Some Transformers 4 tidbits has surfaced around the world and this is a news post collecting them all.
First couple of stories arrive from the official Twitter account of Director Michael Bay‘s Website. The website hints at the possibility of Lamborghini Aventador LP 700–4 being an Autobot. After seeing the car, many fans speculated that it might be a Decepticon. But the Twitter account questions why fans think so:
S4TE Tweets: “Why is everyone assuming the #aventador is a #decepticon ? #transformers #transformers4 #tf4”
Also, they have retweeted a post by BBC’s Top Gear which identifies all cars officially revealed so far as Autobots.
Top Gear Tweets: “A Lambo Aventador has joined a Bugatti Veyron in the cast of Transformers 4. Autobots clearly have a need for speed”
Michael Bay Site Twitter account also retweets an old article in which the director definitively says “No” to Megan Fox for Transformers 4. This comes as a reply to the events brewing up over the past couple of days. Also, S4TE Site Admin Nelson left this post at their forum:
“He already said “No”. But then people respond with “but that was in April!”He could said No again today and tomorrow they’ll be saying “well, that was yesterday”.
BTW, I know he’s to busy to address what I call a non-issue.”
Finally, an awesome billboard has turned up at Granger,TX. 2005 Boards SamNickelson is sharing this image from Twitter User @JFall, which features a patriotic billboard titled “Remember Chicago” and a telephone number to report “Alien Activity“. This is a direct reference to Transformers: Dark Of The Moon; where the city of Chicago was completely destroyed by the Decepticon starting with a massive manslaughter which began as soon as the Decepticons were Spacebridged to the city by Sentinel Prime.
Muramasa
I don't usually keep up with the tie-in comics or any other media to keep myself from spoiling the movies. I don't seem to recall what became of the Fallen's body and all the other Bots and Cons that got scrapped in Egypt. Maybe some exposition can be dropped as to what became of the robot remains in Chicago, especially Sentinel's and Megatron's. The cleanup crews would have had their work cut ouf for them and they would have to be under tight supervision from the government.
G1DeadEnd
Gingerchris
*Lennox hanging around the remains of the Star Harvester while looking suspicious*
"Tum tee tum…"
*looks around*
*yoink!*
Grandum
I doubt it – it would be very uncharacteristic of Bay to tone down anything American in a transformers movie.
Gingerchris
Pity they didn't take the opportunity to do some viral marketing thing with the number and have a recorded message about being vigilant about aliens.
Indeed. If I was the government I'd want to know if any alien activity is going on so I could investigate it. Better to cover all the bases than just ignore any Autobot activity. We can't forget that Sentinel Prime was an Autobot and look how that turned out.
I'm assuming the big difference is a shitload of civilians will have died in the Chicago attack compared to the Pyramid battle.
When the billboard says 'Remember Chicago' they're not so much telling people to remember the buildings, but the people that died there. That said, the 'Chicago' mention also means to remember the event that happened there, not specifically the city itself.
Some old rubble got destroyed in Egypt. In the grand scheme of alien attacks it's not that important compared to an attack on a big populated city. Americans aren't going to care that much that something hundreds of miles away got trashed when something even bigger happened in their own country.
Anyway, for all we know there's a 'Remember Egypt' billboard next to the ruined Pyramids.
Perhaps the Pyramids have been restored since RotF. Maybe archaeologists have been busy exploring the broken open Pyramid since the Sun Harvester being hidden in there will be of historical interest. It's certainly going to rewrite some Egyptian history.
Speaking of which, I wonder who got to keep the remains of the Sun Harvester? I imagine the Americans can't just lay claim to it since it wasn't uncovered in their country.
FanimusMaximus
I love how they are spreading the message of Remember Chicago but not the Pyramids of Egypt…I mean yeah they were built to hide the Solar Harvester but they are still one of the great Wonders of the world, probably the top considering what was under it!
agent j 15
I think it was more of the general shock of aliens existing and being HOSTILE AS FUCK. Plus, which DOTM did you watch, lol? Chicago got RAPED. HARD. There were dead bodies everywhere, buildings destroyed, robot corpses all over the place… 9/11 is still remembered almost 15 years later, and it was a fucking skirmish compared to the shit that happened in DOTM (I mean no disrespect by that statement, BTW). It was an invasion that would cause propaganda like this.
Kylehudson14
*Ahem*…… Bluestreak
AutobotMaster44
Lol. I love the billboard. That's clever. Way to go Michael Bay!
evac167
Imdb has never been a real good source for information, but I really hope this is true
MV95
Never trust IMDB
IAmTheOnlyJ
Grimlock and Knockout?
Hey guys Over on the IMDB movie app it is saying the rusty cab is Grimlock and the Lambo is Knock Out.. Who knows..
evac167
I don't really want any autobot fliers. I did like them in the cartoons, but the movie verse should stick them the decepticons as the fliers and autobots as a ground unit. I would love to see Grimlock in the movie, I personally was never a fan of the other dinobots, but Grimlock was one of my favorite transformers
tonyformer
Agreed. If the Dinobots rumor is true, swoop will be a flyer but id like maybe Springer as a chopper or even Powerglide as an A10. We all know Bay can get these as he has had them in all his movies.
MV95
Only 2 buildings were taken down on 9-11. New York wasn't destroyed.
jru42287
That sign reminds me of something that'd be in Fallout, and it makes me extremely happy. Haha.
Also, I kind of wanted the Lambo to be a 'Con. I'd also like to have some Autobot fliers this time around for once.
bazinga66
I called the number and left a message of alien activity outside of ATL!
Grandum
Hahaha – even Michael Bay is getting fed up with the rumours of TFW – keep it up, lads!!
st.ranger
If this will be a Decepticon, he will die in few seconds. Remember Sideways.
Timothy.R
I don't see where bay said that the lambo is definitely an autobot.. I'm assuming it probably will be.. But there's a chance that it isn't.
The larger issue for me is the toys.. Sideways was horrible, I was super excited for an Audi R8 transformer toy.. But we didn't get that.. I wonder how many of these toys will just be generic cars that look a tiny little bit like the actual screen model.
And I'm going to be FURIOUS if we get another large scale bumblebee toy.
Also, I wonder if hasbro is going to bastardize any of the toys in the movie like they have for man of steel and iron man 3.
The one thing I'm looking a little forward to is the fact that the toys will probably cost less.. It seems like with all of the movies the price lowers for deluxe toys. Hopefully that trend continues.