Transformers movie designs
POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Saturday, December 2, 2006 17:03
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Not sure I like Optimus truck design too much, guess I could live with it. But, Megatron looks lousy. I hate when they alter a character too much. Where's his cannon and what's with the face?
WT is going on with Bumblebee? I thought he was a little subcompact, the new one looks like a musclecar.
This looks like it's going to be a wait to video.
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One point I might make on Megatron. Actually more a hope than a point. I'm hoping that the image here is not the final textured version. Tecturing a cgi model is just as hard as modelling it, and you often use simple test textures in the early stages while modelling is incomplete. You wouldn't want to waste the texturers time and make him/ her redo the whole job.
I'm hoping this monochromatic shiny peice of crap is an unfinished version like the monochromatic global illumination renders of Blackout's toy prototype.
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Quote:Well, the original Bumblebee was a superdeformed VW beetle (despite how it looked on the show, it wasn't a realistically-proportioned one). The fact that it was chibi was the only reason it could be produced --they didn't need VW's permission.
Originally posted by Veteran:
WT is going on with Bumblebee? I thought he was a little subcompact, the new one looks like a musclecar.
See, VW refuses to allow their name/image to be associated with war (which is both ironic and understandable given their history), and TFs is essentially a war story, so Bumblebee can never officially return to his roots.
Also, in the last three series, the "Bumblebee-type character" has been called Hot Shot (actually, he's kind of a cross between Bumblebee and Hot Rod --the token young, brash, audience-identification character), and has consistently been a sports car.
At least there's a logical progression to it.
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Quote:Those pictures were awsome, weren't they? There was one problem, I didn't know if the top picrure was Optimus Prime or not. Those bottom pictures with the police car with the Decepticon sign were just pictures showing what they would look like in vehicle mode if they were real.
Originally posted by Cybersnark:
http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/
I bet I'll love this new movie, i can't wait to see it!
Crazy Head Primus
*A prodigal division of Chrisisall*
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These vehicles are showing some promise, especially Barricade, Bonecrusher, and Bumblebee. Hopefully the toys will live up.
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Quote:You're right, the toys might be awesome, and I think I saw bumblebee.
Originally posted by BrownCoat1:
These vehicles are showing some promise, especially Barricade, Bonecrusher, and Bumblebee. Hopefully the toys will live up.
Primus
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And Bumblebee sees you:
Today (well, late yesterday, but I'm just seeing it now) is our first glimpse of the Bee's face:
(Courtesy of HOOKS over at the Allspark.)
This is from the physical model, which other sources have told us "isn't complete" (i.e., it's an on-set stand-in, lacking final detail). I'm hoping for some kind of CG mask over the mouth area. The eyes and forehead Autobrand are perfect, though.
UPDATE: Writer Roberto Orci has confirmed that all TF faces will have some CG elements overlaying the actual on-set model.
Also yesterday, a few new on-set pics popped up on LatinoReview:
Here's upgraded Bumblebee.
See that ginormous black truck in the background? Well, he's Ironhide.
And here's Jazz, hanging out with some "Section 7" peeps (Section 7 being the US government agency tasked with "handling" the Transformers. 'Cause, y'know, US = the entire world 
).
And finally, here's Ratchet, hiding from the paparazzi with Bumblebee.
We also got a size comparison of the robot modes:
Jazz : 13 feet tall
Bumblebee: 17 feet tall
Ratchet: 24 feet tall
Iron Hide: 26 feet tall
Optimus Prime: 28 feet tall
Megatron: 34 feet tall
Yes, Bumblebee's not the shortest! Woohoo! Take that, Jazz!
*ahem*
Sorry. Fellow short-guy sympathy happening.
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Another coupla updates!
A new image of Optimus Prime has appeared, showing a more advanced design (which gels with earlier reports that the leaked designs are very early work). The differences are subtle, but they are there:
And one lucky geek managed to catch a glimpse of a highway scene:
Here's truck-mode Optimus, going the wrong way on a one-way street:
And here's Optimus, Bonecrusher, Ratchet, and what could be either Barricade or an actual police car. They look to be just hanging out between takes.
More pics and some videos are over here: http://www.myextralife.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=8915
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As much as I hate ItAin'tCoolNews, they've snagged some cool looks at the final optimus rendering, including a comparison shot of his face in "standard" and "battle" modes.
The "standard" face was explained long ago (before any design work had been done), explaining that "They" wanted Prime's mouth to be visible to better convey emotion. Kinda ironic how that turned out.
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Hi,
Here is a side by side of the actual Megatron they are destroying in the new Transformers Movie Vs. how it SHOULD look in My Version, at the very least! Take a look:
http://www.beyondcomicsinc.com/tf-www.beyondcomics.tv.html
Thanks for viewing and please pass this on and post it,
If you get a chance, please take a look at my new upcoming comics and animated Anime Feature called Ravedactyl & Justice based on my comic books at: http://www.beyondcomics.tv
Thanks again,
Your fellow TF Fan,
G-
My best,
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