General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - How Will This ...

otors will be things along the lines of the Smart Car... and there's no way Bay would want them in his movie.

Of course that could be a good way to get rid of Bay

Shoot, I could go for a Smart Car transformer. Seriously. A tiny little car like that could make for an interesting character. Kind of like G1 Bumblebee, a tiny little spy robot. And with the modern, sports-car-esque stylings that they've got going (seriously, compare a Smart Car to a Lotus Elise or something), a Smart Car could fit in pretty well.


You do of course realize that in the world of Transformers that would be the equivalant of a massive midget wrestling fest! I'm not talking just with the one, I mean if we lose all the GM cars to smart cars. Actually, when I first started typing this I thought that might be a bad idea but after giving it a second thought...that would be funny as hell! I would actually pay to see that in IMAX.
I don't mean any of this to reflect poorly upon or to imply that I have any prejudice toward "little people" or " the vertically challenged" or whatever this months PC term is. I have no desire to offend anyone, especially those who could have a justifiable excuse to hit me below the belt and leave me with no recourse. But the image of Prime leading a charge of Smart Car Transformers reminds me of the old late 70's/early 80's wrestling programs. That or assorted episodes of MTV's Jackass.Re: General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - How Will This Affect The Live Action TF Films? (930502)
Posted by 5150 Cruiser on June 2nd, 2009 @ 12:46am CDT
Dinobot Prime wrote:Man, I sure HOPE the partnership is over. I want to see some more interesting cars used for Transformers. Like the Nissan Cube, or a Smart Car, for example.

Cube??? Smart car?? How exactly are any of these more "interesting" vehicles than a 2010' Camaro, Volt, Concept Corvette, Audi R8 etc?? I'd say there more lame.


Honestly, this isn't going to mean anything. GM as a company isn't going anywhere any time soon. All there doing is restructing, and down sizing a bit. If anything, having the royalties coming in the 3rd movie could help out. Especially if they have some new models.

For me, i think (for the most part) that the partner ship with GM has served well. Its given us great vehicle alts (for the most part. I'm not all that found of the Volt, or Corvette concept. They should have just used a ZR1) for the auto bots.

But if they bailed out of the 3rd movie, I'm sure bay would use his better judgment to keep alt modes interesting and different. Regardless of which manufacturer ends up sponsoring.Re: General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - How Will This Affect The Live Action TF Films? (930542)
Posted by Ultra Markus on June 2nd, 2009 @ 3:20am CDT
you can count out Porsche and VW
as hasbro tried and failed to get them for there alternator line
but how about more ford or jagsRe: General Motors files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy - How Will This Affect The Live Action TF Films? (930543)
Posted by Ultra Markus on June 2nd, 2009 @ 3:26am CDT


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