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I had a thing for Katrina Rowntree when she was hosting Saturday Morning Cartoons. She always wore a low cut top and seemed to be bending over various barrells for compeitions. To a young teen, pre internet days, that was about the best you could hope for :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Starscream77
Sorry to take it away from the more interesting discussion that this topic has had so far :p but, some new Movie news....
Two Movie posters have been revealed, showing off the two main Human characters (no robots yet in either of them) - Marky Mark and some Irish guy who has a very limited acting resume.
I can understand Mark being highlighted as the replacement of Shia, and because he probably got the biggest pay-packet for this movie (and thus, the biggest investment... so we'll probably see more of him than the Robots combined).
The tagline on both posters is, "The Rules Have Changed"... and if they are focusing more on the humans in the publicity, it certainly has.
Yes, coming soon,TransformersMark Wahlberg - Age of Extinction.
On a more interesting note, according to Michael Bay, the (full?) Trailer will be released to the internet sometime tomorrow - March 5th at 01.30 UTC (which is March 5th 12.30pm in Sydney/Melbourne, or 11.30am for those of you lucky enough to be in Brisbane ;) )
If you get to see it first in about 21 hours time, start up a review topic in this news section, for everyone's comments and critiques of the Trailer (if it is the full 2 & a bit minutes that has been rumoured).
Interested in seeing the trailer. Hopefully provides a bit more excitement to me than the teaser.
Note to bay if he's reading; bring the size of the effing huge dinobots down a tad! They are WAAAAAAYYY too oversized. It's ridiculous, even for you ;)
I wonder how many people will confuse the Irish guy (Jack Reynor) with Starcraft's Jim Raynor.:p
It mentions in passing in the below link, that shows the new trailer, that this will be Bay's last TF movie before handing the franchise off to a different director.
A man can dream :D
http://www.firstshowing.net/2014/fir...of-extinction/
He's been saying that since he started on TF4, also he said DOTM would be his last.Quote:
Originally Posted by BigTransformerTrev
I'm pretty sure that was the plan after TF2 as well, which is why he had to be "bribed" by Hasbro with royalties from every toy produced for the third movie just to get him to come back for the third one.
Something in the order of a couple percent of each Movie toy, which I read somewhere, earned him more than the royalties from the actual movie. (can't recall off-hand where that was though)
Two more movie posters have been released... and we finally get a robot on one of them.
The main girl in the movie, and, it's Optimus looking very human (how the heck are the designers supposed to turn that into a truck... without a backpack of flat panels).
Too much power to keep Bay coming back, is making it more difficult to translate his visions into toys.
On a more creative note, this movie's internet marketing campaign is actually hidden in today's Trailer. The phone number to report Transformers on, on a billboard near the start of the trailer, apparently has a recorded message to direct you to a website for you to register for updates.
The site is transformersaredangerous.com and it allows you to register your email address (with date of birth and zip-code - it requires 5 digits, so add a zero in front of your post code, or just type in something random). It is likely to have clips, or "secret" footage or info, like the Sector 7 site did for the first movie.
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Hence my usuage of the phrase...
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Just sourcing the commission Bay makes on the Movie toys. (I knew I heard it from somewhere)
The entire article is an interesting read. Explaining how he earns so much now, due to being paid small up-front fees in his early movies, making other people rich off his work... so now he negotiates a post-revenue payment, to make a percentage of all profits of all items sold off his "product" including DVDs and toys.Quote:
His deal with Hasbro is second only to that of George Lucas, who gets an estimated 15% royalty on all Star Wars figures. Bay gets an estimated 8% on Transformer toys tied to movies.
It has made him one of the highest paid people in Hollywood in recent years, with about US$125 million in 2009 - breaking down to 75 from Movie profit, 28 from DVD sales commission, and 12.5 just from the TF2 toys commission.
And that was for the second movie, which he wanted to do... one can only imagine what deal he got for the third and fourth one, to get him coming back.
His earnings for TF3 was said to be about US$160 million, on top of the 125 for TF2, and 82 million last year... I don't know what he is spending his money on, but with the money he is making each year recently, he was apparently only worth US$200 million after TF3.
TF1 earned him 75...
TF2 earned him 125...
TF3 earned him 160...
TF4.... wow, he could be making over 200 million this year.
For anyone collecting the Movie posters, a fifth one has surfaced, with another one of the Human cast - Li Bingbing.
That much for a craptacular movie, I'm in the wrong business.:pQuote:
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Who is the 4th?Quote:
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Last time on Beast Wars... no wait, that's from something else.Quote:
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One & two...
Three and four...Quote:
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Five...Quote:
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There might be others out there, or more to come. These are just the five I've seen so far online.Quote:
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IMAX was a given, since the previous three were, and there was a previous news article boasting about this possibly being the first movie filmed entirely with 3D IMAX cameras... but here is a theatre poster from America to confirm it.
How's this for product placement...
It seems that a gun manufacturer has been promoting a product (handgun) of theirs that will be on TF4, and are showing a (photo-shopped) image from the movie.
WTF? A movie that is essentially aimed at kids and teens (being toy-related), is being associated with the promotion of handguns, in a similar fashion as GM cars?
Is this how Michael Bay doesn't pay for anything, by having all the props be tied up in cross-promotions? :rolleyes:
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she seems to look much hotter than when she was in RE:Retribution and a whole lot better than some other movies ive seen.
power of more budget in movies...
"Transformers manufacturing group in China"
Guess they're just like the toys, eh. Made in China Stamped.
Um... yes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wACBA...utu.be&t=5m43s (And more yes: http://youtu.be/4LFQIoc49ZM.)Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
But I'm pretty sure your acquisitions mascot could have told you that. ;)
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i would not be surprised if there is going to be a reference in the movie about transformers being made in china
I know as well, but didn't think he'd go so far as including handguns as part of the cross-promotion, just to get them for free. I guess he really is a patriotic, military nut.Quote:
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The first video was quite interesting (I watched the whole 6 minutes).
Yep Bay certainly loves him some modern military
However use of firearms as endorsement in an toy related movie may be going slightly a bit far...
Someone in Linkin Park must be related to Michael Bay, or he owns them... as it looks like they could be back for the fourth Movie (at least, according to a comment by the main vocalist of the group).
I don't mind them (I don't hate them, or really love them), but it just seems odd that they are being recruited for every Transformers Movie.
Linkin Park are one of my favourite bands, so I love there involvement in the Transformers franchise.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
I think the lead singles from all mBay TF movies have all been LP songs and i think they suit each other well. I do not follow LP much but i am happy with this.
At least I know what the theme song will sound like now. The same as all the other ones. I have trouble telling one from the other :pQuote:
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Ha Ha..I'm the same :o:rolleyes: I recognise them as LP but can never remember which song is from which movie when I hear them playing on the radio because they all seem to have the same tempo and style....must be old age :pQuote:
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Note: this has some spoilers in it
6 Things We Learned About Transformers 4
Source:IGN
Going by the trailer I'd say LP's new single "Guilty all the same" is a safe bet to be in TF4. The song has been released on Youtube with a lyric video but they have not released a music video yet so you might even get a TF4 related music video.
At a recent truck show, the new Optimus truck was on show, to give people a good look at it.
A General Motors promotion in China, featuring the GM Trax... and an animation of a robot mode, which doesn't mean it is a character in the movie, or a toy, but it might be possible.
Reshooting has been taking place in the last couple days in America.
Either Bay has had some new ideas and wants to include them, or he's found something missing in making the plot work and needs to bridge a couple scenes with this new scene.
After doing some reshoots already a couple months ago in China, this is getting a bit late to be changing or fixing parts of the movie like this.
Also, an entertainment magazine has an article on the TF4 movie, with some plot details... so beware of spoilers.
More from that entertainment magazine talks about who Lockdown is, and who he works for. Plus, his ship looks to be a central element of this movie... or for the new trilogy.
A short video clip from some auto show in America, showing off the cars in the next movie.
A clearer clip of the one in the post above, from that auto show. (skip to 1 minute for the movie scenes)
A clearer look at the possible robot form of the Chevy Trax, which is on display at a GM somewhere in China.
And for all those people who remember when Michael Bay was lost for words while presenting the new Samsung curved TV and walked off stage... a display at some event in the UK has new footage from the TF4 movie on several of these TVs. It includes images from all four movies, with most of the fourth movie near the end (of the second video).
The music for TF4 has just been recorded, which means there must be a fairly complete rough cut of the film for the composer to pace out the music to (you can see the projection screen on one of the photos.
The car used for the character of Lockdown has also been shown off/reviewed to promote it.
Also being promoted is some sort of industrial Operations chair, which is apparently in the movie, but could be a spoiler, so don't check the link if you are trying to stay spoiler-free.
Promo images from the Australian Transformers Facebook page show off Optimus and Bumblebee (with the new "ninja stars"), and have been mirrored here.
Commentary from Michael Bay about how the car companies are now lining up to give him free cars to use in Transformers movies... as long as they are good guys.
However, the interview mentions that a certain villain truck was constructed and donated by Daimler Trucks, at a cost of US$1.5 million.
That's some investment in getting someone's product on the screen... it's no wonder random products are lining up to be included in this movie.
Its only just occurred to me, but there seems a serious imbalance in the Wave 1 and Wave 2 Decepticons. We have Galvatron and Lockdown, and that's it.........
Are they saving the Decepticons for Wave 3, or is it a plot element?
According to the leaked Hasbro database listing, there was only 4 Decepticons... and all the rest were Autobots and Dinobots.
The Decepticons on the database listing were - Galvatron, Lockdown, Stinger, Rally Car (Vehicon).
But it isn't the first time that they are producing a lot more Autobots than Decepticon toys for the Movies.
For the third movie...
- mainline (Deluxe, Voyager, Leader), there were 25 Autobot toys verses 8 Decepticon toys. That's a ratio of 3 to 1, or 75% were Autobots.
- Human Alliance, there were 14 Autobot toys verses 3 Decepticon toys. That's almost 5 to 1.
- Cyberverse (Legion, CMDR, Action sets), there were 22 Autobot toys verses 11 Decepticon toys. A ratio of 2 to 1.
- Gimmick toys, there were 25 Autobot toys verses 9 Decepticon toys. Almost 4 to 1.
- Hasbro Exclusives, there were about 46 Autobot toys verses about 12 Decepticons. Again, almost 4 to 1.
That totals about 132 Autobot toys verses about 43 Decepticon toys in the 6-8 months of the TF3 toyline... about 75% are Autobots, 25% Decepticons.
A massive imbalance during TF3 despite having a bigger cast of Decepticons than TF1 & TF2... but perhaps retailers demanded more good-guy toys, if kids and parents were not buying/receiving villain toys as gifts.
I think this fourth movie is going to be even more out of balance, as we appear to only have 4 Decepticon characters, and very few toys so far known (or leaked).
I think you've hit the nail right on the head there. I have some old donated/junker figures and other toys in my classroom (8 year olds) and the figures always left over are the Cons, bar an animated Leader Megatron and Energon Screamer!Quote:
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