Could Bay do justice to a live-action RID Strongarm?

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  1. Nocturne

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    Considering his track record with the other characters I'm going to say no. The fact that he feels that fembots need explaining is a major red flag for me.
     
  2. Acadia

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    Yeah. Making fembots an abnormality that need to be explained is annoying, to say the least.
     
  3. dinobot1

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    The Dinobots aren't exactly a good example to use in supporting an idea. They were technically in the movie, but they didn't appear until more than 2 hours into it. None of them were named or had a distinguishable personality. They just represent the most cynical side of marketing to an audience.

    As for the OP's question, probably not. The only film to feature female transformers depicted most of them being killed with very minimal screen time.
     
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    Cynical...and forced.

    To the OP's question, I have to ask you for your definition of 'justice'.
     
  5. kaijuguy19

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    From what I've head they weren't originally going to be in AOE and were instead going to show up for TF5 but for reasons I forget,they were thrown into AOE at the last minute. All the same,what I'm trying to say that while ROTF did kill most of the females there,that doesn't mean it's going to be the same thing for future movies. Like how there were no sexual/gross jokes in AOE at all.
     
  6. Galvatross

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    The Dinobots in AOE are far from being the worst treatments of Transformers in these films.

    I remember when the Dinobots were announced fans were worried that they were going to be cheesy dumbasses or that they'd be involved with sexual or scatological humor. That didn't happened.

    Additionally, none of them die. That already puts them ahead of the other giant Transformers that have appeared like the Driller and Devastator. Plus, at least they destroy lots of Galvatron's troops and cause Galvatron to retreat. They're far from worthless.

    Finally, they actually get more screen time than many other characters...Starscream in TF 1, Soundwave in ROTF, the Arcee triplets, Jolt, Devastator, Sideswipe, etc. Considering their size that's not half bad.

    I can understand wanting to know more about their origins or wanting them to talk, but at least they're alive and well, so we can learn about their origins and hopefully hear them speak in sequels. Truthfully, I prefer them being mysterious brutes at the moment to them being comic relief or being made on Earth in a lab.
     
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    Speaking about things being made in a lab,it would be actually cool if KSI made Nightbird as either an ally or foe to the Autobots since it would not only be cool to see her again in some fashion but it'll also homage her G1 origins.
     
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    Nope. Most of the time, Bay portrays the police as jack-booted thugs who are utterly incompetent at their job. Strongarm would most likely be turned into a crass stereotype.