Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

Originally Posted by robvega214

Soooo Bob'O..........any chance of The Great Peter Cullen makin a cameo appearance in the Film...........?

Originally Posted by Nevermore

Hey Bob, more movie 1 trivia time.

Sam's home town is "Tranquility, Nevada" in one of the early drafts of the script.

In the final movie, it's not identified by name.

In IDW's movie prequel comic and some other tertiary media, the name "Tranquility, Nevada" is still used, but IDW's movie adaptation comic simply calls it "Tranquility, USA", and the "Beginnings" bonus DVD has the "Nevada" part edited out of a panel taken from the IDW prequel comic.

Any particular reason why Tranquility was chosen to be state-less? Is it because Bumblebee managed to take Sam and Mikaela to Griffith Observatory (which is located in California) and then back to Sam's home, or just so it would not be state-specific, kinda like the Simpsons' "Springfield, USA"?

Originally Posted by Skeeve

Bob, with Michael Bay's torid love affair for product placement, have you ever had a problem working so many specific goods and services into a script? How many times do you have to go back and revise it because Bay needed to give a new business partner some face time? I'm not hating on commerce, just trying to understand the effect such pandering has on the creative process.

How does this film stack up against Bay's other films? Anything like the impoverished, subterranean clones in The Island digging on X-Box? Or can we expect a more subtle direction with the ads?

Originally Posted by Windcharger

Ok so there's 103 pages of info and discussion, so if this has been asked before, can someone point me to the response?

I was wondering if the second movie is going to be more epic in scale in regards to the human race knowing about the Transformers? I mean, with almost an entire downtown metropolitan area destroyed, was the entire ending battle covered up in the first movie? Will Autobots be free to walk around humans in the second movie, or is this still a secret war?

Originally Posted by Prowl_Delta_31

Mr. Orci,

I would first like to thank you for coming to this site, answering questions, and being an active member of the forums. It really does mean a lot to some of us knowing that the people portraying our childhood heroes on the big screen actually do listen to the fan community.

I do have a question for you.........................................................
Can you comment on the video at this link?
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Originally Posted by oddsey

I'll prob get moaned at for repeating a question, but what the hell!

Bob, did ya notice the requests a few pages back for a brief blast (perhaps on a radio in the background) of one of the two iconic songs from the original movie in ROTF?
Of course I'm referring to 'The Touch' or 'Dare'.

Originally Posted by samtheman

What exactly do you mean by that? Do you mean there will be no special effects in the trailer or that the images look good even before special effects are added?

I know it seems silly but it just reads weird to me.

Thanks again.

Originally Posted by krade

hello bob

what is your favorite kind of movie you like to write,sci-fi,comedy,action,...?

in tf1,when was the last day you had to work on the movie or at which moment in the movie production?

thanks

Originally Posted by Cory Bauer

Heya Roberto,

Question for you if you don't mind. Which would you say the story of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen does more: expanding upon concepts introduced in the first film, or introducing all new ones? Thanks!

Originally Posted by Buzzbeak

Taking the questions back to the first movie, in another thread Skorpinok has come into question in regards to beast modes in the films. I remember hearing conflicting statements as to what Skorpinok was. Things like he was part of Blackouts copper mode, or meant to resemble battlefield debris. I think it had been said that he had a more animal like mentality. The impression I got on why we never saw him transform out side of popping off Blackout was because there where meant to be no witnesses to the attack. Blackout knowing humans got away deployed Skorpinok to clean up the stragglers. Thinking any human that saw him would end up dead there was no need for an alt-mode. Am I anywhere near the mark? Can you clear up the Skorpinok question at all?