The Ark In Transformers 3?

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In a recent post over at ShootForTheEdit.com, there was much discussion of Bay's involvement in the filming of the teaser trailer. Nelson responds by saying, "He said initially he didn't have anything to do with it and then later became totally involved. Who do you think shot those NASA, astronauts walking on the moon, and Ark scenes?" That's right, Seibertronians, he said the Ark! Is the confirmation that the downed spacecraft from the teaser is, in fact, in the Ark? To read more and decide for yourself, check out the original thread HERE

Credit(s): Nelson, ShootForTheEdit.com

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Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157749)
Posted by im ruined on December 15th, 2010 @ 12:18pm CST

I knew it! I said so to myself when I watched the trailer. It feels good to be a dork.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157750)
Posted by DavidT on December 15th, 2010 @ 12:21pm CST

I've been under the impression that it was the Ark cause of the look from the rear of the ship, and the scattered bodies inside like in MTMTE pt.1

Maybe the bot coming online at the end is actually Teletran-1... It's a Bay movie after all LOL

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157751)
Posted by TheCrookedMan on December 15th, 2010 @ 12:27pm CST

Aside from merely being given the name, how is this the Ark?

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157754)
Posted by Sabrblade on December 15th, 2010 @ 12:41pm CST

We mustn't forget about this:

If the craft we saw in the trailer is indeed the Ark, then there must be two Arks in Tyran like how there are two Nemesis ships.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157764)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on December 15th, 2010 @ 1:05pm CST

Just another franchise name being thrown around again, well at least they didnt name a con ship "the ark"

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157767)
Posted by Cliffjumper Prime on December 15th, 2010 @ 1:10pm CST

it's obviously not THE Ark since Prime and his crew aren't in it, but it's an element of TF fiction that's been lifted and adapted for the films. They have a crash-landed and dormant Autobot ship, why not make Transfans happy and call it the Ark? Just like we got Carley, even though she's probably not much like G1 Carley.

also:

Sabrblade wrote:We mustn't forget about this:

If the craft we saw in the trailer is indeed the Ark, then there must be two Arks in Tyran like how there are two Nemesis ships.

Micheal Bay doesn't read the comics, so... yeah

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157770)
Posted by TFGnome on December 15th, 2010 @ 1:38pm CST

ok, in the bay-verse, transformers turn into commits in order to enter the atmosphere of a planet....so do they have ships that the jettison out of ? Or do they just travel space in in commit-mode ?

initially i though ah-ha its the Nemesis, you know cuz it on the moon and all.....
but then my other reasoning that in the bay-verse there are no ships kicked in and i noticed how the wreckage looked like a hand....

and nodes anyone else think the the gold trimmed bot' at the end looks suspiciously like SentinelPrime?

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157771)
Posted by froneyzone on December 15th, 2010 @ 1:39pm CST

Even if it IS the Ark - what happen to storyline people? The writers better have a good reason that nobody at NASA came forth with this info in the last two films and why none of the other Autobots knew about it! I'll be posting a letter to 'Bay & Company' and my own teaser trailer, in a day or so, as something fun and semi-serious for us fans - since theirs did neither tease nor excite ...stayed tuned!

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157772)
Posted by SlyTF1 on December 15th, 2010 @ 1:53pm CST

TFGnome wrote:ok, in the bay-verse, transformers turn into commits in order to enter the atmosphere of a planet....so do they have ships that the jettison out of ? Or do they just travel space in in commit-mode ?

initially i though ah-ha its the Nemesis, you know cuz it on the moon and all.....
but then my other reasoning that in the bay-verse there are no ships kicked in and i noticed how the wreckage looked like a hand....

and nodes anyone else think the the gold trimmed bot' at the end looks suspiciously like SentinelPrime?

I said the same thing about the Sentinel Prime thing. And maybe that is a hand. Maybe the ship is Omega Supream!

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157783)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on December 15th, 2010 @ 2:24pm CST

froneyzone wrote:Even if it IS the Ark - what happen to storyline people? The writers better have a good reason that nobody at NASA came forth with this info in the last two films and why none of the other Autobots knew about it! I'll be posting a letter to 'Bay & Company' and my own teaser trailer, in a day or so, as something fun and semi-serious for us fans - since theirs did neither tease nor excite ...stayed tuned!

I look forward to it.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157789)
Posted by Burn on December 15th, 2010 @ 2:31pm CST

froneyzone wrote:Even if it IS the Ark - what happen to storyline people? The writers better have a good reason that nobody at NASA came forth with this info in the last two films and why none of the other Autobots knew about it! I'll be posting a letter to 'Bay & Company' and my own teaser trailer, in a day or so, as something fun and semi-serious for us fans - since theirs did neither tease nor excite ...stayed tuned!

It wasn't meant to "tease" or "excite". It was meant to "announce" to the general public that TF3 is coming.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157794)
Posted by MINDVVIPE on December 15th, 2010 @ 2:34pm CST

Burn wrote:
froneyzone wrote:Even if it IS the Ark - what happen to storyline people? The writers better have a good reason that nobody at NASA came forth with this info in the last two films and why none of the other Autobots knew about it! I'll be posting a letter to 'Bay & Company' and my own teaser trailer, in a day or so, as something fun and semi-serious for us fans - since theirs did neither tease nor excite ...stayed tuned!

It wasn't meant to "tease" or "excite". It was meant to "announce" to the general public that TF3 is coming.

Haha, come on dude, it tottaly was meant to tease and excite, as well as inform about TF3... 'teaser' trailer, man. Guess it just didn't do it for some.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157802)
Posted by Burn on December 15th, 2010 @ 2:40pm CST

Okay yes, it was meant to do that, but my point is, it wasn't aimed at the TF fan base like some people like to believe. It was aimed at the general public and did enough to inform them that it's coming and get them interested.

But for fans? Not entirely.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157829)
Posted by First-Aid on December 15th, 2010 @ 4:05pm CST

Burn wrote:
froneyzone wrote:Even if it IS the Ark - what happen to storyline people? The writers better have a good reason that nobody at NASA came forth with this info in the last two films and why none of the other Autobots knew about it!

It wasn't meant to "tease" or "excite". It was meant to "announce" to the general public that TF3 is coming.

Exactly. It was specially labeled an "announcement trailer", not a teaser. It's used to get the word out that something is coming.

As for the storyline, the first battle was covered up by the government. The second movie is kind of the "coming out". Lastly, as is illustrated in the trailer, NASA is kept out of the loop about the REAL reason for the moon landing. It is clear that Sector Seven got to the astronauts at some point and used their own equipment to jam the NASA equipment. It's as simple as that.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157831)
Posted by craggy on December 15th, 2010 @ 4:10pm CST

if it is the Ark, does that mean that's Noah Prime?

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157866)
Posted by First-Aid on December 15th, 2010 @ 6:32pm CST

craggy wrote:if it is the Ark, does that mean that's Noah Prime?

Ba-dum-dum!

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157893)
Posted by griftimus prime on December 15th, 2010 @ 7:18pm CST

and this will make bays movie good how?

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157907)
Posted by Ungie on December 15th, 2010 @ 7:52pm CST

Remember the photos of Bay Filming TF3? Remember the ship Sam and That carly girl jumping on? That part looks suspiciously like the ship in the trailer...

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157911)
Posted by JeffX on December 15th, 2010 @ 7:57pm CST

The reason why the Autobots never said anything could be because it never came up or they didn't know it crashed there.

Re: The Ark In Transformers 3? (1157917)
Posted by First-Aid on December 15th, 2010 @ 8:19pm CST

Ungie wrote:Remember the photos of Bay Filming TF3? Remember the ship Sam and That carly girl jumping on? That part looks suspiciously like the ship in the trailer...

I actually was thinking that...but that means that it either flies at some point or soomeone bringds it planetside. Shockwave maybe?

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