Transformers 3 [spoiler] news/rumours

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:26 pm

Well, now that the Archive is up and running normally again, I can tell you about what I learned last week about the new TF3 movie.

They were here in Houston a week ago for one day of filming. I signed up to be an extra, was I wasn't selected, sadly. What pisses me off though is that I know some people that did, and they don't even like the movies. They just signed up because they wanted to be in but don't actually give a rats behind about TF at all.

Anyway...one friend (who is a TF fan and super stoked to get selected) gave me the scoop of what he learned on set:

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The filming was done on-site at the Johnson Space Center. When he went in for fitting, they had period costumes for flight controllers, NASA officials, and 1960's military uniforms. However, they were also fitting for 1970s-ish gov't spooks, ala men-in-black, what looked like more modern military uniforms, and (what he was selected for) N.E.S.T. soldiers.

They filmed in the old MOCR (Mission Operations Control Room) that most everyone is probably familiar with from Apollo 13. But I don't know what the folks were seeing (other than an Apollo moon landing), they were just told to that the screens would be filled in with CGI later.

My friend playing the N.E.S.T. soldier said he filmed over in the huge vaccuum chamber and they were transporting/guarding what he was told were "Decepticon brains."

So, that's all I know. Everyone was extras, anything said by the production people to the extras could all be part of dis-information...it's not like the extras really needed to know what was going on. But this is what they were told. We'll see how this all plays in to the story line.

Post by **Sades** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 6:06 am

Maybe one of the early spacecraft was a transformer.

[/throwingrandomcrapoutthere]

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 2:53 pm

Sades wrote:
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Maybe one of the early spacecraft was a transformer.

I've thought that as well. I'll even go so far as to name who I think it is:

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Silverbolt. And he's now a space shuttle.

Complete guess and speculation on my part.

Rattrap's tail · Post by **Rattrap's tail** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 7:53 pm

Brimstone wrote:I've thought that as well. I'll even go so far as to name who I think it is:

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Silverbolt. And he's now a space shuttle.
Complete guess and speculation on my part.

If that's true, then we'll have to start worrying about Michael Bay's lame jokes regarding a certain trait of this character....

I'm going to agree though, if it's an Autobot....

If it's a Decepticon, my bet is placed on

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BlitzWing as something similair to Jetfire...

Post by **Sades** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 9:01 pm

Misplaced spoiler thingers make my head hurt. Speculation isn't a spoiler.

praetorian · Post by **praetorian** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 10:19 pm

Entertainment Tonight will be showing a Transformers: The Dark of the Moon exclusive featurette/promo on Thursday night this week. So here we have some, er, promos for the promo...

http://www.etonline.com/movies/102200_T ... index.html

http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-new ... mo-170803/

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 8:18 pm

Sades wrote:Misplaced spoiler thingers make my head hurt. Speculation isn't a spoiler.

In this case, I think it is a spoiler. Because:

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Both Silverbolt being in the movie and Discovery being a transformer are spoilers

I just speculated that the two spoilers are related...which is why I kept in spoiler thingers.

Your speculation is also based on something I would consider a spoiler, especially since one of the set guys told me that it was never even supposed to get out that they were filming here and what they were filming. It was supposed to be a big secret...but then Paramount showed up with their huge truck and busses that said "Paramount" on them, so there was no keeping it secret after that.

I was just erring on the side of caution.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:00 pm

FIGHT!

Who wants the sword and shield, and who wants the net and trident?

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 9:53 pm

I'll have the sword and the trident!

Wait what?

Post by **Sades** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:32 am

I don't see the point of spoiler tags at all in this thread, seeing as how everyone's been fair warned there's spoilers in the topic title. That said, I was more referring to Rattrap's post.

Cliffy- Fight? If you were involved, maybe.

Post by **inflatable dalek** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:58 am

Using Cliffy as a weapon? Dangerous.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 2:11 pm

Sades wrote:Cliffy- Fight? If you were involved, maybe.

Sorry, I don't fight girls

That doesn't work quite as well as smack talk when the person you're directing it at is actually female, does it?

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 4:15 pm

Sades wrote:That said, I was more referring to Rattrap's post.

Oh...

Well...nevermind then.

Summerhayes · Post by **Summerhayes** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:30 pm

It wasn't until this argument that I remembered who

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Silverbot

is. I think I had him confused with Silverstreak.

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As it is, a robot who used to be Apollo 13, is scared of flying and is Uncle Phil would be awesome.

Brimstone · Post by **Brimstone** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 5:47 pm

Really, I think I would prefer a version of the character closer to his Beast Machines incarnation than G1.

praetorian · Post by **praetorian** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 4:11 am

Entertainment Tonight featurette is up on their website. Seriously, don't get too excited. Seriously.

http://www.etonline.com/

And this: possible TF: Dark of the Moon movie poster. It doesn't look made up, anyway.

http://tformers.com/transformers-is-thi ... /news.html

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 10:18 am

It's out in January???

Yeah, anyway. Blatant fake poster. The person who's mocked it up has blatantly misunderstood the title of the film.

The movie has nothing to do with the Earth's satellite. It's all about the terrifying arrival of everybody's favourite killer bunny rabbit.

MOON.

If there's no yellow rabbit in this film, I'm calling foul.

Summerhayes · Post by **Summerhayes** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 1:59 pm

you were beaten to that gag, I'm afraid.

Im always amused by how the posters portray the robots as massive.

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 2:04 pm

Actually made it somewhere else weeks ago. This thread just isn't high on my list of priorities.

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 6:02 pm

Yeah, it's a spoiler thread... don't worry about 'em.

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