People are saying transformers fans hate comedy. We don’t we just want the stories to take themselves seriously. G1 Beast Wars Animated and Prime are all hilarious and people love them because they have clever writing that knows when to balance out serious moments and doesn’t just use millennial mcu humor

Not interested in the Marvel humor they're going for. Transformers, to me, has always been semi serious with some humor sprinkled through. Not Thor: Love and Thunder.

“All you do is complain about everything!” No, Hasbro, we’re just complaining about crappy toys and crappy quality.

To quote Optimus Primal: "Die-cast molding, it's a lost art."

Kids still deserve stories that can challenge them.

Saw the Trailer, Nothing against Chris Hemsworth, but Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime

Remember when Transformers had metal pieces? 🤷

$15? Those happy meal looking knock offs? Hell no

Me: "Man why does this film have so much MCU humor?" *finds out the writers of Ant Man and The Wasp wrote this movie* "Oh..... that's why"

Transformers One is a kids' movie. Cool. Nothing wrong with that. But a kids' movie doesn't have to be 100% goofy comedy. One of my favorite movies of all time is The Transformers: The Movie (1986). You know why I loved that movie so much as a kid? Not because of the comedy (although that aspect was fine). I loved it because it told a compelling story of a group of heroes overcoming adversity to save Cybertron from the evil Unicron. That's the kind of movie Transformers One needs to be. Instead, it looks like they're making the same missteps that were made for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem.

Anyone who tries to excuse lesser work as "for kids" really just expose how they view kids, and how little respect they have for the future generations. There are many things that were made "for kids" in the past that are genuinely timeless. It is merely an excuse to do worse, and nothing more.

Inflation: what ISN'T expensive anymore!?!

When did Transformers become GOBOTS.

Back in the 90s / 80s "For Kids" didn't mean "no need to try."

We could have had more seasons of Beast Wars, Transformers Animated, or Transformers Prime for the cost of this movie.

Old toys invoked so much imagination from the children playing with them.

"This is bad comedy"

Personally as a hardcore Transformer's fan I'm mixed. The concept on paper sounds like it be an awesome idea. A movie focused on the time Optimus and Megatron were friends before the great war sounds dope but the tone of the movie is just personally throwing me off. Transformers isn't a franchise that needs MCU style humor even with more heart lighted series like Animated it still had serious moments without needing to crack a joke to break the tension. Hopefully it's just the trailer movies have been done dirty by trailers in the past so hopefully that's the case here hopefully.

Wow...just wow. Ive seen better transformers toys from McDonald's

The Megatron origin story of the abused psychotic miner is awesome, brutal and really fleshed out Megatron. Here he seems a jolly comedy character...

Simple - TF fans wanted a film based around the first act of the Bumblebee movie. You can certainly have humour but it was just MCU style throughout and just didn't stop. I can see why Peter Cullen and Frank Welker were not used, their voice casting would have looked out of place with whatever they were going for here.

If I had a nickel for every time a production involving Chris Hemsworth got flanderized,I'd have 2 nickels, which isn't much but it's strange it happened twice

Before seeing the trailer, 10/10. After watching it, 5/10. The stupid comedic one-liners during intense scenes just kills it.

This looks like every awful generic Hollywood animated script, but they decided to just claim two of the characters are Optimus and Megatron. This is just Elemental of whatever but with a brand slapped on it.

I mean I'm going to be honest the trailer doesn't look that bad. Their are difference that I don't like, but not too bad. The humor what throws me off of how unfunny it is as their trying so hard to be funny.

Optimus looks to be yellowing in the official product photos. Really inspiring confidence.

After 'Earthspark' I am not expecting anything good from Transformers ever again.

I still find it hilariously ironic that joke Beast Wars made in the episode, "The Agenda Part 3" where Primal says the line, "Die-cast construction! It's a lost art."

Personally as a Transformers fan I’m very mixed on it, on the one hand I don’t mind this buddy cop adventure with Orion & Megatron because if done right it would make it even more tragic when they become enemies like X-Men First Class and if the test screenings are anything to go by you can at least tell the people behind this movie actually care about the property (unlike Micheal Bay), but yeah the very MCU style humor and celebrity voice acting really threw me off, I’m still gonna give it the benefit of the doubt but I can see why so many are skeptical about this movie.

Wasn't Megatron a gladiator and optimus a librarian before hand?

I don't understand the obsession with making all movies high on comedy. If this movie has a more serious tone then I may watch it, but right now with this trailer it's a hardcore no. Which is sad because I love Transformers.

Hasbro, with a mischievous glint in its corporate eye, served up precisely what fans asked for... or so it seemed. What we got was akin to opening a beautifully wrapped present, only to find a whoopee cushion inside, ready to burst with the slightest pressure. Behold, a Transformers movie that could have been a majestic journey through the bowels of Cybertronian civilization but instead, morphed into a crony joke-filled, unserious abomination. It's as if the essence of every quip, gag, and one-liner from the MCU was distilled into its purest form, injected directly into the heart of Transformers, and left to marinate. Hasbro, in their generosity, believed they were gifting fans the ultimate experience. "You wanted Transformers without humans?" they said, a sly smile creeping across their faces. "Here it is, but with a twist! It's the Transformers as you've never seen them before: less like mighty warriors in a cosmic saga and more like characters in a prime-time sitcom." Thanks a lot, Hasbro.

When is Hasbro going to sell the franchise to Takara Tomy? They co-own the franchise and make better toys than them.

Was put off by Megatron's voice

NOOOOO! JUST GIVE US THE BUMBLEBEE INTRO BUT 2 HOURS! WTF WERE THEY THINKING!

LMFAO the beauty of KZfaq playing the Paramount trailer for this turd of a movie before this video is just awe inspiring!

To be honest while I do get what they were going for it didn’t really do anything for me, I’m not opposed to the idea of a Optimus/Megatron buddy cop film where they have to begrudgingly work together but I was more hoping for a War/Fall of Cybertron kind of story (those games were peak for this series after all) rather than a origin film but that’s just me.

Its transforming time? we´re copying Power Rangers now?

I watched maybe half of the trailer and then turned it off. This is something I would not have watched as a kid in the 80's so I definitely wouldn't have wanted the toys. I just looked over at my movie shelf and spotted my copy of Transformers: The Movie and would rather watch that.

Transformers deserves better =(

Remember when the Illumination Mario Movie was announced and people were speculating on the trailer being the most cliche thing imaginable with tropes and pop songs playing? That’s literally what happened with this TFO trailer imo

those toys look like something you would get with a kids meal

Someone commented earlier today while they're a major Transformers fan, they had to admit they knew this was not going to be for them, and he was right. As a fan of this legendary IP, I too know when to hang up the towel and remember not every iteration of the franchise is going to be something I like (kinda like with the TMNT. I couldn't stand ROTTMNT for the longest, yet still gave it a shot and watched every episode. That show still has the best fighting animation out of all of them to give a positive point). While most, if not dang near all, TF fans are adults and know the lore inside and out of every version, eventually we knew we wasn't going to like something along the lines of TF Earthspark and knew it was being geared toward our children. That was fine and I think it's great we'd want to pass down something so cool as Transformers to our kids. .... Then came the brand new Autobot who just happened to be non binary and they just had to delve into the pronouns game. Arcee is suddenly trans (do feel free to make sure I got the facts straight on this one -- partially no pun intended) and I've noticed now that the older fanbase is finally feeling comfortable with acknowledging the franchise being geared towards kids again and it's not always going to be for us..."THE MESSAGE" is beginning to sneak in a little more often than not. We all saw in the comics how the bots started sporting "rainbow" shipping and to be honest, some of them worked, some of them were completely fan written and fulfilled and some were so forced, fans started asking how the hell could autonomous beings be in same sex couples anyway. Comedy/levity was always a part of the franchise (simply turn on any 80's episode and tell me you took everything either Optimus or Megatron said seriously) and no one has a problem with it. I think the problem older fans have isn't so much for "this isn't for us" and moreso toward what these companies are willing to give our children. While Transformers has always been and forever will be a glorified toy commercial, growing up with it, we were still given quality toys and cartoons. Nowadays Hollywood is openly changing the lore of so many of our beloved characters and telling our children "this is how it's always been", "this was always the narrative" and with the aforementioned examples, I can kinda see why a lot of og fans aren't too pleased, or stuck in the middle of what to feel.

I’m getting Transformers: Love and Thunder vibes.

You can tell Takara Tomy had no hand in these toys

I think Hasbro should surrender full ownership of the Transformers IP to Takara. At least we'll finally have transformers in SRW games.

I think what Transformers fans wanted was a serious origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. What else can we expect from the studio that spits out crap like Earth Spark

Me to the Monkey Paw: "I want a Transformers movie that takes place on Cybertron" The Monkey Paw:

I'm keeping a open mind but to be honest it's not what I expected, I was expecting a full movie with a director similar to the first scenes from the bumblebee movie.

How about a movie adapted from the War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron games?! Why can't we have that?! There could've been a new Metroplex figure! 😭

The first lineup of toys you show are Starscream, Megatron, Optimus Prime, and Bumblebee: four characters whose popularity is primarily based on their characterizations in storylines from the original US cartoon and comic book series. How can they seem to recognize the popular qualities of the old series but do nothing to continue those threads? It's the opposite of how to capitalize on nostalgia. "Here are all the things you like, except we've completely changed them!"

They made the robots look almost human... with modern day Marvel humor to boot!! Clown Show.

"Sales are down so we're going to cut production costs." Well, that just reduces the quality of the toys and will cause sales to drop even further. Nobody wants to pay $25 for a toy that looks cheaper than a $10 toy from a few years ago. Cutting production costs is ALWAYS a death spiral for toys. I watched the trailer and it doesn't look like a theatrical release film at all. Video game cutscenes from 10 years ago have better CGI than what we've seen so far in the Transformers One trailer.

I’m so confused right now; 2/3 of what I’m hearing in response to the trailer is really positive, and the other 1/3 extremely EXTREMELY negative. Based on the trailer the movie looks really good to me; it really feels like some people saw a trailer for an entirely different movie altogether with how different the opinions I’m hearing are. Also just to remind people, Orion Pax (Optimus before he was a Prime) in the G1 cartoon wasn’t voiced by Peter Cullen, he was voiced by Laurie Faso; it really isn’t that weird. This just reminds me of the dumb controversy around the design of the TF Legacy Bulkhead toy when it was revealed, since leaked listings caused some people to assume it was going to be an exact replica of the Prime cartoon Bulkhead design…and not a Generations figure of Bulkhead inspired by the Prime iteration. Typical I agree with what you guys say about things, but I’m gonna have to disagree on this one.

It looked interesting but it just doesnt feel right. It doesnt mesh with lore thats been established for decades. I want something like TFP

Hasborg Business Plan FY 2025 1. Make cheap toys. 2. Kids break cheap toys. 3. Parents have to buy new toys to replace broken toys. 4. Profit!

Now, I’m gonna be honest here, I’m actually interested in this movie/seeing how it will turn out. But that’s not really due to the trailer. (Note: This is going to be a long comment, read at your own interest/boredom) I’ve been listening in on all the behind the scenes stuff and leaks, and the movie sounds interesting to me. For starters it’s gonna have references/inspiration to the TF movies and shows of the past 40 years. Then you hear that the test screenings for this movie are reported to be the best test screenings Paramount has ever had for an animated movie, which would include the likes of the first SpongeBob movie, Rango, Mutant Mayhem, and I think even the Sonic films (at least in terms of CG animation). In fact the only issue some people had when discussing their experience with the test screening is that the movie was potentially “too lore heavy”, which was a concern for general audiences, but sounds like a promise for Transformers fans. Then there’s plot leaks that indicate that while there will be some light-heartedness and jokes at the starting half of the movie, there’s going to be a tone shift at the second half where it’s said to be become more serious and darker; after all the movie is said to end with the start of the Cybertronian Civil War. Then there’s reports of CinemaCon audience members being shown a serious scene between Orion Pax and D-16, and those reports say that whilst the audience was mixed on the trailer, they loved the serious scene they were shown. Also, side note, Chris Hemsworth is playing Orion Pax, not Optimus Prime; for anyone who still thinks he’s actually replacing Cullen. Chris even said that Peter Cullen helped him to nail down the American accent he uses for Orion Pax. And based on more leaks, Peter Cullen will be in the film once Orion Pax becomes Optimus Prime. Now don’t get me wrong, they definitely used too many humor clips for the teaser trailer here. The trailer ended up looking like a Guardians of the Galaxy trailer more than anything. If they listen to responses from people, they’ll cut back on the humor scenes for the second trailer and show some more of the serious scenes. With that said, a bad trailer doesn’t always entail a bad movie, just as a great trailer doesn’t always entail a great movie (we’ve had a lot of experience with that for recent Marvel movies). Just look at the initial trailers for Puss in the Boots: The Last Wish. Yes, it had great animation, but the reactions I saw from that film’s trailers were mainly questioning on why are we getting a sequel to Puss in Boots of all movies? None of us ever expected the movie would turn out as fantastic as it did. This also occurred with initial reactions to trailers for stuff like the first LEGO Movie, some Pixar movies, and TMNT: Mutant Mayhem. Of course with that last example Mutant Mayhem wasn’t received well by some more diehard TMNT fans, but the movie was enjoyed by people overall and was decently successful. Hell we’ve even experienced this kind of thing with Transformers in the past. Two of the most favored TF shows are Beast Wars and Transformers Animated, and there are still people who haven’t given either of those two shows a chance due to the CG used in Beast Wars and the animation style of Animated, even with all the good things people have said about both shows. So while the trailer seemingly entails a potential bad movie, the leaks and behind the scenes stuff for Transformers: One entails that it could be a good movie. Personally speaking, at the very least, I think it could be a Mutant Mayhem situation where some diehard fans won’t like it, but most other fans and the general audience will end of up liking the movie. Don’t get me wrong, the potential is still there for the movie to fail, but I also see the potential for the movie to succeed. And if we’re really lucky, we might end up finally getting a Transformers movie that actually stands up to the 1986 film. Overall, the teaser trailer definitely has mixed reviews; some people like it and other people don’t. If Hasbro and Paramount can’t convince more people after the second trailer, then they’re gonna have to hope people end up liking the movie when it comes out so that good word of mouth can spread. I’ll most likely be one of those people who go to see the movie opening weekend, and will give my final opinion on it when I see it in full. But at the moment, there’s enough stuff I’ve been hearing about that gives me some level of cautious optimism for the film, so we’ll see how it goes.

the trailer looked horrible too.. hard pass

Not gonna lie, I was smiling and giggling through the cheesefest the trailer was and I'm very much looking forward to this movie

THis is bad comedy. - Galvatron comedy critique

I’m actually wanting to see this bc this is a Transformers movie that actually DONT have humans involved.

just when I thought maybe we could get transformers being taken seriously then they throw out discount guardians of the galaxy, complete with overused mix tape song half way through the trailer.

I’ll be honest the trailer just looks like a lazy reskin of guardians of the Galaxy

War Dawn from G1 had a mucho better premise!

Those look like mcdonalds toys they sold years ago

To be fair to the toys, those are one step changers, a type of figure they have been making since 2014, they are meant for the youngest of children, Studio Series is the line where the movie figures will have actual quality

To be disappointed again, I'll stick to the WFC/FOC, TF prime, beast wars and the original cartoon series... sigh...😢

When I saw the trailer, It wasn't what I expected, but I didn't care enough to give a loaf

I hate when people say something is "coded" a certain way, but imma be hypocritical for a sec and say their faces and dialogue is so twitter gay coded it takes me out, the graphics and voice acting i actually think are good though

This looks a disney juinior rip-off... what the hell...

Poor Bumblebee always getting the obviously-combined-legs-to-save-production-cost end of the stick

This is gonna be marketed towards families more than the die hard fans. Which if that's their intent....great. those toys look cheap though . Speaking of trailers, went to see a movie tonight and almost every trailer was a reboot or remake or unwanted sequel.

I saw the thumbnail for the trailer. But it had Optimus Prime with a mouth so I didn't even bother to watch it. 😆

These look like McDonald's Happy Meal toys😆😆😆

That's funny, because me, a fan as far back as G1 back in the 80s, am very excited for this movie. The toys, however, have declined in quality over the years because they're pushing for quantity not quality, they don't even use toy molds anymore.

My friend worked on this movie. Hasbro wanted to make it look like Spiderverse. They couldnt get it and ended up here. Thats why stylistically it looks bad and inbetween

I will never understand the fixation on trying to make optimus work withouth his facemask.

So, they’re trying to do a Transformers War for Cybertron/Fall of Cybertron and gave us a low quality Rise of the Dark Spark. Sorry: lower quality RotDS

Megatron sounding like the voice actor just phoning it in and sounding less like a younger version of the character and more like a typical black teenager is annoying. And I'm not even a big fan of Megatron! Chris Hemsworth's back is going to carry this crapshow, he's actually doing something with his role.

Not even Rolling Stones could save this movie

Crazy how people decide to base their final thoughts on a movie based on one trailer. It’s not like trailers for animated movies focused mostly on humor before only for the final product to be amazing and include have a serious tone. We’ve literally been through this with Into the Spider-verse, the Lego Movies, Puss in Boots, Rottmnt etc.

I’m just gonna watch the fall of cybertron game as a movie like I always do until transformers gi joe

How do we go from Transformers Prime & Bumblebee to THIS???

as a transformers fan this movie is a miss and this is also why i buy 200 dollar third party figures with real metal parts and not cheap factory made crap

If this bombs, they are going to put more humans in the subsequent films. I'll wait for the reviews on this, could be fun.

0:39 I was born in 1994 the day I saw a real transformers toy in front of me and I asked my dad for one. He looked at me and like I had just cursed him out. Why? Because transformers toys are expensive in quality, there's no way you're going to convince me that buying a $15 transformers toy matches up to the $80 toys that kids had to damn near beg their parents for what is this crap?

The rude awakening of Optimus Prime fan made dub over is so funny. Maybe rge makers of this new show want to be like that but with less swearing? This Transformers One is so much like Guardians of the Galaxy. If this isn\t meant to be serious and not go with any canon, it might turn out to be a good laugh.

This is Go-Bot quality at Transformers prices.

The trailer looked like earth spark and that show is garbage.

They’re toys meant for little kids? Those are the super simplistic ones meant for a younger demographic, not the collectible ones with more articulation and such.

Who is this for? The same target audience that jammed theaters for Sonic 2 and the Mario Bros. movie. It’s for my 5-year-old grandson. Because 5-year-olds WANT TOYS and actually PLAY with toys. No, they’re not going to make a PG-13 action movie primarily targeted at 10-12 year-olds like the original toys because 10 year-olds DON’T BUY TOYS. They pay video games. (Which is also why Hasbro is trying to pivot to video games, too.) This is why nearly all the transformers cartoons for the last 15 years or so so (From Transformers Animated to Rescue Bots to Earth-spark) have all been targeted at the under 8 crowd. That’s why the characters are designed more childish and get hyped about being able to transform.

Now a whole new generation of kids will learn the curse word “ass”

Talk about judging by its cover, those $15 Titan Changer toys are 10 inches tall and have been around awhile so of course they’re stretched out so kids can get a tall bot with pocket money at Dollar General. What’s really cheap is Megatron and Starscream are recycled old toys and only the good guys get new molds. If it’s any consolation the eeevil Dr. Meridian Earthspark also suffers from half of its toyline recycling toys.

Everything smelled horrible from the trailer alone. It immediatly made me say "no, thank you".

Good lord, they need to get rid of Chris Cox ASAP!

When TP has a better looking special than a high budget animated film

Personally id say let this film cook The early test screenings were positive,we're 100% getting peter back as optimus and Megatron will go through a similar. Plus its basically confirmed we're getting a trilogy so it makes sense the first film that initially set before the war all the characters would initially be laid back and slowly become the characters we know as the war goes on in the trilogy

What the crap was that! That trailer was bad voices bad.

I can vouch for the Police Academy cartoon, I loved that cartoon. They even had a toy line similar to the Real Ghostbusters toys.

Here's to hoping this film doesn't butcher Arcee, Elita-1 and the other fembots like idw did