What, are you crazy?!
It's not 'cause he's old, it's cause

DAT ROBOT'S A PIMP!!!!!

Then where is his fuzzy hat and pimpmobile?!

I hate you Michael Bay. I hope you die in a fiery explosion like the crappy ones you cram your horrible movies full of.

I really don't know what's going on with these designs. I was pretty easy going in the first movie, but between Jetfire with a cane, and Megatron's new look (seemingly influenced by Chris Elliott's character from Scary Movie 2), I give up. Maybe they'll look cooler in the movie than they do as toys, but still - a cane? A gimpy arm?

Oh, and then there's Wheelie - a terrible transformer anyway, but now he's a R/C monster truck that shares more than a passing resemblance to Wall-E.

Gah.

He better hope another Autobot can transform into a wheelchair.

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@Strangeman I have to admit, I'd pay good money to see an Autobot change into a wheelchair.

Maybe Micheal Bay thought it'd make more sense if Cybertron was a planet-sized nursing home?

sounds like Fan Fiction Friday came early today. I really haven't had the problem with the robot design that the hardcore fans have, seriously they would look like shit, but a robot with a cane?! Fuck indeed!

Maybe he transforms from Robot with a Pimp-Cane into a Pimp-mobile?

Oh my word! This post made my day, especially the very drawn out and protracted fuck at the end. I can smile again, although giving a robot a cane is a stupid idea.

It's a Black Tom Cassidy Transformer! "Yeah... got my PIMP cane!" Which means the giant unicycle bot must actually be a Juggernaut Transformer. It's all so clear now...

is it just me, or did they try to make this guy look sinister? its like halfway through the design of him there like, "oh, we've got too many decepticons already? well to bad, were making one more! MUAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHAHAA!" and then the guy continues to make him look evil until they fire him, then the new guys too lazy to friggin make a new one.

I love how there is a 25 year folklore revolving around the Transformers and Bay decides that new characters, new names, completely new vehicle modes are perfectly acceptable. Yes I understand that this is now 2009 and new cars look cool but why reinvent the wheel so to speak???
I knew about the cane already but Jetfire/Skyfire kicks ass in teh new comics especially. No he is is a parody.

Autobots get all the chicks ):

Jesus Tapdancing Christ. They didn't even give Kup a cane and that guy was made of fail.

This is just damn stupid.. Jetfire is supposed to be a SR-71 jet..as badass as you can get for planes and then he turns into a grandpa robot. They might as well make him transform into a Cadillac..

I'm more chagrined that this "Jetfire" looks nothing at all like Baron Motherfucking Karza from Micronauts.

Wait. This Jetfire looks EXACTLY like Baron Motherfucking Karza from Micronauts.

But on the bright side more money saved not buying Transformers II toys......keep this crap coming Hasbro/bay, I'll be a responsible member of society paying my bills on time at this rate. Shit I might even eat meals on a regular basis this summer.

Of course that might fuck with the Stimulus...but what the hell.

Pimp-bot or Gregory House-bot? I choose the latter if Jetfire has an Energon pill-popping habit.

EPIC FAIL

I have a question how does a giant robot become elderly? was he made to be old? or are transformers living things and he was once a baby giant transforming robot? if thats true tan it sounds like an idea for next weeks fan fiction friday.

Lame idea but great name. GREAT GREAT name. Jetfire. Jet fire. As in, a fire on a jet. Which would kill probably most of the passengers. And would be on the news FOR WEEKS. And you know what they would be talking about? Michael Goddamn Bay and his horribly offensive movie.

But what are the odds that a jet fire will cause a national tragedy between now and whenever? A million to one? You know what they say about those odds.

Cripes, it's like releasing a new Dead Kennedys album and just DARING Teddy to spoil the fun.

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man...i didnt think the Transformers sequal could get any worse. What will his weapon be, atomic wind beard? Extendo-Cane bash? i fucking loathe Michael Bay. I think him and Uwe Boll should be involved in a Japanese glass orgy.

This is old news. Seriously. You can see the cane in the Superbowl trailer.

I'm sorry but why am I the only one who doesn't have a problem with the cane? Who is to say it's not a weapon too? And as far as being an elderly robot: Kup, anyone???

Stop complaining, folks, the cartoon was awesome but not exactly Masterpiece Theater.

I'm gonna robopiss on you, drip, drip, drip!

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I don't know what you are bitching about Topless Robot, it's like a Autobot Dr. House. I bet you he eats Energon Painkillers because of his leg injury and calls all the other robots idiots.

Holy crap. Calm the frak down. The robot's using a cane because he's rusty, geez. If you were that old without a can of WD-40 you would be too.

Josh> They are living, they do get old, but they don't usually have an "infant" stage, per se, short of their liquid metal protoforms.

Even so, "old" TransFormers such as Alpha Trion, Kup, Ironhide, Vector Prime, and The Last Autobot have never needed such things.

One might assume the cane is simply due to injury or something...

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How dare they cheapen this movie based on an old toy commercial. The original creators of Transformers must be rolling in their graves! Having a robot that turns into a handgun or a cassette recorder was way better!!!!

this means old person jokes!

also, he should have a monocle, top hat & pipe

Yes, not only does the Bayformers Prime have a mouth, a crap looking design and flames all over him, he now also likes to mount old geezers. Where did it all go wrong? Probably when they hired Bay...

I believe that pee jokes were confirmed for the sequel. Really.

Anyone notice that he's crapping himself? Or is that a penis?

I'm surprised anyone has any actual hope for this movie, seeing how much of a complete shit-fest the first movie was.

It's not a cane, it doesn't say that anywhere..

Jetfire is actually a sex addict and that's a dildo he takes with him and uses as a weapon... on himself

Transformers aren't robots, they're aliens, so maybe they do get old and need canes. That said, this looks stupid.

Why, Bay, why?
Do you hate transformer fans? Do you hate robots?
Blowing shit up is great and all, but you can't just revolve a movie around the concept.
....more than 2 or three times, aparently.
Please, PLEASE let someone else direct the third movie. Maybe then he/she can salvage the shitfest you've unleashed upon an unsuspecting world of fans.