I've never seen a single one of these movies and I don't feel like I'm missing anything worthwhile.

I've never seen a single one of these movies and I don't feel like I'm missing anything worthwhile.

Thanks for taking the time to enter my beloved thread to share how indifferent you feel toward the franchise.

I once met a fellow young millennial (perhaps in his early twenties) with a tattoo on each of his shoulders. One of the Autobot insignia, the other of the Decepticons.

Although I did not prompt him for a more in-depth explanation about his choice of tattoos, he did share with me that the cybernetic organisms depicted in Transformers media were like him. Just looking for a world. Even as a Transformers fan only introduced to the property through the Bay films, I understand exactly what he meant.

These films and the plethora of media and toys before them touch something deep and universal among fans of all ages. It's a shame you're not in on it, moviefreak732. But if you ever decide to give the franchise a shot, we are here. We are waiting.

I would have to say exactly the same. And I'm more curious why the trailers failed to entice me at all than about what I'm missing. I even wanted to see the new G.I. Joes more, but somehow never happened yet either.

And, hey, I do still love the old animated full-length feature - where Orson Welles is a planet-devouring planet. That one and the oldest cartoons from the 80s - the original jerky animation and simplicity, the iconic sounds and voiceovers - are how Transformers were always able to hypnotize me back in the prehistoric age.

you haven't cared about a thread so much since DP posted the newsgroup link with the Revenge of the Sith telesync. It warms the heart to feel your passion once again it only took a billion dollar transaction and a Mark Wahlberg vehicle.

It’s been an amazing journey with Transformers. Ready for another ride, Optimus?

Transformers starts production this week in Cuba.

I’ve been living in this franchise for over 10 years now. For Transformers: The Last Knight, we put together a writers’ room designed to greatly expand our mythology, integrating our films in a whole new way. Every movie will interlink.

It was a huge task to expand mythology from the beginning of the world throughout history. We had a great team of writers: Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind); Art Marcum & Matt Holloway (Iron Man); Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down); Zak Penn (Ready Player One); Lindsey Beer (Barbie); Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Tomb Raider); Christina Hodson (Bumblebee); Steven DeKnight (Daredevil, Smallville); Jeff Pinkner (The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Lost); and Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari (Ant-Man).

Through the summer of 2015, they worked in a huge space on the Paramount lot, surrounded by over 10,000 concept images from the franchise’s history: the movies, cartoons, and comic books. They had a life-size Bumblebee, a Megatron head, and many other props staring them down. We pulled from everything. It was a fan’s dream room.

We brought in Transformers historians from Hasbro to educate them on where Transformers has been – so that they could figure out where it can go.

I can safely say that there’s never been a Transformers film with the huge visual scope and expansive mythology as this movie, The Last Knight.

It’s bittersweet for me. With every Transformers film, I’ve said it would be my last. I see the 120 million fans around the world who see these movies, the huge theme park lines to the ride and the amazing Make- A-Wish kids who visit my sets, and it somehow keeps drawing me back. I love doing these movies. This film was especially fun to shoot. But, this time might really be it. So I’m blowing this one out.

It’s a final chapter and a new beginning. Here’s the writers’ log line:

The Last Knight shatters the core myths of the Transformers franchise, and redefines what it means to be a hero. Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).

There comes a moment in everyone’s life when we are called upon to make a difference.

In Transformers: The Last Knight, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.