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BEHOLD (Well, Not Any More...) An Autobot...Michael Bay Style!!

umm, not working... by AmirReza	Jun 27th, 2006 10:50:15 AM
can't get pic to work
First by Creflo A. Dollar	Jun 27th, 2006 10:51:09 AM
looks ghey
Too Soon! by AmirReza	Jun 27th, 2006 10:51:15 AM
That is, I clicked the link too soon. Now it works. Nice to see physical effects these days.
Interesting by GTfilmgeek	Jun 27th, 2006 10:52:02 AM
That seems to be a robot in disguise.
Transvestites by Engineer_at_peac	Jun 27th, 2006 10:53:53 AM
More than meets the eye. Transvestites. Shemales in disguise. Post-op ones fight the battle to destroy the penis organs of, the pre-opticons.
Immediate reaction: by zbbrox	Jun 27th, 2006 10:55:19 AM
Nifty. It looks cool, it just does. However, I'm not fully convinced, because we can't see the face and because it does have that vague Evangelion kinda look I'm fearing.
Pretty Cool by BASSMANBISH	Jun 27th, 2006 10:56:12 AM
It's a real Transformer, for Gawd's sake! I predict this movie will kick quite a bit of @$$ (slight chance it won't win best pic at the Oscars though, methinks).
Cool! by tompbeast	Jun 27th, 2006 10:56:24 AM
A big yellow Bot not so indisguise! Thought they'd just have CG bots like in the car comercials but physical effects are great to see nowadays as long as it moves nice!
Cool by TheRealFragger	Jun 27th, 2006 10:56:47 AM
I think that looks rather cool
Looks FAKE! by half vader	Jun 27th, 2006 10:57:41 AM
The funny thing is that cars have so much plastic in them now that even if they do use physical effects and cg people will STILL say it looks fake - and plastic-ky!
Bumble Bee? by Spunky Backpack	Jun 27th, 2006 10:59:06 AM
Well, the body etc certainly reeks of Transformers but it'll be for nothing if the don't get the faces right. I'm all for updating the look and have no qualms about the newer, updated look and I appreciate we're probably looking at the top of his head but please, please...don't give them heads of Bionicles!!!
Dunno what to think... by Atheon	Jun 27th, 2006 11:00:02 AM
Like with X-men I didn't know what to expect, how much would be changed to make it believable as a live action flick. In the end if they capture the spirit of the 80's cartoon I'm happy. Can't wait to see the teaser next week!
transSEXUALS Engineer. by half vader	Jun 27th, 2006 11:01:25 AM
Transvestites are guys that dress up, like in too many of Harry's animations. Transsexuals are the ones you're looking for (so it seems).
Still interested. by JDanielP	Jun 27th, 2006 11:02:08 AM
New. American. Muscle. Sweet.
Faces by keekthesneek	Jun 27th, 2006 11:02:59 AM
there gonna screw it it up big time.
First!!!! by Jaffa8	Jun 27th, 2006 11:03:39 AM
you're all gay but the picture looks cool
About 100 times better than I expected. by FluffyUnbound	Jun 27th, 2006 11:06:16 AM
The most difficult task they face in making this film is the transformation sequences. The second most difficult task is producing robots that don't look completely horrible. This doesn't look that bad, so they just knocked one thing off the list of to-do's.
Lookin' good by slone13	Jun 27th, 2006 11:08:06 AM
Lookin' real good
At least they made an actual prop... by Doom II	Jun 27th, 2006 11:08:08 AM
Instead of just CGI (ala George Lucas). You cannot beat having a real object in the room to act off of, not to mention it just LOOKS better.
Not Bad, Not Bad by yippee_ki_yay	Jun 27th, 2006 11:08:23 AM
...but let's see what happens when it starts moving around.
NOT A CAMARO!!! by PwnedByStallone	Jun 27th, 2006 11:08:33 AM
looks like Bay at least managed to get the head right though. I'm sure the face will be Grimlock's or something. Bay: "Fuckin robot's a robot. Fuckin put a head on it. Now to more important matters. What tint is on the lens!"
Not Bad, Not Bad by yippee_ki_yay	Jun 27th, 2006 11:08:38 AM
...but let's see what happens when it starts moving around.
thats not transformed by BRUTICUS	Jun 27th, 2006 11:10:07 AM
Transformed would be VEHICLE MODE. Transformers are ROBOTS first, VEHICLES SECOND and only as a disguise. Not too stoked on the creative freedom take with a well established style that rthe original Transformers made a name for itself with.
It does look cool by Monkey Butler	Jun 27th, 2006 11:12:16 AM
And I don't wanna sound like a naysayer (because I have absolutely zero attachment to the transformers, and Michael Bay doing big fuck-off robots beating the shit out of each other sounds like fun) but that shot does seem a bit like a Power Rangers toy. It's probably just the lighting making it look plastic-y, and it's just the wrong half of a single robot, so I ain't gonna write the whole thing off now, but hopefully the tanks and jets and things look a bit harder.
Yeah, you're right by Engineer_at_peac	Jun 27th, 2006 11:12:46 AM
Transsexual doesn't roll of the tongue, though, and I can't think of a two syllable word for "man". OK. Transvestites. People in disguise. Transvestites. Women who are guys. Ahhh, I got nothin. Come to think of it, what was the point of the original post?
BRUTICUS by blackwood	Jun 27th, 2006 11:13:09 AM
Thanks for your appallingly particular reminder of canon for a line of plastic toys. Also, GIANT ROBOTS!!!
OH. MY. SWEET. GOD. by TheJake	Jun 27th, 2006 11:14:00 AM
please. say it isn't so. Michael Bay... I'mma put a jihad on your ASS!
Is this 818 500 8843? by MR INBETWEEN	Jun 27th, 2006 11:14:45 AM
I wonder how many calls DIRECT Tools and Fasteners will get after this.
Engineer by blackwood	Jun 27th, 2006 11:15:01 AM
if the point was to make me laugh... you did. Verily. GIANT SHEMALES!
MAKE BEAST WARS MOVIE!!! by wolack22	Jun 27th, 2006 11:15:17 AM
That would be cool
blackwood by BRUTICUS	Jun 27th, 2006 11:15:40 AM
not plastic....DIE-CAST it's a lost art
Totaly agree with you wolack22 by spikebad666	Jun 27th, 2006 11:16:59 AM
I want to see a Beast Wars movie too. Dinobot is the shit!
Could be a disaster the size of Super Mario Bros. Movie by McGsStepson	Jun 27th, 2006 11:18:03 AM
Count me as not sold, definitely not sold. This looks like a prop that some Hasbro intern would drag out onto the parking lot of the local Toys R' US for the kiddies to take a picture with the day they released the new Rodimus Prime figure.
Soo Toon! i.e. Too Soon by gride9000	Jun 27th, 2006 11:19:10 AM
What are all those gnomes (little people) doing next to my favorite Anime Doll and play construction set!
this movie is gonna be a piece of shit. by chickychow	Jun 27th, 2006 11:20:10 AM
Its gonna make TNMT look like fuckin Grapes of Wrath
YES!!!! by casinoskunk	Jun 27th, 2006 11:21:46 AM
Bring it on!!!!
I want a Battle Beasts movie by chickychow	Jun 27th, 2006 11:21:47 AM
That would fuck your shit up.
Looks like the back of it to me... by Truth0ne	Jun 27th, 2006 11:21:51 AM
Why all the funky angles on the body? Bumblebee should be short and stout... like a little tee-pot.
YES!!!! by casinoskunk	Jun 27th, 2006 11:22:29 AM
Bring it on!!!!
aBUMBLEnation by finky089	Jun 27th, 2006 11:23:02 AM
I don't even need to see it right side up to know it just doesn't work for me. but I'm a G1 purist, so I expected that. Ugh, someone please stop this movie. (Too late, I know.)
hmmmm... by AGE IIX	Jun 27th, 2006 11:25:35 AM
OK it's only half of it, but where are the car parts?
So Michael Bay style... by Banky the Hack	Jun 27th, 2006 11:25:50 AM
consists of being knocked unconscious spread-eagled on a flatbed train car. I had no idea before, but I now know that I like to make love to women Michael Bay style.
Thank god it's not 100% CG by Jonesey1111	Jun 27th, 2006 11:26:04 AM
Nice money shot!
"Michael Bay Bumbleraped my childhood." by TboneYnot	Jun 27th, 2006 11:26:05 AM
Somebody had to say it.
Chickychow, this picture already fucked my shit up by finky089	Jun 27th, 2006 11:26:13 AM
and not in the way that feels oh-so-good. ;)
Looking Good by DrTobiasFunke	Jun 27th, 2006 11:28:08 AM
I have high hopes for this movie. It practically was my childhood back in the 80s. Hopefully they do it justice by not making unnecessary changes. And they'd better have the faces right, even if they change some of the voices. I just hope we get to see the Stunticons, Dinobots, or Constructicons somewhere in the future.
this is probably a lighting prop. by AGE IIX	Jun 27th, 2006 11:29:22 AM
I don't think they will use practical effects for the transformers.
all the nay-sayers... by Irish Ape	Jun 27th, 2006 11:32:57 AM
Is Bumblebee gonna have to choke a bitch? Don't make Bumblebee have to choke a bitch. Respect.
What's the big deal? by Thumper2k1	Jun 27th, 2006 11:35:58 AM
I can't make anything out from that pic. It looked like Bumblebee got mangled in a car wreck. Let's get a pic of him standing upright.
excuse me, but...WHERE IN THE FUCK IS MORI"S REVIEW!? by future help	Jun 27th, 2006 11:36:11 AM
ggrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Window cleaning equipment at the Getty by Mgmax	Jun 27th, 2006 11:39:55 AM
That's all this is, I saw it on my last visit there. Nothing to do with a movie you should, frankly, be totally ashamed of yourself for even being excited about. Getting jazzed by a Transformers movie is like still having the hots for Farrah Fawcett long after she turned into an eldritch she-mummy.
Looks sweet! by Turd Furgusen	Jun 27th, 2006 11:42:10 AM
That bumble bee, be cool. Now bring on Optimus!
I've got a bad feeling about this... by brycemonkey	Jun 27th, 2006 11:45:51 AM
I don't know why though. So far all the stuff looks cool. Perhaps it is Bay... What was his last good film?
Ahh, I looked it up. I was going to say The Rock... by brycemonkey	Jun 27th, 2006 11:49:17 AM
but thought no, he must have made a good film since then. But no, The Rock (10 years ago) is his only good movie (with BB2 a sad second place). I'm still amazed that after The Island anyone was willing to give him money to make this.
he said window cleaning equipment by gride9000	Jun 27th, 2006 11:50:53 AM
Getting jazzed by the trasformers fucking retro. Using the word jazzed for anything but quoting grandma is pure douchbaggary. Anyway, I was so high on glue fumes when I saw Tokyo Drift, I thought it was Go-Bots.
Trasnformers was badass when I was a kid by beastie	Jun 27th, 2006 11:55:15 AM
and I'd be excited if they were making a new cartoon movie, but for some reason, I don't care much about a live action one. Granted, I'm curious to see the new look, just not excited. My 'meh' is not for the design, which looks pretty good, it's for the entire concept of a live-action Transformers.
wow by VenomFangX	Jun 27th, 2006 11:57:58 AM
i've been on a film set before, but i've never been around full-scale transforming robots. michael bay has a lot of courage to attempt to make a full length transformers movie, using full-scale replicas of each and every transformer. It's a task so huge and to date never been done, it's almost unfathomable what he is going to do, and how he is going to do it.
Geez by Grammaton Cleric	Jun 27th, 2006 12:00:43 PM
I can't believe they're going to make a movie out of this shit. Robots from another planet that disguise themselves as vehicles? If this movie takes itself anymore seriously than Snakes on a Plane it's in trouble.
at least it wont be all CG by tripp5	Jun 27th, 2006 12:00:47 PM
i got faith in mikey bay, 10 bux says this movie will own all ur asses
Looks good to me by Doctor_Sin	Jun 27th, 2006 12:01:35 PM
This image has me actually looking forward to this film.
LOOKS GOOD! EFFECTS WILL BE LIKE JURASSIC PARK by moto	Jun 27th, 2006 12:08:04 PM
Like Spielberg did in Jurassic Park, they will be using both CG and real effects (like what they did with the T-Rex). These models do not transform I'm sure. They probably have certain final movements for the camera to catch to make the transformation look more real, but not a full transforming model. This will be a BIG tentpole film! So far AICN talkbackers haven't jumped on this image... SO FAR. PLEASE don't judge this movie, that hasn't even been completed yet, based on some production spy photo. Soooo many pictures taken on any big budget movie set can look terrible. I'm sure the first picture of Darth Vader or Chewbacca that came out before the original Star Wars made people go, "What the fuck is that? Lame." But we all know how well they worked within the context of the movies. I think Tranformers will be the one movie that talkbackers/fanboys will be TOTALLY surprised by. Of course, they'll never admit to it.
So will any of my old Gobots be worth anything now? by oceansized	Jun 27th, 2006 12:10:22 PM
By the Power of Greyskuuuull...
have you seen this trailer info? by DarkCable	Jun 27th, 2006 12:11:18 PM
http://tinyurl.com/sxa65
Two questions by Cepper	Jun 27th, 2006 12:12:49 PM
First and most importantly, are there any plans for Omega Supreme and/or Metroplex to be in this movie? Now a teaser pic of either of them would be cool-news-worthy! Okay, second, why is everyone so down on The Island?? It wasn't earth-shatteringly great or anything, but it had a good story, good action, Scarlett in skin-tight jumpsuits. An all around good time. What gives?
moto's right, re: SW pics back in the day by Doctor_Sin	Jun 27th, 2006 12:13:25 PM
There was a BIG stink among older fans pre-ESB because they were afraid of a 'muppet' being in the film (Yoda). Needless to say, they got served old-school.
Bumblebay by vanchimera	Jun 27th, 2006 12:15:03 PM
I think this is going to be just fine. Rag on Bay all you want, but he's great at making Superhappy Fun Bang Time Boom Popcorn Excitement FunHouse movies... and that's all that Transformers can/should ever presume to be. It's not rocket science, folks, it's big robots beating the shit out of each other. Quit bitchin.
Umm, this is the only physical robot prop. by JudasRemains	Jun 27th, 2006 12:17:19 PM
It was confirmed a while back on several other web sites, I think Superhero Hype and TFormers that what's pictured here is the only physical robot prop in the movie. The rest will be CGI. Now non-correctlyness. I'm personally a huge Transformer fan, I was there for G1 and everything from the masterpiece that was Beast Machines to the craptasm that was R.I.D, with my interest only falling around Cybertron. So I have a lot of hope for this movie with it muted and a sturdy fast forward button. Not so much for with it unmuted, although the star did a good job as Chaz in Constantine.
tripp5, you've already been pwned if you make that bet by finky089	Jun 27th, 2006 12:17:22 PM
This movie will be hyped in a big way. But I have a feelign it'll go the way of M:I3, okay box office, but not HUGE and while some of the masses who have no predisposition to the subject matter will find it acceptable, there will be a big group of people who just don't like the way it turned out. Unfortunately, in the end, it'll probably still make enough $$ to justify greenlighting a sequel. But making big bank doesn't even begin to make a film "good" and it certianly doesn't justify making a shitty movie to begin with. And, sure, out of context it sounds silly, but that's why Transformers should never make the leap from cartoon to live-action.
They better get the head right! by Jeebs	Jun 27th, 2006 12:18:09 PM
Though I'm still not sure what we're looking at here, but I think we're looking at the top of his head with his face looking up and what looks like an engine on his back. Otherwise, WAY COOL!!!
This could also be... by Jeebs	Jun 27th, 2006 12:21:41 PM
Bumblebee's Cybertron mode!?
Slight correction. by JudasRemains	Jun 27th, 2006 12:22:35 PM
I wasn't saying that this picture is old news, just to be clear, just that the shoot that this picture is from has the only physical Transformer prop in it.
THEY BUILT A F'ING TRANSFORMER! by dr_buggerlugs	Jun 27th, 2006 12:25:17 PM

by dr_buggerlugs	Jun 27th, 2006 12:27:59 PM
It's true people...cinema has been saved. All they had to do was build a real f'ing Transformer. Digital? Pah. 3-D? Pah. Big robots with wheels on'em? Yay.
I cherish G1 too, but by Movietool	Jun 27th, 2006 12:31:53 PM
I agree that a straight-up, 100% faithful adaptation of the cartoon would suck. Hell, I freakin LOVED the cartoon when I was a kid, but upon re-watching them as the DVDs came out, I had to admit to myself that most of the episodes sucked. (I mean come on, . . . "dinobots?" Even as a kid I thought they were freakin' stupid.) I just want a balls-to-the-wall, transforming-robots beating-the-piss out-of-each-other in-the-middle of-a-big-city movie. If anyone can deliver, it's Bay.
I don't think you people realize by eighteenseconds	Jun 27th, 2006 12:34:44 PM

What a bunch of fuking babies by llac9	Jun 27th, 2006 12:36:43 PM
I cant believe that there are grown men wanting or bitching about a Transformers movie. Jesus. This is beyond retarded. I dont think a grown woman would bitch about a My Little Pony, Rainbow Bright, or a Jem movie. Get some help- quick. I loved transformers when I was a kid..but there
ANTOHER movie stealing Bruce Lee's Game of Death suit?! by DonliQ	Jun 27th, 2006 12:42:13 PM
SNOOCH!
We need a Rainbow Brite movie pronto! by Doctor_Sin	Jun 27th, 2006 12:43:52 PM
Preferably one where she and Strawberry Shortcake team up. Fighting ninjas.
We need a live action Captain Bucky O'Hare movie. by Thumper2k1	Jun 27th, 2006 12:59:46 PM
Bucky! Captain Bucky O'Hare. Goes where no other rabbit would dare.
Cool by beelkay	Jun 27th, 2006 01:04:19 PM
Looks pretty good...we'll see if the final product is "Pearl Harbor" or "The Rock."
Where's my Blue Falcon and Dynomutt movie?!?!? by Doctor_Sin	Jun 27th, 2006 01:23:41 PM
Hollywood, get your priorities right!!!
That Fucking Rules! by Atomica	Jun 27th, 2006 01:23:55 PM
Looks awesome. Fuck the naysayers as usual.
yeah... see... here's the thing... by chiahead	Jun 27th, 2006 01:27:21 PM
I will bitch and moan till the cows come home about all manner of wrongdoing on Bay's part. but show me ONE little picture of a huge honkin robot and I'm totally sold. sigh
spider-man 3 teaser by diskoh	Jun 27th, 2006 01:31:07 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =xoE1JXeGFqE
Very cool. by Childe Roland	Jun 27th, 2006 01:35:09 PM
Looks like an Alternators version of Bumblebee to me, which is Kool and the Gang imho. Especially if VW is being so uptight with its license because the robots may or may not beat the everloving fuck out of each other "Ve are Germanz! Ve do not condone ze violenze!" I have to wonder if they're going to go with the G1 cartoon face (kind of boring, imho) or the toy face, which would be too alien, I think. Either way, they're sure to piss somebody off. And isn't that really part of the fun with movies like htis and X3? I mean, for those of us with some perspective, we get to see a decent, entertaining film AND we get to hear Comic-Book-Guy-style geek meltdowns from anyone who's latched on to a very specific and particular facet of a pop culture franchise. What more could we ask for?
Once they're done with all the '80's cartoon movies, by beastie	Jun 27th, 2006 01:44:08 PM
they should totally start making '80's cereal movies. I would see "Cap'n Crunch The Movie" 8 times in the theater. Another good idea would be "Luck Charms: The 8 Charms of Death" directed by Gore Verbinski. I could go on and on but, you all know this is a great idea already.
Who Asked For A Transformers Movie? by The Ender	Jun 27th, 2006 01:44:51 PM
Why? Why does anyone need a live adaptation of Transformers? And why are you people actually excited about it? TY-RESE is in this movie, that pretty much says it all right there. He is a fucking R&B singer, he was in The Fast and The Furious, and he is in this movie. Do we need more evidence of how Fucking Stupid this movie is going to be or is that enough?
Just a feeling... by Mr Nice Gaius	Jun 27th, 2006 01:58:53 PM
...but I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that we haven't seen nothing yet. I've said it before, Spielberg may steer Bay clear of his usual personal pitfalls and help deliver an action picture that satisfies. The premise...has promise. Big shiny, fun, bang-bang promise.
Umm, this is the only physical robot prop. by JudasRemains	Jun 27th, 2006 02:07:08 PM

Where are its legs? by godhatesyou	Jun 27th, 2006 02:12:41 PM
And where is its head?
Ahh... I'm OK with it. by stlfilmwire	Jun 27th, 2006 02:18:41 PM
Is it the right scale? I dunno. I'm OK with it... I suppose.
Prime better look like Prime by dead youngling	Jun 27th, 2006 02:19:43 PM
This is not Bumblebee! If they're not going to be true to the Transformer look then they need to call the movie Big Fighting Robots that Change.
Ever notice that there ain't no girl-bots?! by Borgnine JR	Jun 27th, 2006 02:20:00 PM
Just sayin'.
Michael Bay needs to be put to sleep by MaryTylerMorbid	Jun 27th, 2006 02:21:54 PM
Don'tcha think?
Assholes!!!! by Jeebs	Jun 27th, 2006 02:31:14 PM
Who wants a Transformer movie?? WE FUUUUCKING DOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!, THE FANS FUUUUUUCCCKKKKKIIIIIIINNNNNNGG GGGGGGGGG DOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is nostalgia for us, this is our childhood being put up in the big screen!! Why the fuck don't you wanna have fun when you go to the movies???? This is our escapism!!!!! Hey! I like some of the intelligent high art type of movies as much as the next geek, but I wanna have some fun as well!!
BumbleBee seems to have a lot of Hot Rod in him... by -=Shin=-	Jun 27th, 2006 02:32:46 PM
It looks interesting. Not what I was expecting at all though. From the car choice to the descriptions I've read, BB seems like a composite of G1 BB's relationship with Spike crossed with Hot Rod's wildness. I'm not sure how I feel about all the exposed mechanical aspects. Transformers never seemed to have a lot of exposed mechanics. Of course, there are exceptions to that. I'll have see them move before I feel good about the design theme.
Bay is the man by AlwaysThere	Jun 27th, 2006 02:48:31 PM
I cant wait to see what he and the writers from the Island do with the franchise.
did they pick up some spare parts from judge dredd? by rebel299	Jun 27th, 2006 02:58:27 PM
autobots. roll out!!
That's what I'm Saying! by Dr. Opticus	Jun 27th, 2006 03:02:41 PM
were Transformers that cool as a cartoon? the toys were cool, but I'm sure movie producers aren't scurrying to make a live action Lego or K'nex movie.
cant wait for this movie!!!!!! by syco	Jun 27th, 2006 03:02:42 PM
ive been waitin a long time for this movie. i love when people say that a movie is gonna suck before its made.Fuckin bunch of faggot-ass babies.BRING ON OPTIMUS!!!!as for the idea of aliens robots being absurd............ummm a spider thats bites a man and gives him super powers is way out there.i love all the comic movies and i cant wait for MEGATRON to bring his almighty robotic wrath upon all you human fuckwads! this movie will kick your asses. get "jazzed" about that. also this looks like bumblebees pre disguise look. when the transformers get to earth they still have their cybertron vehicle forms. in other words he hasnt chosen a disguise form yet.hence no wheels or hood or car shapes at all.
GOBOTS WILL OWN!!!!!!!!!!!!! by solartaco3	Jun 27th, 2006 03:15:36 PM

Julio Franco's post was irritating... by Childe Roland	Jun 27th, 2006 03:23:23 PM
...until I saw his one-word explanation at the end for all the content preceding. Apparently he's on his "Period." So what kind of man-child will bitch and whine about a movie based on a candid shot of a half-transformed robot car because it isn't the same exact type of car he played with when he was a kid? That's what I thought. Guys like you make it easy to laugh at the "purists."
i see no wheels, least not earth vehicle wheels. by syco	Jun 27th, 2006 03:24:05 PM
and this movie will kick ass. your saying that there are camaros and semi trucks on other planets?!? your a moron......or mildly retarded
Looked OK by dejectedgeek	Jun 27th, 2006 03:25:27 PM
Looks like it can be something cool...I'd rather see some range of motion, though.
Its still up at JoBlo by McGsStepson	Jun 27th, 2006 03:32:05 PM
In a smaller form. For the time being anyway.
Image Removed At Studio's Request... by photoboy	Jun 27th, 2006 03:33:45 PM
... because every Gen 1 fan out there just exploded in a fit of fury at the bastardisation of Bumblebee.
Said it before, will say it again- GOBOTS SUCK! by finky089	Jun 27th, 2006 03:35:32 PM

Prime dead by jannerman	Jun 27th, 2006 03:36:31 PM
Awww fuck, it ain't gonna be no good now if "Opie" is dead! http://www.thewiredpress.com/a rchives/obituaries/optimus_dea d.html
Re: Transformers was badass... by abcdefghijklmnop	Jun 27th, 2006 03:45:12 PM
I also question how much appeal this film will hold for mass audiences- especially as a major 4th of July release. It seems more like something that should be targeted towards a niche audience. I mean, I'm in the demographic that should be thrilled with this, yet I could care less. Even though I loved the Transformers as a kid, I haven't given them a second thought since 1985.
You lose, studio. by rev_skarekroe	Jun 27th, 2006 03:49:51 PM
The barn door's been opened. We've all seen the half-puppet model version of Bumblebee. And there's nothing you can do about it! HAW HAW!
Director removed by studio at fans' request. by HypeEndsHere	Jun 27th, 2006 03:55:30 PM

by HypeEndsHere	Jun 27th, 2006 03:56:18 PM
kidding. if any director were made for this, it's Bay.
Sorry Julio Franco... by Childe Roland	Jun 27th, 2006 03:57:29 PM
...I didn't have my jackass to english translator working. Were you insinuating that I was the one hung up on something from his childhood? That's funny. Because unless you just discovered Transformers last week and the concept of Cybertronian forms existing prior to the robots coming to Earth (an element of canon you estimate is beyond the grasp of the filmmakers and privy to only by true fans such as yourself), you seem to be awfully entrenched in some geeky history of your own. And it's making you sound like every normal person imagines a fan of a property like the Transformers must sound (i.e. a scarily sheltered, shallow, hypersensitive little boy). What I and rational folks with a reasonable fondness for this property (be it simple nostalgia or downright adult geekery) are advocating is that we wait to cry for Bay's blood and declare this a sacrelige until we know what the happy fuck the movie's going to come out looking (and, perhaps even more importantly, feeling) like. But don't let anything like rationality or reason get in the way of your childish insistence that it be an all-or-nothing homage to whatever specific adventures you used to play out with your toys on the floor beneath your dining room table. How dare the producers not ask your opinion about how these concepts and characters should be represented on the big screen? The very least they could've done was read your mind and find out what, exactly, would have made you happy. Twit.
Anyone got a link? by P33KA	Jun 27th, 2006 04:00:29 PM

SPIDEY 3 IN GLORIOUS QT by Jellylover	Jun 27th, 2006 04:12:30 PM
I JUST SHAT MYSELF! Harry/new GG looks gay, but other than that. FUCKING FANTASTIC! HERES THE URL. http://www.apple.com/trailers/ sony_pictures/spider-man_3/lar ge.html
Bring Devastator!!! by TheResident	Jun 27th, 2006 04:16:38 PM
its me or do the transformers big robots made from 5 smaller ones pwn like hell??? i remember Stunticons-->Menasor, Aerialbots--> Superion, Constructicons----> Devastator, Combaticons----> Bruticus, Predacons---->Predaking... and there was one episode when the Dinobots were being taught how to assemble a bigger robot but they were too stupid to act coordinated! LOL xD
Im sure one of you geeks saved the pic... by Alkohal	Jun 27th, 2006 04:17:16 PM
so please just reupload it to one of those free image hosting sites.
Speechless by Waspo	Jun 27th, 2006 04:19:15 PM
Are you bloody well kidding me? This is so freaking fantastic that I cannot wait another year. This is the best teaser trailer ever, and this might be the best comic book movie ever. I geeked all over myself this morning, and I'm geeking out now. My favorite character, is back and kicking all the ass of every comic and movie geek out there. Bow down to the King. Spider-Man!
Teaser Images/Description and Pic Here by Transformer3113	Jun 27th, 2006 04:24:51 PM
http://tinyurl.com/kd4by
gdjyiwdr by Transformer3113	Jun 27th, 2006 04:25:14 PM
Teaser Images/Description and Pic Here
Uh why the spiderman comments in the transfrormers TB? by Alkohal	Jun 27th, 2006 04:25:25 PM
?HMMMMM?
please send image to email in message by flipster	Jun 27th, 2006 04:39:49 PM
leaftones@hotmail.com if you can - image removed from AICN. thanks if you can - would love to see it
Flipster... by Alkohal	Jun 27th, 2006 04:43:44 PM
if i were u id be expecting alot of porn of the homosexual persuasion...not that theres anything wrong with that.
Cool, free gay porn? by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 27th, 2006 05:23:35 PM
Please send it to m_eisner@disney.net, thank you!
Removed? F*ck this shit! by R.C. the "Wise"	Jun 27th, 2006 05:32:21 PM

pic removed? then remove the story too! by Calico Pete	Jun 27th, 2006 05:47:04 PM
The way this site proudly displays the story on the front-page, only to lead you to a "REMOVED AT STUDIO REQUEST" msg, but w/the original story still up... I mean, wtf is up w/that? At least change the story to describe the machinations leading to the image removal. It's how proud AICN is of itself that kills me here. Well, why not have a story proclaiming -- for all the kingdom to see! -- exclusive animatics of the Silver Surfer!! Prepro image of the Flash! News of the Batman Sequel! ...only to take you to a page that says "BLAHBLAHBLAH REMOVED AT STUDIO REQUEST". Then AICN can continue being proud of itself for being Minas TirGeek, and can continue not showing anything for it.
The pic's here: http://tinyurl.com/kd4by by George Newman	Jun 27th, 2006 05:47:40 PM
link courtesy on transformer3113 about 5 posts up
Don't send any pics - got it THANKS by flipster	Jun 27th, 2006 06:00:48 PM
Looks pretty cool so far as long he's one of the little bots....
Thanks for the pic!! by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 27th, 2006 06:03:57 PM
I am now going to go and post it on every message board I am a member of. Fuck the studio.
TRANSFORMERS! ROBOTS IN DISGUISE! by white owl	Jun 27th, 2006 06:29:01 PM
..actually I grew up playing with the Beast Wars toys. Loved the brief BW cg series on Cartoon Network. There NEEDS to be a movie for Beast Wars. Make it the sequel. BEAST WARS BIOTCH!!
People who say Beast Wars is the best... by Azlam Orlandu	Jun 27th, 2006 06:29:11 PM
...can lick my taint.
Don't Fuck With Megatron .... by Lamerz	Jun 27th, 2006 06:34:52 PM
That's right bitches, you best fuckin recognize ........... http://www.x-entertainment.com /messages/380.html
Bumblebee weeeee! by Redbox	Jun 27th, 2006 06:45:03 PM
Bumblebe, Hmmm... I think I saw it over at http://www.stuffdaddy.blogspot .com/
Looks cool by modlight	Jun 27th, 2006 07:23:05 PM
thats all.
aint it cool... by omarthesnake	Jun 27th, 2006 07:27:48 PM
til Michael Bay threatens to take away our free T-shirts and movie passes, then we take the picture down and scurry away like scolded mutts. Fuck, I wish we had a site that was like aintitcool.com but told cool news and had a pair of frickin' nuts.
What if a Terminator and an Autobot had a baby? by Mace13	Jun 27th, 2006 07:55:07 PM
That's most likely the type of robots were gonna be getting for this movie . Harry said in his article with Michael Bay awhile back that the pictures of the bots that he was shown were more terminator/endoskeleton looking and not like the bulky,blocky robots were used to. He said they were more lean and you could see the mechanical parts of them. I have also read very similiar statements elsewhere stating the same things. This pic of BB confirms everything i've read about them. So you should expect all of the robots in this movie to look similiar to what BB looks like in this picture. And don't be thinking that they're going to be adding extra yellow cgi panels or anything to flesh him out either. That's not gonna happen. What you see is what you get. I'm personally not liking this too much myself. That just doesn't look like Bumblebee to me. If they would have stuck with that being Hot Shot like they were originally planning incase they couldn't get the name "Bumblebee" back then ok. I could see it being Hot Shot. But not BB. And like other people are saying... How the hell is that going to transform into a car? They're too many mechanical parts and not enough of the boxy,bulky stuff that they wanted to get rid of. I'm thinking that the jist of the transformations in this movie are gonna be like when that armored cocoon went over the batmobile in the Tim Burton Batman movies. Remember that? I've always hated that type of shit. Anyone wanna make a bet with me on that one?
Crap Removed! by chickychow	Jun 27th, 2006 08:24:17 PM
Man, when the studios begin removing crap like that, you know Hollywood is desperate.
HA HA. I saved it before they took it off. by Cotton McKnight	Jun 27th, 2006 08:49:13 PM
Anyone want it? I will e-mail it to you.
BEHOLD - A chubby middle aged soccer mom with her baby by Orionsangels	Jun 27th, 2006 08:57:09 PM
http://img105.imagevenue.com/a Afkjfp01fo1i-5122/loc130/23810 _britney_spears0237.jpg
The hell u doin' here Childe Roland? by glodene	Jun 27th, 2006 09:01:12 PM
Didn't I tell yo' socially retarded ass to go out get laid? Now go on out and get u sum and leave Julio Franco alone.
Mace by SnakesOnABicycle	Jun 27th, 2006 09:01:19 PM

I still have a James Cameron's Spider-Man pin... by INWOsuxRED	Jun 27th, 2006 09:05:29 PM
I got at a comicon. Just because they made advertising and did some test footage doesn't mean its too late to stop this thing. They completely remade that last Exorcist movie. ITS NOT TOO LATE! JUST STOP IT! Why does Speilberg hate us?
Mace13 by SnakesOnABicycle	Jun 27th, 2006 09:05:59 PM
I totally agree with you. That design is just plain weird looking and ugly. Especially the forearms which look like some sort of retarded fin/wing. I think the filmmakers have put their energy into the wrong area of the Transformers universe. Yeah the basic theme of robots turning into cars and planes is good, but everything else, in essence, is a stupid fucking idea. What sold those toys and got everybody's interest wasn't anything but the cool designs. Blocky or not.
Brings Me To Another Point by SnakesOnABicycle	Jun 27th, 2006 09:36:42 PM
Realism. What the fuck is the point? Recently all I see are things being ruined by it. I mean, people are trying to make giant robots and Batman realistic... BUT THEY SEEM TO BE FORGETTING THAT IN THE FIRST PLACE THEYRE GIANT FUCKING ROBOTS AND A MAN/BAT. People are sacrificing design and concept for a reality people don't really need. And any argument about grounding things in realism to further emerse the auidence is just idiotic. Sin City was all style and character, and it elicited more emotional attatchment than that new giant turd of a "realistic" Batmobile ever did. Bay is gonna ruin a franchise with great possibilites because he's too insecure to have anything up on that screen other than shit that looks like it was ripped from the pages of Popular Mechanics.
Hey....It looks alright. by superninja	Jun 27th, 2006 09:58:21 PM
You can't tell much from the pic. But it does have a sense of familiarity to it. Not bad, at least.
Roger Corman should do GoBots. by stlfilmwire	Jun 27th, 2006 10:07:28 PM
Or have Sam Raimi do Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors. Hehe. M. Night could do Jonny Quest, and Michael Mann could do Blue Falcon with Greg Kinnear as BF and the voice of David Cross as Dyno Mutt. You know you want it.
Since when do you take down posts by "request?" by Cabron	Jun 27th, 2006 10:18:29 PM

M. Night should do Jason of Star Command by Doctor_Sin	Jun 27th, 2006 10:48:22 PM
Let's just cut to the chase here, people.
SnakesOnABicycle by Mace13	Jun 28th, 2006 12:17:18 AM
I agree with your point on realism as well. The film industry doesn't need to drastically change things for a movie adaption of a specific property in order to make things more realistic for the movie going audience. We like fantasy type films. We like Sci Fi.It seems like they're basically thinking that we won't understand something unless they take away all of the fantastical elements of a property and ground it to our real every day world. I'm sorry but most of us aren't that fucking stupid. We know when were being talked down to. And we won't like it. Doing that type of crap usually just ruins everything about that particular property that made it cool to begin with. The only thing that they need to do in order to make a kickass movie adaption of something(which hardly any of these movie big wigs have figured out) is just treat the source material with respect and seriousness. There is a reason that this shit is popular in the first place. If it's a winning formula already why take the risk of changing it? You don't have to have every little geeky detail transfered to a movie.Just make sure you stay true to the source material and keep things recognizable and there ya go. No problems.Why do they think that lil johnny who's never seen a Transformers cartoon won't like a movie adaption of it unless they change all of this stuff about it in order to bring him into the fold? That doesn't make since. Chance's are that if lil Johnny is introduced to the source material he'll like it just as much as the people who are already fans. So why bother changing things? The only thing happening by doing that is that they're pissing off the people who are already fans and that made that particular property popular in the first place. And why would you want to do that because if it wasn't for those people then said property wouldn't have made it to the movie making process to begin with. And I would think that overall the fans know best.If they don't like it then they ain't gonna buy it. Honestly, just think about all of the movie adaptions that have taken place over the past few years. Even if you liked the movie I'll bet that if you were a fan of the source material it was based on whether it be comic,cartoon or whatever that there were still things about it that you didn't like because it had been changed for no particular reason other than to dumb it down for mass appeal. And doing that is just stupid. Ok, I could rant on some more but screw it i'm going to bed.
Bumblbee should resemble this http://tinyurl.com/zeo3m by Mace13	Jun 28th, 2006 12:25:25 AM
It wouldn't have to be exactly like that but at least more so than what that live action pic resembled. I mean sheesh!!!
I got the pic right here by DSethC	Jun 28th, 2006 12:38:46 AM
http://img.photobucket.com/alb ums/v729/DSethC2002/bumble.jpg hey, the studio didnt ask ME to take it down
DSethC by WISEBLOOD	Jun 28th, 2006 01:48:52 AM
Well done...THATS the kind of hussle we like to see, people
Maybe BB is damaged in this pic.... by Hairy Nutsack	Jun 28th, 2006 02:15:21 AM
I'm really at a loss in explaining the lack of body panels. I'm thinking this is BB after he gets his ass handed to him by the cop car. Another weird thing, those "forearms" look and awful lot like the bottom of feet to me, and I don't see any hands, of course that would make his "head" a robot ballsack, so perhaps those aren't feet.....unless he's stuck in some half transformation because of the battle?
Hollywood by CuervoJones	Jun 28th, 2006 02:49:25 AM
of course i
Harry and Herc are MAJOR assholes... by Jar Jar 4 Prez	Jun 28th, 2006 03:00:41 AM
for that animation that they're using of Superman in the wheelchair. Yeah, I can hear your responses already: "Oh, but that's Herc's little avatar! We mean no disrespect!" Yeah, right... and I'm sure that as you were creating the animation and posting it on the site nobody made the connection that Christopher Reeve was confined to a wheelchair for the last few years of his life. You're gonna have to delete this post, because I'm totally calling you assholes out bigtime. There's no excuse for this type of shit.
This site used to be cool... by Grando	Jun 28th, 2006 03:53:57 AM
... throwing up pics, videos, script reviews and screening reviews with no second thoughts. Now it's runners are producers and directors who can't afford to burn bridges with major studios. For the good of the site Harry and Co need to give the running of the site up so it can again be cool. Sell outs.....
Body panels by Sith42	Jun 28th, 2006 08:15:30 AM
He's in mid transformation on that pic.. note there IS body panels in the chest area that are rotating inwards.
Interesting new screen persona you've adopted... by Childe Roland	Jun 28th, 2006 08:46:24 AM
...there glodene. You couldn't pull offf sounding smart so now you're going for extra ignorant? Whatever floats your little boat. Still fantasizing about sodomizing fellow talkbackers? How's that working out for you? Putz.
Best part is when Superman drops in and cleans up. by JDanielP	Jun 28th, 2006 10:52:01 AM
Then Hulk says, "Man with cape think he strong. But Hulk show cape man who is strongest one there is!!!"
Jar Jar is right. That animation seems disrespectful. by JDanielP	Jun 28th, 2006 10:59:27 AM
You may have had good intentions... but get rid of that animation, will you?
Damn it!!! Image removed!!! by quadrupletree	Jun 28th, 2006 02:21:23 PM
I wanna see!
Pic online at.... by insomniajohn	Jun 28th, 2006 02:45:13 PM
www.hedonistica.com
man I must be the only one... by drey	Jun 28th, 2006 06:32:41 PM
who didn't get to see this picture GRRR On the other hand I have to hand it to all of you who think that this movie will suck or what ever. Man give me and the rest of the world a break. I'm a huge fan of Transformers and I'm just happy.It took 20 years but I finally got my wish and they are making a freeking live action Transformers. I for one can't wait to see it and I'm very possitive about it.
thanks for the pic by drey	Jun 28th, 2006 06:57:38 PM
Many thanks to insomniajohn for still having a pic of Bumblebee LOOKS really freaking awsome.
FUCK MICHAEL BAY by Doc_Strange	Jun 29th, 2006 01:23:59 AM
That is all.
Bumblebee Image by Grimlock35116	Jul 2nd, 2006 12:44:57 PM
Somebody please send me the image of Bumblebee that was removed from the site. I was on vacation and missedit. Email me @ drlnrbi35116@aol.com. Thanks
Bot transformation. by Soldier	Jul 7th, 2006 03:13:38 AM
First off I have no idea how Hairy Nutsack could mistake those forearms for feet. If you look on the right side of the pic just to the left of the dudes calve who's wearing the black shirt is clearly a hand/fingers and a wrist coming from the forearm. Secondly the reason the panels look weird is because it's a brand new Camaro and every vehicle is gonna be new/prototype models and automobile advertising is gonna be ever present in this film. I really hope I'm wrong and that it rocks but we'll see.

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