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Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
 
I knew the movie was going to look retarded, and this just cements it.

There was a live feed with two of the writers on Friday. They claimed that they wanted to keep the fans happy, blah blah blah blah.

Complete. Total. B. S. Look at these atrocities, Starscream doesn't even have HANDS!!!

Link
 

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Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 
I wouldnt worry about all that so much Punjabee. It sorta reminds of purests who saw previews of LOTR:FOTR and complained that Peter Jackson didnt make the Balrog look right.

From what I have seen the designers are trying to make a new Transformers movie, that does not ignore that awesomness of the original, but still needs to be updated to todays culture.

I mean if we are going to be purists here, why is Optimus Prime even in the movie when we all though he died in the 80's?
 

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Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
 
Well, the thing with the Balrog is different, while Tolkien might have described it, everyone had their own vision of what it looked like. I'm sure Mr. Card's Piggies from the Ender Saga look completely different in my vision, compared to yours.

Optimus Prime on the other hand - has 3 original series seasons, a movie, countless issues of comics, and a video game where he looks like this: Prime

That's not my version of Prime, it's not Tolkiens, and it's not Bay's. It's what prime looks like. To have the movie version be a DIFFERENT VEHICLE than the 'noseless mack', and have a "Hey hey I'm from the south! Lets play soem FREEBIRD!" paintjob is heresy.

By the by, the Balrog looked way better than I had imagined it.
 

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Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
 
Not to mention, that in those pics - there isn't a flat piece of metal ANYWHERE for the robots respecitve insignias.
 

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Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :
 
I thought Optimus Prime died of prostate cancer.
 

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Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
 
Starscream looks retarded.
 

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Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
 
Optimus doesn't have enough to his robot form to justify not using the cab-over-engine style semi truck.
 

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Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
 
Link's dead. Did anyone save these images?
 

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Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
 
I just went there, it's working.
 

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Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 
Funny, first time I went it was fine. Now my company's computer is blocking the site.
 

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Posted by PUNJABEE (Member # 7359) on :
 
I have all of the pictures saved. If you want them, let me know your email addy, I have a 300k zip file with them in there. I can fire it off pretty quick.
 

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Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
 

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Originally posted by PUNJABEE:
I can fire it off pretty quick.

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