bjm676 Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 I used to watch this all the time right before GI Joe. http://news.yahoo.com/s/eo/20050714/en_movies_eo/16938 Optimus Prime has a prime release date: The Fourth of July. Transformers, the long-planned, live-action movie based on the robot-morphing cartoon, comic and toy franchise, will roll into theaters July 4, 2007, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures announced Wednesday. Michael Bay (The Island, The Rock) will direct; Steven Spielberg will executive produce. Children of the 1980s likely will be champing at the tie-in lunchbox. "The diehard fans will like it as long as it stays true to Transformers roots and doesn't stray too far from the ideals that we grew up with," Brendan Reilly, co-Webmaster of The Transformers Archive (www.tfarchive.com), said in an email interview about the movie announcement. "The casual or un-familar fan will need to see something awesome to win them over, although a 40-foot robot is usually pretty cool." Cool-looking robots who convert themselves into battle tanks and other vehicles in order blow up things real good are at the mechanical heart of the Transformers, the classic tale of good automaton (the Autobots) versus evil automaton (the Decepticons) in a battle for control of Earth. Optimus Prime is the leader of the Autobots; Megatron, the dark lord of the Decepticons. Both Autobots and Decepticons hail from the planet Cybertron. All this backstory and more was revealed in Transformers, the syndicated cartoon series launched in 1984 with the help of toy-maker Hasbro, which simultaneously--and savvily--launched a still-thriving merchandise line. Transformers: The Movie was the little-loved 1986 animated feature that gave Optimus Prime, Megatron, et al., their first crack at the silver screen. Much as Fox is planning to right past cinematic wrongs with an all-new, A-list take on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, another 1980s cartoon/toy phenomenon that spawned a cheeseball 1980s film, the new Transformers crew is looking to take its property upscale. In a message board Monday post on his personal Website (www.donmurphy.net), Don Murphy, a Transformers co-executive producer, said Spielberg, DreamWorks and Hasbro are committed to making a film that is no less than "GREAT" (the capital letters are all his). "It will be GREAT," Murphy continued, "and then we will make sequel after sequel. There is no doubt that this is true." With excellence promised, the powers that be now need only to lock in actors--none were announced Wednesday--and start cameras rolling. Time, after all, is of the essence. In publicly staking claim to July 4, 2007, DreamWorks and Paramount become the first studios to reserve that holiday date for their own. Currently, the only other release on the 2007 calendar is Spider-Man 3, set for May 4 of that year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KipWellsFan Posted July 14, 2005 Share Posted July 14, 2005 Soundwave rules! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 (edited) It's the second movie. The Transformers already were a movie, starring Orson Welles - as I believe, Optimus Prime. Edited July 15, 2005 by winodj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 hey, I already reported this.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxFanForever Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 15, 2005 -> 12:32 AM) It's the second movie. The Transformers already were a movie, starring Orson Welles - as I believe, Optimus Prime. It was Judd Nelson. I'm pretty sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex Kickass Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Orson Welles was Unicron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 QUOTE(SoxFanForever @ Jul 14, 2005 -> 09:38 PM) It was Judd Nelson. I'm pretty sure. They were both in it. Nelson was Rodimus Prime and Welles was Unicron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chisoxfn Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 Ya, there was an original movie and yes this was a badass cartoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santo=dorf Posted July 15, 2005 Share Posted July 15, 2005 QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 14, 2005 -> 09:53 PM) Orson Welles was Unicron <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Leonard Nimoy was Galvatron. Robert Stack was Ultra Magnus. Judd Nelson was Hot Rod. That really fast talking guy from the Micro Machines commercials was blur. There are some other famous people in the movie that you wouldn't expect too. It was cool movie and I watch it every once in awhile, but it's time I pick it up for DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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