Transformers: The Last Knight Hot Rod New CGI Renders

Deadput wrote:Well someone on another site zoomed on Hot Rod's face and well... there is a young face there it all makes sense now. (look at the chin you can see the mouth and I feel stupid for not noticing it sooner)



Looks a bit better now to me.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Ok, that is much better. I can actually see a mouth that I didn't know he had and I can clearly see his optics. That looks much better

Deadput wrote:Well someone on another site zoomed on Hot Rod's face and well... there is a young face there it all makes sense now. (look at the chin you can see the mouth and I feel stupid for not noticing it sooner)



Looks a bit better now to me.

Deadput wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Ok, that is much better. I can actually see a mouth that I didn't know he had and I can clearly see his optics. That looks much better

It is a very humanoid face which is something people have been wanting from the films.

Yet Dino's beautiful face will never be beaten.

Seibertron wrote:
All of the movie faces are a disaster in my opinion. I gave up after the first movie. Optimus with the face shield used to look somewhat OK, but whatever they did to it for this movie made it a mess too. I don't understand why their faces have to be so overly complicated and weird looking. I'm assuming that they must look too cartoonish the more humanoid they look, but there's got to be a compromise somewhere.

Even from a design perspective, it seems like making Hot Rod's "face" silver or some other contrasting color to make it stand out against the color of his head would help make it pop some more to help give visual cues what we're looking at. We shouldn't be having to figure out that he has a humanoid face because someone did some highly zoomed in crop of an image of his head.

Kurona wrote:I think I felt myself actually back away from my laptop for a second when I noticed Hot Rod's mouth... that is 100% creepy, not gonna lie.

Deadput wrote:

Kurona wrote:I think I felt myself actually back away from my laptop for a second when I noticed Hot Rod's mouth... that is 100% creepy, not gonna lie.

You should watch out Hot Rod knows where you live lol.

Kurona wrote:Doling out vengeance as he discovers I like every Hot Rod/Rodimus except him
My defence will be saying that Armada Hot Shot was called Hot Rod in Micron Legend, and I certainly don't like him either


On a slightly more serious note Transformers does get off kinda lucky when it comes to face designs, especially recently. Faceplates and Visors alone bring in some variety, and then you've got stuff like Windblade - whether you like her and her design or not, you've gotta admit that face certainly ain't generic.

Deadput wrote:Speaking of her do any of you think she might have a role in this film?

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Speaking of her do any of you think she might have a role in this film?

No I don't. She wasn't listed on any of the character sheets of the hundreds of characters shown in those scale sheets at the Last Knight set in Detroit last summer.

ToaLeePrime wrote:

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Arsnof wrote:

ToaLeePrime wrote:

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WHAT IN CAR NATION?

Arsnof wrote:

ToaLeePrime wrote:

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WHAT IN CAR NATION?

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:

Deadput wrote:Speaking of her do any of you think she might have a role in this film?

No I don't. She wasn't listed on any of the character sheets of the hundreds of characters shown in those scale sheets at the Last Knight set in Detroit last summer.

A few questions. 1: What's a scale sheet? 2: Are you allowed to talk about any of the characters on said sheet or is it something forbidden according to contracts?

Anyways I did not think she would be but I was thinking maybe there was a chance said Windblade turns into a jet and Megatron's new jet mode was not on set due to being a "alien" jet also most of Starscream's flying scenes were just cgi and not actually filmed from what I heard.

Sabrblade wrote:

Arsnof wrote:

ToaLeePrime wrote:

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WHAT IN CAR NATION?

I don't see any flowers.

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:
All of the movie faces are a disaster in my opinion. I gave up after the first movie. Optimus with the face shield used to look somewhat OK, but whatever they did to it for this movie made it a mess too. I don't understand why their faces have to be so overly complicated and weird looking. I'm assuming that they must look too cartoonish the more humanoid they look, but there's got to be a compromise somewhere.

Even from a design perspective, it seems like making Hot Rod's "face" silver or some other contrasting color to make it stand out against the color of his head would help make it pop some more to help give visual cues what we're looking at. We shouldn't be having to figure out that he has a humanoid face because someone did some highly zoomed in crop of an image of his head.

Well what's done is done the best we can hope for in the future are more faces like Crosshairs, Drift and Hound that are easy to make out but are distinct to thier character.

At least for the Autobots their faces are a bit creative and distinct from each other compared to G1 where you needed a different helmet, visor or different mouthplate shape to make them distinct because all the "liquid metal" human faces were 100 identical.

There really is no win win for any of us since for the franchise as a whole faces are either going to be to generic or too complicated.

-Type Of Media: FilmTrailer
-Approved Running Time: 29m 24s
-Director: Michael Bay
-Cut: This work was passed uncut.
-Title: TRANSFORMERS – THE LAST KNIGHT
-Title Information: IMAX Fan Footage
-Year: 2017
-Distributor(s): Paramount Pictures UK
-Classified date(s): 03/04/2017
-Main language: English
-Submitted run time: 29m 24s
-Approved footage: 2646+0
-BBFC reference: FTxxx346896
-Registration number: CFJ41853
-Remarks: IMAX Fan Footage
-Note to parents: This version of the film is displayed in the 3D or IMAX format and some younger children may find this a more intense experience

Seibertron wrote:
This is a G1 scale sheet that shows all of the characters in scale with each other. Paramount had these all around the art room we saw back in August, but with Movie characters instead of G1 characters (obviously). The characters weren't just from Last Knight, it seemed all Transformers from all of the movies were including among various different sheets around all of the walls in the art room. My memories are a little foggy from last August, but I seem to recall Devastator alongside other larger characters like Jet Prime, etc. Most were characters we had seen but some seemed to be characters that were well known from special features or whatever.


Surprisingly, Paramount didn't have me sign a non-disclosure in August 2016 or March 2017 so I think I'm able to talk about whatever you guys want to ask me about. Ask away and I'll tell you if I know something or if I can't talk about it.

dragons wrote:

Deadput wrote:

Seibertron wrote:
All of the movie faces are a disaster in my opinion. I gave up after the first movie. Optimus with the face shield used to look somewhat OK, but whatever they did to it for this movie made it a mess too. I don't understand why their faces have to be so overly complicated and weird looking. I'm assuming that they must look too cartoonish the more humanoid they look, but there's got to be a compromise somewhere.

Even from a design perspective, it seems like making Hot Rod's "face" silver or some other contrasting color to make it stand out against the color of his head would help make it pop some more to help give visual cues what we're looking at. We shouldn't be having to figure out that he has a humanoid face because someone did some highly zoomed in crop of an image of his head.

Well what's done is done the best we can hope for in the future are more faces like Crosshairs, Drift and Hound that are easy to make out but are distinct to thier character.

At least for the Autobots their faces are a bit creative and distinct from each other compared to G1 where you needed a different helmet, visor or different mouthplate shape to make them distinct because all the "liquid metal" human faces were 100 identical.

There really is no win win for any of us since for the franchise as a whole faces are either going to be to generic or too complicated.

Giant ALIEN robots born made on another planet that humans had no part in didn't strike any ideas besides alien nation name one alien that looks human humans head human ears human mouth and eyes aliens not man made shockwave , soundwave, scorponock laserbeak, ravage, whirl, tarn, fans want aliens looking like humans watch alien nation fans want giant alien robots from another planet had no human contact until crashed on earth watch transformers only thing changes on robots is outer shell what they change in to not there body does your face change when you have different color shirt on today same with transformers outer body to blend in robot mode stay true who they are as aliens from another planet with non human contact until earth alien movies species alien inside outer shell of human to blend in, predator, alien movie LIFE, mac and me, alf nit one those aliens stay and look human.


Transformers may as well be crated on earth if fans want them to have human faces and not created in space by aliens quntesons not human looking

Rodimus Knight wrote:I am still very saddened by Hot Rod here. would have been nice if they at least tried one to more closely match the source material. Well maybe once more, they did a bit last movie with Optimus Prime.

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

SG Roadbuster wrote:my money is on this art being for a vs 2 pack.

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

So far, some free USB key and TLK poster. The show starts in about 5 mins.

Prowl4 wrote:Friend of mine went to the event. Said hot rods French accent is awful and he gave that feedback to paramount.

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

So far, some free USB key and TLK poster. The show starts in about 5 mins.

So they showed new footage which included some of the previously mentioned scenes a huge battle, King Arthur, Merlin drinking, Isabella's "boyfriend" Canopy getting killed and Cade + Bumblebee saving them, and the Autobots in the junkyard, Cade his assistant and Isabella running from the TRF machines, meeting Cog and Cade getting knocked out of a window while holding onto a flyer, Cog breaking Crosshair's finger, Cade being given a bracelet tied to his destiny or something, Cade and Bumblebee meeting Anthony Hopkins character, a tank Autobot, Hot Rod and some British philosophy prof, some clips of the Knights of the Round Table with the 12 Cybertron Knights, Hot Rod talking with a horribly fake French accent, some clips of Optimus finding Quintessa's planet, a clip of Megatron possibly holding his old head, parts of Cybertronian artifacts lifting from the earth, clips of Bumblebee fighting Prime and Cade telling him "this isn't you!"

That's about all I can remember right now

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

So far, some free USB key and TLK poster. The show starts in about 5 mins.

So they showed new footage which included some of the previously mentioned scenes a huge battle, King Arthur, Merlin drinking, Isabella's "boyfriend" Canopy getting killed and Cade + Bumblebee saving them, and the Autobots in the junkyard, Cade his assistant and Isabella running from the TRF machines, meeting Cog and Cade getting knocked out of a window while holding onto a flyer, Cog breaking Crosshair's finger, Cade being given a bracelet tied to his destiny or something, Cade and Bumblebee meeting Anthony Hopkins character, a tank Autobot, Hot Rod and some British philosophy prof, some clips of the Knights of the Round Table with the 12 Cybertron Knights, Hot Rod talking with a horribly fake French accent, some clips of Optimus finding Quintessa's planet, a clip of Megatron possibly holding his old head, parts of Cybertronian artifacts lifting from the earth, clips of Bumblebee fighting Prime and Cade telling him "this isn't you!"

That's about all I can remember right now

can you confirm Canopy does die, or is he actually saved though badly damaged?

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

So far, some free USB key and TLK poster. The show starts in about 5 mins.

So they showed new footage which included some of the previously mentioned scenes a huge battle, King Arthur, Merlin drinking, Isabella's "boyfriend" Canopy getting killed and Cade + Bumblebee saving them, and the Autobots in the junkyard, Cade his assistant and Isabella running from the TRF machines, meeting Cog and Cade getting knocked out of a window while holding onto a flyer, Cog breaking Crosshair's finger, Cade being given a bracelet tied to his destiny or something, Cade and Bumblebee meeting Anthony Hopkins character, a tank Autobot, Hot Rod and some British philosophy prof, some clips of the Knights of the Round Table with the 12 Cybertron Knights, Hot Rod talking with a horribly fake French accent, some clips of Optimus finding Quintessa's planet, a clip of Megatron possibly holding his old head, parts of Cybertronian artifacts lifting from the earth, clips of Bumblebee fighting Prime and Cade telling him "this isn't you!"

That's about all I can remember right now

can you confirm Canopy does die, or is he actually saved though badly damaged?

Case says to Isabella, he's dead and he wouldn't want you to die also.

william-james88 wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:Friend of mine went to the event. Said hot rods French accent is awful and he gave that feedback to paramount.

I am sure Paramount will take good note of that feedback and go re edit all the voice clips within the next few months before the movie comes out

karyuudo wrote:Free USB key and TLK poster was given out.

They showed new footage which included some of the previously mentioned scenes a huge battle, King Arthur, Merlin drinking, Isabella's "boyfriend" Canopy getting killed and Cade + Bumblebee saving them, and the Autobots in the junkyard, Cade his assistant and Isabella running from the TRF machines, meeting Cog and Cade getting knocked out of a window while holding onto a flyer, Cog breaking Crosshair's finger, Cade being given a bracelet tied to his destiny or something, Cade and Bumblebee meeting Anthony Hopkins character, a tank Autobot, Hot Rod and some British philosophy prof, some clips of the Knights of the Round Table with the 12 Cybertron Knights, Hot Rod talking with a horribly fake French accent, some clips of Optimus finding Quintessa's planet, a clip of Megatron possibly holding his old head, parts of Cybertronian artifacts lifting from the earth, clips of Bumblebee fighting Prime and Cade telling him "this isn't you!"

That's about all I can remember right now

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

karyuudo wrote:

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:

karyuudo wrote:I'll be there tonight Should be a fun event.

let us know your thoughts on it!

Definitely! I'll try and write something up when I get out of the event.

So far, some free USB key and TLK poster. The show starts in about 5 mins.

So they showed new footage which included some of the previously mentioned scenes a huge battle, King Arthur, Merlin drinking, Isabella's "boyfriend" Canopy getting killed and Cade + Bumblebee saving them, and the Autobots in the junkyard, Cade his assistant and Isabella running from the TRF machines, meeting Cog and Cade getting knocked out of a window while holding onto a flyer, Cog breaking Crosshair's finger, Cade being given a bracelet tied to his destiny or something, Cade and Bumblebee meeting Anthony Hopkins character, a tank Autobot, Hot Rod and some British philosophy prof, some clips of the Knights of the Round Table with the 12 Cybertron Knights, Hot Rod talking with a horribly fake French accent, some clips of Optimus finding Quintessa's planet, a clip of Megatron possibly holding his old head, parts of Cybertronian artifacts lifting from the earth, clips of Bumblebee fighting Prime and Cade telling him "this isn't you!"

That's about all I can remember right now

can you confirm Canopy does die, or is he actually saved though badly damaged?

Case says to Isabella, he's dead and he wouldn't want you to die also.

Thanks, that was sort of unclear in every account we've had of the scene

Prowl4 wrote:Friend of mine went to the event. Said hot rods French accent is awful and he gave that feedback to paramount.

Arsnof wrote:

Prowl4 wrote:Friend of mine went to the event. Said hot rods French accent is awful and he gave that feedback to paramount.

Is it wrong that I can see MTMTE Hot Rod doing that accent on purpose just because he thinks it makes him sound fancier?