Sequels Transformers 6 and future sequels thread

[Ipodman]

Put the plots of all 5 movies together, and Megatron is a multi-tasking god when he came to earth.

 

[terry78]

Carly in DOTM really did have him pegged as being a ***** considering in every movie except the first he's basically a lackey for someone else.

 

[Consona]

I'm speechless.

 

[Drizzle]

The movie was meh, but I still think it was better than Age of Extinction and Revenge of the Fallen.

 

[Arachnerd]

The movie was meh, but I still think it was better than Age of Extinction and Revenge of the Fallen.

I find that curious since I've heard from most TF fans that it's the worst in the franchise so far. A bit of hyperbole, maybe.

I honestly can't see anything being worse/more unbearable than the Twins or Shade and Tessa, but that's just me.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

The Transformers were barely in it, and 90% of the human scenes were cringe worthy. With 30 minute scenes of people literally talking nonsense. That makes it the worst for me.

 

[Drizzle]

I find that curious since I've heard from most TF fans that it's the worst in the franchise so far. A bit of hyperbole, maybe.

I honestly can't see anything being worse/more unbearable than the Twins or Shade and Tessa, but that's just me.

Mainly because it didn't have as much stupid **** as AOE and it didn't drag on as long as ROTF did. Being better than those doesn't make it good, though.

There was still plenty of stupid **** in it, like the dumb Suicide Squad reference in the beginning which featured more stereotype bots, including Shockwave with a gold chain.

And then there's the inconsistency, like the part with [BLACKOUT]Megatron holding Starscream's head and saying "my treacherous old friend" or whatever he said. Starscream was plenty treacherous in the G1 cartoon, but when was he ever anything but a sycophantic little ***** in these movies? And besides that, didn't Starscream's head explode? It was completely intact here.[/BLACKOUT]

What I genuinely really did like in this movie? [BLACKOUT]Bumblebee's voice. Waaaaaay better than the old British guy voice from the end of the first one.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[Kelly]

Saw it today....

Lots of things blew up. Enjoyable Summer fun...

 

[def28]

The Transformers were barely in it, and 90% of the human scenes were cringe worthy. With 30 minute scenes of people literally talking nonsense. That makes it the worst for me.

This.

I've seen quiet a few fans of the series calling this easily the worst. I think many of us were counting on Bay increasing the time of the robots like in AOE but this just went back to human nonsense. It's a bore, has some of the worst humor in the series, messy and overall weak compared to the set pieces of the other films.

This was a big step backwards.

 

[terry78]

I guess when you hire Anthony Hopkins you plan on using him a **** ton. My audience did get a laugh out of the horny old british ladies and their shtick.

 

[Drizzle]

I guess when you hire Anthony Hopkins you plan on using him a **** ton. My audience did get a laugh out of the horny old british ladies and their shtick.

Speaking of which, the one part of the movie where I really laughed my ass off was when [BLACKOUT]Megatron blasted Hopkins' character. One, because the stunt guy looked nothing like him, and two, because the way he flipped through the air reminded me of something out of GTA 5.[/BLACKOUT]

 

[terry78]

If I recall their weapons were able to vaporize us down to bone in DOTM, so technically....

 

[Kelly]

I find that curious since I've heard from most TF fans that it's the worst in the franchise so far. A bit of hyperbole, maybe.

I honestly can't see anything being worse/more unbearable than the Twins or Shade and Tessa, but that's just me.

So, you have personally spoken with "most TF fans"? that is amazing...

 

[Arachnerd]

By spoken, I meant read.

 

[markjoedelonge]

I don't get the hate towards Age of Extinction. This movie was way worse. At least in AOE, you could tell Bay put in effort. The movie flowed well and the action sequences were shot gorgeously. Lockdown was a great villain.

Best thing about this film was the score IMO. It elevated certain scenes. Also, "Did you forget who I am?" scene.

 

[markjoedelonge]

If I recall their weapons were able to vaporize us down to bone in DOTM, so technically....

I love DOTM.

 

[Drizzle]

I don't get the hate towards Age of Extinction. This movie was way worse. At least in AOE, you could tell Bay put in effort. The movie flowed well and the action sequences were shot gorgeously. Lockdown was a great villain.

Best thing about this film was the score IMO. It elevated certain scenes. Also, "Did you forget who I am?" scene.

AOE didn't flow well at all. That movie was 30 minutes too long. By the time they got to China I was begging for the movie to end. And there was plenty of dumb **** in it, like transformium and the whole scene dedicated to why it was legal for the Irish dude to bang Wahlberg's underage daughter. The best thing about AOE is that it's got the most Autobot screentime out of all the films.

Besides the part in the middle where Anthony Hopkins rambles on for 15 minutes and everything comes to a screeching halt, The Last Knight was the quickest paced Transformers movie since the first one.

 

[markjoedelonge]

AOE didn't flow well at all. That movie was 30 minutes too long. By the time they got to China I was begging for the movie to end. And there was plenty of dumb **** in it, like transformium and the whole scene dedicated to why it was legal for the Irish dude to bang Wahlberg's underage daughter. The best thing about AOE is that it's got the most Autobot screentime out of all the films.

Besides the part in the middle where Anthony Hopkins rambles on for 15 minutes and everything comes to a screeching halt, The Last Knight was the quickest paced Transformers movie since the first one.

By flowed well, I mean at least the editing was decent. I agree there was plenty of stuff that could have been removed, but at least it felt like a movie. The editing in TLK is atrocious. I have no idea how this cut even made it to the theaters.

 

[Gabe99]

COLLIDER JUNE 24, 2017:
Friday Box Office: ‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Leads Pack Despite Franchise-Low Domestic Opening

With the release of Transformers: The Last Knight, we are supposedly seeing the release of the final film in the franchise to be directed by Michael Bay, the pale king of modern empty-headed movie spectacles. It’s also easily the most idiotic film in the series, and runs at an unmerciful two-and-a-half hours, which is shorter than Age of Extinction but in the same realm as Dark of the Moon. I don’t imagine that these are the reasons that The Last Knight is currently looking at an estimated $62 million opening weekend, which would be the most meager opening for the franchise to date, but there is something to be said for an audience simply losing interest in franchise, even after sticking it through four films that in total are about the length of the entire last season of Fargo.

There is a silver lining here, however, and it speaks to the growing reliance on foreign box office prospects over domestic ones. In China, The Last Knight has already amassed $41 million on its opening day, which is well over half of what Bay’s movie is projected to make over five days in the states. This is good news for Bay and Paramount, but probably not great news for American audiences who are becoming more easily fatigued by franchises. If a movie as extravagantly stupid and unspeakably convoluted as The Last Knight can make back its frankly outrageous budget via the foreign box office, there will be a shift to promote more abroad and continue to release these empty and astoundingly expensive entertainments rather than try something vaguely new to capture the American audience. The foreign BO, for better or (mostly) worse, is now becoming the savior of the American movie studios unoriginal, risk-averse production schedule more than ever.

Deadline June 24, 2017:
‘Transformers: The Last Knight’ Rises To $93M In China – International Box Office

Contrary to domestic, Paramount’s Transformers: The Last Knight is on track to top the opening of Transformers: Age Of Extinction at the international box office. Although the studio is not providing an update today, as Friday estimates came in late yesterday (see below), the unofficial Saturday in China puts the Michael Bay pic at about $93M there so far.

That sets it up for an FSS Middle Kingdom bow of around $130M (including previews). Elsewhere, it should add on roughly another $50M through today and tomorrow to bring the total in 41 markets to the $220M neighborhood. These are not official numbers, but based on the earlier play, are a reasonable ballpark.

In 2014, Age Of Extinction opened to $183M in like-for-like markets and at today’s exchange rates. That film had topped Transformers: Dark Of The Moon by 35% at launch. China, as well as general overseas growth, accounted in part for the increased performance.

Domestically, The Last Knight is on track to take in about $40M+ for the three-day and is looking at a $63.9M five-day, which would be the lowest opening in the series of five films, per my colleague Anthony D’Alessandro.

With regard to China, some industry sources saw it coming in much lower ahead of the weekend, but it is stomping on screens — almost 167K showings today, per Ent Group, as compared to just 11K for the No. 2 title, Alien: Covenant. Age Of Extinction opened to $92M in China in 2014 and there has been considerable growth in the market since.

T5 has a 4.9 score on reviews site Douban compared to Age Of Extinction‘s 6.6; audiences are giving it a 7.4 on ticketing site Maoyan while Age Of Extinction was at 7. Hollywood tentpoles lean towards a 2-2.2 multiple in the PROC, which would see Last Knight fall below TAOE‘s final tally in non-restated dollars. The last pic made $320M there — although local currency will ultimately be seen as the measure. Last Knight has some runway with no major studio movie hitting the market until Despicable Me 3 on July 5.

China, Korea, Russia and some smaller South East Asia hubs led the Friday play. We’ll have a full update and analysis tomorrow which will provide clearer optics on Optimus and the gang’s first weekend out with Last Knight.

 

[guitarsingerguy]

I didn't see an answer to my question. Do Optimus and Bumblebee merge somehow?

 

[dude stannis]

Hopkins should win an oscar for this movie.

 

[def28]

I don't get the hate towards Age of Extinction. This movie was way worse. At least in AOE, you could tell Bay put in effort. The movie flowed well and the action sequences were shot gorgeously. Lockdown was a great villain.

Agreed. Lockdown was awesome, the escape from Lockdowns ship was a good set piece, the dinobot scene had impact and the story itself flowed far more naturally then here. I liked that you actually got to see the autobots pissed off that their fallen comrades were being treated so poorly. They were not just setting up the humans to say pointless lines and actually had motivation within a team.

I think if AOE did actually cut 30 min out of that flick and it would be alot more solid. But compared to this film which was actually shorter it felt far longer and pointless. This film felt like it needed an hour cut and much more bot development. It was just dull. Non of the robots were really pushing the plot, even Optimus.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I don't get the hate towards Age of Extinction. This movie was way worse. At least in AOE, you could tell Bay put in effort. The movie flowed well and the action sequences were shot gorgeously. Lockdown was a great villain.

Best thing about this film was the score IMO. It elevated certain scenes. Also, "Did you forget who I am?" scene.

Agreed. Lockdown was awesome, the escape from Lockdowns ship was a good set piece, the dinobot scene had impact and the story itself flowed far more naturally then here. I liked that you actually got to see the autobots pissed off that their fallen comrades were being treated so poorly. They were not just setting up the humans to say pointless lines and actually had motivation within a team.

I think if AOE did actually cut 30 min out of that flick and it would be alot more solid. But compared to this film which was actually shorter it felt far longer and pointless. This film felt like it needed an hour cut and much more bot development. It was just dull. Non of the robots were really pushing the plot, even Optimus.

Agree with you both. AOE is much better than TLK. We actually got some good bot action in AOE. And AOE also set up so many interesting things for the next movie which unfortunately TLK totally dropped the ball on.

 

[Dr Lee]

Ridiculous, crazy, stupid, insane, explosion filled chaos... Not enough Bots, clear from following the production that a **** load of Bot stuff was cut, chaotic story, doesn't fit in with the other movies properly

But I had fun watching it.... also, was that who I think it was playing Merlin?

 

[Jake Cassidy]

^ Yes it is.