On the set of the indy film Robotech meets the Transformers, a 14 day long shoot ended with the completion of principal filming using the video camcorder used on Lexicons. Because of this being an independent production, it is no SAG or WGA, and not for profit, so the strikes were not in play.
Marx Cards even visited the set twice. He is also not in those.
The 'cast' completed last pages of filming after he left for the evening.
Clint Cowpoke produced and directed the film, based on the collection of short stories left over from Lexicons, the Transformers wiki.
During production, one more name that had been accidentally left out, but whose story is in it, was added back into the credits after it was determined the person didn't mind at all. The name wasn't similar to a different person who had an issue with their name, but not with this film, and permission was granted.
The bloopers and behind the scenes are light and Cowpoke pointed out, in the heat of the evening, that they're not really very funny anyway. Mostly the camera falling off the little stand, a blurry figure, or some brief off hand lecture about how filming and framing with action figures is tricky.
The original Trans Tech back in the 2000s had been replete with issues, a third of it had to be redone, like later Chimera, and the first film took 3 years, the next 2 more, and the next 2 more, ending in 2008 or so. The first of this 'season' took 14 days. Days.
Also Cowpoke noted that the Star Trek Strange New Worlds has as sloppy camera work in the dark scenes as this, which is not an excuse. He said, if he can do better with a 300 dollar camcorder from 2018, the guys with a 10000 dollar camera rig should be able to look into the lens and not have blurry men in the fore and background. They had at least two on air bloopers like that this season, one of which is in the finale, where you can tell the cameraman is in the dark and can't see the actor!
That kind of rant is what you're in for in the making of, not so much about topical humor or history of Robotech.
The story is an indirect sequel to Return of the Shadows, 2018, and to the MUSH stories, Stranded on Mascross 2020, and Shared Hallucinations, 2021, although you need not know those to get it. The opening scenes set up 'this is a different timeline where a space plague and the Transformers arrival prevented the Robotech war, but they still go to Tirol, Haydon and Optera'.
Curiously it does line up with the loss of the Megaroad from Macross, which allegedly vanished in 2016, but now it is 2024 and presumably they find it, well sort of.
But you need not worry about that either, as this is another timeline where the Transformers Autobots of the story become infested with Masters and Haydon tech, becoming the Sentinels, and the Decepticon faction becomes the Invid.
Cowpoke said this is because they made a scant amount of Invid toys, and most of ours are broken, so we can't use them, so Transformers they have to be. Also the Alpha fighters are broken, and cannot be used, so the Auobots will do, and they're the good guys.
The movie edition Cobra Commander with his space shot helmet looked to Cards like Daft Punk. Ha.
Special effects could take another week. Assembling the movie could take half that.
It is likely this will be a September release.
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