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G Barnett · Jul 3, 2006, 03:46 PM

They've got an official teaser on the web at the official site.

Minor quibbles aside ("Guys, you used an obviously dry lakebed with a red filter for Mars?? Gimme a break, here! What, did someone say 'Yo, I know a spot we can shoot on the quick -- it's like 5 min away, y'know?' GEEZ!") not too shabby. Good appetizer.

greenamp · Jul 3, 2006, 03:50 PM

And a teaser it most certainly is!

brassplayersrock² · Jul 3, 2006, 03:56 PM

there war, our world? didnt AVP use a line like that? great effects though

E's Lil Theorem · Jul 3, 2006, 04:06 PM

Nifty - wish there was more.

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

there war, our world? didnt AVP use a line like that? great effects though

Si, señor:

It's our planet....It's their war...Whoever wins... We lose.

lpkmckenna · Jul 3, 2006, 04:11 PM

Shouldn't a teaser make you a little excited? That was lame.

The lamest part: "a Michael Bay film." What kind of ego insists on that kind of credit in a trailer of all places? Particularily when Bay is known for making other lame films like Pearl Harbour and Armageddon.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jul 3, 2006, 04:32 PM

Well that was a whole lot of nothing. The coolest part was where the Transformers title transformed. The rest all felt like stock footage.

cjrivera · Jul 3, 2006, 04:32 PM

I heard (unofficial rumor) that Optimus Prime will be a firetruck and BumbleBee will be a Camero concept car. Not sure if it's ture, but if it is, that would really suck.

http://www.crossroadracing.com/index...&Itemid=32

Rumor · Jul 3, 2006, 04:38 PM

meh

powerbook867 · Jul 3, 2006, 05:10 PM

would have liked something a little more than that...

Ghoser777 · Jul 3, 2006, 05:13 PM

Do NOT touch Optimus Prime.

Please?

lpkmckenna · Jul 3, 2006, 05:33 PM

Originally Posted by cjrivera

I heard (unofficial rumor) that Optimus Prime will be a firetruck and BumbleBee will be a Camero concept car. Not sure if it's ture, but if it is, that would really suck.

I don't mind changes to characters as long as they make sense.

I've heard that Soundwave is now a helicopter and Megatron is an Abrams tank. I'm totally cool with that, since I always thought the notion of "gigantic shrinking robots" to be pretty stupid.

Remember Transformers the Movie? Astrotrain could change into a shuttle big enough to hold a platoon full of Decepticons, including a full-sized Devastator, but was only as tall as Starscream as a robot.

Prime is a red firetruck? I'm ok with that, but why? Maybe it's a scale thing: perhaps a rig-based Prime was too short next to a tank-based Megatron, so they went with a red vehicle with more size and mass? I guess as long as Prime is a "red truck" I'm fine with it.

Bumblebee as a Camero? I guess VW wouldn't cough up the marketing dough.

I've heard that the Decepticons will be military- or police-type vehicles while Autobots will be civilian- or rescue-type vehicles. Makes some sense, I guess.

My big question: will there be girl robots? I've always thought Arcee was a cool concept, and I wouldn't mind seeing some G1 characters re-imagined as female - like Starscream and Jazz. (Starscream always seemed a little limp-wristed to me.)

torsoboy · Jul 3, 2006, 05:48 PM

I didn't like that teaser... I thought it looked dumb. Too each their own i guess. Hopefully the real movie is better than that thing.

greenamp · Jul 3, 2006, 05:51 PM

So a Decepticon destroyed the Beagle 1 eh? Oh it's on now.

deomacius · Jul 3, 2006, 05:52 PM

Didn't the Transformers movie already have semi as a teaser at a comic convention though? Who else would the truck represent?

Adam Betts · Jul 3, 2006, 06:10 PM

Teaser is usually being done by different production company. I highly doubt this one is made by same team working on the movie.

deomacius · Jul 3, 2006, 06:16 PM

Optimus Prime?

starman · Jul 3, 2006, 06:46 PM

Meh. I can't get excited about a movie based on a cartoon with a dorky theme song.

Severed Hand of Skywalker · Jul 3, 2006, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by starman

Meh. I can't get excited about a movie based on a cartoon with a dorky theme song.

Yet you can argue over how superman reversed time by making the earth spin?

Eriamjh · Jul 3, 2006, 09:24 PM

Transformers are from Mars? Lame!

voodoo · Jul 3, 2006, 10:01 PM

We were told the Mars rover crashed... in 2003...

Yet... back in the real world it landed in 2004. Did have a DOS software glitch though, probably cause by the decepticons typing "format C:" or whatever the crap is written in DOS.

The polar lander crashed in entry in 1999 and hit the ground at about 80km/h - and let us not forget the the Mars climate orbiter metric/imperial unit fiasco that sent that little puppy "going right past the altar, heading down the ramp.."

Blame that on the Decepticons

PS: Michael Bay is awful. Jerry Bruckheimer awful. Yea, that bad.

V

rickey939 · Jul 3, 2006, 10:10 PM

This particular Rickey Henderson fan is not happy with the teaser.

Stogieman · Jul 3, 2006, 10:38 PM

Michael Bay? I thought Speilberg was handling this movie? Keep Micheal Bay away from the Transformers. Let him go make a GoBots movie or something.

- - e r i k - - · Jul 3, 2006, 10:38 PM

Originally Posted by voodoo

We were told the Mars rover crashed... in 2003...

Yet... back in the real world it landed in 2004. Did have a DOS software glitch though, probably cause by the decepticons typing "format C:" or whatever the crap is written in DOS.

Back in the real world someone didn't pay attention

Landos Mustache · Jul 3, 2006, 10:49 PM

Originally Posted by Stogieman

Michael Bay? I thought Speilberg was handling this movie? Keep Micheal Bay away from the Transformers. Let him go make a GoBots movie or something.

I have to say all of his movies were ****, except for the island. I thought some of the action directing in it was top notch.

starman · Jul 4, 2006, 12:39 AM

Originally Posted by Severed Hand of Skywalker

Yet you can argue over how superman reversed time by making the earth spin?

He didn't make the Earth spin.

voodoo · Jul 4, 2006, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Back in the real world someone didn't pay attention

Oooohh aren't we wearing the smartypants today

V

©öñFü$íóÑ · Jul 4, 2006, 03:25 AM

I just hope this movie won't feel like it was rushed like X-men 3..... or a waste like Doom (the movie starring "The Rock").

JoshuaZ · Jul 4, 2006, 08:55 AM

Originally Posted by starman

He didn't make the Earth spin.

Ok ok ok. Spin backwards. SUPER LAME!

Just like the teaser. Give me something here folks. Seemed like something out of a college dorm room.

brassplayersrock² · 01:40 PM

spinning the earth backwards to go back in time to save his gf? that aint super lame, thats super cool. it was a great idea back then.

E's Lil Theorem · Jul 4, 2006, 01:34 PM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

spinning the earth backwards to go back in time to save his gf? that aint super lame, thats super cool. it was a great idea back then.

Fixed™!

Landos Mustache · Jul 4, 2006, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by ©öñFü$íóÑ

I just hope this movie won't feel like it was rushed like X-men 3..... or a waste like Doom (the movie starring "The Rock").

Doom was the worst movie ever. I got so board I had to fast forward most of it and even watching it in fast forward I was bored to death.

I can't watch people walk down hallways arguing for 2 hours.

ghporter · Jul 4, 2006, 03:37 PM

I thought the teaser had some good footage. But I see that we have a whole year before it is released, so I'm not going to bother with any sort of analysis or even serious discussion until, oh, next spring. And I'd recommend that we keep the discussion to the teaser and not the movie itself because we have no clue about what's really in it.

Remember the teaser for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring? It was almost entirely the Fellowship stepping through a notch in the rocks. All you could say from that was that they got the scale for each character right. Basing a doscussion of a film on an early trailer, particularly a teaser trailer, is not necessarily time well spent.

Landos Mustache · Jul 4, 2006, 03:39 PM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Remember the teaser for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring? It was almost entirely the Fellowship stepping through a notch in the rocks. All you could say from that was that they got the scale for each character right. Basing a doscussion of a film on an early trailer, particularly a teaser trailer, is not necessarily time well spent.

Same goes for spiderman. The teaser with the WTC was so corny the first half felt like a bad TV commercial.

The movie had a totally different feel to it.

- - e r i k - - · Jul 4, 2006, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by voodoo

Oooohh aren't we wearing the smartypants today

V

Oh no. He had his sarcasm-shields up. My attempt to point out his mistake was in vain!

Salty · Jul 4, 2006, 07:27 PM

Originally Posted by Landos Mustache

I have to say all of his movies were ****, except for the island. I thought some of the action directing in it was top notch.

You LIKED the Island!? I saw that movie in dorm this year, for anyone who hasn't seen it let me give you a run down of it.

Sexy guy jogs a bit in white,
Sexy guy meets sexy girl,
Product placement for Apple
Product placement for Aquafina
Product placement for Microsoft
Sexy guy gets curious about life,
Sexy guy talks to people,
Evil people do stuff,
Cut to sexy guy,
Sexy guy figures out he's been lied to,
Sexy guy and sexy girl run away!
Sexy guy and sexy girl look sexy as they run away from unattractive evil villans.
Sexy guy and sexy girl continue running.
Sexy girls' breasts bounce a bit.
Product placement for Microsoft
Product placement for I think it was Ford
Lots of product placements for car company.
Product placement for Coke
Sexy guy and sexy girl run more
More product placement
Sexy guy meets the sexy guy he was cloned from
Sexy guy fights other sexy guy.
Sexy guy double crosses other sexy guy.
Sexy guy and sexy girl run some more
Sexy guy and sexy girl defeat evil unattractive villans
Sexy guy and sexy girl live happily ever after, in a world of product placements

Worst... movie... EVER!

That said this teaser sucks. I'm looking forward to the flick but.. dang that looks bad!

KeyLimePi · Jul 5, 2006, 09:29 AM

Meh. That teaser would look 100% better if the "last transmission" video from the Beagle was grainy & jerky, the way real footage would be.

Rev-O · Jul 5, 2006, 02:00 PM

Teaser looked okay. Way I look at it, it cannot be worse than the cartoon upon which it was based. Except maybe if it was Gobots.

greenamp · Jul 5, 2006, 02:05 PM

I also thought The Island was a good movie.

Landos Mustache · Jul 5, 2006, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by Salty

You LIKED the Island!?
Edited out ramblings.

Yes.

::maroma:: · Jul 5, 2006, 02:21 PM

Originally Posted by G Barnett

Minor quibbles aside ("Guys, you used an obviously dry lakebed with a red filter for Mars?? Gimme a break, here! What, did someone say 'Yo, I know a spot we can shoot on the quick -- it's like 5 min away, y'know?' GEEZ!") not too shabby. Good appetizer.

Were you expecting the film crew to take a quick jaunt to Mars and shoot some footage? The images I've seen of the Mars surface look a hell of a lot like dry lake beds here on Earth, only with a reddish hue.

And I was also unimpressed with this teaser. I mean come on, this is a movie about Transformers, and all we get to see of one is a shadow? BOOOOOOOO!!

Oh well, still a long way from actually getting to see this film so what could we expect.

Landos Mustache · Jul 5, 2006, 02:23 PM

What is a transformer doing on Mars anyway?

Not to mention it is a big place and it managed to sneak up on a little rover from behind just to smash it?

It reminds me of how Homer goes up on the hill to smash the weather monitor for no damn reason.

G Barnett · Jul 5, 2006, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by ::maroma::

Were you expecting the film crew to take a quick jaunt to Mars and shoot some footage? The images I've seen of the Mars surface look a hell of a lot like dry lake beds here on Earth, only with a reddish hue.

And I was also unimpressed with this teaser. I mean come on, this is a movie about Transformers, and all we get to see of one is a shadow? BOOOOOOOO!!

Oh well, still a long way from actually getting to see this film so what could we expect.

No, I was expecting something at least without the cracked mud that only comes from recently dried soil. They should have hit some of the hills in Death Valley that are all rocky/sandy and totally lifeless.

The place they shot was distressingly obvious that it had been wet recently.

::maroma:: · Jul 5, 2006, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by G Barnett

No, I was expecting something at least without the cracked mud that only comes from recently dried soil. They should have hit some of the hills in Death Valley that are all rocky/sandy and totally lifeless.

The place they shot was distressingly obvious that it had been wet recently.

Yeah, I see your point. Maybe they should've made those shots more distressed and grainy and quicker, so people couldn't pick out the details too much.

And I noticed that in one of the shots there were some heavy cloud coverage in the sky. I'm not sure, but are there any clouds and blue skies like that on Mars?

- - e r i k - - · Jul 5, 2006, 10:15 PM

http://www.solarviews.com/cap/path/path005.htm
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap971013.htm
http://mpfwww.jpl.nasa.gov/MPF/ops/clouds_sunset.htmll

- - e r i k - - · Jul 5, 2006, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by Eriamjh

Transformers are from Mars? Lame!

Decepticons are from Mars.

Transformers are from Venus.

RAILhead · Jul 6, 2006, 09:23 AM

It will all make sense, I promise.

Dakar · Jul 6, 2006, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by - - e r i k - -

Decepticons are from Mars.

Transformers are from Venus.

I smell merchandising!

olePigeon · Jul 6, 2006, 11:40 AM

Originally Posted by Salty

Product placement for Apple
Product placement for Aquafina
Product placement for Microsoft

I'm pretty sure it was one long Microsoft commercial. In the Product "fantasy" world, everyone used Apple, but the technician asks "You'd think with all the money they bring in they could upgrade this crap."

Then the last 1h 20m it's XBOX and MSN everywhere.

Landos Mustache · Jul 6, 2006, 02:42 PM

Turns out those pics of Bublebee as a new Camero were real as paramount sent out nasty letters.

Salty · Jul 6, 2006, 02:51 PM

Originally Posted by olePigeon

I'm pretty sure it was one long Microsoft commercial. In the Product "fantasy" world, everyone used Apple, but the technician asks "You'd think with all the money they bring in they could upgrade this crap."

Then the last 1h 20m it's XBOX and MSN everywhere.

Agreed I think they only used the Cinema displays because the Apple logo really isn't pronounced. But I remember pointing it out in dorm... I think I got pillows thrown at me for that one...