Orci and Kurtzman NOT returning for TF3

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Shadow25, Oct 5, 2009.

  1. Chris B

    Chris B Well-Known Member

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    I'm disappointed to see Orci and Kurtzman go because I really respected that fact that they would interact with the fans. But I'm willing to give Kruger a chance. If its true about him being well-versed in the mythology, then he's already gained a few points in my book. Though if the claims that he was partially responsible for some of the more cringe worthy moments in ROTF are true, then that' s a concern.

    Just have to wait and see. I'd like to think that TF3 will benefit from the fact that they wont lose 4 months of development time due to a writers' strike.
     
  2. Eric

    Eric VOTE.

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    What are you playing at? Simon Furman could at least kill off the unimportant characters in creative ways! Can he do less?
     
  3. TFfan08

    TFfan08 Vigilante

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    This ^^
    Give Kruger a chance. Give him a chance!
     
  4. shroobmaster

    shroobmaster Well-Known Member

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    I'm yet to see him pull anything cooler than Grindor's death,
     
  5. Wheeljack_Prime

    Wheeljack_Prime Searching for the Infin-Honey Stones

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    I'm not too keen on Simon being anything more than a consultant. Other than a few [choice and overdone] individuals, a lot of the characters he writes act quite interchangably and nondistinct
     
  6. Eric

    Eric VOTE.

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    Grindor didn't even have to be in the movie at all. A few quick rewrites here and there, and they could have Blackout take Grindor's place.

    Or is Grindor Blackout? Silly me, I'm still pissed off about that unresolved plot hole.

    But Blackout's/Grindor's/useless Decepticon drone #12's death, IMO, just wasn't really satisfying. If Simon Furman can kill off a character, he'd make Blackout's/Grindor's/useless Decepticon drone #12's death the best of all the deaths he's done, because Blackout/Grindor/useless Decepticon drone #12 would rather actually FIGHT and then die then just show up and let Prime rip his face off like a serial killer.
     
  7. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    I think Grindor fought a bit. Granted he was fighting against the leader of the Autobots, so he did not had much of a chance.
     
  8. Ash from Carolina

    Ash from Carolina Junior Smeghead

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    Between Orci, Kurtzman, Kruger and even Bay dipping into the writing it's really hard to say exactly who wrote what. All we really have to go on is people going hey not me it was the other guy.

    So who knows maybe Kruger wrote some the good bits like Prime not being blind to the fact that Humans can be just as nasty as Decepticons or maybe he wrote the parts that made some of us cringe.

    Third movie is his chance to shine since the story is his puppy now. Maybe the pessimistic crowd like me is right or maybe the more optimistic people are right, but until we get to see Kruger's story we are all just making our educated guess as to if he's up to writing a nice sci fi/superhero story that we will like.
     
  9. Wheeljack_Prime

    Wheeljack_Prime Searching for the Infin-Honey Stones

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    Shared bodytypes is a plothole? Gosh, that's NEVER happened before in TF fiction...
     
  10. transtrekkie

    transtrekkie On the level.

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    Ok, I'll give him a chance to screw everything up. Ok, kidding. Seriously though, I actually have a real crystal ball and even I don't know what's going to happen.
     
  11. omegagoalie

    omegagoalie Cybertronian Puckstopper

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    Yeah. There was NEVER one bot that shared another bots mold or look..Ever. Especially not any of the Seekers.
     
  12. General Magnus

    General Magnus Da Custodes of the Emprah

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    Guess we need to tell that to the Seekers and some other transformers then...
     
  13. ManiactoaLaco

    ManiactoaLaco Well-Known Member

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    I really don't know if this is a good or bad thing..

    MTL
     
  14. Ruthie

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    Peter Jackson has a horror movie background and that worked well for the LOTR movies.


    Hey, you quit too soon. The rest of the thread is as fun and entertaining as you could imagine. :popcorn 

    And this is what the movies are really all about: appealing to a broad base in order to expand the franchise. I know of several people who jumped onto the TF bandwagon because of the first movie, only to be underwhelmed by ROTF for many different reasons. It's the general audience's by-in that will make or break TF3.

    Oddly enough, there is a very strong story amid the mess that was ROTF; however, it was masticated by the "too smart by half" approach. Shame that.


    *crosses fingers and toes and eyes* I'm investing a lot!
     
  15. Autobot 47

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    tl;dr
    Since I'm also registed at shootfortheedit.com/forums as the same name, I've opened a thread with a poll called "What I don't want to see in TF3". So head over and cast your vote or write them in the thread. I hope Michael Bay reads them.