Transformers 4 - ongoing news thread

[Gofigure]

Teaser? Crap

Really need to see a proper trailer now that my expectations have been lowered further by the Super Bowl teaser. Wanting to see something that gets my interest

[griffin]

One of the actors has spoken about TF4 "NOT being a kids movie".
Which isn't new. The second and third ones had a lot of violence, and I think DOTM was the one that had trouble getting under an R rating in America.
And this is a new actor to the franchise, and he hasn't even seen the finished product, so unless there was heaps of blood, or heavy coarse language, or a sex scene in the parts he was in, I don't think he would have a clue.
But the funny thing is, if he is actually right... why have so many "under 5" toys if none of that age group would (should) be seeing this movie? (especially if it ends up being as bad as this guy claims)

[Sinnertwin]

Where has this guy been for the last 7 years?

[DELTAprime]

If I had a kid (say 4 or 5 years old) I personally wouldn't let them see a PG13/M15 movie until after I had seen it cause there is content in some of those movies a really young kid might be traumatised by. (I am using the word traumatised in a loose manner). I know my cousin who is 7 is a bit traumatised by the violence in the LOTR movies and Ironman was a bit to much for him. Knowing that I advised his parents that DOTM was probably to much for him with so much violence against humans.

I wouldn't take the fact there are kids toys as automatically meaning any movie is appropriate for kids. When I was a kid I had toys from an R18+ movie called Aliens and that is very inappropriate for kids.

[5FDP]

I'm not letting either of my kids see these movies until they're at least 9 years of age. I'll probably up-that to 10 when they turn 9 I haven't let them watch TF:Prime yet either.

[griffin]

One of the actors has spoken about TF4 "NOT being a kids movie".
Which isn't new. The second and third ones had a lot of violence, and I think DOTM was the one that had trouble getting under an R rating in America.
And this is a new actor to the franchise, and he hasn't even seen the finished product, so unless there was heaps of blood, or heavy coarse language, or a sex scene in the parts he was in, I don't think he would have a clue.
But the funny thing is, if he is actually right... why have so many "under 5" toys if none of that age group would (should) be seeing this movie? (especially if it ends up being as bad as this guy claims)

Sounds like someone got a spanking over those comments, as a bit of backtracking is now in order... changing his statement to sound more like "not JUST a kids movie", which the earlier ones never were just for kids anyway. (or should be seen by young kids to begin with)
Because, even if it isn't suitable for kids under a certain age, Paramount (and Bay for his commission) don't want parents to know about it until after they've paid for the tickets and started watching it. There might be a rating on the film, but while the theme is a "kids toyline", they are going to want kids and parents to pay money to see it (who won't even notice if it says PG or M).
But if the media publicise comments from any official or related source saying that certain people should not watch it, Bay and Paramount don't even get the chance to get money from people who will blindly assume it is okay for kids (based on the Brand being for kids).

And even if the movie was more kid-friendly than expected, it goes to my earlier comments, that individual actors in any movie will only get to see a glimpse of the total project, like looking through a peephole, or being one person on a long assembly line - you only see a small fraction of the complete picture.

[griffin]

Apparently the first full-length trailer could be out within the week, as it has been given a rating in Canada, which is said to give it a time frame of being in theatres (and online) the following week.
It is listed as being 2m 22s long, and is rated at PG (the trailer, not the movie).
This is likely to be the trailer for America and here, but if not, we should see it online within days of its release to theatres.

[griffin]

A video clip of Peter Cullen recording lines for a Movie toy or merchandise.
None of it should be movie spoilers, as it is random generic phrases that will likely be on one of the electronic toys.

It's interesting for me to listen to that clip (you don't see Cullen though), and be able to visualise both Peter and Optimus speaking.

[Gofigure]

If I had a kid (say 4 or 5 years old) I personally wouldn't let them see a PG13/M15 movie until after I had seen it cause there is content in some of those movies a really young kid might be traumatised by. (I am using the word traumatised in a loose manner). I know my cousin who is 7 is a bit traumatised by the violence in the LOTR movies and Ironman was a bit to much for him. Knowing that I advised his parents that DOTM was probably to much for him with so much violence against humans.

I wouldn't take the fact there are kids toys as automatically meaning any movie is appropriate for kids. When I was a kid I had toys from an R18+ movie called Aliens and that is very inappropriate for kids.

Had no idea Aliens had that rating. How on earth did I get to see at the movies as a 10 year old

[Sky Shadow]

When I was a kid I had toys from an R18+ movie called Aliens and that is very inappropriate for kids.

Had no idea Aliens had that rating. How on earth did I get to see at the movies as a 10 year old

Aliens was M in Australia. So it was fine as long as you were a mature ten year-old.