Transformers One | September 20, 2024 | Prequel | Paramount | Animated

[Macleod]

Yikes.  Not to my taste... How did they score Johansson and Hemsworth for this??   Flop incoming? (September??) to be followed by the inevitable "serious" reboot more in the tone of the original 1986 animated movie.  I'll keep my Nelson Shin/Vince DiCola/Orson Welles Unicron joint, thanks! 

Edited April 18 by Macleod

[kayumanggi]

 

[Starphanluke]

4 minutes ago, Macleod said:

Yikes.  Not to my taste... How did they score Johansson and Hemsworth for this??   Flop incoming? (September??) to be followed by the inevitable "serious" reboot more in the tone of the original 1986 animated movie.  I'll keep my Nelson Shin/Vince DiCola/Orson Welles Unicron joint, thanks! 

Go rewatch the 1986 movie and tell me again how “serious” it is. A few robots dying in a 5 minute stretch is surrounding by constant jokes, quips, and one-liners. 
 

We’ve had 7 self-serious Transformers movie. I think this is a refreshing change of pace.

 

I think this out-grossed Bumblebee and RotB.

[AniNate]

I would've been more willing to dismiss this as just a trifle that's not aimed at me if it wasn't now intruding on my baby's turf with its release date move

 

 

Edited April 18 by AniNate

[reddevil19]

This looks REALLY bad. Forget about anything regarding the plot, tone, whatever - it just looks incredibly cheap. Netflix CG animated show, NOT a theatrical release. Skip.

[Speedorito]

Yeah scheduling this the same weekend as The Wild Robot is kinda shitty. Especially since TWR looks a whole lot better.

[WittyUsername]

This looks like a big budget version of the Nickelodeon show that’s currently airing, right down to making to Optimus and Megatron’s personalities. 
 

Also, yeah, scheduling this the same week as The Wild Robot seems like a dick move. 

Edited April 18 by WittyUsername

[BigBoxOfficeBucks]

This shit is real bad. PERIOD.

[WebSurfer]

Eh, I'm sure this will turn out fine. Based on early reactions and everything.

 

I'm just disappointed with the release date.

[kayumanggi]

[cooldude97]

this is going to flop, if it was a little more mature looking like a Pixar or spider-verse movie then at least it could bring in a teen and young adult crowd, the fact that it's made for a very young audience but releasing just when schools are opening back up is a very stupid decision 

[WebSurfer]

6 hours ago, cooldude97 said:

this is going to flop, if it was a little more mature looking like a Pixar or spider-verse movie then at least it could bring in a teen and young adult crowd, the fact that it's made for a very young audience but releasing just when schools are opening back up is a very stupid decision 

Nah, I could see this doing TMNT mutant mayhem numbers. 
 

Just wish the release date wasn’t what it is.

[MightyDargon]

The 1986 movie was dead serious by 1986 animation standards. Emphasis on DEAD.  I'm sorry if it doesn't live up to the standards of Nolan's Oppenheimer but it felt "mature" to actually watch as a kid. I very much doubt this movie will have the balls to do what it did.

Edited April 21 by MightyDargon

[cannastop]

I was a little surprised at the crude language in the trailer I saw. 

This still looks like garbage though.

[AJG]

On 4/21/2024 at 1:10 AM, MightyDargon said:

The 1986 movie was dead serious by 1986 animation standards. Emphasis on DEAD.  I'm sorry if it doesn't live up to the standards of Nolan's Oppenheimer but it felt "mature" to actually watch as a kid. I very much doubt this movie will have the balls to do what it did.

 

It was also boring as sin as a kid too. 

Edited May 28 by AJG

[Eric is Quiet]

 

[AniNate]

Hmm, apparently they're still embargoed from doing any detailed writeups on it, but I guess I wouldn't rule out a Pixar veteran producing something good out of this.

 

Hopefully two (maybe three) decent animated movies can coexist through October-November

[Starphanluke]

https://x.com/deadline/status/1800272634929963101?s=46

 

Obviously testing isn’t an exact science, but Deadline hears it is testing “through the roof.” Reactions at Annecy certainly support that.

[dudalb]

On 4/18/2024 at 10:46 AM, WittyUsername said:

This looks like a big budget version of the Nickelodeon show that’s currently airing, right down to making to Optimus and Megatron’s personalities. 
 

Also, yeah, scheduling this the same week as The Wild Robot seems like a dick move. 

From the quality of the animation I have seen, you should omit the words big budget.

This is clearly aimed on the hard core Transformers fanbase, They will turnout, no one else will.

And as for the rumored enthrusiatic reception , how often do we hear about a film having a great reception at some geek gathering or convention, and then it goes on to do poorly at the box office.

I just do not see this breaking out and finding a GA audience.

[WebSurfer]

34 minutes ago, dudalb said:

From the quality of the animation I have seen, you should omit the words big budget.

This is clearly aimed on the hard core Transformers fanbase, They will turnout, no one else will.

And as for the rumored enthrusiatic reception , how often do we hear about a film having a great reception at some geek gathering or convention, and then it goes on to do poorly at the box office.

I just do not see this breaking out and finding a GA audience.

There was TMNT mutant mayhem, which went through the same processes as this film; like, premiering at Annecy.