View Full Version : IMAX release .. how much extended is it?
wingzero
09-03-2007, 08:16 AM
There is still no official info regarding how many more minutes have been added to the Transformers IMAX release, some rumors say up to 20minutes+ added scenes but nothing official.
What can we expect from it ? Is it really going to be extended by 20mins+ new scenes and more CGI was then rendered for it or is it going to have just a 2-5 minutes+ added scenes ?
Anyway I hope that the discs releases expected for December will feature the extended IMAX cut both on DVD and HD-DVD (since there is no Blu-Ray anymore, you know...).
brAnd7onX
09-03-2007, 02:25 PM
that would be cool if there was a good chunk of 20 minutes added and hopefully those 20 minutes will feature more robots. I think it will because this movie made so much with just a 150 mil budget and there are many complaints about not enough CGI so maybe all of our wishes will come true :) and I suspect that this will probably be in the bonus features of the DVD to come out... All I know is that this is gonna be the best DVD ever because of all of the bonus stuff!
brAnd7onX
09-03-2007, 02:28 PM
P.S. cant wait for sept. 21st!!!!!!
nelson
09-03-2007, 02:29 PM
As far as I know, there might not be any extra footage.
brAnd7onX
09-03-2007, 04:01 PM
Well I read from Paramount that there is gaurenteed new footage whether it be something very small. That's an oral contract!
nelson
09-03-2007, 04:19 PM
Well I read from Paramount that there is gaurenteed new footage whether it be something very small. That's an oral contract!
When did Paramount promise such thing? The fact that Superhero Hype reported it doesn't mean jack. Last time I contacted Bay he said it was still up in the air.
Personally, they should leave new footage for the DVD. Leave the theatrical release as is.
Z28 Autobot
09-03-2007, 04:46 PM
idk..look what extra footage did for Star Wars..
One thing is if there is..more of the car chase..even if its 30 seconds more..
or maybe for a personal point the footage from Boston.. ;)
wingzero
09-03-2007, 04:51 PM
When did Paramount promise such thing? The fact that Superhero Hype reported it doesn't mean jack. Last time I contacted Bay he said it was still up in the air.
Personally, they should leave new footage for the DVD. Leave the theatrical release as is.
Regarding the rumored DVD/HD-DVD prequel feature, can you confirm that it's going to be a cartoon episode like some sites have recently reported ? If that's the case I would find it really disappointing, the new Transformers cartoon serie is really childish, the previews I watched on the 'net were disappointing, I was expecting some top notch anime-style production like the original G1 and instead they are delivering a version aimed at little kids with quite cheap/low detailed animation...
Anyway, regarding the Transformers movie prequel I was expecting that Paramount/Dreamworks would have spent some money into delivering an high-quality CGI feature to show us Cybertron. From rumors is not really clear if it's going to be a prequel to the first or the second movie either.
No CGI prequel it's a disappointment anyway and the new cartoon production is not suited to adults, no top-notch CGI like in the movie will mean that practically no adults will get interested into watching such a prequel, it will look cheap stuff. Only a serious CGI feature would have been considered something worth having by the majority of people who watched the theatrical release. If it's a cartoon feature then it's not going to boost DVD sales for sure and practically no one will get interested into watching that cartoon in HDTV on HD-DVD, that's the point here. CGI looks cool, perfect, amazing, worth watching by 99% of adults .. the Anime like G1 original serie would aim at now adults fans of the serie but the new cartoon production is not on par with either the movie nor the G1 serie, and adults won't care about it.
nelson
09-03-2007, 05:07 PM
idk..look what extra footage did for Star Wars..
One thing is if there is..more of the car chase..even if its 30 seconds more..
or maybe for a personal point the footage from Boston.. ;)
They did show the boston footage. It was the bit where the taxi arrives at Anthony Anderson's house.
are tickets even on sale yet? :confused:
devonnewberry
09-03-2007, 06:28 PM
I'm looking forward to it, I'll be seeing it anyway!!!
brAnd7onX
09-03-2007, 08:59 PM
well personally i dont care if they add footage or not because its gonna be amazing to see it in IMAX and I can't wait! And I don't think tickets are on sale yet and probably wont be until about a week before the release. So a little over a week and you can buy your tickets!
Film Freak
09-03-2007, 09:27 PM
[Hi, long-time reader here, just decided to register finally. This is my first post.]
So no one knows whether the extra footage will mostly be comedy scenes or action scenes?
I can't help but think about that extended cut of Spider-Man 2 which has 8 minutes or so added to the original cut and it's all action (and apparently kicks ass - personally, I haven't seen this new cut).
I sure hope the extra footage will be on the DVD (since I live in France and they won't be re-releasing it here).
Barricade643
09-03-2007, 11:10 PM
I'd definitely go to see it (even without extra footage) if there was an IMAX where i live.
I don't think tickets are on sale yet and probably wont be until about a week before the release. So a little over a week and you can buy your tickets!
Quite a relief to hear it.:) (anyway I booked my airline tickets to United States already.)
r-type
09-04-2007, 12:45 AM
I don't really care at this point. It's ultimately just another excuse to go see it in theaters for me, and with much better sound!! :)
Galvatron
09-04-2007, 07:33 PM
I don't really care at this point. It's ultimately just another excuse to go see it in theaters for me, and with much better sound!! :)
And much better picture too! :p
I hope my local Imax theater decides to show it even if it did not have extra footage then I'd still see it at least twice more.
:cool:
xAgonyxScenex
09-04-2007, 09:54 PM
the only extra footage i would want in it is if any of the action scenes have extended versions, other then that, i would prefer any more talking parts to stay on the DVd....that and i swear we better get a 2 CD DVD packed with features! =)
Sillypuddy
09-05-2007, 01:11 AM
The IMAX should not have new footage...5 times viewed and I know I missed stuff still...when you are sitting in the theater like this..:eek:.. you...well more importantly me...miss footage...leave the new footage for the dvd.
The extended footage should be included for the IMAX release. Otherwise what's the point in seeing it in IMAX? A big picture and sound is not enough for me.
r-type
09-05-2007, 12:30 PM
The extended footage should be included for the IMAX release. Otherwise what's the point in seeing it in IMAX? A big picture and sound is not enough for me. There is no other point to TF:IMAX. Bigger picture, better sound, that's all (IMO). Those two factors are enough to get me in there. Extra content? Definately would be icing on the cake, but ultimately irrelevant, especially if it was/turns out to be cutting-room fodder to begin with and not extra actual robot footage. (which I doubt they would have wasted given the $$$$/per robot)
There is no other point to TF:IMAX. Bigger picture, better sound, that's all (IMO). Those two factors are enough to get me in there. Extra content? Definately would be icing on the cake, but ultimately irrelevant, especially if it was/turns out to be cutting-room fodder to begin with and not extra actual robot footage. (which I doubt they would have wasted given the $$$$/per robot)
I'm sure though that the scenes have been filmed just the rendering wasn't done. It just bugs me that they cut some of the most important scenes out like Barricade getting killed.
nelson
09-05-2007, 02:21 PM
The extended footage should be included for the IMAX release. Otherwise what's the point in seeing it in IMAX? A big picture and sound is not enough for me.
http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/imax-xtra-footage.html
Awesome! Thank you, Nelson!
Galvatron
09-05-2007, 05:21 PM
Only two more minutes ? Hmm, I would have thought it would be more than that but I would still see it even if it was the same as the theatrical version.
Depending upon the footage I might not notice a difference at all if it's that little.
I hope my Imax theater decides to show it!
Mooseakolopsatron
09-05-2007, 07:31 PM
That was...incredibly anti-climatic. It was like "ADDITIONAL FOOTAGE!?!!!?! Two minutes?"
Oh well, I was hyped to see it in IMAX long before I knew there was additional footage so two more minutes is two more reasons for me to be even more excited about the IMAX release. Here's hoping for Prime crushing Barricade....
devonnewberry
09-05-2007, 09:30 PM
Nelson, is it that taxi footage you talked about?
Mooseakolopsatron
09-06-2007, 01:45 AM
After seeing it again tonight, I've concluded that the best possible scenario would be about 30 seconds of Prime destroying Barricade, with the other minute and a half dedicated to his fight with Megs :D
darthrage
09-06-2007, 03:42 AM
Maybe we will finally find out what happens to Barricade
Xsubs
09-06-2007, 06:00 AM
Only two more minutes ? Hmm, I would have thought it would be more than that but I would still see it even if it was the same as the theatrical version.
Depending upon the footage I might not notice a difference at all if it's that little.
I hope my Imax theater decides to show it!
If you think about it, an extra 2 minutes in a movie is quite long.
barricade505
09-06-2007, 07:41 AM
:DYes!!! i cant wait to see the extra 2 minutes .....what happened to barricade?Saleen is going to produce 200 super cars for 2008 that resemble closely to barricade.i checked local laws and found that i could paint my car like this and went to the movie premiere in it!!! the local cops went crazy and kept pulling me over and found the law wasnt broken.i cant wait for part 2 of TF as it is .....the story needs to be told...ahhhhh...hahahahahahjus kidden:o i cant wait to go to 2 in it!!!Prime cant be the champion over barricade....too many soldiers were lost to him....and then Jazz died....oh no!!!one character.if the decepticons ruined life in Cybetron,how come they suck so bad against PRIME?And then there is Megatron....picken on little guys and being defeated the way he did..believable.i believed his character to dispise humans ,when he flicked one and stated"filthy!"Someones gotta redeem the decepticons cause three movies of decepticon slap around is too much.the death of prime made my seven yr.old literally cry when he died on the animated movie.he didnt even know what transformers were until we saw the movie trailer.up until then he didnt care for transformers.onward my decepticon allies...TRANSFORM AND TERRORIZE !!!!!!! My point is this ,Megatron revived by cube and energies maybe from a top secret nuclear sub patroling the area where they dropped off the bodies. and maybe the death of prime .No Rodimus....bumblebee must be the important next leader due to his characters relationship to sam...MAYYYYYYBEEEEEEEE,maybe not.
darthrage
09-06-2007, 12:08 PM
yeah, the movie is already 2 hour 20 minutes. So you wouldn't want to add more than 10 minutes if anything at all. I'm happy with 2 additional minutes. I dunno if it is an action sequence or part of but if it is, an additional 2 minutes of action will be awesome!!
And when you really think about it, action sequences don't last very long in movies. I think the Blackout sequence could not be more than 6 minutes long from the moment he started transforming. So adding another 2 minutes to a 6 minute action sequence would be freaking crazy!! :)
:DYes!!! i cant wait to see the extra 2 minutes .....what happened to barricade?Saleen is going to produce 200 super cars for 2008 that resemble closely to barricade.i checked local laws and found that i could paint my car like this and went to the movie premiere in it!!! the local cops went crazy and kept pulling me over and found the law wasnt broken.i cant wait for part 2 of TF as it is .....the story needs to be told...ahhhhh...hahahahahahjus kidden:o i cant wait to go to 2 in it!!!Prime cant be the champion over barricade....too many soldiers were lost to him....and then Jazz died....oh no!!!one character.if the decepticons ruined life in Cybetron,how come they suck so bad against PRIME?And then there is Megatron....picken on little guys and being defeated the way he did..believable.i believed his character to dispise humans ,when he flicked one and stated"filthy!"Someones gotta redeem the decepticons cause three movies of decepticon slap around is too much.the death of prime made my seven yr.old literally cry when he died on the animated movie.he didnt even know what transformers were until we saw the movie trailer.up until then he didnt care for transformers.onward my decepticon allies...TRANSFORM AND TERRORIZE !!!!!!! My point is this ,Megatron revived by cube and energies maybe from a top secret nuclear sub patroling the area where they dropped off the bodies. and maybe the death of prime .No Rodimus....bumblebee must be the important next leader due to his characters relationship to sam...MAYYYYYYBEEEEEEEE,maybe not.
LOL I remember you on the news. You're a joker... fuck the cops.
http://www.michaelbay.com/blog/files/imax-xtra-footage.html
Thanks again man for that info. Glad to hear they're at least rewarding us a bit with going to see it in IMAX :)
Galvatron
09-06-2007, 02:29 PM
If you think about it, an extra 2 minutes in a movie is quite long.
Truew but it all depends upon which two minutes it is ?
If it's action or cgi shots then that might make all the difference if it's just blab blab then probably not for a film like this.
Regardless, extra footage or not I'd still see it again if my local Imax theater decides to show it.
what0080
09-06-2007, 04:21 PM
I'm not sure if this has been asked yet, but which IMAX theaters will this be playing in. It won't be much of anything if it isn't playing near anyone. Me, I live in NY so I desperately hope it's coming here...
Galvatron
09-06-2007, 05:10 PM
I'm not sure if this has been asked yet, but which IMAX theaters will this be playing in. It won't be much of anything if it isn't playing near anyone. Me, I live in NY so I desperately hope it's coming here...
You'd have to search google or check your local theater, my local Imax theater is still undecided
Galvatron
09-09-2007, 11:12 PM
YAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO !!! My local Imax theater has finally updated their site and they will be showing Transformers on September 21st after all !
They were on the fence about it for a long time but this is great news!
:D
YAAAAAAAHOOOOOOOOO !!! My local Imax theater has finally updated their site and they will be showing Transformers on September 21st after all !
They were on the fence about it for a long time but this is great news! :D
Congrats, Galvatron!
I just checked Imax.com, the theater I'm going to see will be showing Transformers too! *high fives* :D
barricade505
09-10-2007, 08:34 AM
come to think of it....i better check too....crap!!!!!:eek: