Michael Bay's TRANSFORMERS - More Pics!

[Morrus]

So, is it a good or bad idea to make a Transformers live-action film?

It's a good idea to make a good Transformers film. It's a bad idea to make a bad one. Not sure how else to answer that question. Not having seen the movie, I'll let you know next year whether I think it was a good or bad idea.

Can we accept their animated version to interact with live-action environment without calling into question, "where does the rest of his armor went when they're in their vehicle mode?"

I'm sorry, I don't understand what that means. Could you rephrase it?

My POV was simple - the new looks aren't to my tastes. Whether that will ruin the film for me or not remains to be seen. I hope it doesn't.

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, how many good Michael Bay movies have their been? He's darn near Uwe Boll territory, only with $100 million+ movie budgets

 

[johnsemlak]

There's some transformer's pics and other stuff at myextralife.com

The podcast has an interview with a guy who supposedly happened upon a shoot of hte film and whipped out his camera.

http://www.myextralife.com/?cat=7

 

[Cthulhudrew]

Well, how many good Michael Bay movies have their been?

The Rock was pretty good. And his movies tend to take in a lot more money than Uwe Boll movies (not that that means anything in regards to quality, though).

 

[Ranger REG]

I'm sorry, I don't understand what that means. Could you rephrase it?

My POV was simple - the new looks aren't to my tastes. Whether that will ruin the film for me or not remains to be seen. I hope it doesn't.

I mean, should they use the old-school version of Prime with all of the bare parts covered up in "skin" and armor, even though it is logically impossible to hide them in their vehicle mode (not without interfering parts that keeps him alive and move him on the road)?

After all, they got to be able to fool the denizens of earth if they ever inspect them closely.

 

[trancejeremy]

The Rock was pretty good. And his movies tend to take in a lot more money than Uwe Boll movies (not that that means anything in regards to quality, though).

The Rock was okay, but had a whole lot of stupid stuff in it, IMHO. And his movies make money because they tend to have star power. I mean, his first movie was a Will Smith movie, and Will is actually the biggest draw in Hollywood in terms of money. I think pretty much $100 million guaranteed. Even his bad movies.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Egads! How much more "anime" styled can those designs get?

 

[Morrus]

I mean, should they use the old-school version of Prime with all of the bare parts covered up in "skin" and armor, even though it is logically impossible to hide them in their vehicle mode (not without interfering parts that keeps him alive and move him on the road)?

After all, they got to be able to fool the denizens of earth if they ever inspect them closely.

Visually, I'd prefer it if they did, yes. In response to your implied bias in the question, yes that is more importsnt to me than "realism" in a movie about intelligent talking intergalactic robots who transform into everyday vehicles.

It's a fantasy sci-fi flick. I'd rather Bay made it look nice (in my eyes and to my preference) than appeal to realism. It worked fine for everyone 20 years ago, and it would work fine now.

But, as I said, it's just a visual taste thing. That's my visual taste. Yours is welcome to differ. It's a movie.

 

[Acid_crash]

After seeing these images I will still go and see the movie, but the original news I heard (over a year ago) is that they were basing the look of the transformers on the original cartoon... I guess that's a big flipping dissapointment. The last thing I wanted to see was an anime influence into the design of the robots.

Still....

Prime looks cool, and so does Megatron. I'm all for it.

I'm easy to please, and I like just about every Michael Bay film he's done, so I'm all over this. But... I'm not all that picky of a movie critic.

 

[Ranger REG]

It's a fantasy sci-fi flick. I'd rather Bay made it look nice (in my eyes and to my preference) than appeal to realism. It worked fine for everyone 20 years ago, and it would work fine now.

Well, I was 20+ years youngers than I am now (that would put me around 13 or 14), but it does look fine in animation. But live-action, even with CG effect, is a whole different ... scenery? landscape? ... premise. It can either end up like Jurassic Park ... or The Son of Mask. *shudder*

But, as I said, it's just a visual taste thing. That's my visual taste. Yours is welcome to differ. It's a movie.

Well, I'm still on the fence on this one. Personally, I'm hoping that Prime's battle mode transformation affect his entire body (going from normal to up-armored) rather than just his head.