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

[Sgt.Pepper]

The game looked great, haven't played War for Cybertron yet but heard good reviews for it. Probably going to pick those both games later on.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

The game looked great, haven't played War for Cybertron yet but heard good reviews for it. Probably going to pick those both games later on.

I just snagged it last week. Haven't played it yet though.

 

[TheVileOne]

Both of the previous Transformers movie games were garbage. War for Cybertron is the only decent Transformers videogame I think was ever made.

 

[Avangarde]

It also confirms the speculation that Soundwave will get an Earth mode from the looks of it. Probably the Mercedes SLS or armored bank truck.

Ahh now I see, if that's the case then I'm pretty sure that's also Soundwave looking over the cliff area of that sea at 15 seconds.

 

[craigdbfan]

Both of the previous Transformers movie games were garbage. War for Cybertron is the only decent Transformers videogame I think was ever made.

Well this one should be better seeing as its the same studio who's making it.

Nice. Kinda getting a War for Cybertron vibe from it. If thats the case I may have to actually pick this one up.

Thats because High Moon Studios is making this one. The same guys who worked on WFC. The devs working on it actually love the franchise. Sort of like Rocksteady loves Batman.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

was that laserbeak in the gameplay trailer?

 

[Drizzle]

was that laserbeak in the gameplay trailer?

Definitely. It looked like it popped right off of Soundwave.

 

[TheAQU4M4N]

Definitely. It looked like it popped right off of Soundwave.

so im guessing that means Laserbeak is definitely in the movie, because of the SB spot had a winged bot that looked a lot like him.

 

[Avengers-Report]

so im guessing that means Laserbeak is definitely in the movie, because of the SB spot had a winged bot that looked a lot like him.

My thoughts exactly when I saw the trailer.

 

[Crockett]

The game's animation looks shady in a few scenes, that trailer further proves that the flying bot in the superbowl spot is Laserbeak. Cool to see Soundwave there, his alt mode is a SUV but I'm thinking it's probably for just the game.

 

[Crockett]

Laserbeak in-game.

Spoiler

 

[Sgt.Pepper]

I just snagged it last week. Haven't played it yet though.

Cool, I would like to hear your impression on the game.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

The pixie dust i'll give you. Bad writting/rushed script.
The museum; I bet more than half don't even know where it even is. Alot of the Air and Military and even car Museums have statiic displays outside of the main buildings that you can walk through. So him blasting a wall and walking out to a yard full of planes is not unbelievable.

Again, it's Transformers. If you want the actual mythos, and not something Bay makes up, guess what, you'll have a lot of "pixie dust". I can understand wishing to leave something like that out, but it's pretty close to the actual comic.

I find it funny and dumb that Bay doesn't even know some of the names of the robot characters that he is putting in the movie. He sounds like he is just throwing random robots in there. Dreadbox?? really? The autobot that can fix stuff that could be Ratchet or that one Protectobot from the G1 series that use to also fix Autobots and other things, can't remember his name be he was a pacifist Autobot. It makes common sense that if he has a Decepticon car in the movie, why not use one of the Stunticon names - in other words use the source material Bay!!

I find it funny and dumb that you're only aware of Ratchet, can't remember First Aid's name, and then chide Bay for not using an obviously F-List character. Random robots?!? Where have you been for 30 years, Transformers is nothing but a bunch of random robots. After Optimus and Megatron (usually), the rest are fair game. Transformers probably has pushed through close to 5,000 distinct characters, many of them using re-issued names, many of them using new(er) names not used in G1. If Transformers and "G1" were synonomous, you'd have a point, but they aren't. I still don't understand how 30 continuities, and several (much more) successful reboots of the series imply that any director of a L/A Transformers needs to use only one. Bulkhead is a relatively new character, so is Blackout and Lugnut, but they're fairly popular. I never understood why Hasbro and the cartoons/comics made about they're toys could constantly invent new characters, but when Bay does it "it's ignoring the source material".

 

[powerbomb1411]

Again, it's Transformers. If you want the actual mythos, and not something Bay makes up, guess what, you'll have a lot of "pixie dust". I can understand wishing to leave something like that out, but it's pretty close to the actual comic.

I find it funny and dumb that you're only aware of Ratchet, can't remember First Aid's name, and then chide Bay for not using an obviously F-List character. Random robots?!? Where have you been for 30 years, Transformers is nothing but a bunch of random robots. After Optimus and Megatron (usually), the rest are fair game. Transformers probably has pushed through close to 5,000 distinct characters, many of them using re-issued names, many of them using new(er) names not used in G1. If Transformers and "G1" were synonomous, you'd have a point, but they aren't. I still don't understand how 30 continuities, and several (much more) successful reboots of the series imply that any director of a L/A Transformers needs to use only one. Bulkhead is a relatively new character, so is Blackout and Lugnut, but they're fairly popular. I never understood why Hasbro and the cartoons/comics made about they're toys could constantly invent new characters, but when Bay does it "it's ignoring the source material".

Not to mention all the different forms they taken and all the same robots that have the same job as another robot.

I know people gave alot of crap to Bay for the robots looking identical. Clearly that haven't thought about what would happen if they gave Star Scream and Thunder Cracker among other robot jets a new paint job.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

Not to mention all the different forms they taken and all the same robots that have the same job as another robot.

I know people gave alot of crap to Bay for the robots looking identical. Clearly that haven't thought about what would happen if they gave Star Scream and Thunder Cracker among other robot jets a new paint job.

When you look at the schematics for what Bay (or rather the designers) did with these transforming vehicles it's no contest. Bay's transforming vehicle designs are lightyears ahead of the prior incarnations with the possible exception of the unproduced Transtech. I wouldn't be surprised if after Bay's movies conclude we find Transtech influenced them slightly. It's been quietly influencing Transformer design for quite some time now.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

If hasbro wants to sell a toy named hot rod, the character will be called hot rod
If hasbro wants to sell a new character named big toe....etc.

The concept of source material is a little different in a live action film produced by hasbro that draws from an ongoing toy line that re-invents itself every few years or so.

Exactly. The only source material is the toys. It ultimately governed the cartoon(s) and comics for most of their duration. Characters in both typically came and went based on what year they were being offered in, and then were promptly dispatched when new characters...erm toys...needed more attention.

You could actually argue the continuity designations matter very little to the toyline, really. There haven't been, to my knowledge, any continuities that didn't call themselves Transformers (actually, technically Animorphs would be considered Transformers too). "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron" are the usual mainstays ("Starscream" and "Soundwave" are pretty standard too). The movie, just like the rest, draws upon the toys as a basis.

 

[powerbomb1411]

Exactly. The only source material is the toys. It ultimately governed the cartoon(s) and comics for most of their duration. Characters in both typically came and went based on what year they were being offered in, and then were promptly dispatched when new characters...erm toys...needed more attention.

You could actually argue the continuity designations matter very little to the toyline, really. There haven't been, to my knowledge, any continuities that didn't call themselves Transformers (actually, technically Animorphs would be considered Transformers too). "Optimus Prime" and "Megatron" are the usual mainstays ("Starscream" and "Soundwave" are pretty standard too). The movie, just like the rest, draws upon the toys as a basis.

I hate to be the guy that disagrees with everyone regardless of their stance. But I don't know if I can count anything as the source material. Obviously the toys came first, but I can't even count them as source. With so many toys, which ones would you count as the source? There have been countless version of Prime, Megatron, Bumble Bee and Soundwave. But remember that two truck Meagan Fox drove in the first movie? That even got a toy and history but the tow truck was never seen in another movie and would anyone question if the movies gave it a different story beyond the one it had on the back of the packaging? Hell, does anyone even remember it's name? Was it a legit Auto Bot?

 

[def28]

So when the script is written you guys dont think the robots are actually given names?

 

[Spade]

They get placeholder names even in the shooting script. Demolishor was known as Wheelbot for so long it made it to the ending credits of TF2.

 

[craigdbfan]

They have like three different set of names for each bot. Script, Finalized, and ILM's code names.

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

I hate to be the guy that disagrees with everyone regardless of their stance. But I don't know if I can count anything as the source material. Obviously the toys came first, but I can't even count them as source. With so many toys, which ones would you count as the source? There have been countless version of Prime, Megatron, Bumble Bee and Soundwave. But remember that two truck Meagan Fox drove in the first movie? That even got a toy and history but the tow truck was never seen in another movie and would anyone question if the movies gave it a different story beyond the one it had on the back of the packaging? Hell, does anyone even remember it's name? Was it a legit Auto Bot?

What I mean is, no matter the story, the common thread is it's all selling the same toyline. Take for instance X-Men. No matter what X-Men does or doesn't do in regards to animation and movies, the common thread is they are all adapting the "616" X-Men Universe. Those stories serve as inspiration and basis for future stories. With Transformers the toys do. No writer "choose" Optimus being a truck, there simply was a truck that needed a character (in 1983). Unlike X-Men, even if you did a panel-for-panel retelling of "Ultimate X-Men" it's still an adaption of a retelling of 616. With Transformers all storylines and characters in some way harken back to the toys. The toys coming first is very important because all the characters were essentially iterations of those toys. It's not the other way around.

The only reason characters exist in Transformers, usually, was because Hasbro decided to make a toy of one. Some of those toys even required distinct origins because of how different they were from other toys (like the Pretenders or Headmasters, or Headmaster Pretenders). How many Marvel characters were created outside of Marvel? Very few (X-23 and Firestar come to mind). Hasbro is big king Daddy when it comes to Transformers.

 

[def28]

They get placeholder names even in the shooting script. Demolishor was known as Wheelbot for so long it made it to the ending credits of TF2.

They have like three different set of names for each bot. Script, Finalized, and ILM's code names.

Is this only the case for certain Robots who dont play a major role or whos names dont get mentioned by the actors? Cause the actors mention the bot names for alot of characters. I would have thought that would be in the script.

 

[def28]

Double

 

[Optimus_Prime_]

They announced this morning they're going to do a World of Warcraft-esque Transformers game that takes place on Cybertron during the Great War

 

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

They announced this morning they're going to do a World of Warcraft-esque Transformers game that takes place on Cybertron during the Great War

Thats pretty much what they claimed when they first announced plans for WFC.