Rise of the Beasts Featurette Showing New Shots in Machu Picchu and the Movie Blessed by a Shaman

Cheesinator wrote:This looks like promising feedback. Comparisons to TF1 and Bumblebee are also very good, as IMO those are the only movies where the human stuff actually blended with the TF action well.

Sabrblade wrote:Never knew there were so many fans of Brooklyn.

People from or around Brooklyn tend to be big fans of it (in my experience, at least). New Yorkers in general tend to be pretty proud of anything overtly NY based too (not to same extent as people from Philadelphia, but still...).

I know several people who'll be swayed to see this movie due to the emphasis on the Brooklyn setting.

YO QUEENS REPRESENT!!!!!!

Okay, so if it doesn't do well, it's the shaman's fault?

TulioDude wrote:I searched the news tab to see if this was posted before, Steven Caple Jr. has said that Optimus Prime's face in this movie is modeled after Peter Cullen likeness.
https://tformers.com/daily-prime-optimu ... /news.html

Yeah, it's a fun fact, but I neve got around to do it as a full on news story, working on another news story now, spoilers galore, so if you guys want no spoilers, stay away.

The Premiere for Rise of the Beasts took place in Singapore earlier today, and it was followed by a news conference where all kinds of questions were asked and answered. You can see the full conference HERE thanks to Reuters on Twitter but here is a breakdown of the more spoiler stuff (do not read beyond this if you want to avoid spoilers):

- There are no Decepticons in the film. The scene of Optimus vs a Decepticon in Brooklyn was removed from the final film. So for all those who doubted how they could fit all those factions in

- The film is officially said to not be a reboot. While it can be said to be a sequel to Bumblebee or a prequel to the Bay films, or even a stand alone film, the panel wanted to make it clear that this is not a reboot.

- Lorenzo di Bonaventura gives a really reductive take on Ironhide. Not a spoiler, but something I wanted to highlight because it really stirred me the wrong way.

- The end credit scene is a hint to a future crossover between Transformers and GI Joe

- There was a planned scene for Charlie, from the Bumblebee movie, to appear but it did not happen. She could be back for a future installment.

D-Maximal_Primal wrote:

william-james88 wrote:

TulioDude wrote:I searched the news tab to see if this was posted before, Steven Caple Jr. has said that Optimus Prime's face in this movie is modeled after Peter Cullen likeness.
https://tformers.com/daily-prime-optimu ... /news.html

Yeah, it's a fun fact, but I neve got around to do it as a full on news story, working on another news story now, spoilers galore, so if you guys want no spoilers, stay away.

well then ya better not include the spoilers in the title of the news article...

I knew better not to and ...

-Kanrabat- wrote:The parallel would be imagine if the internet existed in 1986 with youtube, and there would be a bold title complete with the picture, "OPTIMUS FUKKING DIES!"

Now, THAT'S spoilers.

That actually kind of happened. At least half of that movie's trailers and commercials from back then all alluded to Optimus's death (saying "DOES PRIME DIE?!!"), instead of keeping it secret.

What did he say about Ironhide?

Silver Wind wrote:Going by what's been said about the movie both before and after release, this is one I'm definitely passing on. (Which is too bad; I grew up on Beast Wars as a child and was curious to see how they'd work on the big screen despite being Bayformers.)

Yeah, I with you. Regardless of the main plot and other characters, I don't have a good feeling about the Maximals. Maybe towards the end they'll reveal at least 1 or 2 Predacons.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Silver Wind wrote:Going by what's been said about the movie both before and after release, this is one I'm definitely passing on. (Which is too bad; I grew up on Beast Wars as a child and was curious to see how they'd work on the big screen despite being Bayformers.)

Yeah, I with you. Regardless of the main plot and other characters, I don't have a good feeling about the Maximals. Maybe towards the end they'll reveal at least 1 or 2 Predacons.

You fear the AoE Dinobots treatment?
Meaning just a side-note in the movie and that's it?

Precisely. As well as the DoTM Megatron/Shockwave treatment.

I have a feeling these Beasties will be of the WFC-K ilk rather than the originals.

I rather the BW characters get their own movie/limited series, even if it's straight to Blu-ray/streaming.

william-james88 wrote:

Rodimus Prime wrote:

Silver Wind wrote:Going by what's been said about the movie both before and after release, this is one I'm definitely passing on. (Which is too bad; I grew up on Beast Wars as a child and was curious to see how they'd work on the big screen despite being Bayformers.)

Yeah, I with you. Regardless of the main plot and other characters, I don't have a good feeling about the Maximals. Maybe towards the end they'll reveal at least 1 or 2 Predacons.

The only predacons are a horde of robot scorpions. They aren't an actual faction in this film.

Right. That's why I said maybe a couple of them get revealed somehow at the end, as a setup for the next movie, which *crosses fingers* will be all about Beast Wars. Wishful thinking, I'm sure.