The Official 'Transformers' Live Action Movie Thread

[mr_fantazmo]

take it back a bit wrt to starscream - when ever he changed it looked great, maybe the guy who did barricade came bottom of his class wrt special effects

quite possibly.

There were times in the film where i wasn't aware of the special effects and my brain seemed to just accept that they were real.

I've not been that impressed since Jurassic Park. (which still looks good now imho)

[randombs]

yeah me too. they just looked like metal to me - real, shiny metal. just like how the jp dinosaurs still hold up just fine even today.

[Dogg Thang]

While it's great for the movie, making realistic metal isn't all that impressive. It's when it comes to actual living things that things usually go bad.

[NecronomiconUK]

I love, absolutely LOVE the Paramount logo at the start where you hear the mechanic whirring and grinning of the transformation - a brilliant touch!

Me too! I giggled like a utter geek at that point. Cue a glare from my (non TF fan) girlfriend 'oh my god it's only a logo'. She loved it in the end though.

Off Topic: I agree with JP, but the only bit where the CGI really looks a bit naff on the stunt-woman face replacement when Lex falls through the ceiling panel near the end.

[MJ]

Coming to HD DVD in October:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/Paramount/Disc_Announcements/Transformers_Ready_for_Battle_on_HD_DVD/931

[dvdmike]

With no lossless audio ! hd-dvd fail

[Bleeders]

Does it really matter?

[NekoFever]

The lack of HD audio annoyed me initially, but then I realised that I have no way to play it and would end up hearing it as DTS anyway. It was probably expected anyway since all of Paramount's big releases, even the Blu-rays, have only had Dolby Digital Plus. Still, this would have been a nice one for them to break the habit.

[kazurm]

Coming to HD DVD in October:

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/sh..._on_HD_DVD/931

Yeah, only HD DVD, as Paramount stated they're going HD DVD only, generally...

[bash]

Because of no Transformers on Blu-Ray is apparently the reason for Micheal Bay not willing to direct the sequel . . . . Or maybe he's just playing hardball?

[ChrisF]

Because of no Transformers on Blu-Ray is apparently the reason for Micheal Bay not willing to direct the sequel . . . . Or maybe he's just playing hardball?

That all fizzled out a while back. He's back on for the sequel now as he, apparently, "drank the kool aid".

[bash]

Really? Thats good news, I dont think anyone else is in favour of another director now, especially after mention of them not being able to fit in a transforming air craft carrier!!!!

[NekoFever]

There's been talk about how they could give a satisfactory explanation for size changing in the next film (mainly for Soundwave), and there's been talk of an aircraft carrier. This can only mean Broadside who transforms into both a jet fighter (ridiculously large) and an aircraft carrier, which also means triple changers:



Since he's huge I hope that means more big robots. Combiners, please

[Miguel007]

Transformers (2 Disc HD-DVD) is up for pre-order at Movietyme for 17.99.

[EvilBoris]

There's been talk about how they could give a satisfactory explanation for size changing in the next film (mainly for Soundwave), and there's been talk of an aircraft carrier. This can only mean Broadside who transforms into both a jet fighter (ridiculously large) and an aircraft carrier, which also means triple changers:



Since he's huge I hope that means more big robots. Combiners, please

I thought that entire scene with the super huge cube shrinking right down into a tiny little thing was there attempt to explain that.