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Transformers: Dark of the Moon pre-release

post #1 of 121
12/8/10 at 11:44pm
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Not sure how many people care, but the "teaser" is on apple.com right now...yeah.
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post #2 of 121
12/8/10 at 11:49pm
They showed a 30 minute sizzle reel to journalists. Everyone seemed to love it.
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post #3 of 121
12/8/10 at 11:53pm
Web journalists - minus some obvious exceptions - have a troubling tendency to love everything they see chunks of in advance.
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post #4 of 121
12/8/10 at 11:54pm
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Originally Posted by Episode29 View Post
Web journalists - minus some obvious exceptions - have a troubling tendency to love everything they see chunks of in advance.
Yep.

I liked the silliness of trying to tie it into Apollo 11.

Also, Unicron. Does this mean that they'll make him the moon? Because that would be all sorts of stupid-awesome.
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post #5 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:10am
I want this to be a big dumb trainwreck like the 2nd movie! Just make it drag less.
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post #6 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:10am
Wait Unicron.....

Please god no Ultra Magnus.
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post #7 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:13am
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Please god no Ultra Magnus.
Please YES Ultra Magnus! Only if they make him as terrible a leader as he was in the animated movie. The inept alternate leader with a severe case of tunnel vision!
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post #8 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:16am
I'm just happy to see Bay going back to space. That's clearly his strong point.
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post #9 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:29am
You and I must have watched a very different cut of Armageddon...
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post #10 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:31am
I infamously love Armageddon.
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post #11 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:36am
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Please YES Ultra Magnus! Only if they make him as terrible a leader as he was in the animated movie. The inept alternate leader with a severe case of tunnel vision!
Voiced by Steve Carrell.
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post #12 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:36am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
I want this to be a big dumb trainwreck like the 2nd movie! Just make it drag less.
There is no reason for these films to be as long as they are. None.

Loved the first, what I saw of the second made me want to claw my eyes out. But Unicron? Oh, I am interested now.
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post #13 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:20am
wd40, I didn't love the teaser, as there was very little footage, of the film. I hope that, Tranformers 3, without...Foxy Megan, will be as great as...Transformers 2: Revenge Of The Fallen!
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post #14 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:25am
Why do these robots have to look so ugly in these damned movies. Everytime they put a nose to them they make them really big and ridiculous looking.

Anyways, he looks a lot like a crappy (and drunken, look at his eyes) version of Alpha-Trion;

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Alpha_Trion_(G1)

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post #15 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:49am
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There is no reason for these films to be as long as they are. None.

Loved the first, what I saw of the second made me want to claw my eyes out. But Unicron? Oh, I am interested now.
Funny fact. Both the first movie and Revenge of the Fallen are about the same length. Only about 6 minutes difference between them.

And no, neither of them should've been anywhere near that long.
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post #16 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:51am
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I infamously love Armageddon.
Why haven't they cast Steve Buscemi as "Resident Genius" yet?
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post #17 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:52am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
Funny fact. Both the first movie and Revenge of the Fallen are about the same length. Only about 6 minutes difference between them.

And no, neither of them should've been anywhere near that long.
Racism makes movies longer. Fact.

I didn't really mind the lengths per se, but there was so much unnecessary stuff in the second that should have been replaced with other stuff, not necessarily just cutting for time.
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post #18 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:55am
The first one felt pretty long too. But yeah. The pacing in the sequel was incompetent. It was useless stuff played at full tilt for the entire runtime. Basically, it wasn't paced at all.

And yet, I fully enjoyed the 2nd movie a lot more than I did the first one.

JUST BECAUSE IT HAD A MINUTE OR TWO OF BETTER ACTION.

Boy, I really hope they bring back Anthony Anderson, the random blonde hacker, and her faceless hacker buddies to fill out the "mythos"...
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post #19 of 121
12/9/10 at 1:59am
Realistically, they could have handled that whole subplot with one person. Let's keep the hot Australian blonde, sorry Anthony Anderson (I still like you).
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post #20 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:02am
Don't forget Jon Voight and Anthony Anderson's back-door shattering buddy.
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post #21 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:06am
The whole hacker subplot led to the discovery of the signal (which didn't really matter all that much) and the use of old computers for communications after they got jammed by the Decepticons. They could have just used one character to do both, and had Voight handle Frenzy with Michael O'Neill.
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post #22 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:15am
mcnooj used to be one of my favorites.
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post #23 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:19am
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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 View Post
I want this to be a big dumb trainwreck like the 2nd movie! Just make it drag less.
Yes. For a film so full of delightful excesses, it's almost ironic that TF2's failure lies in its its excessive length. I still love the movie to death (i.e. robot heaven).

Obviously I'd rather see Transformers 2: Part 2 than Transformers 3, but I'll take what I can get. The trailer feels remarkably retrained, almost Spielbergian in parts, and slow paced as if to say "I'm legit sorry about the last one."

Doesn't matter. This and Tree of Life: Day 1. Thank you Bay and Malick for continuing to challenge and elevate the art form.
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post #24 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:23am
I'm sorry, Patrick. The heart wants what it wants.
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post #25 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:24am
Don't worry mcnooj, I still like you. Even if you got my username wrong so many times.
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post #26 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:30am
Thanks, neoolong. But you're just not Ripooll enough for me.

What really made TF2 an enjoyable experience for me was that I saw it at a packed IMAX showing on opening night with several friends. We were those assholes in movie theaters that laughed at all the 'wrong' moments (the serious stuff) and sat in silent horror as the rest of the audience laughed at the 'right' stuff (the Jar Jar Twinbots). For this movie, it seemed the right thing to do.

I would've wanted to punch me that night.
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post #27 of 121
12/9/10 at 2:36am
The concept here is really cool. I hope they can combine the best bits of the first movie with this revisionist history angle well enough.
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post #28 of 121
12/9/10 at 4:06am
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They showed a 30 minute sizzle reel to journalists. Everyone seemed to love it.
You said the same thing about THE EXPENDABLES sizzle reel - IIRC. EX sucked ass!

___

T1 was hella fun (fuck the haters). T2 seriously gave me a headache. Hopefully, T3 delivers the goods and then the world gets...

BAD BOYS TRIPLE 3D - RETURN OF THE NIGRAS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iISyPz5XRyI
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post #29 of 121
12/9/10 at 4:14am
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Why haven't they cast Steve Buscemi as "Resident Genius" yet?
The only way that works is if he gets inflicted with space madness at some point.
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post #30 of 121
12/9/10 at 4:19am
... and proceeds to pull off the Major Kong he so desperately wanted to get off on... and inadvertently kill a bunch of Autobots in the process.
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post #31 of 121
12/9/10 at 4:47am
looks alright. i'll wait and see though.

i really really hate the title though.
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post #32 of 121
12/9/10 at 5:03am
Yeah, that title is just bad. You can't call it 'Dark Side of the Moon' because Pink Floyd has a monopoly on that phrase, and 'Dark of the Moon' just sounds like somebody forgot a word.
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post #33 of 121
12/9/10 at 5:05am
I admit every time I see this thread I get slightly confused. It doesn't roll off the tongue correctly unless it's Dark Side of The Moon.
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post #34 of 121
12/9/10 at 5:30am
Just a reminder,

If you're tired of these movies please don't support them with your money (that goes for any crap blockbuster). I know we all like a good trainwreck, but be smart.
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post #35 of 121
12/9/10 at 7:13am
I really, really hope the actual moon is a giant robot and it comes down to Earth to stomp on cities.
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post #36 of 121
12/9/10 at 8:31am
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I really, really hope the actual moon is a giant robot and it comes down to Earth to stomp on cities.
Mmmmmmaybe.
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post #37 of 121
12/9/10 at 9:06am
As long as the giant moon-sized robot has an easily accessible self destruct button for Shia Le Beouf to press at the end of the movie and save the day. This magic button should be clunkily mentioned in the first act then forgotten about for half the movie.
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post #38 of 121
12/9/10 at 9:13am
Hahaha Dark of the Moon?! Sounds like Myers is finally getting some work.
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post #39 of 121
12/9/10 at 9:46am
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Originally Posted by The K Man View Post
Yeah, that title is just bad. You can't call it 'Dark Side of the Moon' because Pink Floyd has a monopoly on that phrase, and 'Dark of the Moon' just sounds like somebody forgot a word.
It seems in NASA lingo, they say "the dark" instead of "the dark side", which is where the title comes from. So, it's BASICALLY correct...
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post #40 of 121
12/9/10 at 9:59am
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Originally Posted by BTSMGL View Post
It seems in NASA lingo, they say "the dark" instead of "the dark side", which is where the title comes from. So, it's BASICALLY correct...
That doesn't make it a better title.
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post #41 of 121
12/9/10 at 10:02am
Well, so far none of the marketing has involved Rosie bent over in daisy dukes, so I guess Bay has grown a little.

I suspect he's saving that for the Super Bowl spot though.
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post #42 of 121
12/9/10 at 10:10am
Barkatthemoon, Don't forget, Rosie is a, Victoria Secret model. There could be a scene where, Decepticons, attempt something really fiendish, like interrupting the...Victoria Secret Holiday Fashion Show, with all the models in their undewear. That could be an incredible, 3D scene.
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post #43 of 121
12/9/10 at 11:21am
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'Dark of the Moon' just sounds like somebody forgot a word
Yet, on purpose to be hip, or something. It sounds intentionally awkward as opposed to something like "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl"; which was accidentally retarded.
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post #44 of 121
12/9/10 at 11:25am
They're actually gonna go with the Moonicron idea, I bet.
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post #45 of 121
12/9/10 at 11:29am
So is that dude they find on the moon supposed to be Unicron?
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post #46 of 121
12/9/10 at 11:34am
No, the moon is going to be Unicron. OMG THE MOON WILL KILL US ALL
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post #47 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:01pm
I actually thought this was a pretty effective teaser.
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post #48 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:11pm
It feels like Spielberg is retaking a bigger role in this, which is nice considering the drop in quality from the first to the second.
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post #49 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:13pm
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Originally Posted by Andrew Merriweather View Post
No, the moon is going to be Unicron. OMG THE MOON WILL KILL US ALL
This Summer...the Man in the Moon will Fuck Your Shit Up! And only this man can stop him!

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post #50 of 121
12/9/10 at 12:27pm
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I actually thought this was a pretty effective teaser.
Me to, and lets face it Unicron is the only way they can up the ante from last time.
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