the part with the glasses. Did Cullen deliver the gag line he mentioned in the article?

He's cool. Rock on, Peter!

Cullen will always be one of the people I respect the most in the entertainment business. He's very humble, respects the fans, and just seems to be an all around nice guy. His panel (and when I got his autograph, as seen in my avatar) at Botcon 2006 will always be a very memorable experience for me!

Great interview and I can't wait to hear him in the theater!

they should go back and record frank welker voicing megatron and put it on the dvd when it comes out and you can choose who you wanna hear doing the voice of megs at the menu.

lockepsb wrote:they should go back and record frank welker voicing megatron and put it on the dvd when it comes out and you can choose who you wanna hear doing the voice of megs at the menu.

lmao!

"My bad."

WTF?!

Michael Bay, you are a [fill-in-the-blank]!

Mr. Cullen doesn't even remember whether he said the iconic line "Autobots, transform and roll out!" because they were always "changing things." Gee, that's reassuring. Bay, you myopic, clod, thanks for accomplishing what I didn't think possible--lowering my expectations for this movie even further!

I'm telling y'all now that based upon what I've seen and heard about this movie so far, there's no way this movie cracks the top five in gross receipts this year--and I have my doubts whether in makes the top ten.

I can think of a half-dozen movies I'm more eager to see this year.

Right now Bay is the early favorite for the Ang Lee award--for screwing up an adaptation of a cartoon/comic-based franchise to live-action film.

Scheiße!

'my bad'
?
give me a break

prime is straight man, composed, wise
they are destroying his character

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Its threads like this that make me wish we didn't have free speech in this country.....

what does this private forum have to do with 'this country' or free speech for that matter?
either have me banned or keep stupid comments like that to yourself
and nice avatar

Oh man, that is just so awesome!

Cool! Cullen's still got it as far as I'm concerned

The whole "my bad" thing doesn't bother me a bit. Actually, it sounds kinda funny! I mean, I don't want Prime being a comedian for the whole movie, but something like this is so minor, I don't see why it would hurt anything.

If anything, it shows Prime's personality a bit more, rather than just having him being serious the whole time. Even in the G1 cartoon he would have a fun moment here or there.

Roboto750 wrote:The whole "my bad" thing doesn't bother me a bit. Actually, it sounds kinda funny! I mean, I don't want Prime being a comedian for the whole movie, but something like this is so minor, I don't see why it would hurt anything.

If anything, it shows Prime's personality a bit more, rather than just having him being serious the whole time. Even in the G1 cartoon he would have a fun moment here or there.

Exactly. And if people had actually read the article thoroughly they would have seen that Cullen got a kick out of the "My bad" line and wondered if he would get to do more. I find it hilarious how people cut small little quotes out of this and turn them into an argument opposite of what the quote originally meant.

Nightwatcher wrote:

Roboto750 wrote:The whole "my bad" thing doesn't bother me a bit. Actually, it sounds kinda funny! I mean, I don't want Prime being a comedian for the whole movie, but something like this is so minor, I don't see why it would hurt anything.

If anything, it shows Prime's personality a bit more, rather than just having him being serious the whole time. Even in the G1 cartoon he would have a fun moment here or there.

Exactly. And if people had actually read the article thoroughly they would have seen that Cullen got a kick out of the "My bad" line and wondered if he would get to do more. I find it hilarious how people cut small little quotes out of this and turn them into an argument opposite of what the quote originally meant.

If Cullen *got it* then I think it actually might work as Prime befuddled by Human mannerisms.

IT looks like Cullen *got it*.

When Peter Cullen is starting to worry like this, you know it's going to really stink. What a pity! Over 20 years of waiting gone down the toilet.

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Its threads like this that make me wish we didn't have free speech in this country.....

And Nightwatcher makes a very good point, too.

This was a good interview. Cullen gives interesting responses.

Bay is making Prime into a very stupid and silly character.
Believe me, 'My Bad' is only one of numerous clumsy lines that they will give Prime.

Sentinel Maximus wrote:Cullen seemed alittle troubled about the robot designs, Welker not being Megatron, & the "My Bad." line (My bad? OMFG how stupid.) But what else is he going to say? Bears gotta eat right!

this movie is meant to bring in non fans and relate to kids.. and MY BAD is widely used by all walks of life and kids these days, so much so that it has even prompted Peter Cullen to say it in the Transformers movie, i wonder if that phrase is going to be added to the webster's slang section of the dictionary because of the popularity and over use, even if its aweful grammar??

So where can you send fan mail that he will recieve?

I love you my precious Peter. Michal Bay, I could stab to death with spoon. I'm curious about the fanmail thing too

I think that the "My bad" line will work because he's probably mimicking something his new human ally said earlier in the film. It's showing him developing as a character through learning the human language and relating to our species. I do, however, draw my optimistic line if stupid stuff like "Foshizzle and Blingitty Blang" are strewn throughout the movie.

That was a good read, I'm glad he didn't just tell the same story again that I've heard/read in the majority of these interviews.

my bad doesn't really bother me either, the fact that Cullen is worried does however

Grendel wrote:my bad doesn't really bother me either, the fact that Cullen is worried does however

Yes, I couldn't quite decide exactly what Cullen's view on the movie is.

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Its threads like this that make me wish we didn't have free speech in this country.....

Yet another great interview from PC. Why do I have a feeling that the 'My bad' line gonna sound cringe worthy.

I just found this article, so my commentary comes a bit late (well, okay, VERY late).

I was at Matsuri during this Q&A, and, in fact, I asked two of the questions posed in the article, though I was paraphrased. And that's somewhat unfortunate, as the “Q”s added additional humor to the “A”s. Verbatim quotes would've been great: one of my exchanges with Mr. Cullen was hilarious.

Anyway... I'm glad this was recorded for posterity. Mr. Cullen was an incredibly likeable and interesting person. Even my friends, who aren't devotees of TFs, thought he was awesome. Seriously. I'm 22 and I'd hang-out with this guy for fun. He also remains incredibly humble and gracious. That's a unique combination to see in such a confident and cool individual.

A friend of mine video-taped a portion of the Q&A, but exited the auditorium abruptly after embarassing himself by asking an inane and baffling question (something unintelligable about Mr. Cullen taking Will Smith's role in Bad Boys 2). Mercifully, that was omited from this article. He plans on turning the footage into a parody based on his faux-paux, mixed with footage of our group generaly doing insane things at the Con and elsewhere.

I'm going to attempt to get an unedited copy first and provide video of Mr. Cullen's Q&A (though he recorded only about half of it). Text doesn't do him justice; he was just fantastic. I overheard multiple anime fans say, after specifically stating only passing-interest in Transformers, that Mr. Cullen was the best part of the entire convention.

As an aside: I don't like anime, and therefore I can't judge the other aspects of the Con accurately. However, I was repeatedly told that the Con sucked and that Mr. Cullen was its only saving grace.

Conceptron wrote:http://tformers.com/Interview-Peter-Cullen-Talks-Transformers/7535/news.html

Michael Bay is such a great guy....NOT!

Peter Cullen wrote:He's a great director and I had no problems with him at all. He genuinely appeared to like my work. He never asked me to do anything, as a matter a fact he would say would Prime do this?

Although I am impressed you managed to go this entire thread without complaining about Megan Fox.

The Paragon of Virtue wrote:

Conceptron wrote:http://tformers.com/Interview-Peter-Cullen-Talks-Transformers/7535/news.html

Michael Bay is such a great guy....NOT!

Peter Cullen wrote:He's a great director and I had no problems with him at all. He genuinely appeared to like my work. He never asked me to do anything, as a matter a fact he would say would Prime do this?

Although I am impressed you managed to go this entire thread without complaining about Megan Fox.

Haha Every thread that he posts in I wait for the inevitable.

I think many of you are assuming it's gonna be like Alicia Silverstone in Clueless "Ohhhhh MY baaaaaad!"

Just play it in your mind with the calm demeanor of OP and everything is okay