Transformers movie designs
POSTED BY: Cybersnark
UPDATED: Saturday, December 2, 2006 17:03
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Thanks for the pics and keeping us updated Cybersnark.
Still not too crazy about how Optimus is looking, but I guess it will grow on me.
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Hopefully this'll actually post this time.
Another day, another picture of Prime, and this time he's packin' heat.
EDIT: hotlinking doesn't work. Just go over there and look: http://www.tformers.com/article.php?sid=6474
Interesting that the gun seems to plug into his arm rather than being held by a grip. Maybe Prime just got tired of losing it (which might also explain the lack of trailer). If you look at his back, you can kinda see where it seems to stow (compare the view of his back here with the one I posted earlier; it looks like something's been rearranged beyond the "energy belt" plugging in).
This could also be reassuring for Megatron's arm-cannon. Maybe it folds away, or just isn't shown on the design sketch. Or maybe Optimus stole it.
The energy belt is a cool idea; it looks like it's a simple power conduit that happens to look like a belt-feed.
I should stress again that all of these pics are "early" design work (including the "final" designs I posted a day ago, mea culpa), and have probably already been greatly modified. Looks like nothing'll be final until we see it on screen or in plastic.
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A couple of new pics posted courtesy of Seibertron.com. Sort of.
These are apparently of a mockup to show camera angles and relative sizes (either that, or the special effects are gonna be a lot less than advertised 
). This means that these still aren't final designs.
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=056f48d99d0562fd3a5cac59062
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http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=056f48d99d0562fd3a5cac59062
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Current theory, from top left to bottom right: Blackout (you can see his spinny-thing sticking up behind Megatron's shoulder), Megatron, Possibly-Frenzy (to Megs' left), Ratchet (by the building), Optimus (in front of Megatron), Starscream (there're two others behind him, but we can't see who), Jazz and Bumblebee (standing fully exposed front'n'centre), and off on the left is someone we don't know, possibly Brawl (the tank) or Bonecrusher (the mine-sweeper thing). It's probably Brawl, given the colours.
Schroedinger's Frenzy could also be Ironhide (the size fits), which leaves Barricade and another Potential-Frenzy hiding behind Starscream. Scorponok likely isn't present.
It's hard to ID them, because this is our first glimpse of most of these robots. Jazz is recognizeable because of the car front on his chest, and Ratchet's colours identify him. As I said, the black guy in back is the right size and colour to be Ironhide, or maybe Barricade if I'm misjudging perspective, but we have no clue how Frenzy looks in either mode, so it's up in the air.
(These are shrunken to avoid freaking people out. The originals can be found over at http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8350.)
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And here's another pic of Bumblebee, soaking up some sun between takes. This movie star thing's really gotten to him. 
Okay, technically the maquette's not fully assembled here (you can see his hands are disconnected, and I know from previous shots that he has some back kibble that's been removed to allow him to lie down), but you can get a good look at where the kibble seems to go. I see the corners of his front end on his chest, and he has wheels in his ankles. I like the license-plate-as-belt-buckle look.
"Anybody get the license of the big freakin' robot that did this?"
"Well, as a matter of fact. . ."
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Thanks for the updates Cybersnark.
The shot of Bumblebee down on the trailer is cool. Gives us a chance to get a good look at him. Nice detailed work on him.
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Looks like the drought is starting to end: we finally have newness:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eldenniston/265529083/in/pool-transformer
smovie/
Here's a shot of the blue-screen-like model frame for Optimus Prime's head & shoulder. Obviously, the scale prevents him from getting the Bumblebee treatment. You'll note that his face doesn't seem as gaunt here (more like his familiar G1 face), suggesting that the early designs have swung back a bit conservatively.
There are also some less-interesting shots there, mostly showing alt-modes and extras.
*SPOILER CONJECTURE AHEAD*
*READ AT OWN RISK, AND TAKE WITH LARGE GRAINS OF SALT*
http://transformerslive.blogspot.com/2006/10/pics-from-uss-shoup-of-tr
ansformer.html
And here's what looks like pieces of everybody's favourite badass copter, Blackout. These are being transported aboard the USS Shoup (yes, there's a vessel called the Shoup), for some (presumeably) second-unit stuff still to be filmed.
Main filming ended last week, though the CG has yet to be finalized, and they still haven't even cast all the VAs yet. Frank Welker (the original voice of Megatron, Soundwave, Rumble, Wheelie, and a cast of thousands) is still in consideration for Megatron, but nothing's been signed yet.
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They seem to have lost the original style now they look a bit too much like japanese gundam or mecha-anime
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Fine by me; I like anime. Japan are the only people who've done giant robots right. (I mean, what has America produced? Robot Jox?)
'Sides, the original aesthetic needed two completely different character designs: one for the toy (which typically couldn't move) and one for the cartoon character (which looked like a human wearing foam armour). Trying to adapt the original look of them would result only in Power Rangers comparisons.
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A bit "after the fact," given the big picture of him upthread, but we now have glimpses of Bumblebee's concept art.
Harbx has posted them as parts of a wallpaper: http://www.harbx.com/archives/2006/11/transformers_bu.html
I'm not gonna post them here 'cause they'd deform the thread even more than it is, but they're right there on the page I linked to.
We get to see all four of Bumblebee's modes (1974 Camaro, old-robot, 2007 Camaro, new-robot), as well as his battle mask (looks like just his helmet sliding forward), and his staggering array of weapons. Looks like the gun-arm is gonna be a standard-issue thing, and Bumblebee also hets a couple of racks of shoulder-mounted missiles.
You can't spell "badass" without the 'Bee. 
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Originally posted by Cybersnark:
A couple of new pics posted courtesy of Seibertron.com. Sort of.
These are apparently of a mockup to show camera angles and relative sizes (either that, or the special effects are gonna be a lot less than advertised
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=056f48d99d0562fd3a5cac59062
5caf0&act=Attach&type=post&id=6811
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?s=056f48d99d0562fd3a5cac59062
5caf0&act=Attach&type=post&id=6812
Current theory, from top left to bottom right: Blackout (you can see his spinny-thing sticking up behind Megatron's shoulder), Megatron, Possibly-Frenzy (to Megs' left), Ratchet (by the building), Optimus (in front of Megatron), Starscream (there're two others behind him, but we can't see who), Jazz and Bumblebee (standing fully exposed front'n'centre), and off on the left is someone we don't know, possibly Brawl (the tank) or Bonecrusher (the mine-sweeper thing). It's probably Brawl, given the colours.
Schroedinger's Frenzy could also be Ironhide (the size fits), which leaves Barricade and another Potential-Frenzy hiding behind Starscream. Scorponok likely isn't present.
It's hard to ID them, because this is our first glimpse of most of these robots. Jazz is recognizeable because of the car front on his chest, and Ratchet's colours identify him. As I said, the black guy in back is the right size and colour to be Ironhide, or maybe Barricade if I'm misjudging perspective, but we have no clue how Frenzy looks in either mode, so it's up in the air.
(These are shrunken to avoid freaking people out. The originals can be found over at http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=8350.)
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YO, CYBERSNARK. you said that Scorponok isn't in that pic. though isn't he the dude in the bottom left?
the one will those spikes and stuff.
PLUS i think i found a dude with the script.
http://latinoreview.com/scriptreview.php?id=25
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