Amph The Transformers. More than meets the eye!

What no Dawn of the Planet of the Apes?

 

I'm sorry if this has already been discussed, but I couldn't find it.

Has Bay signed on to direct TF 5 and/or 6? I ask, not because I think it'll make much of a difference with those films (as the template for this saga is already firmly in place by this point), but because even with Pain & Gain slipped in there, surely after four films and nearly a decade Bay is anxious to move on and direct something that doesn't involve wide-scale robot carnage.

Of course knowing Bay, he'll probably announce he's moving on and then sign on to direct a live action GoBots movie.

 

He hasn't signed on yet, hope he doesn't.

 

Hmmm, I believe TF 5 is due in '16, right? If so, he's going to have to decide soon. Maybe it all depends on the progress of Bad Boys 3.

 

Oh yeah, I wouldn't doubt it. Bay has a lot of leverage and I'm sure he's using it to the max.

If he does go on to direct part 5, that would have to put him in some exclusive company. How many people have directed five or more films in a particular franchise? Peter Jackson comes to mind with his soon to be six film Middle Earth saga. I believe John Glen directed five Bond movies.

 

Yeah. I would go to the movies more if I lived closer to or fewer traffic lights to a theater. I can't even say for sure I'll see The Expendables.

 

Hasbro was the one that requested that both Cullen and Welker at least audition for the first film. Bay was convinced that Cullen could do it, but not Welker. However, Welker's run on "Transformers Prime" showed that he could do more than just yell and deliver 80's dialogue.

Welker did voice Megatron in the "Transformers Prime" video game.

Megatron and Optimus being friends started with the G1 episode, "War Dawn" where the Aerialbots went back in time nine million years to the day Megatron befriended Orion Pax and then gravely wounded him, resulting in his rebirth as Optimus Prime. IDW's G1 universe, Fun Publications "Wings Of Honor" universe, the movieverse and the Aligned ("Prime", WOC, FOC, ROTDS, "Exodus", "Exiles", "Retribution", "Rescue Bots" and "Robots In Disguise") universe pay homage to that episode.

 

Please god, Please no more transformer movies. I can't take my childhood getting trampled on anymore. Let my childhood die a peaceful existence. I am almost 40 years old. Please give Hollywood some real creativity.

 

The2ndQuest: Would your Transformers reboot have any of the following:

Cosmos
Skylynx
Omega Supreme
Metroplex
Trypticon
Fortress Maximus
combiners other than the Constructicons
?

 

If it were up to me, I'd say...

ALL OF THEM!!!

 

At this point they could just take the ship into space with just a few characters and land on a few odd places and call it a movie and still make millions. No need for massive explosions except in space. Just more green screen and some dialogue. You may end up with a better quality movie.

 

Basically, a live-action movie version of this:







?

 

Film was about what I expected. I will praise it for probably having the most Transformers screen time and Transformers action then all the other movies combined. Drift, Crosshairs, and Hound were actualy attempted to be made into real characters. Dinobots were nice, but a missed opportunity. Just having Grimlock speak would have added so much more to their time on screen. Lockdown was probably the best villain of the series, and,again, probably had more screen time then every villain from the first 3 movies. Optimus was great, and it was nice to see him actually be a character in the movie. I do dislike his grunting though. And Welkers Galvatron was Ok, he does add a little original Megatron twang to his Galvy voice.

So to sum that part up, it was nice to see more Transformers in a Transformers movie doing other stuff then just fighting each other.

In saying that it's still probably the worst of the series. Just way to long. There's like 5 acts in this movie. Cared little for the new leads, and at times almost missed Shea Lebeef. CIA stuff was just to much. Stanley Tucci went from series @#$hole funny to slapstick funny. AND even though Marky Marks friends death was a little gruesome, I was so happy when he bought it. I knew he was dead. @#$^, Optimus was only big enough for 3. The boyfriend gets the worst actor award for the movie.

To me the missed opportunity was not having this be a smaller film with a lot of time dealing with Optimus at the farm. I actually liked that part of the movie. I actually think a movie with Optimus being taken care of by the family, coming to grips with his revenge, and frustration with humanity would have made for a good first half of that movie.

 

You know they could if they were visiting a different planet run into the insecticons just not looking like regular insects we see on earth.

 

This just reminded me to check and see if the TRANSFORMERS toy art book has been released yet.

EDIT: Nope, not yet. Went from May, to July, and now it's August.

 

Unless you want to do something like "Transformers Zone" with the Decepticon Demon Generals.

 

Well, Rob Bricken's at it again.

The Transformers: Age of Extinction:The FAQ (NSFW language and movie spoilers contained in link)

I, for one, did not know that the movie had a brief discussion about Texas' age-of-consent laws, which seems creepy and rather out-of-place for a Transformers movie. But this is Michael Bay, so what do you expect?

 

Wonder what the movies would have been liked if Spielberg directed them instead of producing them.

 

trukk not munky.