Prime's lips - there's still a chance we can get rid of them, says Roberto Orci

Hello there!

I am a first time poster here and would like to say a quick "Hi" to everyone here on the forums. Instead of a long-winded introduction, let me get straight to the point by addressing a, IMHO, pressing and important matter: Optimus Prime's lips in the movie. I was over at the official movie boards and asked Roberto if there was any progress on the lip issue. Here's my post:

Roberto,

congrats on the positive review! I'm looking very much forward to the film, but one major gripe still remains - Prime's lips. Seems like people are not warming up to those lips, so, do you have any new info on Prime's exposed mouth? Are the lips gonna go or are they going to stay?

This is Roberto's reply:

Workin on it. Complain on every board you can think of if it's important to you.

Well, I took Roberto's advice to heart and I'd ask everyone who's against an Optimus Prime with an exposed mouth to do the same.

The Powers-That-Be themselves seem to be very uncertain and undecided about the lips and I think if we make enough noise we can still turn the tide on this one. I am quite certain that this is one of those cases where we, the fans, can make a difference. So, what are we waiting for? I invite those against the lips, go to every board you can think of and complain about the lips! I think we still have a chance of getting rid of them if me make enough noise!

The image of Optimus Prime is IMHO very iconic and if the movie makers had to get the look one character right, it would have been Optimus Prime. With those lips they, again IMHO, they failed to do exactly that. So, here's my suggestion to all the like-minded people out there who think that Prime should wear his mouthguard all the time, go tell the movie makers that you want exactly that. Make some noise and the design might get changed.

Thank you for reading ...

Welcome to the board !!

I still don't mind about the lips, if they really working on it, then the lips has got to go.

out with the lips

prime being in constant battlemode sounds cool to me

jazz should also be in constant battlemode, his normal mode looks rubbish in comparison

We saw the lips. We saw that they did suck. And appearantly, people at the screening thought that as well.

So what are these people waiting for? Every piece of merchandise has the faceplate up, and the TV-spot hasn't aired yet. The general public has no clue about the lips, so they won't ask "what happened to that robot's mouth?". And they'll make the fans happy. What have they got to lose?

I don't mind the lips, from the couple of seconds of them that I've seen.

Thanks for the welcome.

You know, the interesting thing about the lips is that we seem to be having a consensus here. Even people who are completely happy with the new designs would actually prefer a permanent mouthguard on Prime. Since even the movie-makers are still not sure about the lips I think if we make enough noise we can actually persuade TPTB to change Prime's design ...

you know, i dont mind the lips, but i really would prefer a mouthgard. i think that it's the only way to go.

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But what would you RATHER have, if possible? Mouth or no mouth at all?

Both. I have no problem with a battle mask.