Anyone see the Xbox 360 robot in Transformers?
By Ryan Block 
posted Jul 7th 2007 4:26AM
posted Jul 7th 2007 4:26AM
Update: Big ups to Highway Gentleman for sending in a shot! No wonder we heard it but missed it on-screen -- they loudly played the 360 bootup sound, but the box that grows arms and attacks its owner was actually only on screen for maybe a second or so. Now we'd like to know, why the hell wasn't it an Elite?
I saw it this afternoon. The xbox360 got a jolt from the all-spark and came out of the box and attacked the owner who had just purchased it. It was hillarious.
I saw that too, begs the question- is the all spark MS's solution to the red ring of death??
Oh!!! So that was the thing in the box! I was wondering what it was... the scene was so quick.
Yay! The evil 360!
I wonder if the Decepticon XBOX scratches game disks too?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRoPaLF_eHM
vid of the exact scene
-Ash-
There's a cam version of this movie out in the Piracy scene. Won't name the group, file name, or where you can get it... Just letting you know that it's out there if you want to see that part again >.>
as of this morning there's a TS out, actually.
yeah i saw it. my friend who recently had his 360 red ring on him said "I need to get that cube to make my xbox start working again like it did for that guy"
It even makes the trademark xbox 360 jingle when it happens
Hahahaha, yeah, I saw it last night and remember the 360 scene. It definitely made the little noise they do as the logo pops up at the end of their commercials as it transformed. I think I was the only one who laughed. :(
Yeah...I've seen the movie twice already, first time I thought it was a microwave Second time around, it is definitely an XBOX360 (premium system - not core or elite). The guy is knocked over (on his back) with the XBOX in the box on his stomach. He gets jolted by the All Spark (which also animates a Mountain Dew machine - into something like the Slurm machine from that Futuruma Episode where the robots rebel on Mother's Day). Arms come out of the side of the Xbox and start chocking him - hilarious given the news of the $1.15B charge MS is taking. The Allspark also animates a Cadillac Escalade, causing the steering wheel to attack the driver (who is obviously supposed to represent a mix between Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan)
Xbox360 is the Decepticons and PS3 will be on the Autobots sides. Heh! PS3 FTW!!!
Why does the all spark only make evil bots?
The AllSpark only makes evil Transformers out of the human devices because the technology used to create those devices was reverse-engineered from Megatron.
*********(slight) SPOILER WARNING************
You might remember the Section 7 guy explaining that all the advances in modern technology "microchips, television... &c." were based on the transformer found in the Arctic. Therefore, presumably, they all have the same "Decepticon essence" as it.
I too feel it's odd that the Allspart only makes Decepticons.
Perhaps though, it's just making neutral boys, who, because of a lack of input from other Trasnformers, immediately revert to base, for lack of a better word, "feral" instincts...
I thought about that way too much...
Hey None More Negative... Had Megatron known about patent lawyers, he wouldn't even have had to lift a finger to destroy man kind. All he'd have to do is sue every electronic company in existence since everything was based on technology taken from him. This would obviously spell chaos and all heck would break loose for sure.
None More Negative - Thank you! That explanation makes sense. The Allspark couldn't be inherently evil if it could also be used to "rebuild" their world. Ok, so that's one of my two questions answered. Here is the other:
If the Boombox Decepticon was able to regenerate himself when he was near the Allspark, why couldn't Bumblebee? Size? Or did I miss some other detail?
Bumblebee couldn't because he was being dragged around on the back of a tow-truck by mikaela (who is so hott even when she's covered in filth and bashing a 2-ton truck going backwards... or is it because?)
I find it annoying that it looked like the steering wheel on the escalade separated from the rest of the truck just to attack the driver. It would've been more logical for the truck to eject the people in it and transform like the other vehicles do. (or just transform and crush them inside it)
Also, anyone get the quip about how most people don't know or give a crap about where their items come from.
big sector 7 dude--"Ahh nokia... it has the japanese samurai spirit."
blonde chick who's too hot to be an uber cyber geek -"But nokia's finnish..."
Oban brings up a good point, I was wondering about this myself, why are all the electronics inherently evil when brought to life by the allspark?
All Hail Dewbot, mighty future leader of the Decepticons!
http://www.mountaindew.com/capturethecube
Anyone else notice the goatse image on that page?
yup that's definitly goatse mountain dew
I figured that they newly created ones weren't actually joining the good guys or the bad guys but were just more primal. More like animals. In the film one of the good guys hints that once they were all primitive when the species was first created.
Yeah, I distinctly remember wondering how much Microsoft had to pay for that.
Do most Americans even register product placement anymore? I still find it grating but You poor guys are bombarded with ads 24/7
Probably less than Apple paid to have every single computer and screen used in the movie be one of theirs.
michael bay is notorious for having no dignity and using product placement in his films.
this is advanced product placement
Yep! Just like how they put the Nokia N93i that Anthony Anderson had in the movie - http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_n93i-pictures-1823.php
Dont forget every single vehicle being a GM and Bumble bee being the new Camaro, and that one guy a Solstice. That disgusted me, but ya i remember the 360 transforming i rofled! (unlike how i did at most of t he humor :( )
Luckily transformers has always been about selling stuff, so it kinda worked out this time.
Yeah I remember seeing that part. Dude was taking it get repaired. I know if I was MS I wouldn't have had that part in the movie. Not only did it break...but it kicked his ass too!
If I was MS I would have dude coming out the story with the console in the box as if he just bought it. But hey...atleast they showed it...
yeh, i saw the 360.. as well as all the other product placements, like the panasonic SD cards, taking the time to show it to the camera as she removed it from its slot :) I think GM must have pay the most though.
wasn't the vending machine shooting cans out of his gun? thats what it sounded like anyways..
I am surprised they didn't use a Wii-mote that comes out and attacks people.
Anyone notice the HP laptops or the 15 or so 30" Apple displays? When the hacker girl brings the re cording of the transmission to her friend (the one playing DDR) he analyzes it using a Mac (must be a new feature of Leopard). The one Decepticon vehicle was a Dodge. The rest were just military vehicles.
Tons of in-your-face product placement. Look on the bright side though, you'll know what to use when you need to save the world.
Actually, the one Decepticon vehicle was a Ford.
It wasn't a Charger?
Nope it was a Ford Mustang.
Couldn't have been a Dodge vehicle, their transmission could NEVER be considered alien. They break down too often.
Actually it was a Saleen S281 Extreme.
Saleen S281 Extreme - a 550hp modified 5th Generation Mustang including a Saleen-built V8 engine replacing the Ford Engine. A front splitter and rear diffuser further improve vehicle aerodynamics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saleen#Literary_and_media_references
Wrong. The one decepticon vehicle was a Ford.
Didn't Independence day teach us to use iMacs to save the world?!
I don't have a problem with advertising in the movies, I think they should lower the rates on tickets when they do it though!
tell me about it...ticket prices are fucked.
I spent 18.50 for my girl and I.
No kidding on the product placement. I'm just curious how much money it cost and why you would even bother to make sure that GPX prominently displayed on the boombox. Don't they only sell that stuff at Rite-Aid and such? I think Coby is a more recognizable brand. Also, in support of the Decepticon car thing....Barricade was in fact a Saleen Ford Mustang. There is even a tidbit in the credits thanking Saleen. My question is this....We know that Starscream survived (sequel alert), but why didn't they just show the Mountain Dew machine and the Xbox headed off into the sunset. Are we to believe they will be the ones to continue the revolution??? Not terribly intimidating. I think the Mountain Dew machine would be a welcomed addition to any skate park.
Sorry to hear that man...only costed me $15.00 for 3 people to see it. Normal price $6 but with military discount $5. Hell, the way the Air Force represented in that movie (about damn time, tired of seeing marines and army doing everything) I should had gotten a free ticket (wishful thinking, LoL).
Ouch.. I never go to a movie unless it's on a weekend before 12pm or a Holiday ($5 tickets @ AMC). The Wife & I went this past Wed to see it and only paid $5 each for tickets and it was in DLP. We don't touch the concession stand either.
haha tickets in DC were $10.50 each for this movie.
The boombox was going to be Soundwave, so I bet the real sponsor pulled out when they decided to not have Soundwave in this movie... Thats why they used a "GPX" crap brand.
By the way, Spielberg was a producer in this flick, and he's the master of product placement. I bet that was his only role in this production.
not only did i see it, in the credits there is a guy "xbox guy" i believe, refuring to the guy holding the xbox 360 when it transformers
Yes I saw this, in the credits there is an Xbox Guy. I wonder how much M$ paid for this little scene.
I was shocked and AWED to see the AC-130 blasting craters in Scorpinox. The A-10 footage woulda made "Jarhead" better.
I am dissapointed that these movies keep using the F-22 Raptor in non-stealth required situations. That jobs was for the F-16.
Did you see Die Hard 4? The F-35 was so poorly represented. The real one can't even hover well yet.
Yeah i saw it.... ironically enough... it breaks like 2 seconds later!
Oh, and Powerbooks save the world in ID4 not iMacs...Gosh
Anybody realize the girl (Megan Fox) had a Nokia 8801? But it also could have been the Luna. Also was I the only one that audibly corrected the Sector 7 dude for calling Nokia a Japanese company?
Correction, She had a Nokia 8800 Sirocco. with stickers on it. :)
While you were "audibly correcting the Sector 7 dude for calling Nokia a Japanese company" everyone else in the theater was listening to the blonde chick in the movie doing it too.
tickets in norcal are even worse, 10.75 for anything past matinee
"Also was I the only one that audibly corrected the Sector 7 dude for calling Nokia a Japanese company?" Not really, he was corrected by the next person to speak in the movie.
Oh sorry, I should have said "was I the only person that wasn't cast in the movie that corrected the sector 7 guy a split second before the next person in the movie to speak did".
xbox360 = Decepticon
appropriate.
Guess I was too slow...but her you guys have the youtube version of the clip.
also rapidshare link in case you want to host it ;-)
http://www.youtube.com/v/1SFIc_fVPkI
Rapidshare link
http://rapidshare.com/files/41568884/XBOX_Transformer.rar.html
Emanuel
Yeah I saw that in theatres and laughed at it.
Oh, and it's probably not an Elite cause it wasn't announced when they started filming (or things like the box or whatever weren't made yet)
Yeah. Thats what I was gunna say.. I know that it was filmed in June '06, cuz I went to Vegas for 4 days and we couldnt visit the HoverDam cuz they were filming at the Dam that weekend.. Yeah we weren't too happy..
What would have been even better, was if there was also a guy with a Playstation 3, and the 360 bot and the PS3 bot duked it out.
It's not wonder you missed it. That movie looked like it was edited with a Garden Weasel. It was a shameless corporate whore house too.
I wonder if that is another one of those things that the customer service reps won't help you with because microsoft doesn't recognize it as a real problem
If you look in the far far far background, you can see a PS3 transforming into an Autobot... It's about the kick the 360's arse!!
But you'll notice someone bought the 360. The PS3 was sitting on the shelf collecting dust...
Until the price drop next week anyway :)
...just as soon as the PS3icon gets some games worth a fuck.
calm down 360 fanboi's... As soon as the 360 transformed, it malfunctioned due to the ring of death...lol
Probably not an elite because they weren't available at the time of shooting ;)
Wasn't it obvious to everyone? It got me chuckling though.
I for one welcome our consumer electronics transforming into decepticons ...not really. Cant wait to see the movie when it lands my side
yeah, i saw it, was quick. Why was the boombox a GPX brand, man, sony lost out there
The only plus of living in a small town: Cheap movie tickets. I paid $5 for the matinée. :)
die hard 4 was better than this movie....
Why didn't they use the Elite XBOX?
It's simply a reversal of the European PSP advertisements.
They wanted to say that White is Evil, and therefore Black, as it's antithesis, must be good...so go buy it.
Destroy your white xbox before it destroys you, and go buy the black one....It's Nice!
it probably wasnt an 1337 360 cause when they shot the footage, the 1337 wasnt out yet:s
meh im just guessingXD
poor thing would not last long because of the the sukie cooling system in the 360. good thing for the 3 years warranty now
That guy actually got a credit as "Xbox Guy" his name is Bob Heartman I think
It should have killed that guy with its power brick.
Rofl, I have a spoiler free xanga post from July 3rd about this.
Care to compare?
"...oh yeah, and anyone that has seen a 360 boot up, listen closely for the start sound."
Well you only see a second of it because like 33% of all Xbox 360's the dang thing breaks down and hobbles home to be fixed
Actually youtube clip of the scene for those who havnt seen the movie yet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRoPaLF_eHM
It is a good thing they don't have to worry about killing it. Let it run for about an hour and it will over heat with RROD. (RedRingOfDoom)
An Elite wasn't used because it was not announced/released during time of filming. I'm sure filming on this movie has been done for a year or so. Puting the film together takes time...hence no Elite, but rather the white/standard XBox 360.
"Also was I the only one that audibly corrected the Sector 7 dude for calling Nokia a Japanese company?"
i think it was an honest mistake for that dude to call nokia a japanese company so that they can add more lines and to have the blonde girl and that secretary of defense face on screen for a couple more seconds =)
There is a brief scene in Transformers where an Xbox 360 transforms into a robot. This is a sad instance of product placement which is occurs throughout the movie. Since the movie was made by Hasbro many companys decided to use the movie to their advantage. The major companys who had there products included were:
eBay( THe whole movie revolves around it) GM(the Hummer H2, the Pontiac Solstice, the GMC Topkick, and a new Chevrolet Camaro) Microsoft(Xbox360)
Panasonic(Memory Card)
Nokia(Phones)
HP(Laptop)
Hasbro(Firby,Yes,They're trying to get Firby back on the market) Apple(Laptop)
Pepsi(Mountain Dew Robot)
Yahoo(site is shown)
Over all the movie either mentions or advertises:
AAA, Apple, Aquafina, AT&T, Austin-Healey, Beretta, BMW, BOSCH, Bose, Burger King, Cadillac, Cadillac Escalade, Chevrolet, Chevrolet Camaro, Cisco, CitiGroup, Daewoo, DeWALT, Dickies, Ding Dong, Dodge, eBay, Enterprise, Fila, Ford, Ford Mustang, Furby, GMC, GMC Yukon, GPX, G-Star Raw, HO HOs, HP, Hummer, Kidrobot, Lexus, Meltdown Comics, Mountain Dew, My Little Pony, NFL, Nike, Nokia, Oakley, Panasonic, PayPal, Pepsi, Pepto-Bismol, Peterbilt, Pontiac, Porsche, RadioShack, Realistic, Reebok, Roar with Gilmore, Saturn, Sennheiser, Sikorsky, Technics, Toyota, USA Today, USPS, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Beetle, Washington Redskins, Xbox, Yahoo!
Overall the movie was well done other than the few corny moments and the blunt advertising.
But what can you expect from a Michael Bay movie?