Tox Garou said:
Transformers died with the first movie.
Optimus Prime is supposed to be a FUCKING SEMI, NOT A FUCKING FIRE TRUCK.
He's been a fair few different trucks and vehicles over the years, if we ignore his namesake in Beast Wars. In recent memory, we've had Robots in Disguise, with a realistic firetruck Optimus, and the current line sports a firetruck Optimus who looks like he fights fires by blowing them up.
Anyhow, the firetruck thing is outdated. It's strongly suspected that he'll be a
long nosed truck, with a flame deco paint job. That link also links up with director Michael Bay's comments on the whole thing.
Anyhow, I have hopes for the movie. From what I've read (I try to avoid as much as I can since I don't want to spoil the movie for myself too much) the robots are going to be a mixture of animatronics and CGI. I did see a leaked pic of Bumblebee (he'll be a 70's Camaro that gets rebuilt into the 2008 model by all accounts. Can't be a Bug anymore, since VW didn't want to associate themselves with a "war" toy, same reason we've not seen an Alternator Bumblebee) and he looks okay. Different, but it is hard to judge.