Alliance is drawn by Milne and began in December 2008; it focuses on the human and Autobot perspectives. Prior to a potential Directors Guild of America strike, Bay began creating animatics of action sequences featuring characters rejected for the 2007 film. Many of the pics featured the “Twins” which are two new unique additions to the Autobot cast taking the vehicle forms of the Chevy Beat and Chevy Trax concept designs. When he returns to the N.E.S.T.base on Diego Garcia, he scans a new vehicle form along with Skids. Robert Epps, the only prominent black human character in the film, is never shown having anything to say about them, for example. This debt saw her join the Autobots. One shots of you and your favorite Transformer characters. [81] Defiance, which started the following month, is drawn by Dan Khanna and is set before either film, showing the beginnings of the war. [88] Meanwhile, Dan Jolley wrote Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: The Junior Novel, a 144-page book oriented at a younger audience than the one by Foster. [141] Empire named the film the 25th-worst movie ever made. The Blu-ray version had the best first-week sales of 2009, with 1.2 million units. Thanks to Ben for tweeting to me the video link (below). Reedman, a razor-thin Decepticon composed of thousands of miniature bead-like Decepticons. "[31] When asked on the subject, Michael Bay said he hated the Dinobots and they had never been in consideration for being featured in the movies. [107] Betsy Sharkey of the Los Angeles Times described the film as "in-your-face, ear-splitting and unrelenting. Photo of an Australian ice cream truck at Wikipedia, added in February 2006. https://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/index.php?title=Twins_(ROTF)&oldid=1469999. Taking place two years after the first film, the story revolves around Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), who is caught in the war between the Autobots, led by Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) and the Decepticons, led by Megatron (Hugo Weaving). Major hurdles for the film's initial production stages included the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike as well as the threat of strikes by other guilds. Him being the full truck however can definitely be considered an error. Movie-wise, I mean. this is the transformers 2 revenge of the fallen shang hai scene. Fans of the cartoon series were hotly anticipating the release of The Transformers: The Movie in 1986. The two locations were used for Qatar in Transformers and stood in for Egypt in this film. Those of you following news and updates for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will no doubt have seen some of the set images showing some of the new vehicles added for the sequel. On June 23, 2009, Activision published a video game based on the film for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Nintendo DS, and Games for Windows. The Twins of course, were the controversial stereotype robots hand-created by Bay for inclusion in the movie … At NEST's secure headquarters in Diego Garcia, National Security Adviser, Theodore Galloway, concludes that since Megatron's corpse is at the bottom of the Laurentian Abyss and the last known piece of the AllSpark shard is secure in their base, the Decepticons must still be on Earth solely to hunt the Autobots. "[112] Which he later did name it the "worst film of the decade". Dogfight! Bumblebee Those of you following news and updates for Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will no doubt have seen some of the set images showing some of the new vehicles added for the sequel. It was followed by Dark of the Moon in 2011. Major hurdles for the film's initial production stages included the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike as well as the threat of strikes by other guilds. Skids and Mudflap were originally scripted to feature in Dark of the Moon, but their appearances were cut from the finished film, save for this very brief shot. But he said, 'Next time, if the movie is a success, you're gonna be in it a ton. [22] Bay stated he found the climax of the first film to be weak, partly because it was shot across five different city blocks, making the action confusing and hard to follow. Er und sein Bruder gelten als sehr laut nervtötend. Check out the photos below. As a side effect, the shard's energy brings various kitchen appliances to life, who then attack Sam and his parents. [126], The film was a box office success, Revenge of the Fallen grossed $16 million from midnight showings, at the time the most ever for a Wednesday midnight debut. Paramount dropped the project from this year’s release schedule, so the reboot will take some time to come to fruition. They are on a special mission. However, those young fans were in for quite a rude awakening. Critical reception was negative, with critics considering it to be inferior to the first film. The film surpassed its predecessor at the box office, grossing a total of $402.1 million in the US and Canada and $434.2 million in other territories, for a total of $836.3 million worldwide, making it the 37th highest-grossing domestic film and fourth-highest of the year worldwide. [28] Orci later admitted that he was dismissive of the Dinobots because he does not like dinosaurs, saying "I recognize I am weird in that department. In a movie where he uses the first black president's name he has these two sam-bo asss robots ,obviously black robots one with a gold tooth big lip and ears and both saying that "we don't read" and they are supposed to be advanced life forms. [140] Comcast ranked the film as the 4th-worst sequel of all time. [12], Orci described the film's theme as "being away from home", with the Autobots contemplating living on Earth as they cannot restore Cybertron, while Sam goes to college. It also runs an hour too long! Calvin Wimmer as Demolishor (credited as "Wheelbot"), a massive Constructicon who transforms into a red and white Terex O&K RH 400 excavator. [85] On June 1, 2009 DK Publishing published a 96-page book entitled Transformers: The Movie Universe, which intended to provide factual data on the characters of the film.[86]. At times the frame is so packed with whirring cogs and twirling cranks that you could replicate the effect by staring at the innards of a domestic appliance, but when these CGI moto-men from another world duke it out, the images are often so screwy it’s impossible to do anything but sit and stare. Arcee was among the Autobots fending off a wave of Decepticon forces led by Shockwave and Soundwave, where Arcee tried to contact the capital of the last remaining Autobot city for reinforcements only to fail in establishing a connection. The Twins' final alternate modes in the film, the Chevrolet Beat (Skids) and Chevrolet Trax (Mudflap), were designed by General Motors as small car concept vehicles. This page was last edited on 8 March 2021, at 22:29. Saw Transformers 2 last night. [71] The first wave was released on May 30, although Bumblebee and Soundwave debuted beforehand. Transformers is a series of American science fiction action films based on the Transformers franchise which began in the 1980s. [67], The score to Revenge of the Fallen was composed by Steve Jablonsky, who reunited with director Michael Bay to record his score with a 71-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at the Sony Scoring Stage. The shoot was highly secretive, but according to producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura, a crew of 150 Americans and "several dozen local Egyptians" ensured a "remarkably smooth" shoot. Eventually, Optimus decided to chan… Initially he wanted the "green one", but his brother beat him (literally) to it so he takes the red-oran… Furthermore, compared to the other Autobots (and even fellow black-coded movie Autobot Jazz), their designs are visibly more hunched and ugly, with disfigured faces and a gold buck tooth on Skids. If one asks who, they won't say exactly as it "will spoil the surprise". It will be seen, in retrospect, as marking the end of an era. See more ideas about transformers prime, transformers, transformers movie. Sam begins having strange visions of Cybertronian symbols, and is being hunted by the Decepticons under the orders of an ancient Decepticon named The Fallen, who seeks to get revenge on Earth by finding and activating a machine that would provide the Decepticons with an energon source, destroying the Sun and all life on Earth in the process. [102], Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was released on 4K UHD Blu-ray on December 5, 2017. Whatever the intent, nobody involved seems to want to be tied to the issue. Trivia Barricade is the only Decepticon to never die in any of the films, even though was remarkably absent in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009), and Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014). Rolling Stone critic Peter Travers did not give the film any stars, considering that "Revenge of the Fallen has a shot at the title 'Worst Movie of the Decade'. We were very surprised when we saw it, too, and it's a choice that was made. Michael Bay went so big that it became too big, and I think you lost the anchor of the movie...You lost a bit of the relationship. [13] He wanted the focus between the robots and humans "much more evenly balanced",[14] "the stakes [to] be higher", and more focused on the science fiction elements. [52], Four days were then spent in Jordan; the Royal Jordanian Air Force aided in filming at Petra, Wadi Rum and Salt because King Abdullah II is a big fan of science fiction movies. Buy Transformers Movie Series 2 "Revenge of the Fallen" Deluxe Class 2 Pack 5 Inch Tall Robot Action Figures - Autobot SKIDS and MUDFLAP that Combines to Form ICE CREAM TRUCK: Toy Figures & Playsets - Amazon.com FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases Megatron retreats with Starscream, vowing vengeance. As reported, Transformers 3 has apparently started principle photography in Sherman Oaks, California.Transfan Ben Brown was on site and recorded a video of a scene being filmed in downtown Los Angeles that shows a car being thrown down the alley shortly after the Autobot Twins cars had filmed a scene. The film won three Golden Raspberry Awards at the 30th Golden Raspberry Awards ceremony and became the highest-grossing film to win the Worst Picture award. Complete. Skids tries to act like a ninja, and even says "gotta blend in like a ninja" in the movie. [98], The film was released in two-disc Blu-ray and DVD editions, and a single-disc DVD version on October 20, 2009 in North America. The only qualms I had were Jazz's untimely and unfair death, and the lack of Sunstreaker at Sideswipe's side. [...]. "Michael Bay on the Dinobots: "I hate them. Summary: Inspired from Twin’s Lament by WrenchWielder on Fanfiction. 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He then battles Megatron and The Fallen, incapacitating the former and killing the latter by ripping his spark then crushing it. [70] Hasbro's Revenge of the Fallen toy line included new molds of new and returning characters, as well as 2007 figures with new mold elements or new paint schemes. [61] The producers expected that with a bigger budget and with the special effects having worked out, the Transformers would have a larger role. They like to think they're hardcore, but when their guard drops, it turns out they're basically a couple of robot rednecks. [5] The studio also hired Ehren Kruger, who had impressed Bay and Hasbro president Brian Goldner with his knowledge of the Transformers mythology. Mudflap, who originally transforms into half of an ice cream truck, fails to capture Sideways in Shanghai, China. Roulette and Shadow Striker are twins, or perhaps even triplets with their perished sister. [57] They insisted on keeping the alternate modes of some of the returning characters similar so that consumers would not have to buy toys of the same characters. [123], Another major complaint about the film was Bay's usage of the IMAX format. [49] A scale model in Los Angeles was also used for some close-ups of the pyramids. [66] Rendering the Devastator took over 85% of ILM's render farm capacity, and the complexity of the scene and having to render it at IMAX resolution caused one computer to "explode". Last year, one of the more contentious aspects of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was an Autobot duo, Mudflap and Skids, who seemed to embody an impressive collection of racist, urban stereotypes. Buy Transformers Movie Series 2 "Revenge of the Fallen" Deluxe Class 2 Pack 5 Inch Tall Robot Action Figures - Autobot SKIDS and MUDFLAP that Combines to Form ICE CREAM TRUCK: Toy Figures & Playsets - Amazon.com FREE DELIVERY possible on eligible purchases photo of Optimus Prime, Ironhide, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Elita-One, Arcee, Chromia, the twins, for fans of Transformers. [72] The second wave came in August 2009, which introduced toys such as 2¼-inch human action figures that fit inside the transforming robots, and non-transforming replicas of the cars that can be used on a race track.