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But I'm leaning more towards a negative reaction. Early photos have been released of what the characters will look like from the upcoming Transformers live-action film will look like. I'm mostly having trouble because this is a reimagining of the generation one material that we all grew up with. Many favorites will be featured in the movie (for a complete list, see below), but they've all been given a more modern, stripped apart look with gears and other bits of tech showing through.
It makes the characters look much more alien and a bit less accessible. Not having seen any footage I can't say for certain how this will look, but I'm much more in favor of a classic look. Below us we see Optimus Prime, voiced by Peter Cullen who did all the V/O work for the cartoon series and movie.
Next up is a new character created for the film called Blackout. He looks cool enough, but why spend so much time making him look impressive when Starscream looks like a Quasimodo like character?
Blackout looks very tough and gritty. I think he's going to be one of the coolest looking characters in the film, even though
for the bad guys those awards should be for Megatron and Starscream. Many will lament the loss of Soundwave from this film, but the filmmakers are aware of his popularity and have promised he'll appear in a sequel. For now, Frenzy, one of his tapes, will appear in the film itself. Hopefully he looks better than Starscream here...
Starscream just loses all the things that made him look cool. They could have easily based him off the upcoming Masterpiece toy that's coming out, making him look much more like Megatron's second-in-command and would-be usurper. Starscream is meant to be a tall, imposing figure. Instead, he looks a bit clumsy and bug-like. Hopefully, seeing as how this picture is the watered down toy version of the character, the film version is much more impressive.
Next up is Scorponok:
Based on the Headmaster character which arrived late in the life cycle of the original series, Scorponok was the leader of the Decepticon Headmasters and the eventual leader of the Decepticons themselves until Galvatron came back. He also appeared in some form during the Beast Wars cartoons. He looks incredibly vicious here, so hopefully he translates well to the big screen.
Last up is Bumblebee.
One of my favorite characters ever, he looks like he came straight out of Bionicle or something. Kids will likely love him, but I miss the VW bug version. There are issues with VW and Hasbro so that version may never see the light of day again. But Bumblebee was the kid Transformer for the most part. The little sidekick who could. Now he's a camaro.
Sigh.
Here's the final list of the characters appearing in the film:
Autobots:
Optimus Prime (voiced by Cullen)
Ironhide (also voiced by Cullen as he was in the original series)
Bumblebee
Jazz
Ratchet
Decepticons:
Megatron (maybe voiced by Frank Welker, the original V/O actor)
Starscream (his V/O actor has since passed away)
Brawl
Bonecrusher (one of the Constructicons)
Barricade (never heard of him)
Scorponok
Frenzy (one of Soundwave's tapes, but SW himself isn't in the flick)
Blackout (never heard of him).
I have hope.
12 actual days at work left.
It makes the characters look much more alien and a bit less accessible. Not having seen any footage I can't say for certain how this will look, but I'm much more in favor of a classic look. Below us we see Optimus Prime, voiced by Peter Cullen who did all the V/O work for the cartoon series and movie.
Next up is a new character created for the film called Blackout. He looks cool enough, but why spend so much time making him look impressive when Starscream looks like a Quasimodo like character?
Blackout looks very tough and gritty. I think he's going to be one of the coolest looking characters in the film, even though
for the bad guys those awards should be for Megatron and Starscream. Many will lament the loss of Soundwave from this film, but the filmmakers are aware of his popularity and have promised he'll appear in a sequel. For now, Frenzy, one of his tapes, will appear in the film itself. Hopefully he looks better than Starscream here...Starscream just loses all the things that made him look cool. They could have easily based him off the upcoming Masterpiece toy that's coming out, making him look much more like Megatron's second-in-command and would-be usurper. Starscream is meant to be a tall, imposing figure. Instead, he looks a bit clumsy and bug-like. Hopefully, seeing as how this picture is the watered down toy version of the character, the film version is much more impressive.
Next up is Scorponok:
Based on the Headmaster character which arrived late in the life cycle of the original series, Scorponok was the leader of the Decepticon Headmasters and the eventual leader of the Decepticons themselves until Galvatron came back. He also appeared in some form during the Beast Wars cartoons. He looks incredibly vicious here, so hopefully he translates well to the big screen.
Last up is Bumblebee.
One of my favorite characters ever, he looks like he came straight out of Bionicle or something. Kids will likely love him, but I miss the VW bug version. There are issues with VW and Hasbro so that version may never see the light of day again. But Bumblebee was the kid Transformer for the most part. The little sidekick who could. Now he's a camaro.Sigh.
Here's the final list of the characters appearing in the film:
Autobots:
Optimus Prime (voiced by Cullen)
Ironhide (also voiced by Cullen as he was in the original series)
Bumblebee
Jazz
Ratchet
Decepticons:
Megatron (maybe voiced by Frank Welker, the original V/O actor)
Starscream (his V/O actor has since passed away)
Brawl
Bonecrusher (one of the Constructicons)
Barricade (never heard of him)
Scorponok
Frenzy (one of Soundwave's tapes, but SW himself isn't in the flick)
Blackout (never heard of him).
I have hope.
12 actual days at work left.
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