Paramount Asking to Consider Transformers: Age of Extinction For Best Picture 2014 Academy Award
Monday, December 8th, 2014 4:42AM CST
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Posted by Lockdownhunter on December 8th, 2014 @ 4:46am CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on December 8th, 2014 @ 4:53am CST
As for Mr. Bay, I don't think he's the best director. I liked his earlier films a lot, but lately he's been dragging out his movies with useless filler and stupid jokes.
If the movie was gonna get an award, why not lobby for something like Best Special Effects?
Posted by Lockdownhunter on December 8th, 2014 @ 4:57am CST
Nemesis Maximo wrote:Look, even though I thought AoE had the tightest plot out o fthe TF Films, I wouldn't go calling it the best adapted screenplay.
As for Mr. Bay, I don't think he's the best director. I liked his earlier films a lot, but lately he's been dragging out his movies with useless filler and stupid jokes.
If the movie was gonna get an award, why not lobby for something like Best Special Effects?
Well said!
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 8th, 2014 @ 5:03am CST
Of course I would also love to see James Gunn get the award but I sadly know he won't. Comic book movies seem to be exempt from all but best special effects.
Posted by monstrinhotron on December 8th, 2014 @ 5:09am CST
Posted by Insurgent on December 8th, 2014 @ 5:12am CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Of course I would also love to see James Gunn get the award but I sadly know he won't. Comic book movies seem to be exempt from all but best special effects.
Oh yes, Guardians of the Galaxy deserves to be getting alot of awards this year. Comic book or not, I don't think I've seen anyone say anything bad about it. Even the guy I work with who hates comic book films loved it.
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 8th, 2014 @ 5:41am CST
monstrinhotron wrote:only if M.Bay stops in the middle of his acceptance speech to very slowly drink a branded beverage.
Well if the brand paid him the money for it...
Posted by frogbat on December 8th, 2014 @ 6:01am CST
they should pursue the technical oscars. I still think they were robbed for the sfx for the first film.
Posted by K2vox on December 8th, 2014 @ 8:16am CST
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 8th, 2014 @ 8:55am CST
Posted by megatronus on December 8th, 2014 @ 9:11am CST
I think Paramount needs to do the same.
That said, this is hilarious!
Posted by mooncake623 on December 8th, 2014 @ 9:29am CST
Posted by cruizerdave on December 8th, 2014 @ 9:50am CST
Last I checked, the Academy didn't have categories for "Best Fourth Time Rehash," "Best Minimalist Use of Robotic Dinosaurs," or "Best Onscreen Justification for Statutory Rape."
Posted by SlyTF1 on December 8th, 2014 @ 10:53am CST
Posted by RhA on December 8th, 2014 @ 11:01am CST
SlyTF1 wrote:It deserves it. But, it won't win. There's literally no chance. This is the world I'm stuck in.
You're stuck in?
Posted by cruizerdave on December 8th, 2014 @ 11:27am CST
SlyTF1 wrote:It deserves it. But, it won't win. There's literally no chance. This is the world I'm stuck in.
Wait, you're serious?
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 8th, 2014 @ 11:53am CST
Posted by Megatron Wolf on December 8th, 2014 @ 12:46pm CST
Posted by RhA on December 8th, 2014 @ 1:03pm CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Sly is always serious, especially about the films.
Sly is to the movies what duragrip is to Omega Supreme.
It's just the world we're stuck in.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 8th, 2014 @ 1:14pm CST
Oh, the stories I could tell you...cruizerdave wrote:SlyTF1 wrote:It deserves it. But, it won't win. There's literally no chance. This is the world I'm stuck in.
Wait, you're serious?
Posted by 0megazordus Prime on December 8th, 2014 @ 2:20pm CST
Posted by ZeroWolf on December 8th, 2014 @ 3:13pm CST
Posted by Burn on December 8th, 2014 @ 3:20pm CST
It's like entering into a bunch of raffles. You don't use all your money to buy tickets in just one, you spread it around to increase your chances.
Posted by Nemesis Destron on December 8th, 2014 @ 5:31pm CST
Posted by YRQRM0 on December 8th, 2014 @ 6:02pm CST
Posted by craggy on December 8th, 2014 @ 6:55pm CST
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on December 8th, 2014 @ 7:11pm CST
ZeroWolf wrote:Surely the jokes come from the writer.
While I can't confirm on the jokes from DOTM (got the no-frills DVD), the Bumblebee peeing scene was Bay (he added that while filming the scene, on a whim) as well as the infamous Devastator wrecking balls in ROTF.
The human jokes weren't really his fault, technically. He simply let them off the leash, and allowed them to do their own "improv" thing. If you listen to his commentary in the first movie, he's apparently a massive fan of improvisational "acting", which in the case of Leo, Jerry and Sam's mom, is more like horsing around on set.
Thankfully, it seems he's done with that kind of thing, as seen in AoE. While not perfect, it's something I can sit back and enjoy for the cutting edge CGI and decent fight scenes, and not have to put up with annoying humans every few minutes. The new cast is a massive improvement.
Posted by BERSEKAEL on December 8th, 2014 @ 11:42pm CST
Supervisor- "hey guys we need a BAD GUY looking like head sculpt...any ideas?" lol
*BTW this video is part of the bonus content on the bluray dvd set... I really wish Mr. Bay directs the next movies.
Posted by chivesbot20 on December 9th, 2014 @ 8:23pm CST
Posted by TurboMMaster on December 13th, 2014 @ 2:12pm CST
Posted by dreadwing95 on December 13th, 2014 @ 2:45pm CST
TurboMMaster wrote:I don't understand why people are hating Galvatron head design so much... I think that while not great, it was decent enough (Even if I want Galvatron to look a little more "Megatron-like), I saw worse things in movieverse...
i like it for the most part. sometimes i cant tell where his mouth is when i look at pictures of him but thats about it
Posted by Insurgent on December 14th, 2014 @ 11:24am CST
Posted by TulioDude on December 14th, 2014 @ 4:51pm CST
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on December 18th, 2014 @ 11:28pm CST
Posted by Peridot on December 19th, 2014 @ 11:21am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 19th, 2014 @ 11:24am CST
It's the lighting/shadow on the angles of his chin.Metro Prime wrote:At 1:16 into the video- Crosshairs has a beard/stubble?!
He does have a mustache, though.
Posted by Peridot on December 19th, 2014 @ 11:38am CST
Sabrblade wrote:It's the lighting/shadow on the angles of his chin.Metro Prime wrote:At 1:16 into the video- Crosshairs has a beard/stubble?!
He does have a mustache, though.
This definitely doesn't look like a shadow:
You can also see it here:
It's actually very appropriate, considering Crosshairs's personality and voice actor.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 19th, 2014 @ 12:30pm CST
Sure it does. Those parts angle downward and inward, being the undersides of his nose and lips.Metro Prime wrote:This definitely doesn't look like a shadow:
Posted by CrankyOldTruck on December 19th, 2014 @ 11:49pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Sure it does. Those parts angle downward and inward, being the undersides of his nose and lips.Metro Prime wrote:This definitely doesn't look like a shadow:
And I'm going to argue against both explanations. What you have is a CG animator taking artistic license with his color palette and letting the audience run wild with its imagination. There are indeed two different colors but the shadow theory is nixed because, in the close up pic, there are two colors on the same plane on the left side of his face (our right side as we look at it) and it's receiving even light
The facial hair theory is blown because the deeper color that is supposed as "facial hair" is such that, if you take his entire face into account, he would have "hair" all over his face in a pattern and places that no human would ever have it.
Nice to see your imaginations are still working boys, but that's all you've got there ...imagination. Follow the patterns, follow the full degree of lighting and then get inside the mind of a CGI guy and you'll have your answer. I know, my way isn't as much fun.
Posted by Peridot on December 20th, 2014 @ 7:37am CST
CrankyOldTruck wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Sure it does. Those parts angle downward and inward, being the undersides of his nose and lips.Metro Prime wrote:This definitely doesn't look like a shadow:
And I'm going to argue against both explanations. What you have is a CG animator taking artistic license with his color palette and letting the audience run wild with its imagination. There are indeed two different colors but the shadow theory is nixed because, in the close up pic, there are two colors on the same plane on the left side of his face (our right side as we look at it) and it's receiving even light
The facial hair theory is blown because the deeper color that is supposed as "facial hair" is such that, if you take his entire face into account, he would have "hair" all over his face in a pattern and places that no human would ever have it.
Nice to see your imaginations are still working boys, but that's all you've got there ...imagination. Follow the patterns, follow the full degree of lighting and then get inside the mind of a CGI guy and you'll have your answer. I know, my way isn't as much fun.
Animators can't just "take artistic license". Paramount had to give ILM some finalized (or at least near finalized) concept art at some point, which they used for the final models. ILM cannot just alter the designs because they feel like it. The only spot that's even out of place or unnatural, at least noticably so, is the stuff under his eyes, and that could easily be war paint or anti-glare stripes. AND EVEN THEN, they're giant alien shapeshifting robots. Do you really expect their facial "hair", if it's even hair, to conform exactly to human facial hair growth patterns?
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 20th, 2014 @ 2:47pm CST
I disagree. There's nothing about the facial structure suggesting that those parts are angled inward. Also, they're the same shade above and under his mouth. So if he has a mustache (as you claim) then he has to have a small beard, or at the very least, stubble. Otherwise, he has neither, which is what it looks like to me. If he did, his face would look a little more like Sentinel's did in DoTM, not flat and smooth as it does in those stills.Sabrblade wrote:Sure it does. Those parts angle downward and inward, being the undersides of his nose and lips.Metro Prime wrote:This definitely doesn't look like a shadow:
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 22nd, 2014 @ 9:21am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 22nd, 2014 @ 10:52am CST
http://www.seibertron.com/transformers/ ... ler/31445/Rodimus Prime wrote::lol:
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:12am CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:15am CST
What's the other thread?Rodimus Prime wrote:So now 2 threads have the video.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on December 22nd, 2014 @ 11:59am CST
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on February 9th, 2015 @ 6:22pm CST
Creating the Knightship for "Transformers: Age of Extinction" was an immense challenge for the visual effects team due to it's massive scale. In fact, the Knightship is over five times larger than the worm-like drilling robot that appeared in "Dark of the Moon" which had previously held the record at ILM for most complex model.
Posted by Ultra Markus on February 9th, 2015 @ 6:48pm CST
maybe its unicrons hand.............
Posted by Rodimus Prime on February 10th, 2015 @ 4:54am CST
Posted by Autobot032 on March 15th, 2015 @ 2:56pm CDT
2014 wasn't the strongest box office year, movies didn't sell as well as they had in past years and the economy has been rough on a lot of people, so frivolous spending such as going to the movies (which can be incredibly expensive) is out of the question for some, if not many.
With this in mind, seeing Age Of Extinction take the number one spot is awesome for us Transformer fans because the brand is still alive and fresh, even with new and casual fans as well old school who've been here since the beginning. With more Transformers success, the more Transformers toys and series we'll get and that's always a good thing.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Transformers: Age Of Extinction turned in a $245M domestic gross, did $545M foreign and another $301M China (Paramount kept $75 million of that), for a total of $1.09 billion. That is just short of the last installment, Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, which grossed $1.12B to become the first Transformers to crack the billion dollar gross mark.
You can read the full article and see the rest of the staggering numbers over at Deadline, here, and when you're done come on back to the forums and share your thoughts on this big news!
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