Transformers 4 Will Star New Transformers

[shrekfan246]

After Revenge of the Fallen, there's really no news I can receive that will make me believe that the movie franchise can suck anymore. They could tell me that they were replacing the human characters with adorable monkeys that teach the Transformers how to dance and love. Couldn't be worse than Revenge. No matter what changes they want to make, Micheal Bay is still directing. That means another crappy Transformers movie.

If anything, I HOPE that they use entirely new characters. That way, it won't feel like my childhood is being violated when they take insane liberties with the main fantasy icons of my youth.

Fun fact, I can't actually remember anything that happened in the second Transformers film. Try as I might, any event I recall and attribute to it will probably likely be from the first one instead. And the fact that I couldn't remember a single thing that occurred in the second film is what stopped me from caring enough to go see the third one.

As far as the whole 'new characters' thing is concerned, wasn't Optimus Prime the only Transformer that actually got any recognition in the first three films? And maybe a tiny, itty bitty spotlight on Megatron for half a second? Oh, I guess Bumblebee too, since he was the car that Shia got. Other than that, which Transformers were actually featured in the films? Practically none of them had any characterization, they may as well have just been generic robots duking it out through Earth's cities for all of the cinematic genius of Michael Bay.

 

[Pyrian]

The kind of people who enjoy looking at barely clothed 'babes'...

So, straight guys. Also, many lesbians. And a surprising amount of straight women and gay men, for that matter. (Ever seen a fashion mag?)

...action scenes that could be replicated by emptying your cutlery drawer onto the ground an have an industrial lawn mower wreak havoc upon it.

Now I want to try that.

You'd be surprised how large that target audience actually is.

No, I wouldn't.

 

[MorganL4]

Wait, why are they doing a Transformers 4? Oh, right cash grab...Well I saw one in theaters and it was okay, waited for 2 to come out on DVD and immediately decided to not bother with 3.... So what motivation is there to go see 4? Oh!!! a bunch of characters that I have absolutely no attachment to what so ever. Yes because that will get me in the theaters, AND buying the toys.

 

[Wicky_42]

Just get High Moon studios to make a movie, their games were awesome...

Maybe this has to do with the fact that if you already launched a Transformers action figure two times prior for each movie, most kids will already OWN an Optimus Prime figure and will want something else. No matter how good/bad your movies are, not many kids will buy the same action figure twice.

Good job I scrolled up before pressing post, you said exactly what I did.

Although if this is the kind of logic that leads to them creating new characters, just to sell some toys (as opposed to making the actual film good) then it's an idiotic idea.

At any rate:

Spoiler: Because we all know how much the fans loved the new characters.

You know, it wasn't until you posted that picture, I'd never really properly understood the complaints about the bayformers' aesthetic... after actually looking at those two for a minute it's pretty obvious what a fucking mess the designs are - just a jumble of polygons with no cohesion, rhythm or style. Impressive to be able to fuck up giant robots right from the get-go - who on the design team looked at these and went "yeah, that looks awesome!" ?

I was not actually bothered by the aesthetic (although the recent games show how much better they could be), I was more bothered by their annoying behaviour. They are supposed to be a part of a technologically advanced race, but they are a pair of blundering idiots, purely included for supposed comic relief. They are the Jar Jar Binks of Transformers.

Oh yeah, no doubt about that (racial stereotyping in an alien robot species? Why?!), I was just noticing the complete lack of any redeeming features

 

[elilupe]

There are so many things in this article that make me feel incredibly sad and nihilistic...

 

[saintdane05]

Please no Drift. Please, dear God, no Drift.

 

[GameChanger]

The kind of people who enjoy looking at barely clothed 'babes'...

So, straight guys. Also, many lesbians. And a surprising amount of straight women and gay men, for that matter. (Ever seen a fashion mag?)

Mind the curious apostrophe's I decided to add there...

I meant the kind of babes that are geared to a specific audience.

 

[Genocidicles]

Meh. Did anyone actually expect the latest film in this trainwreck of a series to be any good?

Although its good that they're being honest about the reasons to scrap the previous characters. I reckon most other people would make up some crap about wanting to broaden the film series' horizons or some bullshit like that.

 

[DJ_DEnM]

Wait, didn't Michael Bay opt out after the third movie?

 

[Programmed_For_Damage]

Oh that's right, merchandizing is what drives the movie industry these days.
I don't know if this is true but I did hear that the Ewoks were added into Return of the Jedi merely so they'd have more action figures they could sell.

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Until I hear that Cheetor and Dinobot are in it I am not buying a ticket.
And does anyone remember how it went for the last movie that was a giant block busting toy commercial... Oi..

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

Can you imagine the mangles sheets of metal we're going to end up with considering the job they did of designing the pre-existing ones? I can't believe after screwing that up so badly they would dispense with one of the few things that actually gives structure.

 

[The_Waspman]

Oh God, they're touching Stretch Armstrong now. Someone call social services, please!

Next thing you know they'll making a Boglins and Popples movie.

A boglins movie? I remember those guys! Lets be honest though Shinji, Boglins are a much more logical source material for a movie than, say... Battleship, and they made one of that...

After they've exhausted the 80's toys and cartoon franchises, they'll probably go after 80's pop hits.

I can't wait for Wake Me up Before You Go-Go the Movie.

I can actually see some Hollywood exec's working on that right now. As a trash gross-out comedy. I'll even provide a poster quote:

This Decades American Pie!

Don't say it wont happen. Actually, do, because nobody wants this...

 

[marurder]

Yes, because making movies by marketing committee works really well - they did make lots of money from it.

 

[LtFerret]

These are the same guys who thought Battleship was a good idea. Hasbro's movie department is fucked at this point. I can't wait till My Little Pony becomes an R rated spy thriller.

*sigh* At least the games and shows are still good

 

[Ishigami]

And history repeats itself because no one was listing the first time around...

 

[the darknees abyss]

no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no

 

[MrBaskerville]

People tried this once before, and kids wanted blood.
This will be getting rid of the only reason people watched the last M.B Transformers, Optimus Prime.

But these are new kids, do kids these days even care about Transformers and Optimus Prime? They defineately don´t care about He-Man, power rangers, biker mice from mars or old-school turtles .

Movies probably gonna suck no matter what so i don´t really care what they change, TF2 is one of the worst movies i´ve ever sat through, even worse than Manos hands of fate (atleast that one had the decency to be entertaining). If they changed directors and writers, then it might begin to look promising though.

 

[ShadowKatt]

There are actually action figures of bay transformers, those new hilariously complicated looking things of which the villains are completely indiscernible?

They're not just complicated looking. I have a fair amount of them, as I have literally HUNDREDS of transformers across all eras from G1 up through Prime. And the one thing that stands out about the movie trilogy toys is they're just not as good. TO keep some semblence of movie accuracy, they are so very complex that...

#1: They're incredibly difficult to transform. I have enough experience that I can generally tell you step by step how to transform a toy without even taking it out of the package. But the bayformers toys are the first that I, at 26 years old, had to read the instructions to do. Kids don't want to have to get an engineering degree just to play with their toys.

#2: Once you do figure out how to get it into robot mode, there's no play value to them. Just off the top of my head I'll list off...oh, Air Raid from DOTM, Barricade from the first movie, and the twins from ROTF. Air Raid has elbows, but he can't even bend his arms. Barricade has arms that have a straight elbow and he can bend it, however his shoulder...pauldrons, I suppose would be the best word, are so big he can't move his shoulders. And the twins are so oddly proportioned with huge feet and chests that they can't even stand up right.

Parents and kids alike learned that the new toys sucked and stopped buying them. Once upon a time they focused more on the play value of the toy because that was what was important, not trying to replicate something on a screen. It might not have been 100% accurate, but what the fuck? Prime is Prime, every kid knows that even if his arms are a little scrawny or his proportions aren't quite right.

 

[Something Amyss]

Also of note, Peter Cullen has an awesome voice lol

Cullen and Welker were the voices of my childhood.