From the TFW Heads on a Stick desk, we bring you another image today from the Transformers 3 movie set. Thanks to our own on the scene photographer uruseiranma for what is in all likelihood Shockwave. Pointy ears? Check. Singular emotionless orb? Check. Discuss below!
Edit: Also need to thank sannman for his contributions, a set of photos on flickr and a video on Youtube showing a Baysplosion! :bay
HAIL_KING_PRIME
I had a dream the other night! well sorta a vision…. first off it wasnt a naked girl so thats new and second it was that the RED Ferrari is wheeljack! i mean he did had Italian colours and the word martini on him G1 so it makes sense i spose! and maybe this is his head!
Bovril
Looks like Shockwave to me, can't imagine any other character having the cyclops eye.
I'm really excited at the prospect of a movieverse Shockwave figure… he's an awesome character who rarely gets a good toy.
uruseiranma
What was shocking to me about the first film, was it seemed that there actually was a decent story there. Not the greatest, but I did get into parts of the story, and even cared about the characters. They could have really made major stereotypes out of Lennox and his men, but they played them almost completely straight without going with the archetypes like with Harry Stamper's crew in Armageddon.
There was even a bit of the Spielberg 'charm' to the story that made me think a bit of the 80's films he produced. Seeing the on-screen transformation of Bumblebee reminded me of the awe I had when I was 6 seeing the DeLorean make its first time-travel in the parking lot: an effect that could make me believe that the story possibly was real.
If Bay was held on a leash regarding what he could do with the 2007 film, they let him loose on the sequel in 2009: it was largely the stuff that I grew to loathe and hate in Armageddon included in Transformers, and of most people I've spoken to, it was too convoluted, almost like a kid telling a lie that keeps getting bigger and bigger. It almost felt like Spielberg's The Lost World: they proved in the first film they could make things work (dinos in JP, giant robots in TF), that the second one they just went hog-wild.
Scorpio
Maybe not a complete failure, but bay has been smart. If he had spent tons and made the first and second film normal then there would be barely any difference between the two (The fights are incredibly similar only the locations differ) By making the first two suck he has lowered the bar on the third. So aslong as he just has CGI robots battling with no new one`s introduced with attitudes similar to the twins or with appendages similar to Devastator`s ball`s then TF3 will be a huge success.
Everyone is clinging onto TF3 for it to be better than the first two. TBH, unless Bay add`s a robot with balls or tentacles and takes on a "kiss player" kind of style then the film will be heralded a success and save the franchise.
Mattamus Prime
I still havn't gotten enough
I still haven't gotten enough Soundwave yet. But super pumped about Shockwave!!! They both need lots of screen time to make me happy. He should be unique compared to Megatron and way more powerful… like… not quite "Fallen" powerful… but close to it.
Beastbot X
YAY! I said earlier when it was unveiled that Shockwave was going to be in TF3 that as long as he had one eye and was cold and logical, I'd be happy. Anything else G1-ish would be cake, as far as I'm concerned. We're halfway there!
Chris B
That looks pretty kick ass if that if Shockwave. Here's to hoping the body looks just as cool.
MenasorMaster
maybe he is lifted by a crane ? Becasue he looks pretty big and maybe the poles would be too heavy.
Digilaut
It certainly looks like Shockwave to me..but I'm also not 100% it's legitimate. Seems odd the image is cropped..it's not a flat cardboard cutout (or if it is, Shockwave's head at an angle, while all the other faces through all 3 movies have been from the front)…plus I don't see a pole….
Mattamus Prime
For All we know that is the Ferrari
For All we know that is the Ferrari…..Just saying!
It's Red… it's out of focus. Maybe decepticon, but need more that this to tell for sure.
GALVATRON_01
Luving the shockwave head!
As long has his alt mode isn't an ice cream truck!
Bort826TFWorld
No, Shockwave by Black Tide.
YouTube – Black Tide – Shockwave
Jazzmatic Prime
nice head design, i wonder what he'll transform into. probably something cybertronian.
Digilaut
Yes of course, there was a strong chance that Einsteinbot would be Shockwave..
xanthax
Oh sweet. Thank god it wasn't going to be that hairy head that was in the bumblebee still.
Algernon
Now this head I like.
SKowl
Please don't put a mouth on him, Please don't put a mouth on him, Please don't put a mouth on him…
Lock Cade
*Sees Shockwave's head*
OMG… that's F***ING awesome!!!
Challenger
Shockwave's head looks good.
Opticron Primal
But he had no visor, therefore he's in no way faithful to the original.