Transformers Movie AC-130H Gunship Fights Scorponok

DESTRO · Jun 21, 2006

The Northwest Florida Daily News has posted a report about a Sceen in the Transformers Movie and this is what they had to say.

HURLBURT FIELD, Jun 17, 2006 (Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News delivered by Newstex) --
A gunship crew and its AC-130H encountered a deadly, shapeshifting enemy from outer space last month.
It happened at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on a DreamWorks Pictures movie set.
The 16th Special Operations Squadron crew contributed its skill and the big warplane to a shoot for the movie "Transformers." It's scheduled to be released in July 2007.

Aircraft commander Capt. Shawn Sharitt said the set was a life-size, lifelike Bedouin village of houses and tents.
The gunship and other aircraft arrive to fight an electro-mechanical being threatening the village with annihilation.

"We were told it was a spider-like creature," Sharitt said.

His description suggested the otherworldly machine was Scorponok.In Transformers lore, Scorponok is a vicious and highly intelligent menace armed with missiles, claws, blades and a potent stinger. It and all the other Transformers -- which have been around as toys for more than two decades -- can change from a robot to a vehicle and back.

The gunship crew never saw its opponent or fired its cannons. Footage of the airplane and village will be combined with computer-generated animation to create the battle.

The shoot on May 25 took about an hour, the air commandos said.

The way they would fly a gunship in combat was altered to make for more dramatic, Hollywood-style footage.
The gunship crew flew the "mission" lower to the ground than it would against the Taliban in Afghanistan. When the pilots banked the warplane, it was steeper than usual. And they were in "combat" during the day, although gunships generally fight at night.

One of the crewmembers played with Transformers as a youngster.

"I was kind of a novice Transformer guy. I had the semi (truck)," said Staff Sgt. Mike Passmore, a gunner.
He then paused to recall the robot's name. It was Optimus Prime, a good machine.
Passmore had a chance to talk with the movie's director, Michael Bay. He described the director as a nice man with shaggy hair.

"He said that he got some good footage of us," Passmore said.

Bay had a plane with cameras flying with the gunship and cameras placed on the ground.
The gunship crew heard that its warplane plays a pivotal role in the Bedouin village attack, but that's about it.
They also got peeks at a couple of the sci-fi film's stars, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson, and were served the best hamburgers they had ever eaten.

Hurlburt commanders let the Spectre gunship appear in the movie because it was already heading west for a training exercise. The daylong detour to Holloman posed little inconvenience.
DreamWorks was grateful.

"They were extremely excited that they got a real gunship," said Capt. Chad Bubanas, a pilot.
Crewmembers don't expect their names to be in the credits and aren't in the film as extras. But they're hoping to be famous, anyway.

Bubanas has been telling "anybody that would listen" about the crew's role in the movie.
Has he signed any autographs yet?

"They're for sale," said the captain. "I haven't had any takers, but I'm hopeful."

The absence of autograph requests didn't bother Staff Sgt. Aidan Allenbaugh too much, either. The sensor operator figured it's a matter of timing.

"We're waiting for the movie," he said.
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Rattrap587 · Jun 21, 2006

Great news... Sounds interesting.

Sol Fury · Jun 21, 2006

Cool! The use of real military machines and mostly-authentic manouvres is good. If nothing else, this film ought to have some pretty awesome set piece battles. This middle-east battle should be one of the best.

Ra88 · Jun 21, 2006

Good, looks like they changed that set...It was rather retarded at first, from what I heard.

Boo · Jun 21, 2006

Cool. Sounds like the crew of the gunship had a good time.

...I just hope that translates to me [and all of us for that matter] having a good time watching the movie.

SAJse · Jun 21, 2006

Ra88 said:

Good, looks like they changed that set...It was rather retarded at first, from what I heard.
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Yeah, sounds like Skorponok is less of a weed.....or the military went into overkill mode. Either is plausable.

SKowl · Jun 21, 2006

Scorponok sounds wicked - I hope he isn't just a mindless drone with no robot mode, but that article makes me believe that he'll have at least one cool fight scene in the film!

Go Scorponok!

EDIT: I wonder how they're going to explain Scorponok's alt mode in the film? He obviously won't be based on anything man-made machine, unless it's some top-secret military prototype the Decepticons manage to get their hands on. Or may Scorpy will be like Megs, and retain his Cybertronian form. Funny how I never really thought about that until now.

† Sunstorm · Jun 21, 2006

awsome, my brother loves warmachines

Ops_was_a_truck · Jun 21, 2006

This article reads like it was written for 8-year-olds.

Prowl · Jun 21, 2006

Transformers Movie AC-130H Gunship Fights Scorponok...........And is destroyed

Drake · Jun 21, 2006

Cool to see that in my daily newspaper.

Brave Magnus · Jun 21, 2006

Sounds like a fun scene.

Razorclaw · Jun 21, 2006

This report just sucks. As it was already mentioned, it was written for kids.

Locke · Jun 21, 2006

I'm sure the fx will make this look good, but I'm vaguely disappointed that they won't have authentic footage of the AC-130 firing its cannons; that's a pretty impressive display. Also, if they could work in the angel decoys, I'd be thrilled.

Foster · Jun 21, 2006

Faster Scorponok! Kill! Kill!

B4UTRUST · Jun 29, 2006

The AC-130H Spectre used is A-6573, known as Heavy Metal.

If I was really, really nice I'd include my pics of plane with symbol. Anyone want to see?

eyeballkid · Jun 29, 2006

B4UTRUST said:

The AC-130H Spectre used is A-6573, known as Heavy Metal.

If I was really, really nice I'd include my pics of plane with symbol. Anyone want to see?
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Your a nice guy right? In answer to your question...Hell Yes!

eyeballkid · Jun 30, 2006

Wait..wait, I mean NO. Do not post this, if this has anything to do with the actual movie, please don't post anything! Thanks!

B4UTRUST · Jun 30, 2006

All images are of course copyrighted by me, no reproductions or distrobution without prior written consent yadda yadda yadda, blah blah blah.

eyeballkid · Jun 30, 2006

Wow...thats' big...how about the vehicles ability to move?...around a big ass bot with guns...shouldn't last more than 10 seconds....

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