First Look: Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Megatron Robot Mode

I am just wondering why don't Paramount and Dreamworks use power to delete this pic. Its has been here almost one day =P=P.

Because it's not real and they don't care about a fan pic?

Yeah, I know. This is totally shocking. Perhaps they gave up on trying to keep this sort of stuff secret, since it is--as well all well know, including you Hasbro!--utterly futile in this day and age to attempt to suppress these things, once the floodgates have been broken.

I've said it before, but I'll say it at least this once more: the Powers that Be are totally missing out on seriously profitable advertising resources. If they had any sense for marketing strategy, they would use the momentum generated by the fan base excitement to propel a "viral campaign" for the film. You know, they don't have to tell us every freakin' little detail; just enough to whet our appetites and generate media attention for the members of the public who liked the first movie but who aren't obsessed geeks on the nerd patrol like us. Maybe this stuff is way too smart for Hasbro Marketing. Think about it.

Look how a well managed viral campaign worked for The Dark Knight... images were strategicly leaked, and there were puzzles that led to soundbytes, etc... and that film went on to make 500+ million.

Now, I realize the viral campaign had very little to do with it, but it kept the interest of fans, and fueled excitement.

Those look completely different. the one on the right is obviously authentic, while the dis-proportioned POS on the left is apparently fan made.

Yeah, I made this, I posted it on page 12 or something of this thread, probably should have written fan art on it or something. Which Michael Bay thread did you find this on? I hate to be a part of spreading confusion.

I'm kinda surprised it's still up as well...

God the movie designs for both movies are horrible. The audience would have bought more humanoid faces like the cartoon and original toys. They didn't have to make everything about them so alien. Who is to say that the All Spark couldn't make more humanoid looking organisms? I hope that is a fake image. Optimus Prime and Bumblebee are the only designs that kinda grew on me. Iron Hide is ok too even though his head looks like a robot version of a Land Before Time character.

From Shootfortheedit.com

I believe he means which thread, not forum. Hence the which thread did you find it on.

OFFICIAL Transformers 2 NEWS Thread Part 3(page 21).

The Official Michael Bay Forums - View Single Post - OFFICIAL Transformers 2 NEWS Thread Part 3 [Spoilers]

This post. Could be a fan manip though.

LMAO!!!!! That's awesome!!!

Optimus = looks very G1 Megatron = looked like aluminum foil ball.
Ironhide = too busy looking Starscream = liked the face, hated body.
Ratchet = jaw bugs me Blackout = too top-heavy
B.Bee = only like battlemode Barricade = best design in movie. LOVED it.
Jazz = hardly ever wore visor Devastator = looked mentally challenged
Boncrusher = icecapades looked DUMB
Frenzy = roach on crack. why blue eyes?
Skorpinok = not bad. need better claws.


As for the new Megs design, I really wish they'd go for a more traditional Megs look, such as Animated's. TFA is the first time I liked Megatron (both design and the character himself). I think that would be an excellent starting point for Megs in the movie. Sadly, Bay seems to get the vast majority of his Transformer designs from a bad acid trip (which, coincidently, is when he writes his dialog, too).

Wow... um... dunno how to say this... but I'm kinda dissopointed for three reasons.

1. No color. Megatron should always have either black, grey, or red. Not silver. I was fine with the silver for the Cyb. mode, but this is pushing it.

2. Dumbass left shoulder/arm. First, it looks indescribably stupid, and Megatron should be symmetrical (sp?).

3. This is EXTREMELY minor, and I would be perfectly happy if they don't change it, he looks a little to bulky.

I will not give up hope, as this appears to not be final.

why the hell cant they just give him an arm cannon and a flat head like i want

Because I don't want it like that.

This design is early, I want to see the refined, finished designs, but that might not happen til next year. I hope the toy turns out awesome, superior to the movie leader megatron of last year.

You know, the more I look at this design, the more I'm starting to think this is Megatron's new form after some human corporation/government agency (the rumored Massive Dynamics/McClaren Robotics/whatever they're going to name it) attempted to rebuild him. That would explain the gimp arm and tread legs that don't really match the rest of the aesthetic. He's simply not finished and this design is a transition toward a more traditional and "complete" Megatron design.

It makes sense - a lot more than suddenly going from the first movie's spiky metal monster to a cohesive G1-inspired design.

Because what they want isn't what you want.

It's obviously fake. The last batch of leaked designs were taken down in the blink of an eye. This one's still standing.

Or it's real, but so early and so vastly different than the final product, that the powers that be don't care.

If I recall correctly, the last batch lasted a few days before getting taken down.

Ummm...

1) G1 Megs, and Cybertron Galvatron were 99.99% silver. Movie Megs does have color. There are bronze gears under the surface armor.

2)hmmmm... Megatron shouldn't be symmetrical. G1 had an arm cannon. Energon had an arm cannon. TFA has an arm cannon. I actually don't mind it at all, because it reminds me of a knight's shoulder paldron. I prefer Megatron using his gun far more than the 1-on-1 wrestling match with Prime we had in the first movie. Hands-on approach was never Meg's strong point.

3)well, the trench Megs was living in is probably FULL of whale carcasses... all that blubber gave Megs a few love handles.

All that said, I'd still prefer a "movie-fied" version of TFA Megatron. The design is classic enough to appease the g1-anals, but has a far more practical design. Anything will beat out the pathetic klingon jet he turns into in TF1.

ok well dont forget that the first movie megatron was also missing legs when we went into the trench. and now he has new legs.

Do you really think the G1 Ironhide and Ratchet toys had a more humanoid faces than the move versions? Optimus and Bumblebee are a bit iffy as well.

I'll give you Jazz though.

I think your argument is very logical, but I'm not entirely convinced that this sort of "transition" design is necessary (or particularly attractive).

A human rebuilding of Megatron is a way to give the character a much more classic, armoured design, right? All you need for "transition" is as a brief glimpse of the rebuilding process, showing the removal and replacing of his previous kibble.

It doesn't need to be any longer or more detailed than the Laurentian Abyss scene.

Hell yes! Just look below. I know these aren't toys, but toy versions sucked back then (look at the custom heads someone made for them and they are very close to the G1 TV series). G1 faces were MUCH more humanoid than the mangled garbage that passed in the Bayformer movie...

Where'd the pic come from? Or did I miss that?

as much as it pains me to defend Michael Bay's film, I have to say, the movie heads make more sense than most of the cartoon heads from G1. For some reason, in the cartoon, it looked like all the robots had gray heads, and were wearing helmets. It may be easier to animate, but it doesn't look natural. With the movie, the heads and faces blend seamlessly with the rest of the body.

Besides... why would they have to be perfectly humanoid? What are the honest odds of any other intelligent life form in this universe even looking remotely human? Don't fall for Star Trek syndrome.

But isn't that just the point? All the movie Autobots (except Bumblebee) have two eyes, a nose, and a mouth. They're trying to combine an "alien robot" look with blatant human facial articulation, or at best anthropomorphic-animal facial articulation (I can't help thinking they wanted to make a nod to "Beast Wars").

Something like Prime's original head design, or Wheeljack's, or Bumblebee's, is much less derivatively "human" than any of the movie Autobots. Heck, Ratchet and Ironhide didn't even have heads.

If the "faces" are actually part of the disguise kibble, that becomes a lot more explicable, but I think the Decepticons' monstrous faces, with their inhuman maws and Frenzy's four eyes are much more effectively alien.

Which is kinda the point, but I think more "G1" robot faces would have worked well for the Autobots.

I doubt that many people preferred Prime's (vaguely Optimus Primal-ish) movie face to his G1-homage visor....

That comes down to them wanting the Autobots to be relatable characters, and thus having facial expressions we can understand and so forth. So they still look alien, but not as alien as the Decepticons.

Agreed. No one complained about Finding Nemo or Cars. Anthropomorphism is critical for any type of non-human protagonist.

Besides, if you take away the humanoid form of a TF, you take away yet another core piece of what makes Transformers what it is. Haven't we lost enough?

Well, I like the movie bot heads. There's much more variation in them than in G1 because they are blending human, humanoid and alien elements (also in the hands, some are human (5 fingers), other humanoidish-y (3 or 4 fingers) or weird alien claws and grips) together, and this helps to make the bots more stand out, be more individual.

Don't get me wrong, G1 made bots individual as well, but much less in appearance. There were a couple of bots that were special, but most of them had the same bland grey heads. Lovable, but in my opinion not very usable in the aesthetic from the real-life movie universe. (Just as much as the movie heads would look terrible in a G1 cartoon!)

I don't think we should discuss about what is more realistic. We obviously have never encountered giant alien robots, so we won't know for sure.

By the way, Silent Magnus..movie Jazz might not be such a good example for 'humanoid'. Didn't anybody ever notice his well-known vizor only popped up during battle (like Prime's faceplate and Bumblebee's headpiece)? I'm pretty sure Jazz had four weird eyes under there...

Anyway, back on the topic: still don't like this new Megatron design.

Agreed, I love G1, but as far as individualism went, they were pretty much alike..

I mean not to bring up old habits but magnus was about as un-individaulistic as you get... prime with a different voice and color

Anyways, the use of the different hands, sizes, car modes, eyes, heads, builds,voices, make the transformers so unique it is almost hysterical honestly!

Megatrons arm is supposed to be like that..he was badley damaged when they dropped him to the trench so it makes sense that he may show up with a few disabilitys and alot more firepower..speaking from a bayformer stand point...including alot more spikes and twig fingers.

I would like to pose a question however to anyone who has a good answer: Oh michael bay, Oh michael bay, where art thow michael bay?

watching the Bluray version frame-by-frame, all the autobots only have two eyes. Some of the decepticons are multi-eyed freaks, but that's ok for now...

I wonder how this will affect the sequel, however. In TF1, the 'Cons were little more than movie monsters. In TF2, Bay and his thugs claim there will be more decepticon banter. I just wonder how it'll look...

'Bots and 'Cons seem more like separate species rather than ideological factions...

Back to topic again.... looks like Megatron stole Dispensor's arm....

You know, this Megatron leaked design does include a tank alt mode, and we never did get the full scoop on the extent of Megatron's betrayal to the Cybertronian race (only that he and the decepticons betrayed the peaceful empire on Cybertron). Therefore, my bet is that Megatron is numerically identical with the Fallen for TF: ROTF. For all we heard in the first movie, his backstory is consistent with him being one of the original thirteen. Same goes for Optimus, by the way. Optimus could likewise be one of the original thirteen, for all that was said in the first film.

That's a great point. I like your thinking here sir.

Is that why Prime said, at the end of the movie when Sam used the All-Spark on Megs, : you left me no choice brother." ???

I don't like that robot-mode

I hope that they change that and it's a non-finished degisn!

I hope that his design looks a little better then that. I believe that's an early concept and that the final design is still yet to be seen.

It's not hard to make faces that look like scrap piles blend in with piles of scrap. A lot of people fail to consider how much better the TF's could look using 21st century technology. Yeah, a hand drawn cartoon from the 80's is visually less impressive than a million dollar CG bot. Doesn't mean the design from the 80's is worse, just that it was the 80's, what did you expect? Go have a look at Iacon City: 3D Transformers by Rainking Those are decent and they probably didn't have more than a few hundred dollars invested into them at most (as far as time/dollar is concerned).

Heck, check these out. Again, the quality of the image is significantly inferior to the movie quality, but it gives you an idea of how bad-ass or good the movie BUDGET could make more traditional TF designs.
YouTube - max-ady optimus
YouTube - Optimus Prime CG
This next one looks like Hearts of Steel Prime, but here it is anyway
YouTube - Transformer Train

If the purpose was to "copy human vehicles to blend in", I think that the robots would also adapt a humanoid look as humans are the ones operating the vehicles. It seems like people have an issue now a days with alien things looking human, which to me is as big of a problem as having all the alien things look human. You need a good mix in the genre.

no it is not. it may look like it but it is slightly modified

Loved him in the film, Megs was awesome his tank mode is so much cooler than his cybertronian jet mode from the first film .

holy shit zombie thread

go to movie forum plz