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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 26, 2009 15:01:18 GMT -5
Bummer. I'm not a huge fan of G1 toys.
Still... at least he looks more articulate than the standard G1 toy.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 26, 2009 18:10:44 GMT -5
The Voice actors for the movie
Returning from the first film, we've got:
Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime Jess Harnell as Ironhide Robert Foxworth as Ratchet Hugo Weaving as Megatron Charlie Adler as Starscream
Our new characters include:
Tony Todd as The Fallen Andre Sogliuzzo as Sideswipe Grey DeLisle as Arcee Mark Ryan as Jetfire. Ryan provided Bumblebee's voice in the first movie, but 'Bee doesn't speak in this movie. Tom Kenny as Skids and Wheelie. Reno Wilson as Mudflap. Wilson voiced Frenzy in the first movie. John DiCrosta as The Doctor Calvin Wimmer as Demolishor, who is credited under his production name of "Wheelbot" Kevin Michael Richardson as Rampage, who is credited under his production name of "Skipjack" Frank Welker as Soundwave, Devastator, and "Reedman". The Nintendo DS video game confirms that this mysterious "Reedman" is the razor-thin robot formed of the marble-sized robots disgorded by Ravage.
Kevin Michael Richardson, Michael York and Robin Atkin Downes provide the voices of the Primes who speak to Sam in his vision (York as #1, Richardson as #2 and Downes as #3).
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 26, 2009 22:31:56 GMT -5
Here's a tid-bit on the ROTF toys.
The Deluxes for Wave 4 are supposedly Jolt, Blazemaster, Dead End, and the Skids/Mudflap Ice Cream Truck, and the Wave 5 Deluxes are supposedly Arcee and Swerve.
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Post by bob on Jun 27, 2009 11:11:37 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 27, 2009 11:36:44 GMT -5
I don't really get the complaint about Transformer Heaven. Isn't it a pretty standard device to have some one be in a near-death experience, only to have an inspirational vision from beyond the grave before rising up again? It might be cliche, but I think it was also pretty well used here.
And it's important to note that Jolt was pretty much shoe-horned into the movie because a car company wanted his alt-mode to be used, which explains how he has no lines and only one scene of any importance. But as the toy looks sweet, I can forgive them for that easily.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 27, 2009 14:26:17 GMT -5
Michael Bay's Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen earned yet another $36.7 million on Friday to bring its three-day domestic total to $125.9 million.
While "Revenge of the Fallen" is heading for a five-day worldwide box office record, it is estimated that its domestic haul over the same frame could be more than $190 million.
The Dark Knight holds the five-day opening domestic record with $203.8 million. "Revenge of the Fallen" could earn $115 million this weekend for a five-day total of $205 million.
The DreamWorks/Paramount release is currently playing at 4,234 theaters, 169 of which are IMAX.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 27, 2009 14:34:22 GMT -5
I think it's friggin' sweet that ROTF is doing so well that it might break TDK's record.
On another note, though, does anyone else think Wheelie's toy looks evil as hell?
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 28, 2009 11:48:54 GMT -5
Here's the prices for Target's sale that's starting today.
Sale Prices
Deluxe- $8.99 Leader- $39.99 Power Bots- $18.99 Superion- $27.99
Prices after 20% coupon.
Deluxe- $7.19 Leader- $31.99 Power Bots- $15.19 Superion- $22.39
Remember that Target has a 2-week limit on sale price match
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 28, 2009 12:27:01 GMT -5
Box office mojo is projecting a MASSIVE +$201 Million first 5 days, just a hair behind last years TDK ($203,773,518)
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 28, 2009 13:39:54 GMT -5
Picked up Leader-class Optimus Prime at Target today. I held off on Megatron, though. I'm still not sure which I want, Leader or Voyager.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 28, 2009 17:41:25 GMT -5
Worldwide the movie has made 387 million in it's first full weekend
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 28, 2009 18:41:54 GMT -5
With a budget of 200 million, that means they've made a profit of 187 million. That doesn't seem bad at all to me, and I imagine it'll only continue to grow and grow.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 28, 2009 19:03:08 GMT -5
Toys R us is having another sale on the ROTF line
All Deluxe figures down to $9.99. Voyager Class is down to 17.99, and Leader Class down to $39.99 Plus they're throwing in $10 giftcards with $30 Transformer purchases.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 28, 2009 21:41:23 GMT -5
ANOTHER Toys R Us sale? Jesus! I really, really hope the third time's the charm at my local one, 'cause last time I was there they still didn't have anything but Wave 1 stuff.
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Post by bob on Jun 28, 2009 23:01:37 GMT -5
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 28, 2009 23:13:18 GMT -5
Yeesh. Characters got killed off in the animated Transformers not because Nelson Shinn had balls, but because Hasbro had new toys to sell. Praising the director for that move is giving credit where it isn't due, and ignoring the context of what was going on.
And why do people think Wolverine and Terminator proved people "won't stand for garbage"? Both movies made a pretty decent profit. A show of "we don't want more of this" would be when a movie DOESN'T make hundreds of millions of dollars. If anything, movies like Wolverine and Transformers making a killing at the box office shouts just the opposite.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 29, 2009 19:22:15 GMT -5
200 Million domestic in 5 Days, ROTF made 33 Million on sunday, but the Worldwide numbers were estimated a little too low
The worldwide take through Sunday is $390.4 Million
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 29, 2009 20:31:28 GMT -5
Awesome.
I wonder how much money it'll end up making before it stops showing in theaters.
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Post by andrew8798 on Jun 30, 2009 14:14:06 GMT -5
$14.8 million haul for monday.
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Post by Mr. Emoticon Man on Jun 30, 2009 15:14:01 GMT -5
Cool.
I'm no box office expert, but a 200 million dollar film making over 400 million when it's only been out for a week in the States is really good, right?
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