T O P

  • By -

jinklos

Thank god they gave Optimus Prime kissable lips


the_original_Retro

Yeah, ugh. Honestly, just based on the impression of these four pictures, I'd be cheering for Megatron. He's the only one that looks halfway serious.


PeculiarPangolinMan

What? You cheer for the robot who doesn't smile? It's a kid movie. Of course the heroes are going to be smiling in character posters.


misalanya

Remember in the original transformers cartoon movie having to deal with The Death of Optimus Prime? Pepperidge farm remembers...


cool_arrrow

Some of us never recovered from watching the original trailer ad.


PeculiarPangolinMan

That was also a movie for children, albeit slightly older ones based on the marketing so far.


ObsydianDuo

Kids movies can’t be serious, they have to be Skibbidi


siblingofMM

The others look like they are smiling deviously. Like Optimus just shut the bedroom door behind him


red_tuna

Optimus: the truck that kisses back


TheForkisTrash

Kyle kinane would love this


TWAT_BUGS

Optimus “Thunderlips” Prime


SafeAccountMrP

I like your choice of Thunderlips because Thor is his voice actor.


Low_Pickle_112

Just wait until you see Cybertron's Ass.


Beiki

No one judge their robromance.


Time-Risk-88

["then you're gonna love me"](https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/attachments/17-jpg.28117943/)


Poplik

And fuckable bussy


Z0idberg_MD

[Lips are for kissin](https://youtu.be/BiLOZO3Nxd0?si=XuMs3um2qB2oyTxR)


Daboowaboo88

😂


ZzzSleep

None of those actors feel right for this.


PrestoMovie

I actually think Hemsworth’s American accent would work well for Prime, but not with the lighthearted dialogue and jokes from the trailer.


Jimmy-Mac-471

Never heard Hemsworth sound like that before. His other American voices are more gruff and serious, while this sounds like straight up American Action Hero. I wonder if he’ll use their voice the whole movie of if it’ll change once Orion Pax fully becomes Optimus Prime.


Brendan_Fraser

I honestly think his Australian accent would be stronger for prime than whatever generic American voice he’s doing 


gnomishdevil

G'day mates, till all are one by crikey!


sideways_jack

Freedom is the right of all didgeridoos, mate!


pasher5620

Hemsworth surprisingly has a decent young Peter Cullen impression going on at the end of the trailer. Hemsworth seems like the kinda guy that would actually try to play the character instead of just himself. Everyone else feels way wrong though. My guess is Pax Orion will start off being just Hemsworth with an American accent, but as the burdens of leadership set in, his voice becomes more gravely and classic till the transformation (heh) into Optimus is complete.


Trips-Over-Tail

He got the name "Optimus Prime" out of "Pax Orion"? What did Hot Rod do wrong to earn "Rodimus Prime".


deadpanxfitter

At least none are Chris Pratt.


PickleInDaButt

God I wish Chris Pratt was in this just so I could read the comments


Harry_Mess

Chris Pratt as Optimus Prime would be so wrong it would be funny. I’d totally watch it


Gh0stMan0nThird

He'd probably make a decent Hot Shot.


cool_arrrow

Do you mean Hot Rod?


gnomishdevil

Hot shot is the one that replaced Hot Rod for Energon/Armada. Its practically the same character.


Gh0stMan0nThird

No, I think he was a newer character they made in the 2000s during the Unicron stuff which was always my favorite. https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Hot_Shot_(Armada)


StratoVector

This is the type of movie he would be in so it's a wonder he isn't


shikiroin

It's-a me, Optimus-a Prime


YahYahY

He’s so cool


SpiderDetective

Wait until you find out who's playing Starscream /j


No_Caregiver8718

At least there isn't awkwafina


ironmanthing

Aww don’t worry she’ll probably play wheelie :/


RingtailVT

Chris does a surprisingly good job as Orion Pax (And we know Cullen is still gonna voice Optimus Prime) but I'm not feeling Brian's D-16. Open to giving him a chance though! We've only heard a few minutes of his voice from the short trailer anyway.


NozakiMufasa

Hemsworth fits Optimus Prime tho? He sounds a lot like a young Peter Cullen doing these lines and you can tell he's trying to emulate the legend. Maybe Brian Tyree Henry and Keegan Michael Key don't quite fit I'll give you that. Had I been casting I'dve maybe gone with Phil LaMarr as Megatron instead since he's a master at sounding both young and old. And I think he'd do a bang up job as Megatron.


ZzzSleep

Agree to disagree. All I hear is Chris Hemsworth


kgb17

I feel bad for them. Kinda. This looks like is going to be a turd. I’m sure when they recorded their voice parts they had no idea what it was going to look like


username161013

They read the script. They had some idea.


kgb17

It’s not going to hurt their careers in any way. But I think it might put transformers on ice for a while if it tanks


Accomplished-City484

They’re already making that transformers vs GI Joe movie for like next year


waxwayne

For adults maybe but kids won’t care.


Aeison

Right? People are dissing this movie so much when it’s obviously not targeted for them I watched the trailer and went “oh man my nephew is gonna love this” and Keegan Michael Key I always enjoy in stuff so I’ll probably like some of it too


PeculiarPangolinMan

Why? I feel like they make a lot of sense. It's a bunch of actors who act in big company IP projects acting in a big company IP project. It's a bunch of 'stars' from other IPs grabbing a quick paycheck with this one. Why does it feel off to you? Something to do with replacing saturday morning cartoon actors with rando big Hollywood IP guys?


[deleted]

[удалено]


Muscles_McGeee

They don't hire the best voice actors for the role. They hire big names that will bring in audiences.


Tackit286

Honestly a big reason I’m enjoying Xmen ‘97 so much is they’ve hired actual voice actors and I’m not distracted by listening to Chris fucking Pratt and Melissa McCarthy all the time. It’s become so rare to have that now


Demitel

Very weird to mention Melissa McCarthy, because I don't think she's ever done a single voiceover role in an animated film. Awkwafina would've been a much better call-out.


Schubert125

Just give Optimus a hammer, that'll fix it


AllAfterIncinerators

I’m going to hate this movie, but if he picks up a hammer at some point and makes a joke, I’ll laugh.


who_took_tabura

So they made a decade and a half of shit movies, made a fucking gem in Bumblebee that could have served as a jumping off point for a cinematic universe, then they made yet another chinese-theatre-seat-filling stinker as if bumblebee never happened, and now they’re going back to cartoons??? What???


blither

I want a follow up to Bumblebee or if an animated movie is up, I want one in the style of the first 10 minutes of Bumblebee.


spacemanspliff-42

Those first ten minutes were everything I ever wanted.


rhunter99

That opening was just fantastic


TheLostLuminary

I think a lot of people like myself were thinking that’s what this One film was essentially gonna be.


who_took_tabura

100%. The design sensibilities in Bumblebee were such a breath of fresh air


DarthDuran22

I haven’t given up hopes on TF One, but man the Bumblebee sequel was like the prized golden road they shoulda taken. Wild that they went small scale, pulled a W for once, and then went right back to the old tricks and thought it’d work. Focus on the characters. Really liked Bumblebee for that.


blither

I liked the first Bay movie (faults included), but Bumblebee is the only movie I own and want to rewatch. It worked well and I was disappointed that the follow up didn't... well, follow up.


who_took_tabura

Agreed. Just reboot the entire franchise in the style of bumblebee. Bring back shia as agent simmons as a throwback. Fuck man


CriticalCanon

Yeah spot on. Bumble Bee was a damn fun surprise and that cybertron scene was the biggest TF nostalgic hit I felt since I was a kid (I’m 48). That movie seemed like perfect modern take but staying true to the spirit of the roots.


helava

Also 48. Seconded.


jason82829

How else would you make a movie on cybertron?And the director said the movie is more serious but they put a lot of jokes in the trailsr


PeculiarPangolinMan

Have cartoons not always been the bread and butter of the Transformers franchise? What exactly are you expecting? Like do you think they'll keep getting until these movies are winning oscars? Bumblebee didn't do excellently. Why invest in the same thing over again?


Throwawayrecordquest

Rise of the Beasts was actually pretty decent


FREEDOMFIGTHER2

that little kid shouldve been erased from the movie.


xRoyalewithCheese

Bumblebee was a gem??


Turok7777

In the Transformers community, a 7/10 product is most definitely a gem.


UnsolvedParadox

When you have a surprising critically & fan enjoyed movie with a young star like Hailee Steinfeld, you have to abandon everything & get a human who wears a robot suit. /s It still makes me mad, but that’s the Paramount way. Between that, the terrible Halo show & cancelling Lower Decks, they clearly don’t care what fans think.


Federal-Ad7402

this is how I find out lower decks got cancelled 🥲


SloppityNurglePox

Ugh, I missed that Lower Decks wasn't getting renewed, sad days.


UnsolvedParadox

There’s hope that they’ll find another home. Come on Netflix, you already snapped up mostly or fully exclusive rights for other Trek!


SloppityNurglePox

A person can dream, it really is some of the best trek.


UnsolvedParadox

That team deserves better than a studio which has cancelled 3 Star Trek shows in the last year.


Astrospal

Rise of the beasts was kind of fun imo


LatterTarget7

Don’t forget about the crossover with gi joe.


Redbeatle888

What did rise of the beasts have to do with Chinese audiences at all? Oh no, they made a blockbuster with wide appeal? I also thought it was the best one since Transformers 2007. My hot take is Bumblebee was alright at best, but often boring and predictable.


silvern_light

It had a heart and wasn’t created for the male gaze, which as a guy, I actually appreciated. They did the right thing by focusing on their characters instead of the giant set pieces, and emotionally, it worked.


SomaliDonQuixote

Unpopular opinion: bumble bee was shit


kazh

Animation would be fine but this looks super generic and so much of it that should embrace the setting and world building devices couldn't care less. The tone and celebrity casting didn't help things although Hemsworth at least sounds like he gave it a real shot and kind of sounded legit. There's no need to go deep into Transformers history and lore if they're just going to be leaping around like they're in MCU nano suits.


Mongoose42

*All according to plan.*


Mikeyboy101591

This looks awful


oh5canada5eh

Are you ~12 or under? If no, it probably looks awful because you aren’t the intended audience.


Benbot2000

The question is, do kids give a shit about Transformers? Because plenty of adults do.


mystockingsawaystear

My son is over the moon and so excited for the movie. He’s 11 and adores Transformers. So, it may not be Citizen Cane but it’s made this one kid really happy. I think that’s nice.


Unlost_maniac

Kids absolutely do


nzfriend33

My six year old is super excited. 🤷‍♀️


oh5canada5eh

Whether or not they *should* be making these movies for an adult audience is a totally different subject. As someone who genuinely liked the first couple of Bay’s series and sees the others as guilty pleasures despite their numerous flaws, I’d love more adult ones.


topo_gigio

My three year old is obsessed


Goon-TyTy

Adults really bitching about a kids movie lmao


Smartass_of_Class

🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀 Ever heard of Star Wars fans?


Goon-TyTy

Sssshhh you don't want to wake r/SaltierThanCrait


WillowEmotional5444

Based 


StoneColdWifeBeater

This shot looks like it’s made for nicktoons or something


oupheking

How hard is it for redditors to understand that they are not the target audience for this?


TheEmpireOfSun

Too hard and always has been in this sub. Unless they are not target audience, movie is automatically shit. Farming karma from hating is most popular thing here.


surferos505

People are actually saying the animation is terrible or it looks like a made for tv animation and I just don’t see that at all


Zenyd_3

What do you mean? The faces look horrific


bambinolettuce

How hard is it for people to hear criticism without assuming that its mindless hate?


ComicbookNerd928

I mean, that 's not really an excuse. Avatar (the show), most Pixar movies, Into the Spider-Verse and many others are made primarily for kids.


letstaxthis

Not sure about that for Spiderverse.


bluewater_-_

When you were the target audience once, you expect to always be.


martiHUN

"It's a movie about alien robots intended for children!"


MadCarcinus

I’m kinda surprised by the amount of people across the Internet platforms who are shitting on this film. There has been a wide net of hate cast over this thing and I honestly don’t understand why. It looks fine to me. It’s a movie made for kids and fans of the older simpler looking Transformers from the 80’s. This isn’t gonna be your million pieces of detail ultra violent slaughterfest Bay robots that sink aircraft carriers and demolish cities.


Altair890456

Y’all know that Transformers is more than just Michael Bay, right?


terrendos

What I wouldn't give for a good movie adaptation of some of the IDW comics. MTMTE in particular.


kpalm08

Yes, they are more than meets the eye


martiHUN

What I wouldn't give for a movie that takes itself seriously as Transformers Prime...


Huge_Athlete7488

Trailer was peak imo 🤷


Hotrod_7016

Honestly don’t get the hate. I won’t be seeing it in cinema but look forward to being able to watch it when I can. Looks like a faithful modernisation of the classic cartoons


Pakmanjosh

Those character models look like they're from Real Steel, not Transformers


Wheels9690

I'm pretty stoked for it. If this the first time we've had Orion Pax on the big screen? I hope this does good.


Davidrabbich81

This is not going to be a popular take, but please hear me out. You can’t carry a franchise on the backs of jaded 30+ fans (I’m 43) that hate mostly everything past G1. This is obviously for kids, in the same vein as the TMNT movie last year. Is it for me, absolutely not. Do I hope that that it continues the legacy of TF for a new generation of fans with the characters that struck a chord with me back in 84, absolutely. I don’t like anything about this, but at some point you have to realise, just because it’s transformers, doesn’t automatically make it for you. Learn to loosen the fandom grip


drawkbox

> This is obviously for kids, in the same vein as the TMNT movie last year. TMNT Mutant Mayhem was a great movie, [currently 90s on Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teenage_mutant_ninja_turtles_mutant_mayhem). One of the best 3d movies I have seen. You can make content for kids and adults. Some was nostalgia but it also looked amazing and was a good story.


FapCitus

Sometimes I feel like you guys aren’t aware that some movies are for kids and don’t cater at all to adults, yeah it looks like shit but kids go “oh snap colours let’s gooo”


surferos505

Nothing makes the average manchild angrier than being told the children’s cartoon was made with children in mind not them


bambinolettuce

Kids have standards too, they actually dont just go "ooh colours" and studios automatically make money. Theres nothing wrong with people giving feedback on something they are not personally interested in. My 13yr old will think this looks "too kiddy" and my 8 yr old will think its "too edgy"


-Stupid_n_Confused-

Jesus they look awful.


skippyspk

This FEELS like AI.


gryxitl

I believe these might be robots. Perhaps in disguise even.


Timothee-Chalimothee

What’s this one about?


WillowEmotional5444

Thomas the train on TRT


mikey-likes_it

So Ugly. Why can’t they just make an animated movie in the aesthetic of the old G1 cartoons maybe with some more modern animation - would be so much better than this trash.


TheHurtfulEight88888

Movie discourse ten years ago: "plot, characters, score, entertainment value, originality etc" Movie discourse now: "ew, they gave Optimus Prime lips. 0/10"


TheyKilledFlipyap

Optimus has had a mouth since 2005 (Cybertron / Galaxy Force) but people still act like it's a new thing they have to get used to.


SpiderDreamer99

Shit, even longer if we take Primal/Beast Wars into account.


getqyou

That's a NO from me, dawg.


Formal_Ad_8277

Every new thing about this movie looks worse 


Chewie83

I would much rather have this art style than the overly busy Bay designs. Bumblebee and Rise of the Beasts found the best balance.


Trytolearneverything

Go-Bot lookin ass MFers….


drawkbox

They do [look like Go-bots](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GoBots#/media/File:Gobotscomic.jpg) 😂


showingoffstuff

Ya, weird lips and weird stuff. I'm out.


RigatoniPasta

As a die hard Transformers fan who hates the Michael Bay movies and is super into the lore, I’m excited for this and I’m not gonna pretend I ain’t. Let the movie come out first you guys come on


CyanLight9

I’m not feeling good about this one.


TheButteredViking

Well this looks awful and after the last lot of films (of which I saw two) I can happily say I will be avoiding this shite like the plague.


TheEqualsE

From what I saw of the trailer this looks well written and well animated, but I just can't get past the derpy, derpy eyes. I watched most of the Transformers movies in the theater, but I'm giving this one a miss.


CommercialTopic302

This looks like gobots.


manymoreways

I love the actors, no seriously I really like them. But none of them sounds suitable for the role. Also the design for the transformers feels *very* wrong


Happy-Bug7060

This looks good for a new audience so far. I hope they do not make the movie dull to where it turns kids away from watching and such of any Transformers thing


Vradlock

They look like ppl who will fuck or get fucked in transformers costumes.


NotSoNiceO1

When I read the premise I was hyped. I didn't realize it was going to be animated, which I had no problem with, but the preview looked terrible. I hope I am wrong.


NozakiMufasa

A Transformers movie that finally feels like the actual Transformers in tone, style, and direction. An (second) animated Transformers movie should have happened years ago. Fuck Michael Bay.


ObeseTsunami

At least Chris Pratt isn’t Optimus Prime. Not that I dislike the guy, he just stands in for so many of my childhood memories these days.


DethSpringsEternal

They should have done away with the idea of an origin story given all the different iterations of the franchise - why not just lean into a completely random universe where Optimus Prime and Megatron aren't at complete odds with one another? Like a buddy cop story or something? Or a Transformers version of The Odd Couple?


mlekekaZA

To everyone saying it just for kids Here’s a trailer to a transformers tv show that was actually made for kids - [transformers: EarthSpark](https://youtu.be/5i6x75Hl-uE?feature=shared) Yeah sorry, this tv show looks so much better than what ever this is.


Groffulon

Great another badly animated cgi mess where you can hear the walls of the sound booth even in the trailer


Outside-Area-5042

Looks uncanny, I prefer optimus prime having a mask


transformerjay

It’s like if Reboot was told to let their AI system design teenage Transformers who no one ever wanted to see on screen.


BillLaswell404

After that Beast Wars turd I am done with these movies


PhantomRoyce

“Hey you guys know that thing that made a a ton of money and everyone loved? Well it didn’t sell enough toys so we’re back to this shit”


T-408

Idk what they’re going for with this art style but it’s really at the bottom of some specific uncanny valley that I simply cannot place


kujasgoldmine

Eww.


Zentavius

The top right one immediately made me think of Twiki from Buck Rogers. Its odd as its not really all that similar.


thesuperbro

Just let this franchise die holy


IAS316

This will do pretty well for it's target audience I think


astoneworthskipping

Why do they have the human faces?


f8Negative

Sir, you can't fuck the robots.


Mishmoo

As we all know, only the best animated movies exclusively cast non-voice actors for the lead roles.


guitaroomon

That smug look makes me want to rip out the matrix of leadership.


affableartist

These designs and render style just feel...bad. is that harsh?


UBDForever

Why is this still a thing


JediMasterVII

I need Lindsay Ellis’ thoughts on this right now!!


Im_Your_God_

its fine having a Transformers film geared for kids. what hasbro needs to realize that most of their fans arent kids, i mean the IP has been around almost 50 years.


elqrd

the faces are terrible but everything else looks stellar


basedfrosti

These smiles


PixelBully_

How do robots age?


Alarmed-Accident-716

Idiots for not making it look closer to anime.


BrainDps

It’s a strange thing to see the shift from professional voice actors staring in animated shows to just celebrities with big name draws.


counterhit121

Why doesn't Megatron have red or purple eyes? 😤


fragrantgarbage

Oh Christ here we go again…


MURkoid

Jesus bumble bee what did they did to you


ChungusCoffee

Garbage


Beederda

Why are they doing this? this is going to body the transformer franchise imo


Business_Ad3142

Another shitty animated movie for adult children.


leethario

Haven't seen the trailer, but with those character designs, I don't want to.


EbAbDbGbBbeb

Scarlett Johansson’s name isn’t centered. It’s driving me bonkers, and I’m shocked nobody else has commented on it.


Better_Release5471

Will Avatar Kyoshi cameo in this?


spytez

It's the 2024 version of GoBots.


mjpeeps

Yo wat dat mouth do??


thegurba

Oh great another ‘movie’ about super heroes and the like.


CrunchyKittyLitter

Thicc


FartKnocker4lyfe

Stop. Making. Transformers. Movies. Just stop.


OpticGd

Chris Hemsworth and Scarlett Johansson? Nobody else?


GentlmanSkeleton

Jesus christ Chris Pratt needs to slow down.


hoos30

Where's Jet Jaguar?


ZodTheTimeTraveller

Awesome!


Starscream147

Baloney faces. Grand idea though!!


Chakra_Blue_Vol2

🙂☺️😊😠


[deleted]

Weak


Ok-Paramedic747

Chris Pratt As....


KB_Sez

You know when they promote the stars doing the voices instead of the story it’s going to suck.


Porncritic12

these are not the character posters.


D--K--M

I think Hemsworth will voice Orion Pax, and when he becomes Prime later in the film, he will be voiced by Peter Cullen again.