Transformers Appreciation

[andrew8798]

Michael Bay- 'Film almost finished'

Hey everyone,

In Japan today. After a month and half seven days a week most days going till midnight me and my crew have just about finished Transformers. I have never seen such a level of dedication from every crew member in a movie before.

Even today after the press in Japan and right before the premiere tonight, I have to sneak out to a digital house to approve the last few effect shots.

It has been a long hard road, but really fun one to travel. What you will notice that is strikingly different than Transformers 1, is the level of animation detail. The robot characters (42 in all), you really can feel empathy for them. What is also very different is the sheer scale of the movie. We have been very tight holding back much of the best imagery in commercials and trailers.

The way to see this movie is on IMAX. Never before has there been 4k rendered character animation shot on full IMAX 70 mm film. This is a first and the results are stunning. You will see Optimus Prime in a few shots where he is actually perfectly to scale on the IMAX 50 foot tall screens.

For IMAX, I created a slightly longer cut with more robot fighting. Four scenes were shot on IMAX cameras so the screen will fill the full IMAX screen for these scenes.

Haters beware.

Michael

www.shootfortheedit.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5003

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

42 robots? Awesome. Simply awesome.

[andrew8798]

Went to Toys R us today They didn't have much left so I just picked up Demolishor and Wheelie

[andrew8798]

Some news on the Voice Actors

Frank Welker voices SOUNDWAVE and Devastator

Tony Todd voices The Fallen

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

They really should have made Wheelie a Scout-class toy. Still, it looks cool, so I'll be picking him up once he's in stores around here. The only one I won't be getting is the new Brawl; I already have that mold from its previous release, so I don't really want or need it.

[Zombie]

Jun 8, 2009 14:19:33 GMT -5 andrew8798 said:

Tony Todd voices The Fallen

That makes me even more excited to see this!

[andrew8798]

Jun 8, 2009 14:34:24 GMT -5 Mr. Emoticon Man said:

They really should have made Wheelie a Scout-class toy. Still, it looks cool, so I'll be picking him up once he's in stores around here. The only one I won't be getting is the new Brawl; I already have that mold from its previous release, so I don't really want or need it.

I would skip the Brawl toy anyway the toy is crap

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

Oh, I know. I've read about how the Deluxe-class Brawl toy breaks easily. That's why I haven't opened up the one I got from the last line, and I only bought it because Wal-Mart was selling it for dirt cheap anyways.

[andrew8798]

Jun 8, 2009 20:29:23 GMT -5 Mr. Emoticon Man said:

Oh, I know. I've read about how the Deluxe-class Brawl toy breaks easily. That's why I haven't opened up the one I got from the last line, and I only bought it because Wal-Mart was selling it for dirt cheap anyways.

Hell if I knew about the problems with the first figure I wouldn't even brought the repaint

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

I take it yours broke on you?

[andrew8798]

Didn't break just got on my nerves

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

Ah, okay. Well, I guess that gives me more incentive not to open my own Brawl. I think I'll just stick with fiddling around with the Leader class version.

Also, I've found info on the Wave 3 Deluxe-class figures; it'll consist of Mudflap, Cannon Bumblebee, Interrogator Barricade, and Ravage.

[andrew8798]

Jun 8, 2009 21:06:20 GMT -5 Mr. Emoticon Man said:

Ah, okay. Well, I guess that gives me more incentive not to open my own Brawl. I think I'll just stick with fiddling around with the Leader class version.

Also, I've found info on the Wave 3 Deluxe-class figures; it'll consist of Mudflap, Cannon Bumblebee, Interrogator Barricade, and Ravage.

They said the best brawl out there is the Leader class one. And Hasbro Toy Shop already has the Wave 3 Deluxe-class figures for sale if you want to buy them online

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

It definitely is. I mainly got it because I thought it represented the character from the movie best, though. I mean, he was a big character, so he needed a big toy. That's the same reason I got the Leader-class Bulkhead from the Animated line, rather than the smaller and cheaper Voyager-class version.

And I'll wait for them to come out in stores, so I don't have to spend money on shipping and handling. What I really need to do is start chatting with the girl I know who works at the local Toys R Us, and see if she can give me a heads up when they put out the new toys.

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

Well, I just got back from checking the local Toys R Us, and they have a new store exclusive: a two-pack of Autobot Whirl and Bludgeon. They're both just repaints of figures from the previous line, though. Bludgeon is a repaint of Wreckage, and Whirl is a repaint of Evac (who in turn was a repaint/minor retool of Blackout). So, I passed on it, as 34.99 is a bit expensive for a pair of repaints of toys I already own.

[andrew8798]

I saw Whirl and Bludgeon a couple of weeks ago I'll wait and see if the price drops, but with Toys R us they could sit at that price for a while

[andrew8798]

walmart.com has ROTF deluxes for $7.88
and ROTF voyagers for $17.88

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

Cool news about Wal-Mart. But is it just the online site, or are the actual stores having a sale as well?

[andrew8798]

Right Now just the online site

[Mr. Emoticon Man]

Bummer. Oh, well. Maybe it'll turn into an in-store sale eventually.