[30] He added "I couldn't see why a Transformer would feel the need to disguise himself in front of a bunch of lizards. 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. Mikaela kills Alice, before the trio are captured by the Decepticon Grindor and taken to an abandoned factory. You've got to go bigger. It's possible that the twins were one single autobot to before being split into two beings by unknown means. Later in his review, Ebert discouraged movie-goers from seeing the film by saying "If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. [25], Prior to the first film's release, producer Tom DeSanto had "a very cool idea" to introduce the Dinobots,[26] while Bay was interested in including an aircraft carrier, which was dropped from the 2007 film. When a spark splits into two separate sparks, the resulting two Cybertronians are considered twins, with an incredibly close bond. "Transformers 2" redirects here. [71] The first wave was released on May 30, although Bumblebee and Soundwave debuted beforehand. [96] After its UK release on June 19, 2009, it was released in regular and IMAX theatres in North America on June 24,[97] although some theaters held limited-access advance screenings on June 22. [124], Actor Shia LaBeouf was unimpressed with the film, stating "We got lost. Roulette and Shadow Striker are twins, or perhaps even triplets with their perished sister. So all I’ll say right now is this: Lots of things to love, lots of things to hate… but the “Twins” are the new Jar Jar Binks in … Skids and Mudflap could be spotted in vehicle mode at the end of an Autobot convoy as the team rolled into the hangar of NEST's Washington, D.C. base. 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The Fallen is confronted by the other Primes, who imprison him before he can harvest the Sun using the Matrix of Leadership. In college, Sam suddenly has a meltdown in his astronomy class while seeing the Cybertron symbols, resulting in him getting kicked out. The parts give Optimus immense strength and the ability to fly, allowing him to destroy the Harvester. Home versions include over three hours of bonus content and several interactive features, including "The AllSpark Experiment", which reveals Michael Bay's plans for a third movie in the series. [60] Farrar said the animators implemented more "splashes and the hits and the fighting on dirt or moving, banging into trees, [...] things splinter and break, [the robots] spit, they outgas, they sweat, they snort." "[119] Harry Knowles, founder of Ain't It Cool News, went further, asking his readers "not to support this film" because "you'll be taking [your children] to see a film with the lowest forms of humor, stereotypes, and racism around. 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). 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. Complete. Skids was an Autobot and the twin brother of Mudflap, the results of a split Spark between them. As a side effect, the shard's energy brings various kitchen appliances to life, who then attack Sam and his parents. Transformers live action movie blog Friday, 23 October 2009. Transformers are living, human-like robots with the unique ability to turn into vehicles or beasts. Skids Profile, Transformers #1 (Titan, Vol.2), Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (film), Transformers' Jive-Talking Robots Raise Race Issues - The Huffington Post, Robert Orci and Alex Kurtzman respond to claims of racism on. Arguably one of the most critically derided portions of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was the inclusion of the comedy relief team/Chevy concept cars, The Twins. Release Calendar DVD & Blu-ray Releases Top Rated Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Showtimes & Tickets In Theaters Coming Soon Coming Soon Movie News India Movie Spotlight. While looking for alien expert "Robo-Warrior", Sam, Mikaela, and Leo find and enlist the help of former Sector Seven agent, Seymour Simmons, who reveals the Transformers visited Earth eons ago and the most ancient, known as Seekers, remained hidden on Earth. [5] Screenwriting was interrupted by the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike, but to avoid production delays, the writers spent two weeks writing a treatment, which they handed in the night before the strike began. Story Prompt: 700 years before the 1st Bay-verse film, Sideswipe and Sunstreaker died in the the Decepticons’ ambush to kill Bumblebee. Linkin Park held a special show after the premiere at the Fox Theater, Westwood Village on June 22, during which they performed "New Divide" live for the first time. Transformers Animated, Transformers Prime and Transformers (Michael Bay version) *Requests are closed for the time being! Roulette and Shadow Striker have the same body-type, but what makes them twins is unexplained. [140] Comcast ranked the film as the 4th-worst sequel of all time. TFL ID JN40 Tags: Arcee, Chromia, Ice Cream Twins, Skids, Mudflap, Brawn, Jolt, Sideswipe, Cannon Bumblebee,Transformers,Movie - Revenge of the Fallen (ROTF),Gift Sets,2009 The Primes speak to Sam through a vision, saying that the Matrix must be earned, not found, and that he has now earned the right to bear it for fighting for Optimus. [9][11] The three writers spent four months finishing the screenplay while "locked" in two hotel rooms by Bay; Kruger wrote in his own room and the trio would check on each other's work twice a day. '"[40] A 50-foot-tall (15 m) camera crane was used at the location. It was voted the "worst film of 2009" by 24% of those surveyed, while also winning the vote for "best action movie" again with 24% of the vote. [99] Michael Bay has revealed that the Blu-ray release of the film, produced by Charles de Lauzirika, features variable aspect ratio for the scenes shot in IMAX format. [48] In September, the crew shot at Holloman Air Force Base and White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Critical reception was negative, with critics considering it to be inferior to the first film. [45] Filming there angered some students at the University of Pennsylvania, believing Bay had chosen to reshoot scenes at Princeton and script Princeton's name in the film. [152] Shia LaBeouf, the film and Megan Fox was nominated for a Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for Favorite Movie Actor, Favorite Movie and Favorite Movie Actress, but all lost to Taylor Lautner, Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel and Miley Cyrus, respectively. [147] Revenge of the Fallen was also nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film but lost to Avatar,[148] Satellite Awards for Best Visual Effects and Best Sound,[149] a VES Award for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Feature Motion Picture,[150] a SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble,[151] and an MTV Movie Award for Best WTF Moment (Isabel Lucas turning into a Decepticon). Learning Curve Skids and Mudflap happily stayed on Cybertron, going through intensive training … The studio began courting other writers in May 2007, but were unimpressed with other pitches and eventually convinced Orci and Kurtzman to return. When he returns to the N.E.S.T.base on Diego Garcia, he scans a new vehicle form along with Skids. He returns to the pyramid with Megatron and activates the Sun Harvester. [1] Upon first arriving on Earth, the twins took the form of a beat-up old ice cream truck,[2] but later scanned a couple of slick new Chevy cars for disguises.[3]. However, those young fans were in for quite a rude awakening. [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. Bumblebee '"[62] Michael Bay hoped to include more close-ups of the robots' faces. Jetfire, who is severely wounded after his battle with Scorponok, sacrifices himself to allow his parts to be transplanted to Optimus. Along with Jetfire, Wheelie sides with the Autobots, and Jetfire sends them to locate the Matrix of Leadership, which could be used to activate the sun harvester and revive Optimus as well. Transformers: Beginnings. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) was the hero of the first three Transformers movies.He was a scrappy, nerdy kid who came across the Transformers (or rather, the Transformers … However, despite their annoying perosnlaitys, they deduced they worked best as a team, which is also the worst thing for the Autobots, who would have had to put up with two bickering hyperactive siblings when not fighting the threat of the Decepticons. [132], Revenge of the Fallen remained #1 at the box office for two weeks straight by a close margin before being overtaken by Bruno ($30 million) and the second weekend of Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs ($28 million). 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The site's critical consensus reads, "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a noisy, underplotted, and overlong special effects extravaganza that lacks a human touch. The Blu-ray version had the best first-week sales of 2009, with 1.2 million units. The official Chinese Transformers Tmall have just revealed the new Transformers Masterpiece Movie MPM-12 Bumblebee Movie Optimus Prime via a live stream.. The group find the Matrix in Petra, but it disintegrates into dust. This is most likely due to the pair having very little screentime in those forms meaning proper transformations weren't animated. The only qualms I had were Jazz's untimely and unfair death, and the lack of Sunstreaker at Sideswipe's side. Back in January, … [21] The film was given a $200 million budget, which was $50 million more than the first film,[22] although Variety put the budget spend at over $210 million, after rebates. At the Laurentian Abyss, the Constructicons resurrect Megatron using the stolen shard and parts ripped off from one of their own allies. What's unclear is where exactly this imagery originated from: writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman claimed to have been following Michael Bay’s lead on the character, while Bay stated that it came from a piece of improv by actors Tom Kenny and Reno Wilson. It's easy to walk away feeling like you've spent 2 hours in the mad, wild, hydraulic embrace of a car compactor". The IMAX release featured additional scenes of extended robot fighting sequences, which were not seen in the regular theater version. John DiCrosta as Scalpel (credited as "Doctor"), a spider-like Decepticon who transforms into a. Rampage (credited as Skipjack), a Constructicon who transforms into a red Caterpillar D9T bulldozer. Mudflap ist ein relativ kleiner Autobot und ist der Zwillingsbruder von Skids. With his souped-up sports car alt mode, Sideways had them outclassed on the roads and was able to both outpace the Autobots and batter them about. Then it's just a bunch of robots fighting each other. One of the decals on the ice cream truck's side that was created specifically for the movie reads ", In the brief scenes that the twins appear in robot mode while still in their ice cream truck-. Originally set to be a five-part series entitled Destiny,[80] it was split into two simultaneously published series, titled Alliance and Defiance. With deadlines jeopardized by possible strikes by the Directors Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild, Bay managed to finish the production on time with the help of previsualization and a scriptment by his writers Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, and series newcomer Ehren Kruger. Unless you have those relationships, then the movie doesn't matter. [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]. Summary: Inspired from Twin’s Lament by WrenchWielder on Fanfiction. [130] The film grossed $108.9 million on its first weekend, the seventh-largest in history at the time, and brought in $200 million in its first five days, putting it in second place behind The Dark Knight's $203.7 million for the all-time biggest five-day opening. Megatron then travels to one of Saturn's moons, where he reunites with his second in command, Starscream, and his master, the Fallen, who orders him to capture Sam alive and kill Optimus, as Primes are the only Transformers who can defeat the Fallen. The fifth film, The Last Knight was released on June 21, 2017. "[116] A review on Empireonline.com says:"What saves it, just about, are the effects. Skids is 11 foot 4 inches tall and weig… The other Autobots arrive and force Megatron and Starscream to retreat. 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. Author-chan needs to catch up … [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. The toymakers seem to be a bit confused about the roles of The Twins in their final battle; it's Mudflap who blasts his way through Devastator's mouth and Skids who uses a grappling hook to haul his twin out of it, but this is reversed in the Fast Action Battler and Human Alliance toys, which give Skids the large arm-cannon and Mudflap the grapple. [81] Defiance, which started the following month, is drawn by Dan Khanna and is set before either film, showing the beginnings of the war. Dogfight! There is an embargo on reviews until opening day (which is stupid since the European guys all have their reviews up already. He is one of only three Transformers to speak in vehicle mode in the live-action film continuity by far. Ravage and the Decepticon Rampage attempt to spring a trap, using Sam's captured parents as bait, in order to force Sam to give them the Matrix, but Bumblebee interferes and kills them both. [87] Additionally, Alan Dean Foster also wrote the novelization for the film. Critics panned the film's plot, script, crude humor, characters, and runtime, while praising the visual effects, action scenes, score, and the performances of Peter Cullen and Hugo Weaving. [40], The first unit then shot for three days in Egypt at the Giza pyramid complex and Luxor. Transformers: The Movie: The Return of Optimus Prime Part 2 & Transformers: The Movie Destroyed by Grimlock and Sludge when attacking Autobot City they breathe fire at them destroying 1. Also, in the scanning scene, Skids is very briefly seen changing from the full ice cream truck into a fetal positioned robot in a literal flash of light. Instead of using IMAX for complete unbroken sequences similar to director Christopher Nolan's approach for The Dark Knight, Bay chose to use the format primarily on a shot-by-shot basis, combining conventional 35mm footage and IMAX shots in the same sequence. This page was last edited on 8 March 2021, at 22:29. [79], Chris Mowry and artist Alex Milne, who had collaborated on The Reign of Starscream comic book, reunited for IDW Publishing's prequel to the film. At one point in the film's pre-production, another small car, the. Complete. One such division yielded Skids and Mudflap, a pair of doofy-looking, hyperactive chatterboxes who refer to themselves simply as the Twins. Movie News. Club gave the film a "C-", complaining about the writing and length, but mentioning the effects and action scenes were impressive. A movie that thought the twins were hilarious was never going to utilize Wilson properly. 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. Plot unknown. "[110] He later wrote on his blog about the film, "The day will come when Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen will be studied in film classes and shown at cult film festivals. See more ideas about transformers, transformers prime, tfa. Of course there will be many more CGI-based action epics, but never again one this bloated, excessive, incomprehensible, long (149 minutes) or expensive ($200 million). Skids first met Bumblebee when they were about to be thrown into a smelting pool. [69], An additional $150 million was spent to market the film globally. [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. Revenge of the Fallen was among the films shortlisted for the Best Visual Effects at the 82nd Academy Awards,[144] but was only nominated for Best Sound Mixing (Greg P. Russell, Gary Summers and Geoffrey Patterson), eventually losing to The Hurt Locker. These Twins are both Autobots that turn into Blue Thunder Monster Trucks. I was too busy with school works. Item guaranteed original and not a re-issue or knock-off unless stated in this description. [20], In September 2007, Paramount announced a release date for the sequel to Transformers in late June 2009. [60], Scott Farrar returned as visual effects supervisor and anticipated moodier use of lighting as well as deeper roles for the Decepticons. Shooting took place between May and September 2008, with locations in Egypt, Jordan, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and California, as well as air bases in New Mexico and Arizona. Him being the full truck however can definitely be considered an error. Model train transformers arcee twins Most like Pic Model train transformers arcee twins. [142] In June 2009, David Germain from the Associated Press called the film the "worst-reviewed $400 million hit ever".[143]. [34] Bay also claimed he faked the leaking of daily call sheets from the first week of filming, that revealed Ramón Rodríguez's casting,[35] and the appearance of Jetfire and the twins. We were very surprised when we saw it, too, and it's a choice that was made. In the present day, two years after the Battle of Mission City [N 1], the Autobots and a joint task force of the U.S. military and British Armed Forces have formed the Non-biological Extraterrestrial Species Treaty (NEST), a classified international task force in order to eliminate the remaining Decepticons. 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. "[120] Bay (the director) has attempted to defend the film as "good clean fun" and insisted that "We're just putting more personality in. He believes himself to be the smarter of the two and tries to come across as mature, but nevertheless appears unable to keep quiet. Though Kenny, who is white, declined to comment when interviewed, Wilson, who is black, stated that they had been given direction to play the twins as "wannabe gangster types". He finds a smaller AllSpark shard in his hoodie and picks it up, causing him to see Cybertronian symbols. [118] Critic Scott Mendelson said "To say that these two are the most astonishingly racist caricatures that I've ever seen in a mainstream motion picture would be an understatement. Our best bet is late 2020 or early 2021 but the upcoming Transformers movie will definitely be … Transformers: Animated is an American animated television series based on the Transformers toy line.It was produced by Cartoon Network Studios and Hasbro and animated by The Answer Studio, Mook Animation, and Studio 4°C (shorts).