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'Transformers' Live Action Movie from DreamWorks?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-than-meets-the-eye dept.

mr_don't writes "Apprently, CNN is reporting that Dreamworks might be in talks with Michael Bay (who directed the bomb Pearl Harbor) to direct a live action Transformers movie. The article says: A November 17, 2006, release date has been set. Bay's credits include the two "Bad Boys" movies, "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon" and "The Rock." Well, as a child of the 80's I must admit I am interested, but could the movie be directed by Robert Rodriguez instead?"

29 of 432 comments (clear)

  1. There is more than meets the Eye by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why would anyone watch a movie about a giant spool of wire?

  2. Cast by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope Bender gets to play Optimus Prime.

    He could be made for that role.

    1. Re:Cast by Shkuey · · Score: 5, Funny

      "I am Optimus Prime, please insert liquor!"

    2. Re:Cast by MightyMartian · · Score: 3, Funny

      "Ahh, you Autobots are such chumps. I'm gonna get a hookerbot, so kiss my shiny metal ass."

      --
      The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
  3. Directed by.. by Cruithne · · Score: 5, Funny

    could the movie be directed by Robert Rodriguez instead?

    I dunno, Michael Bay could be more than meets the eye...

    1. Re:Directed by.. by dmf415 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Quentin Tarantino could do it! Oil and tranny fluid spilling EVERYWHERE!

    2. Re:Directed by.. by mcslappy · · Score: 5, Funny

      Optimus Prime:
      I've killed a hell of a lot of robots to get to this point, but I only have one more. The last one. The one I'm flying to right now. The only one left. And when I arrive at my destination, I am gonna kill Megatron.

    3. Re:Directed by.. by WormholeFiend · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, on Cybertron, you can buy energon in a movie theatre. And I don't mean in a paper cube either. They give you a glass of energon, like in a bar. On Paris, you can buy energon at MacDonald's. Also, you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese on Unicron?

    4. Re:Directed by.. by Golias · · Score: 4, Funny

      They should get Micheal Moore to direct it

      But then the main battle scene would be done as nothing but sound against a black screen, and most of the rest of the movie would be shots of Autobots refusing to talk to him.

      --

      Information wants to be anthropomorphized.

    5. Re:Directed by.. by Thud457 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Way to violate George Carlin's copyright, you mother fucking cocksucker!

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      the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

    6. Re:Directed by.. by Ubergrendle · · Score: 3, Funny

      Personally I suspect the US has not joined the international war crimes tribunal due to fears that the rest of the world would extradite Michael Bay, Joel Schumacher, and Jerry Bruckheimer for Crimes Against Humanity.

      In fairness, they'd probably be acquitted since it would be impossible to find an impartial jury.

      --
      John Maynard Keynes: "When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do?"
  4. Team America Transformers by CDMA_Demo · · Score: 2, Funny

    Looks like someone is inspired...

  5. It should be very possible by kidventus · · Score: 2, Funny



    After I saw this movie I knew this was going to happen. I just hope it doesn't suck, I'm damn protective of my transformers I had as a kid.

    --
    There is a rage in me to defy the order of the stars, despite their pretty patterns.
  6. Los Hooligans by Lovesquid · · Score: 3, Funny

    After Sin City, I hope to hell that all movies from now on are directed by Robert Rodriguez. And they should all star Carla Gugino as the closed-mouthed, naked lesbian.

  7. Ugh by KSobby · · Score: 2, Funny

    Michael Bay? Too bad it won't be Lucas. It would crank up the Unintentional Comedy Scale (TM) to 11 to see the actors being more mechanical than the robots.

    --
    "It's difficult to meditate on amphetamines." - Joe Walsh
  8. The Movie Will Have Everything!!!!!!! by BRock97 · · Score: 5, Funny
    'Bay's credits include the two "Bad Boys" movies, "Pearl Harbor," "Armageddon" and "The Rock." '

    So, based on that resume, we can expect the following:
    • Bumble Bee and Spike will be two loose cannons that try and bring down an Insecticon drug ring
    • Hot Rod and Kup will defend Cybertron from a surprise attack from the Quintesons
    • Optimus Prime and a rag tag group of Autobots will lead a US mission to Unicron and try to blow it up before he eats Earth
    • And my personal favorite, Kup and Perceptor will try and take back an energon plant from the Dinobots who have gone AWOL. AGAIN!

    This will be the most incredible movie, EVER!
    --

    Bryan R.
    The price of freedom is eternal vigilance, or $12.50 as seen on eBay.....
    1. Re:The Movie Will Have Everything!!!!!!! by dr_dank · · Score: 4, Funny

      Don't forget the breathtaking scene where BenAflecktron puts an animal cracker down LivTylerbots pants.

      --
      Where does the school board find them and why do they keep sending them to ME?
    2. Re:The Movie Will Have Everything!!!!!!! by falser · · Score: 2, Funny

      The degree to which you remember the names of the Autobot characters is, well, frightening.

    3. Re:The Movie Will Have Everything!!!!!!! by Requiem · · Score: 2, Funny

      Also, Ultra-Magnus will go down in the first action sequence.

  9. Pearl Harbor by dR.fuZZo · · Score: 3, Funny
    I miss you more then Michael Bay missed the mark
    When he made Pearl Harbor
    I miss you more than that movie missed the point
    And that's an awful lot girl
    And now, now you've gone away
    And all I'm trying to say is
    Pearl Harbor sucked, and I miss you

    I need u like Ben Affleck needs acting school
    He was terrible in that film
    I need u like Cuba Gooding needed a bigger part
    He's way better than Ben Affleck
    And now all I can think about is your smile
    and that shitty movie too
    Pearl Harbor sucked and I miss you

    Why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies?
    I guess Pearl Harbor sucked
    Just a little bit more than I miss you
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    -- dR.fuZZo
  10. Shockwave by Reignking · · Score: 2, Funny

    Will they update Shockwave? Boomboxes are soooooo 80's...

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    One man's Funny is another man's Offtopic.
  11. Too late by sulli · · Score: 2, Funny

    Optium s Prime has died of prostate cancer. Perhaps our Autobot heroes will wear blue ribbons for him.

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    sulli
    RTFJ.
  12. The Obvious Issue by sagenumen · · Score: 2, Funny

    You're all missing the real issue here.

    The submitter used a colon after a verb; clearly, this is the more important issue at hand.

  13. Perhaps update Transformers to 21st century by IronChefMorimoto · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm wondering if they'd make the following adjustments to the Transformers characters to really make the whole movie more "realistic" and proper to the 21st century:

    • Dinobots will moonlight on Discovery Channel during those "back in time" dinosaur documentaries
    • Optimus Prime will be based at the "Highway 7 Boobs'n'Burgers" when not saving the world
    • Autobots disguised as GM products will frequently be out of commission due to recalls
    • Starscream will make the news when he accidentally strafes an unoccupied middle school
    • Megatron will find many of his plans foiled by gun control advocates
    • Two of the Insecticons die horribly when they move through a suburban neighborhood rife with treatments of Andro Fire Ant Bait
    • The Constructicons will often be missing in action, idling near a highway construction project looking at a hole in the 2 left lanes while taking a lunch break that snarls rush hour traffic
    • That Autobot city (can't remember the name) will never be truly effective as a weapon, mainly because City Hall is chock full of corruption and budget cuts
    • Omnicron will make it to Earth at the end of the movie, only because George Bush kills the funding for the Voyager probe that MIGHT have seen him coming

    IronChefMorimoto

  14. Re:Sign of the Times by On+Lawn · · Score: 4, Funny


    Now there is an idea. Amidts these giants, Megatron is simply some tiny robot with a napoleon complex.

  15. Re:Sign of the Times by anakin876 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yea, megatron will turn into a walkie talkie, just like in ET!

  16. Preview by mm0mm · · Score: 2, Funny

    I expect a lot of explosions. Terrible dialogue. An incredibly bad mixture of CGI and reality, the likes of which hasn't been seen since the end of Air Force One.

    here's the pitch clip that was shown by Dreamworks during the recent discussion with Michael Bay. apparently the studio want the film to be very different from Bay's style, which is good.

  17. I have only six words.... by Prod_Deity · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bah weep granah weep ninni bong

  18. Re:Sign of the Times by Rorschach1 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I mean, Optimus Prime, is an 18 wheeler? where the hell does the trailer go when he's a robot.

    It simply receeds over the horizon, duh. Weren't you paying attention?

    Now, the interesting part is that it's the same desert horizon, regardless of where they're actually at.

    So in short, your answer is: Over the horizon, in the desert. That's where the trailer goes.