Avian Gamers Network

Forum
It is currently Sat Apr 27, 2024 3:11 pm

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 
Author Message
PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 7:41 am 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2001 9:01 pm
Posts: 2417
Location: Baton Rouge, LA / Kuwait / Kandahar
I got an email from Maxpedition, the company who makes my backpack, saying my backpack will be in the movie Transformers 3. "Our patent pending Sitka Gearslingershoulder sling backpack will be worn by Shia Labeouf and prominently shown in Act 3 (Chicago) of the movie!"

Then a link to this blog: Tactical Gear Blog

I actually got another email a month or two ago about the backpack in the movie, but the email I got this week prompted me to tell you guys about it. I have never been contacted by a manufacture about something like this. But then again the back has fans and YouTube videos like nothing I have seen before.

I must say I love my backpack. Most of the US and European military I run into ask me about it. The one in the movie is black; I would not mind a black one for the airport and around town. Mine is khaki-foliage for when I had to travel around Afghanistan.

I have mine configured a little different than the default configuration. My bungee strap is hidden but available to secure a jacket when traveling. I don’t have a big water bottle in the side pocket, I have an organizer with my shot records, and I slide a normal size water bottle in there for traveling. I have an army name tape and a subdued US flag patch on the hook and loop field. I added a Janus extension pocket to the shoulder strap to keep my cell phone, and copies of my military orders and identification across my chest. And I keep a Leatherman Skeletool clipped to the front. A few Locking D-Frame Carabiners and some Grimloc D-Rings for quickly attaching stuff. And a folding dump pouch on the side.
Again I love it. Its not too big which is a problem for most bags out there.

Quote:
Image
Crawling through the rubble, Sam Witwicky easily shoulders the Maxpedition Sitka Gearslinger. Photo from Paramount Pictures

Do you live in a perpetual state of Transformer fandom? Well, even if you don’t, Transformers: Dark of the Moon looks to be a surefire summer blockbuster.

Despite its intricate backstory and non-stop action, tactical gear experts may appreciate the film for more than its special effects. In fact, it might be the first time they have taken note of a character’s accessories.

Instead of a poor-quality knapsack, the hero of the film Sam Witwicky shoulders a Maxpedition Sitka Gearslinger through his many dangerous adventures with his human and Cybertron allies. The single-shoulder backpack is easily rotated to the front of the body, which allows the wearer to effortlessly access the pockets and main compartments of the Sitka. With Decepticons chasing him, Sam can’t waste time fumbling blindly for his things.

Image
Sam leads girlfriend, Carly, to safety ... or so we hope. Photo from Paramount Pictures

The Maxpedition Sitka Gearslinger is composed of 1000-Denier water and abrasion-resistant lightweight ballistic nylon fabric. The top front, bottom front and main compartments all boast internal organization. Durable to the max, the DuPont Teflon fabric protector is grime resistant, making it easy to maintain and utilizes high tensile strength nylon webbing and thread. Fighting giant robotic beings and running from explosion after explosion can prove quite taxing on packs, so only the toughest ones will suffice.

Image

Transformers: Dark of the Moon is set to release on July 1, 2011. To get your Transformers fix prior to the film’s opening night, check out the most up-to-date movie trailer below. Also, Michael Bay has shot the film in 3D for viewers who want that in-your-face type of movie magic. Either way, don’t take your eyes off the pack.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:19 pm 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Wed Aug 08, 2001 8:01 pm
Posts: 5315
Location: Dublin
These spam bots are getting more and more sophisticated. This one could probably almost pass the Turing Test! Almost.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Fri May 27, 2011 12:22 pm 
Offline
Spammer
User avatar

Joined: Fri Jun 28, 2002 11:16 am
Posts: 5162
Location: Broomfield, CO
Obo wrote:
These spam bots are getting more and more sophisticated. This one could probably almost pass the Turing Test! Almost.

Want me to block him and delete this post? I hate spam....





btw, love the pack. lol

_________________
"Loose with Dignity"
Robert
Second President, Avian Gamers


DDO - Cannith - AlistairItor - Rogue/Ranger (5/3) - Main
DDO - Cannith - Guijanitor - Paladin/Rogue (4/1)
DDO - Cannith - RicochetItor - Rogue (5)


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2011 5:47 am 
Offline
n00b 4 3v3r
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2001 8:01 pm
Posts: 5412
Location: The Seaside, UK
I take it Megan Fox didn't want to do the third film and so they gave Sam a new girlfriend?!

_________________
X2-PB

Pathfinder Kingmaker Campaign:
Gednan Malithanar - Wizard (1)
Dukin Thunderstrike - Ranger (1)

Star Citizen: - https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
AntanKarmola on their forums

Star Wars: The Old Republic: - Not really playing
Antare Karmola - Jedi Guardian (32)
Antan Karmola - Jedi Shadow (21)
Arianae Karmola - Gunslinger (20)


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sat May 28, 2011 9:57 am 
Offline
Site Admin
User avatar

Joined: Mon Oct 29, 2001 9:01 pm
Posts: 2417
Location: Baton Rouge, LA / Kuwait / Kandahar
Back in summer of 2009, Megan had many interviews where said a ton things that pissed Michel Bay off. Here is one:
Megan wrote:
On her most favorite and least favorite things about working with [director] Michael Bay: “God, I really wish I could go loose on this one. He’s like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation. He wants to be like Hitler on his sets, and he is. So he’s a nightmare to work for but when you get him away from set, and he’s not in director mode, I kind of really enjoy his personality because he’s so awkward, so hopelessly awkward. He has no social skills at all. And it’s endearing to watch him. He’s vulnerable and fragile in real life and then on set he’s a tyrant. Shia [Labeouf] and I almost die when we make a Transformers movie. He has you do some really insane things that insurance would never let you do.”


Then the crew posted a letter saying how lazy, spoiled, and horrible she was to work with. Bay took the letter down, but decided long ago not include her in the next movie.

Transformers Crew wrote:
This is an open letter to all Michael Bay fans. We are three crew members that have worked with Michael for the past ten years. Last week we read the terrible article with inflammatory, truly trashing quotes by the Ms. Fox about Michael Bay. This letter is to set a few things straight.

Yes, Megan has great eyes, a tight stomach we spray with glycerin, and an awful silly Marilyn Monroe tattoo plastered on her arm that we cover up to keep the moms happy.

Michael found this shy, inexperienced girl, plucked her out of total obscurity thus giving her the biggest shot of any young actresses' life. He told everyone around to just trust him on his choice. He granted her the starring role in Transformers, a franchise that forever changed her life; she became one of the most googled and oogled women on earth. She was famous! She was the next Angelina Jolie, hooray! Wait a minute, two of us worked with Angelina – second thought – she’s no Angelina. You see, Angelia is a professional.

We know this quite intimately because we’ve had the tedious experience of working with the dumb-as-a-rock Megan Fox on both Transformers movies. We've spent a total of 12 months on set making these two movies.

We are in different departments; we can’t give our names because sadly doing so in Hollywood could lead to being banished from future Paramount work. One of us touches Megan’s panties, the other has the often shitty job of pulling Ms. Sourpants out of her trailer, while another is near the Panaflex camera that helps to memorialize the valley girl on film.

Megan has the press fooled. When we read those magazines we wish we worked with that woman. Megan knows how to work her smile for the press. Those writers should try being on set for two movies, sadly she never smiles. The cast, crew and director make Transformers a really fun and energetic set. We’ve traveled around the world together, so we have never understood why Megan was always such the grump of the set?
When facing the press, Megan is the queen of talking trailer trash and posing like a porn star. And yes we’ve had the unbearable time of watching her try to act on set, and yes, it's very cringe-able. So maybe, being a porn star in the future might be a good career option. But make-up beware, she has a paragraph tattooed to her backside (probably due her rotten childhood) — easily another 45 minutes in the chair!
So when the three of us caught wind of Ms Fox, pontificating yet again in some publication (like she actually has something interesting to say) blabbing her trash mouth about a director whom we three have grown to really like. She compared working with Michael, to “working with Hitler”. We actually don’t think she knows who Hitler is by the way. But we wondered how she doesn’t realize what a disgusting, fully uneducated comment this was? Well, here let’s get some facts straight.

Say what you want about Michael – yes at times he can be hard, but he's also fun, and he challenges everyone for a reason – he simply wants people to bring their ‘A’ game. He comes very prepared, knows exactly what he wants, involves the crew and expects everyone to follow through with his or her best, and that includes the actors. He’s one of the hardest working directors out there.

He gets the best from his crews, many of whom have worked with him for 15 years. And yes, he’s loyal, one of the few directors we’ve encountered who lowered his fee by millions to keep Transformers in the United States and California, so he could work with his own crew.
Megan says that Transformers was an unsafe set? Come on Megan, we know it is a bit more strenuous then the playground at the trailer park, but you don’t insult one of the very best stunt and physical effects teams in the business! Not one person got hurt!

And who is the real Megan Fox? She is very different than the academy nominee and winning actors we’ve all worked around. She’s as about ungracious a person as you can ever fathom. She shows little interest in the crew members around her. We work to make her look good in every way, but she's absolutely never appreciative of anyone’s hard work. Never a thank you. All the crewmembers have stopped saying hi to Ms. Princess because she never says hello back. It gets tiring. Many think she just really hates the process of being an actress.

Megan has been late to the sets many times. She goes through the motions that make her exude this sense of misery. We’ve heard the A.D’s piped over the radio that Megan won’t walk from her trailer until John Turturro walks first! John’s done seventy-five movies and she’s made two!
Never expect Megan to attend any of the 15 or so crew parties like all the other actors have. And then there's the classless night she blew off The Royal Prince of Jordan who made a special dinner for all the actors. She doesn’t know that one of the grips' daughters wanted to visit their daddy’s work to meet Megan, but he wouldn’t let them come because he told them “she is not nice."

The press certainly doesn’t know her most famous line. On our first day in Egypt, the Egyptian government wouldn’t let us shoot because of a permit problem as the actors got ready in make up at the Four Seasons Hotel. Michael tried to make the best of it; he wanted to take the cast and crew on a private tour of the famous Giza pyramids. God hold us witness, Megan said, "I can’t believe Michael is fucking forcing us to go to the fucking pyramids!" I guess this is the “Hitler guy” she is referring to.

So this is the Megan Fox you don’t get to see. Maybe she will learn, but we figure if she can sling insults, then she can take them too. Megan really is a thankless, classless, graceless, and shall we say unfriendly bitch. It's sad how fame can twist people, and even sadder that young girls look up to her. If only they knew who they're really looking up to.

But ‘fame’ is fleeting. We, being behind the scenes, seen em’ come and go. Hopefully Michael will have Megatron squish her character in the first ten minutes of Transformers 3. We can tell you that will make the crew happy!

-Loyal Transformers Crew


Then Bay said:

Bay wrote:
"Well, that's Megan Fox for you," he told the Wall Street Journal. She says some very ridiculous things because she's 23 years old and she still has a lot of growing to do. You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, 'OK, Megan, you can do whatever you want. I got it.' ... Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in 'Transformers.' I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films."


Now Hollywood is saying it was about money and the direction of Sam’s character, but in 2009 this stuff was about Bay and Fox in a feud. Google it and look for articles from the summer of 2009. Anything in 2011 is cover-up.


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:25 pm 
Offline
Spammer
User avatar

Joined: Mon Aug 06, 2001 8:01 pm
Posts: 4046
Very interesting read Cyrus. While the true story may in fact be somewhere in the middle ground of the stories, my opinion leans heavily towards the comments from the crew. You'd think she'd be a little gracious to the person that provided her "start" in the limelight.

I for one hope she keeps getting crap roles the rest of her career. Jonah Hex anyone?

_________________
"I built me a bomb and dropped it on every MFer who got in my way!"


Top
 Profile  
 
PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2011 5:24 pm 
Offline
n00b 4 3v3r
User avatar

Joined: Mon Sep 03, 2001 8:01 pm
Posts: 5412
Location: The Seaside, UK
I think Bay's comments are probably the most balanced here. I suspect the real problem is the fact that Hollywood is a really poor place to spend your childhood; you lose the benefit of growing up in the real world.

_________________
X2-PB

Pathfinder Kingmaker Campaign:
Gednan Malithanar - Wizard (1)
Dukin Thunderstrike - Ranger (1)

Star Citizen: - https://www.robertsspaceindustries.com/
AntanKarmola on their forums

Star Wars: The Old Republic: - Not really playing
Antare Karmola - Jedi Guardian (32)
Antan Karmola - Jedi Shadow (21)
Arianae Karmola - Gunslinger (20)


Top
 Profile  
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 7 posts ] 

All times are UTC - 5 hours [ DST ]


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 94 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
cron
Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group