My simple movie answers

It's not so much that it would've sucked. It's more that it'd have STRONG potential to be too fan-wanky. With references that only a hardcore fan would understand. But would be lost on the average Joe Sixpack, so it'd make the movie a failure

No, it would have sucked. It really depends on who the "fans" are that are writing it. It probably would have ended up being a glorified G1 episode.

I beg your pardon ?!?
G1 is the original and you can't beat the original cause there's no school like old school.

I agree with kjeevahh on this one. Even though it was the origional, G1 sucks compared to anything modern, especially the upcoming movie. The simplistic designs, and crappy animation, were ok back in the '80's, but not in todays world, and especially in a live action movie. Peace out.

Originally Posted by optimus major this man is a genius

Well, I tihnk there should be need for an actually admin thread so that newcomers read these before anything get outta hand.....My opinion of course.


And I like the anwsers. They make sense to me.

According to you.
NOT according to a lot of others.
Similarly, again:
According to you.
NOT according to a lot of others.
I suggest we all remember that.

Yup its just opinion not fact ^^ <<<<<<<That to

wow! great response on this thread. answers were updated.

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Mine too.

I like the questions, but the answers sound biased. I'm for keeping all the questions and a few different answers for each, depending on one's opinion.

As a fan of the movie, I can honestly say that many of these *revised* answers are very biased against those who don't like the way things look.

Actually, much like in the comics, the Autobots were built for *peace* and only step up to fight when Megatron and his militaristic Decepticons start their war. None of the 'bots seemed designed for war as none of them are war machines. And being scary is an opinion, to me none of the Autobots are frightening in the least. Imposing, yes, but that's more a matter of size and complexity then of design.

Even people who do not like G1 can find these radical designs unappealing. Some of these bots have radically different asthetics then what TF Fans are used to and may be put off by it. That said, being 'ugly' is all a matter of opinion.

The real reason for OPs look is that they wanted to keep everyone within a certain scale, and with OP specifically, wanted to keep a similar color scheme in bot mode. The best way the movie makers figured they could do this was by making him a long nosed, flame covered Truck.

The boxy bot design of *every* non beast Transformer series to date has one major flaw when working with real life physics, it severely limits articulation and flexibility. There's also the added problem of the fact that in this film the bots are trying to hide the best they can and having 'giant blocky robo-limbs' sitting in their trunk and backseat would only work against them. So the movie makers obviously decided that making the bot's limbs out of actual car parts would help solve both problems.

Because he was hand picked by Steven Spielburg to direct this one of a kind summer action blockbuster, something Bay seems to be very good at.

No argument here, if you want more bots then pick up the prequal comics and non-movie character toys from the toy line. (like Wreckage)

Actually the answer to this is simple. MEGATRON ALWAYS HAD TEETH

Licensing issues with VW combined with the need to use BB in high speed chase sequences meant upgrading the 'love bug' to something with a lil more muscle. Plus the contract with GM.

1) Only things fans could agree on was Peter Cullen, and even that's debatable. 2) Most fans only want to see G1 concepts redone, but the vast majority of movie goers wouldn't want to see that. 3) It would have been nothing but a massive fanwank film, like most fan made projects.

He has been listening, all the movie people have. But there are a *lot* of voices and they all say different things. No matter what advice they do decide to listen to, someone is bound to be upset by it.

Ignoring the two 'minion' 'cons, Frenzy and Skorponok, the numbers are pretty even. With Megatron not appearing until the third act of the film, the numbers are an even five to five for much of the conflict.

Basically correct.


Actually, those definitions seem to cover the Transformers universe as a whole and not just the film. Hence the 'jet/tank/blaster' description for megs and the roll of 'object-former spy' for Frenzy.