Dark of the Moon The Official Transformers 3 News And Speculation Thread

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Since it was hard to watch anything from ground level (and the P.A.'s kept moving people along) I decided to try heading up to higher ground and figured the Merchandise Mart a block west on the river would be my best bet. I was able to look down on the bridge with soldiers standing around as they set up for more filming. Turns out, I was just in time for some Shia and Rosie kissing scenes:
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i think the middle soldier is Josh Duhmal

He looks like he is dressed for a return to Mutt Willaims in those kissing scenes
 
BTW, I think we can rule out the "Rosie is playing Shia's sister/cousin/relative" possibility. :woot:
 
Thanks for the pics ChicageauxTiger. :up: I notice the Baybuster is out in force.

as for Shia, kissing supermodels while a dude holds tin foil above you head, ahhhhh the life of a movie star. :woot:
 
Went back out tonight to scope where they filmed today on the LaSalle Bridge and to check out the whole Lower Wacker situation. They still have rubble on the bridge and people were allowed to walke past the set:
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Now, in the "street closure notice" released by the city it mentioned something about Mid-Level Wacker being used between Michigan and Lakeshore Drive and closures would be from 4am to 12pm. I figured I'd head over there to see if they were setting up or something. First of all, it was not Mid-Level but Lower Wacker. And what I found was what looked like boxes and tents set up to look like a huge homeless area with wrecked cars scattered throughout. Also, there were these huge rows of lights with filters in front of them. Maybe this was going to help simulate daytime, who knows:
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But the coolest part was seeing that they'd parked the Autobots down here. I didn't want to push my luck walking towards them so I headed up a level and got shots from the side. I could see the Fire Truck, Ratchet, Optimus Prime (with his trailer, unhooked but present) and that big trailer that holds the other cars like the Red Ferrari and Silver Corvette (but it was closed):
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This shot is to show how I was looking down on them and how this area of the city is laid out with it's Upper, Mid-Level & Lower Wacker area:
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I circled around to get closer to Optimus' trailer and get a different angle of Ratchet and the Fire Truck:
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There were Security Guards in the area but I decided that I could probably get close enough to touch the trailer (I know, I'm goofy) so I headed towards it. Just then, I see people by Ratchet getting their pictures taken with it. Well, I said "Screw It" and bolted for Optimus Prime:
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First spot I touched was his Autobot logo above the grill. And since the guard wasn't in sight I decided to get a shot or two with Mr. Prime:
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I then turned around and headed back out of the area. The Security Guy totally saw me but he didn't seem too concerned about me as I gave him a thumbs up and walked past Optimus Prime's trailer (while touching it, of course).

:wow: :woot: :oldrazz: :word:
 
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I heard that all these things were true, that
Wheelie IS the Einstein-looking bot/Blue Mercedes. He's just more detailed and bigger now that he's got more room for a more defined head.
Again, that's rumor, not fact. Just throwing out what I've heard. Could be COMPLETELY false.
Calling a Mercedes "Wheelie" is just wrong. Now, that car being Wheeljack, different story.
 
I never did go out to Lower Wacker this morning to see what they filmed between 4am and 12pm. But I did head back later today to see if the Autobots were still there (which they were).

And what I noticed was this big old-looking tanker truck that looked a little too grimy if you ask me. Almost like it was purposely gritty with it's rusty outer body, torn tarp draped over the tanks, typical Bull Horns on the front and Skull hanging off the back. Could this be an "older" Autobot? I mean, it could totally be a legit gas truck or water truck or whatever since I wasn't here earlier to see how it was used. It just seemed a little too imperfect so I took pics:
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Said "hello again" to the good guys:
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I then went back to the LaSalle Bridge and saw they had Bumblebee, Shia and some soldiers filming with plenty smoke. In the 2nd pic (through the smoke near Bumblebee) and 3rd pic (walking away from car), you can see Shia (barely):
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Finally, I got a glimpse of the "main Transformer Army guy" Josh Duhamel chilling between takes:
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Unfortunately, this'll be my last set report for a while since I'll be outta town.
:word: See ya in a week or so!
 
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Thanks for the on set updates ChicageauxTiger, it's very much appreciated :up:
 
Ditto on what Avangarde said...

one quick interesting thing to point out in your pics CT.... the fire truck is not a Prime re-scan, which is one of the theories i'd heard for who the FT was...
 
one quick interesting thing to point out in your pics CT.... the fire truck is not a Prime re-scan, which is one of the theories i'd heard for who the FT was...

Yeah, I figured once I saw the two hanging out together down there, that the whole "Prime will be both" theory was bogus.

And thanks for the love, y'all. Hopefully when I check in from time to time this week, there'll be other peoples set pics to analyze. :word:
 
Much thanks for the updates man. It seems like those meetings with Hasbro may have helped finally get Prime's trailer in the movie. Also am I the only one hoping that that Autobot fire truck is Inferno?
 
Much thanks for the updates man. It seems like those meetings with Hasbro may have helped finally get Prime's trailer in the movie. Also am I the only one hoping that that Autobot fire truck is Inferno?

It would be nice but Nelson on SFTE has confirmed that it's not Inferno but TF fans will have a fangasm when they find out who it is, Ultra Magnus is top pick.
 
HAHA you should have hopped into Optimus and rolled out!
 
It would be nice but Nelson on SFTE has confirmed that it's not Inferno but TF fans will have a fangasm when they find out who it is, Ultra Magnus is top pick.

If it isn't Magnus or Rodimus Prime, maybe it could turn out to be Omega Supreme.
 
Erm... i would rather omega supreme not be so small....

Im betting on Ultra Magnus or Grimlock
 
And what I noticed was this big old-looking tanker truck that looked a little too grimy if you ask me. Almost like it was purposely gritty with it's rusty outer body, torn tarp draped over the tanks, typical Bull Horns on the front and Skull hanging off the back. Could this be an "older" Autobot? I mean, it could totally be a legit gas truck or water truck or whatever since I wasn't here earlier to see how it was used. It just seemed a little too imperfect so I took pics:
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I never did get a good front view shot of this old truck. But I found this at another site and either this is a new crazy-looking Transformer or the humans use it for mayhem of their own. Regardless, the front of this truck was MADE for destruction:
SOURCE:
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/damaged-streets--armed-forces--hot-chick--exclusive-transformers-3-pictures-170390/page2.html
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http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers...ive-transformers-3-pictures-170390/page2.html
 
Im guessing the firetruck transforms into a robot dinosaur called Grimlock

So 3 different modes for Grimlock? The fire truck transforms into Grimlock in Dinosaur mode & then Grimlock in Dinosaur mode transforms into a regular looking transformer bot? It will be strange if things happen that way since Grimlock's alt mode has always been a dinosaur & then he changes into a regular looking transformer bot.
 
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