Transformers: The Ride Fun Facts and New Video

El Duque wrote:

• MEGATRON
• RAVAGE
• SIDEWAYS
• GRINDOR
• DEVASTATOR
• BONECRUSHER
• STARSCREAM

Sabrblade wrote:

El Duque wrote:

• MEGATRON
• RAVAGE
• SIDEWAYS
• GRINDOR
• DEVASTATOR
• BONECRUSHER
• STARSCREAM

Since all of the above are dead (or MIA, in Ravage's case) and haven't yet been given any canonical reason for their suddenly being alive, I'd say this ride is OOC with the movies and the accompanying fiction.

TulioDude wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

El Duque wrote:

• MEGATRON
• RAVAGE
• SIDEWAYS
• GRINDOR
• DEVASTATOR
• BONECRUSHER
• STARSCREAM

Since all of the above are dead (or MIA, in Ravage's case) and haven't yet been given any canonical reason for their suddenly being alive, I'd say this ride is OOC with the movies and the accompanying fiction.

Forget the continuity and enjoy the ride!

cannonfodder4000 wrote:Is it me or is the animation not as good as in the movies?

Sabrblade wrote:

El Duque wrote:

• MEGATRON
• RAVAGE
• SIDEWAYS
• GRINDOR
• DEVASTATOR
• BONECRUSHER
• STARSCREAM

Since all of the above are dead (or MIA, in Ravage's case) and haven't yet been given any canonical reason for their suddenly being alive, I'd say this ride is OOC with the movies and the accompanying fiction.

#Sideways# wrote:And Sideways Escaping for TF4. He is awesome, he needs his own movie.

kirbenvost wrote:I hope there's some actual cool stuff, like animatronic TFs and stuff. Pretty lame if it's all just 3D glasses and screens...

Sabrblade wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:I hope there's some actual cool stuff, like animatronic TFs and stuff. Pretty lame if it's all just 3D glasses and screens...

I dunno how good animatronic bots would look. And with the complexity of the movie bot designs, ones that look that good would be pretty pricey to make.

kirbenvost wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

kirbenvost wrote:I hope there's some actual cool stuff, like animatronic TFs and stuff. Pretty lame if it's all just 3D glasses and screens...

I dunno how good animatronic bots would look. And with the complexity of the movie bot designs, ones that look that good would be pretty pricey to make.

The Disney Imagineers don't seem to have a problem making awesome realistic animatronic designs. They have very convincing Droids at Star Tours, and I had imagined this ride to be a lot like Indiana Jones Adventure or the Dinosaur ride at Walt Dinsey World, where an actual life-sized animatronic dinosaur roars in your face. Obviously TFs are more complex than that but I thought since this is already a multi-million dollar project they could throw in an actual physical TF or two... imagine how cool it would be to see Prime in the 'flesh'? They'd probably do it with Evac since he's the mascot, but man, I would have loved to have seen that, even in the queue or at the end of the ride. As cool as modern 3D can be, nothing compares to seeing something actually there in front of you.

Los Angeles Times wrote:During the queue pre-show, riders are recruited to join the Autobots in an alien robot showdown with the Decepticons.

The queue winds through the NEST military base, with video screens explaining the ride's back story, and past an AllSpark containment chamber that houses a glowing module containing the source of life for all Transformers.

At the loading station, riders climb into a blue Autobot vehicle known as Evac, which explains the mission: Protect the AllSpark from the Decepticons.

Scene 1: A mechanical Decepticon tiger named Ravage grabs the AllSpark, leaps onto Evac's hood and claws at the passengers. Evac escapes by driving erratically.

Scene 2: Bumblebee, an Autobot that can transform into a Volkswagen Beetle, rescues Evac from the motorcycle-bot Sideways and entrusts the riders to protect the AllSpark. Evac flees the scene by crashing through a wall and plowing through city traffic.

Scene 3: Megatron, leader of the Decepticons, attacks Evac before the Autobots' leader, Optimus Prime, comes to the rescue. During the battle, Evac's riders narrowly escape Grindor's spinning helicopter blades.

Scene 4: Evac drives evasively as Megatron gives chase. The evil robot eventually captures Evac, who struggles and manages to break free.

Scene 5: Riders feel the heat of a tremendous explosion after Megatron fires a missile at Evac, who maneuvers to avoid the oncoming shell. Evac escapes through a hole blown in the side of a building by the missile.

Scene 6: Evac gets sucked into a whirling vortex generated by Devastator, a Decepticon created by combining several robots.

Scene 7: Sideswipe, a Lamborghini Autobot, saves Evac and the pair race through city streets battling Decepticons along the way. During the high-speed chase, Evac fires a weapon at Bonecrusher, a bulldozer Decepticon.

Scene 8: Evac manages to escape a second encounter with Devastator only to be grabbed by Starscream's grappling hook. The F-15 fighter jet Decepticon flings Evac through the air, sending the hero robot crashing into a building.

Scene 9: Optimus Prime and Megatron battle in a showdown between the alien robot leaders.

Scene 10: Autobot helicopters fire on Starscream, giving Evac a brief respite.

Scene 11: In the finale, Optimus Prime and Megatron continue their fight on top of a skyscraper. Falling from the building, Megatron pulls Evac over the edge with him and they hurtle headfirst toward street below. At the last possible moment, Bumblebee leaps up and catches Evac.

Scene 12: With Megatron defeated, Optimus Prime congratulates Evac and the rider recruits on a mission accomplished. With the ride over, Evac heads to the unloading station where the passengers disembark.

kirbenvost wrote:I hope there's some actual cool stuff, like animatronic TFs and stuff. Pretty lame if it's all just 3D glasses and screens...

what0080 wrote:Scene 2: Bumblebee, an Autobot that can transform into a Volkswagen Beetle, rescues Evac from the motorcycle-bot Sideways and entrusts the riders to protect the AllSpark. Evac flees the scene by crashing through a wall and plowing through city traffic.

Volkswagen Beetle? Are we sure they actually rode this ride? Because, at last report, this took place in the Bay-verse where Bumblebee is a Chevrolet Camaro (for 3 movies). And "Motorcycle-bot Sideways?" We've already seen that Sideways was An Audi A4 AND a Chevy Corvette Concept (somehow). HOW IS HE A THIRD VEHICLE??!

Scene 7: Sideswipe, a Lamborghini Autobot, saves Evac and the pair race through city streets battling Decepticons along the way. During the high-speed chase, Evac fires a weapon at Bonecrusher, a bulldozer Decepticon.

So, that WAS Sideswipe? Stupid Bay and his misnaming problems. (Devastator/Brawl, anyone?) Also, didn't Optimus Prime slag the ever-loving Pit out of Bonecrusher in the first movie?

So... In or Out-of-Continuity?

what0080 wrote:Scene 2: Bumblebee, an Autobot that can transform into a Volkswagen Beetle, rescues Evac from the motorcycle-bot Sideways and entrusts the riders to protect the AllSpark. Evac flees the scene by crashing through a wall and plowing through city traffic.

Volkswagen Beetle? Are we sure they actually rode this ride? Because, at last report, this took place in the Bay-verse where Bumblebee is a Chevrolet Camaro (for 3 movies). And "Motorcycle-bot Sideways?" We've already seen that Sideways was An Audi A4 AND a Chevy Corvette Concept (somehow). HOW IS HE A THIRD VEHICLE??!

what0080 wrote:Scene 7: Sideswipe, a Lamborghini Autobot, saves Evac and the pair race through city streets battling Decepticons along the way. During the high-speed chase, Evac fires a weapon at Bonecrusher, a bulldozer Decepticon.

So, that WAS Sideswipe? Stupid Bay and his misnaming problems. (Devastator/Brawl, anyone?) Also, didn't Optimus Prime slag the ever-loving Pit out of Bonecrusher in the first movie?

what0080 wrote:So... In or Out-of-Continuity?

Sabrblade wrote:

I wrote:And Sideways Escaping for TF4. He is awesome, he needs his own movie.

How is he awesome? He's a coward who doesn't like fighting, he hides behind larger Decepticons as though they were his security blanket, and is an expert at doing this:

*SNIP*


He's no RiD/Armada/RobotMasters/Cybertron/Animated Sideways.

#Sideways# wrote:
Sideways was originally a Bike from his first appearance in Transformers: Armada, and I will always love that design for him... Where was he a Corvette...? It was probably concept art.

Bumblebee was a Beetle in G1, as seemingly everyone mentioned in this article is.