Tag: Transformers
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Best Anime Movies on Netflix Now (September 2023)
The definition of anime has long been a source for debate amongst fans. In Japan, the word “anime” is simply Japanese for animation, no matter the media or its origin. But outside of Japan, the word has come to be associated specifically to animation being produced in Japan or from Japanese creators. This gets a…
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Why Soundwave Was Left Out Of The 2007 Transformers Movie
There are few Transformers more famous than Soundwave and it’s almost all thanks to the original cartoon. In that series, he was portrayed as more robotic than the other Decepticons; his voice (provided by Frank Welker and a vocoder effect) was electronic and his speech patterns were mechanical. Since Soundwave was less expressive than his…
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Frankentron Toy Stitches Together ‘Transformers’ and ‘Frankenstein’
Hasbro’s next pop-culture mash-up Transformer has risen from the slab. Frankentron, a collaboration between Transformers and Universal’s Classic Monsters, will lumber into stores this fall. Frankentron, a Decepticon patterned after Boris Karloff’s portrayal of the monster in 1931’s Frankenstein, will be available this fall, according to IGN. He transforms from a monstrous robot to a…
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Why Michael Bay’s Immediate Response To Transformers Was A Big Fat No
Michael Bay was a decade into his film directing career when Steven Spielberg and “Transformers” beckoned. He’d established himself as a maestro of mayhem — or, as we call it now, “Bayhem.” He made the $19 million budgeted “Bad Boys” look like a $75 million action extravaganza, and the $75 million budgeted “The Rock” look…
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How Bumblebee Finally Did Justice to the Transformers
Michael Bay’s explosively chaotic Transformers films introduced a new generation to Hasbro’s iconic robots in disguise. Spanning the original film and its four sequels, the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons was fought in high-octane, visual effects splendor across cities, deserts and everywhere in between. Although the titular metallic titans were prominently featured in…
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The Western ‘Transformers’ Animated Franchise Explained
The world-renowned Autobots rolled out this Summer with
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The First Draft Of Transformers Barely Contained Any Actual Transformers
For good or ill, “Transformers” broke new ground in creating photorealistic computer-generated characters and, in turn, splicing them into live-action footage. It’s hard to imagine “The Avengers” in a world where the Autobots and Decepticons don’t battle it out in the so-called Mission City. However, working in uncharted waters always leads to challenges in conceptualization.”Transformers”…
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3 Very Different Films Lead VOD Charts, with ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Top New Title
For Sony, a big win this week: The studio has announced that “Insidious: The Red Door” ($19.99) is now the biggest-grossing horror film worldwide for 2023. That’s a little surprising, but a $182 million take tops both “M3GAN” and “Scream 6” for the honors.However, it’s faring a little differently on VOD. Released to PVOD after…
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The Transformers Writer Behind Optimus Prime Has A Problem With Michael Bay
Have you ever noticed Optimus Prime in Michael Bay’s “Transformers” films isn’t really all that heroic? To be fair, he doesn’t start that way in Bay’s original 2007 “Transformers” film. There, he tries to keep the fights between the Autobots and Decepticons away from densely-populated areas and, when that’s not possible, makes an active effort…