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Topless Robot has gotten their hands on the toy for Autobot Jetfire from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, and the big giant robot appears to be rocking a walking cane. Yes, you read that correctly. A big robot with a walking cane. Has Michael Bay lost his mind? More, possibly spoilery, details after the jump.

Michael Bay told French magazine Premier Cine Live that the film features “an old Transformer, who loses screws and bolts at every move” and is voiced by John Turturro. In the film, Agent Simmons (also played by Turturro) users some kind of radiation tracker to locate Jetfire, who has since retired and is in the form of an SR-71 Blackbird. Jetfire’s bio reads:

Jetfire grew tired or war a long time ago. The reckless ambition of the Decepticons and the senseless violence of their war sickened him, and so he left Cybertron to go into hiding. The form he eventually chose on Earth seemed appropriate for one who wished to remain unseen. He slumbered in peace for years. Now, awakened by the arrival of the war on Earth, he decides once again to enter the fight - this time on the side of the Autobots, and this time to end it for good, whatever the cost.

And now the toy version of the Autobot shows a robot with an older looking face and a walking cane. Okay, now for a bit of cool news. Be warned, this is probably a mega spoiler: The action figures for Jetfire and Optimus Prime combine to form a bigger more giant robot to take on the Decepticons. [source]

  • how SHOCKING!!!!....................not.
  • Well, this is Transformers: Revenge the Fallen. So, some of them must have fallen down, maybe even broken a robo-hip.

    The third will probably be titled - Transformers: I've Fallen and I Can't Get Up.
  • Palmer
    Maybe it's just an old big giant robot with a pimp cane. No? Well the big spoiler reminds me of that horrible Robots in Disguise cartoon from a few years back.
  • A robot with a cane, cuz they cant replace broken down parts with new materials, it seems a little ridiculous.. . I would understand robots with Alzheimer's by a long shot before robot who needs a cane. just really really silly
  • freemachine
    So Jetfire is basically the JarJar Binks of Transformers 2...
  • Hmmm, well, if he's old enough to need a cane shouldn't his name be 'Propeller Fire'?
  • wow that guy is probably going to be as entertaining as the robots hiding around the house for 10 minutes, as in not. WELP.
  • I don't see what's so wrong with the cane. He's been in seclusion on Earth for years. I assume that means that he never bothered to transform at all, and thus had no need to repair himself. As for why he might not get repaired when everyone else shows up...maybe he uses outmoded parts?
  • edward
    michael bay losing his mind?
    or the hack writers attempting comic relief while trying to remain humane and humble.

    both!
  • I'm getting the feeling this is just one of the many "peek a boo & robot peeing" moments the sequel will have...what's so cool about an elderly robot? Bay tries to make himself out to be a director of coolness but seems to ruin his movies with awful/unfunny sight gags... I understand this whole movie is an excuse to sell crappy toys and merchandise.. although if it hinders the quality of a "fun" movie, why take stupid risks like this?
  • jason B
    bitch all u wan, its fun & i'll take it. but i knew about that major spoiler a while ago.
  • Okay...
  • Gordon
    Why does it look like he has a big metal mustache?
  • Reminds me of an old fat man, with little legs.
  • I don't think Jetfire will be the Jar-Jar, rather the Yoda. I bet he kicks some major Decepticon butt, especially when combined with Prime.
  • Bull
    This sounds lame as fuck.
  • I am the New Jesus
    I love the people who decry the presence of any silliness in their giant robot punching each other movies.

    It's like you have all forgotten how ridiculous and irritating Blurr was in the cartoon. Or Wreck-Gar and the other Junkions who liked to sing Weird Al songs... But, no, an aging autobot with a walking stick is where we draw the line in the sand.
  • This will be a terribly funny watch once the movie is out. I already see the following climax coming (didn't read the spoilers):

    "Shoot him!"
    "He's too big, nothing works!"
    "Then shoot his cane!!!!"

    ROFL
  • Hahaha YES!
  • alex
    In a movie based off of a toy line, starring Shia LeBouf, features giant robots and directed by Michael Bay; I think this is the least absurdity to worry over.
  • Isn't this the Transformer that John Turturro is doing the voice for that they mentioned last week? It's supposed to be constantly dropping pieces and bolts or something...would make sense with the cane,.
  • This is fucking sensational. I cannot wait for the trademark Bay-comedy out of this one. I can just see it now: the autobots charging into action, and ol' jetfire, hobbling along behind, mumbling like Frank Barone.

    The question now is, will we see Bumblebee piss on Jetfire? Will we see Jetfire's cane being broken in half, stimulating a super-angry-mode?

    "MAH CANE."
  • I'm lovin the wheel on the cain.
  • Infrafan
    Sure. It's the cane that makes Michael Bay's Transformers suck.
  • gah
    seriously this a movie about giant robots searching for a magic rubix cube. a cane isnt going to make the premise any less retarded.
  • chewy1979
    It's fake.
  • MYPIMPCANE
    Arent there supposed to million year old transformers? wtf would they look lik according to Mr. Bay?
  • aside from the cane, has anyone else noticed how lame he looks in general?

    terrible, terrible design.
  • Your right his lame in general and the cane is the icing on the shit cake.
  • Its not a cane. its a staff. Tons of bots old and young use staffs and long shaft axes and swords in battle
  • Its not a cane. its a weapon. Tons of bots old and young use staffs and long shaft axes and swords in battle
  • cat
    we have already seen the cane from the teaser trailer. they show jetfire with the cane in the 2nd trailer, the one after the superbowl trailer. he uses it in robot mode but we know he can kick ass from the comics. old but wise.
  • What's with the phrase "big giant...," it sounds like a four year old describing something. Gigantic robot would have been sufficient...thesaurus is your friend, Peter. =D But I'm just playing, don't take offense. And the idea of a 'grandfather gears' is a bit weird, but is he sporting gray hair and a ratty white beard?? Because that's equally as lame as a walking stick.
  • I hope for McG's sake that Terminator: Salvation doesn't have any geriatric T-800s....
  • Everyone needs to stop bitchin, it doesn't look that bad...Guess who else was old and had a cane...Yoda!
  • Yoda was supposed to be a living creature. Transformers are robots essentially...
  • So does that mean that Jetfire will at one point toss his cane, do a series of age-defying flips, kick the ass of everyone around him, and then when his spinach wears off - return to being a cripple again? All while the popeye theme bops along in my head.... hooray! =D
  • theuglyspirit
    This is EXACTLY what I imagined.
  • greycolumbus
    MAPRIL MOOLS!
  • More like "Bay"-pril Fools!
  • "Hey you them there Decepticons! Get off my lawn! I just finished laying out the sod..."
  • My guess, it's a key of some sort.
  • starscream9289
    No spoilers there, at least not for me.
    You guys should check out this guys YouTube account:

    www.youtube.com/peaugh

    He has reviews for tons of ROTF toys.

    INCLUDING MEGATRON
  • It looks like the cane is one of the control levers in the cockpit, which I guess if he's falling apart makes sense. It's almost kind of clever...until you think about it and then it's just stupid.

    I'll still be there opening night though.
  • I agree with whoever said that this idea for Jetfire is lame. I guess this is another +1 for the Terminator movie.
  • MBjihadonfilm
    I hope TF3 has the same poorly edited action, bad robot designs, bad comedy, bad dialogue, bad acting, black people acting crazy, Shia's NoNoNoNoNo, bad plot, bad story, bad script, bad direction, bad linkin park songs, bad editing, slow mo 360 shots, like the first one.
  • He's old, so he's definitely not "flashy-handsome" as the other Autobots.
    And, mind that he was originally a Decepticon.
    I'm not sure but, the image used on the packaging might just be a photo of the toy, not the CG from the film.
  • I know and that whole thing with Bay calling out McG....for having have giant robots in Terminator...then copying Salvation's teaser trailer...I call lame on Bay and Transformers 2...Hasbro and ILM really made this movie not Bay
  • esteban
    it's a blackbird!!!!
  • artgood
    It's fake. Look at the box iteslf... LEVEL 4 - Super Conversion... Ages 5+!!! Are you kidding me, I can't transform a LEVEL 4 toy. It's fake. Has to be.
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