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NEWS: Transformers One Animated Prequel Film Streams New Trailer from Space




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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 9:29 am Reply with quote
The animation looks pretty good. Feels like what would happen if they went for a slightly-scaled down take on the animation in the Cybertron sequence in Bumblebee.

It definitely has that typical "look at how many jokes we can crack!" issue.

The voices will take some getting used too. Keegan Michael Key as Bee is...really distracting.

So Cybertronians are living below the surface of Cybertron without the ability to transform because the Quintessons (?) bombarded the planet and enslaved them?

Alpha Trion!

Those look like the sky Vehicons.

I wonder what the origin of the Decepticons are in this. Megatron finds out they're the former warrior class (which is why he finds the symbol), Starscream/Shockwave/Soundwave are lingering remnants, Megatron joins up with them and is radicalized?

Elita looked more like an Arcee-sized bike in her Cybertronian mode.

Really leaning into the Buddy Cop Dynamic with Orion and Megatron there.

Oh hey, Skywarp!
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Beatdigga



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PostPosted: Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:34 pm Reply with quote
This feels like a pretty standard big screen kids movie. The overbearing humor, the bright colors which actually look really nice compared to other Transformers productions, the dynamics between the leads, etc. Compared to how dour so many of the entries have been on screen like Rooster Teeth’s WFC Trilogy though, or directionless like Earthspark, it is quite the different experience.

I’m sure the kids will like it, if nothing else.
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light turner



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:24 am Reply with quote
I'm surprised this actually looks decent. I like the visuals but there's a bit too much humor for me though so hopefully it's just something that's just condensed for the trailer and it's a lot more spread out in the actual film and there's room for actual silence. Still looks like the best thing the franchise has done since Bumblebee (2018). Speaking of which I'm just glad Bumblebee is allowed to talk again and no longer has to be mute (unless that happens in the film by the end)
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