it's prime time!

in addition to the recent unveil of Hasbro's Transformers toys @ the NYTF just, Hasbro and Dreamworks hosted Michael Bay and Adam Goodman (president of production at DreamWorks) to preview 4 extended clips from the feature film @ Lincoln Center's Walter Reads Theatre [via]


and while i have no disillusions that somehow somewhere someone would sneek-film it and upload it on youtube (*snicker*), here are some online sites that describes what they saw:

- Preview @ SuperheroHype.com
- Movie Spoilers @ TFW2005.com [images via]
- Paramount Transformers Review @ ENews [link via]
- Transformers Preview @ IGN (extensive details)
- a very detailed breakdown Review of Sneak Peek @ Seibertron.com (including trailer screengrabs)
- Reviewd @ AICN (does the dude even know who the on-screen Transformers are gonna be???)

basically the four scenes are:
01. Blackout @ military base
02. Sam tries to score with Mikaela with Bumblebee's help
03. Three giant robots tries to hide in Sam's backyard
-----(this already sounds too hilarious to miss)
04. Desert Battle Scene

reading the descriptions gave me mild goosebumps, with admittedly a heighten excitement brewing, more so now then when i started tracking/following the development of Michael bay's adaptation of the classic '80s cartoon Transformers into live-action on the silver-screen, i'd been knee-deep in image-collecting, loads of photoshopping and compiling of montage images, primarily for this blog and to satisfy my own curiosity and mild hunger (*ahem*) for the movie and it's toys, the result of which is my Flickr-album, filled with 100+ images and counting - peep it if you're too lazy don't want to scour thru my blog, LOL

:: Transformers@Flickr ::

[posted circa 15.02.07]

more megatron, ironhide and frenzy design leaks

more leaked Transformer-movie designs, this time with a trio of images, starting with the "final" 3D-design render of Megatron! [via]

top-tier image is the "final"-3D-design, compared to the earlier featured renders at the bottom-tier, Megatron is shaping up to be quite an awesome evolved-looking mecha, IMHO - and hoping his "character" matches his look (unlike the quasi-whiny cartoon he used to be LOL ;p)

Ironhide is really shaping up to be a real cool-Autobot, at least from this CGI render [via]


while Frenzy (first revealed here) is still borderline "comedic", IMHO

cheeky-comparisons with Johnny5 is inevitable (*snicker*) ... but truly need to see the silver-screen adaptation of him to accurately judge, i reckon :p

[original images via TFW2005.com]

[posted 10.02.07]

megatron on ice

seriously, i'd never have anybody take pictures of my "top secret" movie set, much less post them on the worldwideweb for all and sundry to see and criticize!!!

now, having said that, i'm totally lurvin' this trio of sneak Megatron On Ice pictures! [via]

*photoshopped, 'natch* ;p

[the "Megatron-icle" was first seen here + here]
personally, i reckon this partial construct would be for live-actors to react in, with the missing top half of Megatron in either CG-added in laterz - tis nice to see the effort going into "realism", even if tis just half the mecha-bod LOL

notice the scaled-model (for framing purposes, perhaps?) in image below (circled) - now, i seriously wouldn't mind having that dude on my desk at all! :p

*heh*

[posted circa 9.02.06]

transformers viral video

hey, watch where you park your car, buddy!!! [via]

[peep bottom-left-screen] = *cool*
[posted circa 6.02.07]

more leaked cgi-design sheets of Transformers

finally after a flood of Transformers proto-type toys-imagery (still more to come!), we get to see a few more leaked design drawings - ala CGI Design Sheets [via/via] - which i have photoshopped here:

Decepticon Starscream looks rather bulky and menacing in this design (too bad the toys have been looking pretty disappointing, IMHO):

[original image]

*view more after the jump*

no toy-images so far but Decepticon Bonecrusher looks set to be a brawler:

[original image]

added new:


and check out Decepticon Soundbyte which has been renamed Frenzy:

[original image] and looking like a pile of chicken-bones, innit? *smacks palm on forehead* *LOL*

and finally the lone Autobot Ironhide (getting to be another fav of mine)

[original image]

past design leaks:
- Megatron design-sheet
- Megatron design-renders
- Megatron and Barricade CG-renders
- Barricade CG-render
- Optimus and Bumblebee CG-renders

[posted circa 5.02.07]

gimme some optimus headshots

Autobot-leader; Optimus Prime pops in to say "hi" ~ courtesy of TFormers.com:

looking very much japanese-anime-robots-influenced with every little design-step, dunnit? IMHO, anyways ... *heh*

[posted circa 25.01.07]

official optimus image released

peep these "officially released" Transformer-movie images [via]

a majestic Optimus Prime, last seen on EMPIRE magazine-cover, actually ... altho i'd really appreciate it if they could throw some new crumbles our way, eh? in-lieu of yet another unscheduled / unintentional design leak, eh? *LOL*

and yet another new "reason" to watch the Transformers-movie:

no, not Shia LaBeouf (image-right), but sweetie Megan Fox, innit? (wiki / interviewed on FHM) = *yumz* ~ peep two more official-release pictures (of the Scorponok desert attack) @ SuperHerohype :)

[post circa 24.01.07]

megatron is an alien jet part two

"new"/more images of concept model sheet / developmental design sketches of Megatron (as an Alien Jet) has leaked online [via/via]

which sorta matches the CG-Renders (featured here) - and i haveta say i do like this visceral design, altho as much as it has been totally altered / adapted for the movie, it remains to be seen if he translates well unto the big-screen and eventually toys, innit? *heh*

[posted circa 20.01.07]

megatron is an alien jet

yes, Megatron has become an alien jet. (easier to explain than a giant-gun, mayhaps?) dunno what to make of it really ... Mecha-Predator? an elaborate jewelry-installation? a buncha bent forks-n-spoons-sculpture? or just plain awesome mecha design?



*all images shown above via servewithchips* (which also includes character descriptions of both Autobots and Decepticons) = *effin' cool*

megatron-on-ice?

full-CG-renders of megatron and barricade online

full-CG-renders of both Megatron and Barricade have appeared online [via]:

the initial partial-image of Megatron is fully revealed here [via], with him looking like he's out for a barbeque with them skewer-fingers of his (*snicker*) - altho am wondering if this be the bad-boy who stepped out of the swimming pool at the end of the teaser-trailer (posted here) ... whereas we see the complete Barricade (previous image), in all his scrounged-up angry-mecha-face glory [via]:

*heh*

[post circa 12.01.07]

i can see transformers

seen on Amazon Japan:



three (pre-school???) books with Transformer mecha-design images of both Autobots and Decepticons on their covers, namely Bumblebee, Barricade, and Optimus wif Frens [via transformerslive]

bigtime leakage? so, does it mean the images posted here and here are legit?

(or maybe they are "developmentals" after all, eh?) *heh*

[post circa 7.01.07]

japanese transformer trailer online

a mildly pixelated japanese-version of the Transformer
teaser trailer is online now [via] with the first 30-seconds
taken up by a coupla guys named Steven and Michael
hawking their movie:

including some "new" footages ... and of coz here
are some select screengrabs (not the best, mind):

*heh*

[posted circa 4.01.07]

optimus prime face revealed (sort of)

partially shoruded in silhouetted-shadows, Optimus Prime stands tall with possibly an Energon Matrix cube glowing in his gut his headlights flashing (???) on the cover of EMPIRE magazine [via] and from this image @ tfw2005boards, fanboys seems somewhat temporarily placated by the original-G1-face/head design of Optimus Prime.

giving-in to fanboys' pleas? or part of the original plan? the way i see it (and this is my own assumption, mind), the alien-Transformers arrived on earth, with their own Cybertron-organic-mecha-design-origins and mayhap part of their evolution was to assimilate (as if giant robots ever can) as close as they can to our culture and technology, was to adopt the more docile and less menacing look by the Autobots (including earth domestic-ish vehicles), while the Decepticons, obviously dun give a shitte about us humans, remains still in their Cybertron-menacing primordial-mecha look. does this make any sense to you? *it all makes perfect sense in my mind*
remember: there has to be "progression" or "growth" / "evolution" in the process of the story/movie - any story ... and how much you wanna guess this (G1) will be their final image to appear, before the end of the movie, to herald the next / sequel?

or yes, i am thinking too much into this. tis just a candypopcorn-flick, innit? yep. *heh*

[posted circa 24.12.06]

official transformers movie teaser trailer two

the second official trailer for the live-action Transformers Movie is now online! [via]

- the english version @ yahoo.uk
(the full-screen version is quite erratic, no doubt from the barrage of fans viewing tho :p)
- there's a french version viewable here too

click on the image-icons below to view a mondo-larger image (in another window):


personally, im having megamecha-goosepimples viewing these, which may (or may not) put fanboys and Michael Bay-haters' collective minds at ease ... but then again, i know im happy with what i saw, and that's good enough for me = *AUTOBOTS~TRANSFORM!*

added 21.12.06:
[links via Tranformerslive]:
- Yahoo!Movies now has various format available for your mecha-viewing pleasure
- more screengrabs (that i missed) via Mangatron's photobucket
- and inevitably, here's a lower-res youtube version of the trailer
(in case you have download problems :p)

*coolness*

[posted 20.12.06]

official scorponok movie image released

and here's the new "official release"-image for the Transformers-movie [via/via]

which seems to be just a different color-graded image from before, innit? btw, the movie trailer hits next week (wednesday) ~ so stay tuned ~ *heh*

[posted circa 16.12.06]

leaked cg-render of barricade

and the CG-render-floodgates continues to spill forth with leaked designs aplenty - actual final designs or not, we'd never fully know til the movie comes out, innit? ~ meanwhile, check out Barricade in Decepticon-mode: [via/via]

a very confused heap of scrap-metal, with a Megatron-centric facial-design, moves me not, im sorry ... anyways, be sure to download the original wallpaper image@Harbx.com.

"Barricade first featured in 1990 as part of a Decepticon race track patrol team, his vehicle mode was a formula one racing car. Barricade is the commander of the team and pushes the other members. His only fictional appearance is in the Dreamwave comics Micromaster series ... In the movie, he will be a Decepticon and can change into a Ford Mustang police car." [via]

[posted circa 8.12.06]

leaked cg-renders of optimus prime + bumblebee + megatron

sweet Transformers CG-renders leaked online [via Jalopnik.com]:

Optimus Prime Autobot-render (looking the same here):


Bumblebee Autobot-render:

together with a dis-embodied Megatron at the bottom:

(looking the same here)

disclaimer: "personally i've gotten over the fact that these aren't the Transformers of my childhood and old school cartoons and can only hope that they retain stronger design values for a current celluloid manifestation"

[post circa 7.12.06]

ratchet autobot transformed image

is this really Ratchet in Autobot form? [via/via]

a possible concept-drawing for the upcoming Transformer-movie ... well, at least the "face" ties in with that of Megatron's, dunnit? ~ what do you think? ~ personally, instead of moving forward (ie: Scorpornok image), we're moving backwards (ie: concept drawings) and tis all getting a mite tedious and boring ... but "have news" better than "no news", innit? *heh*

[post circa 6.12.06]

first transformer film image revealed: scorponok

so is this really Scorponok in Decepticon-mode in the Transformers movie? [via]

(or is it Skorponok? ;p) after months of guess/anticipation/fans-spitting, concept boards and veiled prototype-toys, finally a film image (apparantly still being tweaked) *mecha-schweet*

[post circa 27.11.06]

bonecrusher transformer decepticon

CBR reports of an actual military armoured vehicle having an Decepticon-role in the upcoming Transformers movie, as "Bonecrusher" = and with a name like that, the Autobots' got their work cut out for them!

(images previously blogged here and with hi-res versions on CyborgCommando's flickr-set)

from a Constructicon-bulldozer to a 23-ton mine-clearing behemoth, Bonecrusher is actually "Buffalo" ~ made by Force Protection Inc. (check out the videos on their site)

and why is this all here? becoz i reckon this'll be one of the more popular toys (if it gets made, that is) from the live-action movie - there's something about bulky macho-vehicles that grabs at youngster's imagination tho? IMHO of coz *heheheheh*

[post circa 26.11.06]

transformer higher-res short featurette

still not getting your Transformers-movie quick-fixes? well, i can only help ease the pain a tad (or rather "blow breaths unto thy wound) with this hi-res quicktime version [via] of the short featurette featured here prior and these screen grabs:

*heh*

[post circa 21.11.06]

transformers short featurette

a short 3+minutes teaser+featurette for the upcoming
Transformers movie - from the 20th Anniversary DVD
of the classic 1986-movie [via]

with some action scenes of the Autobot-cars and live-actors
running around in disarray ~ *heh*

[post circa 09.11.06]

bumblebee and optimus prime concept artboards

since principle photography has stopped on the Transformers live-action movie, there's been a dire-drop in Transformer-news and sneak-images (not counting protoform toy leaks *urgh*) so the only thing we could look forward to are either more Transformer-designs and/or animated Autobots/Decepticons, innit? :)

check out Harbx.com for the concept board for both Bumblebee and Optimus Prime done as wallpapers. [via]

Bumblebee Autobot-mode and face



Optimus Prime Autobot-mode

*heh*

[post circa 07.11.06]