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"But what are the odds on the "ancient, powerful menace" being Unicron?"
What are the odds of the ancient powerful menace having nothing at all in common with Unicron, except being ancient, powerful, and named Unicron?
UPDATED: Paramount says it's inaccurate, and the Michigan Film Office has removed that synopsis. It may well have been temp text just because something has to go on the forms.
In revealing that the franchise is returning to Michigan, the film board may have run some official copy sooner than intended:
As humanity picks up the pieces, following the conclusion of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Autobots and Decepticons have all but vanished from the face of the planet. However, a group of powerful, ingenious businessman and scientists attempt to learn from past Transformer incursions and push the boundaries of technology beyond what they can control - all while an ancient, powerful Transformer menace sets Earth in his crosshairs. The epic adventure and battle between good and evil, freedom and enslavement ensues.
I know we don't really care exactly what this means, because plots and characters are more or less irrelevant to Michael Bay when it comes to giant robots. But what are the odds on the "ancient, powerful menace" being Unicron? And a final battle between him and whatever crazy, out-of-control Transformer (probably with a broad, stereotypical accent of some kind) humans create, having finally gotten its shit together?
And will Mark Wahlberg play a powerful, ingenious businessman or a powerful, ingenious scientist? I vote for both in one, only he's also a former race-car driver. Buckaroo Banzai, basically.
via Bleeding Cool
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@BrandonEaston @ToplessRobot Mining Transformers:theMovie for new Transformers movie retool? Why not also remake of Citizen Kane. Blech.
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I hope we get to see more of the Transformer anatomy...
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@Canadian.Scott Don't give him ideas!!
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Well, it'd be a funny train wreak at least....
http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/e/e5/ThunderblastBoobsAndNipples01.jpg
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On behalf of Michigan I'd like to say "I'm sorry" and express my desire for this all to be a devious plan to lure Michael Bay into the seedier parts of Detroit, where he will be stripped and sold for parts.
@nix.nightbird Wow! I didn't realize the emergency manager was going to do all that! Way to go Snyder and Orr.
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Michael Bay is one of the many forms of Nyarlathotep. He has to be filmed with a special lens to appear on photographs.
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It depends if he is going to make a Transformers 5. If he is they will start with just theQuintisans. I guess I stopped caring long ago, you know like Michael Bay did.
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@Someguy Timeline of Michael Bay's concern for Transformers:
-8:00 AM: received offer for potential multimillion dollar movie franchise with a built-in dedicated fanbase. Concern levels at maximum.
-9:00 AM: Realized that dedicated fanbase would enjoy things like a linear plot and fidelity to source material. Concern level plunges.
-9:02 AM: Got new "XPLOSIONZ-R-US" Special effects catalog. Concern level nil.
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That actually doesn't sound bad......I know it will look bad....but it sounds good...
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@shaequankr They have yet to mention racism, objectifying women, or gratuitous bodily excrement jokes.
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@rabidronnie @shaequankr Did you have to ruin it for me?! I'm trying to maintain some hope.
@FreeHat @shaequankr @RandomChance @rabidronnie I want to like it....but The whole "Underdog Autobots" thing is quite annoying and unnecessary Plus its on the Hub...a channel I do not get on a college campus.
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@shaequankr @RandomChance @rabidronnie Could save yourself a lifetime of sadness and just watch Transformers Prime, mostly made by an extension of the film crew but also with a good dose of people who actually give a damn about story and plot. Well once you get past the "Energon Zombies" intro.
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@James.k.Polk I'm just going to put in a vote for an actual color for our lanterns, since upon reflection, I think most of us would not be flattered by skintight uniforms that are entirely beneath the visible spectrum of light.
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@TheConjurerOfCheapTricks @rabidronnie @Someguy @James.k.Polk our greatest weakness: internet downtime. And/or crappy messaging forum services.
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@rabidronnie @Someguy @James.k.Polk And a five minute limit to altering whatever messages our powers of sarcasm and cynicism create!
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@Someguy @rabidronnie @James.k.Polk our rings shall give us the super ability to generate air quotes whenever necessary, and project physical embodiments of whatever reaction gifs we can call to mind!
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@rabidronnie @James.k.Polk From cynical words we do proclaim, we think the world is really lame, The words we say sound like we care, but it is our attitude that you have to bear.
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@rabidronnie @RandomChance @shaequankr we should invent that. Lets be the "infrared" lanterns.
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@shaequankr @RandomChance @rabidronnie THAT'S the spirit! I have eyes on him now. He will never suspect he's being tailed. Execute plan kumquat.
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@RandomChance @shaequankr @rabidronnie I refuse to give up on getting a good transformers movie before I die. Even Bay must go missing for it to happen....so be it.
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@RandomChance @shaequankr @rabidronnie Is there a Lantern Corps for unbridled sarcasm? If so, I should be the leader of their team by now.
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@shaequankr @rabidronnie After 3 Bayformers movies already out, you STILL have hope for the 4th?!
Shaequankr, welcome to the Blue Lantern Corps.
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Hahaha. . . that's so cute. . . I thought you said there was a PLOT planned for the next Transformers movie. . .
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Sounds like Apple steals decepticon tech and uses it to launch a new product called iRobot.
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@James.k.Polk Hey no fair I Robot was an ok movie, sure it was crap when compared to the story it was named after, but as a paranoid robots gonna ruin your shit sci-fi movie it was pretty good. Course now all I can imagine is apple snagging up the right to the iformer. Course if your phone could double up as a car least you wouldn't be driving while texting. Have to wait for the iformer 2s for that.
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"Transformers 4 Plot Revealed When Michael Bay Was Found Bashing Toys Together While Making 'Whoosh Whoosh' Noises."
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I would absolutely love to see Mark Wahlberg play a Buckaroo Banzai expy, which is a sure sign that it's not going to happen.
If the next villain isn't Unicron, I can't imagine being too interested. I enjoyed the first Bayformers all right, but 2 wasted all of my goodwill and 3 wasn't good enough to earn any back. Unicron being in the fold might pull me in again, but I was mildly excited about Galactus in Fantastic Four 2, and we all know how THAT turned out...
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All the racecar talk has me intrigued, though. Makes me wonder if there will be some Stunticons in this one. Hopefully Bay won't destroy Menasor by making him look like Movie Devastator....with balls.
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Fuck Bayformers........
And in other news.......Patrick Stewart's porn star mustache............
Dear god look at that thing.........it probably comes with its own anal lube
