Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Transformers Teaser Trailer

Well, that ought to make a buck or two.

53 comments:

Whaledawg said...

You know you never discussed what went down with that. I heard that the guys who did the Island were working on this, and I think you currently have story credit.

Is that true? Care to (or can you) elaborate on what happened? I'm always curious as to how this whole "80 writers on a movie" thing comes about.

Anonymous said...

The trailer actually looks pretty good. I think I might have to take in this fine picture at the cinema when it comes out.

And to sort of piggyback on the previous comment, I was wondering how much of what you wrote actually made it into the movie. You have a "story by" credit, but not a "written by" credit, right?

So, yeah, how much is you and how much is the other two fellas? Or are you so far removed from actually working on the script that you don't even remember anymore?

Doctor Memory said...

Vaya con dios, man. I'm not sure there's enough booze in the world to make me voluntarily see a Michael Bay flick, but I hope it makes you bank and thensome.

Unknown said...

Those aren't final credits, we still have to arbitrate. I'd moved on to SHIBUMI pretty fast after my draft, when Michael Bay came on the ISLAND guys (nice guys, btw) came with him.


Ever since the early 90's there are rules about how many writers can actually get credit. That said, There were probably about ten active writers on CATWOMAN when all was said and done, and ironically the people who had the least amount of text in the script got the screen credits.(My contribution, as far as I know, was the gist of one scene, and one joke) Sucky movie, but hey, the residuals were okay. Makes getting hosed on MONTE CRISTO a little easier.

As far as this movie, from what I've seen most of the human characters are either the same or similar, the main plot structure's the same, and a lot of the "how the Transformers work in our world" stuff is identical (why they look like earth vehicles, the proto-form, what they're here for, etc.) There's on main structural difference, and a chunk of different dialogue, but it's about half and half.

Anonymous said...

"The proto-form"? Did you rip off Beast Wars, sir?

Anonymous said...

The trailer doesn't show all that much. I have a feeling there's more here than meets the eye.

Anonymous said...

Dude, it's too bad Will Smith isn't in the movie. He could do a Transformers rap.

Unknown said...

"The proto-form"? Did you rip off Beast Wars, sir?

Sadly, thought I was inventing something, as I hadn't watched Beast Wars. That said, it solved a lot fo problems.

Anonymous said...

I might be a bit of a Bay apologist to begin with (BAD BOYS 2 is the closest we'll see to a Cat III HK flick) but I thought that trailer did a solid job of averting the tone of "kid's movie", instead presenting the impression of an "adult" movie... About huge robots punching each other and things detonating at regular intervals. Which, realistically, is all I (or anyone) should want from a Bay summer movie.

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Geoff Thorne said...

Well. More than meets the eye.

Anonymous said...

To the people who don't like the trailer, I'm confused and curious -- what exactly was it you were hoping or expecting to see? I mean, no matter how you slice it, TRANSFORMERS is about huge robots (based on toys!!) fighting each other, with mankind in the middle. This clip seems pretty on the nose to me...

Anonymous said...

See, the thing about Transformers was that the humans were only an incidental (and annoying) part of the story. They provided human perspective and moral speeches sometimes, but the "heart" of transformers were the Transformer characters. The meglomaniac (Megatron), the Hero (Optimus), the crazy betrayer bad guy (Starscream), the old soldier (Rawhide), the little guy who tried hard (Bumblebee) etc etc...and yes, I still remember their names. And yes, it was a stupid cartoon in the 80's (but the comic was better, seriously. The writers would get frustrated having to put in the new toys all the time, so they kept screwing around with characters, like making an Autobot jet scared of heights)

So any movie that focuses on the humans and lets the humans fill those types of roles isn't really Transformers per se...it's just super cool robots blowing shit up. Now, I hold out hope that the humans will remain entirely incidental characters with barely any dialogue, but I doubt it.

That said, it looked cool on its own. but if there is one thing Bay can do, it's a trailer. Hell, most of his movies are 2 hour trailers. which is 1:55 too long for my tastes most of the time.

Geoff Thorne said...

I think you may be overthinking it.

Big robots (and they turn into CARS!). Big fights. Big explosions. Human commentary.

OPTIMUS PRIIIIIIIIME!

Maybe it'll be fun. It's possible, right?

Anonymous said...

John:
I wish you luck with the WGA abrtration but I'll be honest. I ain't a big fan of the Bay.
Let me put it to you this way. I sat through "The Rock" and "Armageddon". And after the latter, I realized that this was not a filmmaker I was going to grow old with. While I'll grant he has a strong compistional eye, he also tends to over cut his action sequences, favoring sensation over clarity, giving them all the flow of Bob Newhart at a freestyle rap contest. (Not to mention that the scene in "Armageddon" where Ben Affleck plays with the animal crackers on Liv Tyler's stomach was just stupid and boring. Nothing involving Liv Tyler's stomach should be stupid and boring! It's a sin against Nature!)
But good luck to you sir. And are you talking about the Kevin Reynolds version of "Monte Cristo"?

Simon Underwood said...

Personally, I couldn't be happier with this right now (unless the Stan Bush song "Dare" from the animated movie had been arbitrarily stuck on the trailer).

Michael Bay's pretty much my ideal director for this, and frankly, I really don't understand why so many people have so much against him. The Rock is the finest action film of the 90s (in all terms, not just asthetic) and Bay's style is a huge part of that. Next to Tony Scott, he's probably the best and most consistant high-tech action director we have - he's only stumbling so far has been Pearl Harbor (and having read that script, I actually will place a fair amount of blame there. Not all, but a fair amount.) Anyway, personally I think Bay is terrific.

Hope you get screenplay credit and the residuals start rolling in, John.

Unknown said...

As the official geek on the team, I was the one in charge of making sure that while there were spiffy human characters, that the Transformers were picked for their personalities, and that said personalities matched their animated tradition. For me, this was always a "Lost Patrol" movie, except the American soldiers are the Transformers, and the villagers with sticks are the humans. Trust me, mucho Transformer character work.

Anonymous said...

"Michael Bay's pretty much my ideal director for this, and frankly, I really don't understand why so many people have so much against him. The Rock is the finest action film of the 90s (in all terms, not just asthetic) and Bay's style is a huge part of that. Next to Tony Scott, he's probably the best and most consistant high-tech action director we have - he's only stumbling so far has been Pearl Harbor (and having read that script, I actually will place a fair amount of blame there. Not all, but a fair amount.) Anyway, personally I think Bay is terrific."

To this, I have only one thing to say: Bad Boys 2.

The only thing that got me through that horribly overblown pice of shit was a) I was drunk, and b) I could pause it to spew my hatred for it onto irc. The script was ludicrously bad, the direction was god-awful, favouring throwing a hundred edits per minute at you instead of giving you any sort of spatial orientation, and the miserable thing ran for two and a half hours.

Two and a half goddamn hours. No brainless action flick has any excuse to cross the two-hour mark, no matter how good it is, and good this was not.

And then there's the horrendously amoral rampage through the Cuban shanty town, but that's okay because they're all filthy communists anyway, right? And Armageddon was a jingoist piece of shit as well, albeit a pyrotechnically competent one.

Just ughh.


That said, The Rock a is genuinely good action movie, the kung-fu monkey is a clever monkey, and the trailer's quite good, so I remain cautiously optimistic on this one.

Anonymous said...

"And then there's the horrendously amoral rampage through the Cuban shanty town, but that's okay because they're all filthy communists anyway, right? And Armageddon was a jingoist piece of shit as well, albeit a pyrotechnically competent one."

The amazing thing is, that sequence was lifted, -almost entirely-, from Jackie Chan's first 'Police Story'.

Simon Underwood said...

Not to turn this into a discussion, Soren (apoligies, I can't figure out how to do the .. in your name), but for me Bad Boys II is actually the ultimate expression of Bay's style. The opening sequence moves through a rapid succession of places and events without ever losing coherence. I never once have found myself confused spatially in a Bay film - if you want to see action truly done badly, try sitting through Torque (which really is a piece of shit) there are scenes in there where you don't even know who's in the room, let alone who's fighting who. Watching that movie made me WISH I was drunk.

And the Cuban shanty town is clearly identified in dialogue as a storage facility for Tapia's drugs - hence the reason it goes boom big time when the Humvees race through it.

But you like The Rock, so you're okay by me.


I cannot wait to see full dialogue scenes between the Transformer characters. Awesome.

Anonymous said...

I've actually heard some fascinating stories concerning the production of BAD BOYS II and THE ISLAND (for example, we were apparently thisclose to getting Bay's version/variation of WAR OF THE WORLDS)... TRANSFORMERS seems to have largely gone without such drama, though I have no doubts I'll hear some after things are all wrapped up.

Anonymous said...

simon underwood: "The Rock is the finest action film of the 90s"

That's a bold statement, especially considering that "Con Air" out-Rocks "The Rock," if only slightly.

Anonymous said...

The Rock has someone's face bubbling up from exposure to posion gas, whereas Con Air does not. Hence, The Rock is the better of the two films.

Whaledawg said...

Con Air has Steve Buscemi as the scariest psycho on the plane. Therefor, Con Air is better.

Anonymous said...

Best of the 90s? Hard-Boiled and Terminator 2. Please come back, John Woo and James Cameron, we need you so very, very much.

Anonymous said...

Does the movie end with a cliff hanger?

Anonymous said...

Micheal Bay has never disapointed me. In fact I was disapointed by Armegeddon but it wasnt awful, much better than deep impact. The Rock was a very entertaining film. Bad Boys 2 had me entertained as well. I thought the Island would be garbage but showed the vivid imagination of Bay. And honestly he is the perfect fit for Transformers. Most of bays films are done rather quickly but they took their time with Transformers. If your not going to go see Transformers because its a Micheal Bay film then please do me a favor just stop making any opinions at all, since obviously your ignorant.

Anonymous said...

The Rock = entertaining
Armageddon = silly
Pearl Harbour = stupid
The Island = aint seen, but heard from numerous ppl that its terrible
Bad Boys 2 = boring, ego-trip film

The trailer got me excited, but reminded me of the X-men 3 trailer, you can just tell it isnt gonna be quite what you wanted it to be.

Anonymous said...

Anonyomous said:

"They provided human perspective and moral speeches sometimes, but the "heart" of transformers were the Transformer characters. The meglomaniac (Megatron), the Hero (Optimus), the crazy betrayer bad guy (Starscream), the old soldier (Rawhide), the little guy who tried hard (Bumblebee) etc etc...and yes, I still remember their names."


For someone who's supposed to remember the names...isn't it "Ironhide"? >.>

Anonymous said...

I sense intellectual snobbery going on!! Come on!! Keith dude!
The transformers are fun!! I read
Kerouac and Tolstoy. But right now I am reading King. There is room for everything!! Damn them for not bringing soundwave aboard!

Alberto_C said...

A question I have is whether they kill off characters like they did in the Batman movies. Will Megatron die in this movie? Will there be other movies? I don't think I could handle Optimus Prime's death a second time.

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Penyakit ini umumnya muncul karena penderita mengejan terlalu keras pada saat buang air besar. Dengan mengejan terlalu keras, maka pembuluh darah di sekitar anus dapat melebar dan pecah menimbulkan infeksi dan pembengkakan yang berakhir pada masalah wasir atau ambeien tersebut.

Unknown said...

Penderita Penyakit kondiloma atau Kutil Kelamin yang telah terinveksi disarankan untuk segera melakukan pengobatan secepat mungkin sebelum Virus HPV penyebab kutil kelamin makin banyak berkembang biak di dalam sel darah makin lama dibiarkan akan memperparah kondisi organ vital karena kutil kelamin akan terus membesar sehingga terlihat seperti jengger ayam untuk penderita yang baru tertular kurang dari satu bulan biasanya akan lebih cepat ditanggulangi obat kutil kelamin Paling ampuh dari De Nature dan terbaik ada hanya di http://obatkutildikemaluan.blogdetik.com/ untuk mendapatkan informasi yang lebih jelas mengenai pengobatan kutil pada kelamin silahkan kontak langsung di nomer 0852 808 77 999 atau 0859 7373 5656 Bagaimana mengobati Ambeien itu sendiri. pengobatan yang terbaik untuk Ambeien adalah dari luar dan dalam sehingga Ambeien benar benar tuntas dan tidak akan kambuh lagi. obat Ambeien terbaik "Ambeclear dari De Nature" AlamiAdalah obat Ambeien herbal yang memang terbaik untuk mengobati Ambeien, dan sudah terdaftar di badan obat dan makanan (BPOM) dengan nomer registrasi POM TR: 133 374 041. terbuat dari bahan alami antara lain terdiri Daung Ungu, Mahkota Dewa dan Kunyit Putih.

Anonymous said...

cara yang alami menyembuhkan penyakit wasir ambeien secara alami dengan menggunakan daun ungu serta mahkotadewa aman untuk ibu hamil tanpa operasi cukup dengan menggunakan obat wasir herbal ambeclear terbuat

Unknown said...

Penyakit kencing nanah bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa faktor seperti seks bebas, penularan, virus hpv, lingkungan, gaya hidup dan lainnya, Maka dari itu kita harus waspada dengan penyakit kencing nanah ini, karena penyakit kencing nanah sangatlah berbahaya, Namun untuk anda yang menderita penyakit kencing nanah, maka anda tidak perlu khawatir,

Unknown said...

Berapa Harga untuk Obat Wasir Ambeien alami daun ungu AmbeclearAmbeien adalah gangguan atau penyakit yang terjadi pada saluran pencernaan manusia

Unknown said...

Bukan hanya pengobatan medis saja tapi ada juga pengobatan rumah alami yang dapat digunakan untuk menyingkirkan penyakit kutil kelamin ini. Intinya, karena kutil ini muncul di daerah yang sensitif, maka anda harus mencari pengobatan yang terbaik pada kulit Anda dan jika diperlukan juga dibantu dengan tenaga medis yang professional. Sebab dokter akan menjadi sumber informasi yang baik untuk mengobati penyakit ini.

Unknown said...

Kenali penyebab penyakit kencing bernanah sehingga cara mengobati
penyakit kencing nanah dan infeksi saluran kencing nanah dapat dilakukan
dengan benar.

Unknown said...

Kadang disertai
dengan sakit saat kencing, perih, organ intim terasa panas menyiksa,
gatal,..

Unknown said...

Sekitar Vagina Tumbuh Daging, Berbahayakah? Kutil Pada Kepala Penis mirip bunga kol atau jengger ayam, Merupakan Penyakit Yang diakibatkan Oleh Virus.Kutil kelamin, atau disebut juga condyloma acuminata, adalah kutil atau daging berwarna kulit atau keabuan yang tumbuh di sekitar alat kelamin dan

Unknown said...

obat wasir, Adalah  Obat alami berkhasiat dalam bentuk kapsul yang berasal dari tanaman herbal seperti daun ungu, mahkota dewa dan kunyit putih, diberikan pada penderita jika penyakit masih dalam tingkatan stadium ringan

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Unknown said...

Orang yang mampu belajar dari kegagalan adalah pemenang, namun orang yang selalu menutupi kegagalan adalah pecundang