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Posted by Tyrannacon on July 29th, 2016 @ 8:37am CDT
Frankly, I do my best work with myself when I'm alone. So, most of the time though I stick to myself and collecting my favorite things. If I'm having a bad day I try to surround myself with positive elements. I know my diagnosis hurts and disables me, and it has for a long time. I used to avoid doing anything about it actually. I was afraid, but I wanted to be the one to have "mind over matter". In fact I used to avoid taking medication because I wanted to rise above it myself with no help of any kind, but just be strength of will. I was unable to and am now on medication and doing therapy weekly for it. It used to disappoint me, but now I've come to see it as a positive.
So, believe me, I have a lot of hatred towards humanity myself because of what all I have lived and what not. The thing you have to remember is to prevent yourself from contributing to it too. You don't want to add to the problem actually, you want to rise above it if you can and if you can't then you'll want to back away. It was taught to me a long time ago that you can still enjoy something even and be critical of it as well as tolerant of other dissenting opinions you don't agree with. There's no need for cohesion in this case for universally hating/liking the Bay films. I mean criticism and being expressive of that is one thing. Forcing everyone to agree with you, something else entirely. Everybody is going to like different aspects of TF I've found. Like, for example, I used to dislike Animated and was unwilling to give it a chance because of the animation style. I remained open, and I felt that I didn't give it enough of a chance with that line of thought. Fan reaction to it was pretty positive for it as well and I just knew I was probably being a cranky old man about it.
Philosophically, it's part of the whole "rise above" aspect I mentioned earlier. Not allowing yourself to continually be a victim of your disability and challenging yourself to not be contributing to the problem. That is assuredly hard to master itself and you may only be only able to half-handle it. The point is, you're the little engine that could in this scenario. You are managing, you are surviving, and putting your best foot forward. That's all that matters.
Sabr does have a point about Rescue Bots. It is good for elevating one's mood. Even RID 2015 is a lot happier as well and will help. I mean I watched the "W.W.O.D?" the other night when I was having a mixed episode of some kind and I actually laughed at it. Usually I'm just all sorts of wacky there. Go watch those and look at cute cat pictures to melt away that yuck feeling.
Apologies Va'al for driving this thread to being off-topic. I felt I had something to offer to hopefully benefit the situation.
On topic: I wonder what those set pictures are trying to show. Like is it part of a temple or whatever? And how long until Bay decides it needs a lot of epic lens flair and epic explosions of some kind in the background?
Posted by Va'al on July 29th, 2016 @ 9:13am CDT
Tyrannacon wrote:Apologies Va'al for driving this thread to being off-topic. I felt I had something to offer to hopefully benefit the situation.
Not at all, that was a great, brave, touching post! Thank you for sharing, truly.
On topic: I wonder what those set pictures are trying to show. Like is it part of a temple or whatever? And how long until Bay decides it needs a lot of epic lens flair and epic explosions of some kind in the background?
Posted by Bumblevivisector on July 29th, 2016 @ 10:41am CDT
"General...Motors...is...toying...with...resurrecting...Pontiac"
Posted by Rodimus Prime on July 29th, 2016 @ 12:01pm CDT
After the success of the Camaro, at least they should bring back the Trans Am. It wouldn't take much modification to the body or the engines, and I'm sure it would sell just as well. Even better probably, as traditionally Trans Ams outperformed the Camaros under the hood and in looks.Bumblevivisector wrote:I think I've deciphered the runes! They say:
"General...Motors...is...toying...with...resurrecting...Pontiac"
As for an older point in the thread, whoever said that Brawl was dead? We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
Posted by Kurona on July 29th, 2016 @ 12:03pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:I think I've deciphered the runes! They say:
"General...Motors...is...toying...with...resurrecting...Pontiac"
We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
Posted by Hellscream9999 on July 29th, 2016 @ 12:15pm CDT
Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:I think I've deciphered the runes! They say:
"General...Motors...is...toying...with...resurrecting...Pontiac"
We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
No, no, no, that's Devastator, remember, it said so in the subtitles
Posted by Sabrblade on July 29th, 2016 @ 1:22pm CDT
Not only that, but when compared to the films, it's essentially the exact opposite of the films on the criticism spectrum. Virtually every complaint that people tend to make about the movies is completely turned around by Rescue Bots.Tyrannacon wrote:Sabr does have a point about Rescue Bots. It is good for elevating one's mood.
Examples:
- Too many unlikable/stupid/unfunny/incompetent humans in the movies? -- Plenty of likable/smart/funny/competent humans in RB
- Not enough focus on the movie robots as characters? -- an abundance of focus on the RB robots as characters
- Too much unfunny potty humor in the movies? -- tons of legitimately funny clean humor in RB
- Too much incomprehensible chaos in the movie action scenes? -- Crystal clear comprehension in the RB action scenes
- Too many pointless explosions in the movies? -- Just the right amount of meaningful explosions in RB
- Poorly-written movie plots that make little sense? -- Intelligently-written RB plots that are clever and enjoyable
- Too little adherence to continuity across the movies? -- Strong adherence to continuity across RB's episodes
- An overglorification of the military in the movies? -- No military warfare of any kind to be found in RB
- Too much focus on the sexualization of the movie humans? -- RB focuses instead on the distinct and developed personalities of its humans
- Underdeveloped villains in the movies? -- Extremely charismatic and competent villains in RB
- An overall dark and at times disturbingly morbid and mean-spirited tone in the movies? -- An overall good-natured, inspirational, uplifting, hopeful, and at times heartwarming tone in RB
It's the perfect cure for one who's tired of all the misery and arguing that the films cause among the fans.
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on July 29th, 2016 @ 1:33pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on July 29th, 2016 @ 3:29pm CDT
I think I'll take a little break from this site for awhile and see how that helps I'll still read the news but I won't check out comments.
I'll check out Rescue bots since I have Netflix.
Posted by Sabrblade on July 29th, 2016 @ 3:35pm CDT
Note that a few episodes in seasons 2 and 3 are out of order on Netflix's order. Best to watch in the order listed by TFWiki.Deadput wrote:I'll check out Rescue bots since I have Netflix.
Anyway, back to discussing The Last Knight. The wall with the writing on it seems interesting.
Posted by Va'al on July 29th, 2016 @ 6:04pm CDT
Hellscream9999 wrote:Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Bumblevivisector wrote:I think I've deciphered the runes! They say:
"General...Motors...is...toying...with...resurrecting...Pontiac"
We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
No, no, no, that's Devastator, remember, it said so in the subtitles
The Pontiac Bandit.
Posted by JazZeke on July 29th, 2016 @ 8:42pm CDT
Posted by Burn on July 29th, 2016 @ 9:11pm CDT
Dr Va'al wrote:The Pontiac Bandit.
Nine-Niners Unite!
Posted by william-james88 on July 29th, 2016 @ 11:33pm CDT
Mark Wahlberg with a Sword (probably King Arthur's Excaliber)
Mark Wahlberg with a gun
Bumblebee and Drift from the back
Bumblebee and Barricade at a ton of other angles
Sqweeks in the army
10 minutes of Michael Bay behind the scenes
The video can be viewed on the link provided (click the blue text) but all the pictures are here below for you to see. Enjoy!
Posted by SlyTF1 on July 30th, 2016 @ 1:50am CDT
http://alcdn.static.xiaoka.tv/img/swf/p ... eKQEh_fjdx
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 30th, 2016 @ 5:03am CDT
Crap that does look a lot like the accepted appearance of excalibur. that means the rumour about the merlin plot is possibly true. Wonder if they would point out that merlin is actually Welsh
C'est la vie though, I'll fully judge the movie when it's out.
Posted by Powermaster Swag on July 30th, 2016 @ 7:25am CDT
Posted by Emerje on July 30th, 2016 @ 7:39am CDT
Emerje
Posted by Sabrblade on July 30th, 2016 @ 8:21am CDT
Could be that his robot mode might look like it normally does from the front, while his back would simply lack the car roof kibble it's had in Bee's previously forms.Emerje wrote:Did we already know there would be a convertible version of Bee? I wonder how that will look in robot mode if he transforms to/from it without reformatting?
Emerje
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on July 30th, 2016 @ 8:26am CDT
Emerje wrote:Did we already know there would be a convertible version of Bee? I wonder how that will look in robot mode if he transforms to/from it without reformatting?
Emerje
I just realized that Bee's convertible mode is a completely different mode altogether, not just his normal look minus the roof. The convertible Bee has a different spoiler and side vents, among other things. I don't know if it'll impact his robot mode that much, but it probably means we'll be getting two different deluxe class Bumblebee figures from TLK ( which I am perfectly ok with )
Posted by Rodimus Prime on July 30th, 2016 @ 2:10pm CDT
Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
Posted by Kurona on July 30th, 2016 @ 2:49pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
Why don't they count? He's retroactively known as Brawl, it's pretty clear the name Devastator was just an error. Especially considering we have a completely different Devastator in the next movie.
Posted by Windsweeper on July 30th, 2016 @ 2:50pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
Official merchandise doesn't count?
The inclusion of Squeek bugs me no end. Another Transformer that looks nothing like a Transformer. Bad enough Drift is back. They'll probably bring back bloody Brains too.
Dino, Jolt and Arcee get killed off and they bring back the naff bots.
Probably bring back that damn Leo and Simmons next.
Posted by Deadput on July 31st, 2016 @ 2:47am CDT
Windsweeper wrote:
The inclusion of Squeek bugs me no end. Another Transformer that looks nothing like a Transformer. Bad enough Drift is back. They'll probably bring back bloody Brains too.
Dino, Jolt and Arcee get killed off and they bring back the naff bots.
Probably bring back that damn Leo and Simmons next.
Squeaks actually looks like he can Transform at least and what is wrong with Drift and Brains just wondering?
Don't say Drift is racist please don't... at the very least Drift is getting a redesign with the new alt mode.
Dino was never coming back due to issues with Ferrari unfortunately, Jolt was a useless character shoehorned at the last minute as advertising for a car, and Bay hated Arcee from the start and I can see why since the only thing notable about her personality basically is that she is a girl and that's where it ends so she is a weak character most of the time.
If they were bringing back Leo or Simmons they would announced it by now if they were in the main cast but at the very least Leo is not coming back since he hasn't been relevant since ROTF in 2009.
Posted by Stuartmaximus on July 31st, 2016 @ 5:56am CDT
Posted by dragons on July 31st, 2016 @ 7:37am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
I remember seeing name brawl in theaters when stars cream was calling everyone together to free megaton it may still be on DVD release wouldn't know I haven't saw first
Movie on bluray yet
Posted by ZeroWolf on July 31st, 2016 @ 10:30am CDT
Stuartmaximus wrote:If Drift still has his triple-changing helicopter mode...i hope the toy manufacturers get it right this time & give us a triple changing toy! instead of two toy Drifts....one which was HeliDrift
I doubt it, I mean, it would be a nice surprise to see his helicopter mode referenced again but considering how long it was used for in aoe, I don't think it's even a consideration
Posted by Tyrannacon on July 31st, 2016 @ 11:08am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.
Well it's not just toys and comics here that's saying it, even though that's where it primarily is focused on with the name. There's lots of other sources here calling the Con, Brawl. It ranges from the Writers, to Hasbro itself, and yeah the other external media like comics and what not. There's nothing wrong with you calling him "Devastator" though. I get the "movie purist" aspect totally. So I'm not attacking that with this post. Just showing there's multiple sources where it's been more or less confirmed by the powers that be from the writers that he is "Brawl". What you do with it is obviously your choice of course in the end and respectfully is entirely up to you and the name you wish to call Brawl/Devastator in your personal canon. I say this respectfully to you of course and to show there's an opposing/dissenting view.
dragons wrote:I remember seeing name brawl in theaters when stars cream was calling everyone together to free megaton it may still be on DVD release wouldn't know I haven't saw first Movie on bluray yet
Not in any of the distributions of the movie I've seen (I saw it in theaters when it first came out and own the DVD that I've watched quite a few times) did I see the name "Brawl" make an appearance at all. It's always been "Devastator" in the film. The source for it being "Brawl" is and has been primarily outside of the film itself. I have not watched the Blu ray though, but I doubt there is a difference there in any event in this case.
Posted by Deadput on July 31st, 2016 @ 7:45pm CDT
dragons wrote:
I remember seeing name brawl in theaters when stars cream was calling everyone together to free megaton it may still be on DVD release wouldn't know I haven't saw first
Movie on bluray yet
I have the blue ray and it's still Devastator.
Let's just say Devastator is Brawl's nickname that he prefers to call himself.
Posted by Tyrannacon on July 31st, 2016 @ 7:54pm CDT
Deadput wrote:dragons wrote:
I remember seeing name brawl in theaters when stars cream was calling everyone together to free megaton it may still be on DVD release wouldn't know I haven't saw first
Movie on bluray yet
I have the blue ray and it's still Devastator.
Let's just say Devastator is Brawl's nickname that he prefers to call himself.
At least he doesn't hate everything like Bonecrusher.
Posted by Deadput on July 31st, 2016 @ 9:41pm CDT
Tyrannacon wrote:
At least he doesn't hate everything like Bonecrusher.
While the films have not been the best with Decepticons I do like how some characters are handled Bonecrusher was one of them he might have had short screen-time but every part of it showed how much anger the guy had he went out of his way to destroy a bus for no reason and Bonecrusher also yelled a lot he clearly did hate everything and it got him killed for acting out on it.
Posted by Tyrannacon on July 31st, 2016 @ 9:57pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2016 @ 10:16pm CDT
dragons wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Where in any of the movies was this character named Brawl? Toys and comics don't count.Kurona wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:We never had a Brawl in Bayverse. Not onscreen.
I remember seeing name brawl in theaters when stars cream was calling everyone together to free megaton it may still be on DVD release wouldn't know I haven't saw first
Movie on bluray yet
I dont even see why any of these matters and why there is a debate. This character is called Brawl by all movie related info and merchandise, so he's Brawl. But so what? None of these characters (aside from Optimus, sadly) are claimed to be depictions of their G1 selves. Its seperate characters in a different universe.
Universe Silverbot didnt combine but he was still G1 silverbolt. And this guy is no even G1 brawl.
TLDR: His name is Brawl, but why does that even matter? Its just the movies, since when do they care about anything?
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2016 @ 10:39pm CDT
Regardless of how the story in these films play out, it is undeniable that Michael Bay runs a tight ship and seeing him at the centre of such an immense project, yet also being able to be up close and personal with the scenes being filmed gives you a good idea of why he keeps getting these projects. We were made aware of this video by fellow Seibertronian SlyTF1.
SlyTF1 wrote:Another behind the scenes video:
http://alcdn.static.xiaoka.tv/img/swf/p ... eKQEh_fjdx
Posted by SeventhSage on July 31st, 2016 @ 10:52pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 31st, 2016 @ 11:02pm CDT
SeventhSage wrote:Submarine transformer? We don't have that many come to think of it...
I dont know where you got that, there is no submarine transformer confirmed. Its just a scene that takes place in a sub.
Posted by Beyonder on August 1st, 2016 @ 4:16am CDT
In my head canon, anything that looks remotely the way the Cybertronians in the Bayverse SHOULD be cosmic powered, or have some mystical qualities.
If not, they are just weak ugly fodders (robotic or otherwise) to be either smashed by the incredible Hulk, or be blown to bits by the Sentry.
You see the designs in Titans Return or Combiner Wars? Or any of the 3D games? Now THOSE are Cybertronians!!
Posted by Deadput on August 1st, 2016 @ 4:28am CDT
But difference between the movies and the new titans return/combiner wars/ recent games designs is that at least the movies have imagination to make something new and not a rehash of an old 30 year design.
But seriously unless it's a new character then nothing generations gives us is remotely new or creative and has to rely on reusing the basic blocky designs just with a different twist.
Not that it's bad but at least the movies try to move the brand forward and not bumble around in the past.
Posted by ZeroWolf on August 1st, 2016 @ 4:56am CDT
Still, it seems some people can't separate the characters from all incarnations and just let them be their own characters.
Besides, are these designs any weirder than what we got from beast machines or what we would of got in trans tech?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on August 1st, 2016 @ 8:40am CDT
Source: http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/7 ... d#/slide/1ComingSoon wrote:Transformers: The Last Knight Poster Officially Released
Though the film doesn’t hit theaters until next summer, the first poster for Transformers: The Last Knight debuted in Times Square last month and now Paramount Pictures has officially released the art online.
Posted by Va'al on August 1st, 2016 @ 8:42am CDT
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:16am CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:30am CDT
Carnivius_Prime wrote:I would like to purchase an actual poster of this.
I am 100% certain that will be very doable next year.
Posted by Sigma Magnus on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:32am CDT
Posted by BullDragon513 on August 1st, 2016 @ 12:29pm CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:06pm CDT
Beyonder wrote:I am a very big non-fan of the Bayverse TF designs.
In my head canon, anything that looks remotely the way the Cybertronians in the Bayverse SHOULD be cosmic powered, or have some mystical qualities.
If not, they are just weak ugly fodders (robotic or otherwise) to be either smashed by the incredible Hulk, or be blown to bits by the Sentry.
You see the designs in Titans Return or Combiner Wars? Or any of the 3D games? Now THOSE are Cybertronians!!
They're all Cybertronians. Every one.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 1st, 2016 @ 10:28pm CDT
Of course they are. He's just saying which kind of Cybertronian design he personally prefers the look of, and that the ones that look like the movieverse kind should, in his opinion, be a more special and magical type of Cybertronians instead the ordinary type that they are in the movies.SlyTF1 wrote:Beyonder wrote:I am a very big non-fan of the Bayverse TF designs.
In my head canon, anything that looks remotely the way the Cybertronians in the Bayverse SHOULD be cosmic powered, or have some mystical qualities.
If not, they are just weak ugly fodders (robotic or otherwise) to be either smashed by the incredible Hulk, or be blown to bits by the Sentry.
You see the designs in Titans Return or Combiner Wars? Or any of the 3D games? Now THOSE are Cybertronians!!
They're all Cybertronians. Every one.
Posted by Mr_Autobot411 on August 2nd, 2016 @ 1:08am CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 2nd, 2016 @ 3:52pm CDT
My husband and Son( who's 9) are Visiting My brother in Law in Michigan this week, Yesterday, they spent hours walking around Downtown Detroit hoping to catch some filming or some such evidence, to no avail Today they are headed to a water park while Traveling west on 96 near Lansing, Michigan they saw this.
Just a side note My husband and are are HUGE fans, my 9yr old could name the Autobots before he could say his ABC's
Posted by Stuartmaximus on August 2nd, 2016 @ 4:16pm CDT