With the whole Megatron's head in a lab, I thought it was a cool nod to the Animated series... Or it could have been completely unintentional.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
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With the whole Megatron's head in a lab, I thought it was a cool nod to the Animated series... Or it could have been completely unintentional.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
they were different sound clips, one of them was john wayne saying "now get out!" and I thought I recognised a couple of other voices at the time but I forgot now.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zommael
I suspect it was deliberate - Ehren Kruger has been integrating references to previous iterations of Transformers into his scripts.Quote:
Originally Posted by MayzaPrime
Watched the movie again for a third time on the weekend and something weird happened to me. I... think... I... actually... liked... it :confused:
Come to your senses, man!Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
It's a Bay movie! This is a Bay movie bashing thread! Think of what he has done to your childhood! Your childhood!!! Next you'll be saying you want to watch the new TMNT movie too, I suppose...
:p ;)
Cinematic Stockholm Syndrome. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
lol, reminds me of 2007 ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by philby
It's now ranked 18th top grossing movie of all time! Beating The Dark Knight. It's also over the $1 Billion Mark.:)
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_...grossing_films
That right there is proof that audiences don't care about plot or acting performance. The Dark Knight is leap years ahead of TF4 in terms of both.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
And I thought Dark Knight was boring, dark, depressing garbage.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
I felt a bit like that too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
I must admit, whenever i'm looking for something i use Batman's
WHERE ARE THEY?!?!?
line sometimes :o:p
I don't know about 'boring' or 'garbage', but definitely with you on 'dark' and 'depressing'. It wasn't an enjoyable movie to watch; I only saw it once.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
That's what I like about the Transformers movie series - they're not 'dark' or 'gritty' or depressing, although AoE was pretty dark by this franchise's standards.
Looks like Japan is drawing in some of their own star power with the Japanese dub version of Age of Extinction (Lost Age), most notably Nakagawa Shouko as the voice-over for Tessa Yeager. The other voice-over actors aren't widely known outside of voice acting (and Tokusatsu shows for some), so it seems that Nakagawa is the draw card for more general audience members in Japan. And of course, Genda Tesshou (Japanese equivalent of Peter Cullen ;)) has returned to reprise his role as Optimus Prime. :)
Yamadera Kouichi is credited as the voice for Bumblebee to dub over the radio lines. Somewhat interesting that the original English language version never paid anyone to voice Bumblebee, but the Japanese dub does. ;) Another funny thing is that Watanabe Ken did not dub over himself as Drift! He's being dubbed over by Mizu'uchi Kiyomitsu -- probably because it was cheaper than hiring Watanabe himself. :o I dunno... if I were producing this dub, I would've spent the extra money to hire Watanabe to dub himself, but maybe the budget didn't allow for it. I guess hiring Nakagawa for Tessa made more sense from a marketing POV since Tess gets more lines and screen time than Drift. :rolleyes:
I lost my voice recently (courtesy of the flu), and when it started to come back it was all Bale-as-Batman gravelly. I confess to asking my friends and family (and the odd random stranger) "DO I LOOK LIKE A COP?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
I loved the Dark Knight. Clear that Nolan puts a heap more thought and effort into script, character and story than Bay ever does in the TF franchise. In fact I would say that it's quite clear that most of us here put more thought into Bay's TF films than Bay has.
Japanese commercial showcasing some of the dub-over voices. Nakagawa Shouko's voice can be heard at various points throughout the ad (she's the second person to speak after Cade). Genda Tesshou sounds pretty awesome as Optimus Prime -- those of us who've watched any Japanese G1 (e.g. The Headmasters) will recognise that voice. :)
Yep, that pretty much sums it up nicely.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Everything Wrong with Transformers Age of Extinction Part 1
Everything Wrong with Transformers Age of Extinction Part 2
I lost it after seeing the 'bonus rounds.' :D
Everything IS wrong with AOE :)Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
'Autobots Reunite' is probably one of my top favourite scores to come out of the films, then again that's just the music :DQuote:
Originally Posted by kup
Based on these videos, I actually want to watch the movie now. It looks gloriously awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
It's honestly probably the worst movie I've ever seen.
And I really mean that.
It took these videos to remind me that the lead human in this film, who revives Optimus Prime, is the same human who sang Optimus Prime's theme song (badly) in another film. Mind blown.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
What about Sharknado? :pQuote:
Originally Posted by SharkyMcShark
Sharknado doesn't stall the plot with gratuitious fan-service shots and an entire scene dedicated to justifying cradle-snatching. ;) The protagonist also doesn't suddenly become godlike and, oh I don't know, fly into space under his own power! OVER NINE THOUSAND! :pQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Just when you think Bay can't stoop any lower...
Still, what do you expect about a movie selling toys for kids.
A lot better, actually.Quote:
Originally Posted by laproblematique
Some things to consider:
+ Just because a story is made to sell toys, doesn't mean it has to be bad. The G1 Marvel Comics and Beast Wars cartoon are two examples of great stories which were written, despite being fundamentally created to sell toys.
+ Many of the more serious criticisms aren't affected by the drive to sell toys. The need to sell toys doesn't necessitate...
* Gratuitous (and arguably misogynistic) fan-service shots
* Racist & homophobic undertones
* That whole creepy relationship between a grown man and a minor
* Several outright sexual references and adult themes. Okay, Beast Wars is loaded with sexual innuendo too, but at least there it's subtle! Delivered in a manner that makes adults chuckle, but flies over kids' heads. The references in the Bay films are about as subtle as being slapped in the face with a live trout.
* Overt screen time given to humans over the Transformers (ya know, the toys!)
+ The live action films actually aren't made to sell toys, but rather, the toys are made to market the movie. It's the reverse model of most other Transformers series. This is evident in...
* Paramount/Bay creating the Transformers as screen characters first, then HasTak having to 'translate' these characters into toys.
* Several screen characters never having been made into (proper) toys at all; e.g. Alice, Ze Little One, Mirage, Stinger etc.
* Age of Extinction's seeming complete disregard for making toys that are more "translatable" for toy designers. These toys have been a nightmare to translate as toys, leading to various kinds of engineering cheats/compromises such as 'backpackformers.'
These movies might be more enjoyable if they were actually more like TF toy adverts; i.e. skip all the human drama crap etc. and focus more on the transforming robot action!
Confirmed - Michael Bay Not Directing Transformers 5
<High fives the universe!> :D
Didn't he say he wasn't directing 4 either? I'd save those high fives until someone else is officially confirmed as directing. Also remember, it could be Uwe Boll.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sky Shadow
Please be Uwe Boll, please.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bartrim
The question is, are these movies now big enough for them to get a good director in, or is the rep so low that they won't be able to?
This is a review of the Region 1 DVD that came with the box set that includes the Blu Ray movie disc, Blu Ray Special Features Disc, HD copy and statue of Optimus Prime riding Grimlock.
The statue is made of plastic and is a bit soft in some parts, though not rubbery soft. The sculpting on the base and Grimlock is nice, but I expected better for Optimus Prime. On the whole statues don't interest me all that much... cos ya know... they don't really do anything, but I got this set on sale from Amazon, so the statue ended up being a freebie; so I don't mind it, but I might view it more negatively if I'd paid full price for it. :o
I don't personally understand much about technical film stuff like aspect ratios and whatnot, but for some reason, on both the DVD and BR there's a 5.5cm border on both sides. It looks weird to me and I'm not sure why they couldn't do it more traditional letterbox style. But I'm sure (re: hoping) that there is some technical film explanation that I just don't understand. :o
There are some issues with the DVD version, which includes:
* The menu being aligned too low. I assume that there's an underline beneath each menu choice (e.g. play movie, setup, scenes), but because the bottom line is cropped off, you can't actually see which button is being highlighted before selecting that option. You can still navigate your way around by visually where the cursor is, but it's still annoying.
* For some odd reason there's a LOT of script missing from the English subtitles; often just omitting second half of entire sentences. :eek: This is invariably be a hindrance for the hearing impaired who depend on having reliable subtitles. :( (I just use it at times when I need to keep the volume down when the rest of the family is sleeping, like right now :p).
I tried to access the Digital Copy, but got geo-blocked. :( :rolleyes: I haven't watched all the bonus features yet, but the packaging is boasting "Over 3 hours of special features," so it's probably gonna take a while before I can get through it all. :o
Overall, I am glad that I got this copy on sale at Amazon, as I've paid basically the same price as the Australian "bare bones" DVD, but getting DVD, BR movie, BR special features and statue, which IMHO is better value for money. Thankfully the BRs are not region coded, so they can play on region-locked Australian BR players. :) I don't know if the local version will have a different or adjust aspect ratio or not.
P.S.:
1/ Here's a screen shot of this...
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y22...ps295dfc0d.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
2/ One piece of irony just hit me -- the car that Shane drives in Hong Kong has the Kanji 福 ("luck") written on it, and Shane is repeatedly referred to as "lucky charms."
hmmm, to this day I haven't seen the movie. managed to not know anything much about the movie other than it's got Drift and dinobots and a whole new human crew which doesn't die or even get maimed (really? c'mooon :mad::(), just a few scratches again like that Lebeauf guy even when he's fighting freakin giant killer robots for goodness sake, really? which irritates the hell out of me, get killed already you little human germs!!!.......
I'm just waiting for the regular dvd release.... when it goes on cheaper price as well, not the first $30+ release... it just doesn't interest me for some reason..:rolleyes::rolleyes: I just need to get one, prolly watch it once and keep it for the collection.
I smell the opportunity for a private viewing at your place before Xmas. I'll bring the popcorn :DQuote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime
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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime
Respectively, here are my thoughts;
Are the borders to the top/bottom, left/right, or both? 5.5cm - what screen size are we talking about? It could be to compensate for overscan, but that's unusual in the days of LCD televisions and blu-ray discs (except for Grease's opening title animation...)
Have you got your TV set to "full", "full pixel", etc? What kind of TV are we talking about? I would hazard a guess it's a settings thing because this seems like a silly oversight otherwise...
As for subtitles, I suspect it comes down to screen real estate and speed of reading. Unfortunate, but a fact of life.
Hope this helps!
Well if someone can bring their DVD copy I'm happy to provide the place and foodstuff. Good thing I bought a new flat screen TV. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Just started watching the extras on the American DVD/Bluray pack.
Some thoughts...
So many tricks to the special effects and filming techniques are shown... it is really fascinating to see the process behind it all. (and to think that during all that time, there was an additional film crew assigned to do all this filming for these hours of bonus BluRay features)
Drift was originally intended to be black and orange instead of black and blue... but the orange cars were sold before they could secure them, and Bugatti only make a limited number.
The character was also intended to be a triplechanger, as a first for the Movies in the traditional Gen1 sense, as Laserbeak appeared to have multiple modes.
Bay in his interviews and featurettes is very enthusiastic and proud of what he's achieved from a creative perspective, and often talks of concepts and characters like you'd hear from a fan's mouth. But his passion for artistic filming takes precedence over his obvious passion for the Brand - as he boasts often about all the things he has been first to do with movie-making, while people on his crew refers to him as "spontaneous and creative" keeping people on their toes to change things all the time.
But to his credit, he is very hands-on with his involvement behind the scenes, instead of just standing behind a camera or somewhere offsite.
The scene with the rally car hitting the guy's face, was a "must do" scene for artistic reasons, and since they spent so much time on something that is 2 seconds on screen, it was on most of the trailers that I saw.
Both Wahlberg and Titus (the pair fighting on the sides of a HK apartment building) are apparently afraid of heights.
According to a number of the actors, Bay has a comedic nature, which is why he has a lot of comedy actors in the TFs movies and does a number of takes for alternate one-liners by the comedians who have their own suggestions... but unfortunately for TF2, it went a bit too far in attempting to squeeze in humour.
The new Optimus Truck is an almost entirely custom built truck body, which will make it impossible for people to find a similar truck and paint it to match.
Galvatron on the other hand is something Australian fans would most easily be able to buy as a truck and paint to match, as it is based on the Australian Freightliner Argosy, only available in Australia and Europe... but not in America due to the height of the cab.
Still another hour of extras to go through yet.
Sounds like a plan :DQuote:
Originally Posted by liegeprime