You know what, I actually like these designs. The thing I hated about the designs in the previous movies was that the Transformers were incomprehensible blobs of metal. They were just too busy and had way too much going on. It also made the action sequences really hard to follow.
I know, right? I've heard some complains they look too much like toys, but I'm sure they will look even better in the final product and in high definition. It's just so good to see these character finally have some resemblance to their original counterparts, even though Prime's Bayformer design is one of the few I really liked.
Yeah I'm seeing mostly positive chatter about it, too.So early reviews are in, and so far it looks like this movie got some...actually decent reception?
Could we be looking at the start of the Transformers film series redemption arc, boys?
Travis Knight, who directed this and Kubo and the Two Strings, is actually being considered for Guardians 3. He's a child of privilege (his father is the founder of Nike and essentially bought Will Vinton Studios for him and rebranded it as Laika), but he's known for throwing himself into the nitty gritty of his movies. He allegedly would do animate some of the hardest scenes in Laika's movies to show his team that he wasn't using his position to slack off.
