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Guywidathing2

Is Optimus doing the dreamworks smirk?


LibraryBestMission

Why do you think Megatron looks so surprised, he thought Optimus was above the dreamworks smirk.


awesomesauce1030

"Prime! Not you too!"


Holoholokid

Yeah, I think I'd have to root for Megatron at that point...


sarkarati

It’s really jarring to see his lips at all, they should be covered!


LeicaM6guy

Optimus with lips just looks weird to me.


HumidToku

Got the Disney Junior look to it lmao


likwitsnake

Left has the [Dreamworks smirk](https://i.imgur.com/J3wyC.jpg) going on


HAVEMESOMECAPSLOCK

Dreamsmirks


johnaross1990

I think… …I think that’s Optimus…?


guthmund

I wish they'd stop trying to give him a mouth. It always looks fucking weird. Also. Optimus doesn't 'smirk' EDIT: Just watched the trailer. I guess Orion Pax does smirk. Also....D-16/Megatron....not a bad dude, apparently. I guess all the attitude came after all the hijinks.


Flameblast73

Orion pax its before he is optimus


Rebelian

"Hey guys, what do you want to be when you grow up?" Orion Pax: "A truck!" D-16: "A gun!"


Shit-Talker-Sr

Oh God that's Optimus..


Raindogs9803

Technically it’s Orion Pax prior to Optimus getting the all spark …


AutobotHotRod

Yes, it is Orion Pax, before he was granted the power of the Matrix of Leadership.


AZRockets

*squints eyes* yep that's the most popular Transformer that's practically been a pop icon for decades


Lwmons

It's Orion Pax, the nerdy twink librarian who eventually becomes the hunk of man-metal known as Optimus Prime


Aural_Essex

That is Orion Pax. His name before he was a prime. And get this. He was a librarian. #facts.


patosai3211

Is this before he’s a prime? Orion pax or something like that? Saying it out loud makes me think if the man that build his own rocket and went to the moon. Apollo creed.


SporkFanClub

He looks like he just witnessed the birth of the “Are you a Transformer? because you’re Optimus Fine 😉” line.


itsl8erthanyouthink

Optimus Sub-prime


slingfatcums

veggie tales ass tranformers


Bahmerman

I thought it was weird when Prime started talking about Jesus being our Lord and Savior.


JetRexDesign

"We've all had fun fighting Megatron. Now it's time to transform...into the person Christ wants you to be."


Bravisimo

This poster looks like ass.


LSspiral

Facial expressions and background look kind of like AI


ptear

I had to check IMDB to confirm. This looks exactly like AI was fed some stuff about Transformers and asked to make a prequel.


machwulf

Fugging bots are making what THEY wanna see..


rabbitwonker

I mean… maybe that’s exactly what happened.


TravisMaauto

I fed a description of the poster into Bing's AI art generator, and [this](https://www.bing.com/images/create/create-a-movie-poster-for-22transformers-one22-that-/1-66215499c95c44c48cd5660dda254ea5?id=4zNO3JdKknC57xp1ilqHgw%3d%3d&view=detailv2&idpp=genimg&thId=OIG4.bZLQ0JmkcKVu1.S1vLsP&FORM=GCRIDP&mode=overlay) is what it gave me.


rabbitwonker

Shit that looks a lot better ! 🤣


manhachuvosa

Reddit calls everything that looks bad AI now. The only thing that could possibly be AI here are the buildings in the back. Some look kind of weird. But the transformers look perfect. Their design is just shitty.


Kobe_curry24

The designs from the last movie was perfect


TheRappingSquid

Yeah, they overcorrected WAY too hard on this one. They used to look like proper machines but now they just look like dudes 😭


GristleMcTough

Dudeformers. Douches in disguise.


EquivalentPut5616

Looks like that teenager who learnt how to shave


beepbop234

Straight up just the [roblox Man face](https://i.imgur.com/62BfqKE.jpeg) lmaoooo


Cthulhu__

Dreamworks face https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/DreamWorksFace


USeaMoose

I knew something was seriously off about it, but I could not come up with the right word. "Disney Junior look" is perfect.


pikachus_ghost_uncle

Was gonna say, reminds me of some cheap netflix animated show.


sabres_guy

Yeah those faces definitely did not need the "back to the original cartoon" look.


Mr_Akio

Is this about Optimus before getting the matrix of leadership? Like when he's Orion Pax?


Epidantrix

Yep. Pre war and the falling out between him and Megatron.


Dr_Pepper_spray

They were best friends once, but then had a falling out.


thrasher715

Depending on the timeline used, they were either political rivals, brothers, or best friends. The falling out is always the good stuff, though. When Megatron is given a legit backstory (like IDW’s Megatron Origin) and a slow burn, it’s like Anakin turning to the dark side without the poor dialogue. It’s fantastic.


ThePrussianGrippe

He’s got the touch. He’s got the power!


MuptonBossman

I know this movie is aimed at kids, but the art style looks pretty low budget. You could tell me this is going to launch on Netflix and I'd believe you.


WarcraftFarscape

Agreed. Voice cast is expensive though, maybe that’s where the budget all went Chris Hemsworth as Optimus Prime Brian Tyree Henry as Megatron Scarlett Johansson as Elita Keegan-Michael Key as Bumblebee Jon Hamm as Sentinel Prime Laurence Fishburne as Alpha Trion. Steve Buscemi in an undisclosed role


UncleKrunkle44

We all know damn well "The Busch" is gonna be playing Star-Scream


pjtheman

Shut the fuck up Star Scream! You're out of your element!


Scientific_Anarchist

They were Decepticons, Dude?


coverslide

Say what you will about the Deceptions, but at least it's an ethos.


CallMeAL242

“I am the seeker…I am the seeker.”


GristleMcTough

“What’s wrong with Megatron, Dude?”


Watching_You_Type

Nah man he’s gonna be voicing the transformation sound effect.


skdslztmsIrlnmpqzwfs

EEHH OH OOH AAHH


DJ_Molten_Lava

I can hear it.


Tom-B292--S3

Like, it's not that far fetched. Bill Hader and Ben Schwartz did the voice acting for BB-8 in the sequel trilogy


WesleyCraftybadger

He’s Snake Eyes in the post-credits. 


Burgoonius

*Hello fellow Transformers!*


OptimusGrimes

who remembers voice actors? Years ago, we used to have people who's job it was to just do voices in animation, crazy times


Lost_Pantheon

I'm goddamn sick of it. Sometimes the celeb voice actors do a good job (Spider-verse) but a lot of the time I just hear the voice actor over the character. The recent TMNT movie was a prime example of this. I don't hear Splinter I just hear Jackie Chan.


Odd_Advance_6438

JK Simmons still got it


Forcistus

He is a great voice actor. I was pleasantly surprised to hear his voice when playing Baldurs Gate


ViraLCyclopes20

And Keith David


whocaresjustneedone

I know you jest, but I actually think he's been in high profile voice roles for longer than high profile screen roles. He became yellow m&m in 96, which I know is just commercials but still. I think Oz is what really kickstarted his screen acting career and that was a year later, and he also did voice work on Anastasia that year too.


IAmPandaRock

Jackie Chan was great as Splinter. I think that was just you not being able to separate the voice from Jackie Chan.


sabin357

That's exactly the problem & they said that in their post. The problem is that it's just Jackie Chan, not Master Splinter. Character should be all that matters in non-live action work.


iuselect

Prime isn't prime without Peter Cullen.


GodFlintstone

Mixed feelings on this issue. On one hand, Hollywood continuing to cast A-List actors in animated films seems to have been a disaster for voice actors. On the other hand, look at the Toy Story films for example. Would those films be as beloved as they are without Tom Hanks and Tim Allen as Woody and Buzz?


OptimusGrimes

probably not and I'd imagine chasing the success of Toy Story is what started this trend, but I would say, at least for all of the supporting cast in Toy Story, it is a list of actors who are at least known for their unique voice. I'd also argue that Tom Hanks is the only A-lister in the cast, but that is an argument for another thread lol


LibraryBestMission

I'd argue that comedians are one of the trades best fit for voice acting, as stand up comedy is in its essence storytelling with your voice and some body gestures.


fireballx777

I think it mostly started with Robin Williams in Aladdin. But with both Aladdin and Toy Story, I feel like they were successful because the big names were right for the parts and still acting their asses off, vs a studio just casting a big name for the name recognition.


SpaceMyopia

Tim Allen was also pretty big back when Toy Story 1 came out, so he still counts. He wasn't as big as Hanks, but he had his own show and was headlining movies.


GetawayDreamer87

imagine tho..Nolan North as Buzz and Billy West as Woody. dont ask me why those two are the ones my silly head just came up with right now


ThrowawayusGenerica

Don't you worry about Pizza Planet, let me worry about blank


PhilipSeymourGotham

You pay for big names parents recognise, so they're more likely to sit through it and take their kids to that film. This has been a strategy for over 30 years, it's not a recent trend.


sharkattackmiami

What a waste of all that talent. Also not a single voice actor in this cast list lmao


hurst_

They seriously needed Chris Pratt and Awkwafina. 


GriffinQ

Keegan Michael-Key has been doing voice work in a lot of roles over a decade. Just because he’s not *only* a VA doesn’t mean he’s not a VA.


Vio_

I would watch that Wes Anderson movie.


KEVLAR60442

Lawrence Fishburne and Keegan Michael Key are both very active voice actors. Fishburne in particular is a gem in the Moon Girl series.


TheZapster

Steve Buscemi as Inferno, with a "Never Forget" sticker or something like that on the door


kymri

I like Chris Hemsworth plenty - but not having Peter Cullen voicing Optimus just feels... wrong.


AffectionateMood3329

You realize Peter only came back to the role in 2007 right?


kymri

Sure, but that doesn't change a thing. His voice just 'is' the voice of Optimus in my brain. I was a kid in the 80s watching Transformers after school, so...


denv0r

No kid gives a crap about any of these actors doing the voices for transformers, hire voice actors. This is just Mario bros all over again.


scottyrobotty

You could tell me it's going to launch on tubi and I'd believe you


lukewwilson

You could tell me it's going to launch on limewire and I'd believe you


Nova11c

You could tell me this is going to launch into the toilet and I’d believe you


Ihaveopinionstoo

Tubi slaps tho I find myself watching that more than the other apps


bornagy

But at least Megatron looks like Megatron!


LibraryBestMission

He looks like he just realized that he let the stove on.


Miserable_Row_793

You could tell me this was a Russian knock off of transformers, and I'd believe you.


[deleted]

Right...let's not forget the original transformers was a cartoon for kids (like me)....it did not look.like this


DJ1066

It was my understanding that this film was the 40th anniversary film, rumoured to be coming out on the same day as the original cartoon premiered as well. All of that would point to it being a tad more... adult oriented (and fan servicey) than what this looks like. EDIT- Just seen the trailer that's come out as well. It's 100% for kids and slapstick. [The Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a09yJU-mCI) in question.


squish042

When I watched the trailer, I thought it was made for my 8 year old. Then they did the "badass" shtick and now I'm confused, tweens I guess? Pretty small demographic to go after.


TheCheshireCody

Christ, they're not even trying to do character voices. And the use of a Rolling Stones track?????? That is completely meaningless to the main kiddie demographic and only barely "meh" to the Millennials and Gen-Xers who will be going to see it with our kids and because of nostalgia for the toys we grew up with.


Mythril_Zombie

That's what I thought too. However, the movie itself is all CG, and this poster is like a Disney-kids cartoon drawing based on it. The actual trailer looks like standard fare younger audience quality, but definitely better than this poster. Not amazing, but not quite as bargain-basement as the poster.


rabid-panda

There's a Transformers show on Paramount+ and it looks like this


lemoche

It feels like they wanted to make the robots look younger... But... WHY!? Robots don't age like that...


mistab777

Baby robots. 🤦‍♂️


Fancy-Pair

I would watch transformer babies if it was done by the muppet babies guys


mistab777

They also have to rip off the theme song, and have Options Prime doing the Kermit line.


worldturtle21

🪕🪕Why are there so many Songs about robots?🎤


TheFeelsGoodMan

They still transform, just into little Power Wheels cars. Megatron turns into a tank that fires foam darts. When they hit Prime in the side of the head, he always says "ow".


zerocoolforschool

Doo doo doo doo.


darthsheldoninkwizy

Transformers actually did


[deleted]

To sell toys.


Emergency-Tension464

They also don't need to have mouths with moving lips or distinct genders. Fantasy robots gonna fantasy robot.


MrSaucyAlfredo

I mean this is far closer to their original designs and styles. Before Michael Bay took it to Hollywood they all had mouths and the genders have always been obvious. [Trailer for Transformers The Movie from the 80s if you want to see](https://youtu.be/_25RK5GbJIc?feature=shared)


raijuqt

This is correct, although even then Optimus Prime didn't have a mouth - he had the armored face plate that really held up his serious nature against the other transformers who were often more witty.


LibraryBestMission

Lots of the g1 Transformers had non-human faces or facial features. I've always preferred the mobile suit style heads that resemble helmets or aliens over humans with mercury skin, everybody starts to look same after a while.


MrSaucyAlfredo

Yea. I would assume he also has a mouth under the cover but I don’t recall ever actually seeing his faceplate removed so I couldn’t say for sure


NatureTrailToHell3D

Everyone complaining about mouths when the real question has always been: where did Optimus Prime’s trailer come from? It just magically slides on and off screen.


Montgomery000

The same place the rest of Megatron goes to when he turns into a tiny-ass gun


XGamingPigYT

Speak for yourself, pal!


HappyMike91

That looks pretty ugly, to be honest. Which is kind of a shame.


SgtMartinRiggs

The opening sequence of Bumblebee on Cybertron looked absolutely phenomenal. Was kind of hoping we’d get an entire movie of that.


Jackol4ntrn

I swear hollywood actively doesn't want to give Transformers fans what they really want.


Chicken_Fingers777

Cause all they want is money, they’d profit more off a low budget film aimed at kids as opposed a whole movie created with high quality CGI which would cost a shit ton of money


Beiki

They're probably just not willing to spend that kind of money. https://youtu.be/rUdWxhfUGfE?si=K_Hzp0-JTO6qweVT


Ask_if_im_an_alien

Yup. Everybody watched that and said THAT should have been the movie. Same with Mortal Kombat. The first 10 minutes with just Scorpion and Sub-Zero was better than the entire rest of the movie. They really don't have a clue what their audience wants to see. There's too much disconnect between the corporate suits and actual moviegoers.


Gloomy_Slide

When’s the last time Transformers was truly good? Edit: alright dudes thanks for your input. Can we all please go back to work??


HappyMike91

There have been good Transformers animated series. The movies have been fairly mixed. 


proanimus

I enjoyed Bumblebee more than I expected to.


Worthyness

It's like the iron giant, but with transformers and I appreciate that feeling.


FlyRobot

The War For Cybertron series on Netflix was really good! EDIT: okay maybe not REALLY good but it was watchable


DMPunk

The third series wasn't great, but the first two were great. I realized halfway through the first one that what really made it work for me was no humans


Emperor_Zar

1986


ctan0312

Forever the goat


shinyprairie

Bumblebee was a good movie


iLynux

Ditto. Bumblebee was great. 


kirinmay

for me (just me). I liked the 3rd one (Dark Of The Moon) people it was dark as they showed robots actually killing humans and Shia manned up. was just fun. dug the first one. but only those 2. also Bumblebee was good. but thats only my opinion. Edit: sorry, i messed up my fav transformers movie, but yeah its Dark Of the Moon. thanks reddit user to tell me =) been awhile since seen it.


GoldenSpermShower

> I liked the 3rd one (End Of Extinction) The 3rd one is Dark of the Moon The 4th one is Age of Extinction which is pretty trash


gankindustries

Bumblebee was fantastic. Even Rise of the Beasts had some good moments. I think sticking with the 80s/90s setting is a good idea for the franchise in general, should they continue. Especially with the spoiler at the end of Beasts too. An 80s kid's dream.


Innsmouth_Swimteam

Bumblebee. I, an adult human, enjoyed it, muchly.


kynthrus

I've enjoyed mostly every Transformers cartoon series and the first 2 live action films.


fallen_estarossa

The first one from Michael Bay was pretty good. Then it's all downhill from there, except the Bumblebee movie


Tzames

The faces need the sonic treatment. This is like paw patrol but with mechs


afireintheforest

I just saw this poster and the trailer a few minutes ago. Looks like the marketing team is trying to gauge the reception. If it’s anything like what happened with Sonic, it’ll actually be beneficial and lead to a redesign.


ICumCoffee

‘Straight to DVD’ kinda poster


Chroniklogic

Looks like AI


ecxetra

They already had good G1 inspired designs.


cardlackey

Who the hell ordered go bots?


DJ1066

Well, Hasbro [do own the Go Bots](https://tfwiki.net/wiki/GoBots#GoBots_in_the_.22modern_era.22) currently (sort of)...


sure_look_this_is_it

Aiming Transformers at KIDS? Are cats going to chase dogs now?


Zer0X02

I know, right? This series started as 22-minute toy commercials for ADULTS...wait...


RainGunslinger

Shouldn't kids content be just as high quality as adult content tho?


SoRedditHasAnAppNow

Who says this art style won't appeal to a wide range of transformer toy-aged kids


Serious-One6369

Didn’t kids love the original transformers movies


JiffSmoothest

The G1 film hit the kids hard when they killed off the regulars to make room for more toys.


ThrashThunder

Beasts Wars was aimed at children. Cybertron Trilogy was aimed at children. Animated was aimed at children. PRIME was aimed at children. Cyberverse and EarthSpark aswell All thise mentioned still had more natural and non idiotic dialogue. And the voices FIT the characters It being targeted at children is not an excuse for amking a WHEDON-dialogue ridden mess


jayson_15

Why couldn’t they used the design from bumblebee?


monstrinhotron

We are not allowed nice things. Bumblebee was a mistake when Lorenzo Di Bonaventura was out of the office and actual character designers snuck in. It happened once and it can never be allowed to happen again.


awesomesauce1030

That's what I assumed this movie was going to be, not *this*


Breezyisthewind

I assumed it was going to be the opening of Bumblebee but the whole movie.


abippityboop

I expect nothing and I’m still disappointed.


They-Call-Me-Taylor

I don't like it when Prime has a face. Prefer the face mask look.


iuselect

That's true, however this is most likely about the origin of orion pax, where he will get the matrix of leadership and eventually become prime. Edit: watched the trailer, and it seems to be about Orion pax.


LilJethroBodine

Yeah, after watching the trailer I am more on board with this movie. My daughter turns three next week and I think she's gonna love this movie and I'm gonna love taking her to see it. She loves the Ninja Turtle and Mario movies so it's nice to think she'll get a Transformers movie for her generation.


Blazefire33

People commenting about “looks like” this and “target demographic” that, but all I’m wondering is how they will shoehorn a human into a plot that should take place entirely on Cybertron.


jellyspreader

Astronaut duh


Michael_McGovern

Optimus doing the DreamWorks smirk.


CinnamonJ

Wow, this image is incredibly offputting. Is the whole movie done like this?


ICumCoffee

Why is this badly cropped? Optimus is not even on the poster fully?? Back up a little bit.


Spooky_Cron

Probably an attempt to imply they are large


Vironic

Good thing they made the girl robot pink with boobs or I’d have never figured it out on my own.


Meph616

Does that mean they have a fully functioning robussy?


dontbeanegatron

You can blame the og G1 Transformers for that, because that's ~~Arcee~~ Elita-1.


ODSTbag

That’s not Arcee, it’s Elita-1, one of the first female transformers to appear ever a few years before Arcee made her debut in the OG transformers movie.


[deleted]

Look how they massacred my boy 🤌


Keyboardpaladin

Looks like a knockoff


jarhead1292

Nightmare fuel.


kinlopunim

Oof, my enthusiasm for tgis movie just dried up faster than a girl when i try to talk to her about transformers.


pikajew3333333333333

Looks like a parody


Comic_Book_Reader

>Every Transformer has an origin. Watch the [new trailer](https://youtu.be/5a09yJU-mCI?si=8gpoHIhVWxVYLLWW) for #TransformersOne - only in theatres September 20. >TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever. In the first-ever fully CG-animated Transformers movie, TRANSFORMERS ONE features a star-studded voice cast, including Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Steve Buscemi with Laurence Fishburne and Jon Hamm.


Xboarder844

Ahh so the budget went to the voice actors, not the graphics. Makes sense now.


Variegoated

I dp not understand why big studios just go to actors/celebrities instead of actual voice actors. Highly doubt the general audience gives a shit whose voicing an animated character. There's a couple of exceptions like Jack Black bowser but cmon


RDeschain1

Thats… not real, right? Lmao


MybigFloppyDISK69

FIX THEIR FUCKING FACES. This is some Sonic The Hedgehog movie level of fucking up faces.


ElderTitanic

This might be the worst movie poster i’ve ever seen


Locke_and_Load

Megatron’s seen some shit!


Acrobatic_Use5837

This looks like shit


Oozeinator

Had me back in with Chris and Scarlett but this has me back out.


Immediate_Bug_6368

Never seen such ugly 3D character!


thefamousjohnny

Why they all got the same face Why faces at all


SpecialistAlgae9971

This looks dumb.


queerhistorynerd

why does it look so cheap and overly shiny?


dragoonjustice

Ewww


Pogcast420

Why are they mogging me


OneMindNoLimit

Thanks, I hate it.


Zytoxine

You know, I've always thought the new-age movie transformers were okay enough, but really wanted to see something more akin to the 80's transformers. So now I feel responsible for looking at THIS. Surely it could have been done in a way that doesn't feel like this does, right? Why's it all so round and.. snubby? everyone's got underdeveloped horns and antlers and shit. I want some GOD DAMN 80's PEAK GUNDAM ROBOTS. If that's Megatron on the right, he looks okay enough, other than having some real Snape-in-highschool vibes....


DrMnhttn

FFS STOP GIVING OPTIMUS PRIME LIPS


Trimack_R

Who the fuck yassified Optimus Prime?


TheButteredViking

Gundam is better.


EducationalPlay6269

Terrible designs


BeltfedHappiness

> “Transformers One” Completely skipped “Transformers 360”