Peter Cullen Says he's had the Most Fun Working on Rise of the Beasts in new Featurette
Tuesday, May 30th, 2023 1:20PM CDT
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Posted by Decepticon Stryker on May 30th, 2023 @ 3:41pm CDT
Also, that story about Bay not wanting Cullen as Prime isn’t exactly true. Supposedly, Lorenzo’s the one that didn’t want Cullen involved in the film while Bay was the one actively pushing for Cullen as both Prime and Ironhide. While that particular story has never been 100% confirmed, Cullen has said publicly that Bay was really excited to have him voice Optimus.
Posted by william-james88 on May 30th, 2023 @ 4:51pm CDT
Decepticon Stryker wrote:Great to see Cullen’s having a better time working on this than Bumblbee.
Also, that story about Bay not wanting Cullen as Prime isn’t exactly true. Supposedly, Lorenzo’s the one that didn’t want Cullen involved in the film while Bay was the one actively pushing for Cullen as both Prime and Ironhide. While that particular story has never been 100% confirmed, Cullen has said publicly that Bay was really excited to have him voice Optimus.
Alright, thanks
Posted by Sabrblade on May 30th, 2023 @ 5:21pm CDT
Then who was it that originally wanted Liam Neeson to voice Optimus in the first movie? I thought I recalled an interview or behind-the-scenes featurette where Bay had mentioned wanting Neeson for Optimus while also mentioning Hugo Weaving for Megatron.william-james88 wrote:Decepticon Stryker wrote:Great to see Cullen’s having a better time working on this than Bumblbee.
Also, that story about Bay not wanting Cullen as Prime isn’t exactly true. Supposedly, Lorenzo’s the one that didn’t want Cullen involved in the film while Bay was the one actively pushing for Cullen as both Prime and Ironhide. While that particular story has never been 100% confirmed, Cullen has said publicly that Bay was really excited to have him voice Optimus.
Alright, thanks
Posted by Decepticon Stryker on May 30th, 2023 @ 6:34pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Then who was it that originally wanted Liam Neeson to voice Optimus in the first movie? I thought I recalled an interview or behind-the-scenes featurette where Bay had mentioned wanting Neeson for Optimus while also mentioning Hugo Weaving for Megatron.william-james88 wrote:Decepticon Stryker wrote:Great to see Cullen’s having a better time working on this than Bumblbee.
Also, that story about Bay not wanting Cullen as Prime isn’t exactly true. Supposedly, Lorenzo’s the one that didn’t want Cullen involved in the film while Bay was the one actively pushing for Cullen as both Prime and Ironhide. While that particular story has never been 100% confirmed, Cullen has said publicly that Bay was really excited to have him voice Optimus.
Alright, thanks
That was likely Lorenzo, who wanted to fill the cast with a bunch of big names. Bay was, supposedly, pushing hard for Cullen and Welker, and he may have actually been pushing for the entirety of the original voice cast to come back.
Posted by william-james88 on May 30th, 2023 @ 10:31pm CDT
In Collaboration with Amazon, Fans and Families Can Look Forward to a Graffiti Mural, Product Showcase, Food Trucks, and More Than Meets the Eye Surprises
NEW YORK –– MAY 30, 2023 –– Ahead of the highly-anticipated Transformers: Rise of the Beasts premiere, Hasbro, a global leader in play, has collaborated with Amazon for “Transformers: Battle in Brooklyn” – a special fan event to drive excitement for the upcoming premiere and to showcase the diverse selection of toys, apparel, accessories, and home décor available in the Amazon Transformers store, including hundreds of Transformers products exclusive to Amazon. This special event in the borough of Brooklyn, which also serves as the film's backdrop, will feature fun-filled Transformers-themed activities, interactive, shoppable Amazon product displays, and surprises for fans. Free to the public, the “Transformers: Battle in Brooklyn” event will take place on Saturday, June 3, 2023, from 3 - 7 p.m. in Brooklyn, NY, at the intersection of Waterbury Street & Scholes Street. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts will be released globally by Paramount Pictures exclusively in theatres on June 9.
Transformers fans and families can look forward to the following activities:
● A Graffiti-Style Mural from Dragon76 – Hasbro teamed up with Japanese street artist Dragon76 to create a spectacular mural in East Williamsburg that showcases the Transformers brand in a vital, passionate ‘90s graffiti style—the perfect backdrop for memorable fan photos and videos to mark the release of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
● Transformers Product Showcase – On display will be an exciting exhibit showcasing the hottest new toys like the Bumblebee and Optimus Primal 2-in-1 Converting Masks and the Beast Battle Masters Cheetor figure, as well as collectibles and more from the latest Transformers consumer product lineup. Attendees will also be able to browse a new collection of Amazon exclusive products inspired by the graffiti mural, including t-shirts, tanks, and hoodies for kids and adults from Merch on Demand, Amazon’s print-on-demand service that allows customers to shop millions of products from popular brands and independent designers. The showcase will include shoppable QR codes that make it easy to order items directly from Amazon. Prime members enjoy fast, free delivery.
● Food Trucks – Event-goers can grab some bites to eat from local, on-site food trucks, Glazed & Confused and Takumi Tacos, which will offer free food from special Transformers-themed menus on a first come, first served basis, as supplies last.
“Transformers: Rise of the Beasts is set in Brooklyn, and we thought what better location to host this special event that will appeal to Transformers fans of all ages?” commented Tom Warner, SVP & GM, Global Brands at Hasbro. “Fans can immerse themselves in the world of Transformers, and we look forward to celebrating the Transformers: Rise of the Beasts launch and showcasing the Hasbro toy line—all things that make this franchise iconic.”
New York-area public transit riders will also have the opportunity to purchase Transformers-branded MetroCards featuring ‘90s graffiti artwork at select stations beginning June 2nd. Approximately 50,000 MetroCards will be distributed across machines located in Penn Station, Grand Central Station, and Times Square, while supplies last. Additionally, Transformers movie-inspired artwork will appear on Amazon Hub Lockers around the country. Use the Amazon QR code embedded in both the MetroCards and on Amazon Hub Lockers to shop the Amazon Transformers store.
“We are thrilled to collaborate with Hasbro on these real-world and online activations to showcase the incredible selection of products in the Amazon Transformers store, including several franchise exclusive products for customers,” said Mike Popchuk, VP, Home and Lifestyle Categories at Amazon. “We’re proud to help offer an innovative Transformers shopping experience for our customers this summer in Brooklyn and beyond.”
Join the battle and immerse yourself in the world of Transformers! Find out more about the event at amazon.com/TFbattleinbrooklyn.
Posted by william-james88 on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:27pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:33pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:Have any of you ever wanted to hear Optimus Prime say "When the rideshare is sus"?
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:38pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:39pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?
To make it even cringier.
Posted by Quantum Surge on May 31st, 2023 @ 6:19pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:04pm CDT
Reminds me of how I once imagined Headmasters aging badly, coughing up decayed body parts of the Nebulons they binary bonded to...
Posted by griftimus prime on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:14pm CDT
Posted by Flashwave on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:53pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?
Because it literally only cost them a cup of coffee to have the marketing intern throw this together
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 31st, 2023 @ 8:05pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:01pm CDT
Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?
It's part of the "short" vibe, like what we see on facebook and tictoc.
https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremylynch?lang=en
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:20pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:29pm CDT
Randomhero wrote:Remember the days when you guys didn’t put your opinions in the title of articles? Those were good days… congrats. You’re in the level of tformers.
Ooooffff...
Well, yeah, I can agree that it's not really professional.
No matter how funny that was.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 31st, 2023 @ 11:47pm CDT
If enough of the target demo agrees, even ironically, can't it be declared objectively cringey?Randomhero wrote:Remember the days when you guys didn’t put your opinions in the title of articles? Those were good days… congrats. You’re in the level of tformers.
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:09am CDT
Posted by Easy Tiger on June 1st, 2023 @ 3:55am CDT
In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 1st, 2023 @ 4:23am CDT
Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.
In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).
The more you know!
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 1st, 2023 @ 10:15am CDT
Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.
In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).
Be that as it may, "sus" has only been part of pop culture lingo for the past few years.
Posted by Windsweeper on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:03pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:08pm CDT
TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.
In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).
Be that as it may, "sus" has only been part of pop culture lingo for the past few years.
Is it just me or is the pop culture lingo just getting lazy? I mean, in the 80's we had entire expressions, phrases, and even entire WORDS dedicated to our pop culture (see Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl"). But this? This is just lazy and kind of sad. RIP English slang
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 2:50pm CDT
We also have a featurette for the soundtrack of the film featuring friend to the site, Jongnik Bontemps, who talks about composing a new score for the Maximals. Check it all out below.
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 3:06pm CDT
Posted by TulioDude on June 1st, 2023 @ 4:15pm CDT
This interview is pretty sweet. I'm glad to have Peter Cullen with us.
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 6:13pm CDT
TulioDude wrote:
This interview is pretty sweet. I'm glad to have Peter Cullen with us.
Don't do this to me Mr. Cullen! How can I resist that gentle, heroic voice? Damn it! Off to ROTB I go!
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:00pm CDT
Also, fun fact, the Brooklyn scenes of Rise of the Beasts were filmed in Montreal, which doubled as that borough, and Montreal just happens to be Peter Cullen's home town (as well as mine).
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:18pm CDT
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:26pm CDT
One more proof that Russia will keep enjoying the things and the sanctions will only make so that the creators of the things will not receive a dime.
Oh the irony.
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 9:18pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:In this short clip, Peter states that this film is similar to the G1 cartoon, for him, since it hits all the same notes, like integrity, dignity and courage.
Also, fun fact, the Brooklyn scenes of Rise of the Beasts were filmed in Montreal, which doubled as that borough, and Montreal just happens to be Peter Cullen's home town (as well as mine).
So... according to Lorenzo di Bonaventura, in ROTB we begin to see how OP grows from a leader with integrity, dignity and courage to a stone cold "Give me your FACE!!" mass murderer? I CAN NOT wait to see the aged "GET OFF MY LAWN!!! Boom! Ratatatat!" OP!
I grew up in Montreal, but now in Toronto. Goes back to Montreal & Quebec City every other year or so though!
Posted by SkyFire Prime on June 2nd, 2023 @ 5:41am CDT
Posted by Coptur on June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:23am CDT
SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.
funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014.
Posted by o.supreme on June 2nd, 2023 @ 12:46pm CDT
I know Netflix has a setting in that language and a *few* movies with subs, but most of the other streaming services dont. As for the dub, dont feel bad. I've seen some of their "dubs", some may be professional, but the bootlegs are literally one guy yelling all the dialogue for all the characters over the original language audio track that you can still clearly hear. It's no way to watch a film.
Posted by bluecatcinema on June 2nd, 2023 @ 2:56pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:
Even after all these years, Peter's still got it.
Posted by HappyCappy on June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:04pm CDT
Posted by HappyCappy on June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:13pm CDT
Posted by SkyFire Prime on June 3rd, 2023 @ 12:00am CDT
Coptur wrote:SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.
funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014.
Nothing can justify Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and daily attacks on civilians. The United States is by no means perfect, but the whole world can see what's happening in Ukraine and most of us are united in sacrificing to help expel the invaders. I'm sure the mods are on their way.
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on June 5th, 2023 @ 2:20pm CDT
Props to the voice actors for sounding exactly like their english counterparts, especially Airazor. I think they are using some kind of voice filter on her because I hate her voice as much as in the english dub.
Posted by Coptur on June 6th, 2023 @ 10:51am CDT
SkyFire Prime wrote:Coptur wrote:SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.
funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014.
Nothing can justify Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and daily attacks on civilians. The United States is by no means perfect, but the whole world can see what's happening in Ukraine and most of us are united in sacrificing to help expel the invaders. I'm sure the mods are on their way.
You are aware the Ukraine started the war in 2014 by bombing Russians in the east of Ukraine(Donbass) after the CIA backed the colour revolution. I wouldn't believe western propaganda that favour of zelenskys puppet money laundering regime.
the world are being force fed Russia bad/Ukraine good, when it isn't hard to find out the Eastern forces in Ukraine are genuine descendants of WW2 Nazis (Azov) that they do not hide this, yet you're willing to back them because you've been told russia bad.
to coin a phase 'there is more than than meets eye' especially regarding this conflict.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:37pm CDT
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:41pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:49pm CDT
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 2:06pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.
I'm fine with that.
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:23pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.
I'm fine with that.
All I want from a TF movie
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:52pm CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.
I'm fine with that.
All I want from a TF movie
Ditto.
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:55pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.
I'm fine with that.
All I want from a TF movie
Ditto.
I'm also okay with the occasional dose of cleavage but not in this type of movie.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:56pm CDT
First-Aid wrote:I'm also okay with the occasional dose of cleavage but not in this type of movie.
Especially when it's supposed to be "for kids."
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 5:01pm CDT
The thing is, the general landscape of what makes something a "Saturday morning cartoon" has really shifted over the years. Is it a Saturday morning cartoon like how Batman: The Animated Series was, or a Saturday morning cartoon like SpongeBob is?First-Aid wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.
These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.
I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.
I'm fine with that.
If I'm being honest, as much as I like SpongeBob, I'd much rather this movie be something closer to the former than the latter.