TF4 - 2014

[Doubledealer]

Latest rumour: Neill Blomkamp will be doing an all-CG film based on fan favourite comic "Last Stand of the Wreckers".

*wakes up*

Latest rumour: Michael Bay comes back to the helm for Transformers 4: Dumber than Ever, and promises more sexy butt shots, a ridonk amount of lame humour and a story so weak you'll sell your entire Transformers collection out of pure shame!

[Hursticon]

And yet you'll all go and see it and feed the machine.

@5FDP: I'd love that, so very much but I can't see it happening either - Though if it does...

Whoever directs it, I could care less as so long as it's entertaining and keeps Transformers in the minds of non-fanatical fans - I'm for it.
These movies have done more good than people give them credit for and All TF Fans have benefited from them immensely.

[gantz]

It has been confirmed Bay will direct, and it will be a 'reboot' of sorts?!?!

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansit.../news/?a=54656

[Doubledealer]

And yet you'll all go and see it and feed the machine.

Perhaps. I saw RotF on the back of how enjoyable the first film was (which I watched 3 times at the cinema). I felt that RotF had the best action scenes out of all three movies but compared to the first film, it was a big letdown overall. Once they reached the desert things really started to drag. I saw it once at the cinema and that was more than enough. Once again, I saw DotM on the back of how good the first movie was, and how much I enjoyed the action scenes in RotF. Didn't enjoy this one at all. The action was so stupid at times (Starscream vs Sam anyone? Or Optimus dangling? Perhaps the completely unnecessary building collapsing scene which, while impressive on ILM's resume, ultimately adds nothing?) and so mind numbingly constant that I completely tuned out after a while. The humour was even worse than RotF (man I miss Bobby B) and it just went for ever and ever and ever.

So maybe I will see it, maybe I won't. I'll admit that when it comes to Transformers I am weak and am more likely to cave in and see it despite my better judgement. If it's given to a decent writer/director (I like the guys who fill both roles) then yes, absolutely I'll go and see it. If Michael Bay does end up doing TF4 I will probably drag myself there on cheap Tuesday.

These movies have done more good than people give them credit for and All TF Fans have benefited from them immensely.

I dunno about that Hursti. I know you aren't the biggest fan of the Animated aesthetic but I was pretty upset when the Animated toy line was cut short to make room for all the RotF stuff. There were even Animated toys that had been designed and readied for mass production that were cancelled.

*sigh* in my head the music is done by Daft Punk.

seriously...did no-one else think the Tron soundtrack would work well with Transformers?

Absolutely! Can't go wrong with the French masters. Would also love to see some super slow-mo action shots of Overlord ripping into the Autobots with this kind of music playing in the background. Ahh it's nice to dream isn't it.

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't know how I feel about this. On the plus side I love the movie aesthetic and lore. On the downside TF3 was fairly terrible.

RotF gets a pass because most of that was written during the writers strike but TF3, while having a competent enough story (except really for that bit with the cosmonauts) was really poorly paced.

The first was good because the type of movie it was allowed it to build the pace slowly to a big climax/reveal at the end of the film, but by the second and third film its a given that the world knows about Transformers so they didn't really have to stay hidden for most of the first two acts.

On the plus side he got better at directing the Transformers action scenes as the movies went - by the third film he'd almost entirely dropped shaky cam in favour of fixed shots. So basically he needs a really good writer on board, and perhaps for Speilberg to crack the whip a bit.

[Doubledealer]

It's official. Michael Bay will be directing TF4 which is set for release on June 29, 2014.

[Sky Shadow]

It's official. Michael Bay will be directing TF4 which is set for release on June 29, 2014.

Oh, for #@(*'s sake! One more nonsensical film about humans and yet another year of ugly shelfwarmers.

[Jinto]

It's official. Michael Bay will be directing TF4 which is set for release on June 29, 2014.

*sigh*, and I was really enjoying Transformers Prime. Does this mean that, like Animated, another series is going to be cancelled in it's, er - 'prime'?

Two years is a long time. Who knows what could happen in the meantime.

The fandom may revolt and Hasbro directors will be found dead with a different Bumblebee repaint stuffed into every orifice.

Or they might surprise us and we may look forward to the movie greatly.

Viva la revolution!

[griffin]

*sigh*, and I was really enjoying Transformers Prime. Does this mean that, like Animated, another series is going to be cancelled in it's, er - 'prime'?

Nah... don't worry. Animated looked to be axed to be able to help launch their new TV Network (The HUB) with an all new lineup of shows of their main brands.
I think Animated was on the decline, but seemed to still have the legs to go another year at least, if the HUB wasn't created.

And even if TF4 is given priority with design & development of toys, TFPrime will just be squeezed to one side like it did last year... and like Generations 2 years before that. It'll just mean having a break from TFPrime toys being released to stores for 6 or so months while Hasbro release their flood of Movie toys.

[Tallestblue]

Latest rumour: Neill Blomkamp will be doing an all-CG film based on fan favourite comic "Last Stand of the Wreckers".

*wakes up*

*sigh* in my head the music is done by Daft Punk.

seriously...did no-one else think the Tron soundtrack would work well with Transformers?

Oh and yay another TF movie. I guess i can take my nephew to see it.