Stanley Tucci Confirmed to Return in Transformers: The Last Knight

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm indifferent to his character a bit, but I do agree with you. I definitely wouldn't mind Simmons back and his antics.

Especially if it would mean more of Alan Tudyk's character.

Shouldn't Joyce be in jail or something? I mean, that was his company's property that terrorized all over Hong Kong. He's kinda responsible for all that in a way.

Sure, Galvatron instigated the attack, but as far as KSI was concerned, Galvatron was built and owned by KSI, so from a legal stance, KSI's property instigated the attack, and Joyce is responsible for all that KSI does, so Joyce is technically responsible for his property having rampaged in Hong Kong, from a legal point of view (which is that point of view that all the lawyers and victims involved are gonna be looking from).

How many people are in this lmao

^ Too many. Which probably means this movie is going to fall into the same trap the last one did by juggling far too many plots.

Sabrblade wrote:Shouldn't Joyce be in jail or something? I mean, that was his company's property that terrorized all over Hong Kong. He's kinda responsible for all that in a way.

Sure, Galvatron instigated the attack, but as far as KSI was concerned, Galvatron was built and owned by KSI, so from a legal stance, KSI's property instigated the attack, and Joyce is responsible for all that KSI does, so Joyce is technically responsible for his property having rampaged in Hong Kong, from a legal point of view (which is that point of view that all the lawyers and victims involved are gonna be looking from).

Maybe he pinned the whole thing on Attinger and Cemetary Wind. It's not like Attinger was around to deny it.

One of the things I hated about AOE was how they tried to take this evil ruthless guy who was dissecting and melting down Autobots and tried to turn him into some kind of comic anti hero in the second half of the movie. At least Simmons's character change was somewhat believable.

Sharkticon Soup wrote:One of the things I hated about AOE was how they tried to take this evil ruthless guy who was dissecting and melting down Autobots and tried to turn him into some kind of comic anti hero in the second half of the movie. At least Simmons's character change was somewhat believable.

Was it though? Was it? Top agent to secret organization that threatens and kidnaps a family and all of a sudden is helping them. There's not much there. Second movie, he blames Sam for losing his job at sector 7 and 30 seconds later is showing him his secret room under a meat counter.

There's nothing there man and I actually don't mind the movies.

JazZeke wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm indifferent to his character a bit, but I do agree with you. I definitely wouldn't mind Simmons back and his antics.

Especially if it would mean more of Alan Tudyk's character.

Agreed. I loved Tudyk's character in DotM.

Sabrblade wrote:Shouldn't Joyce be in jail or something? I mean, that was his company's property that terrorized all over Hong Kong. He's kinda responsible for all that in a way.

Sure, Galvatron instigated the attack, but as far as KSI was concerned, Galvatron was built and owned by KSI, so from a legal stance, KSI's property instigated the attack, and Joyce is responsible for all that KSI does, so Joyce is technically responsible for his property having rampaged in Hong Kong, from a legal point of view (which is that point of view that all the lawyers and victims involved are gonna be looking from).

Was wondering that myself? Maybe he found a way out of it or as said, pinned it on Attinger or what have you. Still I'm sure they would hold Joyce accountable in some form or another though. Might be why Lennox is back though?

Kurona wrote:How many people are in this lmao

CAST ALL THE PEOPLEZ!

Tyrannacon wrote:

JazZeke wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:I'm indifferent to his character a bit, but I do agree with you. I definitely wouldn't mind Simmons back and his antics.

Especially if it would mean more of Alan Tudyk's character.

Agreed. I loved Tudyk's character in DotM.

It's impossible to not love Tudyk's character in anything he does.

I'm so happy he's finally getting a lead role in a sitcom, and in a superhero-centric one no less.

This is very true. I loved and related to the dinosaur obsession his character in Firefly had (and subsequently raged at Serenity when yeah). Dodgeball where he was a pirate was awesome and the fact he portrays a quippy droid in Rogue One has me excited and looking forward to the movie. I love homicidal and quippy robots. See HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic.

Honestly I am surprised Tudyk wasn't brought back already on his lonesome even without Simmons for any of the films since DotM.

Tyrannacon wrote:Honestly I am surprised Tudyk wasn't brought back already on his lonesome even without Simmons for any of the films since DotM.

Nah, see, that would have been a good idea, and we can't have those!

JazZeke wrote:

Tyrannacon wrote:Honestly I am surprised Tudyk wasn't brought back already on his lonesome even without Simmons for any of the films since DotM.

Nah, see, that would have been a good idea, and we can't have those!

He was a great, fun, and enjoyable character (for what little screen time he had), there were precious few of those in these movies, I too wouldn't mind seeing him come back in some capacity.

Yeah. You may be right about that. It's been a while since I've watched them. Maybe it was just that it seemed like they had the comic relief almost from the start with Simmons that just made him a little more like able to me than Joyce. I just hated Joyce. As soon as I met him. I don't think I hated Simmons like that.

I can't wait for these headlines to show up ...

Shia LaBeouf Confirmed to Return in Transformers: The Last Knight

Megan Fox Confirmed to Return in Transformers: The Last Knight

and just for fun in Transformers 6 ... Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Confirmed to Return in Transformers: Girls Night Out

Seibertron wrote:I can't wait for these headlines to show up ...

Shia LaBeouf Confirmed to Return in Transformers: The Last Knight

Megan Fox Confirmed to Return in Transformers: The Last Knight

and just for fun in Transformers 6 ... Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Confirmed to Return in Transformers: Girls Night Out

I really hope Shia labeouf never comes back. His character was fine but him as actor...I'm fine with never seeing a movie with him again. He's so unstable and uncharismatic

Doubt Megan will be back! + didn't she oust Bay or something on the last Transformers film that she was in! mind you....in saying that....Bay still had her as part of the TMNT films

Via a number of online sources, including Just Jared, ComingSoon.net and various social media accounts, we have a look at the Transformers: The Last Knight crew and cast in London, for some location shots. And by cast, we mean Mark Wahlberg, Laura Haddock, but also Bumblebee and Hot Rod, plus a number of military looking types under the watchful eye of Michael Bay.

The personal shots below, featuring the director and Hot Rod, are from Instagram user Alex Liu, while the watermarked ComingSoon images with Bumblebee, Wahlberg and Haddock are from.. well, Coming Soon. Check it all out, and join the discussion in the Energon Pub!

Considering their appearance, their being in London and our recent conversation topic my first thought was "what's Bay doing with U.N.I.T.?"

That's funny I was at coming soon this morning before stopped here for news like how bumblebee car doors change things up

Kurona wrote:Considering their appearance, their being in London and our recent conversation topic my first thought was "what's Bay doing with U.N.I.T.?"

If The Doctor shows up I would die of happiness in the theater.

I wonder if the head honcho decided to pay U.N.I.T to be in The Last Knight. Now only if a certain 1963 Police box would show up....

It's entirely possible. The Doctor battled Death's Head, who also battled Transformers. And then there's Octus' altmode, as Mark-III Travel Machine (that's what the Dalek shells are called. And no, the Daleks are not robots) Wait a minute.... Doctor Who is on hiatus this year (will be back next year) perhaps they have a role in The Last Night!

Decepticon Stryker wrote:It's entirely possible. The Doctor battled Death's Head, who also battled Transformers. And then there's Octus' altmode, as Mark-III Travel Machine (that's what the Dalek shells are called. And no, the Daleks are not robots) Wait a minute.... Doctor Who is on hiatus this year (will be back next year) perhaps they have a\ role in The Last Night!

That would make the Transformers films interesting

Kurona wrote:Considering their appearance, their being in London and our recent conversation topic my first thought was "what's Bay doing with U.N.I.T.?"

Lol yes.

Sabrblade wrote:Shouldn't Joyce be in jail or something? I mean, that was his company's property that terrorized all over Hong Kong. He's kinda responsible for all that in a way.

Sure, Galvatron instigated the attack, but as far as KSI was concerned, Galvatron was built and owned by KSI, so from a legal stance, KSI's property instigated the attack, and Joyce is responsible for all that KSI does, so Joyce is technically responsible for his property having rampaged in Hong Kong, from a legal point of view (which is that point of view that all the lawyers and victims involved are gonna be looking from).

There are a lot of people in the real world who should be in jail. You know what's keeping the courts and judges from sentencing them? Money. Joshua has a lot of money.

Another update today from the London filming session for Transformers: The Last Knight, from Instagram account TransformersFilm - who in turn credit one Philip Osborne for the image - featuring a silver Aston Martin DB11, who is rumoured to be the British-voiced Transformer Cogman. Also, from Owen Morgs, who took a closer look at that Stargate-esque triangle logo on the humans seen in the movie so far, we find out the letters TRF are also part of the symbol - what do you think it can mean? Discuss and speculate away in the Energon Pub!

I got told I'd get a news credit for this

Dr Va'al wrote:Another update today from the London filming session for Transformers: The Last Knight, from Instagram account TransformersFilm - who in turn credit one Philip Osborne for the image - featuring a silver Aston Martin DB11, who is rumoured to be the British-voiced Transformer Cogman. Also, from Owen Morgs, who took a closer look at that Stargate-esque triangle logo on the humans seen in the movie so far, we find out the letters TRF are also part of the symbol - what do you think it can mean? Discuss and speculate away in the Energon Pub!

YESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, this is my favorite piece of news so far.

Collectotron wrote:I got told I'd get a news credit for this

You did!

EDIT: How odd - the credit is there in admin panel, but not on the site.

Dr Va'al wrote:

Collectotron wrote:I got told I'd get a news credit for this

You did!

EDIT: How odd - the credit is there in admin panel, but not on the site.

I've found it normally takes about an hour for the number in news credit to go up. It shows up once you click that you got the credit, but it takes a bit for the actual shown number to adjust

Have a theory as to what the staff may be. Let me know what you all think please. Perhaps it belonged to Quintus Prime, one of the thirteen and creator of the Quintessons, he has a power he put into an artifact called "The Emberstone" and he placed it within a staff and gave it to Merlin to use to conjure his magic.
The Emberstone can accelerate biological processes in base elements.

I just realized that "Hot Rod" is not black but DEEP, REALLY DEEP PURPLE trimmed with ORANGE.

Transformers Fanatic wrote:Have a theory as to what the staff may be. Let me know what you all think please. Perhaps it belonged to Quintus Prime, one of the thirteen and creator of the Quintessons, he has a power he put into an artifact called "The Emberstone" and he placed it within a staff and gave it to Merlin to use to conjure his magic.
The Emberstone can accelerate biological processes in base elements.

I doubt the TF films would do anything with the actual original 13 - not only because this universe established it to be 7, but also because Michael Bay himself said that TF2 having mystical elements was a really big mistake.

Slightly quiet time from the Transformers: The Last Knight marketing department? Probably building up to the one and only Anthony Hopkins ready to take on the camera role (or the voice role) for the movie, as Michael Bay and production are in currently in London. Check out the very short Instagram clip below, and keep checking Seibertron.com for more updates as they arrive!

After a human, a new Transformer character has been spotted on the London set for Transformers: The Last Knight, and we share via social media users Steve Mason and June Bates - who do not identify the bright red McLaren Sports Series 570GT, though there is the suggestion that Dino / Mirage may in fact be back for the fifth Paramount movie. Check out the images below, and let the speculation engines rev in the Energon Pub!

Oh boy. A high-end sports car in the live-action movies, how novel.

Is it just me or does this give off a RiD Sideswipe vibe

Why does every red car have to be Dino?

Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

Madeus Prime wrote:Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

I wouldn't call him a stereotype. He had a (legit) Italian accent and that was it.

Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

Convention. An accent can help you get a specific mental image of a character, and it makes them more identifiable then they would be if everyone just had a northeastern american one or something. In-universe, I assume it matters where they land and what their first data scans would be like. If some random autobot lands in Germany and the first broadcast it picks up is a german-language sitcom, they're going to pick up that accent.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

Unless it does something really cool for a character, I've always felt accents are overused in Transformers as a whole. For example, Cybertron with it's Texan Skywarp, Australian Jetfire felt unnecessary, but the New York accents of Ransack and Crumplezone were golden (in my opinion).

Now for the movies, I'd be okay if they used accents liberally, but not to the point of giving characters such strong accents that they feel like stereotypes, regardless of the stereotype laden writing (looking at you Skids and Mudflap). For example, Ken Wantanabe may naturally have a strong Japanese accent, but I've seen films where he's had a softer accent. Why this couldn't be applied to Drift? We'll never know.

Saw this on social media, but someone suggested the car could be "Stinger" brought back from the fourth film (even though they got scrapped). But eh. I guess we won't know until the movie comes out or more information is released.

Cool! Hopefully he gets a good toy to represent him this time, oh and it comes to America.

Madeus Prime wrote:Wonderful, another stereotype character is coming back.

In some other part of the world your probably considered a stereotype.

And even if he was you do know just because someone is a stereotype doesn't mean it's a bad thing right?


Look at the G1 cartoon for example it has a lot of similar characters there.

MGrotusque wrote:Speaking of stereotypes, I wonder why Cybertronians even have Earth based accents. I don't really get how that gets factored into the development of a character. Why aren't there transformers with Swahili accents or Russian accents.

It was explained in the very first movie that they picked up the Earth languages through the Internet so their accents would have been derived from whatever it was they gravitated towards on the web.

Emerje

Madeus Prime wrote:Unless it does something really cool for a character, I've always felt accents are overused in Transformers as a whole. For example, Cybertron with it's Texan Skywarp, Australian Jetfire felt unnecessary, but the New York accents of Ransack and Crumplezone were golden (in my opinion).

Skywarp was in Cybertron?


Guess I never saw him with Thundercracker on the screen all the time.

Since DOTM went out of its way to make Dino be an Italian car model with an Italian name and an Italian voice actor, I really don't think they'd break that setup with the character. So with this not being an Italian car model, and with Francesco Quinn having passed away, I really don't think this is Dino.

Sabrblade wrote:Since DOTM went out of its way to make Dino be an Italian car model with an Italian name and an Italian voice actor, I really don't think they'd break that setup with the character. So with this not being an Italian car model, and with Francesco Quinn having passed away, I really don't think this is Dino.

If they were to bring him back they probably don't want to deal with Ferrari's ridiculous contract again.

They would also probably change his name from Dino to Mirage.

Plus Sideswipe had his voice actor changed in between rotf and dotm.