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Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Prime_Reborn on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 04:57:50 AM
That is sweet, he practically seethes with evil.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by npk on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:02:41 AM
Might as well just throw Johnny 5 into the movie too.
Yay utterly generic robots!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by WWOp on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:12:47 AM
If that's his Cybertronian mode I'm cool with it, but please tell me that's not his final Earth form.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Rah-digga on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:14:46 AM
Well that's just Prime. I'm heading over to Don Murphy's site to see what he has to say about this but like the above post states, this better not be a final version.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Powerone on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:21:10 AM
Boy, does that design suck!
Power on.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Kickback(biteme@hotmail.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:22:46 AM
WTF IS THAT?!?!? Its ***** mess!!!!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by lord_onixprime on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:36:54 AM
looks sweet.
people, this is his CYBERTRONIAN form, not an earth for. dont be stupid. since when is "Alien Jet" and earth form?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Smeg on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:40:39 AM
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You have got to be kidding me. There aren't enough frowny faces for this in the world :(
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by primus on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:54:18 AM
So much for the people making this film being Transformers Fans. Seriously, this is an insult to the entire franchise. Anyone who had a remote interest in this property would have done more to preserve his likeness. This looks like anything but Megatron.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Massdestruction on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:56:11 AM
And when Hasbro makes the action figure, he will be made of mostly bendy plastic so the kids won't poke their eyes out on all those sharp points.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by StevieGforPM on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:03:06 AM
Even though I was prepared to give a director that I do not like a chance, everything leaked/released about the movie so far has depressed me a little, and the robot designs this week have taken the biscuit.
When I saw this megatron I seriously felt like vomiting...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by BeastWars4ever on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:10:18 AM
What the #$@%*$@ @%&@ is that? I've liked the designs so far. But what is this CRAP! Does it look cool? Yes! As Megatron? NO!!!! As a transformer? Heck no!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by FoxtailGuy on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:10:45 AM
The only thing I can say is that I know from experience that video game and movie concept artists produce literally hundreds of designs to this level of quality in the preproduction phase of a movie or game. There's always a possibility this is not the final version of Megatron. The legs are. That much is certain. In any case, it's a disappointment overall for anyone who's a fan and wanted to see *The* Megatron on the silver screen.
As far as Beast Machines and the TransTech designs ventured away from the traditional Transformers look and feel, I feel they were closer to what we remember than this is. Until now, we've always been able to simply look at a character and get a feel for who he is. When I look at this movie design, I don't really know what I'm looking at.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Galvatron397 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:24:10 AM
Ok that's it. I liked Optimus Prime at first but he 'ungrew' on me. I liked the Starscream but now that I see what misery it's causing people I've started to dislike him as well. Megatron was going to be a key factor in this whole thing and they blew it. I'm want to see a movie about transformers, and so far the only one who looks like himself is Scorponok. And I'm not going to see Scorponok The Movie. I wasn't alive during G1 but I still like what I've seen of them and this is a shambling mockery of what G1 or ANY Transformer is about.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:25:39 AM
...And, if you listen closely, you can just hear the sound of every member here simultaneously suffering a massive cranial hemmorrage...!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:37:13 AM
Honestly, I've found myself defending this movie more often than I thought, and I never gave it a second thought. After all, I've been excited enough about the whole thing that I've overlooked some of the down sides. And, I still don't feel too badly about most of it....Optimus' design is unconventional, but still solid; we have THE voice of Prime to look forward to.... there are still some VERY positive things here.
And then....
And then came Megatron. This design is the most hideous thing I've ever seen. It looks like H.R. Geiger threw up!!! I mean, the only thing that could POSSIBLY make this design any worse would be if he were to have a penis for a tongue ( lol ... see the new KISS post, anyone? ).
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by ultramagnus53 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:44:56 AM
Honestly, I grew up with the transformers and to this day, my favorite movie of all time is transformers the movie. And I am actually a pretty cool guy, not like half the nerds on the site. I wasn't even registered until i saw these megatron pictures. i dont care care how cool "megatron" might look, this is an outrage to anyone who loves the transformers. I am honestly so pissed right now. I know that hollywood is all about money, but i was hoping that maybe this movie would retain some of the brilliance that made it what is was in the 80s and still going strong today. But no chance, Michael Bay and co are taking the magic of 1984 and turning into a sideshow. If you are going to design characters that look totally different from what all these transformers fans grew up with, why call the movie "transformers"? It's just common sense. I mean seriously, how many vintage transformers fans are out there? Well, i dont know exactly, but we have a 20th anniversary optimus prime, a 20th anniversary DVD rerelease of transformers the movie, and a masterpiece starscream along the way. So obviously, the transformers has really struck a cord with so many people. So why make a big budget movie called "transformers" and create new character designs for all the robots? I'll even stick up for bumblebee. Of course he was the whinniest piece of garbage in the series, but he still played a part and made the character range dynamic. In my opinion, this is another huge hollywood mistake based on money and attracting a new, younger fan base. It just shocks me because this has happened so many times in hollywood but no one seems to learn. I would bet my life that if there was a production company out there that had some balls and made a transformers movie that closely mimicked the original series that they would make there money hand over foot. I am just so frustrated with this garbage.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Blitzwing on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:58:59 AM
Gee, thanks for stereotyping us as nerds....
This must be "TF garbage" week. First, the whole KISS outrage and now this... abomonation called Megatron. Who'd they get to design these things, the guy who drew up Predator? I hope this is some kind of sick joke, or Bay is gonna tank again. I even showed a coworker the Megatron pic and you know what his response was?
"Guess I won't see that movie then"
A sad week for TF... very sad.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by J_Man on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 06:59:55 AM
I don't so much mind the "alien jet" form. I'd be fine with Megatron even being on earth with that form. I don't care for the robot form though. It's horrible. Everyone of these designs look like they were modeled by starting with a wad of paper. They're a pile of metal that happens to look like a robot. None of them have fluid forms. I can't figure out what they're thinking.
Well I guess the hand full of fans that like this junk will be happy and pee themselves watching this. I'll be there watching it, but like I said, it's going to have to be great to wow me witht he story. It's like reading a comic with horrible art, if the story sucks too what do you have?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Roboto750 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:03:39 AM
Okay, I've liked the other designs, but this one this one stretches things a bit too far for my tastes. Hopefully it's an early version of him in the film, or a very early design concept that has been changed or scrapped!
On another note, does anyone see Frank Welker (if they get him) voicing such a "thing"? If this is the true design, then the original Megatron voice just will not do.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by nortagem on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:06:20 AM
Guys...this is not MEGATRON! This is not even THE TRANSFORMERS anymore. F@%K YOU BAY!!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by kary0127 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:22:16 AM
SHUT UP TO ALL OF YOU GUYS WHO DO NOTHING BUT WHINE AND COMPLAIN ABOUT THIS MOVIE.
This is a new and interesting take on TF's. You haven't even seen this movie yet. All you've seen is the designs of what everyone is looking like. If I had based my judgement about BeastWars or Beast Machines based simply on their designs i would have missed out on an incredible story.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Galvatron397 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:28:33 AM
If by new and interesting you mean shitty and half-assed then I agree with you completely.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Kickback(biteme@hotmail.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:29:11 AM
[This is a new and interesting take on TF's. You haven't even seen this movie yet. All you've seen is the designs of what everyone is looking like. If I had based my judgement about BeastWars or Beast Machines based simply on their designs i would have missed out on an incredible story.]
You are right! I love BW for the stories and I have to admit I overreacted. The story might resolve a lot this and *I* won't cheat myself by passing judgement now.
Thanks for that. I needed to be reminded of what kind of reaction BW got initially and this is not very different. Give it time people!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by YankeeSR23 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:30:32 AM
I like some of the designs but part of me wonders how would you ever make any of them into toys?
Megatron and Prime look like they'd be really hard to make into toys that you could market to kids these days.
I know they are trying to not rehash the original G1 toys but their designs were more realistic than these things. Heck they could've use the Alternators designs and I would be pleased as punch.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by dark69 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:34:31 AM
i love it! they look so cool i want there toys now so bad!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Antichokkite on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:34:34 AM
This is a cool evil design, but it's NOT Megatron. It's not recognizable as him at all. It looks more like the Guyver.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by npk on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:35:55 AM
[[This is a new and interesting take on TF's. You haven't even seen this movie yet. All you've seen is the designs of what everyone is looking like. If I had based my judgement about BeastWars or Beast Machines based simply on their designs i would have missed out on an incredible story. ]]
No, organic alt-modes was a new and interesting take on TransFormers. Technorganic everything was a new and interesting take on TransFormeres (though not very well received). Generic bot-modes is neither new nor interesting nor TransFormers.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Bluestreak27(MakeaclassicsBLUESTREAK@PLEASEHARBRO.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:40:48 AM
I really tried to be optimistic but after seeing the starscream design and now this piece of s*** Megatron...the movies not worth my money...I don't know what it is but it's not a TRANSFORMERS movie...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by robochrist(chicafea@aol.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:52:44 AM
theyre supposed to be real and aliens the further away from what wre used to the better i wanna feel like ive never seen one bofore i have 20 years of memories on my shelves and ill never stop loving those butthis is real life know not 2d
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by robochrist(chicafea@aol.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:52:46 AM
theyre supposed to be real and aliens the further away from what wre used to the better i wanna feel like ive never seen one bofore i have 20 years of memories on my shelves and ill never stop loving those butthis is real life know not 2d
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by robochrist(chicafea@aol.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:53:54 AM
damn i suck at typing sorry readers...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Darkdecepticon on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:55:55 AM
Is it just me or does this look like a guyver prototype or one of todd mcfarlene's lines. I see nothing that says transformers or reminds me of what Megatron was really about. Evil yeah sure, But evil in a demonic way like a creature not a mechanical machine. Where's Meg's right arm cannon. I'm slowly loosing interest in this line. Maybe I'm not going with the change but I have to say this isn't what I had expected for the movie line.
too organic to say the least maybe in an aliens movie but not with mechanical beings. These look like star wars droids.
c'est la vie
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by robochrist(chicafea@aol.com) on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:57:10 AM
and f that guy that thinks wre all nerds i like nerds but transfans come from all walks you narrow minded "cool guy"
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by edbomber7 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:06:14 AM
I've given this movie a chance. The pictures leaked out earlier of prime, blackout, and starscream were not perfect. eh...that's ok. I somehow even talked myself into thinking starscream doesn't look perfect (or even close), prime looks ok and this is a fresh new take on things so the movie will still be great! But after seeing these pictures I really think that the only thing Transformers about this movie is the Name. The might as well call this "Robots from outer space"
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:08:38 AM
Okay, I've said this a MILLION times, now...
I'm keeping an open mind, and unless something TOTALLY drastic changes, I WILL go see this film. However, that doesn't mean I have to immediately agree with everything about it. After all, it's ENTERTAINMENT. As such, it is geared to the masses. Now, since not everyone thinks exactly alike, there are SOME things each of us will, as individuals, will disagree with. Right now, I have issues with the design for Megs.
Even if you ignore the lack of resemblance to a more "traditional" Megatron, which is important to some people, and not so much to others, this design is way too convoluted....the robot mode isn't really discernable at all. How can you tell a story that way? How can you "read" the character when you can't even tell where his FACE begins and ends? I mean, hell, even the PREDATOR had a FACE!
I realize the idea is to make the Decepticons feel more "alien" or "monsterous"... it will help the audience distance themselves from the bad guys, and well as helping them tell one side from the other. After all, Prime's new look may be a radical change, but it's MUCH more "human" than this.
But, this is too far. The design here is way too busy, full of jagged, sharp lines that, quite frankly, hurt my eyes...imagine the human eye trying to track that in a dark theater... imagine that same design IN MOTION. I don't know that you could really follow it that well at all.
Besides, just looking at it made me throw up in my mouth a little.
Twice.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by morqubus on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:09:28 AM
Some how i am reminded of the american Godzilla
(being it has the name onlly) But i do like the figure but it is not Megatron.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by brbolin on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:11:53 AM
Personall, and I'm a G1 nut, I LOVE this design!
To me, this looks a HECK of a lot more menacing and freaky than any of his past incarnations.
Who knows...they (SS and Megs) could very well take a more "G1-esque" in the next incarnation of the movie. For now, this guy gives me nightmares..."good" nightmares. I give this a thumbs up!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Galvatron397 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:27:44 AM
T.I.N.O
Transformers In Name Only
Thanks Bay, thanks a lot.
man.. what a buch of crybabies (Score: 1) by kc8wzm on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:40:16 AM
I need to get the mop and the bucket for this place too it seems. You guys ***** way too much.
-The Grumpy TransFan
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by brbolin on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:54:39 AM
Looking at the pic of "battle mode"...if you take those things along the sides of his head, move them down a few inches and tilt them in, they could easily form the "standard" sides of his "bucket" that everyone is used to seeing.
Again, this is his Cybertronian mode. I'd say that, once he takes a true "Earth mode", that his look will more resemble the classic. I agree...I do miss the Fusion Cannon, but who's to say one doesn't just spring up out of his forearm?
Again...I like it.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by bob on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:58:00 AM
I don't hate the design, but it's nothing special. Now that I've seen megatron, I totally get the decepticon aesthetic they're going for.
Bottom line is this, I'm begining to seriously doubt I'll pay money to see this.
Michael Bay is generally a lousey director who's not terribly good with actors or story. I usually try to avoid his garbage. However, the David Fincher's, Michael Mann's, and Steven Spielburgs of the world would never touch this material (in other words- the REAL A list directors), so for a while I was excited someone as good as bay was doing this (80's kitch remakes usually get worse directors than him attached).
Although we don't have a review of the final script, we have reviews of scripts where this movie is described as Two teen lovers (who's names I've forgotten) and their tranforming friends. Already the transformers aren't even the main characters. Now on top of that these things they've populated the movie with aren't even transformers (yes they transform, but these aren't the classic characters at all and I'm pretty sure their transformations will bear more resemblance to the T1000 liquid metal transformations than to any toy anyone has ever made).
I was pretty much going to see this to watch transformers fight. I knew it wouldn't be a great movie. Although I'll wait until some more substantial trailers have surfaced before I decide- if their are no transformers in it, what's the point? I don't need to finance Michael Bay's fantasy life.
In fact he hasn't had a big hit in a while, another missfire might actually knock him down to where he no longer gets the mega budgets.
and i was so excited when I saw those citron commercials and saw my childhood heros come to life for the first time. i guess that's as good as it got. :(
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by cesar03 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:01:51 AM
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Jammybugga on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:07:57 AM
very sad and dissapointing. these robots are lookng less and less like transformers. hate to be a complainer and i want to have an open mind towards this movie but the more i see the more depressed i get about it.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by lord_onixprime on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:13:43 AM
"I like some of the designs but part of me wonders how would you ever make any of them into toys?
Megatron and Prime look like they'd be really hard to make into toys that you could market to kids these days.
I know they are trying to not rehash the original G1 toys but their designs were more realistic than these things. Heck they could've use the Alternators designs and I would be pleased as punch."
im a firm believer in the animation dont have to look like the toy. the toys will be similar but somethings will be diferent because it would just be imposible to make them look like that. like the blackout toy they showed earlier. it has more solid parts of the helicopter on the toy but the animated version doesnt have as much.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by DarkKnightInAZ on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:29:36 AM
You know... These are aliens! WHY do we as humans assume that every intelligent form of life in the universe HAS to resemble us? Personally, I'm digging these designs, and I grew up heavily involved in the G1 cartoons and toys, plus loved Beast Wars. I don't think it's necessary for my alien robots to have human looking faces, or human-with-helmet looking faces. Plus, these forms look much more mobile than the old G1 forms. Look at all the possible points of articulation on something like this versus the old school robots (and I'm not just talking what WAS articulated, but what COULD HAVE BEEN articulated). The segmented looks of these allow for much more flexibility of movement, which I'd much rather see than some boxy robot with blocky movement. Besides, these robot forms actually seem close to the pre-beast forms in Beast Wars at the beginning of the first episode.
These pics I've seen are making me MORE excited for this movie... the menace, the splendor, the awe of something new and unexpected. If I want G1 redux, I'll bu the 20th Anniversary DVD of the cartoon movie (which I am getting by the way). I don't pay $8+ a ticket to see the same old thing that's been done before...
Wow... I almost wonder how many of you complained when Tim Burton put Batman in black rubber instead of blue and grey spandex.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Galvatron397 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:33:09 AM
Well, I'm trying to stay optimistic about all this but it was just really hard to see good ol' Megs like that. Yeessss...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by amethysted on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:46:41 AM
Wow. Thats different...
Very detailed robot. The artist has a very spindly and stringy style with the movie TFs...
Very few pieces of kibble armor.
I'm not hating this. It's just hard to get used to...
Someone said somthing about Cybertronian forms?
What does that mean?
This image will change form when he scans the Earth vehicles? I can live with this...
So why is the image of Prime and Blackout riddled with truck tires and helicopter blades?
Are ya saying each character has two robot forms?
I can live that, too!
Keep em coming!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Lhtspeed on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 09:47:26 AM
Ok, enough is enough with these designs. My messages to Don Murphy is the following:
While I fully realize that I have not "SEEN" anything to do with the movie (whatever that means) you have to admit that Bay has been allowed to take the Transformers Concept in a direction so far removed from any previous series or comic that no longer resembles anything that a fan (passing, moderate, or uber-geeky) could ever relate to. At this point, given the Megatron image, I am more inclined to say that the decepticon portion of this movie will much more resemble a mix of T2 and Swamp Thing -- Oh wait, hold that, maybe the Inhumanoids.
And so I say...
Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, Bay's attorney would certainly want you to believe that his Design Artists came up with Megatron ten years ago. And they make a good case. Hell, I almost felt pity myself! But, ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, I have one final thing I want you to consider. Ladies and gentlemen, this is Swamp Thing. Swamp Thing is a mutant from the South Carolina. But Swamp Thing lives on the planet Cybertron. Now think about it; that does not make sense!
Why would a Swamp Thing, an eight-foot tall Swamp Thing, want to live on Cybertron, with a bunch of forty-foot tall kick ass robots? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with Transformers? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with Transformers! It does not make sense! Look at me. I'm a lawyer defending a Transformers Movie Director, and I'm talkin' about Swamp Thing! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you're in that jury room deliberatin' and conjugatin' the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Swamp Thing lives on Cybertron, you must acquit!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Gigatron on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:03:06 AM
What the hell is this? Are they on crack or something?!?!?! It's TRANSFORMERS not HR Gigers Biomechanoids/Alien! This has got nothing to do with Transformers!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Lhtspeed on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:07:28 AM
If Swamp Thing lives on cybertron you must acquit!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by bob on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:16:11 AM
These designers wish they were geiger.
geiger's designs are very busy, but they have focus most of the time. You're eye has some idea of where to go. This mess lacks that kind of focus.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by DarkKnightInAZ on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:18:11 AM
While I fully realize that I have not "SEEN" anything to do with the movie (whatever that means) you have to admit that Bay has been allowed to take the Transformers Concept in a direction so far removed from any previous series or comic that no longer resembles anything that a fan (passing, moderate, or uber-geeky) could ever relate to.
WOW! You certainly match what you consider to be Michael Bay's brazenness ball-for-ball, don't you? I and many others have been posting postive remarks, and we are admitted fans (passing, moderate, or uber-geeky). Next time you want to speak for everyone, make sure you inform the collective mind! Better yet, speak for yourself only. How can you jump on Bay for deciding for the whole of fandom what should be cool when you yourself are claiming the same right with such a bold statement??
Let me reiterate, this is a new and refreshing take on this property that I, as a fan (somewhere between moderate and uber-geeky) am looking forward to IMMENSELY.
As for the poster who commented about not being able to see the face, I'm sorry, but I clearly see eyes and mouth, and even a semblance of a nose... none of which are entirely necessary for an energy-consuming alien techno-form, though.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Vintagetf on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:22:36 AM
This is not his earth mode. His earth mode will be a tank. I'm assuming that this is his cybertronian form. Another thing, this is Megatron in "Work in Progress".
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Tykus on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:23:24 AM
To the people having that massive, collective brain hemorrhage--Relax!! The movie is still a year away. You should've seen some of the early General Grievous designs.
Besides, there has always been a part of me that has disliked the Earth-influences on designs before TFs even FOUND Earth.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by chainclaw on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:24:42 AM
OH WA-WA-WA BOO-HOO...
I'M A NAROW-MINDED FANBOY WITH NOT EVEN THE SLIGHTEST INKLING OF AN IMAGINATION OR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THE FILM INDUSTRY WORKS. WHEN I HEARD THERE WAS GOING TO BE A LIVE-ACTION MOVIE BASED ON A CARTOON ABOUT ALIEN ROBOTS THAT TRANSFORMED, I ASSUMED THAT IT WOULD LOOK EXACTLY LIKE THE CARTOON. AND SINCE I'M NO GOOD AT THE WHOLE NOT-GETTING-WHAT-WANT THING I'M GOING TO SPEW VENOM AT THE FILMMAKERS BECSAUSE THEY DIDN'T READ MY MIND AND RE-WRITE THE MEANING OF LIVE-ACTION TO SUIT MY PERSONAL TASTE AND OPINIONS!
What are you people? 10 years old?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by PureMixed on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:27:28 AM
YOU GUYS ARE UNBELIEVABLE!!
All this stuff is totaly not what we are used to, but it is not supposed to be. It is a completly new concept. Can't you guys just sit back and let them make the f**'n movie? Now I am a diehard fan of G1 but chane can be good. Stop your griping and wait until this movie is released.
Having said that, this is the first time I have uneasy about the leaked images. His face and/or head shape should st least look remotly like megs. It's only fair if prime got his original head. But that body it pretty mean looking! I like it!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Massdestruction on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:28:48 AM
This is what happens when a Dawson's Creek Trapper Keeper mutates.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Tykus on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:29:35 AM
"If by new and interesting you mean shitty and half-assed then I agree with you completely."
Spoken like a true, closed-minded person. I've said it before, don't set your standards so high that you can't enjoy the film for what it was meant to do--entertain. By the way, I am a vintage TF fan who is willing to give the movie a chance. Granted, I'm not enthused with Meg's head design; at least they're trying the "what would TFs look like WITHOUT Earth design influences."
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Heavynova on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:47:04 AM
What everyone needs to realize, is this may or may not be the final incarnation of megs. I think it was posted a few days ago, but someone in the biz said something along the lines of 'these are pre-production forms, they will most likely get changed as the movie progresses'
I have to admit, I am a little disappointed with the new designs of the Transformers, but you have to realize, they are moving forward with the time. These characters are getting upgrades with the newer looks of the vehicles of today's time.
You're all saying now 'well, why not use the alternators/binaltech modes and looks?' because it's been done. These new modes are here to show the diversity and design talents of the creators, not what we want to see to a 't'.
I admit, I'm a fanboy, but I'm not a nerd. Yes, my bedroom is FILLED with tf's, with 2 more garbage bags in the closet. I buy bootlegs even. I'm obsessed. But I'm not obsessing over the new designs for the simple fact that everything needs to be upgraded once in a while. We can't always get what we want, and I don't think Optimus and co. would be happy being stuck as G1 blocks anymore, do you?
Just take these designs with a grain of salt. They're subject to change, and I'm willing to bet we have only seen SOME of the designs of the transformers. Besides, do you think the studio would release the final designs almost a full YEAR before the movie is scheduled to come out? I don't. So, I'm not gonna say 'stop your fanboy whining' but instead, I'll say 'look at these concepts with a different point of view. a change was needed, and were going to get one'
Thanks for reading my rant.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by kenshi58 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:50:35 AM
At first i was welling to accept the new forms, as long as you can some what recognize them. Then came starcream, then i was a little disturbed, but none the less still optimistic for the movie. Now that old megs has been posted, i am heartbroken. granted he looks very ominous of a villain, but it is not megatron. Prime looks like prime, and even bumblebee bares resemblance. Its ok to have creative licensing on the characters that are newly creative for the movie, but not when it comes to the originals themselves. I can't even picture welker voicing that monstrousity. Granted i am still trying to stay optimistic and open-minded, but it is getting harder after seeing this.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by jrw1202 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:19:20 AM
Lost interest in this movie now, this all reminds me too much of independence day. This would be a great movie if it wasn't named Transformers. Just be glad Michael Bay did not direct Lord Of the Rings, but one can only imagine how it might have turned out.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Roboto750 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:35:48 AM
To all who say this is a "new and interesting concept":
I'm still very much for most of what we've seen and I'm still looking forward to this movie, but this Megatron design is very sub-par to me. New? Yes! Interesting? No. They've made him look too much like a horror movie monster for my tastes, rather than a cunning evil ruler of the Depecticon faction.
Remember, this is MY OPINION on this design. Just because someone doesn't like it, doesn't mean you need to start telling them to shut up and give them a rough time about it. There are always those who don't like some designs when ever a new TF line is revealed. Heck, I still don't like Cybertron Opimus Prime!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:45:29 AM
There's nothing left to say about this design. They just plain failed. Sure it's evil. Sure it's alien. But is it Megatron in any recognizeable form? Nope. Truly, they missed the point of doing a TF movie. So sad.
On the plus side, with this design, they've managed to finally galvanize the TF fandom into a column of disappointment and disdain... a solidarity of disgust.
There are those who tell us we aren't allowed to complain or dislike this movie before we see it, because somehow it might manage to beat all the odds and be awesome, which will magically negate all the stuff that was ALREADY KNOW SUCKS...
Oh come ON!!! There is almost not one single thing that suggests this will be a good film. With Bay at the helm, it already had marks against it... but now, even the nostalgia factor has been crushed. If it looks like it's going to be crap, then we can damn well call it out!
Oh sure, there's a vocal, extreeeemely minor minority who will think this is great, but that's the internet democracy for you. Thankfully, democracy tends to ignore the insignificant opinions of those who don't fit in with the majority. ;)
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:48:51 AM
Oh, and on another point...
The sad truth is, if you are really offended and defensive over it being suggested you might be a "nerd"...
Then seriously...you probably really ARE a nerd. And a self-loathing nerd at that, which is even worse.
Embrace your Geekdom! Acceptance is what makes you "cool". If you're trolling Tranformers fan forums on the internet, let's face it people... get real. We're all nerds to some degree.
:)
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:56:54 AM
Y'know, I just don't get all of the flaming going on here....
Isn't it enough to say that some people will like this, and some won't? Can we not agree to disagree?
And, for the record, I never said word one about not liking this design because it doesn't look G-1; I don't like it because it is a confused, jumbled, monocolored MESS. I mean, I'm looking right at it as I type this, and I can't discern one single distinguishing feature on the whole model...!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 12:03:27 PM
And for those who keep telling us "complainers" to SHUT UP IN GIANT CAPITAL LETTERS, or attack our maturity, or presume that we all want to see something that looks exactly like the cartoon (wrong again pal)... or call us "close-minded"... the opposite of being "close-minded" is what? Being absolutely without opinion, without a discerning, critical bone in our bodies? What the heck are you even saying? Are you telling us we're not allowed to dislike something that has been placed before us??? THINK about that!
We came. We saw new designs for movie. We didn't like 'em. It's not because we're "close-minded". I might suggest it's because we have -taste-, but maybe that would be overstepping myself.
There are some cool designs in this batch, but this Megatron is really actually a rather -poor- design (IMHO, of course, but really... I know it to be true).
Complexity and professional multimillion dollar execution does not automatically make a good design. As someone pointed out earlier, this really does look like HR Giger vomitted. Good analogy. :)
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 12:07:23 PM
...My analogy, actually...and I have to agree with you.
I've not reached the point where I absolutely WON'T see the film....but, this design simply is not encouraging to me....Imagine trying to watch it, in motion, on a big screen...! Anyone's eyes bleeding yet? And, the fact that there's very little color there to seperate the design doesn't help...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by openwound on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 12:15:31 PM
Well everyone knew this shit was gonna go down..it was just a matter of time.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Bruticus_Maximus on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 12:39:37 PM
What a complete and utter piece of crap.
Oh well, good bye Transformers movie, hello Turtles.
Turtles looks more promising anyway.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by DarkKnightInAZ on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 12:53:42 PM
I have no problem with people having a negative opinion about any of these designs... I have a problem when the presume to speak for EVERY FAN. THAT is narrow-minded and egotistical.
If you want to hate early concepts that haven't been finalized (anybody take a good look at the early Beast scetches from th first X-men movie DVD or how about the early Alex Ross Spider-man designs??) or even hate final designs when they emerge, then be my guest. But please, don't take it upon yourself to speak for the rest of us.
Truthfully, I can see how some would be turned off by this design. With the size of the picture, it can be difficult to make out the detail.
But... the majority of complaints people are posting aren't "I hate this design on its own merits." The majority of what people are saying is "I hate this design because it's not MY Megs." I wonder what people would be saying if these designs had been released anonymously, without names, as part of a new unknown property?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Decepticon_Holocaust on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 01:05:26 PM
I understand where you're coming from, Knight, and I can respect that. Hell, to some extent, I AGREE with you. After all, I'm a 26 year old man....a grown up. I have enough common sense to realize there will be some liberties taken with this movie. I NEVER expected G-1 designs; in fact, I happen to think that, while I cherish the G-1 motif, it would look clumsy and rediculous in live action. And, as far as the designs for the film are concerned I am happy with more than a few. Prime, to me, looks good. Blackout looks great, and righteously badass (although in his case I'd like to see some COLOR). BUT... Megatron is a different story. This design is just plain...awkward...And, it has nothing to do with the fact that this deviates from G-1. You'll notice I haven't made one single complaint about the lack of an arm cannon. Because, of course, he doesn't NEED one. Everyone knows the Guyver's cannon is in his CHEST, not on his arm! :D
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 01:30:03 PM
re: DarkKnightInAZ
((Truthfully, I can see how some would be turned off by this design. With the size of the picture, it can be difficult to make out the detail.))
The large pic has plenty of detail. But detail does not make this a good design. In fact, too much detail, and the accompanying lack of coherency makes it a weak design.
((But... the majority of complaints people are posting aren't "I hate this design on its own merits." The majority of what people are saying is "I hate this design because it's not MY Megs.))
See, the way I see it is that this isn't really ANYONE's Megatron, which is a substantial problem when one is adapting a pre-existing property with a large fanbase.
The "politics" of adaptation have just not been observed here... instead, I suspect the ego of the filmmakers has asserted itself over the material, transposing what they think is cool over what the material actually demands.
But to say it another way, I hate this design because it is not MY Megs AND on it's own merits. :)
((I wonder what people would be saying if these designs had been released anonymously, without names, as part of a new unknown property?'))
I think in that case, it becomes apples and oranges, bud. It changes everything.
I think I'd find some of the designs pretty cool, and look forward to the film's release with some curiosity and mingled ambivalence (Hollywood blockbusters rarely deliver the goods).
I'd still find the "Megatron" design pretty uninspired though... it's nasty looking, but hardly original or distinctive. It lacks personality.
However, the fact is, this is NOT an unknown property, and it is precisely because these designs are NOT anonymous robots, that it fails. The moment one slaps a Transformers label on this project, the filmmakers must realise that they are working within an established paradigm.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by FTMAXIMUS on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 01:53:59 PM
dam megs looks like he wants to kick me in the stomach and take my lunch box
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by BetaSword on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:02:27 PM
Man, this is awful.
This doesn't even look like a Megatron.
If You had only gave him his Face from G1, Energon or at least Cybertron, he would have been much better.
He really needs a ***** big Weapon mounted on his lower arm.
And, he looks like he could be destroyed by a missle, just between his platings and he will be ripped into scrapmetal.
But, i got some little hope, maybe these forms is are his proto-forms, then he can scan a Tank, giving him his recognizeable shape.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by JoeyIA on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:02:32 PM
I'm still going to watch the movie but I'm starting to agree with everyone that these designes suck. Not because they're not G1, I know this isn't a do-over of G1. These suck because they're so goofy lookin'.
I know Bay wants them to look alien but c'mon. These things are so far gone that nobody is going to identify with these characters on screen. I'm curious to see what kind of emotion these guys can convey with crazy-ass spiky Predator mandible faces.
I don't have a prob with the alt modes, I like them. I even like the 'bot modes... its just the crazy faces that get me. Bumblebee, Star Scream, and Megs faces look like the business ends of garbage disposals. Like somebody said earlier, these things look like the freakin' Guyver.
Another thing people have brought up is the exposed hydrolics and stuff. If these are supposed to be robots made for fighting wouldn't they be completely armored-up? I mean, bullet-proof vests don't have holes in them so you can see a soldier's muscles underneath. I'm sure its an asthetic desicion but it doesn't make practicle sense.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by autobot_matrix1983 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:20:10 PM
ok i was a little upset about this when i first saw it but then i started thinking. and if any of you read that frist draft of the script
spoiler...
in the script megatron spends most of the movie frozen in ice if the scripts still holds true then he's only in it for like the last half hour of the movie. so he never gets around to getting an earth alt mode.
so this is his cybertronian form and yes realistly is should look very alien and somewhat un-reconizable.
so this is what i'm thinking since he has so little screen time in this movie he'll stay in his cybertron mode but if and when's there is a second movie he will take on a much more earth form and be more humaniod-like.
i mean i'm not really digging this design right now but i think it will work for the contrast of the movie and when i see the movie it will work
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by erronreq on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:28:10 PM
Just wondering... how many of you people complaining about how Megs looks here noticed the little 'work in progress' text in the bottom right of the image? Some of you take these unfinished works that could be from any stage of development way too seriously. It's OK to have an opinion, but jesus... calm down...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Galvatron397 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:48:21 PM
I'm going to pretend this movie is Transformers meets Chromehounds and then it doesn't seem nearly as bad. Heh, the weirdest part is that the whole -blank- not munky thing is going to have to be carried over to Starscream now.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by V4Vendetta on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 02:53:02 PM
He looks like the sea monster squid from the sea of hell from planet Neptune. No way that's Megatron. This is not a transformers movie. It's GI Joe versus Aliens The fight for world independence. Hasbro,Spielberg,Bay,Orci,etc..... are all to blame for this!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by takaratron on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:05:02 PM
The one thing that every Megatron ever has had in common with each other is elegance. This design is very bulky, and looks more like a drone or some such then it does an intelligent evil.
Simply giving the face some intelligence, broadening the shoulders, streamline the legs, and make the arms look less malleable, would improve this design by a large margin. If you are going to follow the basic humanoid rules for the robot mode, you should also follow the basic rules of human asthetics, this design, if used on a more human character, would be dumpy and expressionless.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by maddprime on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:08:05 PM
mabye they thew out these designs to get our opinon....
...whats up with the cow skull battle mode though???
and only a helmet??? not very protective....
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by trycon-matrix on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:20:51 PM
"WOW! Skin this action MegaJERK! got himself Some uh Nutty Face Lift"- RATTRAP
LOL! this has got to be anything else but a joke.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by trycon-matrix on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:22:17 PM
"WOW! Skin this action MegaJERK! got himself Some uh Nutty Face Lift"- RATTRAP
LOL! this has got to be anything else but a joke.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by BOSSC351 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:31:57 PM
Ok, this makes since. This is his Cybertron form. In the leaked pics before with legs and only a hed he appears frozen. Most likely Starscream's leaked pic is a cybertron form as well.
I am waiting and HOLDING MY BREATH Don "M'fn" Murphy just like you asked!!!!!!!!
Holly Guyver (Score: 1) by happosai on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:36:13 PM
Wow this new Guyver is really cool, much better than any ultraman suit or even Power Rangers.
Looks a little too scary even for Guyver.
Oh wait, what, this is transformers -- what a load of crap GOGO POWER RANGERS
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by FuzziPrime on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 03:40:56 PM
Hmmm.. I dunno bout this thing right here. I saw Bumblebee and wasnt too scarred off. Prime with flames isnt my thing, but perhaps it was gonna be cool... BUT.. Even I have to draw the line. I really hope this isnt the final form.
I like the jet mode. Thats very cool. But come'on.. Anyone else think that face design looks like Dracula??? I mean dont get me wrong. The design is very cool, but it aint Transformers. Im cool with them updating some things and even stream lining the forms, to some extent.. but I have to say, I dont like this at all. I wanna try and not be too "fanboy"ish and get too indignant about it...I still have hopes this will be a cool movie.... but.. eeew
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Prime_Reborn on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 04:57:29 PM
Ok you guys and gals. I have to say this, We were told from the begining this is not g1 this is a new continuity. and yet for the most part when i read over most of the post for the designs they're most negative and how there not like the transformers you remeber. Well time to get over it and move on and allow them to evolve in new ways. I have been colecting transformers 22 of my 26 years.and i get sick and tired of the characters having a stereo type for how they have to look. Im sorry but all but the machine wars star scream can be reconized as star scream, and just seems to mundane and boring, him have a new look that a 180 from what you'd expect is a good thing. These guys are trying to bring us a fresh new approach to our Favorite transformers, leaving behind the familar stereotype appaerances to give use some thing new and all you can do is complain that it looks like crap or that its not g1 or not like the cartoons. Well get over it, its a new idea get used to it because they are a breathe of fresh air to a line that has gotten stagnent from over used cliches of appaerances. let them evolve and become more than they have been. The line is over 20 years old, this will not hurt it, gijoe is over 40 and gone through 3 major changes in designs and appaernce. and like gijoe transformers will not lose it classic feel and astitic just from a few extreme redesigns.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Quaternion on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 05:03:25 PM
Maybe screamer will get a "battle mode" helm too...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:27:06 PM
"New" and "Fresh" does not equal "Good"
I find it absurd that there are people out there who constantly make excuses for this crew based on it "not being a G1 movie" and "this is a fresh look at TFs" blah blah blah...
Frankly, if you're going to make THE live-action Transformers movie after 20-odd years... the production the fandom has been waiting to see, some of us, for our whole lives... then don't try to re-invent the wheel. I think you kind of owe it to the fans to do it right. Save the half-baked experimentation for Parts 2 or 3. It's only natural.
And I'm sorry... if it follows a general G1 storyline, and has G1 characters, then it SHOULD follow a G1 model. And even if it IS a new continuity (though really, it's just another G1 retelling like most of the others), it's worth pointing out that these designs have nothing in common with ANY of the previous incarnations, and therefore really don't have much to do with Transformers. Even BeastMachines and the aborted Transtech didn't go this far..
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:28:01 PM
Those who say they're "bored" of traditional transformers, and want to see something new... what the heck are you talking about?? We've NEVER seen realistic, fully-rendered live-action classic-style transformers going at it in a big-budget cinematic arena! Never! And now it seems, we never will.
(and the 10-year-old childlike wonder inside me dies with a dejected sob)
So enough with the "this is a new vision" arguments. Save that crap for the sequels. I honestly wanted to see "classic" transformers action in a 3D/real environment. THAT would have been something very new.
This kind of stuff I've seen before...the same generic approach to modern CGI robots. Ho hum
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by EternityZero on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:46:17 PM
A New Era...a New Style.
So far I'm liking this radical departure from traditionalism of Transformers.
I think Megatron and the cast look good for a movie. Honestly this kind of stuff is what I would expect for a movie that's big budgeted...and not fully animated like the old school.
You people need to grow up, and move on...things change over time, and now it's prime time that the transformers also changed.
WooT!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by nortagem on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 07:46:40 PM
It baffles me how some of you mistake 'honesty' for 'whining'? Honestly, if you have the right to post how much you love these designs, I have the right to voice my disgust. Honestly, these designs are not Transformers! I'll admit that they may be 'interesting' & 'neat', but they don't resemble any line of Transformers (not even Beast Wars, kiddies). Honestly, Bay & Spielberg are disrespecting the 20+ years that gave them the opportunity to make this film. If this is the direction that they're choosing to pursue with these so called 'works in progress', then they honestly don't have a clue what Transformers was (and is) about. Robots in Disguise...not metal-alien-monsters from outer space (oh yea, who happen to transform into vehicles). I honestly hope they're pulling our collective 'leg', and the real designs are stashed away securely in some safe within a safe within a safe under the Paramount lot...but I kinda doubt it.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by hottoys on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 08:23:47 PM
look piece of garbage...
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by autobot_matrix1983 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 10:36:28 PM
did anyone else notice this? at the bottom of the picture of the full body shot it says:
final design
(something i can't make out)
micheal bay
jeff dunn
and beside bay and dunn's name there appear to be checkboxes. how come nither box if checked ??? dun dun duhhh
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by temptingtoys on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:26:09 PM
DINO ZONE IS HERE!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by autobot_matrix1983 on Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 11:40:05 PM
i knew i'm not crazy!!!!
that box that i was talking about before it says
FINAL DESIGN
APPROVED BY
MICHEAL BAY []
JEFF DUNN []
i was able to zoom in close enough on my psp to read it. i'm really starting to think that this is not the final design and maybe bay and co. are playing games
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Smeg on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 12:42:34 AM
It baffles me how some of you mistake 'honesty' for 'whining'? Honestly, if you have the right to post how much you love these designs, I have the right to voice my disgust. Honestly, these designs are not Transformers! I'll admit that they may be 'interesting' & 'neat', but they don't resemble any line of Transformers (not even Beast Wars, kiddies). Honestly, Bay & Spielberg are disrespecting the 20+ years that gave them the opportunity to make this film. If this is the direction that they're choosing to pursue with these so called 'works in progress', then they honestly don't have a clue what Transformers was (and is) about. Robots in Disguise...not metal-alien-monsters from outer space (oh yea, who happen to transform into vehicles). I honestly hope they're pulling our collective 'leg', and the real designs are stashed away securely in some safe within a safe within a safe under the Paramount lot...but I kinda doubt it.
Complaining on the internet is not a "right". Your post contains at least five instances of the word "honestly" - are you afraid no one will believe you?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by jrw1202 on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 12:45:00 AM
Your wrong I hate this design because it's not Transformers any more it is Independence day with robots instead of organic aliens.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by starscreamsrevenge on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 12:47:34 AM
NO NO NO NO!!!!
So if this REALLY is Megatron, and his vehicle mode is Cybertronian, that means the story has already been changed. Does this mean Starscream is in command of the Earth-bound Decepticons, and Megatron will be based on Cybertron giving the orders?
How are they going to explain the space-bridge?
Last week I might have said give Michael Bay a chance, but the way it's looking now, as someone has already commented, this is going to be 'Lost in Space' meets 'Godzilla' movie, it looks like the Die-Hards might be right.
Oh well, at least we'll be able to get the toys in the Bargain Basment a couple of weeks after the movie comes out!!
STARSCREAM RULES!!!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Gigatron on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 04:07:20 AM
Dit zuigt gewoon keiharde lullen.
Not fit for translation.
How can I put this?
This is Kiss "The Elder" or Van Halen "3"
This is Woodstock 1999
This is Ishtar
This is the Sinclair bike
This is Betamax
This is the 8 track
...
This is pretentious bullshit
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Bruticus_Maximus on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 04:50:43 AM
After thinking long and hard about it for a while, I can't picture seeing Frank Welker voice this character, I have to admit i've changed my mind about it, it does look pretty cool, despite it looking nothing like any Megatron that came before it.
But I can see it being more of a David Kaye style Megatron, especially with a Beast Machines/X-Men Evo Apocalyspe voice.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Traveler on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 05:32:18 AM
Who the hack designed this piece of junk?
This freakingly sucks!
I can't even think it as a transformers.
It looks more like a villianous monster from one of those Japanese superhero dramas like Kaman Rider.
Michael Bay must be a pedophile (Score: 1) by al0324 on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 06:40:47 AM
because he took my inner child and molested it.
I bet there's even a white transforming van with no windows.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by autobot_matrix1983 on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 08:11:17 AM
"So if this REALLY is Megatron, and his vehicle mode is Cybertronian, that means the story has already been changed. Does this mean Starscream is in command of the Earth-bound Decepticons, and Megatron will be based on Cybertron giving the orders?
How are they going to explain the space-bridge?"
did you not read my other post ok i'll say it one more time.
(((spoiler)))
megatron comes to earth alone before any of the others one do. and some how becomes frozen in antartica where later the US government finds him and keeps him on ice. he shows up at the end when the decepts find him and unthaw him(it's in the script)
so he's in the move he's on earth he just never has a chance to get he alt mode
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by bob on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 10:46:54 AM
speaking of lame spoilers
here comes one-
I seem to recall reading that instead of them having energon cubes in general (take em or leave em- I could care less)- there is ONE all powerful energon cube on earth that who ever controls can use to win the war.
Do I even need to get into the reasons this sounds lame, moronic and like an excuse for lots of things to mindlessly, pointlessly explode at the end like a bad B movie?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by OmegaPrimeVII on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 11:49:15 AM
This new design of megatron really sucks!!!!!
Megatron looks like a Bionicle-BAT,it is supposed that is based on G1 but what the&#$% happened here
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Plumpdragon on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 12:43:51 PM
First though: He doesnt look one bit like Megatron!
Secont thought: He does look immensely evil and scary though.
I think the people releasing these pics are teasing the fans a bit, I think they thus far ONLY revealed the cibertron robot modes of most characters and those are SUPPOSED to look alien and weird.
The big reveal of course will be their new earth modes that will resemble their G1 modes very much
Just wait for it :)
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by temptingtoys on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 02:45:57 PM
Still looks like Dinozone.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Smeg on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 04:36:04 PM
Ha ha, Ishtar and The Elder? Hardcore.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by LandRoacher on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 06:35:54 PM
I like his robot form, bulky, evil, dangerous and powerful, that's Megs with all his might.
Obviously, his design's more oriented towards BW/BM's Megs, as can be seen from bulkyness to head design (which ressembles BM Megs'). I just think he lacks a cannon, that would make him Megs without a doubt!
Overall, I liked his design as well as the designs so far.
Simply 'cus I don't want to see another Transformers with your everyday Optimus and Megs and all that, I want to see new and inovative designs, not biased designs!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Snakeeyes23 on Friday, August 25, 2006 @ 07:13:26 PM
Uh..
Am I high?
Or is Megatron a giant Crab? Seriously is this really happening right now? Did someone slip something into my drink?
Alright, he does look menacing. I hope we do see cybertron and earth modes for everyone. Gonna try and keep the faith. At the very least we'll see some cool action.
And incidentally, the reason there are more 'cons than 'bots? So we can see some really rad deadly explosions!!!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by TomServo on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 02:43:13 AM
I can't believe I wasted my Bioinicle joke on Optimus Prime. Seriously, this is sh*t.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by MBMBM on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 03:08:47 AM
I have read all the posts and agree somehow with all of them, or you. Before we all saw pictures or heard pieces of the story, I assume we all imagined how it will be cool to see the original G1 Transformers in a live action movie. There is most of us, and I say us because I am included in this group that won't see the movie due to the fact that whoever is responsible for the final designs did not take into consideration what everybody wanted to see and just included the names of some G1 Transformers to make it a Transformers movie. I really do not remeber who said this, but if its not supposed to be based on any generation of the Transforerms, then don't give them recognizable names and then make them look nothing like them. Bumble bee looks more like HotShot from Armada. We all envsioned G1, because we grew up with it and the original designs have been the inspiration on continuing the Transformers Universe. I guess that what I am trying to say is that anything that is related to the Transformers and uses their original names, should at least ressemble it. All of you who are saying that the new designs were cool, tell me something. Would it have been OK if this "Megatron" design was the one for Optimus Prime? Would it be fresh then? I don't think this redesigns were done to appeal the masses. Why they did it, don't know. Whatever the reason was, I hope they do it like its supposed to next time, then i will se it. What is that you ask? Stay true to the designs, not just G1, but all the Transformers Universe. They do not have to go for 100% accuracy, but make them recognizable to the point that when people see them, are able to tell who they are. I will wait, even if the story is good, which I doubt it, until they do a real Transformers movie.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Th_4RL_Deal on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 07:38:05 AM
I have been lurking and reading posts at this sight for a year but this, this has finally stirred me to action. This is not megatron, and never will be. This monster looking thing can not be the decepticon commander. This will not be forgiven!
Unless of course it's just concept art. If this thing is not final, and will not appear on screen for any more than a prologue type intro thing, than it's pretty cool actually, just so long as his earth version looks a little more "classic"
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Prime_Reborn on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 08:59:58 AM
I have to ask this. Why Is it that as fans of robots that constently change from one thing to a nother, do we reject and object too any change to the robots we love?
These designs are cool and the more i look at them the more i like them. To hope that they would be any thing like g1 was setting yourself up for a disappointment. But to those of you who are making your desion base on there appaerances, i say this, dont, wait for the movie and see how they work out in there dynamics before you decide if you like it or hate it, its not fair to the people who have put all the work into it for you to say you hate it just because your disappointed with the design astitic of the characters. im betting that alot of you will change your minds once you see them in motion and transforming and the designs will make more sense.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Th_4RL_Deal on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 09:51:08 AM
I somehow am starting to like this too, I really want him to have an earth vehicle mode but, the more I stare at that head, the more I can kinda see megatron in it. Maybe once he's colored in all the details will harmonize or, y'know... whatever.
I bet that frozen Transformer from that gallery with Bumblebee is this megatron. Does anyone else see that?
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by MBMBM on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 12:50:42 PM
I am having a hard time trying to accept that change or tryin to give them a chance for that matter, but I seem to be failing. Now to my point, if they insist that this movie is not supposed to be based on any previous Transformer generation, then why do they have the most famous and well known Transformers that do not even ressemble their counterparts, in exeption to the supposed Optimus Prime head. I mean, look at all the different incarnations of Prime, Megatron, Starscream, etc. They all have something that made you recognize them, from Beast Wars to Energon to Galaxy Force, they all have thir trademark characteristics thta made you recognize them. But this designs have nothing. I could have never guessed that was Megatron, nor Starscream. Like I said, the supposed Bumblebee looks more like Hotshot from Armada.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by MBMBM on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 01:08:30 PM
I would honestly feel better if they would use these design but with different names and not try to remodel iconic characters. Imagine if this Megatron was the final design for Optimus Prime . . .
Optimus as a can opener?
Would it still be acceptable just because it is a "new" approach?
See, we don't need them, they need us, and we determine what should and should not be done.
Prime will be a can opener, and you are going to like or I will rape you in your front yard.
That's how I see it.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Lupus2006 on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 04:11:55 PM
CURSE YOU BAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CURSE YOU TO HECK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by nortagem on Saturday, August 26, 2006 @ 09:19:13 PM
Guys, I knew that Standard Mode face reminded me of something...I just couldn't put my finger on it. Did anyone see Galaxy Quest? This looks a little bit like the bad guy aliens...huh, huh? I can't seem to stop commenting on the hideous-ness of this design. It's like watching a trainwreck...you just can't stop looking at how bad it is.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by MBMBM on Sunday, August 27, 2006 @ 05:03:42 AM
You are right, he does look like the general alien. We have to do something to stop this abominations. I was trying to keep my cool, but this is it. If we watch this movie, we are accepting and permitting future insults and destruction of stablished franchises; not just to the Trnasformers, but all the movies based on something and sucked.
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Tykus on Sunday, August 27, 2006 @ 11:18:15 AM
[Oh sure, there's a vocal, extreeeemely minor minority who will think this is great, but that's the internet democracy for you. Thankfully, democracy tends to ignore the insignificant opinions of those who don't fit in with the majority. ;)]
I know you're teasing a little (if the smiley was any indication) but two things: First, internet democracy is a myth, and second, most of the majority has better (or at the least, other) things to do than waste time trying calm the vocal minority. Most of the majority would say "Get a life!" and move on. ;D
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by OmegaPrimeVII on Sunday, August 27, 2006 @ 01:06:09 PM
Megatron BATT this design really sucks
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by SMOG on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 @ 10:00:20 PM
Tykus:
Teasing indeed... when I said "internet democracy" I pretty much meant that whoever bitches the loudest gets to pretend they rule the roost, even if the majority of people wouldn't waste their time on silly online forums for 80's toy lines.
(not so different from real democracy, where only a tiny percentage of people can be bothered to get off their butts and vote, but that's a different topic...)
Seeing as you and I both seem to need a life, (because we DO both post on online 80's toy forums), let's just say that I have no doubt whatsoever that the vast majority of folks with any experience with Transformers would think that these designs are butt.
And in this case, I think it may be one of those rare occasions when the majority does actually have it right. :)
Re: Transformers Movie Megatron Revealed! (Score: 1) by Th_4RL_Deal on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 @ 08:37:45 AM
Does anyone know if he'll have Frank Welker's Voice? Call me a bad fan but honestly, if it has something vaguely resembling the classic Bucket- head, a decent vehicle mode, and Welker's megatron voice, I don't care if they they make him flipping "Super Deformed". (look out it's Midget-Tron!)
Re:very good (Score: 1) by FF1121 on Tuesday, December 18, 2007 @ 05:24:48 PM
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