Transformers One Movie is Testing « Extraordinarily Well »

Posted by william-james88 Jun 2, 2024 at 10:48pm CDT 63,570 views

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Test screenings for the upcoming Transformers One film have already taken place. This is when a test audience is shown a film in advance so that the director and producers can get an idea of how audiences will react to the film later and if further editing should be done, depending on the points brought up by the audience.

While no one has leaked what they have seen, Grace Randoplh, who gets insider info from the movie industry through multiple sources, has gotten wind that the test screenings for Transformers One have gone "extraordinarily well". That means those who saw it responded very well to it. This is great news, since while the film may not be every fan's cup of tea, it does mean that families, the target audience, will more than likely enjoy the film. And we'll see if that translates to box office gold or not. In any case, this is an encouraging development in this phase of our beloved brand.

Grace mentioned the test screenings in her video discussing Chris Hemsworth's probable casting in the upcoming GI Joe/Transformers crossover film.

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Comment by TulioDude Jun 3, 2024

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Comment by DeathReviews Jun 3, 2024

Call me a cynic, but I have become wary of trusting early screenings as any kind of benchmark for how well a movie may and/or may not do. Because the people who made this movie, and who have a vested financial interest in its success, are certainly not going to come out and say 'everybody hated it, we sure did a lousy job'. They're going to paint as rosy a picture as possible, because they want to lean on the scales and get people to buy tickets.

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Comment by Stormshot_Prime Jun 3, 2024

I know these test screening reports can be deceiving (The Flash also had a ‘positive’ test screening), but I can’t help but feel deeply excited because of this. I think this one is going to take us by surprise.

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Comment by o.supreme Jun 3, 2024

I've seen it go both ways. I've heard some movies that had terrible test screenings, actually turn out well, and vice-versa. Still its too early to tell. I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan. That way, if there is something good, Ill be pleasantly surprised. Seeing the preview on the Big Screen (they played it twice) during the Original TF 40th anniversary screening certainly didn't help.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 3, 2024

o.supreme wrote:I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.

Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

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Comment by cloudballoon Jun 3, 2024

I love '07 & BBM and ROTB is fine enough for me. But from a financial perspective, I think Paramount is scared of the budget for more live-action TF for awhile. The budget required for an animated movie is far lower and the risk much safer to stomach. Just look at Furiosa vs. Garfield on financials.

Whether TF:1 is made for me or not (sure, Hasbro/Paramount will throw fans of G1/Bay a bone or two as fans service, but that doesn't count as made "for" the fans), it's the right direction to go, even sort of the better/only option to save the movie franchise after ROTB outside of going on a decade long hiatus. So I'm OK with TF:1 being its own thing as long as it's entertaining for the whole family with a good plot and decent characters development.

I just hope TF:1 will take its time developing the lore, don't just throw in and immediately abandon plot threads like there's no tomorrow, always making a mess on continuity & logic.

And oh, so far, I'm not seeing Murder Prime rearing his ugly head. For that, I'm going to support TF:1.

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Comment by o.supreme Jun 3, 2024

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.
Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency.

I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 3, 2024

o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.
Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency. I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....

I'm not seeing those kinds of characters in the trailer (and thank goodness for that). All I'm seeing are a bunch of adult-aged/minded characters living in a corrupt, oppressive society and trying to make the most of it or change it for the better.

The director admitted that he crammed as much humor into the trailer because of how real the actual movie itself gets.

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 3, 2024

A wise person once said, "a children’s story which is enjoyed only by children is a bad children’s story."

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jun 3, 2024

UHF was testing well too, just saying.

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Comment by Stormshot_Prime Jun 3, 2024

Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
o.supreme wrote:I'm going in with the expectation that this film will skew towards a younger demographic and there really wont be anything for me as an older fan.
Whenever I see people say things like this, I have to wonder, "Where is your inner child?"

Bro you of all people know I have a deficiency. I never liked comedy relief characters or "kid identifying characters"

Snarf, Orko, and Oon (lame)
Bumblebee, The Wonder Twins, and Scott Trakker (dumb)
Superman, Optimus Prime, and mid-20s Spider Man. (These were my peers at 8 years old)

Lol....
I'm not seeing those kinds of characters in the trailer (and thank goodness for that). All I'm seeing are a bunch of adult-aged/minded characters living in a corrupt, oppressive society and trying to make the most of it or change it for the better.

The director admitted that he crammed as much humor into the trailer because of how real the actual movie itself gets.

THIS right here is what got me even more hooked after seeing the trailer. The build-up of relationships is going to be huge in the tragic twist we all know is coming, characterization between the Cybertronian characters that we’ve never had in the movies before.

If I wanted some humorless TF media, all three seasons of WFC are right there, lmao.

I’m anticipating a scene like the finale of Autocracy, Megatron betraying Orion at the crux of their victory, only for him to return as Prime, the moment of the war kicking off proper.

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Comment by cloudballoon Jun 4, 2024

chuckdawg1999 wrote:UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 4, 2024

Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie. :POPCORN:

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Comment by Sabrblade Jun 4, 2024

-Kanrabat- wrote:Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie.

Captain America 3 was Civil War. It released years ago.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 4, 2024

Sabrblade wrote:
-Kanrabat- wrote:Test screenings are not perfect, but they are a reliable metric. Especially when the testers didn't hesitate to roast the Hell out of the latest Indiana Jones, or especially the still in development Hell Captain America 3.

I'm looking forward the TF1 movie.
Captain America 3 was Civil War. It released years ago.

FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE, 4.

You should have guessed that's what I meant, FFS. >:oP

chuckdawg1999 wrote:UHF was testing well too, just saying.

One of my favorite childhood movie!

This is a good sign.

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Comment by chuckdawg1999 Jun 4, 2024

cloudballoon wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jun 4, 2024

chuckdawg1999 wrote:
cloudballoon wrote:
chuckdawg1999 wrote:UHF was testing well too, just saying.

What's UHF? Googling it gives me Weird AI's movie, but I can't figure out what that movie's got to do with TF:1 being well received with test audience (very different target audience & genre)

Maybe I'm way off and UHF is an acronym of a recent movie? Otherwise that reference feels a bit random... unless you're name dropping Weird AI because he was involved in the OG animated TF: The Movie?

It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

Those are the classic hurdles a movie or video game must face. But at least, this means that the chances for a GOOD movie are high. That's the only thing that matters.

Beside, some "bombs" turns into cult classics over the years, so, time will tell.

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Comment by snavej Jun 4, 2024

Meanwhile in the MCU:

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment ... r-BB1ngPac

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Comment by cloudballoon Jun 4, 2024

chuckdawg1999 wrote:It was Weird Al's movie. It was getting the highest test scores for Orion pictures since Robo Cop. When it was released, it bombed because the summer was loaded with soon to be classics. My point was just because a movie tests well doesn't mean it'll be a hit.

Ah, got it. Yeah... just caught up on a UHF retrospective on Youtube. It's just unfortunate that UHF was stacked against such strong (now classics) movies for bums-in-seats that year. But a good movie is a good movie. May not work for the studio financially, but it's no big lost for fans that can pick up the movie later.

With the write-off tax laws that Hollywood gets, even a bombed movie can worth something to Studios. So as much sympathy as I have for studios with good movies that bombed at the box office (currently Furiosa), as long as the studio survives, I'm not too concerned.

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Comment by Glyph Jun 4, 2024

Good news that it's testing well. Doesn't mean much either way for its chance of success, as others have said, but an indicator for general quality at least. Personally I'm expecting this to be enjoyable, relatively light, full of easter eggs, and a financial bomb because (a) it's releasing in September and (b) audiences will take it as a 'kid' / 'toy' movie rather than a stunts-n-explosions blockbuster.

Ah well. Still looking forward to it and I suspect it'll find its place in fandom overall.

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