We bet most of you saw this coming a mile off – Paramount, via Bleeding Cool News, has stated that the Transformers 4 plot details that were posted earlier this week by the Michigan Film Board are “inaccurate”. That’s all they’ve said “information previously posted is inaccurate”; which doesn’t necessarily debunk everything, but for now it would be wise to take the previous report with a healthy dose of skepticism.
Fallout
LOL "sets earth in his crosshairs"… irony
MTME
this
harveydent
Well, when TF5 comes along, we'll all go through the same thing all over again. At this point, it would be great if we knew who had real scoops, who was just posting misdirection, and who were actually just making shit up so we know who to believe the next time around.
Red Goblin
Don't want to be rude, but who cares at this point?
harveydent
So… actually accurate?
Ikkstakk
Oh, I don't know about that… I watched all three of the other movies and I'm still not sure exactly what happened.
Aeronnz
What a shocker…
TylerMirage
Well, that's what I'm getting at. Waiting until the movie is released, essentially, instead of clinging to every. single. bit. of news that shows up and will basically be shrouded by doubt.
Satomiblood
What TFW are you on?
MV95
Well, a third movie is commonly called a threequel, so it would indeed be a fourquel, although that word does sound kinda weird lol
Gingerchris
So… business as usual then?
Indeed.
Anyway, surely TF4 would actually be a 'threequel'? If a 'quel' is the number of movies after the first one.
Movie #1, a sequel, a 'twoquel' and then TF4 a 'threequel'. A 'fourquel' would be a fourth sequel, which TF4 isn't.
Not that 'twoquel' or 'threequel' are any better.
TF4 should just be referred to as 'Trilogy+1'. I have no love for that 'quadrilogy' nonsense
Ash from Carolina
You could just drop in on the boards as soon as the film hits since people cover every detail of the films as soon as it's released. I'll likely rent the movie but I should know every last detail long before it hits Netflix or Red Box.
TylerMirage
With the track record of news being leaked, claimed to be true, claimed to false, turns out differently in the movie, et al, I'd say that the only way to confirm what'll actually happen in the movie is by watching it when it comes out.
Stygian360
Thou dost protest too much….
jackgaughan
That's a shame, I quite liked the idea.
DoctorWho
I do, thanks. My comment was tongue-in-cheek about how the films are viewed generally (which I guess wasn't as obvious as I thought it would be).
Ash from Carolina
Ah the lovely fun of claim every leak is false. Although for squishing things it's still not a fun as Hasbro leaking Megatron in the second film.
Perhaps Paramount is upset there is rumor going around that there is a plot instead of just randomly blowing up crap and killing Decepticons for two and half hours? Other than a small handful of fans I can't think of anyone that buys a ticket for the plot of these repetitive films.
VaderPrime1
I would honestly trade a possible Unicron for the humans developing new tech. I don't trust Hollywood with Unicron, especially live action.
Scorpio
Honestly disappointed… if the new plot summary was correct it would have enticed me with the whole 'businessman and scientists' who are using Cybertronian weapons. Now I get the feeling it might just be a generic 'ancient evil' plot. At least the previous plot had 'businessman and scientists' who messed up before the 'ancient evil' was unleashed.
Girl Pants
I could see them giving a basic summary as part of their application to film on the locations. If you're going to use a site to film, people might ask what you're going to film for image/PR reasons. Even then, they'd probably be under NDA to not talk about that.
At the end of the day, the "leaked" summary only really contained one bit that could not be in the film – "evil" humans messing with Cybertronian tech. A new evil attacking Earth and the Autobots coming to help are a given.