Transformers (July 4, 2007)

[Shmi]

yeah, I noticed the beagle thing too, but figured they probably didnt care enough, and had to make it a rover so it could be all cool driving around before being pwned. meh.

[Nicap]

First Person Account from the Transformers Movie Set (With Pictures)

Hey guys! A few interesting details...
Unfortunately I didn't get cast as an extra, but my girlfriend did! She went down to the stages for a wardrobe fitting today and found out that filming begins on Wednesday, the 5th, on the Universal Studios backlot. They are going to be filming the high school scenes the week of July tenth at a high school in Pasadena. The other day on the way to work we saw Bumblebee on a flatbed trailer headed towards the construction stages! The truck had "Cinema Services Motion Picture Car Transport" on the side and BumbleBee was sandwiched between a couple of SUV's on the flatbed. They all had fake license plates and BumbleBee had some "battle damage" painted on. I have a few pictures from my cell phone- not amazing but you get the idea at least. We went down to Universal Studios today and took the tram tour to try to get a glimpse of the sets being built. Couldn't see much, but we did see one building dressed like a museum (I think) that had huge banners on it displaying an exhibit called "Giants of the Machine Age- 1918 to 1941" (got a cell phone pic of that too). Maybe Spike's class goes on a field trip to the museum...? We also saw a wall being built with holes blown out of it, a couple of tanks and a fleet of police vehicles.

Link
http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=7840

[Nicap]

Spoiler

The following link contains an image of what is believe to be Optimus Prime in vehical Mode.

Links
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23825

[WAAAAAGH!!!]

It look cool... but still isn't the Optimus I know from old TV and choose your own adventure book covers.(Yes, I actually have those transformers books).  The paintjob is cool though.

[DougofTheAbaci]

i think it's a good teaser trailer - i mean, the film isn't going to be out for another whole year, so the chances of them having done enough CGI work yet for a tailer is nill - that will all be post-production work after they wrap on filming. so this is just enough to make people aware that there is a Transformers movie coming

A movie like this, they've done tests. They will also be working on the models and such long before they ever finish filming. And it would be very easy for them to show a scene or two, instead of this nonsense...

[Nicap]

DeskTop Backgrounds from Michael Bay's Blog

Link:
http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/6b0269a17fb863843179f98fac61dc8a-29.html

Check out an article, great photos, and a behind the scenes video of Michael's crew shooting at Holloman AFB.

Link:
http://www.af.mil/news/story.asp?storyID=123023092

[the_ss2k]

Spoiler

The following link contains an image of what is believe to be Optimus Prime in vehical Mode.

Links
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23825

Blech. I wouldn't mind this kind of reinvention for Ultra Magnus, but for Optimus Prime? Boy, does it seem like Michael Bay is distancing this movie from the toys. NONE of the characters look familier anymore. At least in X-Men, Wolverine still had claws. Would it really be that hard to make Optimus a red, flat-faced truck (sorry, don't know what they're called)? I mean, It's *Optimus Prime*, one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in geekdom. Don't they want people to realize it's him when they see him in an ad?

Granted, I'll still give Michael Bay the benefit of the doubt until I see the film, but golly, he's making it hard.

[Liquidmark]

Spoiler

The following link contains an image of what is believe to be Optimus Prime in vehical Mode.

Links
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23825

*clenches cheeks*

Nooooooooooo! Stop raping my childhood!

*Goes to run, yell and tell*

Spoiler

The following link contains an image of what is believe to be Optimus Prime in vehical Mode.

Links
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=23825

Blech. I wouldn't mind this kind of reinvention for Ultra Magnus, but for Optimus Prime? Boy, does it seem like Michael Bay is distancing this movie from the toys. NONE of the characters look familier anymore. At least in X-Men, Wolverine still had claws. Would it really be that hard to make Optimus a red, flat-faced truck (sorry, don't know what they're called)? I mean, It's *Optimus Prime*, one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in geekdom. Don't they want people to realize it's him when they see him in an ad?

Granted, I'll still give Michael Bay the benefit of the doubt until I see the film, but golly, he's making it hard.

I think it's called a Flat Nose truck.

[Darkshine]

Goddammit the picture was removed. Did anyone save it?!

[Nicap]

Goddammit the picture was removed. Did anyone save it?!

BAM! - http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/grimlock5/RealOptimusTruck.jpg

[DougofTheAbaci]

I vote we hunt these people down and cause them major harm for destroying our childhoods...

[Inigo]

I like it.

[midnightalone]

Goddammit the picture was removed. Did anyone save it?!

BAM! - http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/grimlock5/RealOptimusTruck.jpg

Optimus never had no 'makes him go faster flames' // He was Blue and Red, gods damn it *shakes fist*

They really should let the fans hunt down and kill/mortally wound the people who make movies from our childhood joys and f##k them up // Im sure they would stop doin it really fast

-M

[Nicap]

I vote we hunt these people down and cause them major harm for destroying our childhoods...

This reminds me of an episode of Pinky and the Brain where the two mice started a t.v. and got a lot of people hooked on it. At the hight of the shows popularity the Pinky and the brain froze them selves and thawed out in the future to find that all the fans that used to watch their show were still obsessed and most where in therapy.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinky_And_The_Brain

[Nicap]

there is a video from the Air Force over at Holloman Air Force Base about "the level of military cooperation on this film is unprecedented." Its shows a little behind the scenes action, Michael Bay doing a brief onscreen interview and a scene of pyrotechnics that was being filmed. Actually one of the best "behind the scenes" films released yet.

Link
http://www.af.mil/shared/media/av/main.html?showid=1229