"Transformers" is already being hyped as next year's biggest blockbuster movie. However, the backlash from Transformers and comic book fans over recent leaked movie images and off-color comments by producer Don Murphy directed at long-time fans has ignited one of the fiercest flame wars I've seen over a movie in a long time. Apparently some Dreamworks employees have been terminated over the leaks, and the whole production is scrambling to do "damage control" including a recent live web chat Q&A on Yahoo and a very premature "hype-fest" on MTV and Access Hollywood.

Producer Don Murphy's harried response to the backlash:
http://www.allspark.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=13155

This one may be worth following. I don't recall ever seeing this kind of fan backlash this early into production on a high profile movie such as this. Even the fuss over "Star Wars Episode 1" didn't really kick into gear until after the movie premiered.


Notable Transformers sites include www.seibertron.com, www.tformers.com, www.theallspark.com, www.tfans.com, www.twf2005.com, www.tfarchive.com and many, many more.


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