2017 marks the 10th Anniversary of the first Michael Bay Live Action Transformers Movie a.k.a. Transformers 2007. A great way to celebrate is to dig into the past and discover unused concepts, posters, trailers etc.
2005 Boards Member Red Goblin just so happened to bump into three unused posters for the movie. The posters were created by artist Chris Davidson and he has this to say:
“This was a created as a poster concept for the first Transformers movie. The 3D work (Optimus) was done by BLT & Associates and ILM. I made the girls legs in Poser. The rest, like the majority of my work is photo-manipulation (and some painting) in Photoshop.”
Check them out, after the jump.
Exe000
I really love the "their war out world" tag for the movies, and the brand in general. I love when TF media leans into the alien side of them.
vatarian
To be fair, so can mine, but that’s because I’m double-jointed all over, hyperflexible, have multiple connective tissue disorders, etc.
….It still looks absolutely hilarious, albeit, somehow, charming.
Applejacktimus
ow lol i think i pulled a muscle trying to test out if prime's arm pose is possible with the human body ow
ShadowNinja7002
I actually thought it was Megatron. Lol
Deinus Maximus
I was today years old when I realized the "eye guy" from the posters is just the Autobot insignia with an eye photoshopped in. Used to think it was a really old unused design for Optimus
Prime Noble
I like the first one. Reminds me of old 80s movie posters.
As for the arm, they're alien robots.
The Scorponok one is cool. Shame he was reduced to a minion as G1 Scorponok was a great villain/anti hero in the comics.
JazzIsBeast
I know it's indisputable, as the makers of the movie already settled the problem, but I can't stop seeing OP in the pool. As a kid watching the movie, I just ALWAYS ASSUMED it was OP, for multiple reasons.
It never even crossed my mind that he was anyone else, and even after re-watching the video, the only Ironhide I see in it is that he has the same toes. And to be fair, ALL the protoforms have the exact same designs.
MorphinBrony
I like all of these posters, to be quite honest. The third one is my favorite, though. The second one I like the least, too generic.
Unicrons Herald
Great posters, love the last one.
Perhaps we say it's Ironhide because he has Ironhide's head and limp, and Paramount + Hasbro confirmed it was Ironhide that got out of the pool. The reason for that we see Optimus in that poster, is because it was originally intended to be Optimus who got out of that pool, but then they changed it.
Brave Magnus
The Prime poster looks weird, something about that arm is distracting me. xD SEcond one looks great! I want that one.
Tman978
the big eye is the autobot symbol with an actual eye
Shockwavers
That's something I have been wondering for almost a decade.
Chris James
Originally, I always thought it was Optimus at first. The reason why is because after pool-bot sneaks out it cuts right to Ironhide transforming to vehicle mode. Editing wise it's an odd desicion to cut right from "Ironhide" in robot form to his vehicle mode transformation.
Incepticon
Everyone "insists" on it because the movie itself clearly shows everyone that it's Ironhide in the pool, and Prime in the field. There's nothing to interpret – the movie LITERALLY shows us who is who regardless of what the background music was.
Xkcer Man
Does this lend any more credence to the idea that Optimus was the one coming out of the pool? To me, it's enough that Prime's freaking theme is playing during the shot, yet everyone insists that it's Ironhide.
Jazzfan0217
I love the second one
AspiringCreator
I love that second poster just for how it conveys the idea of a war from beyond the stars invading our planet so well. As for the others, I think the third is neat but not really poster material and all I can think of when looking at that first one is \"Good lord Optimus, what\'s wrong with your arm?! Did you fold up in the protoform pod wrong and so when the impact came it broke?! Just what\'s going on with it?!\"
Niv3k
Very cool, thanks for sharing!
dragon
It's funny I can do same work with using different program not photoshop have posters look same as they do,.
Posters look nice not liking prime pool one it doesn't fit have him pose different may look better scorponock poster doesn't really qualify for poster looks like picture like second more
Incepticon
The first one w/ Swimmin' Pool Prime is total dogshit, but I actually don't mind the second one. Falls perfectly in line with "blockbuster movie" style composite & color wise. The third one barely qualifies as a poster, so no point even commenting on it.