You couldn't because all that stuff would have to be CGI. I don't think we have the technology to make a movie that takes place on Cybertron with practical effects. And even if we did the budget for such a thing would be so huge that the film probably wouldn't be able to make a profit. For some things CGI is a necessary evil.

 

That makes sense, thanks for explaining!  

 

Same way that Peter Jackson made a live-action movie in a fantasy world where castles are huge and the population is dwarves, elves, orcs and walking trees.  

Doesn't matter if all of Cybertron - the planet, the buildings, the environments, the population - would have to be computer generated, it'd still be "live-action", providing that the visual effects are all achieved in photorealisitc ways. That's typically the distinction. Aladdin, Toy Story, Beauty and the Beast, Ice Age is all "animation", while Star Wars, LOTR, Bayformers, The Avengers, TDK are all "live-action", even if it has "CGI" in it.

 

Not to mention that jackson also built sets, tons and tons of sets to film on.

The locations itself aren't the problem. The robots are.

 

With CGI a movie that takes place on Cybertron would be possible and would probably be pretty cool. Without it, just using practical effects, it couldn't be done. There's no way to do Autobots and Decepticons in live action and make it believable. You probably couldn't do it at all. The end results would look like crap. Autobots aren't Johnny Five and R2D2.

 

Remember Beast Machines Rattrap?

 

I don't think I ever saw an episode of Beast Machines. Transformers really weren't on my radar in the 90s. Despite watching G1 and having some of the figures as a kid, I didn't become a serious transformers fan until later.

 

Edgar Wright. Peter Jackson failing that.

 

Personally, I'd like to leave the theater before I die of old age.
I'd choose one of the people who made the recent CG-heavy Marvel films a success- Favreau or Whedon.

 

Back in the day an epic film ment 4+ hours of your ass in the theatre.

I miss movies like Ben Hur and the 10 Commandments, but considering how low attention spans people have now days they would probaby be comercial failures.

 

Difference: Those weren't action films in the modern sense. They were longer but they were slower; Try to retain a modern level of pacing with that length and you're going to emotionally exhaust your audience.

Y'know, I never pegged you as the 'back in my day' type. It feels like you're trying to insult me by saying I'm a whippersnapper Philistine or something.

 

No but if people can violently defend Bay and everything he does in the movie boards then by god I can violently defend Peter Jackson and everything he does  

 

Well, it takes all sorts to make the world... Until I can finish my 'device', at least.  

 

My vote would go to Brad Bird. He can do action (Ghost Protocol), juggle a group dynamic and keep things fun and lighthearted (The incredibles).

I'd also love to see The Transformers through Neil Blomkamp's grounded film-making style. The way District 9 was filmed (with cctv footage etc) made it feel so real.

 

Joss Wheadon or hell Stephen Spielberg instead of him just producing.

 

I'm more concerned with who writes the movie...
I'd gladly welcome Bay back as a director if only the movies didn't have sexual innuendo, poorly scripted humor, and robots without souls.

For once, could we get a Transformers movie where the story centers around... I dunno, Transformers?

 

Well the problem here is that Bay gets more creative control over the films as each one gets made. At this stage he may as well get co-writer credit.

 

Part of the problem with the movies centering around the humans is that the Transformers are expensive to animate. Part of it is that bullshit idea that people need a human viewpoint to ease them into believing in and identifying with giant robots. I can't help thinking that anyone who actually thinks "The giant robots are okay but you know what would make this movie really better? More humans" Must be a boring, joyless individual that I personally would not want to associate with.

 

Same answers as always:

Abrams
Blomkamp
Verbinski
Favereu

Might add Webb now that we've seen what he was able to do with Spider-Man.

 

ingmar Bergman lol,

A 3 hour internal monologue by Optimus on war, morality, consequences, and his relationship with Megatron.

Then Optimus dies of ennui.

The end.

Fade to black.