Transformers (2007)

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Wikidata Q171453, film, IMDb tt0418279, TMDB 1858: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Shia LaBeouf as actor (Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang); 3 more episodes agree.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Blank Check — Patreon

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Bumblebee: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Transformers ⇒ Bumblebee (the host's read). The Bumblebee trailer is the first act of the first Transformers movie extended.
    “the big move is the 1st movie, that's the 1st 30 minutes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:21:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Connected to

Alex Kurtzman: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Alex Kurtzman → Transformers. Kurtzman and Orci are cast as kings of magic blood, writers of Transformers and Star Trek.
    “they were the Kings of magic blood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:46:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)

Amir Mokri: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Amir Mokri → Transformers. The Blue Steel cinematographer went on to shoot Transformers 3 and 4.
    “Emir Mokri, who shot this movie, shot Transformers 3 and four.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Blue Steel: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Blue Steel → Transformers. The same cinematographer, Amir Mokri, shot Blue Steel and Transformers 3 and 4, which the speaker calls a great-looking movie.
    “Emir Mokri, who shot this movie, shot Transformers 3 and four.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:03 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

Bumblebee: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Bumblebee → Transformers. The Bumblebee trailer is the first act of the first Transformers movie extended.
    “the big move is the 1st movie, that's the 1st 30 minutes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:21:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

Mean Girls: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (remake tolerance): Mean Girls → Transformers. Since the host does not give Transformers and Spider-Man grief for echoing earlier versions, he will not give it to Mean Girls.
    “I guess if I'm not going to give Transformers and Spider-Man shit about that.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:54:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Michael Bay: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Transformers → Michael Bay. Sean's trip to a Transformers premiere hooked him on covering movies; he later profiled Bay.
    “I did eventually profile Michael Bay like 3 or 4 years later”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:11:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales: 1 line industry ×1

  1. industry (industry): Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales → Transformers. Pirates 5 fits the Transformers pattern of diminishing returns.
    “It sort of falls into the Transformers category”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:19:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Shia LaBeouf: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (dub-casting timing): Shia LaBeouf → Transformers. The Disney dub caught Shia just before Transformers, between goofball and leading man.
    “This is sort of like the year before Transformers or whatever.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:22:16 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (2)

  1. career (career): Transformers → Michael Bay. Sean's trip to a Transformers premiere hooked him on covering movies; he later profiled Bay.
    “I did eventually profile Michael Bay like 3 or 4 years later”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:11:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Amir Mokri → Transformers. The Blue Steel cinematographer went on to shoot Transformers 3 and 4.
    “Emir Mokri, who shot this movie, shot Transformers 3 and four.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:03 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Blue Steel → Transformers. The same cinematographer, Amir Mokri, shot Blue Steel and Transformers 3 and 4, which the speaker calls a great-looking movie.
    “Emir Mokri, who shot this movie, shot Transformers 3 and four.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Blue Steel with Jordan Hoffman (Ad-Free) · 0:59:03 · Jordan Hoffman (0.40 sure it was them)

industry (2)

  1. industry (industry): Alex Kurtzman → Transformers. Kurtzman and Orci are cast as kings of magic blood, writers of Transformers and Star Trek.
    “they were the Kings of magic blood.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Edge of Tomorrow · 0:46:39 · Griffin Newman (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. industry (industry): Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales → Transformers. Pirates 5 fits the Transformers pattern of diminishing returns.
    “It sort of falls into the Transformers category”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:19:53 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (remake tolerance): Mean Girls → Transformers. Since the host does not give Transformers and Spider-Man grief for echoing earlier versions, he will not give it to Mean Girls.
    “I guess if I'm not going to give Transformers and Spider-Man shit about that.”
    The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ With Andrew Scott · 0:54:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Bumblebee → Transformers. The Bumblebee trailer is the first act of the first Transformers movie extended.
    “the big move is the 1st movie, that's the 1st 30 minutes.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:21:23 · unknown (0.35 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (dub-casting timing): Shia LaBeouf → Transformers. The Disney dub caught Shia just before Transformers, between goofball and leading man.
    “This is sort of like the year before Transformers or whatever.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind with Lulu Wang · 0:22:16 · David Sims (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Transformers: Sean saw the original Bay Transformers at its premiere and it rocked his world.
    “I was at the premiere of the original Transformers Michael Bay film, and it just rocked my world.”
    The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman! · 1:29:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Transformers: Sean's first adult LA trip was a Transformers premiere, driving an Escalade supplied by the film's car sponsor; it hooked him on movies.
    “going to a movie premiere as an adult with a VIP ticket talking to the people that were in the movie”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:10:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Transformers: Transformers 5 features Cogman, a robot who calls himself a psychopath and sings opera from the rafters.
    “Transformers 5 features Cogman, who is a robot who self-identifies as a psychopath.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Something's Gotta Give with Bobby Finger (Ad-Free) · 0:22:18 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.