Transformers Live Action 5-8 Confirmed by Hasbro Stephen Davis

I must be invisible on here or something! coz didn't I just post a link to something that pertains similar information to the post above?

Just typical! you do your best to provide info(& on rarest occasion first! at least where this website is concerned! & YES! I did check the news section before i posted that link!) pertaining to the threads topic! & recognition for it gets swept under the proverbial carpet! seems a tad counter productive when the same website WELCOMES such said information FROM it's registered users(or in this case.....user).

so the moral of this is.....If your name is anything but Stuartmaximus! you'll probably receive due recognition when providing information first(which is rare I know).

I'm okay with this unless if Micheal Bay is involved in directing, writing, and etc (which he probably is involved ). So are these new movies going to be a reboot of the transformers movies (basically ignoring everything from the Bay movies and starting over?) or are they just continuing the Bayformers movies? Because to me it would be a much wiser choice to start over instead of continuing Bays franchise.

Stuartmaximus wrote:I must be invisible on here or something! coz didn't I just post a link to something that pertains similar information to the post above?

Just typical! you do your best to provide info(& on rarest occasion first! at least where this website is concerned! & YES! I did check the news section before i posted that link!) pertaining to the threads topic! & recognition for it gets swept under the proverbial carpet! seems a tad counter productive when the same website WELCOMES such said information FROM it's registered users(or in this case.....user).

so the moral of this is.....If your name is anything but Stuartmaximus! you'll probably receive due recognition when providing information first(which is rare I know).

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In addition to Seibertron's comment, I was writing that story before your comment showed up, and the internet slowed down as I was posting to the actual front page. There are three minutes' difference between our posts, I'm sorry I missed it.

Seibertron wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:I must be invisible on here or something! coz didn't I just post a link to something that pertains similar information to the post above?

Just typical! you do your best to provide info(& on rarest occasion first! at least where this website is concerned! & YES! I did check the news section before i posted that link!) pertaining to the threads topic! & recognition for it gets swept under the proverbial carpet! seems a tad counter productive when the same website WELCOMES such said information FROM it's registered users(or in this case.....user).

so the moral of this is.....If your name is anything but Stuartmaximus! you'll probably receive due recognition when providing information first(which is rare I know).

Hi Stuartmaximus! Sorry we overlooked your contribution. It works best if you can submit news to us via our contact form at http://www.seibertron.com/contact/index ... bject=news so that we don't over look your post in the future. Just something so that we can get a heads up in our email inboxes instead.

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Ok, many many thanks Seibertron, Erm by what email do you have me under?(please respond in pm) coz I thought it was the same one as the day I registered

Va'al wrote:In addition to Seibertron's comment, I was writing that story before your comment showed up, and the internet slowed down as I was posting to the actual front page. There are three minutes' difference between our posts, I'm sorry I missed it.

Not to mention that you actually wrote up a news story which would have taken longer than those 3 minutes. Hopefully stuartmaximus will use our contact form in the future.

Seibertron wrote:

Va'al wrote:In addition to Seibertron's comment, I was writing that story before your comment showed up, and the internet slowed down as I was posting to the actual front page. There are three minutes' difference between our posts, I'm sorry I missed it.

Not to mention that you actually wrote up a news story which would have taken longer than those 3 minutes. Hopefully stuartmaximus will use our contact form in the future.

Ok, fair point

not even remotely interested in these movies anymore. just show me the toys.

Awesome! More Transformers movies is always good. I just hope the inevitable toylines are more like ROTF and less like AOE.

griftimus prime wrote:not even remotely interested in these movies anymore. just show me the toys.

Difficult pal! As the movies haven't even gone into production yet(well....I don't think 5 has? it might be! correct me if i'm wrong) + the toys wouldn't even be in the design stage yet.

Va'al wrote:In addition to Seibertron's comment, I was writing that story before your comment showed up, and the internet slowed down as I was posting to the actual front page. There are three minutes' difference between our posts, I'm sorry I missed it.

Just one teeny tiny final thing! then I'll leave it alone

If I hadn't brought this oversight to public attention......there's always the probability that it MAY(not definite) have gone unnoticed!

& had that been the case.....then my rant could well have been justified!

But I guess we'll never know now.....will we

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Va'al wrote:In addition to Seibertron's comment, I was writing that story before your comment showed up, and the internet slowed down as I was posting to the actual front page. There are three minutes' difference between our posts, I'm sorry I missed it.

Just one teeny tiny final thing! then I'll leave it alone

If I hadn't brought this oversight to public attention......there's always the probability that it MAY(not definite) have gone unnoticed!

& had that been the case.....then my rant could well have been justified!

But I guess we'll never know now.....will we

We always endeavour to credit our users where we can, and several times people have not received due credit because of situations like this one. There are a handful of us and thousands of board members. Accidents and slips happen.

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Good. My main interest in Transformers is the movies and the toylines based on them so I've been a bit bored since the AoE toyline passed (though I still need to get me Hound and Galvatron since the only shops that did proper Transformers, rather than the simplistic baby stuff, in this country didn't bother getting them in)

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Good. My main interest in Transformers is the movies and the toylines based on them so I've been a bit bored since the AoE toyline passed (though I still need to get me Hound and Galvatron since the only shops that did proper Transformers, rather than the simplistic baby stuff, in this country didn't bother getting them in)

Well....The Entertainer have Voy Galvatron & Hound in

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Good. My main interest in Transformers is the movies and the toylines based on them so I've been a bit bored since the AoE toyline passed (though I still need to get me Hound and Galvatron since the only shops that did proper Transformers, rather than the simplistic baby stuff, in this country didn't bother getting them in)

Trust me. You don't want Galvatron.

Like I was saying on Facebook, if there are 3 year gaps between movies, I'll be old and gray by the time these come out.

They need to step up their game and move this along faster, I don't have the patience for it and I'm sure many of us here don't either.

Even 2 years per movie is a bit much, considering there are FOUR more coming. They need to have them overlap so there's 1-2 per year like Marvel does. That would work.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Prime series movie on the big screen. Heck, I bet you could add extended footage into the pilot mini-series, package it as a feature film and it would do well.

I'm kinda wanting to draw a movie style Leo Convoy. I would love to see him on the big screen. In fact, I would MUCH RATHER have the badassness of Leo Convoy on the big screen, rather than Optimus Primal. I don't like Prime as an ape.

Autobot032 wrote:Like I was saying on Facebook, if there are 3 year gaps between movies, I'll be old and gray by the time these come out.

They need to step up their game and move this along faster, I don't have the patience for it and I'm sure many of us here don't either.

Even 2 years per movie is a bit much, considering there are FOUR more coming. They need to have them overlap so there's 1-2 per year like Marvel does. That would work.

I wouldn't mind seeing a Prime series movie on the big screen. Heck, I bet you could add extended footage into the pilot mini-series, package it as a feature film and it would do well.

Nope, gotta disagree. I think the gaps are fine.

Trying to do it Marvel style would require expanding the universe, I know they'd like to do it, but I don't think they're willing to take the chance. As it is, there are directors coming out saying superhero movies are done for, casual viewers themselves are finding it harder and harder to keep up because the MCU is growing so large and remembering how it's all tied together is getting more difficult.

They need to do something different for Transformers. They're in a position where they can do something different from Marvel. Have your core movies, but branch it off. Develop a cartoon that ties into it, comic books that connect into it, mobile apps that connect into it. They could leverage so so very much if they wanted to.

But the problem with that, centres around what to do with the toy line? Do they have the main toy line centre around the movie universe? Or do they only do that in the year the movie hits cinema and have it as a backup line in the off years?

They're going to end up trying to juggle too much.

Decepticon Sunstorm wrote:

Carnivius_Prime wrote:Good. My main interest in Transformers is the movies and the toylines based on them so I've been a bit bored since the AoE toyline passed (though I still need to get me Hound and Galvatron since the only shops that did proper Transformers, rather than the simplistic baby stuff, in this country didn't bother getting them in)

Trust me. You don't want Galvatron.

I disagree. I love Galvatron. Yes, he is an entire shellformer, but the shell is very cool and unique, and he has lots of molded details. Plus he's fun to play with since Transformation is just 20 seconds

SillySpringer wrote:I'm kinda wanting to draw a movie style Leo Convoy. I would love to see him on the big screen. In fact, I would MUCH RATHER have the badassness of Leo Convoy on the big screen, rather than Optimus Primal. I don't like Prime as an ape.

I disagree. Optimus Primal is a really cool character and one that while he looks like and takes his name from Prime, is not Prime at all. He's young, inexperienced, and only the leader of a ship, not the whole nation. Plus the ape look is really cool and he gets some cool looks out of it too

A dream come true. If only I had the words to express how excited I am.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I'm kinda wanting to draw a movie style Leo Convoy. I would love to see him on the big screen. In fact, I would MUCH RATHER have the badassness of Leo Convoy on the big screen, rather than Optimus Primal. I don't like Prime as an ape.

I disagree. Optimus Primal is a really cool character and one that while he looks like and takes his name from Prime, is not Prime at all. He's young, inexperienced, and only the leader of a ship, not the whole nation. Plus the ape look is really cool and he gets some cool looks out of it too

True, but you have to admit, Leo Convoy just looks so much more dynamic than Primal. I'm not saying he's a better character since I've never seen the Japanese Beast Wars cartoons and it's hard to top Primal, but I've always loved his design.

JazZeke wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

SillySpringer wrote:I'm kinda wanting to draw a movie style Leo Convoy. I would love to see him on the big screen. In fact, I would MUCH RATHER have the badassness of Leo Convoy on the big screen, rather than Optimus Primal. I don't like Prime as an ape.

I disagree. Optimus Primal is a really cool character and one that while he looks like and takes his name from Prime, is not Prime at all. He's young, inexperienced, and only the leader of a ship, not the whole nation. Plus the ape look is really cool and he gets some cool looks out of it too

True, but you have to admit, Leo Convoy just looks so much more dynamic than Primal. I'm not saying he's a better character since I've never seen the Japanese Beast Wars cartoons and it's hard to top Primal, but I've always loved his design.

He has an interesting design, I'll give that up, and the lion alt mode is a bit more leader-like and dynamic, but I'm not sure of the character. i know a little but that's it

i dont think any more Bayverse Transformers movies is a good idea unless they completely reboot the series

Stuartmaximus wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:not even remotely interested in these movies anymore. just show me the toys.

Difficult pal! As the movies haven't even gone into production yet(well....I don't think 5 has? it might be! correct me if i'm wrong) + the toys wouldn't even be in the design stage yet.

As long as there's crap on someone's lawn, Bay-formers will always be in the design stage.

YoungPrime wrote:

Stuartmaximus wrote:

griftimus prime wrote:not even remotely interested in these movies anymore. just show me the toys.

Difficult pal! As the movies haven't even gone into production yet(well....I don't think 5 has? it might be! correct me if i'm wrong) + the toys wouldn't even be in the design stage yet.

As long as there's crap on someone's lawn, Bay-formers will always be in the design stage.

You owe an apology to dog feces.

great more half assed toys lines with one decepticon per movie.

Doubledealer93 wrote:great more half assed toys lines with one decepticon per movie.

That's one more than we got in the last movie.

Great, just shatter whatever dreams I had of a rebooted Movie-verse. "Follow your dreams, the future is built on dreams" - Well, Optimus, I'm gonna have to give up on THAT dream.

I hated the last movie and now we are getting more of that garbage.

Please stop and let someone at the helm that actually cares about Transformers.

Sabrblade wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:great more half assed toys lines with one decepticon per movie.

That's one more than we got in the last movie.

So then officially Lockdown and Galvatron don't count as Decepticons? I figured at least Galvatron would...

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Doubledealer93 wrote:great more half assed toys lines with one decepticon per movie.

That's one more than we got in the last movie.

So then officially Lockdown and Galvatron don't count as Decepticons? I figured at least Galvatron would...

Within the confines of the movie's narrative (as Sto would say), AOE Lockdown was never a Decepticon, and Galvatron wasn't referred to as being a Decepticon (but he'd be the best candidate for being a Decepticon of the film's villains).

Plus, in the "Ultimate Transformers Showdown" on the official movie website, Galvatron, Stinger, Junkheap, and the "KSI Prototypes" are all given this unique insignia instead of a Decepticon symbol:

And with Lockdown being a neutral but requiring some kind of insignia for the game, he's just given the promotional AOE movie logo instead:

A Transformers 8! Has the world gone mad?!

I would welcome a Joe/TF crossover. Acually, I think it should have been 1 of the TF sequels, considering how much Bay loves the military. Matter of fact, I was surprised Bay didn't direct any of the Joe movies. Seemed to be up his alley even more than Transformers.

Which Autobot and Decepticon leaders (who have not appeared yet) would you want to see in TF5?

New interview.
http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/10/27/ ... ium=IGN%20

IGN has posted a short interview with the head of the Transformers movies writers' room Akiva Goldsman where he talks about the writers' room process and the human aspect of the movies. A snippet of the interview is below, click here for the whole thing.

IGN Movies: I wanted to ask about Transformers and what the writers' room process has been like -- because obviously that's commonplace for television, but not so much for movies. How has it been working with TV heavy-hitters like Steven DeKnight and Robert Kirkman on this franchise?

Akiva Goldsman: The room was honestly as delightful an experience as I've had. I think that we were just lucky enough to have a lot of good folks, all of whom were very generous. You know, I lurked around Fringe, and I learned a lot there. When you have a bunch of people who you respect, who are smart and talented, all trying to help each other figure stuff out, it's good whether you're all in a car heading across country for a road trip or a marriage and a family or a writers' room.

No matter what anyone in the fandom says in the movies and tv shows humans will always be necessary.




It only works in the comics due to the fact they are not as big as movies or tv shows.

Just gonna say that humans in Transformers isn't a problem. It's how they are used and portrayed that makes them good or bad.

Sabrblade wrote:Just gonna say that humans in Transformers isn't a problem. It's how they are used and portrayed that makes them good or bad.

Exactly

There are good characters, there are bad characters...





Then there's Kicker.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Then there's Kicker.

If nothing else, he was at least competent (and the only human to ever personally fight against Galvatron one-on-one in combat, and live).

Thankfully, he wasn't bad in the Energon comics by Dreamwave. Actually got a couple of cool moments in there.

"IGN: Right, and we've heard about that animated movie being an origin movie with just Transformers in it, right?

Goldsman: Yeah, the prequel. It takes place before Optimus and Megatron ever come to Earth."

Wait... what does THAT mean?

After Batman and Robin Akiva Goldsman shouldn't be allowed near any movie production

aye.....but just not with Jem!

Windsweeper wrote:After Batman and Robin Akiva Goldsman shouldn't be allowed near any movie production

He's written some good movies after that. One shit movie doesn't mean he'd destined to write shit movies the rest of his career.

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:No matter what anyone in the fandom says in the movies and tv shows humans will always be necessary. It only works in the comics due to the fact they are not as big as movies or tv shows.

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing, and human involvement was minimal, and could have easily been removed. I think it is budget restraints that require human involvement. To render 120 minuets of purely alien worlds and dozens of cinema level CG characters would push the budget to an insanely high amount. Remember we are not talking Pixar. We are talking ILM & other animation houses. Creating CG good enough to interact with the "real world" (I realize sometimes they fall short), still is way more complicated than creating an animated film within its own self contained animated world. I just hope that someday technology progresses to the point that you could have an entirely self-contained cinema level Transformers movie with all CG characters. True it would not work for most films, because well... most films require humans (Star Wars, Star Trek, MCU etc...) but Transformers does not.

o.supreme wrote:

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:No matter what anyone in the fandom says in the movies and tv shows humans will always be necessary. It only works in the comics due to the fact they are not as big as movies or tv shows.

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing,

No. No, it really isn't.

Sabrblade wrote:No. No, it really isn't.

Let's just agree to disagree.

I have to respectfully disagree. The 1986 animated film is absolutely amazing,

No. No, it really isn't.

That's a matter of opinion, isn't it? Personally, if I had to choose between TF:TM and any of Bay's movies to watch, I'd pick the animated movie. DoTM might make me hesitate for a second (the best of Bay's work), but I'd go with TF:TM over live action. And no, it's not nostalgia talking. Just simply an enjoyment of good entertainment.