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TRANSFORMERS 4 Rounds Up Its Two Young Leads!!
The Kidd here...
Michael Bay seems to have found the youngsters set to front TRANSFORMERS 4, alongside Mark Wahlberg, for the next leg of the franchise now that Shia LaBeouf is gone.
Twitch reports that Nicola Peltz (THE LAST AIRBENDER and BATES MOTEL) and Brenton Thwaites (BLUE LAGOON: THE AWAKENING and MALEFICENT) have outlasted the rest of the shortlist of candidates for the remaining human leads, with Peltz set to play Wahlberg's daughter in the flick with Thwaites serving as her racing boyfriend, which is sure to please Marky Mark (the role may be changed from a race car driver to a bike racer of some sort).
Peltz was up against Isabelle Cornish, Margaret Quallay and Gabriella Wilde for the part, while Thwaites seemingly managed to test better than Luke Grimes, Landon Liboiron, Hunter Parrish and Jack Reynor, who reportedly were under consideration at one point.
With all these new humans to introduce and incorporate, is anyone wondering if we're really going to get a film built around robots in disguise as we had hoped?
-Billy Donnelly
"The Infamous Billy The Kidd"
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Capable thespians?
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although I'm sure they'll act like them.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 8:35 a.m. CST
They don't look like terrible faces, but do we really need a human lead at all?
by TheMachinist
I know the Bayformer movies are mostly about the humans, and that seems like the only complaint. Well, that and the shitty writing, the terrible attempts at humor, the parents, the racist bots, the storyless plot, robot heaven, the turning Starscream into a jackass, etc.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 8:37 a.m. CST
Ugh, Peltz was a HORRIBLE Katara in the Last Airbender movie
by Nasty In The Pasty
Katara doesn't always look like she's on the verge of tears!
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the dude looks a little like Gerrett Hedlund from TRON: Legacy
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This little Nicola minx ain't too shabby either...unless she is underage. Then, it would be wrong to sexify her. But I can wait..
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Blame it on Shyamalammadingdong and his terrible directing. Not everything needs to be all dark and shit unless it's Batman. He's the definition of lolsoedgy.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 8:53 a.m. CST
TF3 had an hour and a half of really stupid bullshit but seriously when the robots actually moved and fought that shit was amazing
by Autodidact
The 12 year old inside me had an hour long orgasm in his pants at the end of TF3 when Optimus was going "YOU DIE" and taking out multiple decepticons in horrifically violent looking ways.
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But I don't ever need to hear him scream "OPTIMUS!" again.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 8:54 a.m. CST
They can add the greatest all star cast ever but that won't change the fact that it's still gonna be a over produced incoherent mess.
by Cedric Ford
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I applaud you on your ability to actually follow those sequences.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 8:57 a.m. CST
Why cast people at all. This IS about giant robots right?
by Deceased Fan
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Exactly. Bay making a movie about Giant car robots on Earth clearly didn't go too well, but Cybertron? He'd nail that shit! Unless, of course, it had the same writing...
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i watched the last one the last 30 minutes was just fucking carnage. i watched it with a friend and thought, what the fuck is this shit.
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A movie with giant robots as leads would be horrific.
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Bay's human's are racist charicatures.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:15 a.m. CST
Michael Bay is going to fuck them both, right? Feel like I'm reading an article about their kidnapping.
by spacehog
And the photos are on the side of a milk carton. Making me a little queasy here. Such innocent faces. Forever ruined by the things they're going to see and be forced to do for this movie. And by ''movie'' I do not mean Transformers 4.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:17 a.m. CST
mrwug gets it. These kids are victims. They will endure so much for our entertainment. And for his.
by spacehog
And no one will ever see them again.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:26 a.m. CST
She was dire in Airbender. Her fault or Shyamalan`s ?
by higgledyhiggles
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:27 a.m. CST
I finally got the whole racist robot thing. I never understood what you guys were talking about but then I saw part 2 and it had these robots that talk like black people. Then I
by UltraTron
rememered that all black people are racist and it hit me- duh! Racist black robots. I get it now. But I still think they talk like that because they learned how to talk from our media. Black people actually talk like that in our media so that's where that comes from.
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and I espcially hate pretty, rich kids in movies ... 'her racing boyfriend' ... fucking stupid.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:29 a.m. CST
I guess it's the disney channel version of transformers!
by MainMan2001
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:30 a.m. CST
She looks like the bitch is just simmering under the surface waiting to blast forth out of her with enough force to burn off her remaining body fat.
by UltraTron
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:36 a.m. CST
That's a strange pic of Nicola. Background makes it look like she's at the airport..
by MrWug
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:46 a.m. CST
Since they didn't have the balls to do it with Shia, can the new kids name be Spike?
by JackSlater4
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:47 a.m. CST
knowthyself. I think maybe it's Michael Bay that's the racist caricature.
by Deceased Fan
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They've made THREE movies focused on humans and the only good parts in any of them were the last half of TF1 (when all the autobots landed and took over the screentime) and the last half of TF3 (when the autobots came out of hiding and kicked ass for an hour) So based on history, the humans are the shitty part 3 times out of 3.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:52 a.m. CST
dont tell me that Bay ran out of money to cast more than one actual movie star???
by Stephen
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Dec. 11, 2012, 10:18 a.m. CST
At least it's a paycheck for these young actors. They won't regret it until after the movie is released and EVERYONE gives them grief.
by Stereotypical Evil Archer
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Dec. 11, 2012, 10:20 a.m. CST
HA HA HA! There is no way I'm going to see this movie!
by Just_Some_Guy
I'd rather play Fall of Cybertron. THAT's how you handle the Transformers franchise.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 10:25 a.m. CST
I've literally never heard of a single one of those names, of the people who did and didn't get the parts
by TheSeeker7
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:12 a.m. CST
A piece of Cybertron is heading towards Earth and only Marky Mark and his x-treme crew of miners can stop it!
by Fries Against
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:16 a.m. CST
if you have a three and half hour movie about alien battling robots
by popboy
and no humans in it. then you do not have a movie. you do need human characters in these movies.
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Of course not. Bay and Company don't have the courage to take the risk and try to focus on special effects robots and take up the challenge of making real characters out of them. And the big reason is, they want teenagers to flock to these movies, not just geeky types, so we get a girl and her racer boyfriend, who her father will certainly hate. But deep down, he'll be a hero and gain Daddy's respect.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:18 a.m. CST
Uh Kid I gave up on a film actually focused on the Robots after the 1st one.
by Wcwlkr
To think otherwise is pure delusion. These movies are literally shit in celluloid form. I'll pass on this garbage like I did the last one. When I finally did see some of 3 I couldn't get through 10 min
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:28 a.m. CST
Skipping the movie? Might as well skip the threads about it too.
by Fries Against
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... and I'm cool if this is a side story set in the same universe as the previous three films seeing as we won't get the robots from the previous films.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:44 a.m. CST
This is Bay's final cash grab from this franchise, think about it.
by kindofabigdeal
He's only paying for Marky Mark, who's he's probably getting cheap since they did that muslce movie with The Rock. He's not filling it up with well know actors in supporting roles because he wants all the money to be profit. A shitload is already going to F/X's and explosions. Why not cut corners where you can. Even if this is only half as successful as the first 3 it will still get him more profit. He understands that we don't go to see The Beef or his stupid parents. (maybe mojo, less rapey) His characters and even the racist robots are good for one laugh. Upon multiple viewings it gets kinda lame and annoying. (I even find racism funny but they were just JarJar level dumb) Bay is milking it one last time.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 11:48 a.m. CST
That One...yeah...that, one, right, There! Jesus Fuck Yes!
by conspiracy
Michael screamed as his PA handed him the last headshot, "just look at those cherubic, pouty little lips, those eyes, that babyfat face; call the lot...tell one of those fucks to go throw some dust on the 458 and get a hose and a bucket ready;I'm feeling an audition coming up, then go to Hustler store and get a swimsuit for her, this part has a certain innocence, so not too sexy...just something that will show a little toe" Bay all but moaned. Michael's assistant hesitated, concern etched on her near perfect face as she swayed slightly in the 5" heels that were part of the required "Team Bayhem" uniform, she could feel the sweat forming in her leather bustier..."but...Mr.Bay...she's only 17..don't you think..."; but before she could finish the most successful B movie maker in recorded Hollywood History shut her off; "No thinking Allowed Abigal...you know that shit by now! Too much Thinking just ruins the fucking results...Instinct baby...use your instincts...fuck thinking, thinking is for pretentious fuckers like Aronofsky." Bay cackled as he rocked back in his leather and brass studded office chair, casually reaching down to rub his growing cock through his Zoomba Pants as he fumbled with Nicola Peltz photo. "...besides17, 18, 12...whats the difference, I'll shoot in Canada if I have too...besides, we'll do some product placement for Heinz and throw a few shekels at a charity or two ...that'll shut up her Dad. No....this one, this one is my new Muse, Abigail;fresh, young an clueless...like Megan was..but better...she's Jewish; no Hitler comments from this one..huh uh." Bay stood up, taking the picture of the unsuspecting actress with him, and plopping down on a chaise near a large glass wall overlooking Los Angeles mindlessly pulled out his turgid dick. "This movie will be huge..." Bay screamed into the room as he stroked his member, "...bigger than 1-3, more of everything...and my lovely Nicola here will be it's shining little star....so so lovely;oh...Abigail..." the master of the weekend blockbuster intoned to the now nervous assistant, "Tell the boys to make the carwash bucket 'extra soapy'..., THIS audition might take a good long time...I want lots of suds."
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I just hate that a major part of the plot has to be the teenager and/or college student getting the hot girl, or dealing with his wacky parents. Most of these movies have the Transformers as supporting characters. In the second movie, our human hero is traveling with three comic relief Transformers and the again-muted Bumblebee who is written more like Sam's dog.
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Shia! Shia! Come back!
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GOLD
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Dec. 11, 2012, 12:35 p.m. CST
Do these 'works' still qualify as 'film'? (not hating..im asking based on how they're made)
by Darth Macchio
as in, not for good or bad but in their production and 'construction'? bay's movies are to film like boy bands are to music. a band put together where every member is hired from a casting call, to me, is not a "band" in the traditional, non-orchestral sense. the last concern on anybody's mind is writing great music, or, in bay's case, telling a great story using film - it's all about the spectacle and the draw for perceived profit margins. (which kinda makes the whole Romero 'zombies mesmerized by fireworks' a bit more satirical than at first glance methinks). Bay's apparent current 'film making' process is to think of really kewl stuff he'd (and crew) would like to see and then come up with the script to put it in the movie afterwards. as opposed to having the story and then coming up with great ideas to portray that already existing story on the screen. It's a weird inverse of story telling where we think of the desired outcome first and work our way backwards to the story we'd need to get there. So...no more is it about a war between sentient robot races and what happens in that war when it spills over onto earth but how do we get the most female flesh on the screen without going nude and risking the pg-13 rating? how do we put mark whalberg in the movie without loosing 30% of the budget on his paycheck? how do we creatively justify the cinematic devastation of an entire city cause damn would that look awesome! and, of course, cause we have to destroy a city on film since no one's really done it with our modern cinematic technology yet. im not even saying this is the wrong way to make movies even if i find it to be a very cynical way to tell a story. but it seems like they're not even pretending any longer that plot is actually driving this thing's production for even a fraction of a second. i just think that, if story is not your prime driving force, then your approach to film making isn't about telling a story but creating an amusement park ride. again, that's perfectly fine. but it's not really cinema is it...just cinematic. an imitation of life. imitating art. efilgnikcufecin!!!
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because there are no successful or good movies that don't have humans in them.
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Michael Bay is probably thanking christ that she is going to be 18 by the time principal shooting begins. Then he can shoot some extremely suggestive, close up shots of her ASSets. Or is she going to be acting in this? I don't hold too much hope for the latter. More excited for Pain and Gain.
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because we know that's Bay's casting process.
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Hell the first ⅔ is what makes that movie. I could've done without the humans.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 2:04 p.m. CST
It's not who Bay is underneath, but the actions he does that define him.
by kindofabigdeal
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Dec. 11, 2012, 2:12 p.m. CST
This is the final nail in the coffin for Transformers and Bay is laughing his way to the bank
by Swordfleece
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Dec. 11, 2012, 2:33 p.m. CST
shitty actors+michael bay+ cocaine addicted movie producers= the transformers franchise
by Balkin Flabgurter
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DAMN YOU MICHAEL BAY
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He's actually a pretty good, natural actor. Unfortunately, he's usually stuck doing bad blockbuster movies with horrible scripts (like Transformers).
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Dec. 11, 2012, 3:09 p.m. CST
nephilim138....It's the 21st Century, Anal comes Before Vaginal these days...
by conspiracy
it's called Technical Virginity..and its all the rage with the kids these days.
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...to get in trouble, and get in the way.
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Whenever I find an actress named in an upcoming movie, I google, "whoever nude." Google says she's 17. I wonder if that makes all the photoshop fakes illegal?
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Have a seat right over there.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 5:13 p.m. CST
RE: Katara doesn't always look like she's on the verge of tears!
by mooli_mooli
It all makes sense - M Night only watched The Ember Island Players and thought *that* was the entire show!
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Crap franchise, stupid films. Dumber than dumb.
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Dec. 11, 2012, 6:28 p.m. CST
Michael Bay has taken on board all your concerns. T4 will be cool and edgy. Ha ha! Cinematic happy meals for cunts!
by Shaun D Lyons
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You can't blame anyone but Bay. Shia's just screaming and talking fast -- and apparently always from his chest -- because there's so much noise on the set. Shia was very good in Lawless, hopefully even better in Von Trier's thing. He just needs a role where he's beaten down, weak, not using his diaphragm to speak. That way he won't look like he's trying so hard (a la DiCaprio in, well, everything).
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...that Spielberg condones this kind of hyper-sexualizing of the "characters" (used loosely) and by that I mean, the out-and-out leering of a pervy director. SS used to be a hero, and still is when he directs, but his ability to look the other way so he can make another $100million of each of these movies, thoroughly disgusts me. I'm surprised Kate Capshaw hasn't stepped in and slapped him back into reality because he needs it. But then again, she probably views each movie as equaling that new new family yacht, or that new house in the South of France, etc. Favorite quote of the day: Money is not the root of all evil, the Love of money is the root of all evil. And that's where the film business has sunk to today. Gone are the days of film moguls who still gave a shit about the actual stories they were making.
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Could be my first Transformers film, Peltz was a natural in Airbender, all the performances were right on for the characters but Peltz was maybe the center that it revolved around to some degree. She really shined in that film. I like her enough in Air. to probably check out this Transformers (which just ain't the Genre of film i'd normally be interested in or watch so that would also make it interesting i'd guess)
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Dec. 11, 2012, 7:53 p.m. CST
Kate Capshaw is evidence of SS's sexualizing on set, not the remedy
by Bobo_Vision
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I don't understand what you mean? I get the Temple of Doom reference, what's the second part about?
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I'd like to transform it into a cum dumpster. See what I did there?
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$5 says this one kills the franchise
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And about as generic as it gets. Megan Fox screamed sex appeal, this chick screams I better get home before curfew. If they aren't British, they will suck. Young American actors mostly suck because they don't study acting. They look pretty, know (or blow) the right people and get parts handed to them without paying any dues. The Brits do years of stage work and study the craft before moving into films (if they're the best).
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Dec. 11, 2012, 9:12 p.m. CST
I'm going to state the obvious and just say that Transformers 2 and 3 were shit.
by Gary Makin
There. I said it.
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good to see a master work his craft
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With a good script and direction she could have made a great Katara, but Meryl Streep couldn't have made that atrocious dialogue work.
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and so does that hot piece of Jailbait in the picture above;...and I mean the picture of the FEMALE...thought I should clarify that.
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Dec. 12, 2012, 1:56 a.m. CST
My favorite part of Transformers was the highschool romance
by Bass Ackwards
I'm glad they're finally getting back to their roots.
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Dec. 12, 2012, 3:03 a.m. CST
Fool me once Bay, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Half fool me a third, i clearly don't learn my lesson. I should revoke my cinema ticket license. Fool me a fourth time...
by Sean
Fuck, how hard is it to do a decent, faithful Transformers film that fans have been waiting for? I reckon all the kids that didn't make it through the Glee, OC, 90210, etc vapid pretty people shows are all under the same loser agent. And this is the guy Bay goes to, to assemble his cast.
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With better scripts. It doesn't even have to be an amazing script, a decent one would do. I also have to say this on every TF talkback; AICN owes me the ticket price from TF3. I went to see it JUST because of the glowing reviews every AICN staffer gave it at the time. I was going to give it a miss until they fucked me over. They were paid for those reviews, no doubt about it, it's only fair I get my share of it.
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...I'm trying to think of what ALIEN would be like if it was made today. Kane's wethered face would probably be replaced by a Glee'ish 18 year old. Hollywood's casting these days is terrible...I doubt if they were debutantes to the industry, the likes of Dustin Hoffman etc would ever get any work, let alone lead roles. Then again, casting is the least of the problems for an industry that can greenlight another Bay Transformer flick.
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You would've thought they all can't be wrong. They were wrong...very wrong.
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Peltz was born in Westchester County, New York, the daughter of Claudia, a former model, and billionaire businessman Nelson Peltz, who once owned the Snapple brand
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Harry, fix this shit please. I can't be bothered to write it out again.
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Who knew fixing a script bug would prove to be on par with developing Cold Fusion.
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Dec. 12, 2012, 11:08 a.m. CST
scrunchie...I'm sure you meant I can't be bothered to cut and paste from Wikipedia.
by Deceased Fan
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Dec. 12, 2012, 4 p.m. CST
Screw the humans I want to see a Transformers movie that takes place on Cybertron right before they leave for earth!
by Brian hurtado
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Dec. 12, 2012, 7:24 p.m. CST
thank god no more LaBeuofShit, that guy was so annoying as hell.....seriously.
by NorthTronic
the movies were fun to watch though.
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