Bumblebee Appears in 2012 Rose Parade

Paramount Pictures’ float in the 2012 Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, celebrated the Hollywood studio’s 100th anniversary by highlighting some of their best-known properties. Among them was Transformers movie Bumblebee, right in the middle of the float. As all Rose Parade float elements have to be covered in living things, Bumblebee was decked out in yellow Strawflower as well as poppy and chive seeds. Los Angeles’ KTLA channel 5′s long-time Rose Parade commentator Bob Eubanks, former host of the classic TV gameshow The Newlywed Game, revealed that his son, stuntman Corey Eubanks, was coincidentally the stunt driver for the Bumblebee Camaro in the 2007 Transformers film.

TF: Revenge of the Fallen Named Worst Summer Blockbuster of All Time

Time Magazine has compiled a list of the 20 worst summer blockbusters of all time, and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was ranked worst on that list, just ahead of 1999′s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

The second of Michael Bay’s’ cinematic Transformers trilogy was released just 2 years ago to impressive box office results – the movie was the biggest draw of the trilogy and ranks 78th in all-time domestic ticket sales (adjusted for inflation), making it the only Transformers film on the top 100 list – but downright abysmal  reviews that have not improved in the 2 years since its release. Time’s list places blame on the movie’s confused, jumbled plot, but ultimately focuses the film’s scorn upon its helmer, Michael Bay.

Time also named ROTF’s sequel, this summer’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, as the 16th worst summer blockbuster of all time.

You can read their rationale and the rest of the list on Time’s website.

Some Movie Comes Out Today

Kinda weird, it’s Wednesday and yet there’s some sort of movie being released today. Not sure what the big deal is, I mean, it’s not like we’re a movie website. I don’t even remember what this movie’s called. But it’s out now, and in 3D and IMAX 3D (don’t get suckered into fake IMAX tho’).

Jagex Games Studio To Announces Details of Transformers MMO at BOTCON 2011

Jagex Games Studio, one of the largest independent games developers and publishers in the world, today announced the much anticipated name; TRANSFORMERS UNIVERSE for the upcoming MMO based on the iconic TRANSFORMERS brand from Hasbro, Inc. as well as plans to attend TRANSFORMERS BotCon 2011, the official TRANSFORMERS fan convention, to unveil their vision for the browser based MMO for the Western World markets. (…more)

Leonard Nimoy returns to Transformers

Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the legendary Star Trek actor, Leonard Nimoy, will be voicing Sentinel Prime in the upcoming “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” movie. This isn’t the first time Nimoy has lent his voice to the Transformers, as he previously voiced Galvatron in the 1986 animated movie.

Transformers 3 Superbowl trailer at Yahoo

The new trailer for Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon can be seen here.

And from the accompanying Yahoo article:

Before this spot aired, director Michael Bay had only released a short and mysterious teaser trailer from his third and reportedly final film in the “Transformers” franchise. The Super Bowl ad, however, dispensed with the subtlety and showed some real action. It shows (…more)

Transformers Prime Q&A is Here

Last month, Hasbro invited us to submit a question to the TF: Prime cartoon’s producers. The answer was sent back today, just in time for the season premiere of Transformers Prime on The Hub. Keep reading for the answer…

TFviews.com: What is the goal of Transformers: Prime – beyond just capitalizing upon the movie series’ audience momentum, why was TF:Prime created? On its own merits, what is it trying to say, what effect is it trying to have on TF fans, is there an intention to sustain it as a series? (…more)

TF: Prime Q&A Coming Up, What Should We Ask?

As we at TFV participate in Hasbro’s Transformers Q&A program, we’ve been invited to ask this Friday, January 21st, 1 question of the TF: Prime production teams. This is an exciting opportunity, but only 1 question about the newest Transformers show means we need to figure out what’s the best question to ask. And fast! So please participate in the TF:Prime Q&A thread we’ve got going on, and check back for the answer on February 7th.

Michael Bay: ‘Transformers 2′: ‘…kind of a mess’

The L.A. Times has an interview with Transformers 3 director Micheal Bay, in which he discusses the upcoming Transformers film, as well as his thoughts on Revenge of the Fallen.

“It was kind of a mess, wasn’t it?” an unsmiling Bay said of the 2009 film, which was far from a flop — it grossed a potent $836 million worldwide, finishing third for the year behind only “Avatar” and the sixth “Harry Potter” movie. But the director still talks about the blockbuster in tones of regret. “Look, the movie had some good things in it and it was entertaining and it did very well, but it also failed in some key ways. I learned from it. And now with this third movie we’re going back to basics and I absolutely believe this is going to be a much better film than the second one.”

Read the remainder of his thoughts here.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon Teaser

Apple’s trailers website has posted the first teaser trailer for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. You can check it out for yourself by following this link.