~DarthZemog

OMG, this is soooo frigg'n funny, I had to share this with everyone!!! From Robot Chicken on Cartoon Network, Darth Vader calls the Emperor!!!! Enjoy!

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So I have been on this kick to find out more and more about the upcoming Transformers movie, since I was (and according to my wife still am) a child of 80's cartoons! I have some news dug up from all over the web, and I'm not entirely sure that Michael Bay wants people to see all of it, but to quote Mr. Universe from Serenity, "You can't stop the signal!" So here's the news, some good, some bad, and some down right UGLY!!!

The Good: G1 cartoon Transformer fans will be excited that they signed the original voice of Optimus Prime, Peter Cullen to be the big guys voice again! Bay would also like to get Frank Welker the voice of the original G1 cartoon Megatron involved as well as Megs, but not sure if that's happened! They recently released the names of all the Autobots and Decepticons and there are some really cool names on the list! For the Autobots we've got G1 favs, Jazz, Bumblebee, Ironhide, Ratchet and of course Optimus Prime! For the Decepticons,it breaks down with, Megatron, Starscream, Scorpinok, Brawl, Bonecrusher, Barricade, Frenzy, Blackout and Incinerator. Don't know too many of those names other than Megs, Starscream, Scorpinok and Frenzy. Lot's of bots to choose from, and I think they picked some good ones, but notably they did skip over a lot of fan favs!

Also have a link to some cool set photos, where you can see Bumblebee, Jazz, Ironhide and Ratchet in their vehicle modes, along with some secret set video of Jazz and Ironhide driving by! Though you might not recognize them, see the bad!

Set Pics: [link]

Video: [link]

The Bad: They are changing the look of the Transformers from any version you might be a fan of! That's right, whether you're a old 80's G1 fan like myself or a new Armada and Cybertron fan of today, they will not resemble anything you know and love. Some notable changes, Bumblebee is a Camaro, yup not a VW, a Camaro! Ironhide is a huge GMC truck (though that's actually a good change in my book) and Ratchet, is no longer an Ambulance, but a Yellow Fire and Rescue truck! Optimus looks like he's been pimped out by MTV, check out those flames! Don't even get me started on the Decepticons, they belong in the UGLY category, so....

The UGLY: Some recent images of preliminary artwork has surfaced and though they all look pretty lame, the Decpeticons just look like crap! Starscream looks like the offspring of Optimus Primal and Waspinator! What are they thinking?! Incinerator looks okay, but not knowing what he may or may not have looked like before hand is definitely a factor, but what they heck is wrong with his face! Megatron is the biggest disappointment. He looks horrible! He looks like some cheesy Sci-Fi channel TV movie alien, rather than the bad ass Decepticon leader we know and love! I wasn't expecting him to be a big gun, but I surely didn't expect him to look like a Transformers turd! Bumblebee looks awful too, just check out the link to pics of his face! Is he sucking on a pacifier?! Why?! Officially the studio response has been these are preliminary concepts for the toys, but I'm sure they're close to what will be seen in the film. Boo!

The new designs: [link]

Bumblebee's headshot: [link]

So it looks like Transformer fans are getting the big "FU" finger from Michael Bay! I can appreciate wanting to make some changes to the bots but to drastically change them from anything that fans have watched, loved and grown up on is pretty shady in my book! No doubt this movie will be exciting to see, but it's a shame they have to disregard what the fans love about Transformers in order to make "their" movie!

~DZ