Movie Motors: Transformers |
Welcome to Movie Motors, a series of pieces looking into the motors that feature in films. Last week we took a step back into the future and looked at the time travelling DeLorean featured in Back to the Future I, II and III. This week we look at a film that was released just last year based on a highly successful franchise of comics, cartoons and previous films. The first debut of the Transformers concept was in 1984 in the form of a TV series and a Marvel Comic.
Transformers features a whole host of fictional alien robots that can transform their bodies, rearranging themselves into everyday generic forms. These robots can take the shape of vehicles such as 18 wheeler trucks, muscle cars, jet planes or as other things such as animals. As well as their ability to transform into transport they can also combine with each other forming even larger transformations.
In their latest reincarnation (2007 film) we see the stars of the robot series meet stars of the silver screen when characters realise their vehicles can do more than transport them from A to B. Sam a young character in the film discovers that the yellow 1976 Chevrolet Camaro that he and his father buy as his first car is in fact an Autobot disguised as a car nicknamed Bumblebee. Bumblebee is a good robot and throughout the film a friendship develops between him and his human “owner”.
Other Motoring robot transformers that feature in the 2007 remake of Transformers include Iron Hide who appears as a GMC Topkick Pickup Truck, Ratchet (a medical officer) who features as a 230mph search and rescue Hummer2, Jazz (a dancing robot) who can transform into a silver and grey custom Pontiac Solstice GXP and the leader of the good robots Optimus Prime who transforms from/into a huge Peterbilt lorry cab.
Want to read more about vehicles in films? Our Movie Motors series has also looked at Mustangs, DeLoreans and James Bonds Aston Martin. Before that we looked at some of the worlds most famous Motor Racing Legends, like Ayrton Senna and Michael Schumacher. We also have a great gallery of movie motors following the films we look at in this series. Just Click the Optimusprime image above to visit!
Transformers Trivia: Autobots actually stands for Autonomous Robotic Organism, rather than an abbreviation of Automobile Robot.
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