By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
The foundation which the Transformers Franchise is built upon consists of Robots and Cars. Entertainment Weekly decided to talk this subject matter with Director Michael Bay who is busy with Transformers: Age Of Extinction. You might expect him to talk about Optimus Prime and Bumblebee, but instead he's enthusiastic to talk about Lockdown and Galvatron.
"The first time, I had to beg for vehicles," [Michael Bay] says. "But now — I am not kidding you — every car company says, 'We will fly out any car to show you so it can be in the movie.'" With one catch, he adds: "As long as it's one of the good guys."...Bay managed to sign the Lamborghini Aventador as galactic bounty hunter Lockdown. “He’s just a bounty hunter, so they were okay with that,” Bay says with a laugh.Meanwhile, Daimler Trucks North America supplied a 2014 Freightliner Argosyfor one of the villains (rumored to be Nemesis Prime). “They spent literally a million and a half dollars designing [it], and they paid for it,” Bay says. “They see the value of what this movie does for the car world.”The interview was not lengthy but the director had few words to say about Bumblebee as well. You can read it at
EW.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
The Transformers Collectors Club have
updated their Facebook page with new images of their online store exclusive Transmutate figure. Transmutate is a redeco of Transformers Prime First Edition Arcee, based on the tragic character from Beast Wars. She comes in a collector's edition foam box which also has a space to fit in this year's Collectors Club membership renewal figure, Rampage.
The TCC Transmutate figure is now available for preorder for TCC members -
click here to purchase yours from the TCC store!
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Hasbro has made a statement that new content will be made available on the Transformers: Age Of Extinction App today.
"New content is hitting the official Transformers: Age of Extinction app today, including a new trailer for the upcoming Activision game Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark!"You can download the App on your
iOS device or on your
Android device.
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By SilverOptimus from
TFW2005:
Many of our 2005 Boards Members saw this coming and yes; Paramount is officially changing the Transformers: Age Of Extinction Release Date on certain countries due to FIFA World Cup 2014.
Paramount officials spoke to Business Week regarding the matter.
"When the robot hero Optimus Prime returns to movie theaters in June, his toughest foes might not be other transformers but Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi. Paramount Pictures (VIAB) will release Transformers: Age of Extinction in the U.S., Asia, and parts of Europe smack in the middle of soccer’s World Cup, which runs from June 12 through July 13 in Brazil. The studio will delay the movie’s launch date in many soccer-crazed countries until after the tournament ends to avoid a dent in the box office.
The World Cup, the second-biggest global sporting event after the Olympics, coincides with the peak of the movie industry’s big-budget summer season. “The World Cup will continue to pose more and more of an issue,” says Anthony Marcoly, president of international distribution at Paramount, which is owned by Viacom." For many Football/Soccer playing countries the new release date is end of July or early August. You can read the Revised Release Dates at the
Official Transformers Movie Website.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
Did you know, Transformers fans, that today marks another 30th anniversary milestone in the history of Transformers? Yes indeed, today is the 30th anniversary of what is thought to be the
first ever post about Transformers on the internet - or rather, the proto-internet Usenet groups.
You can check out the archived post here, via
Google Groups.
Sadly the first post ever about Transformers on the internet was in fact,
complaining about Transformers! The post, a review of Marvel Comics' Transformers #1, picks fault with Bill Mantlo's plot and Ralph Macchio's script, and the massive amount of infodumping used to introduce the characters - valid complaints, particularly the infodumping (check out an example at left). The final verdict?
My vote for worst comic of the year would have to go to Marvel's
TRANSFORMERS #1. Has anyone out there seen it? I'm still trying
to figure out why I wanted to spend $.75 on it in the first place,
but any reason I may have had was inadequate.Or, to borrow a turn of phrase from the TFwiki: "The Transformers launched in 1984 and was ruined FOREVER!"
In all seriousness, much as the original creative team behind the Transformers in the 1980s could not foresee the huge phenomenon that Transformers would become, neither could those reading that first comic and sharing their thoughts about its humble beginnings begin to imagine where it all might finally lead to, 30 years later, with fans ever ready to lend a similarly critical eye to all new Transformers media.
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By Sol Fury from
TFW2005:
More Transformers merchandise sightings for you, and next up on the sighting list it is some new Kre-O releases! The Movie series Custom Kreons Wave 1 - which includes Optimus Prime, Ratchet, Drift and Lockdown have been sighted at Toys R Us stores in Frederick, MD and the SF Bay area in California.
That is not all though, because the Wave 5 Kreon Blind Bags (or if you prefer, Movie Wave 1) have also been spotted in the SF Bay area in California. This latest set of 12 Kreons adds the likes of Wingspan, Misfire, Mindwipe, Nightbeat, Trypticon, Highbrow, and Skrapnel into the mix.
A big shout out to 2005 Boards members Sideswipe1954 and deltagod for the heads up!
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By Red Goblin from
TFW2005:
You guys might remember the first piece of viral campaign for Transformers 4 Age of Extinction, which was ''Transformers are Dangerous.''
Now the website is updated with more cool stuff regarding our world's view of Transformers and the battle of Chicago which accured during Dark of The Moon. You can check out various newspaper articles from all around the country, download some great wallpapers (like the ones we saw on the set) and watch the video featuring some of the news reporting the attack on Chicago.
You can check out the video below and visit the
website here for more great stuff. And remember...
Stay Alert, Be Vigilant, Keep Earth Human.
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