Transformers 2 to Film at 'The Boneyard'?
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Apr 27, 2008 at 9:44pm CDT
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Comment by Liege Evilmus
Apr 27, 2008
It would be an ideal place for Giant robots to blend in and hide.
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Comment by NuclearConvoy
Apr 27, 2008
What's "the boneyard"?
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Comment by muswp1
Apr 27, 2008
The "boneyard" also known as AMARG (Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group) at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tuscon, AZ. I was there a couple of years ago and actually got to take a tour of it (from an A/C equipped bus no less, very useful in the desert).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group
It's actually an interesting place to visit for military nuts like me.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/309th_Aerospace_Maintenance_and_Regeneration_Group
It's actually an interesting place to visit for military nuts like me.
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Comment by Dr. Caelus
Apr 27, 2008
Anyone else reminded of reminded of how the Combaticons were created in the old cartoon?
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Interesting point. DOes that mean we will potentially see plane bots that aren't just F-22's, but some other combat planes?
Comment by First-Aid
Apr 28, 2008
Caelus wrote:Anyone else reminded of reminded of how the Combaticons were created in the old cartoon?
Interesting point. DOes that mean we will potentially see plane bots that aren't just F-22's, but some other combat planes?
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Comment by T-Macksimus
Apr 28, 2008
The government just recently held a very large auction out there,
(I think the miliitary was trying to raise some gas money
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so it would be interesting to see how much of a dent was made in the mammoth stockpile out there. I agree that it would make for a perfect filming location for a Transformers movie. The hiding factor for a Decepticon in all of that is mind-blowing and the potential for new military bots (like Combaticons) rising from all of that is staggering. I just hope it is not just a rumor and that the location is actually used.
(I think the miliitary was trying to raise some gas money
)so it would be interesting to see how much of a dent was made in the mammoth stockpile out there. I agree that it would make for a perfect filming location for a Transformers movie. The hiding factor for a Decepticon in all of that is mind-blowing and the potential for new military bots (like Combaticons) rising from all of that is staggering. I just hope it is not just a rumor and that the location is actually used.
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Comment by Autobot Jazz
Apr 28, 2008
Seems plausible, but with Bay and his false rumors I'm a little hesitant on believing this.
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Comment by Bouncy X
Apr 28, 2008
Bay must be loving all this...
with every piece of news and/or rumor released, people doubt its validity cuz of his warnings about wrong info....lol
with every piece of news and/or rumor released, people doubt its validity cuz of his warnings about wrong info....lol
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Comment by Senor Hugo
Apr 28, 2008
I always wanted to go to the boneyard, and take home some souvenirs, like a plane.
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Comment by muswp1
Apr 28, 2008
Considering the earlier report that a bunch of Movie vehicles were sighted being trucked to Arizona, this seems plausable.
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Comment by ponycorn
Apr 28, 2008
Doesn't Hollywood use the Boneyard for old aircraft to blow up/ destroy, etc. for special effects?
I don't think it will be filming there, but I would expect Bay to use some of the stuff their for his 'splosions'n'stuff. Did he do so for TF:1? I'm trying to remember the various "making of" things I watched back when the movie came out.
I don't think it will be filming there, but I would expect Bay to use some of the stuff their for his 'splosions'n'stuff. Did he do so for TF:1? I'm trying to remember the various "making of" things I watched back when the movie came out.
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Comment by Pyro Nosra
Apr 28, 2008
That would be pretty sweet. The boneyard in question is in Tuscon, AZ (where I have been living the last 9 years). The Pima Air & Space Museum has a pretty cool shuttle / bus tour of the boneyard as well as a decent aircraft exhibit for those who appreciate that sort of thing (like me).
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Comment by KnychtaDaimon
Apr 29, 2008
I registered on this board after hearing this news and getting an epiphany simultaneously. If they are any Jetfire/Skyfire fans out there, this is potentially earth shattering news, given if its true. The legendary F-14, my favorite plane, was sadly retired in 06'. The aircrafts' final resting place is none other than the aforementioned Boneyard. Jetfire's alt mode is an F-14 Tomcat. And to those that will complain that Jetfire is based on the Valkyrie model from Robotech/Macross, what do you think they based that plane on? None other than the F-14(if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then its a duck. unless its a platypus:P). I have a feeling that an F-14 will be scanned at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base(boneyard) by an ambiguous decepticon, and emerging from that is the new decepticon F-14 Jetfire! Swing wing here we come, I feel the need, the need for speed!
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Comment by DecepticonsRule
May 2, 2008
Maybe this is where the "generic" robot Bay mentioned will scan its alt-mode
