I think (hope?) that it's just because that's part of a quick flashback sequence.
[Movies] The Upcoming Movies Trailer Thread
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The fact that this is G1 Bumblebee is probably the best part of the entire trailer, possibly the entire movie.
No idea if the movie will be any good, just so glad to see that iconic Beetle shape instead of whatever hip/modern/rad/gleaming/shiny/reimagined thing they could've done.
--Patrick
No idea if the movie will be any good, just so glad to see that iconic Beetle shape instead of whatever hip/modern/rad/gleaming/shiny/reimagined thing they could've done.
--Patrick
I'm guessing this is a new continuity?
God damned should be...
I think the most frustrating part of this trailer is that they clearly COULD make the Transformers look like the actual Transformer in the movies, except that for over a decade they've been giving us weird, overly-gray, random-shaped scraps of metal that vaguely look like robots.
Not that it's going to get me to buy a theater ticket: too little too late.
Not that it's going to get me to buy a theater ticket: too little too late.
I think it is a prequel.
Isn't this like refusing to see Spider-Man: Homecoming because of Amazing Spider-Man 1&2?
It's not written by the worst writers in history or directed by a sexist assbag for starters.
The director has directed some really wonderful movies like Kubo, Paranorman and Coraline.
The writer is a little less tested, but she literally cannot be as bad as Orci and Kurtzman and whoever took over from those black holes of talent.
The director has directed some really wonderful movies like Kubo, Paranorman and Coraline.
The writer is a little less tested, but she literally cannot be as bad as Orci and Kurtzman and whoever took over from those black holes of talent.
As @Frank mentioned, it's got a different creative team. On top of that, the trailers have consistently shown a different aesthetic than the other movies (as well as a some obvious nostalgia for the original source material.)
It's reasonable to wait for reviews, of course. I just don't understand refusing to consider that this might be something different. Movie series re-invent themselves all of the time.
I'm not sure where you are going on this one. You're tired of the ideas of movies being released for the Christmas season?
Dave
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I do when they are looking like a "feel good" kids-style movie, which the overly done and cliche comedic ending implies. "Do you have a family?" Bumblebee points at her. Awww. Ain't the sweet? 
Should we play count the cliche in just that trailer? Maybe his secret power has been love the whole time!
Should we play count the cliche in just that trailer? Maybe his secret power has been love the whole time!
GasBandit
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Well you're not "wrong" saying "I don't like X."
I think it looks great and the trailer proves that the iconic G1 character designs work fantastically well on screen - much better than the "80 million indistinguishable jaggy bits doing the harlem shake" design of Bayformers.
I think the lead character shows a lot more personality and charisma than actual cannibal Shia Lebeouf.
The few action scenes we see in the trailer don't suffer from the "toss the camera in a cement mixer and add a bunch of CGI later" approach from Bayformers.
I think it shows a lot of promise.
I think the lead character shows a lot more personality and charisma than actual cannibal Shia Lebeouf.
The few action scenes we see in the trailer don't suffer from the "toss the camera in a cement mixer and add a bunch of CGI later" approach from Bayformers.
I think it shows a lot of promise.
This. The director has helmed critically acclaimed smaller-budget movies that underperformed at the box office for a number of reasons that don't really reflect on the quality of the movie.
Having a major brand and big budget might produce some impressive results.
Maybe it'll wind up like Duncan Jones going from Moon to Warcraft; maybe it'll wind up like Ryan Coogler going from Creed to Black Panther; although it could very well wind up like Josh Trank going from Chronicle to Fan4stic.
Somewhere, some 16yr-old will watch this movie and experience this trope for the first time, and his/her eyes will brim with tears as emotions they didn’t know they could experience will well up within their young, tender heart, filling it beyond its capacity...unlike Dave’s heart, which is so cracked and withered that emotion couldnt inflate it even if it were driven by a V10-powered trash pump.I do when they are looking like a "feel good" kids-style movie, which the overly done and cliche comedic ending implies. "Do you have a family?" Bumblebee points at her. Awww. Ain't the sweet?
Should we play count the cliche in just that trailer? Maybe his secret power has been love the whole time!
—Patrick
To be honest, until the trailer for Homecoming looked awesome (Tom Holland did it!), I WAS against Homecoming because Amazing 1&2 poisoned the well for being such lifeless cash-grabs. And I say this as a huge Spider-Man fan from the age of 2.
And I echo Dave in my trepidation for this. I couldn't even sit through the first movie at home because it was crap. (I knew the movie wasn't aimed at me from the first soft-porn shots of Megan Fox in the original trailer. Wasn't proved wrong.) While I'm so very glad to hear this is being helmed by a new team, and a team who's previous works I've enjoyed, I'm hoping it will be a new beginning, but I'm not sold enough to want to see it in the theater. The whole "fool me once" is hard to shake for a franchise, especial when it hasn't been that long since the previous bad versions were leased.
I don't see why this is an unusual response. There were lots of people stating they didn't want to give The Force Awakens a shot because the prequels were so bad.
Glad to see I wasn't the only one who couldn't even watch the first one. Woof.
Maybe I'm alone here, but this...feels promising. I think First Class is the best X-Men film out of all of them (Logan notwithstanding since it's a solo flick). Days of Future Past was solid if you don't think too hard about the time travel mechanics. Apocalypse was...not great.
This, though? This feels like it could be good. From the trailer, it feels like it'll be a more personal story rather than another "the world is doomed" thing. So, yeah, maybe the last FOX X-film will send the franchise off with a bang before Marvel reboots everything.
This, though? This feels like it could be good. From the trailer, it feels like it'll be a more personal story rather than another "the world is doomed" thing. So, yeah, maybe the last FOX X-film will send the franchise off with a bang before Marvel reboots everything.
Also, I actually think Bumblebee looks promising, too. It honestly looks promising enough that I might see this one in theater. The only Transformers movie I saw in theaters was the first one. The others are all varying degrees of garbage. This looks like it might be good.
I still haven't been satisfied by ANY of the Xmen movies. None. Logan was the best of the bunch by far, but it felt like a Wolverine comic, so I keep that separate. DP is also separate in my mind. I didn't finish DoFP or Apocalypse.
I am ready for a hard reboot, but I don't know if the Xmen can work on film. Same goes for Fantastic Four. I'd sure like to see a well-down version of both of those though.
I am ready for a hard reboot, but I don't know if the Xmen can work on film. Same goes for Fantastic Four. I'd sure like to see a well-down version of both of those though.
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Enh. Apocalypse trailers looked really good too. I haven't really been blown away by any of the Fox X -Men movies since X2 (Not counting Logan or the Deadpool movies)