Breaking: Better Pics of Transformers 2's Soundwave Toy Reveals a Slight Acknowledgement of TF Fans
Posted at 11:02 AM Dec 04, 2008
Seibertron has a crystal-clear pic of the Soundwave toy from Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, and it's kind of blowing my mind...in a good way. I'm ready to be optimistic, despite my misgivings from when we all saw the blurry pic of the toy. Hit the jump to learn more, or don't hit it to wallow in ignorance. I don't care.
Okay, we know that Soundwave is a satellite in the movie, which while it really doesn't jibe with his boombox origins, isn't a bad idea based on his name and role as Communications bot. But here's what this new picture has revealed to me--the movie Soundwave actually looks...well, a little like Soundwave. Check out his face--he's got the long, single red eye, the mouth shield (kind of), the pointy head bits in the same place...it's like someone actually wants Transformers fans to be happy. Bizarre!
And what I didn't realize when the fuzzy pics of this toy came out last month, is that I think I'm actually going to be able to distinguish Soundwave from the other Transformers in the movie! He's got those big wing things, he's got a big circle in his tunny, and he's got a blue color scheme--it's like someone also realized that making all the robos look practically identical in their robot modes was a terrible fucking idea! Madness!
Holy shit. I'm not prepared for a Transformers movie made with minor competency and fan service. I can only pray that Soundwave pees on John Turturro...from space. Thanks to Timothy for the tip.
Comments
The three clear light blue circles on his chest look like giant speakers. I'm hoping he has awesome sound-wave based attacks in the movie. Any word on Ravage and Laserbeak?
Posted 12/04/2008 at 08:30:36 AMWhy do all the new Transformers look like some...bastard step-child of gundam?
Posted 12/04/2008 at 08:53:33 AMthe blue circles look more like hot plates than giant speakers to me
Posted 12/04/2008 at 09:03:05 AMHoly fuck!! somebody else said it!!
Posted 12/04/2008 at 09:13:19 AMI thought I was the ONLY one who thought that they looked identical in their robot forms.
Oh joy, the coolest transformer ever doesn't look like shit in the new movie, there is a God.
Posted 12/04/2008 at 09:28:54 AMI want to drink myself into a coma now... Look what we've become... Accepting this for soundwave when there was this floating about the internets http://i26.tinypic.com/5f26uu.jpg
THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOUNDWAVE DAMNIT!
This might make an acceptible Shockwave if they tweaked it more purple and replaced the head...
Posted 12/04/2008 at 09:55:09 AMsooooo......when do we start back hating this movie?
Posted 12/04/2008 at 10:14:20 AMI seriously don't see how you're unable to distinguish between the different TransFormers in the first movie; they have different colors, if nothing else.
Well, except Starscream and Megatron, if I recall correctly. They were both pretty solid in the grey/silver metal area.
Now, actually making out what part of them is what as they're all moving around and the camera is moving around twice as much, that's an entirely different issue that I'm more easily able to get behind. Never had trouble telling who was who, but what they were doing sometimes... yeah, that was something else.
I highly recommend Michael Bay invest in a tripod or something to put that camera on.
--LBD "Nytetrayn"
Posted 12/04/2008 at 10:22:26 AMIt's too late to fix the robot designs now, even if the new characters have vague similarities to the originals it won't fix Optimus Prime or the other characters that were totally ruined by Bay and his designers in the first film.
Posted 12/04/2008 at 03:25:38 PMHoly Crap!! He's got a Tron Disc on his chest.
Posted 12/04/2008 at 03:32:47 PMhow is it that this is only just getting here
there has been a review of the figure up on youtube for over 2 weeks now
still looks like something that fell out of ravage's ass
Posted 12/04/2008 at 08:05:28 PM