Transformers-The Movie

[Seonaid]

Heh, I was thinking that myself. JC explained that all the little parts of the vehicles made up all the extra size, but I don't buy it. They still look too big to me. :shrug:

 

[D.Shaffer]

P.S. also, don't the robots seem extremely large for cars and trucks.

The designers actually put a lot of work into making the characters account for the mass of the vehicles as the mass shifting of the original was something they were actively trying to avoid. Keep in mind that a lot of the robots end up being thinner in robot mode then they are in vehicle, so they'll end up taller. There's a scale out there somewhere that has the actual heights of the robots. Bumblebee is 18' tall in robot mode, but the Corvette he's based on is around 15' long. Optimus IS huge (I think they mentioned 36' tall), but keep in mind how big the vehicle he's is based around is. (The Peterbilt 379 with long hood). The Buffalo mine clearer (Which is what Bonecrusher turns into) is 27' long.

Overall, I think they're doing a pretty good job of keeping the sizes consistant.

 

[DonTadow]

The designers actually put a lot of work into making the characters account for the mass of the vehicles as the mass shifting of the original was something they were actively trying to avoid. Keep in mind that a lot of the robots end up being thinner in robot mode then they are in vehicle, so they'll end up taller. There's a scale out there somewhere that has the actual heights of the robots. Bumblebee is 18' tall in robot mode, but the Corvette he's based on is around 15' long. Optimus IS huge (I think they mentioned 36' tall), but keep in mind how big the vehicle he's is based around is. (The Peterbilt 379 with long hood). The Buffalo mine clearer (Which is what Bonecrusher turns into) is 27' long.

Overall, I think they're doing a pretty good job of keeping the sizes consistant.

I have yet to see megatron, is he still a gun?

The more i think the more my anticipation wanes. Now to think about it i havn't seen anyone tranform into anything but cars and planes.

Hey, if the scale is up to date, wouldn't most of the decepticons (planes) be a heck of a lot taller than the autobots.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Giant robots kicking the crap out of each other with meaning.

Dude. It's from an 80s marketing campaign for toys. It not Wanger's Ring Cycle. It's meaning is "this toy is cooler than that toy."

Just so we're clear, my post was 100% sarcasm. I thought that was obvious, but maybe not? In case it wasn't, I'll refer you to my first post in this thread:

For this movie, my expectations are absolutely nil, so with any luck I'll be pleasantly surprised.

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

I have yet to see megatron, is he still a gun?

Dunno, haven't seen him transform. I have heard he doesn't actually take an Earth form, but stays all Cybertronian protoform.

Hey, if the scale is up to date, wouldn't most of the decepticons (planes) be a heck of a lot taller than the autobots.

IIRC, there's a Decepticon helicopter whose name I can't remember, and Starscream transforms into an F-22. The others (Brawl, Barricade, Bonecrusher, Devastator*, Frenzy, Scorponok) are all ground-based.

* - He's a tank, not a half-dozen construction vehicles. Which is a pity, really, but I can't really blame them.

Brad

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

I have yet to see megatron, is he still a gun?

I heard somewhere he's a tank now.

I always thought the hand-gun transformation was silly. He already had a gun on his back.

 

[Klaus]

I heard somewhere he's a tank now.

I always thought the hand-gun transformation was silly. He already had a gun on his back.

He is a Cybertronian jet, no Earth-based form.

Megatron was a tank in a couple of earlier Transformer lines.

 

[D.Shaffer]

Dunno, haven't seen him transform. I have heard he doesn't actually take an Earth form, but stays all Cybertronian protoform.

Protoform is the 'comet reentry' mode they take when crashing into earth, technically. But yes, Megatron has a cybertronian vehicle mode that he uses. He considers humans as less then insects and feels taking a 'disguise' mode is beneath him. His vehicle mode is a cybertronian fighter/spaceship.

IIRC, there's a Decepticon helicopter whose name I can't remember, and Starscream transforms into an F-22. The others (Brawl, Barricade, Bonecrusher, Devastator*, Frenzy, Scorponok) are all ground-based.

Blackout = Pave Low Helicopter.
Brawl = Modified M1A2 Abrams tank (Devestator was an early name for this character)
Barricade = Saleen modified Mustang police car
Bonecrusher =Buffalo Mine Protected vehicle
Starscream = F22 Fighter
Frenzy = Various small portable devices (Mp3 Player, Radio)
Scorponok = More of a drone. Makes up some parts of Blackout.

On the other side...
Optimus = Peterbilt 379
Jazz = Solstice
Bumblebee = '08 Camaro
Ironhide = Topkick pickup
Ratchet = Hummer in a Search and Rescue configuration

And yes, the Decepticons tend to outmass most of the Autobots, except for Optimus.

 

[Ranger REG]

Don't know if this is already old news...

Anyone interested in the remixed Transformers 2007 theme music?

http://www.sectorseven.org/OHD2/deceptibot/theme.zip

(It's an MP3 file inside.)

 

[D.Shaffer]

That's not really the new theme (if it's the one I remember). The real theme is being done by Mute Math. They have snippets of it up on their myspace site.