>>6253134And yes, I'm going to be vague here, but I will say that we saw expanded parts of the trailers and clips that have been officially released so far, along with the opening battle (of which only teeny snippets have made their way to trailers yet). From the battle (I think we actually saw less in this reel) to the introduction of Izabela and Sqweeks and their first meeting with Cade, some Cybertronian lore, a goodly chunk of robot carnage (Grimlock is actually pretty adorable here), and the introduction of Sir Anthony Hopkins and Laura Haddock's characters (plus the screen debut of Freya!)... plus more of Cogman, who had been part of the studio footage. I think people are going to like Cogman. He steals a scene or two. I'm not sure I can say who provides his voice yet. We did get some good close-ups of him, and on the IMAX screen his gold filigree and mass of spinning, ticking mechanisms under the plating were really good-looking. And taking a good look at the way the robots moved and emoted... ILM's animators know their stuff, man. We did get a few seconds of Hot Rod, and just the way he moved was entertaining.
Bay was worried that the cut (which he hadn't done) took out too much of Hopkins' more serious bits, and contained too much Cogman-comedy. For me the amount of Cogman was fine, but spreading the footage out a bit more with the more serious parts of the scenes would definitely help the screener. He was definitely thinking about putting more of serious-Hopkins back in the screener. He also remarked that there were more Hound scenes in the movie, but John Goodman's schedule had meant he hadn't recorded his lines yet, and Bay really didn't want to show any of that footage "in full" with the temp voice. "You gotta have Goodman."
