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Peter Cullen Chosen to Voice Optimus Prime (Again)
bigdady92 writes "Yesterday at Comic-Con it was announced that the new voice for Transformers the Movie was to be Peter Cullen who will voice Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots. Peter Cullen was the voice of the original Optimus Prime. The lending of his voice to the cast in a quick 'intro' at Comic-con was greeted by unanimous cheer from the crowd. Many fans, internet boards, blogs were calling for the return of Cullen to voice his most famous and well-loved character Optimus Prime."
uly 22, 2006 - During Paramount's presentation on Friday at Comic-Con International in San Diego, the studio made an official announcement regarding their live-action feature film version of Transformers.
While the announcement, which was preceded by a taped greeting from director Michael Bay, wasn't as momentous as the much expected first look at the giant robots in action, it was almost as eagerely anticipated by the fans.
A vocal "greeting" by Optimus Prime himself announced that voice actor Peter Cullen, who played the character in the popular 1980s cartoon TV series, will voice Optimus Prime in nest summer's big -budget movie version.
The announcement was met with rousing applause from Comic-Con attendees. The fans have long desired that Cullen reprise the role he'd made famous on TV.
So what ... Lets roll out !!
Will Lion reunite one more time for this project? otherwise this film would be a waste of time.
I heard it was going to be Jackie Mason.
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What a waste of time that show was (on G4). The only thing we got out of it about Transformers is that Optimus Prime is 32' tall and that Peter Cullen is doing the voice. That, and there won't be any actual CGI of them until January or so. Basically it means its going to be a while until we get a real trailer like we were lead to believe they'd be showing.
"On a scale from 1 to 10, people are stupid"
I am guessing you are one of the following.
As a child There were transformers but you never liked them much. You may have preferred He-Man, GI-Gjoe, or Something else.
When you were a child Transformers were either Non-Existant just starting but you were a little to old to like them much.
WHen you were a Kid Transformers were going out of style.
When Growing up you had Transformers and you liked them but you are trying so hard to be grown up you hide you wish to play with toys like you did as an adult.
I am an adult to. I am getting Married Have my own how, work a full time job which pays more then the national average. I am a responsible mature adult by all measurements. But heck I still like transformers I watch the DVDs yea in retrospec the cartoons were a little cheesy but still they were fun. What is there not to like about Robots turning into cars and back.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Part of the goal in the movie is to regain nostalgia of when we were kids, no doubly it will be different in a lot of aspects. Just having The Voice of Optimus Prime make us feel at home. His voice was perfect of Optimus Prime, Was a Good Guys Voice but with authority, Other voices could make him seem Either to Pansy and Mean and heartless.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
I recall reading recently that entertainment "news" is very popular with newspapers and TV stations because they don't have to have a reporter do any leg-work or research, just get a clip or parrot a quote from the celeb's agent.
These days, thanks to newspaper/radio/tv mergers, all the big wigs care about is profit margin. Entertainment "news" like "Britney marries again!" can be made to fill the same amount of time as a story about (gasp) some bill before the House of Representatives that takes a reporter, camera crew and van travelling to the statehouse, fact checking, interviewing a couple representatives etc. Guess which is cheaper, by far?
Please help metamoderate.
What about the slashdotters that are not american, you insensitve clod!?
We'll probably enjoy much more watching it dubbed by the same guy who dubbed the animated series!
something like:
"Sayonara, Optimus Roboto-sam! "
"Hasta luego, Señor Optimus Roboto!"
"Auf wiedersehn, Herr Optimus Roboter"
What is best in life? To crush your enemies, to see them driven before you and to hear the lamentations of their women.
True that,
How can you NOT like the transformers? I wasnt too excited when this project was first accounced, (another hollywood bludgeoning of an icon from my childhood) but this is promising.
I'm close to assuming this movie isnt going to be as bad as I originally thought, Lets hope Bay doesnt go all Uwe Boll on us and completely destroy the Transformers.
Peter Cullen has done a lot of voice over work for movies for the last couple of years, but everytime I hear his voice I think, "ooh optimus!". Hopefully this will be seen as a coup-de-gras of his career and he can get the recognition he deserves.
As for the type of guy I was back then, jellomizer, I still own all 113 of my transformers.
Yup.
So, do you have anything else to say, or does it simply make you feel better to call other people dorks for liking things you don't?
On that note, my parents are fairly open-minded folks, and when my little-brother was 3, he really, really wanted a doll and a stroller. Now, my parents basically looked at eachother and said 'Well, why not? We're not ones to let cultural prejudices get in front of our kids happyness'. We have never, ever laughed so much as when he got it though. He threw out the doll and promptly ran out into the street to play racing cars with it. He crashed fairly often though, and the poor stroller really wasn't built for his abuse. He had to get a new one after a month or so :)
"" How about taking the safety labels off everything, and let the stupidity-problem solve itself? """
What can I say? How can you go wrong with this decision?
Just because you're not a kid anymore doesn't mean you shouldn't have fun either.
I can't speak for everyone else, but I happen to like robots, automobiles and electronics. Transformers is a trifecta of all that is interesting to me and the plot happens to revolve around an epic battle of good vs evil, and sometimes good & evil vs greater evil, all with really amazing transformations of these sentient robots into normal everyday human objects.
What's not to like? I suppose you liked GI Joe or something? Pfft. Gritty quasi-realistic cartoon pitting US vs Them. 'Us'? 'U.S.'? same thing on GI Joe. Good guys = America, hoorah! bad guys = anyone who looks or acts differently than an American, except for Snake Eyes, b/c he'd kill you without hesitation if you questioned his loyalty to the US. But, then again, he is a ninja. They have real ultimate power. Don't cross a ninja. This one time, my cousin's classmate's younger brother's babysitter's sister was walking with her boyfriend, and his leg clipped a bush that a ninja was hiding in waiting for his adversary from a rival ninja clan, and the ninja jumped out and diced him right there! It was over before the babysitter's sister could scream! And then, just because he could the ninja cut off her right arm and left leg and jumped to the rooftops and dashed away to find a worthwhile foe! You don't mess with that kind of power. So, to answer your question, global warming is being caused by Ninjas killing Pirates, because there aren't enough worthwhile ninja foes, so the ninjas have started going after pirates.
At this point and time, I'm only worried about three things in any transformers movie remake:
1) It has a good and entertaining plot
2) It has stunning artistic quality in the visual effects
3) That peter cullen is optimus prime
You can argue til your blue in the face as to what the characters look like and the technology bullshit of disappearing parts or even including the dinobots. The appeal of the Transformers has always been about the characters. They weren't just cute toys, or an afternoon cartoon. The brilliance has always been about the characters. Who they were, what they did, as well as what they transformed into. It was the total package.
The total package includes Peter's voice. It's unmistakable, unduplicatable, and undeniably the best!
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In my experience, people who use the word "sheeple" are just as mindless as the people they bitch about.
This poo is cold.
There's a particular view where certain interests and behaviors are associated with childhood and certain interests and behaviours are associated with adulthood, and if you're a good child you follow those, and when you become an adult you continue to behave in the way society tells you to.
Then there are people who grow up, which among other things means leaning to think for yourself, decide for yourself, and be responsible for your own decisions and their consequences.
For people who've grown up, whether to be excited about this or not is a matter of personal preference, but for those who haven't really grown up yet, the fact that they're an adult and not a kid anymore is relevant to this. To the latter group, the comment "I'm not a kid anymore" is a valid explanation for why they would not be interested in this. If and when they ever do grow up, they'll refrain from making those kinds of comments about things that simply don't interest them for whatever reason.
"Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies."
Mhh, the random link above is unfortunately more representative of the YouTube community, but this or that link seem more appropriate :)
Set Photos here
Notice how lame Optimus Prime looks with those flames.
Nice Jubblies though in the last pic.
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I liked transformers, but I liked Robotix better.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
You're right. Maybe if it was about robots that turned into buildings.
Maybe I'm missing something.
Wasn't the line supposed to be "I don't get it"?
What's so special about transformers?
They're more than meets the eye.
Granted; a lot (if not most) movies were made after some author wrote a book which was picked up by a director who eventually made it into a movie. All in all it used to be one (or more) people who wanted to get a story out. Actually create something enjoyable by the masses.
But these days I taste none of that, its like people are desperatly trying to find certain storyline(s) for the sole purpose of making more money. First you've seen this behaviour happening on the 'superheroes' front where Marvel created movies from their several characters, even when there already was such a movie (Spiderman comes to mind). But even in those cases you're basicly making a movie from a phenomenon. The 'superheroes' saga has lasted for years and was enjoyed by millions of people, young and old alike.
However, IMO it started becoming a little ridiculous when you get movies from cartoons while the cartoon itself was already a phenomenon in itself. Take, for example, 'Masters of the Universe'. Whats even striking me more is that this series was originally launched with the idea of merchandize in the back of people's mind. Is that really a good starting point to make a movie from it ? Or what about the 'Flintstones' ? In my opinion thats an even worse movie since it doesn't even try to be a regular movie but mimicks all the cartoon effects, sometimes in a more than ridiculous manner.
In the end all of those movies don't pay attention to anything which made the whole thing great and basicly introduces the "directors liberty". You know; when a simply known fact from the original is twisted because "it matches the movie/story/scene/whatever better". You've seen this happening in many if not all movies. Narnia: The professor met the kids right after they left the closet. Hello; wasn't there some tour going? In the original BBC series they looked him up in his study. Master o/t Universe: In the end battle Skeletor rambles about getting the power to become God. Hello? Don't tell me that the whole "Master of the Universe" has already degraded to nothing more than a mere title? In the original Skeletor always tried to become the Master of the Universe. Inspector Gadget: Lets not even get into this one, when compared with the original it was just bad since nothing was adopted, not even the mystery behind Dr. Claw. Lord of the Rings: While not totally bad its plain out obvious that the story isn't exactly the most important anymore, its the special effects. Where previous cartoons totally focussed on story and passion these movies need the special effects for "massive battles". A pity IMO.
In all honosty the last example isn't fair since this isn't something which has been remade. It simply is the first real movie from the book, just like any other of its kind. But it does goes to show you that money is ruling supreme here. Being a big Transformers fan myself at the age of 36 (I stopped caring when we got Beast Wars and the Transformers Armada) and a big Evangelion fan (basicly I just like cartoons but these two are rather special IMO) I'm really not looking forward to the upcoming live movies. I'd rather see some television station doing a re-run of the original series, and I don't mean the horrible series where they started sticking the serie together with an awfully annoying cube animation.
Why can't we leave something great as great as it is and simply acknowledge its greatness by enjoying the original all over again?
... the bad news is that he's going to be voicing a robotic lawn mower.
I grew up watching tf and loved it. But going back and watching the original series, you see a lot more cheese than you remembered. Still a fun ride but not the same. But the animated movie I watched a few times over the years and I think it really stands the test of time. Ya it was an obvious ploy to kill a bunch of em for new toys, but they did it with such style. The animation is obviously better than the series, the story more serious, and c'mon, Orson Welles as unicron! (I've read it's the last thing he did but imdb has things credited later but probably older material resurfaced from some projects, not to mention best voice ever next to james earl jones). Even Leonard Nemoy was great as galvitron.
Discussing voices, who is going to be the voice of megatron? I sure hope Frank Welker will reprise the role.
Notice how lame Optimus Prime looks with those flames.
Has Optimus Prime ever had an extended front? Every time I've seen him in vehicle mode, it's always been a flat-front truck...
I'm just not interested in the movie.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
Haven't they already made a CGI trailer, showing a giant robot on Mars? It doesn't show very much (you can't identify which TF it is), but it's still CGI.
Here's the direct link. Basically, it appears to be Independence Day 2: Transformers. They're even releasing it on the 4th of July.
GI Joe literally, even then, fell me with amusement....
..then it's Joes versus Cobra in the water during a storm, a sneeze sends a rocket flying, a pillar in an unstable building topples down on a Joe... rather unsafe? Mixed Messages? :D
;)
A Joe would stroll up, tell some kids to get out of the water because of a tstrom. Kids come out, lightening hits the water "and now we know...and knowing is half the battle". Endorsed by the Children Saftey thingy....
Anyways what I'd have wanted from the show was casualties. For all the fighting, for all the weaponry, I only remember two injuries whatsoever: Shipwreck getting amnesia in an accident, and in the movie a Joe going into a coma. At least transformers took hits and some even became "One with the Matrix". That total absence of risk or plot made me prefer what little anime was on television at time.
Altho Zarana was hot...
I was a wee bit old for Transformers. I used to watch occassionally, and assumed that the TV programmes were simply adverts for the merchandise. I can't see that I was really wrong. The production values were true cheese.
* Compensating for being bullied when you were a transformers-watching kid
* Compensating for something else.
Yours trolly,
- r
I was a little dismayed seeing some of the "creative" changes that Bay seemed to be applying to this film. I can handle Optimus Prime being a long-nose truck, mainly because in some iterations of the franchise (i.e. Armada), he does appear that way. However, the decision to paint him with flames, as well as making Bumblebee a Camero, indicated to me that Bay had no regard for the original personalities of the Transformers. Basically he just wanted to make everything be "eXXXXXtreeeme" as possible.
Cullen voicing Prime will at least ensure that some elements of character's original personality will stay intact, and this is probably the selling point for me seeing the movie.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
Congrats fellow 20-30 men in america! You are now in the demographic that spends money on worthless crap. So now you will be targeted in a more mainstream way than before when you were just part of the kid demo and they were busy targeting your parents. Back then, you were not interested in the crap your father was getting sold on and probably being told how great that stuff from his childhood was that he was getting back into--inbetween the "i walked miles in snow to school" compensation.
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I did not own any transformers. They were too expensive for my parents. I just got the stupid knock-off Go-bots.
Perhaps you'd be interested in some of these then.
How can you NOT like the transformers? I wasnt too excited when this project was first accounced, (another hollywood bludgeoning of an icon from my childhood) but this is promising.
Before I start, I respect anyone who has any "Transformers"(tm). As a toy, it was a cool idea, and on top of that helped to boost hand eye co-ordination. And as a collectors item, I don't know their value but they came out after the great starwars bonanza, where *those* suckers were more valuable than baseball cards.
But as a story... I think I might be missing something. I know nothing other than the afternoon cartoon. Now don't get me wrong, I was big on Japanese animation by this point in my life. I had already went out of my way to watch Star Blazers and Robotec and I was expecting another interesting epic. But with all kids programing airing was sporadic at best, so if there was a bigger story arc I didn't know about it. The first set get repeated into the ground with no real means of finding out when the new season was going to arive, let alone which season was which, and when it finally came to town, my half hearted interest started to fade, then came along a new series of characters followed by the flood of new toys associated with them which killed my suspencion of disbelief and I began to see it for what it was, one long commercial for overpriced toys. Parents went out of their way to get their children Arialbots which IIRC were crap, not only proportionatly smaller than the prior generation but were as simple as the Go-bots. And by this point in my life I had better things to do, either that or walking home from school took long enough that I missed the wonderful cartoon hour, that wonderful hour for those fortunate enough to be close enough to home from school to catch. Not to speak of the fact that VCRs were still new to the home and catching them in their proper order was unlikely.
So... "How can you NOT like the transformers?", there wasn't much of a plot in the cartoon that I noticed, but rather two sets of robots stuck on earth making pointless raids always resulting in a stalemate.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
Can't believe I'm wasting my breath on a "good troll" but, /. thread about Transformers!?
I am too busy studying and doing research for a Transformers movie.
but you have enough time to post 3 times on
I'm sure the quality of your "psychological research" is undeniable, and a true gift to the human spirit.
Thanks for playing:)
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But not as hot as the leather dressed, thigh-high booted, dark rim spectacled, Baroness.
I've said too much..
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
Maybe I'm missing something.
The Knack.
May the Maths Be with you!
He loved the way the Duke always came out on top. Loved the way Wayne's characters acted and lead and showed men how to be men.
And all that stuff.
And while I've never watched a John Wayne movie, I tip my hat to them despite how cheesy they may have been, because I loved and respected my grandfather and those movies were the ones we bought for him when he was suffering from cancer at the end of his days. He was in obvious pain, but he enjoyed them nonetheless.
Optimus Prime is the John Wayne of the generation who grew up in the 80s. Sure, there was Duke from GI Joe, but he was usurped in midstream by a general. There was Lion-o, but the Thundercats were too wierd for most kids to take seriously. There was He-Man, but he was never anything more than a bad Superman re-interpretation.
But Optimus, man... Optimus was a truck and an action figure all in one. And when he spoke, he did so with conviction on the side of right and he used his leadership to defeat those who would harm others. And even when he was wrong, he eventually did the right thing. I don't own any "toys" anymore. I mean, I have recreational objects that I use to unwind with, but nothing that a kid would understand or find interesting. Except one. My 20th anniversary edition Optimus sits proudly on my desk. The original toy looked little like the cartoon character. But this one? 60 bucks and it doesn't even matter... Optimus looks like he shoulda. He's a kickass poseable paperweight.
When Optimus died in the movie, I was a kid, and I was upset. Who was this Rodimus dude, and what did he do with our hero? See, even with the neat futuristic car and the neat flaming paint job, Hot Rod and Rodimus just weren't as cool. Didn't matter that he could fight Galvatron and kick some Swoop ass... he wasn't the hero. He wasn't the legend. And when Optimus came back, he died saving the universe again. And then he came back for more.
Children today will tell their kids about the time they saw Kobe Bryant score 81. They'll swear Duane Wade was the best ever. But they never saw Jordan play. They never watched Magic pass. But I never got to see Wilt in his heyday, or see Oscar Robertson average a triple double. They'll claim that LaDainian Tomlinson is the best RB to ever lace them up because of his fancy moves, but they never got a chance to watch Barry spin the way I never got a chance to see Jim Brown knock people over.
Everyone grows up and has their own legends to tell tales about. For the 80s bunch, Optimus Prime saved the day after school, and that's why so many love and respect the character to this day. And you can't have Optimus Prime without the deep, John Waynesy voice of Peter Cullen. Just wouldn't be right.
With Michael Bay running the show, the movie will still suck.
Software Wars
They'd pick Will Smith. "OH! I know you Decepticons didn-t just invade earth baby! No you in trouble!"
Optimus Prime? Bah! Peter Cullen will always be KARR to me. (Even though he wasn't in KARR's second appearance. :p) "I have checked my data on basic human desires. Therefore, I understand your needs. You wish to eat. You wish to drink. You wish to reproduce. Which one first?"
You must think in Russian.
For what it's worth, I don't think the comment was worth the down-modding. This story may arguably be "news for nerds", but "stuff that matters"? Enough for the front page? Maybe I'm just getting old...
It's official. Most of you are morons.
We don't have anything better to do than get excited about a Transformers movie.
You don't have anything better to do than think about us getting excited about a Transformers movie.
I'd rather be me here.
Proud neuron in the Slashdot hivemind since 2002.
finally some good news for this movie.
I think a billion little kids--not to mention most of their parents--would take issue with calling Optimus Prime his "most famous and well-loved character." Peter Cullen has voiced Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh for decades.
Boom Shanka
Sorrty, but you're deluding yourself. You follow a crowd just like everyone else. You just follow a different crowd. The crowd that hates Jerry Springer and hates those who watch the show.
Why else would you be using somebody elses proverb to make your point?
Despite being tagged "Slow news day" this announcement is definitely more than meets the eye.
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If you feel the need to use a 2-bit word for "three", ANY of the following would be preferable:
I swear, it is like you people are dedicated to having no fun in this lifetime.
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"At one of my own performances I was introduced by the promoter as someone who ". . . is obviously having so much fun you can't help but have fun along with him."
I was once informed by a friend that a group of friends had gotten together and decided that my last name was a verb, meaning "to make laugh uncontrolably." In fact, at the moment I seem to have gathered a small cadre of aspiring young stand up comedians who like to just listen to me talk, trying to figure out how to be funny (they write good jokes, but they really don't have much skill at being funny yet. I don't have any "material" at all. I'm just funny. I guess I'd be in the "Billy Connolly School" of comedy). One of them is begging me to let him make a film about me. He says I "need to be documented."
I'd posit that I know something both about having fun and entertaining people.
"A medium-well steak is no more nutritious for me than a few bites off of a cow. It costs more but I'll enjoy it a lot better. .
Indeed. Bugs Bunny;medium-well steak. Transformers;Three day raw dead cow - advertised as medium-well steak to somehow induce you into buying toys of ill manufacture, but momentary intrigue.
Well, I guess someone had to have the misfortune to spend their childhood in the 1980s, the most culturally bankrupt decade in all of human history, and I'm aware of a good deal of human history. If you're nostalgic for it I suppose it's not your fault, by virtue of not knowing any better.
There's a reason it is called the "entertainment industry", they make money by entertaining people.
It's called the entertainment industry because it's an industry, not entertainment, and their chief output seems to be constant whinging that people are ignoring them in ever increasing droves.
Maybe they need to learn to be funny . . . and some decent material, 'cause they sure suck at making it up as they go along.
KFG
"I don't get it. What's so special about transformers? I remember as kid it just another gimmicky, poorly animated cartoon show designed to market little robot cars and other toys. There was certainly nothing memorable the show that would create a fan following, I don't think. Maybe I'm missing something."
I think the first thing you're missing is that you didn't look at it through the eyes of an 8 year old. Yes, you're right,it was gimmicky and yes it was designed to market toys to kids. Nobody's kidding you about that. The toys were cool. Back then, you had GI Joes, Hot Wheels, and Star Wars. Transformers were new, and they were different. Heck, even my parents like getting me the toys because this was back in the day when die-cast metal was still being used. They would 'last' longer than my other toys. They were also intriguing because I had no problem transforming them, but my parents couldn't. Heh.
Then the movie came out. Oh man. That was a trip. The movie was MUCH larger than the TV series aspired to be. Not only did it add to the mythos of the Transformers, but it also featured a much stronger drama than we had seen on the small screen. Main characters died. That's a shock when you're 10 years old. Suddenly the battle for energon turned into a galaxy saving event, and many characters we loved paid the ultimate price for it.
Then there was the comic books. I cannot talk with authority about the quality of the comics because I never had the chance to read them. I did, however, catch up on the summary of them on Wikipedia and found that they had developed a rather strong sci-fi story around the existence of these machines. From a scifi point of view, there's a very interesting tale about how these guys came into being and their significance in the universe. I think a lot of people would agree with me that if this franchise were taken to an 'adult' level, something very rich could be made of it. Head on over to Wiki and you may see what I mean.
As for being memorable, the Transformers helped define a generation. It's hard to look at it today without experiencing it in your youth. Take any 25-30 year old, male or female, and mention the Transformers, and they'll go "oh.. yeah! I remember those!" After missing this, I can understand your point of view. It took a lot to make the Transformers popular.
I have to say, though, that I'm worried about the movie. This is one of those franchises that the fans will nitpick to death. Normally I wouldn't fear this too much because the hard-core fan base is usually pretty small, but considering who the movie is aimed at and how many people actually watched this cartoon, I'm not even sure there's a 'right' way to do it in order to make the fans happy. We've all got our own ideas about what it was that made the Transformers fantastic. Myself included. There are two details that I feel they should incorporate into this movie that, without them, I'll have a hard time accepting. I'm embarrased to admit this because it reveals me to be one of those obsessed detail-oriented nerds with all of the social charm of the Comic Store Guy in the Simpsons. But maybe it'll give you a little clue into why this movie is contraversial.
In the cartoon, the Transformers made a dinstinctive CHUK-CHUK-CHUK-CHUK sound when they transformed. In later attempts to revive the franchise (Beast Wars, for example...) they tossed the sound and made the transforming sequence slower. The reason for this change isn't a bad one. As mentioned before, the original cartoon was poorly animated. To simplify those shots, they transformed them quickly and dubbed in the sound. In the latter cartoons, the animation quality was higher, so they showed the more elaborate transforming sequence. Not a bad reason, right? Afterall, the fans want to see how these transformations work, right? This little difference, though, made the original Transformers seem more advanced and alien. Well... magical is a better word. The slower transform
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"You heard me. I can't believe all of these losers. Its a freaking kiddie cartoon."
$5 says you creamed in your shorts over previews of Episode I, Matrix Reloaded, and Serenity. Even if I'm wrong about one of them, I'm still willing to bet you shouldn't be casting any stones.
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could it actualy be the leader of the stunticons? i think his name was motormaster?
That's a really interesting thought. While Motormaster is really a flat-front truck, as seen in this cel found online, changing him slightly would be significantly more palatable than having that be Optimus Prime.
I would've waited an eternity for this!
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Robotix --the cool construction play set--not the stupid cartoon. But robotech is the bomb. Forget the transformers.
A Good Troll is better than a Bad Human.
What a shame Orson Welles isn't still around. IMO, his voice was up there with Peter Cullen's.
---southpaw
M-O-O-N spells Optimius
"They razzed me for three months to no end," said Prime. "They really dug into me about it."
ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ZERO ONE ONE! Just brushing up for my next big invention: Ethernet over Voice (EoV)
The comics, some of which were better than just toy promotion -- a guide and some info: here. In the US, the focus was more on the TV show.
Ph-nglui mglw'nafh Gates M'dna wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Believe it or not, it is possible that someone could have enjoyed children's entertainment when they were a child and find it immature as an adult without some sort of outside influence, as you suggest. It's a kid's show, and kid's toys, after all. Unfortunately it seems that pop-culture has gotten to the point that a man not being entertained by the silly tv shows he enjoyed as a kid is somehow considered abnormal (or a troll/flamebait). Does your wife still watch Care Bears or pink pony cutsie cartoon shows?
For better or worse, a lot of my childhood revolved around my imagination being blasted wide open by the Star Wars movies, yet as an adult I think that those same Star Wars movies are kinda dumb and immature. Shocking, I know.
Oh, and I never liked the Transformers; even as a kid I thought the show was dumb and the toys were cheap, flimsy and, well... dumb.
RTFM; please, I beg you.
Not a single Clerks 2 reference yet?
If corporations are people, aren't stockholders guilty of slavery?
11 years ago Optimus Prime was a long nosed truck.
In fact, black with red flames.
The toy was actually pretty good.
I wonder if the robot looks the same too.
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There's more than you can buy.
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This is my opinion. To make sure you don't steal it, it's covered by the DMCA.
There is only one possible solution. Zonk must be fired into the Sun (or at least out of a cannon).
Similar to the upcoming US election results
It would be useful if we could mod the editors as well as the articles. Imagine how often Zonk would get the -1 Dumbass mod!
Similar to the upcoming US election results
I hear you on the mass thing, but I think the clever boys over at Hasbro have this one licked. Check out the Alternators line. They're amazing.
Even Jesus hates listening to Creed.
...for Elias. He's gonna go nuts over this.
How can I be a part of the "crowd that hates Jerry Springer and hates those who watches the show" when I don't even have the brain-rotting device known as the television?
What does owning a television have to do with whether you hate those who have such a device?
Also, those that follow a crowd don't usually think for themselves, rather they go with what is popular with their peers.
You still follow a crowd. You might believe you think for yourself, but your thoughts are coloured by prejudices picked up from society. Hence you consider television to be a "brain rotting device". You're quite clearly a member of a pseudo intellectual, television dislikng crowd. You consider that other people don't think for themselves and that you do. Lots of people feel this way, but I find in all cases, there are certain prejudices acquired from other people, or the media. How many people do you know who watch Jerry Springer? How do you know how bad the show is if you don't have a television? Have you actually watched a few shows to confirm that it is as bad as you think?
Also the point I was making was showing how ignorant a good number of slashdotters are, since they love to use profanity
This is beside the point. What makes you think profanity is indicative of ignorance? Seems to me that somebody else said so. Someone you may consider a peer perhaps.
Great post...transformers being able to change in size definitely added to their technological advancement level. Yeah, it was a gimmick put into the series/movie simply to squeeze in a strange toy design but if a child can find a way to explain how and why it works, if a child can find a way to explain how it realistically possible. I'm sure Hollywood can find a way to put it on screen so that an adult can see it as technological magic.
Soundwave should definitely be able to change size!
"...but my mom says I'm talented!"
/. just to be a dick and whore for karma, and you never have a point to make that matters. It's like saying "M$ sucks!!1", that's pretty much how deep and insightful you are on here.
I'm not trolling, but you tend to get into discussions on
"For the love of god PLEASE everybody: "trifecta" does not mean "three things"."
If enough people decide that it does, then it does. That's how languages evolve.
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Fixed it for you.
Mommy, what does 'jaded' mean?
Seriously, no.
Trifecta comes from combining the prefix "tri-" and the word "perfecta", meaning perfect. It simply means achieving three criteria perfectly. They don't have to be in order (that's not implied by the word.) So if I said in order to win a game, you had to a) collect $100, b) cross the finish line, and c) answer a trivia question, and you did so, then you've hit a trifecta.
In fact, trifecta is a great word to use if there are 3 conditions that really sum up a particular position or situation. If you win the 100m, 200m, and 400m races, you've hit the trifecta of track glory. Or if you win the Oscar, Golden Globe, and SGA award, you've won the trifecta of a solid acting performance.
Trifecta. Three perfections. That's it. Not just horse racing.
They were originally were just going to have robots turn into cars and stay that way, but the idea was quickly scrapped and turned into Knight Rider
You forgot: Menage a trois. :)
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The sounds in every video clip are awful. I remember transformations back when I watched the show in the 80s sounding like a serious of computer generated tones in a bit of dischord. The previews makes every mechanical action sound like a dozen cheap power drills going into metal and a few prison cell doors slamming shut. Since the transformations are all CG and not necessarily realistic, using supposedly realistic sounds just ruins things for fans. Also the attempt to tie the plot into a transmission from a crashed Mars lander seems overplayed. Is George Bush directly funding this film? Who gives a damn about Mars these days?
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News is entertainment.
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I don't get it. What's so special about transformers? Maybe I'm missing something.
You must be. Let me break it down for you:
A Transformer or Transportation Former is an intelligent machine that is able to "transform", reconfiguring itself into a common and innocuous form, such as a car, aircraft, or animal. The taglines "More Than Meets the Eye" and "Robots in Disguise" reflect this ability. Additionally, this "transformation" is often accompanied by a "Wa-a-a-a" sound, not unlike the sound the lead singer makes in the song "Down With the Sickness," although several octaves lower and somewhat more synthesized-sounding.
Now do you get it?
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That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. Everbody knows transformers work on AC, and alternators output DC. They're wholly incompatible!
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This is great. Mind the comma.
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In additon to that, I recall at least one episode where he turned into a gun that a human could wield. So, not only does his size change between modes, but it even varies in the same mode.
I, too, was a huge Transformers fan in childhood. However, from watching a few of the TV shows recently, I have found that they really haven't aged very gracefully for the most part. Even the movie is much more simplistic and a bit cheesier than I remember it being all those years ago. I guess that's a downside of being aimed at children...
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