USA Today Talks Transformers with SEIBERTRON.COM

Sat down to eat a quick breakfast and low and behold... i see scorpy's pic. Congrats on getting mentioned Ryan

Ooh! Name-dropping.

Hmm... I wish someone would mention the real reason why the fans resent the drastic changes to the characters. Superman's an alien too, but no one would get away with giving him green skin and four eyes to make him look more alien. So why does Bay think he could get away with it with the Transformers?

yeah, good job on getting into usa today, ryan. You earned it, and you came off as normal also, its a big leap for all us in the eyes of the normals...

Thats horribly depressing. It just goes to show that Michael Bay doesn't know what the hell he's talking about(ex:"Everybody thought it was cool."). At least we have a voice in the media.

Is Ryan ACTUALLY mentioned in an article of America's Newspaper??? H0ly SH!T on a stick! Kudos, bro! Seibertron till we die!

That is freakin' AWESOME. Congrats on the USA Article!

What a bunch of bull. Bay is all trying to make it sound like the "leaked" pics ruined the anticipation of designs that would later be different.

Hello, the characters that we got to see months ago from said pics (Op., Megs, SS, BB) are just about exactly the same today. And there is the other merchandise that have their faces (as we know them to be) on them, so it isn't like Bay is going to just suddenly appear today with short vids of things that look completely different.

Like them or hate them, the designs are what they are and that's it.

With my rant out of the way, nice to see that they picked Ryan to talk to. I can't think of any other person to be the voice for the rest of us and I enjoy seeing that his comment was as it should have been (short, sweet, and concise).

I just stickied this.. I think it deserves a sticky for a while.

I think this is cerainly worthy of a sticky.

my family and friends that are not TF fans thinks the design looks stupid compared to the normal ones "thats not prime and what is that silveralien?" my brother said

Yay, Seibertron!

That absolutely rules for you, Ryan.

Seriously, you own what I consider the premier Transformers resource online. With all the work you've put into this website, it's about time you get officially recognized.

Yeah man, congrads to Ryan for getting the site & himself metiontioned in a nationally syndicated newspaper!

No pic??

Ryan your not wrong

I have no idea what your family and freinds are thinking

Congrats on the media exposure Ryan. Shame Michael bay appears to be totally deaf/blind to the thousands of TF fans that dont like the movie designs.

Yours AK

Seibertron.com is the best Transformers website on the net, so I'm not surprised that it was mentioned rather than any of the others.

Word is spreading...

Yup, this is the best tf site on the web. The best for info, the most well-designed etc. Well done to ya Ry for getting ur name in there! You've earnt it.

Congrates on the article......

I can't hold it in any longer, FUCK BAY. I think one or two people said that bumble bee was cool in the full sized robot. Fuck him for misrepresenting us. He is a hack.

Thanks for all of the thanks my friends! It was pretty cool going to a news stand here in New York today to buy a paper that has my name in it. I had just left the Statue of Liberty and took my usual obsessive number of photos of Ms. Liberty. Maybe she should get her own gallery.

I opened up the paper to the news stand guy that sold me the paper and I said "You know all of those random people you read give quotes in the papers you sell?" I pointed to my name and said ... "That's me!" I'm sure he didn't really care but we briefly chatted about Transformers for a few minutes and I told him quickly about the movie coming up. I thanked him for selling me the newspaper with my name it it, he shook my hand and off I went back on the subway from Southern Manhattan back to Times Square.

Only a couple more hours and I'll get to see Bay, Dreamworks and Paramount unveil whatever it is they're unveiling today here in New York. I'll report back about it later tonight.

A shame they didn't use any thing other then the sentance and a half at the end from your interview. Well congrats on getting in the news man. Any publicity is good publicity.

Down_Shift wrote:A shame they didn't use any thing other then the sentance and a half at the end from your interview. Well congrats on getting in the news man. Any publicity is good publicity.

Yeah, it's interesting how a 15 to 25 minute interview was condensed into 1 line basically. LOL. Oh well! I thought it was a great article, despite disagreeing with a few of the statements from Mr. Bay.

I highly doubt there were external hack attempts on his personal computer. Do you know how hard that would be to do? I'm a professional programmer and I don't know the first thing about trying to hack into someone's computer somewhere. I imagine it was an internal hack job or something ridiculous like his computer being left on and someone copied the file for the script. I'm a firm believer that a lot of things like this are simply human error (no firewall, computer left on, copied it to a disk, sent it to someone via email and "trusted" that it wouldn't get out.

It just seems like if someone gained access to Michael Bay's computer that they would go after his personal banking information first rather than trying to get a hold of a Transformers script. That's a lot of work just for a movie script.

Of course, it could all be true and I'm just ignorant of how rampant hack attempts are searching for files and such.

Amazing how they can sugarcoat the fanbase's reaction so seamlessly. Like the only major complaint we had was that Bumblebee isn't a Volkswagon Beetle...even though he hasn't been one in a long time due to Volkswagon's reluctance to allow their cars associated with violence. Nevermind the fact, he sold the license to GM and has all Autobots (sans Optimus) showcasing prominant GM cars (This is what Don Murphy said). I guess history is written by the winner or the guy with the most money. Reason number 4,500,565 why the media in America is the bane of my existence.

Oh and congrats Ryan.

Congrats on the article, Ryan.

I've just got one gripe with this article as I've read it so far.

Anthony Breznican wrote:In another major reveal, the yellow vehicle Bumblebee was showcased online in the early days of the shoot last year, and some purists slammed Bay for changing the character from a Volkswagen Beetle to a sportier Chevrolet Camaro.

I didn't realize it was entirely Bay that did it: I thought it was Volkswagen who got all offended because of how Transformers series have always been about Autobots waring with Decepticons (or Maximals against Predacons as would have been the case during Beast Wars).

Maybe I've got it all wrong though. I don't claim to be the sharpest blade in the drawer over here.....


Great work on getting into USA Today though, Ryan, even if it is just two paragraphs.

tile_mcgillus wrote:Amazing how they can sugarcoat the fanbase's reaction so seamlessly. Like the only major complaint we had was that Bumblebee isn't a Volkswagon Beetle...even though he hasn't been one in a long time due to Volkswagon's reluctance to allow their cars associated with violence. Nevermind the fact, he sold the license to GM and has all Autobots (sans Optimus) showcasing prominant GM cars (This is what Don Murphy said). I guess history is written by the winner or the guy with the most money. Reason number 4,500,565 why the media in America is the bane of my existence.

Oh and congrats Ryan.

Indeed, if they were to point out the heart of the problems they would have pointed to the disdain over Megatron's & Starscream's designs. Of course, the reason why they probably didn't say much worse is because they possibly didn't want to loose business when they're criticized for being the only newspaper that bashes the highest grossing movie this year.....not saying that it will be, but if you look at it from that POV you can see why they were somewhat sparing with their criticisms.

Good job Ryan. Articles like this will keep Dreamworks on their toes even if it is a small effort. It is disappointing the journalist/editor didn't mention Megatron. It's seems to be problem with newspapers nowadays.

ShGarland_1383 wrote:I've just got one gripe with this article as I've read it so far.

Anthony Breznican wrote:In another major reveal, the yellow vehicle Bumblebee was showcased online in the early days of the shoot last year, and some purists slammed Bay for changing the character from a Volkswagen Beetle to a sportier Chevrolet Camaro.

I didn't realize it was entirely Bay that did it: I thought it was Volkswagen who got all offended because of how Transformers series have always been about Autobots waring with Decepticons (or Maximals against Predacons as would have been the case during Beast Wars).

Maybe I've got it all wrong though. I don't claim to be the sharpest blade in the drawer over here.....


Great work on getting into USA Today though, Ryan, even if it is just two paragraphs.

I can tell you I'm one of the dullest BUTTER KNIVES in the drawer, but you're right about VW. The company that was born out of the German War Machine in the early 1900's doesn't want its vehicles used in conjunction with "war and violence" like in Transformers. That's why, though everyone ASSUMED BB and Cliffjumper (and their subsequent repaints) were VW Bugs, it was never actually said outright that they were.

Seibertron wrote:

Down_Shift wrote:A shame they didn't use any thing other then the sentance and a half at the end from your interview. Well congrats on getting in the news man. Any publicity is good publicity.

Yeah, it's interesting how a 15 to 25 minute interview was condensed into 1 line basically. LOL. Oh well! I thought it was a great article, despite disagreeing with a few of the statements from Mr. Bay.

Don't feel bad. It seems like the journalist had an agenda before he even began interviewing. He was simply fishing for the write words.

Way to go Ryan! This is pretty cool.

Cool stuff.

But what is all this talk about Bay and co. unveiling something tonight? something about... something from the movie... or something? I'm not clear on the details. The article doesn't mention anything about that, aside from the title, which has very little to do with what is actually in the article.

I gotta say that I agree with what they're saying about leaked images.

Granted, I would be pissed just seeing this movie without time to warm up to some of these designs.

But in alot of ways, these spoilers are like being a kid and sneaking peaks at the presents under a christmas tree. When the day comes, yeah you get the toy, but the thrill is gone.

It's why I never joined my siblings in said acts, and why I limit what movie posts I read and skip.

Quaternion wrote:Seibertron.com is the best Transformers website on the net, so I'm not surprised that it was mentioned rather than any of the others.

QFT!

Congrats Ryan this is tremendous news and quite cool. Certainly snagged a really good plug here, you should get that paper framed!

JazZeke wrote:Ooh! Name-dropping.

Hmm... I wish someone would mention the real reason why the fans resent the drastic changes to the characters. Superman's an alien too, but no one would get away with giving him green skin and four eyes to make him look more alien. So why does Bay think he could get away with it with the Transformers?

I hear what your saying and in alot of ways agree, I've in the past made the same arguement.

But here's the difference, he's SuperMAN, these are Transformers, alien machine lifeforms whose main ablity is that they can alter and change their forms.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just saying the comparison is off.

Liege Evilmus wrote:

JazZeke wrote:Ooh! Name-dropping.

Hmm... I wish someone would mention the real reason why the fans resent the drastic changes to the characters. Superman's an alien too, but no one would get away with giving him green skin and four eyes to make him look more alien. So why does Bay think he could get away with it with the Transformers?

I hear what your saying and in alot of ways agree, I've in the past made the same arguement.

But here's the difference, he's SuperMAN, these are Transformers, alien machine lifeforms whose main ablity is that they can alter and change their forms.

I'm not saying you're wrong, I just saying the comparison is off.

Not exactly....it just depends on how far you want to stretch the idea of him being an alien yet still retaining enough quality to be considered "man".

Personally, just thinking about this, I kinda find it funny where people tend to say "the clothes don't make the man" when explaining the changes....using the movie Wolverine as an example. Yes, apparently a costume change dosen't define him, but his hair style does.....

Way to go Ryan. Thats a small step for man kind, and a huge step for Transformers fans...