First Look At Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts Optimus Prime CGI Render

2fabdad

I get frustrated with the whole Reboot vs Not a Reboot thing.

I do to since it’s argued and brought up everything time. For me personally I believe that BB and ROTB are a soft reboot and set in a new universe. And it seems like if what Protoman said is true they will be leaving it open to yoy if ROTB is connected or not. Since the story will be it’s own self contained thing. Which I prefer over saying it’s connected to the Bayverse.

2fabdad

The Fan base deserves a new grounded G1/Bay verse mix Movie line.

Personally, I believe that BB and ROTB are that. They have elements of the Bayverse but also new elements like the G1 designs.

Strafe28066

Actually there are reasons for all of that.
1. Megatron was originally in the film, having a g1 design, back when it was originally a hard prequel but when Travis Knight pitched the idea of laying the ground work for a reboot that end credits scene was removed.
This pitch led to the creation of the opening, the cybertron scenes, cliffjumper's death and I believe a rework of the Prime Bee scene at the end. Bear in mind that Bee got delayed from June 2018 to December 2018 so they could put these new scenes in, if i recall correctly, Knight and his team did the Cybertron scenes over the summer. The reason Megs isn't in the Cybertron scenes was purely budget, Knight has confirmed that a storyboard and concept exist, but they just didn't have the budget to do it, also why so many characters share parts.
They never state its a reboot in the film for the fact that they were unsure on how it would have performed, it was a point of "if it does badly we will just say its a prequel and leave it behind but if it is responded to well, lets reboot it with just enough vagueness in case we still want to connect it."
2/3. Sector 7 and Simmons, again in the case that they still wanted to connect it, however, I think adding them in will work unintentionally in the reboot's future, having a human enemy will work if done right, look at MECH in Prime.
3. Bee's face was designed to be easier from the beginning as Knight felt the bay design was too rough for the story he was telling, that is something that couldn't have been changed with how far they got into production. But it is not proof that this is a prequel.
4. Again, Bee being mute was a left over from the Bayverse version, it could have easily have been removed and retconned but Knight kept it so he could tell a story that has inspirations from E.T and Iron Giant. Going back to the face, the easier face was done to carry the emotion instead of a voice (personally I loved it)
5. Again, The camaro was simply something they could'nt reshoot or change, besides even if they wanted to, the scene works well to show Bee growing up and moving on, fresh and ready for anything, it's a great scene.
Overall, while it has not been called a reboot on record, its clear that this is a reboot, but with just enough of the old stuff layed in there in the case that it failed so they could just say "oh no it was a prequel, forget it". No matter what, after how badly TLK performed, the series was heading towards a reboot anyways, general audiences we fed up of the usual bay fest and were happy to get something fresh and unique with Bee. I just hope that Rise of the beasts and the other movies in the works can keep that same magic.

It's Not a Reboot… MCU is good… Transformers did it first. Rotb will tie bee to 2007 and more than Likely close the Book on the Movies. They can reboot with a TV web show and lay ground work and Build up to a New Universe…. Or keep the exo of the old set it in present day and Roll With It. Prime can literally use the Matrix to revive any dead character and Megatron can make a deal with Unicron and off we Go. Sky's the limit. Or just sell to Disney and we Get Marvel Transformers in the MCU….

TF Hot Rod

This yoga pose strengthens your Jazz-ripping hands!

mattyou78

This one's a beauty. Robot yoga:
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His left knee/left shoulder are creating some 4th dimensional geometry when my brain tries to figure out the angles and depth lol

mattyou78

And of course, awkward (which is an awkward-looking word itself I just realised as typing) poses aren't anything new for movie renders, especially some we got for the first couple of movies.

You mean this isn't normal?

mattyou78

Ok, bit of a delay on this one, but while I was trying to make a mock-up of ROTB Optimus, I noticed something about the arm; what appears to be the new front of the arm looks like the side of the arms from Bumblebee:
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and what appears to be the new side, looks like the back:
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So either they've shifted everything round 90 degrees in the new design, or the image just has him in a really awkward pose.

I think this render just had it rotated weirdly, because there some serious clipping going on.

TF Hot Rod

Nice job with the marks around his head. Also yeah it is crazy how subtle the differences are yet they make the design look more different than it probably actually is. Also looking at your 3A Prime and this binder image, they definitely rotated his lower arm and the parts are phasing through one and other
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I wouldn't even be surprised if it's the same or slightly modified parts. Cause it both looks the same and has the same details just seems the gold parts sticking out were compressed more closer to the inner circle.

Ok, bit of a delay on this one, but while I was trying to make a mock-up of ROTB Optimus, I noticed something about the arm; what appears to be the new front of the arm looks like the side of the arms from Bumblebee:
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and what appears to be the new side, looks like the back:
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So either they've shifted everything round 90 degrees in the new design, or the image just has him in a really awkward pose.

VVa

Someone may have pointed this out but it's crazy how subtle yet apparent the changes were in Prime's design. (Sucks that ThreeZero's Primes can't look up very much.

Nice job with the marks around his head. Also yeah it is crazy how subtle the differences are yet they make the design look more different than it probably actually is. Also looking at your 3A Prime and this binder image, they definitely rotated his lower arm and the parts are phasing through one and other
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VVa

And his elbow area is VERY similar to TF1-3 Optimus's!

I wouldn't even be surprised if it's the same or slightly modified parts. Cause it both looks the same and has the same details just seems the gold parts sticking out were compressed more closer to the inner circle.

April 15 is tomorrow let's see what they've got in store for us…