Travis Knight Wants To See A Cybertron-Set CGI Movie

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by SilverOptimus, Dec 11, 2018.

  1. Shepard Prime

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    I'm good if BB is a reboot and truly a fresh start a la Marvel as this is the chance to set things right and ground floor the whole franchise. Start with the known characters and build up trust and work outward from there where Beast Wars and Headmasters/Masterforce etc can be introduced. It's how little known GotG hit big because Marvel built up equity with their fanbase to trust them that it could work.

    That said:

    This is so unnecessarily snarky towards the guy. Just because Hasbro won't use some of the other parts of the franchise doesn't mean it's not popular enough, it could just as well mean that they're too chicken shit to do it +/or don't know how to make it work. As it is, it's circular logic to think something isn't popular enough when it can't get popular due to not being used yet studios think this all the time.

    GotG, Ant-Man, Black Panther (and even Doctor Strange), going by their comic book numbers wasn't popular enough to justify their own movie either over the years but Marvel did them right. Same could be said for Beast Wars and some of the more obscure stuff in TF history.
     
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    They guy in question repeats the same old song about bad, bad Hasbro destroying the franchise for evil, evil Geewunners every time when anything inspired by the G1 shows, so... Well earned. I'm not going to feel bad about this.
     
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    This
     
  4. Shepard Prime

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    Oh, I know you won't. Just remember that as much as he's repeated the same points, you've done just the same on your own end. It takes two to tango after all. Of course, when this is pointed out, then the usual fallback is,"It's our time-honored right as TFs fans to bitch about trivial shit."

    Personally, if it were up to me (incoming,"Thank god you're not" by someone I'm sure :D ) I'd lock both sides of this tired argument so the forum can spend more time on more positive TFs conversation
     
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    I work in computer graphics (VR and games mostly) so I am especially sensitive to noticing such things.
     
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    So you're going to ignore the fact that it's a superior movie overall, with beautiful designs, amazing directing, visually stunning concepts, great character development, a cohesive plot, just to nitpick the CG rendering quality?

    the fact that this movie was done rather quickly, with a very tiny budget, by a brand new director who basically had to rebuild things from the ground up...

    Where are the people defending Knight? Meanwhile there are those who'd seem to die to defend you-know-who's 5th, very deliberate, malicious, cynical "mistakes".

    Agreed! I actually love the style and it really fits Transformers as a "toy based medium" to almost appear "realistic yet still toylike". Not everything has to be a spitting image for reality. There's a thing called suspension of disbelief, and if you actually pay attention to a plot and character development rather than the shiny things that appear on a screen, you can usually get past marginally imperfect CG.
     
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    Right well I play video games and watch movies. I loved it.
     
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    after watching the BB movie i say F yeah
     
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    It's a pity the geewun crowd always wants to hear their own little song on the radio endlessly while staying tone-deaf to any call for variety.
    They keep dancing and prancing around as if is franchise was their private ballroom.
    Instead of piping down their demand to hear the same song again and again they try to mute anyone who plays a different tune.
    I didn't mean to waltz into this thread to
    Commit murder on the dance floor. But when I noticed there was a jam I couldn't resist joining in.
    This will be my last performance here, there's no point in playing for an empty bar.
    But the show must go on.
    I'll be dancing all night long.
     
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    Geewunners are annoying.
    They've been beating the same drum for 25 years now. It needs to stop.
    Sadly, I don't think it won't.
    But its nice seeing cartoon designs getting homages. I wouldn't mind seeing the Maximals and Predacons (both well-known and lesser-known) hit the big screen too.
     
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    After seeing the Bumblebee movie last night, I\'d say bring it on. 
     
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    jeez, this sounds like the manifesto of a serial murderer who embeds G1 TF toys in his victims esophagus
     
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    I would love to see a Cybertron movie too, no humans!
     
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    I'd like to see that too. Maybe we can appearances from some obscure characters too. (Maybe some Action Masters or Pretenders or Powermasters?)
     
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    Roll your eyes again please, you’re in the wrong, this is amusing.
     
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