The Daily ‘Shroom – TF Movie Special Update
Not doing a full-blown “Daily ‘Shroom” today, but I figured this little tidbit was too good to hang on to until the end of the weekend.
As I was perusing my Deviant Art account, I saw that Beamer had added a pic of “movie protoform Starscream,” which definitely caught my eye.
Seems a foreign BBS has a thread with a ton of pics of a pair of toys marked “movie preview” that depict both Starscream and Optimus Prime in their protoform states– that is, the forms they have before adopting Earthly vehicle forms such as jets and trucks.
While I don’t get the story about “searching for the Allspark”(it’s at www.Allspark.com, duh. Seriously, though…), can’t deny that I do like these designs.
The “entry mode” is an interesting touch, seemingly made to show the TransFormers arriving on Earth perhaps without spaceships, and more as some sort of pods. At least, if I were to guess.
I still don’t think Starscream’s robot mode looks too Starscream-ish, but Prime’s seems pretty good, even though both are fairly monochromatic. In Prime’s case, I’m actually reminded of the early Beast Wars bat form of Optimus Primal. Homage, or coincidence? You be the judge. (But I’m betting on coincidence.)
With this, the coming months should prove interesting as new information and images are released, counting down to the film’s summer 2007 release.
LBD “Nytetrayn”