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New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot

Transformers News: New Transformers Dark of  the Moon  Daytona 500 TV Spot

Sunday, February 20th, 2011 1:35PM CST

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For those of you that were unaware today was this year's Daytona 500, which featured a heavy Transformers: Dark of the Moon presence. Director Michael Bay, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Carly) and Josh Duhamel (Lennox) were on hand to serve as Grand Marshals, the Wreckers made their first official appearance as pace cars, and new a TV spot aired! We get a look at Bumblebee's MechTech (similar to what we've previously seen in the game trailer), the Wreckers in action, and more. Check out the embedded video below!



Stayed tuned to Seibertron.com for continued Daytona 500 coverage!
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Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184666)
Posted by ShardFenix on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:40pm CST
While I still don't know if I like the look of the MechTech weapons...the fact that they are included in the movie makes them a lot less of a WTF idea...
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184667)
Posted by chrisc4 on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:42pm CST
mech tech lives! i believe they pulled it off in the movie without making look too cheesy and lame :APPLAUSE:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184669)
Posted by BATTOUSAIXD on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:44pm CST
Awesome! Glad we got to see Starscream, and Bumblebee's mechtech, which actually looks kind of cool. I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184674)
Posted by Daken3687 on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:54pm CST
is there a picture of the red nascar wrecker?i have not seen anything from that guy no toy picture, no on set picture
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184677)
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:56pm CST
Daken3687 wrote:is there a picture of the red nascar wrecker?i have not seen anything from that guy no toy picture, no on set picture


You get a brief glimpse of him in vehicle-attack mode in the new teaser trailer. Haven't seen any robot mode pictures yet.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184678)
Posted by Noideaforaname on February 20th, 2011 @ 1:58pm CST
@Daken3687:
Image

BATTOUSAI XD wrote:I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...

We got to keep in mind that Megatron's new ID is probably supposed to be a secret.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184682)
Posted by El Duque on February 20th, 2011 @ 2:03pm CST
I have a feeling the Wreckers are going to be very popular. The only pic of Leadfoot (aka the red one) in bot mode are from Toy Fair as a Cyberverse figure. I'm not sure if we got a pic of him, I know one is available on TFCC's members only page. It looks like he has a beard!

edit: apparently we did get a pic :P
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184686)
Posted by Swiftknife24 on February 20th, 2011 @ 2:12pm CST
Fantastic! Who was speaking at the beginning? Simmons? John Malkovich?

Loved the quick teases of the Wreckers! (Only natural to include them for the 500!)

"Wreck and rule!"
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184689)
Posted by Pr1meSuspect on February 20th, 2011 @ 2:29pm CST
Most of this tv spot is left over clips form the Super Bowl trailer with some new bits, bumblebee in stealth mode and leadfoot driving around; but what MADE this trailer was Simmons voice over in the background. That single line gave me goosebumps and got me looking forward to the movie 5 times more than the Super Bowl trailer (which got me heavily excited anyways)
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184704)
Posted by Anonymous on February 20th, 2011 @ 3:16pm CST
at first i thought it was a rerun of the sb one but then i saw staarscream then sam telling carly shell be ok
and then i was totally zoned
bumblebee looked beast
amazing =P~ =P~ =P~
then optimus with big gun all so beautiful
awsome
totally awsome
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184718)
Posted by amtm on February 20th, 2011 @ 3:48pm CST
5150 Cruiser wrote:
icenemesis wrote:Did any one else notice bee's roof turning into his mechtech weapon?


I mentioned that in my above post. He transformed simular to how he did in the DOTM video game trailer.

Not to mention his Speed Stars Stealth Force weapon mode. Gives those toys a little more legitimacy, though they really need to make them transformable into robots for me to care.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184719)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on February 20th, 2011 @ 3:49pm CST
I love The Wreckers, but really, how could you not love NASCAR cars decked out in tons of guns and armour? Bumblebee's Mechtech mode isn't as bad as I expected from what I've saw of the toys, surprisingly. Truthfully though, Rosie seems to get less attractive every time I see her, which isn't making me too happy. I'd rather have bots then humans, but I'd prefer a female lead I found attractive.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184722)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:01pm CST
I just saw the tail end of a commercial walking into the room. It was the same one, right?
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184725)
Posted by Autobot032 on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:10pm CST
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184735)
Posted by jaws on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:21pm CST
Best timing goes to FOX Sports--Michael, Rosie, and Josh with the Wreckers as a backdrop give the command to start engines and the next thng we saw was this trailer. Really surprised that BB is going to have the speed stars stealth force weapons mode with the huge mechtech cannon on the roof. Who would have thought that toy was actually a DOTM spoiler? Now I have to buy that vehicle. I want Wreckers and voyager OP too really bad now! Wonder if the thing with all the tenticles is Soundwave?
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184740)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:34pm CST
The rookie won. Who knew?
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184747)
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:46pm CST
Autobot Megatron wrote:The rookie won. Who knew?


No kidding. Great way to kick off the 2011 season.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184750)
Posted by f-primus-unicron on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:48pm CST
am i the only one who thinks bumblebee "mechtech" mode looks like the speedstars/rpm?
http://static.letsbuyit.com/filer/image ... 61010.jpeg
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184757)
Posted by Starscream217 on February 20th, 2011 @ 4:58pm CST
STARSCREAM! HELL YEAH! :CON: that was awesome :shock:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184761)
Posted by BATTOUSAIXD on February 20th, 2011 @ 5:17pm CST
Noideaforaname wrote:
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:I was hoping to see what Megatron looked like though...

We got to keep in mind that Megatron's new ID is probably supposed to be a secret.

Yeah I guess it probably is supposed to be secret, but you would think whoever is in charge of deciding on which transformers get shown would have figured out that everyone already knows who Megatron is and what his alt mode is. The same thing happened the last movie. I really don't see the point of hiding him , because I assume he is a secondary villian this time around anyways. They could at least give us some concept images :-(
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184788)
Posted by OptiMagnus on February 20th, 2011 @ 6:32pm CST
Twitchythe3rd wrote:
Autobot Megatron wrote:The rookie won. Who knew?


No kidding. Great way to kick off the 2011 season.

I had a feeling he'd win since the start. What a neat race.

Anyway, as I suspected there was a new trailer! We got to see the Wreckers in action finally. And was that a Bumblebee armed vehicle mode I saw?

It's also too bad that Leadfoot was the only Wrecker to finish on the lead lap. :P
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184790)
Posted by OptiMagnus on February 20th, 2011 @ 6:38pm CST
Twitchythe3rd wrote:Looks like Leadfoot is based on Truex's car (I think it's Truex anyway).

No, Leadfoot's the #42 Target Chevrolet that Juan Montoya drives. Truex drives the #56 Napa Toyota.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184791)
Posted by Twitchythe3rd on February 20th, 2011 @ 6:39pm CST
OptiMagnus10 wrote:
Twitchythe3rd wrote:Looks like Leadfoot is based on Truex's car (I think it's Truex anyway).

No, Leadfoot's the #42 Target Chevrolet that Juan Montoya drives. Truex drives the #56 Napa Toyota.


Ah. My mistake.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184882)
Posted by Aximalli_Prime on February 20th, 2011 @ 9:42pm CST
I like the idea of Mechtech, especially now that we get to see it on Bumblebee. Seems like a nice idea...
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184932)
Posted by Autobot Megatron on February 21st, 2011 @ 12:28am CST
jaredautobot wrote:I like the idea of Mechtech, especially now that we get to see it on Bumblebee. Seems like a nice idea...

... But it doesn't work in the toys. (Hope you're not mad I finished your sentence. I just hate sentence fragments! :P )
Don't get me wrong though, it is good on screen, just not in toys. Guess the blend of speed stars makes it.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184954)
Posted by DeFacto on February 21st, 2011 @ 3:51am CST
i personaly think that the mechtech concept is ridicolous. I mean,you make one shot with a giant gun and puff, the enemy is dead. where's the fun in that? I think it looks awful in both movie and on toys. One down for you bay, again...
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1184994)
Posted by Cware_Law on February 21st, 2011 @ 7:30am CST
All I want to see is Sentinel in action..... When are we going to see him Bay???? The Leader Class Sentinel is my first toy from the DOTM line. :lol: :grin: ;) :D
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185008)
Posted by dragons on February 21st, 2011 @ 9:12am CST
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185010)
Posted by Autobot032 on February 21st, 2011 @ 9:17am CST
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185021)
Posted by D-340 on February 21st, 2011 @ 10:02am CST
Well, a DOTM trailer that actually has me a bit interested in the movie. Rosie what's-her-face is still absolutely freakin' hideous, but everything else looks decent. I do like the line at the beginning, hopefully this is the tone of the whole movie, and not the last 20 minutes. And I like the whole Mech Tech/Speed Stars gimmick being used in the movie. The toy line gimmick makes sense now.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185042)
Posted by DJLazer on February 21st, 2011 @ 10:37am CST
That was awesome!And starscream! :CON: :KREMZEEK: :APPLAUSE:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185113)
Posted by First-Aid on February 21st, 2011 @ 1:06pm CST
Wow...Bee's got a BFG! Prime's got a BFG! The Wreckers have BFGs! BFGs all around! I LOVE BFGs! I tell you what though, I love that opening shot of the remains of downtown Chicago...it's nice to recognize all the buildings. New York and LA are destroyed so often, it's nice to see a local city- someplace I'm intimately familiar with- in a movie and actually recognize things.

I am seriously getting hyped up for this movie...I can't wait for it!

Anyone know when we are getting a full trailer yet?
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185171)
Posted by Red 50 on February 21st, 2011 @ 2:56pm CST
Autobot032 wrote:
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.


I don't get it. Why do we need to blame anyone at all? Because they did something? I get it, if you blame someone for breaking something, but to blame someone for using something in a movie? Then why not just blame all the film directors for using something in their films.
I.E. James Cameron for using dolphins in "Titanic" or Spielberg for using Dinosaurs in "Jurassic park".

You can't blame everyone in everything. If there's something that you don't like in the movie, then either ignore it or don't watch the film. It's that simple and it's even easier than posting your damn whining on this forum.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185182)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 21st, 2011 @ 3:06pm CST
Red 50 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.


I don't get it. Why do we need to blame anyone at all? Because they did something? I get it, if you blame someone for breaking something, but to blame someone for using something in a movie? Then why not just blame all the film directors for using something in their films.
I.E. James Cameron for using dolphins in "Titanic" or Spielberg for using Dinosaurs in "Jurassic park".

You can't blame everyone in everything. If there's something that you don't like in the movie, then either ignore it or don't watch the film. It's that simple and it's even easier than posting your damn whining on this forum.


THIS. It's a movie to advertise toys, they're supposed to put gimmicks into the movies to make people buy the toys, why the hell else do you think the title of the movie is Transformers? They make the movies to advertise the toys, NOT the other way around.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185192)
Posted by First-Aid on February 21st, 2011 @ 3:27pm CST
SlyTF1 wrote:
Red 50 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.


I don't get it. Why do we need to blame anyone at all? Because they did something? I get it, if you blame someone for breaking something, but to blame someone for using something in a movie? Then why not just blame all the film directors for using something in their films.
I.E. James Cameron for using dolphins in "Titanic" or Spielberg for using Dinosaurs in "Jurassic park".

You can't blame everyone in everything. If there's something that you don't like in the movie, then either ignore it or don't watch the film. It's that simple and it's even easier than posting your damn whining on this forum.


THIS. It's a movie to advertise toys, they're supposed to put gimmicks into the movies to make people buy the toys, why the hell else do you think the title of the movie is Transformers? They make the movies to advertise the toys, NOT the other way around.

I think there was sasrcasm somewhere in there...
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185204)
Posted by SlyTF1 on February 21st, 2011 @ 3:43pm CST
First-Aid wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Red 50 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<



ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.


I don't get it. Why do we need to blame anyone at all? Because they did something? I get it, if you blame someone for breaking something, but to blame someone for using something in a movie? Then why not just blame all the film directors for using something in their films.
I.E. James Cameron for using dolphins in "Titanic" or Spielberg for using Dinosaurs in "Jurassic park".

You can't blame everyone in everything. If there's something that you don't like in the movie, then either ignore it or don't watch the film. It's that simple and it's even easier than posting your damn whining on this forum.


THIS. It's a movie to advertise toys, they're supposed to put gimmicks into the movies to make people buy the toys, why the hell else do you think the title of the movie is Transformers? They make the movies to advertise the toys, NOT the other way around.

I think there was sasrcasm somewhere in there...


Either way, they made the movies to advertise the toys, so they put Mechtech in the movies so that kids will want to buy the toys for that reason.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185447)
Posted by New Guy on February 22nd, 2011 @ 5:19am CST
Somethings bugging me now. Optimus's armor looks like Jetfire not trailer? Come to think of it so does the Cyberverse's jetpack. Does that mean Optimus kept Jetfire's corpse or what? :???:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185485)
Posted by Red 50 on February 22nd, 2011 @ 7:25am CST
New Guy wrote:Somethings bugging me now. Optimus's armor looks like Jetfire not trailer? Come to think of it so does the Cyberverse's jetpack. Does that mean Optimus kept Jetfire's corpse or what? :???:


It is possible that they collected the parts and rebuilt them, givin 'em also some new extras and found a way to make it more compact.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185542)
Posted by First-Aid on February 22nd, 2011 @ 9:36am CST
Red 50 wrote:
New Guy wrote:Somethings bugging me now. Optimus's armor looks like Jetfire not trailer? Come to think of it so does the Cyberverse's jetpack. Does that mean Optimus kept Jetfire's corpse or what? :???:


It is possible that they collected the parts and rebuilt them, givin 'em also some new extras and found a way to make it more compact.


This.

But seriously, if you look at the parts the jet turbines are wrong for it to be Jetfire. Also one of the jet turbines was destroyed in the fight with the Fallen.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185570)
Posted by Red 50 on February 22nd, 2011 @ 11:04am CST
First-Aid wrote:
Red 50 wrote:
New Guy wrote:Somethings bugging me now. Optimus's armor looks like Jetfire not trailer? Come to think of it so does the Cyberverse's jetpack. Does that mean Optimus kept Jetfire's corpse or what? :???:


It is possible that they collected the parts and rebuilt them, givin 'em also some new extras and found a way to make it more compact.


This.

But seriously, if you look at the parts the jet turbines are wrong for it to be Jetfire. Also one of the jet turbines was destroyed in the fight with the Fallen.


Like I said: rebuilt.

As for the ripped-off turbine, I believe that The Fallen just tore it off, not crushed into junkpile, so maybe it was still fixable.

Besides, don't expect it to be explained in the movie.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185637)
Posted by froneyzone on February 22nd, 2011 @ 1:47pm CST
SlyTF1 wrote:
Red 50 wrote:
Autobot032 wrote:
dragons wrote:
Aw, you gotta be kidding me. The Mechtech's actually in the film? Crap. My OCD is gonna go nuts.

I'll end up buying the stupid figures now. >_<


ah well that sucks mask, & twisted metal brought to big screen with an addition giant robots all this time thought hasbro bad idea by adding mech tech to toys to make them look differnt from previous films now only person we have to blame is bay. :BANG_HEAD: who knew this would be true in film


Why do you automatically blame Bay? Why is he always the villain?

Seriously. Do none of you people read the cast and crew listing available in every film and on every poster? It's not Bay alone.

There are several people to be held accountable for good and bad in these films. Not just him.


I don't get it. Why do we need to blame anyone at all? Because they did something? I get it, if you blame someone for breaking something, but to blame someone for using something in a movie? Then why not just blame all the film directors for using something in their films.
I.E. James Cameron for using dolphins in "Titanic" or Spielberg for using Dinosaurs in "Jurassic park".

You can't blame everyone in everything. If there's something that you don't like in the movie, then either ignore it or don't watch the film. It's that simple and it's even easier than posting your damn whining on this forum.


THIS. It's a movie to advertise toys, they're supposed to put gimmicks into the movies to make people buy the toys, why the hell else do you think the title of the movie is Transformers? They make the movies to advertise the toys, NOT the other way around.


Yeah BUT Transformers toys came with the premise of "Robots in Disguise". We CAN blame EVERYONE for screwing up that whole premise - because now we no longer have that. If anything, it's just comes down to Autobots in disguise...and that's even stretching it (three NASCAR vehicles driving around anywhere other than a race track is not a disguise...especially with mech weapons surrounding their frame - they really do look like they came right out of another awesome 80's cartoon - M.A.S.K. I mean, you really need to check this out!

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/toys_toys_mask.htm

Razorback is awfully similar looking to one of them - Rhino looks an awful lot like our fearless Autobot leader does now, as well as Arcee looks just like Vampire and the list goes on and on and on...it's like Bay and his team and Hasbro has really lost touch of it's roots and decided to "copy" MASK stuff to make a new transformers toy line and movies from - and they don't care - they are making money! It's really is a shame. :oops:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185643)
Posted by f-primus-unicron on February 22nd, 2011 @ 1:50pm CST
they even made the transformers subline, speedstars stealth force, that awfully looks similar to m.a.s.k.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185676)
Posted by 5150 Cruiser on February 22nd, 2011 @ 3:38pm CST
froneyzone wrote: Yeah BUT Transformers toys came with the premise of "Robots in Disguise". We CAN blame EVERYONE for screwing up that whole premise - because now we no longer have that. If anything, it's just comes down to Autobots in disguise...and that's even stretching it (three NASCAR vehicles driving around anywhere other than a race track is not a disguise...especially with mech weapons surrounding their frame - they really do look like they came right out of another awesome 80's cartoon - M.A.S.K. I mean, you really need to check this out!

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/toys_toys_mask.htm

Razorback is awfully similar looking to one of them - Rhino looks an awful lot like our fearless Autobot leader does now, as well as Arcee looks just like Vampire and the list goes on and on and on...it's like Bay and his team and Hasbro has really lost touch of it's roots and decided to "copy" MASK stuff to make a new transformers toy line and movies from - and they don't care - they are making money! It's really is a shame. :oops:


How do we no longer have the oringal premise of "robots in disgise"? Because Irone hide is a Topkick truck and not a mini van? Cause Optimus has flames? Bee is a Camaro and not a beetle? This is not 1984. Were up to 2010. I want my TF to have a little flash (and consequently, thats what they have- A little flash) IMO, non of the autobots or decepticons have been overly falshy. I think they fit a modern day world preety darn good while still being atractive to the average audience.
As far as the nascar bots (wreckers), minus the guns on them, the differance between them and say the destructicons? They had an F1 car on their team roaming around the streets. And what about Mirage? Another race car. So this isn't the first time a full blown race cars have gone around the streets of the local neighborhood.
Anyhow, I'm sure there "Mech tech" modes are just that. Modes for battle. Concidering Patrick dempsey is a race car driver in the movie they proabably have stanard modes as well.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185785)
Posted by El Duque on February 22nd, 2011 @ 7:43pm CST
The new Transformers: DOTM TV spot that aired during last Sunday's Daytona 500 has been officially released in 1080p HD at Michael Bay Dot Com!

Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185888)
Posted by froneyzone on February 23rd, 2011 @ 12:11am CST
5150 Cruiser wrote:
froneyzone wrote: Yeah BUT Transformers toys came with the premise of "Robots in Disguise". We CAN blame EVERYONE for screwing up that whole premise - because now we no longer have that. If anything, it's just comes down to Autobots in disguise...and that's even stretching it (three NASCAR vehicles driving around anywhere other than a race track is not a disguise...especially with mech weapons surrounding their frame - they really do look like they came right out of another awesome 80's cartoon - M.A.S.K. I mean, you really need to check this out!

http://www.ilovethe80s.com/toys_toys_mask.htm

Razorback is awfully similar looking to one of them - Rhino looks an awful lot like our fearless Autobot leader does now, as well as Arcee looks just like Vampire and the list goes on and on and on...it's like Bay and his team and Hasbro has really lost touch of it's roots and decided to "copy" MASK stuff to make a new transformers toy line and movies from - and they don't care - they are making money! It's really is a shame. :oops:


How do we no longer have the oringal premise of "robots in disgise"? Because Irone hide is a Topkick truck and not a mini van? Cause Optimus has flames? Bee is a Camaro and not a beetle? This is not 1984. Were up to 2010. I want my TF to have a little flash (and consequently, thats what they have- A little flash) IMO, non of the autobots or decepticons have been overly falshy. I think they fit a modern day world preety darn good while still being atractive to the average audience.
As far as the nascar bots (wreckers), minus the guns on them, the differance between them and say the destructicons? They had an F1 car on their team roaming around the streets. And what about Mirage? Another race car. So this isn't the first time a full blown race cars have gone around the streets of the local neighborhood.
Anyhow, I'm sure there "Mech tech" modes are just that. Modes for battle. Concidering Patrick dempsey is a race car driver in the movie they proabably have stanard modes as well.


No S#!+ this isn't 1984 - that is EXACTLY why you would think there would be BETTER disguises! And since you started it - how many Peterbilt's have you've honestly seen driving around with that many flames and/or color scheme? I live in Chicago...near the highways and I haven't seen but one...and they looked like they were stuck on by hand and they were yellow on purple. The whole point of my little rant still holds true. If you saw the Autobots today in their Alt mode - you would know immediately that they were Transformers or at least knew something was up and going on. You say non of them have been overly flashy - SAY WHAT? You couldn't even buy Bumblebee's 2nd alt mode back when the first movie debuted. And that is my point - Hasbro gave in and decided to let money do the talking...and it's been said many times before...the first movie looked like one long dragged out car commercial - and because of that the movie stories hold no merit. Why even try to disguise when everyone knows that the cars driving around are the only ones? I just came from the Chicago Auto show and guess what - no Corvette Stingray - they scrapped it...it was just a 2009 concept car.

Many of the Decepticons haven't even tried to disguise themselves, so why even bother, especially since the Autobots and the military formed such a tight knit relationship right away, and everything can be erased and/or covered up by one branch or another creating some other story and erase everyone's mind and block internet videos/pics and magically fix everything like they did with Mission City and Shanghai. The whole movie franchise should have been called "Alien sentient robots from another planet, that can also transform, lost their cube and are now fighting for it." And now that you got me started - it looks like there's more reason to hate the Autobots now than ever - it looks like that character from ROTF was actually right - Director Galloway or Calloway (the liaison to the President) - when he said something like: "Then it seems the only reason the Decepticons are coming is to hunt you!" There has been no background as to how the Transformers actually got here (except Megatron) and nothing said about ever trying to leave to get back to Cybertron and new idea's keep coming up to try to make up good reasons to have the Decepticons keep flooding to earth to destroy it along with the Autobots. I mean seriously, The Fallen's sundestroyer machine thingy could have just as easily been placed on Venus or Mars without even having to cover it up and then we wouldn't even be having this conversation. haha

Now don't get me wrong - Transformers will ALWAYS be AWESOME! And the new "real-life" transformations are certainly the way to go - but when it comes to the movies...that is where they stopped with their creativity. Now it looks like we have a 3rd movie that looks more like Skyline vs M.A.S.K in 3D with Peter Cullen voicing the hero rather than "Transformers - the third and final battle for earth" featuring Optimus Prime! Thank god for all of the other writers and production teams out there for giving us other Transformers Universes...because I'm done with the movieverse - I tried and gave it my best shot - I can only wait for the next reboot and pray.
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185898)
Posted by Pontimax 01 on February 23rd, 2011 @ 12:41am CST
Anyone else notice that they did in fact change Prime's CG model? Got a real good look this time. Look at his abdomen, in the previous two movies the truck cab firewall forms the front of his chest just below the windows. In the trailer, he clearly has no firewall now, it's more open, and you can see more of his... hmm, innards? It's a whole new texturing whatever it is.

Now the area looks to have a stepped lip around the edges with no visible firewall armor.

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Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185908)
Posted by Sur_G on February 23rd, 2011 @ 1:39am CST
Pontimax 01 wrote:Anyone else notice that they did in fact change Prime's CG model? Got a real good look this time. Look at his abdomen, in the previous two movies the truck cab firewall forms the front of his chest just below the windows. In the trailer, he clearly has no firewall now, it's more open, and you can see more of his... hmm, innards? It's a whole new texturing whatever it is.

Now the area looks to have a stepped lip around the edges with no visible firewall armor.

Image


Hey good you pointed that out!
I believe its the new abdomen Prime gets :(
We have seen these in the Ultimate Optimus Prime toy ( which I didnt like by the way partially cause of the abdomen).
I was hoping it was a toy only thing ( Just like with the Mechtech weapons, but in the same picture we can see a BIG *SS gun as well, so that hope is gone as well)

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This does not make me happy, I really liked the orginal model/sculp. Why does Optimus need abdomen???

What do you think?
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1185909)
Posted by BATTOUSAIXD on February 23rd, 2011 @ 1:42am CST
Pontimax 01 wrote:Anyone else notice that they did in fact change Prime's CG model? Got a real good look this time. Look at his abdomen, in the previous two movies the truck cab firewall forms the front of his chest just below the windows. In the trailer, he clearly has no firewall now, it's more open, and you can see more of his... hmm, innards? It's a whole new texturing whatever it is.

Now the area looks to have a stepped lip around the edges with no visible firewall armor.

Image

Yeah it does look like they changed the CG model a little. Can't tell yet if I like it or don't. Probably not a big enough difference for me to care, but we'll see. And wow, that is ONE BIG GUN! :ic$: Megatron's gun better be at least that big or I'm gonna be mad :CON:
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1186014)
Posted by First-Aid on February 23rd, 2011 @ 9:10am CST
BATTOUSAI XD wrote:
Pontimax 01 wrote:Anyone else notice that they did in fact change Prime's CG model? Got a real good look this time. Look at his abdomen, in the previous two movies the truck cab firewall forms the front of his chest just below the windows. In the trailer, he clearly has no firewall now, it's more open, and you can see more of his... hmm, innards? It's a whole new texturing whatever it is.

Now the area looks to have a stepped lip around the edges with no visible firewall armor.

Image

Yeah it does look like they changed the CG model a little. Can't tell yet if I like it or don't. Probably not a big enough difference for me to care, but we'll see. And wow, that is ONE BIG GUN! :ic$: Megatron's gun better be at least that big or I'm gonna be mad :CON:


Good catch! I noticed it too kind of, but just chalked it up to the lighting int he scene. Now that you point that out, I see it. So Prime has been doing core workouts and tightening up his fabulous abs to impress Arcee... 8)
Re: New Transformers Dark of the Moon Daytona 500 TV Spot (1186104)
Posted by T-Macksimus on February 23rd, 2011 @ 1:43pm CST
jaws wrote:...Wonder if the thing with all the tenticles is Soundwave?


I've got to stop skimming the conversations at high speed. For a second there, I thought you were making a RotF Devastator reference. :P :lol:


All joking aside, I had a scathing response already typed up for those of you who started the flame war, but honestly, none of you is worth running the risk of me getting banned from this site by pointing out your blatant ignorance. :-x

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