Roundup of Transformers One Movie Reviews from Fan Favorite Youtubers

I went to see the movie again today and the specific screening I saw was a subtitled one. Since I had the whole room all to myself, I was able to whip out my phone and take some notes on some things I observed in the subtitles:

- This first thing went by really fast and so may need to be double-checked: The two guards who chase Orion Pax in the archives at the beginning of the movie refer to themselves as "KDQ-12" and "KDQ-1".

- Throughout the entire movie, the subtitles consistently spelled Elita's full name as "Elita One" (like how her G1 cartoon counterpart's name was spelled in the script for the episode "The Search for Alpha Trion"). However, this stands in contrast to how both the voice cast list in the end credits, as well as Hasbro's current trademark for all toys of her, spell her name as "Elita-1".

- Names of Iacon 5000 racers I caught being spoken aloud (by D-16, Orion, or the announcer) were "Thunderglide", "Behemoth", "Strafe", "Skyfire", "Darkwing", "Spinout", "Jetstorm", and "Chromia", all spelled like so in the subtitles.

-After the race, a female voice paged "Dr. Ratchet" to report to "Medical Bay 94" (this one also went by quick, and could have been a different number like "84").

- B-127's two nicknames were consistently spelled as just "B" (like how D-16's nickname is just "D") and "Badassatron", clarifying that neither are spelled "Bee" or "Badassitron" as some fans have used. Also, whenever B spoke his other nickname in the deep voice, the subs consistently spelled that version as "Badassatronnnn" with four Ns at the end.

- The names of B's three lifeless "friends" made of junk were spelled "EP-508", "A-A-Tron", and "Steve" (though, the first two also went by quick, so they too may need to be double-checked).

- When Orion Pax speaks of the "Quintesson war", the subs spell it like so, with a lowercase W in "War", making it look less like a formal name for the war and more just a descriptor.

- Elita's "go-bots" insult was spelled like so, hyphenated and in all-lowercase.

- "High Guard" was consistently spelled like so as two separate words, all except for one instance where Elita called them "High-Guard nutjobs", hyphenating it instead.

And a more casual observation that Orion once used the phrase "My God" (spelled like that with an uppercase G in the subs), which felt odd and very Earth-specific given that B used "Holy Primus" at one point earlier. Elita also used "Hell" at least once. I know these are movies made by Earth humans who are going to make these alien characters speak like Earth humans to make them sound natural and relatable to Earth-human audiences, but still. It took me out of the moment for a sec.

I don't know who any of these people are.

I don't care who any of these people are

We do have a spoiler thread. Post it there and no need for spoiler tags.

Is the movie worth seeing in 3D?

ScottyP wrote:I don't know who any of these people are.

I don't care who any of these people are

Let me tell you:

Chris Stuckman
Used to be a decent reviewer but doesn't critisize movies anymore since he made one of his own. In short he's a hypocrite and doesn't really say anything in his reviews anymore.

Second guy I don't know

John Campea, absolute industry shill. Defends absolute garbage stuff. Very little credibility.

Jeremy Jahns
Good guy, tells when he sees crap. Fun guy, Soul Reaver 1 fan so I'm biased as hell.

IGN
A commercial media channel, so take anything they say with a meteor of salt.

noctorro wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I don't know who any of these people are.

I don't care who any of these people are

Let me tell you:

Jeremy Jahns
Good guy, tells when he sees crap. Fun guy, Soul Reaver 1 fan so I'm biased as hell.

I'm not surprised that the one with the least annoying look on his face in the thumbnail is the only good one. Wow, Soul Reaver, that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I loved that game when it came out, sequels weren't terrible either. Bounced off of the first Legacy of Kain several times, just couldn't get into it, but yeah the rest was solid.

Rodimus Prime wrote:Is the movie worth seeing in 3D?

I saw it 3D, but got so into it that I forgot it was 3D.

I stand by my choice of 3D over IMAX, since there was so much to take in during crowd scenes like the race that a wider screen might have just resulted in me missing some of the action/possible cameos. IDR anything lunging at the camera, but the transformations probably lose a little something in 2D.

noctorro wrote:

ScottyP wrote:I don't know who any of these people are.

I don't care who any of these people are

Let me tell you:

Chris Stuckman
Used to be a decent reviewer but doesn't critisize movies anymore since he made one of his own. In short he's a hypocrite and doesn't really say anything in his reviews anymore.

Second guy I don't know

John Campea, absolute industry shill. Defends absolute garbage stuff. Very little credibility.

Jeremy Jahns
Good guy, tells when he sees crap. Fun guy, Soul Reaver 1 fan so I'm biased as hell.

IGN
A commercial media channel, so take anything they say with a meteor of salt.

The second guy is Dan Murrel who used to work at Screen junkies, the people who write Honest Trailers, and employ fellow Seibertronian and voice actor in this very film Jon Bailey.

Looks like Transformers One is going to have an uphill battle at the box office. The film was predicted to make upwards of 30 million dollars this week-end BUT it looks like it will be making 5 million less. Numbers are not final, but as of now the estimates are that it will have made 25 million this week-end and coming in second place to Beetlejuice which made one million more. Of course, as mentioned, these are early estimates and it could change who wins this week-end box office wise, but that doesn't change the fact that it's a much closer race than thought.

And it's too bad since Transformers One is liked by fans, critics and the general movie going public. Its Cinemascore, which is an average of the ranking gave in exit polls that predicts the longevity of a film is an A. That is an amazing score, and the same score given to films like Avengers Endgame and Inside Out 2 (and a ton of other movies that did amazing at the box office). For comparison, Rise of the Beasts and Bumblebee had an A- while The Last Knight had a B+, and The Marvels got a B (just to show the gammet).

This cinemascore means that the conversation on box office is just beginning as other films that opened low with great scores still came out on top, like Bumblebee and Elemental. As for international box office, Transformers One and it's competitor next week, The Wild Robot, have a staggered worldwide release so it won't be obvious how well either film does overall right away. We will keep you covered week to week.

Below is an excerpt from The Hollywood Reporter, which shows how it's still too early to judge Transformers One as a success or flop.

The jury is out on the film’s ultimate fate. The modestly budgeted event pic, co-financed by Habro, cost $75 million to produce before marketing, which minimizes the sting of the weak domestic opening. The hope now is that it can find its footing and enjoy a long run in theaters based on such strong exits and reviews, although the entry of DreamWorks Animation and Universal’s The Wild Robot next weekend could complicated matters, at least on the family front. (Wild Robot commenced its international rollout in eight markets over the weekend, earning $6.9 million, which includes a paltry $4 million from China.)

I was afraid of this when there were only 8 people besides myself in the 3D showing on Friday. It was 1:00 PM though, and I assumed more families would come to see it once kids were out of school.

Oh well, at least it isn't too far below projections, and seems to be getting mostly positive word of mouth.

While there is no release date yet, Amazon has the preorder up for the Transformers One home video release. We now know what the standard cover will look like and what the Steelbook cover will look like. Images and links are below.

Amazon.com

DVD https://www.amazon.ca/Transformers-One- ... 8&qid=&sr=?tag=seibertron0b-20&
Steelbook https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0DGV6 ... UTF8&psc=1?tag=seibertron0b-20&

Amazon.ca

DVD https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-One ... 836&sr=8-1?tag=seibertron07-20&
Steelbook https://www.amazon.com/Transformers-Ste ... 156&sr=8-1?tag=seibertron07-20&

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Steelbook

I just came back from the movie and yup.

Hands down the BEST Transformers movie so far. Everything clicks, everything makes sense, and not a single cringe moment, nor forced current day "message". This will make TF1 TIMELESS. It will be as good in 50 years as it is right now.

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just came back from the movie and yup.

Hands down the BEST Transformers movie so far. Everything clicks, everything makes sense, and not a single cringe moment, nor forced current day "message". This will make TF1 TIMELESS. It will be as good in 50 years as it is right now.

Do you also think the badassatron joke paid off? Because i was surprised it did

Proabably some franchise fatigue have something to do with the slower start?

Some "fans" that can only accept a TF media in a narrowly defined "acceptable" way might also have hurt the box office?

cloudballoon wrote:Proabably some franchise fatigue have something to do with the slower start?

Some "fans" that can only accept a TF media in a narrowly defined "acceptable" way might also have hurt the box office?

Well, seeing as there was a TF movie in theaters last year, a lot of more casual fans probably find it odd that there's an origin movie so soon after, if they assume origin=reboot.

And to clarify, RotB is my third favorite live action TF film after AofE and Bee Movie, so please don't assume I'm implying its quality (averageness) was the problem. I think it is partly recent film frequency and not necessarily long-term franchise fatigue.

william-james88 wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:I just came back from the movie and yup.

Hands down the BEST Transformers movie so far. Everything clicks, everything makes sense, and not a single cringe moment, nor forced current day "message". This will make TF1 TIMELESS. It will be as good in 50 years as it is right now.

Do you also think the badassatron joke paid off? Because i was surprised it did

"Who wants to get cut?"

Also, I do hope y'all stayed for the post-credits scene.

Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

Bumblevivisector wrote:

cloudballoon wrote:Proabably some franchise fatigue have something to do with the slower start?

Some "fans" that can only accept a TF media in a narrowly defined "acceptable" way might also have hurt the box office?

Well, seeing as there was a TF movie in theaters last year, a lot of more casual fans probably find it odd that there's an origin movie so soon after, if they assume origin=reboot.

And to clarify, RotB is my third favorite live action TF film after AofE and Bee Movie, so please don't assume I'm implying its quality (averageness) was the problem. I think it is partly recent film frequency and not necessarily long-term franchise fatigue.

Oh no, I'm not targetting you specifically. I meant the casual general population might have the franchise fatigue that's hitting the Star Wars, MCU, DC, Ghostbusters franchises these few years. Likely for the reasons you said. Also, some might no longer be interested in TF anymore after AOE/TLK.

You got your bum in the theater, that's not the type of "fans" I was talking about. Those won't even go to see TF1 "on principle" because of their negative reception from the trailer(s) or their perceived plot points (eg. hating OP & Megs as "brothers" pre-war, believing Elita-1 a "woke girl-boss" without knowing the nuance, etc.) or whatever.

People have their valid/invalid resons to go see a movie or not. I respect that and rather not judge, I do like to analyse and try to understand their reasons though.

Even if TF1 is underperforming, I'm already very happy the TF movie-verse changed direction for the better(IMO, of course) by going with animation and rooted in Cybertron and not Earth (for now). Going with animation brings down the production cost and help with the TF movie franchise's longevity. I really hope whatever its final officebox numbers will be, it's enough to warrant sequels.

I'm terms of ranking, it's '86 as the "forever #1" because I'm biased towards trad hand drawn animation. BBM & '07 is kind of tied as #2 (objectively I think BBM is a better movie, but '07 started the modern TF movie franchise so that get the nostgalia/respect credit, so I go back and forth between betweem as the "best" of live-action films) and ROTB comes after. The other Bay don't really get much of a rewatch for me (I'd rather YouTube the action sequences than pull out the discs).

Dino-Snarl wrote:Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

Dino-Snarl wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

When I saw it on Friday, I had the whole room to myself. No one else had bought tickets to that screening, so I was the only one in the theater room.

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

When I saw it on Friday, I had the whole room to myself. No one else had bought tickets to that screening, so I was the only one in the theater room.

Heaven.

Dino-Snarl wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

Dino-Snarl wrote:Won't watch it in theatres. Don't go anymore. Bought the DVD.

You're only hurting the movie's chances of box office success by doing that.

Can't be helped. We haven't seen a movie in theatres for 7 years. prefer being at home alone. Introvert thing.

When I saw it on Friday, I had the whole room to myself. No one else had bought tickets to that screening, so I was the only one in the theater room.

Heaven.

So basically, check the websites of your local theaters and look to see if there are any screenings on any days that no one has purchased tickets for. The best times for this would likely be morning or early afternoon showings on weekdays, when most people are at work/school. Friday was my day off from work so that enabled me to catch the empty-room screening at 1:15pm.

There wasn't much people in my theatre room either. But there was 3 or 4 LOUD toddlers.

Man, I was really worried about this. There was not one other person in the theater when my family and I went. I couldn't believe it. Even bad movies have a better turn out, and TF One was phenomenal! If this thing fails, we're going to get nothing but Bayverse shlock until the end of time...

In my neck of the woods, while the Friday screening I went to was empty, I looked up the Thursday night screenings the night before and many of those had very few empty seats left. And at multiple theaters on the Saturday before, the Early Access screenings were all packed full (I myself had to drive over to a theater near downtown in order to see it that day, since the Early Access screening at my closest theater was completely sold out). So it looks like more people went to the pre-release screenings instead of the day-of-release ones. That tells me that more people than normal were eager to see the movie sooner than later.

I saw it twice. On Friday afternoon there were maybe 10 more people in the theater with me, but it was 1 o'clock so I figure a lot of people were still at work and in school. I went again Saturday night because I wanted to see it with a crowd, and the 9 PM showing had 3 other people besides me. It was very disappointing. Should've seen it at 5 or 7.

I enjoyed the movie just as much as the 1st time, and after the 1st 10 minutes the shock wore off and I immersed myself in the film. I definitely hope it gets a sequel, it's in the top 3 of TF movies for me right now. Once the hype wears off, it'll probably still be top 5.

I think there is product fatigue with the general audience, as I'm sure TF fans did go see it. But as it was with Bumblebee, the better film suffers due to its predecessor being an utter turd. If TLK never happened, Bumblebee would've done better, and if that dumpsterfire RoTB wasn't allowed to become reality, this movie would have done better as well.

Sabrblade wrote:So it looks like more people went to the pre-release screenings instead of the day-of-release ones. That tells me that more people than normal were eager to see the movie sooner than later.

I dunno - that sounds to me like existing TF fans who were anticipating it went to see it as soon as possible, but the general public ignored it? That's worrying. I hope word of mouth picks up quickly, but there's no avoiding that the domestic opening fell well below what we (and presumably Hasbro/Paramount) hoped for - can't believe we were beaten out by the Beetlejuice cash grabsequel!

From what I can see, it should still be profitable - reviews are good and as a family film it hopefully has legs beyond the opening weekend - but not the smash hit we might have hoped for. I don't think it's brand "fatigue" so much as bad reputation from the tail end of the Bayverse, and a general lack of popularity in the kid market (insert rant about the biggest brand efforts of the last 10 years+ all being about chasing older fans, not attracting new ones).

As for me, I'll certainly be going to see it and adding my bit to the numbers... when it finally releases in another 3 weeks.

I really hope the word of mouth pays off and it has legs because this was fantastic.

I unfortunately had a super busy weekend. My son went with about 5 of his friends, they enjoyed it, I didn't ask about how crowded the theater was on Saturday night. Definitely feels strange; my son is a moderate fan, but he was more into it when he was younger, definitely is more interested in other things, which is fine. But he has already seen the film and I have not. Ill hopefully get to see it this coming weekend.

If the movie had a 'modest budget', as was said in the other article, then a softer opening week shouldn't be a huge concern...

As I understand it, its opening weekend was slightly higher than Bumblebee's, on roughly half the budget - and UK, Europe, S Korea and China haven't got it yet, so international revenue will definitely go up. I'm expecting it to be reasonably profitable in the end despite the disappointing US opening; the question is really what Hasbro/Paramount make of it, if anything (LdB did say they were planning on a trilogy, for what it's worth).

Glyph wrote:(LdB did say they were planning on a trilogy, for what it's worth).

I hope that's true, there's plenty more story to tell.

I'm optimistic on the overall office box finanicals that it'll be quite profitable for its budget at the end. Turning around the downward spiral on ROI since AOE/TLK. TF:1 will help get rid of the bad taste gen pop got on AOE/TLK and for some, ROTB and BBM. Ultimately, with mostly positive impressions of TF:1, it'll help make TF1's sequel a reality.

cloudballoon wrote:I'm optimistic on the overall office box finanicals that it'll be quite profitable for its budget at the end. Turning around the downward spiral on ROI since AOE/TLK. TF:1 will help get rid of the bad taste gen pop got on AOE/TLK and for some, ROTB and BBM. Ultimately, with mostly positive impressions of TF:1, it'll help make TF1's sequel a reality.

The fact that the budget of that movie was quite small with no BLOAT nor reshoots festivals give it a good chance to break even despite the relatively low turnout.

Plus, there's one more thing going for the movie. The toy line sell like hot cakes.

These factors together makes the sequels a certainty.

My biggest concern is how much The Wild Robot is probably going to just destroy TF One's chances of success, as people are already predicting that movie as being Oscar-worthy.

Sabrblade wrote:My biggest concern is how much The Wild Robot is probably going to just destroy TF One's chances of success, as people are already predicting that movie as being Oscar-worthy.

The Oscars has been failing since at least a decade. What's being nominated no longer counts because the nominations are either bought, or they check the DEI boxes. Genuine good movies keep getting ignored while movies no one knows keep winning.

So, eh.

-Kanrabat- wrote:or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

Glyph wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

Why hiding the truth?

The boxes are checked, but people ain't buying.

Don't let toxic positivity ruin your things, when stating obvious criticism is forbidden.
That's what they did for the infamous Concord. Sure, that's a game, not a movie. But the comparison is the same. Concord would have sweep the gaming awards if the sales were at a sustainable minimum. Instead, Sony lost almost gulf a billion dollars and the game died after 1 week.

Anyway, these things are pretty over. Proof that there was internal memos to cut the DEI nonsense from Inside-Out 2.
The result: A BILLION at the box office.

Bumblevivisector wrote:I was afraid of this when there were only 8 people besides myself in the 3D showing on Friday. It was 1:00 PM though, and I assumed more families would come to see it once kids were out of school.

I saw it in 4DX opening night and was surprised that my friend and I had the theatre to ourselves.

I had hoped it was just because it was a weekday night and there wasn't a big 4DX crowd for this movie.

That said, word of mouth might be big here. This movie has been very highly praised and is getting a lot of hyping up online. This movie could end up doing better in the long-run than opening weekend.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

Glyph wrote:

-Kanrabat- wrote:or they check the DEI boxes

Oh give it a rest.

Why hiding the truth?

The boxes are checked, but people ain't buying.

Don't let toxic positivity ruin your things, when stating obvious criticism is forbidden.
That's what they did for the infamous Concord. Sure, that's a game, not a movie. But the comparison is the same. Concord would have sweep the gaming awards if the sales were at a sustainable minimum. Instead, Sony lost almost gulf a billion dollars and the game died after 1 week.

Anyway, these things are pretty over. Proof that there was internal memos to cut the DEI nonsense from Inside-Out 2.
The result: A BILLION at the box office.

As usual, you actually proved that anyone can validate any dumbass worldview by cherry-picking a few isolated statistics and claiming they're the only relevant factors behind some vague overarching trend. It's the same logic underlying the torrent of conspiracy theories influencing global politics today, as evidenced by Time Warner's suppression of the Batgirl and Wile E. Coyote movies, both of which are more relevant to this movie thread than whatever f@%king game you name-dropped.

THAT AM THE TRUTH.

To all the mods, I apologize in advance for derailing this thread, but even at the risk of feeding the trolls, someone had to say it this time.

I was just explaining why the Oscars are irrelevant since a few years.

And you threw an overemotional tantrum in response.

Imagine my shock.

We have more images of the Transformers One cards. Turns out these sre Chinese physical cards, some with holographic effect. While the Primes were the biggest news, since they were not clearly depicted in the film, it is nice to see other chars like Brawn, Sunstreaker and Ironhide. Some are cogless while others are cogged. There are a lot more cards than the ones shown below, as we can see from their indicated numbers. Hopefully the rest of the Primes subset will be found and shared.

I wonder if we'll ever get toys from these Primes? In the SS line, of course.

The first step would be to have a decent voyager class Studio Series Alpha Trion.

There are definitely days where you type out a whole thing and then think better of it.


Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline? Seems like a good opportunity to do some synergy. TBH the 13 have always been a part of TF lore that I find spectacularly uninteresting, but I will still be curious to see how they handle the subline (comparing to the POTP microfigs, at least).

Glyph wrote:Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline? Seems like a good opportunity to do some synergy.

See here.

Glyph wrote:TBH the 13 have always been a part of TF lore that I find spectacularly uninteresting, but I will still be curious to see how they handle the subline (comparing to the POTP microfigs, at least).

It isn't a subline. It's the next main line after Legacy United.

Sabrblade wrote:

Glyph wrote:Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline?

See here.

Cheers, I really meant design-wise rather than whether they get figures at all. I don't keep up with all the toy news so don't know whether we have any info on TF:One synergy. But I presume since they run from Deluxe up to Leader that they will get some proper designs of their own!

Sabrblade wrote:

Glyph wrote:the subline

It isn't a subline. It's the next main line after Legacy United.

Yeah OK, I stand corrected. That's splitting hairs even for you

Regardless of what future toys this portends, that pic of Quintus reaffirms my decision to hold on to good ol' Alpha Q. Was there ever any proposed fiction that might have repuruposed said Energon toy into Quintus Prime, ala Protoform Op into Prima?

Glyph wrote:There are definitely days where you type out a whole thing and then think better of it.


Anyway, the Primes. Do we know if this will be feeding into the Age of the Primes toyline? Seems like a good opportunity to do some synergy. TBH the 13 have always been a part of TF lore that I find spectacularly uninteresting, but I will still be curious to see how they handle the subline (comparing to the POTP microfigs, at least).

Some things are best left shrouded in the mystery of mythology, and the Thirteen Primes are definitely one of those things (see also: the pre-Hartnell live of the Doctor from Doctor Who). Any time Hasbro has tried to flesh out the Primes, they lose their enigma.

Case in point: The Fallen, starting out as the mysterious powerful Judas sporting a Satanic flame motif, and gradually evolving into "Megatronus," the incel of the group who betrayed them because the chick Prime friendzoned him.

JazZeke wrote:Case in point: The Fallen, starting out as the mysterious powerful Judas sporting a Satanic flame motif, and gradually evolving into "Megatronus," the incel of the group who betrayed them because the chick Prime friendzoned him.

But this time around, it wasn't Megatronus the traitor, but the usual suspect.

-Kanrabat- wrote:

JazZeke wrote:Case in point: The Fallen, starting out as the mysterious powerful Judas sporting a Satanic flame motif, and gradually evolving into "Megatronus," the incel of the group who betrayed them because the chick Prime friendzoned him.

But this time around, it wasn't Megatronus the traitor, but the usual suspect.

Megatronus' final thought: