Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX

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Apparently, $633,952,680 just wasn't enough money for the Transformers Movie to make prior to the DVD release later this fall. SuperheroHype.com is reporting that the Transformers Movie will debut at the giant IMAX theatres around the country 5 weeks from today on Friday, September 21st. Click here to check out the article on SuperheroHype.com for more details.

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Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290847)
Posted by Windracer on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:20pm CDT

Sweet!

...now if only I had an IMAX around here...

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290850)
Posted by Flashwave on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT

S weet.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290852)
Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT

Superherohpye also claims that it will have extended footage not seen in reagular theatres... I'm intrigued

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290854)
Posted by City Commander on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:22pm CDT

Gonna see this then.

Wonder if they'll show the

*SPOLERISH* clip of Barricade gettin his ass handed to him by Prime?

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290856)
Posted by Dragonslayer on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:22pm CDT

Oh man...I REALLY hope there's an IMAX near College Station...freakin' schweet!!!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290857)
Posted by tech348 on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:22pm CDT

It looks like I have a reason to go see the movie again.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290866)
Posted by Skowl on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:27pm CDT

Yay, the closest Imax is still 3 hours away...

I wonder what they'll cut from the film, usually when the bring a movie to Imax, they must edit it rather heavily. I remember when Attack of the Clones came to Imax, they cut a good 30 minutes out of the movie...

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290869)
Posted by Seibertron on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:28pm CDT

This is awesome! I have added it to the news section at http://seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=11419

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290877)
Posted by BluePhirePB on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:30pm CDT

Dragonslayer wrote:Oh man...I REALLY hope there's an IMAX near College Station...freakin' schweet!!!

Closest IMAX to College station is at Paramount which is near St. John and Adelaide. You'd be better off getting off at Osgoode.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290884)
Posted by HollyW00d on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:32pm CDT

Darn the closest IMAX to me is 5 minutes away, I don't want to have to drive that far..

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290893)
Posted by saintsfan1983 on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:34pm CDT

This is news? I saw transformers twice, and my second time was Imax at Mall of Ga. All I can say is it actually hurt my eyes when they transformed there were so many parts moving it literally hurt.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290918)
Posted by City Commander on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:43pm CDT

Then ILM did their job well

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290950)
Posted by Jazz-935 on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:54pm CDT

YES! will this be in the UK TOO?!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290970)
Posted by Ultra Magnus on August 17th, 2007 @ 3:58pm CDT

Well if there was ever a BIG MOVIE for a BIG SCREEN, Transformers is DEFINITELY IT!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290975)
Posted by Starscream on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:00pm CDT

about time!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290987)
Posted by UltraPrimal on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:04pm CDT

Windracer wrote:Sweet!

...now if only I had an IMAX around here...

My sentiments exactly. I think the nearest one is a couple hours away in Niagara Falls.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290992)
Posted by Jazz-935 on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:06pm CDT

I just hope this comes to London. OR i will CRY all night.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (290995)
Posted by MercilessOne on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:07pm CDT

WooT for the Irvine Spectrum & iMax.

I'm definitely going to see that movie AGAIN.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291011)
Posted by emeraldbeacon on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:13pm CDT

Skowl wrote:I wonder what they'll cut from the film, usually when the bring a movie to Imax, they must edit it rather heavily. I remember when Attack of the Clones came to Imax, they cut a good 30 minutes out of the movie...

That's because most IMAX theaters in 2002 were still using the actual IMAX film format. Those reels couldn't hold more than about 120 minutes of film, so they had to chop up longer movies to fit. Now, however, IMAX formats aren't restricted to that time format. Take Harry Potter, for example; the recent movie (Order of the Phoenix) is still on many IMAX screens. That film is *well* over two hours long, probably longer than even Transformers, not even considering trailers. I would be surprised if they had to edit *anything* out of this film.

The only thing I'm worried about is how bad the 'shaky camera' filming technique will make me nauseous on that big of a screen...

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291015)
Posted by soundwave13c on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:17pm CDT

im going even though my eyes will bleed from the good grafics

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291033)
Posted by what0080 on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:28pm CDT

I live just 1 mile from an IMAX theater in NYC, so I'm set!!!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291049)
Posted by Heavy B on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:36pm CDT

man....where is imax in relation to my place....

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291051)
Posted by Docpoppe on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:38pm CDT

i would have to be in my car for a whole 15 minutes to see it. That is worth it to me.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291074)
Posted by Great Atlas on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:49pm CDT

Can't wait to see this on the IMAX!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291089)
Posted by Blurrz on August 17th, 2007 @ 4:59pm CDT

Nice. Nothing like Imax.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291094)
Posted by Smokescreen85 on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:01pm CDT

Fantastic news! Can't wait to see REALLY giant robots kicking ass on a REALLY big screen!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291106)
Posted by Bouncy X on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:08pm CDT

hmmmm....lets hope this applies to canada and my imax shows it too cuz that would be a cool first imax experience.......well first theatrical imax,

we've had the "other" imax that only shows documentaries at the museum since the late 90s....a side note of trivia, thats the first imax built in canada...go us..lol

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291111)
Posted by Autobot_Leader on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:11pm CDT

It feels like waiting for the premire again =D

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291144)
Posted by jonusjaxon on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:35pm CDT

WTF? As if the action wasn't hard enough to follow on the smaller screens...

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291151)
Posted by Blozor on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:40pm CDT

Cyber-Kun wrote:Superherohpye also claims that it will have extended footage not seen in reagular theatres... I'm intrigued

Probably just edit in the scenes that appeared during the end credits... 8-|

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291168)
Posted by Cybertronian Vanguard on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:50pm CDT

Will this have any effect on the dvd release or something? Plus, why is this breaking news? :???:

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291171)
Posted by DesalationReborn on August 17th, 2007 @ 5:52pm CDT

Cybertronian Vanguard wrote:Will this have any effect on the dvd release or something? Plus, why is this breaking news?

The movie is going out of theaters for a reason-- to reformat it into theaters made to take advantage of it's massive action, and give it a second run.

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Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 17th, 2007 @ 6:19pm CDT

saintsfan1983 wrote:This is news? I saw transformers twice, and my second time was Imax at Mall of Ga. All I can say is it actually hurt my eyes when they transformed there were so many parts moving it literally hurt.

I'd say it is, considering there are claims that there is additional footage.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291242)
Posted by Bouncy X on August 17th, 2007 @ 6:33pm CDT

dont wanna call anyone a liar or anything but...

all the movies that have also been in imax, always get major promotional push to let people know its playing there too (all the ads in the papers and magazines mention it, tv ads too)...and there was nothing about transformers ever being in imax anywhere..so maybe that person is just confused or something...lol

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291293)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on August 17th, 2007 @ 7:04pm CDT

UM, yeah, lets get a field trip together!!!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291337)
Posted by Anonymous on August 17th, 2007 @ 7:25pm CDT

I bet the additional footage will just be more gags and jokes. Don't count on any more robot talking or action in the additional footage.

Just giving out a clear warning.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291356)
Posted by Optimus_julio on August 17th, 2007 @ 7:40pm CDT

man !! the imax here in charlotte nc sux !!!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291448)
Posted by JazZeke on August 17th, 2007 @ 8:23pm CDT

Aw MAN... the nearest IMAX is in Phoenix... *sigh*

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291513)
Posted by ShGarland_1383 on August 17th, 2007 @ 8:52pm CDT

JazZeke wrote:Aw MAN... the nearest IMAX is in Phoenix... *sigh*

Mine is at Arizona Mills Mall. There's also gonna be one at Baseline and Signal Butte, but that's obviously not open yet if it's still being built. I wouldn't mind seeing this in Imax though.

Is this the "He's coming" thing, or is that something else entirely.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291526)
Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 17th, 2007 @ 8:58pm CDT

ShGarland_1383 wrote:
JazZeke wrote:Aw MAN... the nearest IMAX is in Phoenix... *sigh*

Mine is at Arizona Mills Mall. There's also gonna be one at Baseline and Signal Butte, but that's obviously not open yet if it's still being built. I wouldn't mind seeing this in Imax though.

Is this the "He's coming" thing, or is that something else entirely.

No, the 'he's coming' is a gallery of a green coloured Ramulus.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291539)
Posted by First-Aid on August 17th, 2007 @ 9:01pm CDT

OK...Chicago-area TF-Fans...time to head to navy Pier...I'm willing to help organize an Imax trip to Navy Pier...anyone else in the Chicagoland area up for it?

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291579)
Posted by gotthejedigroove on August 17th, 2007 @ 9:20pm CDT

oh FUCK YEAH!!!! i live literally 3 blocks from the virginia science museum and you better believe im going to be there.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291586)
Posted by Cyber-Kun on August 17th, 2007 @ 9:23pm CDT

I forgot to mention, I'm SO going to this, I'm only an hour away from the one in Mississauga.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291593)
Posted by i_amtrunks on August 17th, 2007 @ 9:25pm CDT

Thats great news for those of you in the states.
Really wish that Transformers had have been given the Imax treatment in Sydney, but it missed the school holiday period.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291704)
Posted by DevastaTTor on August 17th, 2007 @ 10:20pm CDT

Buford, GA, here I come!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291706)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on August 17th, 2007 @ 10:22pm CDT

I heard a bout this a month ago. My friends brother told me about it. I forgot to mention it. I have no clue were the closet IMAX is. I think its in NY city. Ill have to check in to it. 3D giant robots is gonna kick ass!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291721)
Posted by AutobotServo on August 17th, 2007 @ 10:27pm CDT

Wow! That's gonna' be GREAT!

Optimus prime is going to be all like "I'm HUGE!"
:lol:

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291752)
Posted by Zeds on August 17th, 2007 @ 10:39pm CDT

This is the news that I have been waiting for. Count me in at an IMAX near me! They did say in the release that it will have more footage than we saw in the conventional theatrical version. Already know what some of it will be based on what was shown in the trailers vs what we saw in the movie. Can't wait for the rest.

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291762)
Posted by SnipeShade on August 17th, 2007 @ 10:49pm CDT

hahahaha. crazy!!! Now for it to be in 3D! XD Maybe that'll happen later like it was for Nightmare Before Christmas. hehe.

GONNA WEAR MY TF GEAR THIS TIME!!!

yey!!!

Re: Giant F'ing Robots Are Coming To The IMAX (291778)
Posted by emeraldbeacon on August 17th, 2007 @ 11:03pm CDT

Frankly, I'd be thrilled if all they added was a Pixar-style gag reel during the credits.

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