The illusion of space in alt modes

Discussion in 'Transformers Movie Discussion' started by rook, Aug 15, 2011.

  1. rook, Aug 15, 2011
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    Bay's claim to no mass displacement was immediately debunked by the Cube scene in the first movie.

    But let's assume mass displacement didn't exist. Looking at each Cybertronian and their alt modes, can you say that anyone of them would have space in their vehicle modes for humans especially after the introduction of stealth modes?

    I can only see Starscream and Jetfire because the space for room is on top of and in a small area of their bodies. Perhaps Ironhide and maybe a couple of those random construction bots.
     
  2. rxlthunder, Aug 15, 2011
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    As far as I know:
    Maybe Brawl
    Maybe SP
    Maybe OP
    Maybe Leadfoot

    That's all that I got at the top of my head.
     
  3. TfAnimatedfan, Aug 15, 2011
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    I stopped caring about vehicle-robot scale a long time ago. I just automatically asumme there is some type of size changing involved.


    Anyone who wants to photoshop the Portal Space Core into a Transformer's vehicle interior would a hero.
     
  4. hthrun, Aug 15, 2011
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    I don't think there was any mass shifting. I just think it was a lot of folding, as can be seen in the transformations on screen. Even the cube didn't morph slowly, it did a lot of folding down.
     
  5. Autobot Burnout, Aug 15, 2011
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    1. The cube managed to compress itself down into a really small part of itself, yes, but it's a cube that created a race of transforming robot aliens and had other, nonspecifed powers. Being able to compress itself doesn't seem that hard, not when things in real life can do the same thing on a much less grandiose scale.

    2. If I recall correctly, only Bumblebee is seen using his "Stealth mode" at one point, and even then Sam is still riding inside him. Optimus Prime, Ironhide, and even Soundwave have had humans inside them as well and they seem to have enough space.

    3. F-22's and SR-71's are HUGE and have relatively small cockpits in relation to their overall size. Plus Starscream's cockpit needed to stay intact to please the G1 look wanting crowds.
     
  6. Mister Gone, Aug 15, 2011
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    Who's to say how much empty space there is in the robot modes? Maybe they are all just big metal balloons.
     
  7. big hank, Aug 15, 2011
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    Dewbot looked like he could have "possibly" fit inside his altmode.
     
  8. baggzey23, Aug 15, 2011
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    and sideswipe
     
  9. SPLIT LIP, Aug 15, 2011
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    No, because he said no OBVIOUS mass-shifting in the robots.
     
  10. Tikin, Aug 15, 2011
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    Goddamnit people, Mystical God-Cube. Whats so hard about that?
     
  11. Naivafatron, Aug 15, 2011
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    accept it for what it is or move on, it's a sci-fi movie...
     
  12. Wars, Aug 15, 2011
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    Never mind that they're alien robots from a planet made entirely out of metal who can transform into any chosen vehicle and speak English.