The Transformers One trailer came out today. This film is fully animated, telling the origins of Optimus (Orion Pax) and Megatron (D-16) on Cybertron.
I figured when this film was announced it would be more cartoony in tone and animation style. But this still isn't what I had expected. It's just odd to see Optimus and Megatron being... so goofy out on a wild adventure. It makes me think of the Super Mario movie that came out last year mixed with Guardians of the Galaxy. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, I'm just not sure it makes sense for Optimus and Megatron, even if it is essentially them as kids. I'm not a fan that they decided to put Bumbl... B-127 in the film. Optimus and Megatron both matured, but Bumblebee, who apparently has been alongside them from the very beginning, never did? I get 'Bee has become the face of the franchise for general audiences, but this really should have been a different character, like Dion or Ironhide or Ultra Magnus... You know, someone who isn't supposed to still be the young up-and-coming scout once they end up on Earth in millions of years. Scarlett Johansson and Laurence Fishburne I think sound pretty good as Elita-1 and Alpha Trion, but Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry and Keegan-Michael Key just don't sound like good matches for Optimus, Megatron and Bumblebee to me. Not sure how I feel about the idea that they start out not being able to transform, and have to be given transformation cogs. Character designs I'm mixed on. Some are great. Others look... The humanoid faces just don't look right.
So I dunno.... There are some things I like about this trailer, mostly in terms of visuals, but they've made a lot of decisions I think could have been better...
Transformers One
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Re: Transformers One
The second trailer was released today.
I liked this trailer a little bit more than the first. It toned down the goofiness... a little. Feels out of place to me for Orion Pax to have a middle finger joke, which just reinforces that I think the writers have taken some inspiration from Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm wondering if they added some voice modulation to Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry. There's a bit more of a rasp to Brian Tyree Henry's voice I don't think was there in the first trailer. Chris Hemsworth seems to a bit more baritone, although that might just be when he's playing Optimus. Nice to get some more Transformers references in this trailer, with Orion Pax giving his "Transform and Roll Out!" line. Also like that they took Megatron counterpart line (Rise Up!) introduced in Transformers Animated.
I liked this trailer a little bit more than the first. It toned down the goofiness... a little. Feels out of place to me for Orion Pax to have a middle finger joke, which just reinforces that I think the writers have taken some inspiration from Guardians of the Galaxy. I'm wondering if they added some voice modulation to Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyree Henry. There's a bit more of a rasp to Brian Tyree Henry's voice I don't think was there in the first trailer. Chris Hemsworth seems to a bit more baritone, although that might just be when he's playing Optimus. Nice to get some more Transformers references in this trailer, with Orion Pax giving his "Transform and Roll Out!" line. Also like that they took Megatron counterpart line (Rise Up!) introduced in Transformers Animated.