Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight

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Thanks to fellow Seibertronian Prowl4, Seibertron can give the exclusive news that actor and comedian Omar Sy will be voicing the autobot Hot Rod in the upcoming movie The Last Knight! This news comes thanks to the aforementioned Prowl4's twitter conversation with Sy, where the latter gives a very definite 'yes'. Tell us if you're excited for this casting choice in the forums!

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Re: Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (1890142)
Posted by Va'al on June 17th, 2017 @ 4:26pm CDT

Omar Sy is a fantastic actor.

I am more and more baffled by the type of cast going into these projects.

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Posted by Optimum Supreme on June 17th, 2017 @ 4:34pm CDT

2 extra minutes sounds like that might cover credits for Chinese voice actors if they've dubbed the thing. I don't know if they dub or sub movies there. I wouldn't think it would take 2 mins to credit them for subs.

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Posted by dragons on June 17th, 2017 @ 5:21pm CDT

Hate to watch any movie in 360 view

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Posted by dragons on June 17th, 2017 @ 5:24pm CDT

Never heard of him but like what hear in clips of movie so far

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Posted by YoungPrime on June 17th, 2017 @ 5:41pm CDT

Between this film tracking for only $70M in its first 5 days, my lady buying me new kicks, feeding me breakfast in bed and treating me to Red Lobster tomorrow night, this is shaping up to being the best Father's Day weekend ever!

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Posted by Rated X on June 17th, 2017 @ 6:50pm CDT

Kurona wrote:
Rated X wrote:Since when do police release a statement that is humorous? And im assuming that germany has similar laws to the US banning civilians from driving a car with the words "police" on it in the streets, so I doubt these cars were driven in. They even had the hoods up for display purposes so they were obviously towed in and parked with somebody's permission to attract business. Im calling fake on the whole police report thing. The cops were probably actors and towing the cars away was a big publicity stunt. Suprised you news guys believed this was a legit auto impounding. Cmon now...

'fraid it's real. Charges are listed, laws broken are listed, etc. and there's been nothing to the contrary. If this does indeed turn out to be confirmed as a big PR stunt, we'll post an updated story to reflect that - but right now, everything's saying this is real.

Should have linked the actual facebook post though. Editing!

Im still calling BS....

Even if thats the offical Facebook page of a particular German police department, a Facebook page is not a place for police to post pictures of actual "crime" photos no matter how funny the case might seem. It would have to be treated like any other regular case to avoid a potential lawsuit. I wouldnt rely on Facebook as an official format to find public records either. Can we get a case number from an offical German public records website ? Also if German laws are anything like American laws, you can put any type of modification on a car without fear of being "confiscated" as long as you dont actually drive it. Thats where we get the term "street legal". You see non-street legal cars being towed to car shows or race tracks all the time. The cars were parked with their hoods up for display. They can be ticketed for non-moving violations but will not be towed unless it is a parking violation. Among the humorous charges mentioned in the article, being illegally parked was not mentioned. Also among the four photos posted, not one of them has a police officer and the tow truck picture conveniently doesnt show the company name. And to make it even more ovious the cars are being carefully lifted on the tow truck by a crane. Such care isnt taken when you park illegally. Thats some expensive equipment surely used to transport showcars to specific locations. Here's my take on it: Some bored cop who happens to be a TF fan started taking pictures on duty and posted a humorous story on the departments Facebook page to have some fun. Real pictures, fake news...

Re: Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (1890178)
Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2017 @ 8:41pm CDT

Va'al wrote:Omar Sy is a fantastic actor.
I am more and more baffled by the type of cast going into these projects.

Whats cool about this is that it means Hot Rod's French accent will actually be real and not someone's idea of a french accent.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 17th, 2017 @ 9:55pm CDT

These Transformers films are quite intensive for Mark Wahlberg. With him having to train 5 months for this film, and this rumoured to be the final Transformers film from Michael Bay, it doesn't come as quite a shock that he has stated it would be his last one. He said so on the Graham Norton show and states that with these films behind him he can get his life back. This was pulled from a recount of the interview by Digital Spy.

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Posted by Microraptor on June 17th, 2017 @ 11:57pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Va'al wrote:Omar Sy is a fantastic actor.
I am more and more baffled by the type of cast going into these projects.

Whats cool about this is that it means Hot Rod's French accent will actually be real and not someone's idea of a french accent.

Drift and Dino had real accents.

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Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 18th, 2017 @ 1:13am CDT

With all the recent footage/trailers/tv spots ect....that red McLaren 570S seems to be rather absent in those.....& we still don't know who that McLaren is :-?

(same with the silver LeEco LeSEE Pro Concept), nor have we seen the Amphion Class Submarine(which i'm guessing is the one we see Cade travelling in) transform

oh & btw....the movie's already out...at least anyway so far....in China

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Posted by Burn on June 18th, 2017 @ 1:27am CDT

Stuartmaximus wrote:oh & btw....the movie's already out...at least anyway so far....in China

It is! Which is why we set up a spoiler thread for those who may have read spoilers and want to discuss it before the more major worldwide release.

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Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 18th, 2017 @ 2:32am CDT

william-james88 wrote:China film insider has found proof that the Chinese version of the film Transformers: The Last Knight will be longer than the English version, by 2 minutes. We have the specific quote below and you can read the full article here.

An official distribution notice sent to Chinese exhibitors was released online Thursday showing a running time of 150 minutes for the film — two minutes more than the 148-minute version playing in the rest of the world. It’s unclear what the extra two minutes in the Chinese version includes.

Btw wasn't the IMAX version for at least one of the films(could've been for more than one...not sure?) a couple of mins longer than the standard theatrical release?

but...meh...we'll prob see those mins turn up in the extras section of the Blu Ray anyway

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Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 18th, 2017 @ 3:19am CDT

So with the voice cast now been officially announced(i'm sure the news staff will be putting up info about that shortly) it seems more name changes are afoot(after Hooligan/Dreadbot) now Wreck-Gar is called Daytrader & god knows who or what Volleybot is?

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 18th, 2017 @ 7:32am CDT

Stuartmaximus wrote:
william-james88 wrote:China film insider has found proof that the Chinese version of the film Transformers: The Last Knight will be longer than the English version, by 2 minutes. We have the specific quote below and you can read the full article here.

An official distribution notice sent to Chinese exhibitors was released online Thursday showing a running time of 150 minutes for the film — two minutes more than the 148-minute version playing in the rest of the world. It’s unclear what the extra two minutes in the Chinese version includes.

Btw wasn't the IMAX version for at least one of the films(could've been for more than one...not sure?) a couple of mins longer than the standard theatrical release?

Yes, for the first two movies. Though, the first movie's extra IMAX footage never got released on DVD or Blu-Ray.

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Posted by WreckerJack on June 18th, 2017 @ 12:13pm CDT

Michael Bay has posted some new images on his website, along with some that we have seen before. Some of the most notable in this set are Bumblebee getting in a fight and closeup of him interacting with some of the human cast. We have posted them down below for your viewing pleasure.

If you enjoy the Michael Bay films, check out this fun 360 Experience clip!

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Posted by Va'al on June 18th, 2017 @ 12:20pm CDT

Fellow Seibertronians Black Hat and Clockwork Animations have dropped us a line about a new clip for Transformers: The Last Knight - initially via Instagram, then uploaded to YouTube, and therefore embedded below! Check out some very potentially spoiler-y footage below, with some Hound, Crosshairs, Cogman, Nitro Zeus and Megatron action.

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Posted by Va'al on June 18th, 2017 @ 1:06pm CDT

Speaking of Transformers: The Last Knight news, the global premiere - if you don't count China, apparently - is currently underway in London, UK, and the official Twitter account for the movie is livestreaming it! At the time of writing, Director Michael Bay is being interviewed. Check it out below!

video!

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Posted by Optimum Supreme on June 18th, 2017 @ 2:10pm CDT

Hopefully they got Marky Mark to sing "The Touch" before he was done.

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Posted by AgentK2 on June 18th, 2017 @ 3:43pm CDT

Okay, at 0:16 of TV spot #40, was that Onslaught they just decapitated?

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Posted by Deadput on June 18th, 2017 @ 4:19pm CDT

AgentK2 wrote:Okay, at 0:16 of TV spot #40, was that Onslaught they just decapitated?

Yes it is and it would explain why it seems that only Nitro and Megatron are at the final battle

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Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 18th, 2017 @ 6:27pm CDT

Cannot wait for the movie! Most likely going to see it in IMAX 3D on Tuesday night too!

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Posted by Cammason8 on June 18th, 2017 @ 8:57pm CDT

So Nitro is a Eurofighter Typhoon.... interesting

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Posted by PrymeStriker on June 18th, 2017 @ 9:45pm CDT

"The Final Chapter"

...The f*ck are they talking about?! There's three more damn movies ahead of us! :roll:

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Posted by william-james88 on June 18th, 2017 @ 9:58pm CDT

While you could have watched the Transformers: The Last Knight London Premiere live, we have many photos to share from this event that come from both Michael Bay's Flickr account and the official movie Instagram account. The images feature the cast, including Michael Bay, Laura Haddock, Isabela Moner, Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Jerrod Carmichael, Freya the Dog, Josh Duhamel, plus of course, Sqweeks, Hound, Hot Rod, Drift and Optimus Prime.

Enjoy!

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Posted by Kurona on June 18th, 2017 @ 9:58pm CDT

PrymeStriker wrote:"The Final Chapter"

...The f*ck are they talking about?! There's three more damn movies ahead of us!

I think it's being billed that way because it's Bay's last movie.

... is what I'd say if I wasn't cynical as heck and they just want it to sound EVEN MORE EPIC AND IMPORTANT

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Posted by TurboMMaster on June 19th, 2017 @ 5:23am CDT

But they used this "The Final Chapter" thing already... Twice. Bay is leaving Transformers since 2011, why we should take this now seriously.

Right now, I'm waiting for another "Michael Bay changed his mind" news. I wonder what can it be this time :-?

After 10 years, Transformers without Micheal Bay sounds almost too good to be true. Even if we are watining for a better director since before first movie was relased.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 8:17am CDT

TurboMMaster wrote:After 10 years, Transformers without Micheal Bay sounds almost too good to be true. Even if we are watining for a better director since before first movie was relased.

Well the next film is being made by the director of an Oscar nominated film so you are getting your wish.

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Posted by TurboMMaster on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:04am CDT

Well, Bumblebee's spin-off isn't technically a main "Transformers" movie, so there is a risk, that until Transformers 2019, Michael Bay will decide to return, or that they decide to hire Jonathan Liebesman or someone similiar, so so movie would remain essentialy the same.

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Posted by dragons on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:07am CDT

Expensive dress for teen girl

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:13am CDT

TurboMMaster wrote:Well, Bumblebee's spin-off isn't technically a main "Transformers" movie, so there is a risk, that until Transformers 2019, Michael Bay will decide to return, or that they decide to hire Jonathan Liebesman or someone similiar, so so movie would remain essentialy the same.

Would you rather Zack Snyder?

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:40am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
TurboMMaster wrote:Well, Bumblebee's spin-off isn't technically a main "Transformers" movie, so there is a risk, that until Transformers 2019, Michael Bay will decide to return, or that they decide to hire Jonathan Liebesman or someone similiar, so so movie would remain essentialy the same.

Would you rather Zack Snyder?

Or Uwe Boll?

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Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:47am CDT

william-james88 wrote:
TurboMMaster wrote:Well, Bumblebee's spin-off isn't technically a main "Transformers" movie, so there is a risk, that until Transformers 2019, Michael Bay will decide to return, or that they decide to hire Jonathan Liebesman or someone similiar, so so movie would remain essentialy the same.

Would you rather Zack Snyder?

HELL NO! And I wouldn't want J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, or any other overrated self-important d-bag. Bring on someone who actually does science fiction for science fiction, not to try to simply achieve nerdgasms on screen. Too bad James Cameron is busy with the Avatar sequels. What is Ridley Scott doing? He's done with Alien and Blade Runner by now. Is he starting another Alien prequel so soon?

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Posted by Sabrblade on June 19th, 2017 @ 9:56am CDT

Rodimus Prime wrote:
william-james88 wrote:
TurboMMaster wrote:Well, Bumblebee's spin-off isn't technically a main "Transformers" movie, so there is a risk, that until Transformers 2019, Michael Bay will decide to return, or that they decide to hire Jonathan Liebesman or someone similiar, so so movie would remain essentialy the same.

Would you rather Zack Snyder?
HELL NO! And I wouldn't want J.J. Abrams, Joss Whedon, or any other overrated self-important d-bag. Bring on someone who actually does science fiction for science fiction, not to try to simply achieve nerdgasms on screen. Too bad James Cameron is busy with the Avatar sequels. What is Ridley Scott doing? He's done with Alien and Blade Runner by now. Is he starting another Alien prequel so soon?

Brad Bird is a good choice for rich characterization.

Or if we wanted another director who specializes in stunning visuals (but coupled with an air of sophistication), Kenneth Branagh.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 10:24am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Or if we wanted another director who specializes in stunning visuals (but coupled with an air of sophistication), Kenneth Branagh.

While I would be all for that, something tells me he wouldnt do it unless he was Optimus prime :lol:

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Posted by TurboMMaster on June 19th, 2017 @ 11:12am CDT

Bring on someone who actually does science fiction for science fiction, not to try to simply achieve nerdgasms on screen.

I agree, Transformers deserves someone who actually could understand a genre he used to direct.

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Posted by Stuartmaximus on June 19th, 2017 @ 11:37am CDT

get Patty Jenkins to make an Arcee movie :WHISTLE:

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Posted by Kurona on June 19th, 2017 @ 11:42am CDT

Stuartmaximus wrote:get Patty Jenkins to make an Arcee movie

That... could work. Considering Wonder Woman is the first good DC movie in a while, she seems to have a thing for fixing long-running movie franchises based on other media :-?

(I only meant to put one emoji but when I clicked on it for some reason it spawned eleven of the things. I'm just gonna leave it like that :lol:

)

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Posted by frogbat on June 19th, 2017 @ 11:50am CDT

Stuartmaximus wrote:get Patty Jenkins to make an Arcee movie

personally i reckon she should do a TF reboot movie - female led or not.

to be fair to michael bay, the first film was enjoyable and i think the FX work really did bring the concept to life. Unfortunately the franchise fell into a bigger faster more and more cycle that used to be a cliche in hollywood. Sequels have improved over the last decade and franchises have become enjoyable but not all are equal... For every Guardians of the Galaxy 2 there's Pirates...

I'd like a director who understands geek movies better - how characterisation, story and lore are all huge parts of the experience and not only action sequences.

I'll go and watch the last knight at the cinema with an open mind but low expectations. I'm very interested in watching a properly shot 3d movie and not one done in post... and if all else fails, hopefully Freya has some good screen time.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 3:25pm CDT

We have two new promotional interview clips from USA Today. You can view them on their website:

Clip 1 features Josh Duhamel and Mark Wahlberg speaking of Bay and his Explosions! :michaelbay:

Clip 2 features Mark Wahlberg and Michael Bay speaking of Sir Anthony Hopkins.

Enjoy!

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 3:33pm CDT

I will share this video review of the movie which has no spoilers for the obvious reason that Nostalgia Critic chose to review it without even seeing it. I would be all for a video about predictions, but this one is beyond lame, not even an attempt at making a fun joke.
Plus, its hard to take his word for anything when he says Megatron is always sidelined by a more humanoid looking character and yet he shows Megatron as one of those humanoid looking characters. This is a nonsense review and it wasnt any fun to watch. I too could comment over trailers and just say what I am seeing.

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Posted by Kurona on June 19th, 2017 @ 4:15pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I will share this video review of the movie which has no spoilers for the obvious reason that Nostalgia Critic chose to review it without even seeing it. I would be all for a video about predictions, but this one is beyond lame, not even an attempt at making a fun joke.
Plus, its hard to take his word for anything when he says Megatron is always sidelined by a more humanoid looking character and yet he shows Megatron as one of those humanoid looking characters. This is a nonsense review and it wasnt any fun to watch. I too could comment over trailers and just say what I am seeing.

I kinda think you missed the entire point of the video - like he said, it's more an experiment and a spin on his tradition of reviewing the live-action movies since he's tired of reviewing them. Heck, you're proving his point by saying he's just describing the trailers - because his point is that this movie is likely going to be the exact same thing as the last movies. The entire video describes what happened in the other four movies, with the only specific details being Walberg and Knights - which you could switch out respectively with LaBeouf and Dinosaurs/Ancient pyramids/whatever. And I wouldn't call it nonsense for just a single little detail that in all likelihood is just a mistake - if you're resorting to nitpicks when the rest of the video is sound and accurate, that sounds like you've got a pretty weak argument. Everything he's saying is correct, so why do you dismiss the entire argument because of one single picture?

And I've gotta say... yeah, I completely agree with the video. I was thinking of linking it since it's my exact thoughts -- the movies are all basically the same thing with only tiny details or superficial layers switched out. The video is a commentary on the current Hollywood structure and how movie franchises - including and in specific reference to Transformers - continue to be put out despite little to no effort and thought being put into them and providing nothing substantial that hasn't been seen in the first one.

And for what it's worth I thought it was pretty damn funny - Nostalgia Critic's whole deal is over-exaggeration of emotional reactions and describing things in a ridiculous and sarcastic manner. If it's not your thing, fine; but don't say it didn't attempt humour just because the jokes didn't land with you. I got a hell of a lot more entertainment out of this than anything in the movies, I'll say that much.

I'm also not really sure why you're linking a video just to say you didn't like it. If you're at least just linking it to say you disagree with it or there's something brought up you want to discuss, fine; but if you do believe the video is pointless and provides no useless commentary, then what on earth is the point of bringing it up here and ranting about it? I could do that with anything; I could find some random person who doesn't like IDW's Till All Are One and say that what they said is pointless on TAAO's thread, but what would be the point if they didn't bring up anything that I feel could contribute to the discussion?

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Posted by Burn on June 19th, 2017 @ 4:23pm CDT

Even if they found a director that made the Transformers "look like they did back in the 80's", and "gave the TF's character" and "made a movie for the fans", the fanboys would still piss and moan.

Honestly, I think Bay has done a tremendous job and I had a gutful of the Bay bashing years ago. I've seen some piss and moan for years about Bay, completely over-looking the fact there are writers involved (who I feel are more to blame) but that didn't matter, they had to hate Bay.

I truly hope they do throw more money at Bay to bring him back, just to piss off the whiny fan boys even more.

But even if he doesn't come back, Bay may go away, unfortunately we'll be stuck with whiny fan boys because nothing will please them.

And at the end of the day, piss and moan about Bay, piss and moan about the movies ... you're still going to watch them.

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Posted by Kurona on June 19th, 2017 @ 4:36pm CDT

To be honest, I'm actually kind of excited at the prospect of a Transformers film without Bay. While I doubt the writing would still not be good and would still have less-than-inspired plots and include embarrassing characters human and cybertronian alike, these are action movies - so primarily, I want to see good action. Bay only just managed to deliver on that in the first movie, and in the subsequent sequels proved that the tricks he had in the first movie were the only ones he actually had -- so it got rather dull and in many respects (Transformium in particular, though there are other aspects) it actually got worse. Seeing that slow motion shot of a Transformer jumping over something for the first time is awesome - when you see it a billion times after? Not so much. Same goes for most of the action; looks cool, but I've seen it so many times by now that it's a broken record. Compare to the Marvel movies, where they manage to use entertaining coreography and use each hero's powers and/or abilities in their own unique ways to create an amazing battlefield. Iron Man, Avengers, Captain America, Guardians of the Galaxy; hell, even Ant-Man managed to be great at this. The only one I remember not particularly enjoying is Thor 2, and... well, yeah. Thor 2. It's pretty shit. Point is, the Marvel movies end up having very enjoyable action even though the stories and characters are never anything mindblowing (though I will say I find them likeable enough for a passing grade, unlike say Sam's parents or Drift or Skids).

So... yeah, a new director WOULD be fantastic to me. Even if they fall into the same trap as Bay and repeat cliches over and over and over in the subsequent sequels, at the very least we'd get something new and refreshing the first time round. If Bay doesn't go back on what he said and there is in fact a new director for TF7, I might be enticed to see it and would probably be more excited for it than any previous live-action Transformers movie. Heck, the Bumblebee movie is looking infinitely more promising due to the Kubo director coming in and the movie -allegedly- going for a different direction (something I don't particularly trust, but hopefully I'm proven wrong and we will get something new and awesome).

Also I know it wasn't aimed at me personally; but I'm actually not seeing TLK. The last one I saw in cinemas was Revenge of the Fallen; I only got to see Dark of the Moon and Age of Extinction because it turned out they were on Netflix and that day I just really felt like inflicting pain upon my retinas. ... The plural IS 'retinas', right? It's not really a word I use a plural for a lot. Could've just said 'eyes', but that would just be lame...

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Posted by Deadput on June 19th, 2017 @ 4:50pm CDT

PrymeStriker wrote:"The Final Chapter"

...The f*ck are they talking about?! There's three more damn movies ahead of us!

To be fair two of them are prequels (Transformers one is an Animated prequel set on Cybertron presumably during the war, and the Bee movie takes place in 1985)

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Posted by Deadput on June 19th, 2017 @ 4:56pm CDT

I think people are overlooking that Lorenzo di Bonaventura makes a lot of the decisions that the fans hate (He doesn't really like the fans either) and he was always the guy I thought was the worse part instead of say Bay or the script writers.

Heck it was his idea to take two different movies and combine them into one making The last Knight which is probably why it's over complicated.

In my opinion he needs to leave more so then Bay or any of the writers.

Edit: Also doing some digging and it seems that he treats Peter Cullen like crap and never wanted him in the film to the point he attempted to sabotage his audition and apparently refused to let Peter voice both Optimus and Ironhide.

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Posted by Deadput on June 19th, 2017 @ 5:01pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I will share this video review of the movie which has no spoilers for the obvious reason that Nostalgia Critic chose to review it without even seeing it. I would be all for a video about predictions, but this one is beyond lame, not even an attempt at making a fun joke.
Plus, its hard to take his word for anything when he says Megatron is always sidelined by a more humanoid looking character and yet he shows Megatron as one of those humanoid looking characters. This is a nonsense review and it wasnt any fun to watch. I too could comment over trailers and just say what I am seeing.

Ugh I don't take anything Doug says seriously in regards to these films because he thinks that the people who enjoy the movies are morons and he belittles them too at any opportunity, also he keeps whining about them and constantly brings the movies up in unrelated reviews which is part of what made me stop watching his content in the first place.

Also his screaming schtick is annoying and old.

He is also a major hypocrite since his whole TMNT review basically was him saying "things change from the source material" and yet he doesn't think the same for the Transformers movies.

Then again this video only exists because he is falling out of relevancy and is doing everything to keep his channel alive.

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Posted by william-james88 on June 19th, 2017 @ 6:02pm CDT

Kurona wrote:I kinda think you missed the entire point of the video - like he said, it's more an experiment and a spin on his tradition of reviewing the live-action movies since he's tired of reviewing them. Heck, you're proving his point by saying he's just describing the trailers - because his point is that this movie is likely going to be the exact same thing as the last movies.

Sure but I want to be entertained when I watch this guy`s videos. This wasnt entertaining in the least. And there werent predictions. I wanted a full on prediction for his experiment to work but I didnt get anything substantial. As I said, I could do the same, and so could you, there was nothing fun or interesting here about his experiment.

Re: Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (1890616)
Posted by Kurona on June 19th, 2017 @ 6:27pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Kurona wrote:I kinda think you missed the entire point of the video - like he said, it's more an experiment and a spin on his tradition of reviewing the live-action movies since he's tired of reviewing them. Heck, you're proving his point by saying he's just describing the trailers - because his point is that this movie is likely going to be the exact same thing as the last movies.

Sure but I want to be entertained when I watch this guy`s videos. This wasnt entertaining in the least. And there werent predictions. I wanted a full on prediction for his experiment to work but I didnt get anything substantial. As I said, I could do the same, and so could you, there was nothing fun or interesting here about his experiment.

But it was a prediction. His entire point is that with the precedence of how lazy and repetitive the previous movies were, you can easily predict what's going to happen aside from inconsequential details and superficial layers. How is it not a prediction? And personally I thought it was rather entertaining. The way he done it fit his style of humour and satire completely and it worked.

Though once again... I'm really not sure why it's being brought up here when it's not being used to say anything about the topic. It seems more like something that merits its own thread.

Re: Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (1890617)
Posted by Deadput on June 19th, 2017 @ 6:35pm CDT

Kurona wrote: And personally I thought it was rather entertaining. The way he done it fit his style of humour and satire completely and it worked.

Nostalgia Critic, humor pick one.

Re: Omar Sy to voice Hot Rod in Transformers: The Last Knight (1890626)
Posted by Kurona on June 19th, 2017 @ 8:49pm CDT

Deadput wrote:
Kurona wrote: And personally I thought it was rather entertaining. The way he done it fit his style of humour and satire completely and it worked.

Nostalgia Critic, humor pick one.

Seems pretty subjective to me. Though I personally think it works out well and he manages to give a new spin on things from a meta perspective to stop it from getting stale.

Though, once again, how is this remotely on-topic?

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