Quintessons Rumoured to be Featured Prominently in Transformers One Movie and Toyline
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We also know from a reliable source that the Quintessons will also be part of the Transformers One movie toyline (the one targeted solely at kids).
So, any Quintesson fans out there? Does this news excite you? Let us know!
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Posted by william-james88 on April 12th, 2024 @ 11:43am CDT
Word is that Paramount’s upcoming summer animated tentpole Transformers One is the best tested feature toon movie in the studio’s history and will surprise many.
In other fun news, Chris Hemsworth was at the panel and gave a shout out to Peter Cullen who he claims helped him figure out what best approach to use for voicing the character of Orion Pax. This news comes to us from John Campea, who was in attendance. His breakdown of the Transformers One content begins at the 13 minute mark though some fans may be triggered by his comments since he does use very vulgar language towards fans who refuse to accept anything but G1 in their Transformers media.
And here is a quick interview with Brian Tyler Henry and Chris Hemsworth:
https://twitter.com/Fandango/status/1778581483201909129
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 12th, 2024 @ 2:02pm CDT
As for some people not liking Hemsworth being Pax, it's easy to get past it. It's Pax, not Prime. He doesn't have to sound like Cullen. I'm more worried about the guy voicing Megatron. I hope he does better than Marnocha. He wasn't very good.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2024 @ 2:10pm CDT
I have a feeling that this movie might take some inspiration from the Aligned backstory that depicted the Quintessons not as the true creators of the Transformers, but as merely invaders from space who came to Cybertron in its early years and tricked the populace into welcoming them, by pretending that they, the Quints, were benevolent innovators who only wanted to progress and prosper the Cybertronians' way of life, when they actually wanted to take over Cybertron and enslave its people for their own greedy benefit.Rodimus Prime wrote:Well I'm not shocked but still a bit bummed. I never cared for the Quintessons or that version of the Transformers origin story. I'm still gonna see the movie, and to hasbro that's all that matters.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 12th, 2024 @ 2:12pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well I'm not shocked but still a bit bummed. I never cared for the Quintessons or that version of the Transformers origin story. I'm still gonna see the movie, and to hasbro that's all that matters.
As for some people not liking Hemsworth being Pax, it's easy to get past it. It's Pax, not Prime. He doesn't have to sound like Cullen. I'm more worried about the guy voicing Megatron. I hope he does better than Marnocha. He wasn't very good.
Marnocha did a fantastic job as megatron in the Prime wars.
However, his WFC trilogy voice did need improvements.
But as we saw with Perlman and Primal, it depends on the show really
Posted by bluecatcinema on April 12th, 2024 @ 2:28pm CDT
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 12th, 2024 @ 3:11pm CDT
Even cranking out more of what we already got at a cheaper price would give me custom fodder to repaint a few more into Marvel colors; all I've done so far is General Ghyrik from the I.T. Executioner.
But I need some hope now that I know this movie's even less likely to feature a shouting match between Alpha Trion and Emirate Xaaron on Iacon's high council. Oh well, hopefully it'll do well enough for 'Transformers TWO' to happen down the road, leading directly into the Bee movie prologue.
And for the record, I like the Primus origin better too, but always felt the Quintessons were a better fit for the live-action universe. Just leave a little ambiguity regarding the ancient origins of the Transformers; even the Sunbow cartoon did that by throwing Primacron into the mix.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 12th, 2024 @ 4:28pm CDT
Yes, I should have specified, I didn't like Marnocha's performance in WFC. I don't remember much of Prime Wars, but I don't remember Megatron being bad. Redneck Overlord is the standout there...D-Maximal_Primal wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well I'm not shocked but still a bit bummed. I never cared for the Quintessons or that version of the Transformers origin story. I'm still gonna see the movie, and to hasbro that's all that matters.
As for some people not liking Hemsworth being Pax, it's easy to get past it. It's Pax, not Prime. He doesn't have to sound like Cullen. I'm more worried about the guy voicing Megatron. I hope he does better than Marnocha. He wasn't very good.
Marnocha did a fantastic job as megatron in the Prime wars.
However, his WFC trilogy voice did need improvements.
But as we saw with Perlman and Primal, it depends on the show really
And as much as it pains me, I guess the Quints are better suited for Bayverse as well, the Primus origin would require a more involved story and most audiences just don't have the attention for that. Bayverse is mostly for those who prefer the cartoon over the comics, IMO. Elsewise the movies would have been written better.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2024 @ 4:33pm CDT
And then ROTB had Scourge mention Primus by name.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 12th, 2024 @ 4:42pm CDT
But as Optimus said, "we know not where it comes from..." So we can still have an origin for the cube as well.Sabrblade wrote:Lest we forget that the Bayverse already had its own origin story with the AllSpark cube?
Well has it been decided for certain that RoTB is a prequel to Bayverse? Other than Bee being a Camaro, nothing else ties them together, IIRC.And then ROTB had Scourge mention Primus by name.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 12th, 2024 @ 5:11pm CDT
We're still in that nerve-wracking limbo period of "wait and see".Rodimus Prime wrote:But as Optimus said, "we know not where it comes from..." So we can still have an origin for the cube as well.Sabrblade wrote:Lest we forget that the Bayverse already had its own origin story with the AllSpark cube?Well has it been decided for certain that RoTB is a prequel to Bayverse? Other than Bee being a Camaro, nothing else ties them together, IIRC.And then ROTB had Scourge mention Primus by name.
Although, the Aligned backstory that a lot of modern TF fiction have drawn from established the AllSpark as the physical instrument through which Primus granted life to the TFs. That could work.
Posted by o.supreme on April 13th, 2024 @ 12:20am CDT
Yes, I am one of those *fans* that didnt see Mutant Mayhem, and probably wont. It just wasn't my style, visually, or storywise. While some thought the Turtles being voiced by "actual teens" was refreshing, the truth was they were mostly (Im guessing) pre-teens, they sounded between the ages of 8-11. No knock personally against those young actors. They were just cast in the wrong roles. If they make a sequel, and those same young men are chosen again, and their voices have matured as they actually become teens, might be a great opportunity for them. For my money, the best Turtles film is TMNT from 2007 (better than any other animated or live action version IMHO).
It is unfortunate that John Campena is such a pedantic ass when he speaks of fans. I dont need his permission to like, or dislike the film, or anything else about the franchise. Ill judge it on its own merits when I see it in theaters (as I've always planned to).
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 13th, 2024 @ 6:43am CDT
At least in TF1, there's no legacy human characters to butcher.
Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2024 @ 9:01am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:But as Optimus said, "we know not where it comes from..." So we can still have an origin for the cube as well.Sabrblade wrote:Lest we forget that the Bayverse already had its own origin story with the AllSpark cube?Well has it been decided for certain that RoTB is a prequel to Bayverse? Other than Bee being a Camaro, nothing else ties them together, IIRC.And then ROTB had Scourge mention Primus by name.
The certainty is that, as told to us by the director of ROTB:
- Paramount sees all films as occurring within the same universe
- Paramount does not care about establishing any coherent continuity among its films; directors/storytellers can do as they wish with their projects
Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2024 @ 9:23am CDT
This is a film that Bonaventura has promised he would deliver, and it seems he is truly intent on delivering that promise, as he stated in a video from earlier this year.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on April 13th, 2024 @ 9:31am CDT
I don't know.
It will depends on how good the movies will be. My expectations are low, but not rock bottom at least.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 13th, 2024 @ 9:45am CDT
Yeah, I guess with RoTB that was obvious. Caple Jr. is a mediocre director and "storyteller." Their writers weren't much better.william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:But as Optimus said, "we know not where it comes from..." So we can still have an origin for the cube as well.Sabrblade wrote:Lest we forget that the Bayverse already had its own origin story with the AllSpark cube?Well has it been decided for certain that RoTB is a prequel to Bayverse? Other than Bee being a Camaro, nothing else ties them together, IIRC.And then ROTB had Scourge mention Primus by name.
The certainty is that, as told to us by the director of ROTB:
- Paramount sees all films as occurring within the same universe
- Paramount does not care about establishing any coherent continuity among its films; directors/storytellers can do as they wish with their projects
Paramount really should exert more control over this franchise, maybe then we would get higher quality films.
Posted by o.supreme on April 13th, 2024 @ 11:13am CDT
TF:TM 1986 - ok, I was 10 when this came out. And despite all claims to the contrary, while perhaps there was at the start the idea "kill off all the old toys, so we can have kids buy new ones", there is actually a compelling story, and beautiful animation.
This video brings out some amazing points about the background producitonat Toei, and how the massive budget (for animation) played into this film
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm 1993 - OK I actually didn't get to see this in theaters, btu I really wanted to. Its theatrical run was only a couple of weeks (wasn't supposed to be). It was just way ahead of its time.
Ghost in the Shell 1995 - nearly 30 years ago, an anime film being released theatrically was basically unheard of. This was a very lmited release, glad I got to experience it
Princess Mononoke 1999 - Long before Hayao Miyazaki & Studio Ghibli were household names in the west. I got to see this film in its limited theatrical run. Truly amazing
Titan A.E. 2000 - Billed as one of the BIggest box office Bombs of all time. One of Don Bluths last cell animated (but with CG elements) films. I think this one was again just way ahead of its time, would fare much better in todays market. Sucn an amazing film
TMNT 2007 & Astroboy 2009 - The only 2 films from the defunct studio IMAGI, and I love them both. Whats truly heartbreaking is what they had in production, but never came to fruition. Not sure why this studio failed, but they were amazing at what they did.
Spider-Man INto the Spider-Verse 2017 - Initially the look for the film I found to be off-putting, but the design became more tolerable as the amazing story was unfurled. The sequel seemed a bit "over stuffed" for me, and Ill see the 3rd one when it eventually comes out, but that first film is still just fantastic! Winning the Oscar for Best animated film that year in my mind kind of vindicated the fact that nobody paid attention to Batman"MotP 25 years earlier, as it certainly could have been a contender at the time.
I dont want to set my expectations too high (or at all really). and I seriously doubt this will happen. But with Disney and Pixar basically in the crapper, id love for this new film TF:One to really make a run at Best Animated film. Would once again (perhaps) in my eyes vindicate the fact that nobody (of influence) paid attention to TFTM back in 1986.
Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2024 @ 3:11pm CDT
We also have a shot of Bumblebee’s mouth. You can see it behind Chris Hemsworth and Brian Tyler Henry.
Posted by Cheetron on April 13th, 2024 @ 3:36pm CDT
Posted by DeathReviews on April 13th, 2024 @ 3:38pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on April 13th, 2024 @ 4:20pm CDT
Cheetron wrote:I read somewhere that this movie felt more like a young child movie. Geared towards young children learning to be who they are. I got that vibe when I tried to watch the younger He-man on Netflix. I'm hoping this is better and not what I heard.
This film has is indeed for young kids. Its made by a Pixar guy
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 13th, 2024 @ 4:31pm CDT
Seriously? Well, my excitement and expectations just nosedived...william-james88 wrote:Cheetron wrote:I read somewhere that this movie felt more like a young child movie. Geared towards young children learning to be who they are. I got that vibe when I tried to watch the younger He-man on Netflix. I'm hoping this is better and not what I heard.
This film has is indeed for young kids. Its made by a Pixar guy
Posted by Sabrblade on April 13th, 2024 @ 5:00pm CDT
Depends on which Pixar guy it is.Rodimus Prime wrote:Seriously? Well, my excitement and expectations just nosedived...william-james88 wrote:Cheetron wrote:I read somewhere that this movie felt more like a young child movie. Geared towards young children learning to be who they are. I got that vibe when I tried to watch the younger He-man on Netflix. I'm hoping this is better and not what I heard.
This film has is indeed for young kids. Its made by a Pixar guy
Posted by o.supreme on April 13th, 2024 @ 5:37pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 13th, 2024 @ 5:39pm CDT
My pipe dream Pixar director for a TF movie would be Brad Bird, who did The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and one of the Mission Impossible movies.o.supreme wrote:Toy Story 4, so yeah, definitely not the best resume, but one can hope
Posted by o.supreme on April 13th, 2024 @ 8:29pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:My pipe dream Pixar director for a TF movie would be Brad Bird, who did The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and one of the Mission Impossible movies.o.supreme wrote:Toy Story 4, so yeah, definitely not the best resume, but one can hope
Brad Bird would be amazing.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on April 14th, 2024 @ 12:13am CDT
Ditto.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:My pipe dream Pixar director for a TF movie would be Brad Bird, who did The Incredibles, The Iron Giant, and one of the Mission Impossible movies.o.supreme wrote:Toy Story 4, so yeah, definitely not the best resume, but one can hope
Brad Bird would be amazing.
Posted by snavej on April 16th, 2024 @ 8:54am CDT
DeathReviews wrote:Optimus has a second face on his chest!
Like he's had many times before! (If you squint.)
Posted by william-james88 on April 16th, 2024 @ 11:30am CDT
https://twitter.com/chrishemsworth/stat ... 4323421410
Posted by Sabrblade on April 16th, 2024 @ 11:34am CDT
Posted by Deadput on April 16th, 2024 @ 8:55pm CDT
The marketing sure if something different this time, not sure if it's a good or bad thing for the marketing to be more bold here than whatever was up with Rise of the Beasts.
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2024 @ 7:30am CDT
Enjoy!
Posted by Emerje on April 18th, 2024 @ 8:07am CDT
EDIT: I liked the trailer, looks like it's going to be fun, very kid friendly. Does feel a lot more like a prequel to Earthspark or Cyberverse than the movies. The majority of the live chat seemed to really hate it though. Hopefully we get a better quality trailer immediately because it was not the greatest idea to show it on a transparent "screen".
Emerje
Posted by SGMLordMirage on April 18th, 2024 @ 9:16am CDT
To what @Emerje mentioned, I to look forward to a better quality trailer.
SGM
Posted by Stormshot_Prime on April 18th, 2024 @ 9:30am CDT
HOLY SHIT I cannot overstate how excited I am for this. The trailer was so much more than I thought we were going to get, I mean the sheer scale of the movie seems astounding. The humor looks like it gels well for the setting, and the VAs all sound great. I’m finding it hard to think of any negatives right now, I’m so giddy.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 18th, 2024 @ 9:53am CDT
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on April 18th, 2024 @ 10:00am CDT
I hope it does well to be honest. I still want to like it so maybe as more info and trailers come out I'll get more hyped. This is just my first impression.
Posted by Whifflefire on April 18th, 2024 @ 10:28am CDT
Posted by Deadput on April 18th, 2024 @ 10:43am CDT
It's just amazing to actually get a Transformers film that seems like it's actually targeted for it's intended audience, the Bay films while I'm somewhat tolerant on (used to straight up like), I still never thought they were even remotely appropriate for children to watch, or even for plenty in the PG-13 range.
Only thing I really don't like is Megatron's voice but I'm willing to give it a chance regardless, Chris Hemsworth's Optimus/Orion sounds professional at the least, he's one I'm more on board for in my first impressions.
Really like the quality of the animation style though, the lighting especially which is an underrated part of 3D movies, like some of those shots of Bee's Battle Mask for example, so on that front I'm already stoked for a movie that looks good! It's crazy that the visuals in this first trailer here blow me away in comparison to Rise of the Beast's first trailer which was...rough in the CGI side of things.
Edit: Also trailers aren't the actual full movies in the end, any of you remember Spider-Verse or Puss In Boot's first trailers? They weren't that amazing either, so I'm reserving final judgement until the reviews come in.
Posted by Sabrblade on April 18th, 2024 @ 11:57am CDT
Posted by DeathReviews on April 18th, 2024 @ 12:43pm CDT
Good impressions? It's nice to see a transformers movie that ISN'T all about humans. If they can stop themselves from trying to inject any political messages into it, then it should be fine. The renderings are clean and everything looks smooth. A little TOO smooth in fact. There are a lot more rounded edges and contours on every character than I'm used to seeing with Transformers.
And if you want to pre-order the inevitable merchandise? Then the Optimus Prime figure is already up for pre-order on BigBadToyStore.com!
Posted by william-james88 on April 18th, 2024 @ 1:22pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on April 18th, 2024 @ 1:24pm CDT
Wreck-It Ralph wasn't Pixar.DeathReviews wrote:What does the ultimate judge think? I had heard rumors the movie is being done by some Pixar alumni people. And... you can REALLY tell that in the trailer. It's full of the exact same kind of goofy humor you would expect to see in a trailer for Inside Out, or Wreck-it-Ralph, Toy Story, or any other movie like that which you care to name. I'm not sure that sets particularly well with Transformers in general.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on April 18th, 2024 @ 1:38pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:See, Michael Bay? This is how you do robot characters who are likable, genuine, and aren't defaulted to being murderous psychopaths.
As much as I like this trailer, and as much as I (used to) enjoy Bumblebee and (thankfully still enjoy) Rise of the Beasts, I pray for the day when I stop seeing these comments. I'm just tired on them.
Posted by Silver Wind on April 18th, 2024 @ 1:50pm CDT
Posted by Glyph on April 18th, 2024 @ 1:55pm CDT
A lot of the animation & design looks gorgeous, hitting somewhere between Evergreen and the Bumblebee movie for me. Some of the character animation looked maybe a little lower-budget than you might expect? Cybertron looks great though, both underground and topside, and it looks like it's packing so many little nods to bits of TF lore from all over the past 40 years that it's going to demand a close watch on home release.
In short, this is looking like a lot more fun than I was expecting!
Posted by bluecatcinema on April 18th, 2024 @ 2:08pm CDT
Posted by zko on April 18th, 2024 @ 2:11pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:See, Michael Bay? This is how you do robot characters who are likable, genuine, and aren't defaulted to being murderous psychopaths.
That bumblebee killcount though...
Posted by First-Aid on April 18th, 2024 @ 2:14pm CDT
I literally sat here and watched this with my mouth hanging open. The trailer is beautiful, well polished animation. The interactions are amazing. All of my nurses and MAs also watched the trailer. None of them are even fans of Transformers, but they ALL plan on seeing this movie now.
That's exactly what a trailer is supposed to do. Well done.
Posted by Bumblevivisector on April 18th, 2024 @ 2:17pm CDT
Beyond Airachnid's cameo, the whole aesthetic strikes me as 'Prime with a bigger budget' more than any other single past CG TF rendering, especially the Vehicons, and it works surprisingly well. I could see this getting all the attention that Rise of the Beasts didn't last summer.