TFW2005 member Red Goblin has shared with us some interesting pictures via the official Transformers Snapchat account from the set of Transformers: The Last Knight. These pictures show parts of indoor sets for the next Transformers film.
One picture shows alien writing on a wall that is not Cybertronian. This writing resembles the cuneiform writing used in many ancient Near Eastern cultures and, as Red Goblin suggests, may be the written language of the mysterious Creators hinted at in the last film.
The other picture shows a model of what appears to be a cave or similar geologic formation on an alien world. The cave model features giant bladed crystals and stalagmites and stalactites.
What world will these set pieces be a part of in the finished film? What do they mean? Sound off on the boards!
tonyformer
It's old Persian text. With them playing on the Knight theme, going back to the days of the Persian Empire and the days of the Persian Immortals (their Knights) I could see TFs having an influence on the Persian Empires growth and time in power as a world power.
ersankasal
And when you google "old persian cuneiform" you'll see they're almost the same.
Galvatross
Unfortunately I can't. I was watching it on a television screen, and for some reason the DVD isn't working on my computer at the moment.
However, if someone can go to the 1 hr 33 min. mark and get Shane saying, "There are some strange noises back there," while Cade is climbing the wall with the weapons then it will be on the wall behind Shane. It's the same type of writing, and it's definitely not Cybertronian.
tonyformer
Never noticed. Can you take a screen grab please? And compair them?
Galvatross
So after further inspection this alien writing can be seen in the Knights' Temenos when Cade and Shane are exploring the room with the melee weapons! I noticed it on a wall around the time Shane notes that there are some strange noises elsewhere on the ship!
tonyformer
Agreed! But you know, I could also see them have armored suits that look like the G1 Quintissons or something like armored Driods they sit in. But later made TFs that could fiction on their own without operators.
User_136440
I've always thought that the creators must be small and frail, something about the hand and the fact they're protected by shell-like ships, and they created the cybertronians as an army because they're too weak physically to fight for themselves.
tonyformer
well look at the hand we seen in the ship at the beginning of AOE. It's eluded to by OP and Hound that those ships belonged to the Creators right? And all we seen was a hand but a very humanoid looking hand. But we never see how big the being it belonged to might be. For all we know, the creators are still the quints but very small in stature and more humanoid than anything we see in G1. So whatever "Jade" is in Mo-Cap for, very well could be a Creator and they just may be human size.
I had a theory before that the Fallen and the other Primes and TFs that looked like them were created in the image of the Creators. As the Fallen and his kind did seem to have a very similar design/look to their hands as the hand from AOE (Creator). But instead of the Creators being massive like TFs, they truly are human small?
Now think of the implications of that's true and there turns out to be massive numbers of the Creators? What would they look like in numbers and in armor and attacking Earth?
Shark
If the mo-cap is a Creator then WOW they're a lot smaller than I imagined they would be lol
Galvatross
Yeah, when I first saw this I was thinking the mo-cap was likely for the Creator. Also, the Creator seems to be with the humans. Either this Creator is a benign individual of their species, or this individual is a Gollum-like character who helps them at first but has a more sinister purpose. My guess is that the Creators have members that are more benevolent than the ones who sent Lockdown either way.
Also, if this is a Creator it also suggests that at least some of the Creators will have a more humanoid form as opposed to resembling the traditional G1 Quintessons, although the G1 Quintessons had a variety of forms, so it's possible the same will be true of the Movieverse Creators.
tonyformer
i listened again and "Jade" for sure says something but it's a full line of something I can't make out and it's not "Honey". But then in later takes, she doesn't say anything at all when they redo that part so I'm not sure if she's supposed to have a line there or not lol
Lazlow007
I'm not 100% sure, but it sounds like she says "Honey" to Cade. And she was jealous on Haddocks, this is why she acted weird. (At 4:21)
But yeah… Cade said "HE" ….or maybe because she's just a robot or something ?
tonyformer
Thank you!
Ok after watching it. I think they are actually warped into the sub. They land on top of each other as its said that was uncomfortable and Cade really doesn't know where they are. "Jade" the Mo-Cap girl is actually playing a HE guys. Listen to Cade, he says "He" and it looks like "Jade" HE wrapped back out of he sub and into the water. Maybe toward the sunken ship or somewhere else under the water. So I'm thinking "Jade" is doing the Mo-Cap for (The Creator) or Merlin. Either way, whoever "Jade" is in Mo-Cap for is humanoid in nature and is a very small being. Otherwise I'd think they would have just went full CG.
fallen_revenge
https://youtu.be/pR_eGL-i6DE
tonyformer
is there another link for this?
Hazekiah
Fucking HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO PETER CULLEN!!!
I love this new guy ALREADY.
And can we talk about how DROP DEAD AWESOME Isabella's braids ALWAYS are for a minute? So fucking jealous!
Oh, and CALLING IT NOW. An old-ass Russian sub found Excalibur in an alien ship and Lennox, Cade, and Co. yank it out after a quick meet-up with the Lady in the Lake.
OMFG the H.M.S. shirt and EVERYTHING!
C'mon, now. This is just a GIMME. And apparently Laura Haddock's character is a mathematician/physicist in a submarine with Cade? Sounds pretty tense! Wonder if the mo-cap chick is Sqweeks, maybe?
tonyformer
is there another link for this that is friendly for phones or tablets? I don't have Dropbox on neither and not able to get to a PC for awhile.
CKPRIME
He said they were getting ready to film a big stunt. Hopefully that confirms a big under water Transformer battle…
Red Goblin
The newest set video has so much cool stuff in it. I wonder what the mocap is for. Maybe a small droid like oreo bot?
http://alcdn.static.xiaoka.tv/img/swf/player.swf?scid=3w3UE9eKQEh_fjdx
electronic456
The problem with Earth's history tying with the Transformers has always been a bit of a complicated issue. It's one of my main problems. I really want this installment to string the continuity of the movieverse tightly. That's why I want to see if these new writers are up for the challenge of getting so much lore together which could also potentially flesh out some characters like Prime or Megatron.