Transformers: Age of Extinction Chinese Payoff Trailer

Exciting news for our Transformers fans over in Hong Kong. According to South China Morning Post it looks like Michael Bay, director of Transformers: Age of Extinction, will join cast members Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz and Li Bingbing at for the world premiere at the Cultural Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui on Thursday June 19. The premiere will be followed by a concert by Imagine Dragons, who will perform at the Ocean Terminal roof-top parking lot at 9pm which there will be 5,000 free tickets available.
For details of the free tickets, visit here.


You can check out the new Transformers: Age of Extinction "Payoff" trailer released in China below

Sooo, 30 seconds in there's a robot dog

We have a couple of new Transformers: Age of Extinction movie posters to share this afternoon. The first comes to us from IMAX and features Optimus Prim and Grimlock, the second is from M1905 and also features Optimus Prime with a flaming background. Check 'em out below:

I love that 2nd one, first one is pretty good though.

El Duque wrote:

Even though both Prime and Grimlock are f**king hideous, the way they're posed makes that poster pretty cool.

Rodimus Prime wrote:

El Duque wrote:

f**king hideous.

*rolls eyes*

Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

Shut up

The third was great Sentinel was actually a good villain who had character development


I can tell you already this s better then the other 3 movies.

no one said they were masterpieces they have their flaws like everything else




Grow up brats like you are why humanity will never be pleased

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

your opinion comes off as pretentious and arrogant and was probably better off left unsaid, go be soar someplace else

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

Soar ?

As in Dino-soar  ?

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:
Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.








I don't believe anyone put a gun to your head to watch the other three ?
And if you were any sort of trans fan I'd doubt you would say that.

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

For those B**ching about this & that, Plain and Simple don't go see it case closed!! It's one of those things lets see how many people I can get on my bandwagon.

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

It's more like people can't think for themselves when a critic says a movie is shit, when it's really not. They just want to jump on the bandwagon and hate it because it's the cool thing to do. When I say DOTM is the greatest movie of all time, that's me thinking for myself. But people like you, those who label it in such a way, are all of one hive mind. I have the audacity to call the movie what I see it as, but you, you're just regurgitating shit that's been said plenty of times, before; with absolutely no proof to your claims, no less. Who's the one who can't think for themselves, here?

As we edge closer and closer to the world premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction, new TV spots with new footage are rolling in! New footage seen include a nice closeup of Crosshairs in all his glory, Strafe hilariously sliding down the side of a building, and a brief look at Lockdown's unhelmeted face. Take a look at the minute-long spot below, which has been uploaded on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel!

In case you were wondering if he was supposed to be Swoop or a different guy, here you go.

Janus Prime wrote:In case you were wondering if he was supposed to be Swoop or a different guy, here you go.

Huh?

Mindmaster wrote:

Janus Prime wrote:In case you were wondering if he was supposed to be Swoop or a different guy, here you go.

Huh?

In G1 Swoop is constantly crashing, I don´t believe there´s one appearance of him in the show where he didn´t crash.

It seems Stinger hitched a ride with Strafe and Bumblebee. Probably why Strafe is falling off of the tower there.

All the clips are fine and all BUT I JUST CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS MOVIE!!

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

El Duque wrote:

f**king hideous.

*rolls eyes*

Roll them all you want, it's not gonna make the designs look better.

I like seeing all the footage, but I want to see just 1 quick shot of any of the Dinobots in robot mode. I was so sure that's something Bay was keeping for the movie, but I really think 1 glimpse wouldn't hurt. So now I'm a bit uneasy about just how much the Dinobots will be in the film and what exactly will they do. Will they get the Devastator and Shockwave treatment where they show up to do 1 thing and then get taken out? I don't imagine that happening to Grimlock, but seeing Strafe rolling off that roof like that makes me think at least a couple of the Dinos will bite the dust.

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like seeing all the footage, but I want to see just 1 quick shot of any of the Dinobots in robot mode. I was so sure that's something Bay was keeping for the movie, but I really think 1 glimpse wouldn't hurt. So now I'm a bit uneasy about just how much the Dinobots will be in the film and what exactly will they do. Will they get the Devastator and Shockwave treatment where they show up to do 1 thing and then get taken out? I don't imagine that happening to Grimlock, but seeing Strafe rolling off that roof like that makes me think at least a couple of the Dinos will bite the dust.

Let me help your expectations. The Dinobots (Grimlock and Slug at least) will only be present in that Shanghai battle scene. They will also not transform even though hasbro said they would.

Obviously, this is only speculation and as negative as it may sound, this is the mindset I am using so as not to be dissapointed like I have been for 3 times in a row. I also anticipate seeing Mark Wahlberg more than Optimus and having his trucker friend and Stanley Tucci be annoying. I also dont expect Slog to show up.

I am desperately wanting to see this movie now but after Man of Steel, I cannot trust how good a movie looks off trailers. hence why I am keeping my expectations really low and getting ready for the worst, while hoping for the best.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I like seeing all the footage, but I want to see just 1 quick shot of any of the Dinobots in robot mode. I was so sure that's something Bay was keeping for the movie, but I really think 1 glimpse wouldn't hurt. So now I'm a bit uneasy about just how much the Dinobots will be in the film and what exactly will they do. Will they get the Devastator and Shockwave treatment where they show up to do 1 thing and then get taken out? I don't imagine that happening to Grimlock, but seeing Strafe rolling off that roof like that makes me think at least a couple of the Dinos will bite the dust.

Let me help your expectations. The Dinobots (Grimlock and Slug at least) will only be present in that Shanghai battle scene. They will also not transform even though hasbro said they would.

Obviously, this is only speculation and as negative as it may sound, this is the mindset I am using so as not to be dissapointed like I have been for 3 times in a row. I also anticipate seeing Mark Wahlberg more than Optimus and having his trucker friend and Stanley Tucci be annoying. I also dont expect Slog to show up.

I am desperately wanting to see this movie now but after Man of Steel, I cannot trust how good a movie looks off trailers. hence why I am keeping my expectations really low and getting ready for the worst, while hoping for the best.

How about you go see the movie and make up your own opinion.

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

How about you go see the movie and make up your own opinion.

I would love to but its not out yet. All we have are these trailers and our predictions. And I believe that if I do not expect the dinobots to transform and that they end up not transforming, then I will be much less dissapointed than anyone who was expecting to see that happen.

william-james88 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

To be honest, I don't even know which trailer had Slog in it. There's so many different ones, and I'm not about to go hunting through the archives to find it.

As far as I'm aware, Slash has not, but I thinking Snarl could be barely seen in the same trailer as Slog.

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

To be honest, I don't even know which trailer had Slog in it. There's so many different ones, and I'm not about to go hunting through the archives to find it.

As far as I'm aware, Slash has not, but I thinking Snarl could be barely seen in the same trailer as Slog.

I have been following this movie a lot and even i have not seen them.


You must mean those trading cards that were leaked.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

To be honest, I don't even know which trailer had Slog in it. There's so many different ones, and I'm not about to go hunting through the archives to find it.

As far as I'm aware, Slash has not, but I thinking Snarl could be barely seen in the same trailer as Slog.

I have been following this movie a lot and even i have not seen them.


You must mean those trading cards that were leaked.

Nope, it was a trailer. It was in an urban environment, with Crosshairs and the rest of the Autobot cars up front and a handful of the Dinobots in the back charging right behond them.

Mindmaster wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

To be honest, I don't even know which trailer had Slog in it. There's so many different ones, and I'm not about to go hunting through the archives to find it.

As far as I'm aware, Slash has not, but I thinking Snarl could be barely seen in the same trailer as Slog.

I have been following this movie a lot and even i have not seen them.


You must mean those trading cards that were leaked.

Nope, it was a trailer. It was in an urban environment, with Crosshairs and the rest of the Autobot cars up front and a handful of the Dinobots in the back charging right behond them.

Ahhhh that spot

it was Crosshairs and Drift driving with Scorn behind them Strafe flying Slug beside them with Grimlock behind Slug while they were charging.

Mindmaster wrote:As we edge closer and closer to the world premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction, new TV spots with new footage are rolling in! New footage seen include a nice closeup of Crosshairs in all his glory, Strafe hilariously sliding down the side of a building, and a brief look at Lockdown's unhelmeted face. Take a look at the minute-long spot below, which has been uploaded on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel!

The only thing new about this trailer is the very end with the narrator giving the film's date instead of saying "Coming Soon". Aside from that bit, it's the exact same trailer as this and this.

Sabrblade wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:As we edge closer and closer to the world premiere of Transformers: Age of Extinction, new TV spots with new footage are rolling in! New footage seen include a nice closeup of Crosshairs in all his glory, Strafe hilariously sliding down the side of a building, and a brief look at Lockdown's unhelmeted face. Take a look at the minute-long spot below, which has been uploaded on the Seibertron.com YouTube channel!

The only thing new about this trailer is the very end with the narrator giving the film's date instead of saying "Coming Soon". Aside from that bit, it's the exact same trailer as this and this.

yeah, this is a few days old already.

Who's that riding Slash? Looks like Drift on Slag, Prime on Grimmy and....

DeadCaL wrote:Who's that riding Slash? Looks like Drift on Slag, Prime on Grimmy and....

Crosshairs is on Scorn.

DeadCaL wrote:Who's that riding Slash? Looks like Drift on Slag, Prime on Grimmy and....

Based on the Construct-Bot pairings, it might be Hound.

SlyTF1 wrote:Crosshairs is on Scorn

Or as one mistranslation I saw said... Scone I'm surprised he's bigger than Grimlock.
I'm glad they've gone with 'humongous scale' with these guys, they do look impressive.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Mindmaster wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:I also dont expect Slog to show up.

We've seen Slog in an earlier trailer.

The Brontosaurus? Which trailer? And has either Slash or Snarl shown up yet?

To be honest, I don't even know which trailer had Slog in it. There's so many different ones, and I'm not about to go hunting through the archives to find it.

As far as I'm aware, Slash has not, but I thinking Snarl could be barely seen in the same trailer as Slog.

I have been following this movie a lot and even i have not seen them.


You must mean those trading cards that were leaked.

Nope, it was a trailer. It was in an urban environment, with Crosshairs and the rest of the Autobot cars up front and a handful of the Dinobots in the back charging right behond them.

Ahhhh that spot

it was Crosshairs and Drift driving with Scorn behind them Strafe flying Slug beside them with Grimlock behind Slug while they were charging.

If that is indeed the spot then, like i said, we have yet to see SLOG, the Sauropod dinosaur, and I still am not sure he will appear in the film

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

Then stop going to movies. Simple and to the point, there you go.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

Shut up

The third was great Sentinel was actually a good villain who had character development


I can tell you already this s better then the other 3 movies.

no one said they were masterpieces they have their flaws like everything else




Grow up brats like you are why humanity will never be pleased

You can be angry, but you don't have the right to call him names. You're violating rules and this isn't a request: Watch it. Disagree, but don't pull crap like that anymore.

Shelf Space wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

your opinion comes off as pretentious and arrogant and was probably better off left unsaid, go be soar someplace else

He's entitled to his opinion and he can voice it. That's not how this community works. EVERYONE has a voice. Whether or not it's agreed with is beside the point.

Ultra gordon wrote:SideswipeSkywarp wrote:
Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.








I don't believe anyone put a gun to your head to watch the other three ?
And if you were any sort of trans fan I'd doubt you would say that.

Transfans say shit about the movies all the time. Don't start that "real fan" crap, here.

Gemini220 wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

For those B**ching about this & that, Plain and Simple don't go see it case closed!! It's one of those things lets see how many people I can get on my bandwagon.

Bingo. You, I like you.

SlyTF1 wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

It's more like people can't think for themselves when a critic says a movie is shit, when it's really not. They just want to jump on the bandwagon and hate it because it's the cool thing to do. When I say DOTM is the greatest movie of all time, that's me thinking for myself. But people like you, those who label it in such a way, are all of one hive mind. I have the audacity to call the movie what I see it as, but you, you're just regurgitating shit that's been said plenty of times, before; with absolutely no proof to your claims, no less. Who's the one who can't think for themselves, here?

*slow clap*

Autobot032 wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

It's more like people can't think for themselves when a critic says a movie is shit, when it's really not. They just want to jump on the bandwagon and hate it because it's the cool thing to do. When I say DOTM is the greatest movie of all time, that's me thinking for myself. But people like you, those who label it in such a way, are all of one hive mind. I have the audacity to call the movie what I see it as, but you, you're just regurgitating shit that's been said plenty of times, before; with absolutely no proof to your claims, no less. Who's the one who can't think for themselves, here?

*slow clap*

*joins slow clap*

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Autobot032 wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:

SideswipeSkywarp wrote:Time to give my opinion. This is not a masterpiece. It looks like it's as bad as the G.I.joe movie. The third was crap. Sentinel Prime crap... Dark of the moon should have been the last one, but I guess they know people will see it just because it's Transformers. New piece of shit. People can't think for themselves when they see a bad movie from the preview. I don't need to see Optimus Prime get torn to pieces again. Autobots save Earth for the third time, but humans want them dead. Stupid. Superhero movies are turning soar too.

It's more like people can't think for themselves when a critic says a movie is shit, when it's really not. They just want to jump on the bandwagon and hate it because it's the cool thing to do. When I say DOTM is the greatest movie of all time, that's me thinking for myself. But people like you, those who label it in such a way, are all of one hive mind. I have the audacity to call the movie what I see it as, but you, you're just regurgitating shit that's been said plenty of times, before; with absolutely no proof to your claims, no less. Who's the one who can't think for themselves, here?

*slow clap*

*joins slow clap*

*also joins slow clap*

According to a recent piece on Yahoo! News Singapore, one of the biggest Chinese stars appearing in Transformers: Age of Extinction, Li Bingbing, did encounter some difficulties working with the mostly Anglophone cast and crew on set. We don't have that much to report, but you can read the article here, and relevant sections below.

"I am not a native speaker, but I had to perform as if I am fluent in the language," said Li. "I had to really memorise my dialogue well."

However, the tendency for the production to change the script made the experience more difficult and challenging for the actress.

In addition, Li also revealed that she had to make several changes in terms of her character's name and overall appearance.

"I portray a CEO in the film and they gave the character's name, Liao Xiumei. It's not that the name is not good. It's just that it sounded weird. So I changed it to Su Yueming instead," said the actress.

This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

Getting into more techie territory, the IMAX YouTube channel has uploaded a brief featurette on their new 3D camera, used in the upcoming Transformers: Age of Extinction - and we see some footage minus robots, but plenty of explosions. Check out the embedded clip below!

Introducing the new IMAX® 3D Digital Camera! Go behind the scenes with IMAX's camera team in this new featurette to see how IMAX is revolutionizing 3D capture and also get a first look at the camera that will be featured in Michael Bay's Transformers: Age of Extinction.

Va'al wrote:

Those are some hideous glasses...

Va'al wrote:

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

I don't doubt that, but remembering lines, dealing with script changes and so on is part of any actor's job. If she couldn't cope then she was miscast. However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Tiby wrote:

Va'al wrote:

Tiby wrote:This "actress" finds it challenging to act? Oh dear. What are we in for?

An actress who does not speak English fluently has to learn everything perfectly in English and give the impression she does, but the script keeps changing. That sounds challenging for anyone, to me.

I don't doubt that, but remembering lines, dealing with script changes and so on is part of any actor's job. If she couldn't cope then she was miscast.

That she had to overcome these difficulties is kind of a sign that she did cope. It's not like the article says the challenge was as impossible for her to deal with as you're making this out to sound like. It was just tough for her, plain and simple. Lots of actors face hard tasks in their acting that they have to overcome.

Tiby wrote:However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Would you still feel the same if this were about a man instead? Or if she wasn't that attractive?

Sabrblade wrote:

Tiby wrote:However, the real reason for her casting is obvious.

Would you still feel the same if this were about a man instead? Or if she wasn't that attractive?

Your inference is incorrect. One only has to look at Jackie Chan for an example of an actor who overcame their challenges, and in a lead role as well. The current trend for major films to shoehorn in scenarios and actors to promote the film in certain markets has the potential to hobble the story for the sake of consumption. This is the reason for her casting, otherwise it would have been simple to find someone with the right gender and look who had none of her "challenges".

An actor who views certain acting experiences as challenging is "actually acting." Please look up Li Bing Bing's acting career before commenting. Ignorance is not appreciated. She's a great actress in every way. She's not the biggest Asian star because she can't act in movies. Speaking a foreign language presents difficulties for everyone. But I wonder. Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china. Whatever the situation. She is not "miscast!"

President-prime wrote:Why can't she speaks Chinese and have it dubbed? It is shot in Shanghai/china.

Yeah, that could have been a good solution, at least for the scenes where it's just her and other Chinese characters. If she spoke in Chinese to the other actors who are supposed to be American (Cade, Tessa, etc.) it wouldn't work.

And is she the "biggest Asian star?" I find that hard to believe, true it may be. I haven't heard of her before, and I do know Jackie Chan, Michelle Yeoh, Jet Li, and a few others, though mostly because they came to Hollywood. But they had successful and accomplished careers in Asia before they did.

In the Asian communities, she's extremely big. She's in resident evil, and a few other American movies. In terms of acting, she's really good. International stars are usually well-known for action movies, and comedies making fun of each other (Rush Hour) . Don't get me wrong, I love Jackie Chan movies. Check out his Chinese movies. He's a great actor. I suggest anyone still on the fence about her to youtube or check out some of her movies. Otherwise, wait a could week and judge for yourself.