Transformers Movies and Cartoons on Free-TV

[griffin]

Transformers 4 is having its first screening on free-to-air TV on Saturday, at 7pm on Channel 9.
Only 2 years and 2 months after it started in theatres...

(I didn't realise it had been so long)

[UltraMarginal]

I've been thinking lately it's time to sit down and watch it again since I have the bluray and I haven't seen it since the cinema.

[griffin]

Not sure why they started the movie early at 7pm, because it isn't for young kiddies... and they cut out a fair bit, to get it down to PG for that timeslot.

[Bartrim]

Not sure why they started the movie early at 7pm, because it isn't for young kiddies... and they cut out a fair bit, to get it down to PG for that timeslot.

I haven't watched Age of Extinction since it was in the movies and I thought they had cut a bit out.

[Civic Bossman]

So far its been cut to shreds

[tinyJazz]

Not sure why they started the movie early at 7pm, because it isn't for young kiddies... and they cut out a fair bit, to get it down to PG for that timeslot.

So far its been cut to shreds

What did they cut out? I can't remember anything significant that happened in the film in the first place. Apart from Ratchet dying.

[Bartrim]

What did they cut out? I can't remember anything significant that happened in the film in the first place. Apart from Ratchet dying.

I could just tell that the third act was cut up real bad. I couldn't tell you specifically what was missing but it was obviously missing bits... Or really badly edited.

[griffin]

Channel Nine have been including the TF5 The Last Knight movie in its latest package of "upcoming new movies" TV commercial that started playing about 2 weeks ago, so it could be on in the next month.

I didn't realise it was now 2 years and 6 months since the TF5 movie was out in cinemas... and yet free-to-air hadn't played it yet. The Marvel Universe Movies, they seem to be able to play within two years of them being at cinemas (like Black Panther - it came out in cinemas mid-February 2018, and was on free-to-air at the beginning of January 2020... and it is having it's fourth screening this week on a Nine Network channel... talk about overkill in just three weeks).

Transformers 4 is having its first screening on free-to-air TV on Saturday, at 7pm on Channel 9.
Only 2 years and 2 months after it started in theatres...

(I didn't realise it had been so long)

I think my earlier posting was meant to be sarcastic, as it seemed like a long time for it to show up on free-to-air, and now the 5th movie has an even longer wait. Usually movies that didn't do so well, are rushed out to DVD and TV to reduce their losses quicker.

When Channel 9 finally showed TF4 on TV here, it was heavily censored due to its early start... but the repeat screening about a week later started later, and was left un-edited.
It will be interesting to see what they do this time - if they start it early and edit it for a PG rating (because TV execs think "Transformers" is meant to be for kids).

[spiderken17]

I still haven't seen the Last Knight and have been waiting for it to come on TV. They keep playing all the other ones and i am expecting to see it coming on as well but it hasn't yet. Hopefully you are right amd it comes on soon.

[griffin]

Well, it's on tonight on channel 9 at 8.30pm I think... with little fanfare as the first commercial I saw for it was last night..
It's like channel 9 don't expect much from it by sticking it on a Thursday and not promote it.