Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen Box Art Is Truly Next-Gen

@Bergerac: Whoa hold on there, breathe, breathe... you've really put wayyy too much thought into this. Ever think that making them too simple looking would make the CGI nature of the graphics stick out a whole lot more?

DarkWolf7

@McWhammer:
This toy is rated 'T' for Teen.

if you guys like mediocre crap slathered in lucrative license, go ahead and enjoy, but i'm taking a pass on all things tf these days.

@kathartik: But to anyone but us who sees that... a big T and the name Activision means absolutely nothing.

HE LOOKS COOL AND BAD-ASS
THE FIRST MOVIES WAS COOL AND BAD-ASS
THIS ONE LOOKS COOL AND BAD-ASS
you know where I'm getting at

Eddie Alvarez

I'm not one of those "Michael Bay ruined my childhood" people--I actually enjoyed the first movie. But I still have trouble with these modern designs, especially when you get in close. It just feels like there are way too many small superfluous parts on the transformers. With the old blocky designs you could easily visualize how that robot might also be a car. With these guys, you wouldn't know Optimus is also a mac truck if someone didn't tell you. He looks like he might be a hot rod with a ton of extra parts left over.

@Hellicus: Really? Mech =/= robot, whatever. Arm Slaves are awesome. Behemoth was great.

@Hellicus: There were robots in Full Metal Panic... indeed... MECHS!

cliffjumper78

@undefined: I fail to see how this is any more plausible than the old designs. They're shape shifting robots.

They could've easily kept the old blocky designs and made them transform much like the big cube does. Or did nobody else notice the hilarity of that? Yeah, the big cube that could transform in the way in which the Transformers logically should've been able to, by simply folding in on itself. I'd also find that idea much more compelling seeing as its much more alien than the ready made 'exhaust pipes and axles' look of the new designs. We shouldn't actually be able to comprehend how they transform. For that reason, the old school blocky designs were better. There's no reason why the supposed intricacies couldn't be covered by the solid shells of old anyway.

There was actually no reason to redesign them in terms of 'plausibility'. It was done to make them LOOK more sleek, with sharper angles and curvature. That's it. It was a modernism. For the same reason, Soundwave will no doubt have his tape deck removed when he shows up in the next film. People who argue the 'plausibility' line are making excuses to justify the pseudo-realism of, again, shapeshifting robots in a more modern adaption.

I'm not arguing this out of old schoolism, it just grates when people try to argue that the new designs make 'more' sense. They don't. I would've thought that shape shifting robots could actually take any form. Especially considering that that IS in fact the point of the Transformers. That they aren't actually MADE to transform into a car specifically, etcetera. They're made to blend into their surroundings by adopting ANY shapes they choose. They just happen to only ever transform into these vehicles, because that's what they've chosen to mimic.

Seriously, if they were honestly redesigned for 'plausibility', then I would suggest that that is a 'lowest common denonimnator' mass market thing... because from where I'm standing, the idea of their solid block appearances somehow magically folding in on themselves was a much better concept for alien technology than a mess of actual car materials clumped together. The blocky version is much more plausible considering the canon; we Earthlings are not supposed to understand their technology.

The redesigns are too Earthly.

I'm not satisfied, because the alternative would've led to a much more satisfying film in terms of justification. I mean, this whole idea of the robots 'magically' transforming was the whole damn point of the friggin' transformation in the cartoons. Its why they made the weird noises and started collapsing in on themselves.

I despair when a remake not only adds unnecessary changes, but misses the entire fucking point.

Bergerac

@LllusionX now has Valkyria Chronicles, bringing sales count...: heh, with his camouflage paint job, megatron was prepared to do battle in one of the many purple and green jungles found on earth.

i totally stole that joke but who cares.

@chozo_hybrid: im with you on this one. especially during the fight scenes, it made differentiation between the bots harder, unless they were different sizes, like megatron and jazz. oh jazz...

"Revenge of the Fallen Box Art"? What?

@Power_Wrist: There's plausibility and then there's kinda silly, they could have been changed a little to please both sides. What pisses me off about the last movie most was the complete lack of color on the Transformers, apart from Bumblebee and Optimus none of them looked that different. Especially the Decepticons, all of them apart from Bonecrusher were metal grey...
We're talking about a movie with alien robots, I mean come on, they're allowed to look at least a little like they were in the cartoon.

chozo_hybrid

@breadtruck:

I LoL'd

PS: CO-SIGN

@uchennaokafor:

Agree'd. As a kid Transfomers ruled. Seeing them for the first time in REAL LIFE on the big screen. I wasn't disappointed. Felt like a kid again actually. Saw the movie like 3 times in the theater, bought the DVD. Hype for the new one.

Shit I watched the new trailer (where Prime is rumbling Starscream and Blackout at the same time) like 50x's already.

Revenge of the Fallen is going to be the summer blockbuster hit of the year. Probably get Dark Knight like numbers.

@Stevil_T:

the_roman_nose

@Stevil_T: MASK was such an awesome show. I loved the toys when I was a wee little one.

the_roman_nose

@thaKingRocka: I'm with you.

Sigh. What have they done to you, optimus??

WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY...????

Why huh?

@myketuna: "You who are without mercy now beg for it? I thought you were made of sterner stuff"

ILikeToLevelUp

@thaKingRocka: Bawwwwwww

@kitenai:

Dude, don't make me say it!

@Kristopher.W: because it "didnt" suck big time?

@Takamofo: I want to see them try and make action figures like these. i'd pay $100.(but not really)

@H8rade: eet vas not horrible though. i liked it unlike most movie games.

The original designs of the Transformers were simple enough to animate, simple enough to mold from plastic and metal with 1980s technology, and simple enough to stick permanently in a child's bewildered and fascinated mind.

These new designs are too intricate, too gritty, too farfetched. They may be the product of a fan who took 20 years of modeling and graphic design classes, but they are too amorphous, knobby and jagged to have the same impact.

Many of the old designs called out similarities between the shapes and patterns of the human form and the objects they transformed into. Cockpits became abs, thrusters were in the heels [where every kid wished he had them] and the front of a big rig really did look like a human chest. These designs destroy all of those comparisons in an attempt to put more moving polys on the screen.

If comic book characters, sports legends, political figures or soldiers can be recreated painstakingly on-screen so as to be indistinguishable from the originals, why can't these characters, who oozed human traits and emotions [moreso than the humans in these stories] be given the same love and care?

shteevie

@Kuwabara Kazuo: That was the stupidest thing i've ever seen transform. almost as stupid as when entire autobots formed weapons and armor and jetpacks onto other auto bots. they're wearing team mates. WTF? i liked when Megatron was a green and purple tank and that's all. (this one looks cool though.)

@Hellicus: Well, they're gonna have one in the live action movie.

It's called "Zac Efron".

@VanHelden: Eye see what YOU did there.

@Boom-Chicka-Ah: they bleed energon, silly, transformers dont run on oil. LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!

@Koztah: I draw some mechs, and i personally prefer the coplex style of these. With the old transformers, they'd simply stand up and bend like 2 times. Those dont take any thought at all. With these, they needed to look at real vehicles and think, "hmmm...how can i make this into a robot?" and they designed every small thing about how they're made. These took quite a bit to design and i beleive that the movie may be greater than or equal to that of all of the other transformers shows combined.

@Kirbysuperstar:

As far as those kinds of bot games I have played Mech Worrior and Chromehounds. Robot's are something I am not a big fan of, so when I see something that looks this good, it makes me gooey inside.

VladMalice

@Str8_Jihadin: speaking of loads... O_o i just watched the trailer again aaaand..

I want a demo for this after the preview given by the team a week or so ago I am getting itchy fingers for this. The first one was clunky but if the actually smoothed it out I may buy this one.

@Kirbysuperstar: Surely you mean Gundam G. Surely.

@Kristopher.W: Not necessarily a reason to care, but it's a different developer.

horrid, far too busy. what the hell is the spark coming from anyway?

xbulletholes

the movie isnt even out yet. wtf.

give me one reason why i should care about this when the last transformers game from-movie-adaptation sucked big time!

@thaKingRocka:

I Grew up watching the original Transformers.

I Thought the movie was great.

Quit being a bitch

@Prathik: I dunno, I kinda liked the redesigns, but then I saw the live action Cashern movie... THAT is how you take an old-school cartoon and modernize it. Something with that much care and love put into not only the characters, but also the story of the characters would have made a nice Transformers movie.
Ah well. Could be worse, we could have nothing at all and then all the G1 retro merchandise that comes along with the popularity of the movies would probably not have been made.

@Kirbysuperstar: I dont recall any robots on Fullmetal panic...

@Koztah: I liked the redesigns. The movie showed them as proper aliens, rather than a bunch of clunky robots who just so happened to take the shape of Earth-based technology.

Yeah, I know it didn't work for everyone...but if you were a young kid watching it, those redesigns would have probably blown your mind.

Now...if only somebody could do some redesigns for MASK.

Stevil_T

@VladMalice: Jehuty brung the sexy back. TF got nothing on ZOE

@myketuna:

They had that line in the first Transformer's movie. Prime said it to Megs at the battle at the end. Very obvious homage to Transformers: The Movie (animated version).

gerrylum

@McWhammer: except for the ESRB rating, and the Activision logo.. the top has just been cropped so they're not showing bias towards a specific console

@Prathik: One shall stand, one shall fall. They need to put that into the new movie. I liked that line from the first Transformers movie. The 1985 version.

@VladMalice: You obviously never played MechWarrior. Or Armored Core. Or watched Full Metal Panic. Or....

Not enough bloom.

PsycheE

@thaKingRocka: [insert picture of wahmbulance]

@Koztah: I dont how else the robots would have looked in Movies.. but like.. I dont like the fighting the movie.. it looks like scratching expensive equipment together :P but I love it when they transform!

Prathik

@Koztah: Dude take off the rose tinted spectacles, they did an excellent job on the redesigns, there eons cooler and provide a visual excellence which I never expected from a Transformers film. Do you know how terrible it would have looked if they tried to emulate the original designs?

@Hey_Blinkon:

I SEE what you did there.

@Sammo21: you closed your scoff 3 times...

/0

Lol the Hasbro logo just brings the seriousness to a whole new level.

@Str8_Jihadin: Props to BAG. Mad props. Cause if he can't I will.

kreepmode

@Koztah: It makes them look realistic...which I find means I can't relate as much. I simply just can't really care about movie Optimus that much because he's too alien.

hikaizer

some alternative titles come to mind.

transformers: return of the failure
transformers: the death of your childhood
transformers: not the ones you remember and love

oh, btw, not enough brown to be next-gen.

@Koztah: But at least it makes them look plausible.

@Koroshiya_Keefu: HA! I scoff at your assumption that Michael Bay is the king of lens flare! /scoff

Everyone knows J J Abrams is the king of Lens flare! Look at Fringe, Star Trek! You jest, sir, but it was a nice try!

/scoff /scoff

Movie looks good. The Game, ehhhhh not so much.

Ah Optimus, you're looking as good as ever.

CosmicElement

Shows what you know

ashdown

Dont care what anyone says the trailer for revenge of the fallen looks effin amazing.

I think both are Megatron. Same face outline/eyes.

@Sammo21: What are you talking about? Michael Bay is the LORD of LENS FLARE. He'll demand that the game designers fill every single camera move with a flare. Even one of the buttons on the controller will be dedicated to emitting a lens flare with each press.

Going for the shabby-chic look I see.

woons

If they were really cutting edge, there would be lens flare. Just ask J.J. Abrams.

@McWhammer:

Or you know, like a movie poster or something...

Rubix42

Here's to hoping Megatron can transform into that hideous ginormous gun.. thing.. machine.. steel.. err whatever.

Kuwabara Kazuo

do they like bleed oil or something?

"No Megatron, you will not have to fight all Autobot powers at once. Just me!"

Pah. I never liked the Transformers redesigns. All the extra panels, greebles and sticky-outy things make them look fragile.

Koztah

I bet you that if the box art was that scene in the trailer where Megan Fox was bending over the motorcycle with that fine ass sticking out, this game would sell a load!

Cool cover (Jumbo one). Though there's nothing saying that it's a game exactly... that could be a box for a toy...

Never thought robot's could look so sexy... Let alone male robots.... even evil robots...

Ive said too much.

*runs!*

VladMalice

That art is more than meets the eye...

Hey_Blinkon

@myketuna: paying attention - you are doing it wrong.

@b-radicate: You are correct, sir. "The Fallen", as I take it, is actually Megatron, as he is resurrected in the Origins: Wolverine trailer for the movie. So good catch.

@myketuna: that was in Bay's transformers.

Michael Tirona

@DarkWolf7: I found that to be quite logical and straight forward.

@Nintenboy01: Then why does the cube?

Bergerac

Do you have to catch 'em all for these games?

Alucrix

@Bergerac: Thing is, Bay was also very strict about not having any mass-shifting or other cheats. Parts have to move somewhere when they transform, not just magically fold into each other.

I believe those sparks are actually a still from stock footage. No particle FX processing involved a all.

AugustHippopotamus

God I can't wait for the movie but the game not so much tried the first game and gave up during the first level so not looking forward to the sequel

Kinda reminds me of the Terminator Salvation movie poster...

armani

@Koztah:
Well in the end its still interesting to look at this redesigns and other recent ones of popular japanese mecha shows.
Comparing this to New Getter for example it feels like Bay didnt care about the old franchise and just wanted to put his stamp on it.
Dunno that thought somehow really annoys me.

For a second there I thought the title of the article meant to imply that "box art" was part of the title, as in: "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Box Art". Oh, box art, how the mighty have fallen! lol.

Vipre77

DS Prime has a stupid ass smile...

lolomfgisuck

@Gorilla Snow is Maximum Risky: Hah.

linkthe2nd

@AugustHippopotamus: Agreed.

jeremyschultz

@Hey_Blinkon: The fallen box art will have its revenge.

yamamoto114

@Richjim89: Xactly :)

Yay, they're almost done! Just drop a turd in each box and voila! Instant licensed product game type thingee complete!

Brendar

@PaperTiger201 - PSN & Live:

hrm, yeah Ubisoft did do the prior transformers game, didnt they.

i could have faith in activision. pretty much anything published by them is decent.

@xbulletholes: The Rule of Cool. Willing to suspend enough disbelief to accept an outlandish or illogical concept directly proportionate to the amount of cool displayed upon the screen.

B33

@LllusionX now has Valkyria Chronicles, bringing sales count...:
ooooooo i can see clearly now. the oil is gone.

@ILikeToLevelUp: Awwww yeah. "Open. Damn it, open!" lol. Made Ultramagnus look like a damn fool. That was his name right? I haven't seen Transformers G1 and all that in forever.

@VladMalice: Escaflowne.

thought so.

At the end of this day, one shall stand, one shall fall.