Anyone see the Xbox 360 robot in Transformers?
By Ryan Block 
posted July 7th 2007 4:26AM
posted July 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?
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?