Ever since we heard that there will be a 4th installment for the Michael Bay Transformers Live Action Movie Franchise, the number 1 debate was whether or not it’s a reboot. Today, Producer Lorenzo Di Bonaventura stated that Transformers: Age Of Extinction is a continuation of the original trilogy and cannot be considered as a reboot.
During an interview with The Hollywood News, Mr. di Bonaventura stated:
“It’s definitely not a reboot. It’s an interesting question about what you should call it. On a certain level it’s a continuation of the previous stories, in the fact that it acknowledges what has transpired before it. It acknowledges in the last movie, the destruction of Chicago, it’s actually something that carries through the sort of emotional repercussions of that, not unlike 9/11 has emotional repercussions in the real world. In a fantasy world there are repercussions to what occurred.
That plays into the movie, moving forwards with a totally different human cast, who doesn’t know anything about the other humans, it’s not a reboot, but a continuation, yet you’re continuing with a new cast and group of characters. It was a big decision to do that.
We miss our friends that we did the first three with, and they were great, and they probably could’ve done more. But the advantage of doing it this way is that it feels almost like a first movie. It’s a very different dynamic than I’ve seen in a movie, I’m very curious. I guess Star Wars did that a little bit, but not so close together, the way we’re doing it.’”
jono
They didn't with Spiderman
Moy
What if all this talk that AOE is not a reboot is a distraction to fool people about the actual truth? The truth that AOE is in fact a reboot..?
GAUGE
"it's not a reboot"
Really?!?
lmao!
…and yet, Not one of the movies ties into the others.
They are all their own movies.
Nice try Bay Misinformation campaign.
lol
HereticalHeresy
Tommorrow he's going to tell us the film is actually going to be titled "Age of Extinction" and there are rumors that Optimus may have a new body, and Grimlock could appear.
Ring3r
Agreed 100%. The main reason I like transformers and have never gone for any of the other robot (or even alien) movies is because the concept is so cool.
It just kind of boggles my mind that people would keep saying things like "how about no humans at all" when it's pretty widely accepted that the best scene we've gotten out of these Transformers movies was the landing and reformatting of the autobots in movie 1. Random ass alien alt-modes wouldn't have had anywhere near the impact or sense of awe, because every other franchise out there has that. Transformers is cool because they turn into things that we see every day and that's fun for the imagination.
I just wish we were getting fewer supercars and more normal sporty cars/trucks. Where's the WRX? Where's the 350/370Z? Mustang? Charger? Challenger? Evo? SVT Raptor? That's what I miss….a lot of the original autobots turned into normal cars and trucks, and they were still cool. Throw in an F150, a Wrangler, etc. Obviously the movies aren't limited to GM cars anymore…
Basilisk
We have to reset the timeline!
BeeOtch217
Watch them pull a Star Trek.
UltraPrimus56
So… It's reboot, but just not in the traditional sense? Got it.
Basilisk
Plot Twist it is a reboot.
Predacon
As long as Michael Bay is involved, it will be the same stuff we saw in the last two movies.
No 'new direction' here.
Autovolt 127
RedAlert Rescue
I can probably tell you 85% accurately what happens (bar some CGI and details of the ending) from what has been in the press already they have hardly been keeping most of the content secret. The characters names (Decepticon wise) but the rest is pretty well known.
There's little fun things I'd like to know like is that really Mikaela or is it just Lockdown has Mikaela as his Hologram driver for some insane reason.
I suspect Lockdown either 1) does not exist as a robot in the movie he's toy only or 2) He gets "Sidewaysed" as soon as you see him.
Unless some one has spotted the Grey Lamborghini in city scene (I've not) I can only assume it's not a robot or they die before the end of the movie in the city when the dinobots are running about roaring and stepping on things.
As to teen Drivel – sorry you get some sort of "Teen drivel" with the parental angst and teen romance subplot part of the story.
Paradigm-Shift Prime
Here's hoping that it is faaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr more sophisticated (doesn't have to be a masterpiece but please not pre-teen drivel and non-sensible plot development) and far less focused on humans vs. transformers, but expectations of this being the case are still very very low.
tonyformer
Guys, these movies need a human element to drive the story. If it was just TFs, there really would be no need for earth based vehicles and cool earth alt modes either. Now granted, is love to see a few Autobots in their Cybertronian modes too and actually transform into something Cybertronian. But lets wait and see what happens in this movie as rumor is we are supposed to have the longest pure CGI scene in this movie than in any of the past movies
EnergonWaffles
For us it seems like a "no shit sherlock" statement. But, for the masses that haven't been keeping up with TF4 and will only start paying attention after the Superbowl, this is probably news.
Jochimus
At this point I think eradicating the Idiotic Comic-Relief Characters (human AND robot) and coming up with a plot that doesn't involve more Ancient Buried Crap would be enough a fresh startover. But that's just me.
I was unaware there was even still a question as to whether or not it's a reboot, frankly…It's labelled TF4 and it's directed by Bay. I mean, seriously, what are you expecting?
Ash from Carolina
I don't think it's a statement meant for us. We follow all the movie news so we've known for some time that it's not a reboot. They may have to repeat that it's not a reboot several times for people who aren't 24/7 Transformers fans because a new cast has often meant reboot in the past. Although I guess they need someone other than Bay to say it because there have been several occasions when Bay has lied.
Although I wonder if not reboot is such a good idea. Not being a reboot people might feel like it's not a jumping on point if they haven't seen the other films. Film series not based on a book series have a bit of trouble convincing people to stay with a franchise that feels sort of been there done that after 3 films. Plus just a whiff of arrogance that they haven't done anything wrong in the series and there is something worth keeping from the previous films.
Buk Lau
Dejavu. They've said this before.
Pablous
Every time I read "This is not a reboot" I feel more and more it WILL be a reboot… come on… Different human actors (And humans are 70% of the movie) different Bumblebee, and Optimus Prime… no Ratchet… once again Bumblebee has a classic car mode and then he upgrades to the latest concept… sorry but i'm not buying the "It's not a reboot" lie.
Rated X
I'm thinking the 100 million+ that's needed to pay actors, make up artists, camera men, and the guy with the stupid black and white clicking sign could help foot the CGI bill. If the whole movie is done in a lab and travel costs have been eliminated, that's even more money in the budget that can be spent on CGI.