Transformers - the movie

[Bandit Ls-1]

lmao I totally caught the part where shes like...ohh its got a holley double pumper, and im like No! its fuel injected lol all my friends are like "dude ur way too into cars".... screw them! lol

[XcYZ]

$152.5 million in the 1st week.

There's no question Michael Bay's big-budget Transformers resurrection is a hit. The question is, how big?
Measuring against previous Fourth of July weekend openings is imprecise because the film — a high-octane, sci-fi smash-fest based on the 1980s toy robot franchise — had what DreamWorks/Paramount is calling a "6.5-day" opening. It has grossed an estimated $152.5 million since special 8 p.m. screenings in 3,050 locations Monday night brought in $8.8 million.

The studio hails this as the biggest first-week box office in history for a non-sequel, beating the original Spider-Man's $151.6 million.

Over the three-day weekend, Transformers grossed $67.6 million on 4,011 screens, for a respectable screen average of $16,854.

Last year's big Fourth of July opener, Superman Returns, took in $52.5 million over the same frame, while in 2005 War of the Worlds grossed $64.9 million. All three pics are rated PG-13.

[Steve1968LS2]

Went to the see the Transformers (again) at the Arclight theater where they had all the surviving autobots on display. Except for the Camaro they all looked like you could fire them up and take them for a spin.

The Camaro was built on a GTO platform and had the frake wheel/brakes but looked great. It was also the only Autobot without an Autobot symbol somewhere on the car.

Ratchet was my fav.. would be fun to roll around town in that.

So, here are pics... Sorry I couldn't get better but there were a ****load of people there and there wasn't much room to move back for the big vehicles. I just had my small camera since I didn't want to lug my expensive stuff around.

Enjoy...

[Steve1968LS2]

Autobots.. ROLL OUT!!

[prelewd]

Here's a link to the actual 1976 Camaro itself..
http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...ticleId=121138

I accidentally said "bull****" when the girl opened the hood and said "high-rise double pump carburetor".. Good thing there were no kids within earshot.

Wish there were error checkers for things like this.. Seems like such a glaring oversight for somewhat of a car-guy movie.

See for yourself:


YouTube Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd5rSAvb53s

Shame.

[69MyWay]

That under the hood scene got me too, because I spoted the EFI motor right away when she started talking about the carb and dist cap being loose.

BTW - did anybody catch the Ebay name for Sam...and have they tried to see if the movie company actually set up an account under that name?

[rockdogz]

Originally Posted by Bandit Ls-1

lmao I totally caught the part where shes like...ohh its got a holley double pumper, and im like No! its fuel injected lol all my friends are like "dude ur way too into cars".... screw them! lol

Was thinking the exact same thing, LOL... Why is it so hard for movies to get the details right regarding cars, computers, guns... Just ask someone who is into what you're talking about and they can give you the right thing to say in 5 seconds... I can only imagine the guy who actually lent his engine for the shot in the move - he's probably like:

[G-TX]

Might be Weber Sidedrafts like the GS Vette,except with bottom linkage.

[tyoneal]

Originally Posted by Steve1968LS2

Autobots.. ROLL OUT!!

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The tail lights still bug me about this car. Why couldn't they do something that hinted '69 like the front end.

I'm probably the only one here that still thinks about that.

Oh well.

Ty

[69MyWay]

Did you guys see this?

Bumble Bee is for sale....

http://cgi.ebay.com/TRANSFORMERS-Bum...QQcmdZViewItem