Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

thygriever · 09-10-2008, 05:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Orci

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If Cullen drove the truck i might faint out of pure awesomeness...

Ash from Carolina · 09-10-2008, 10:12 AM

Watched Fringe last night so that brings me to a new question.

Would you say the second film would be more like Fringe with lets throw some heavier science at people and drive the story by personality or would you say the second film is going to be more like the first film with lets just blow stuff up.

Ha ha, maybe the mods will not get too mad if I also take a moment to say congrats on Fringe actually being able to live up to all the hype. Nice to get a TV show where it doesn't feel you are being written down to or having every thing telegraphed because people have to be spoonfed a story these days.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Veloxiraptor

Mr. Orci,

I remember reading that with the previous film, Patton Oswalt and some other comedians were called in to "punch up" the script. Has that been done again this time?

We had a roundtable, where Alex and I moderated some of our favorite writers for an hour or two to suggest jokes here and there. We did it again this time, too.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Thundercrackah

Hi Roberto,
Will it be touched on in TF2 as to why the US government let the 4 surviving Autobots stay around, and don't round them up or order them to get off planet?

I presume they decided to let them stay just in case any Decepticons returned to Earth to stir up more trouble?

Or do the government not know there is any surviving robots?

That is a good question.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:42 AM

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Originally Posted by bliss81

Hey roberto, when working on the tf2 script did you feel pressure in trying to stay away from concepts from other sci-fi franchises such as startrek, starwars, aliens, terminator or did you use them as references? (difficult i can imagine since you worked on startrek to completely remove yourself from it when writing another scifi script)

one of my concerns is that sometimes since these franchises had such huge success, subsequent screenwriters have borrowed technology and concepts from these movies. i would like to see minimal borrowing and more concepts that can give transformers its own distinctiveness.
this is also a concern i have with the designs of the robots. i would like to see more reference to the transformers franchise (cartoons and comics) and less reference to other space/alien scifi movies.

This movie will deal much more with the specific mythology of the Transformers.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by SKowl

Hey Bob, few quick questions:

1 - Will there be character postersfor ROTF - something similar to what they do for many "comic-book" movies, like X-Men and Watchmen, where each major character gets their own poster?

2 - What comes first, the script or the bot designs? Do you right the script already knowing what the characters look like, and what their vehicles modes will be?

3 - Under the assumption that Arcee is indeed made of the three bikes seen in the Wal-Mart video (pink, purple, blue), what is the most dominant colour in her robot mode?

1.) Interesting. Don't know.

2.) We wrote both scripts independent of the bot designs, although obviously their vehicle modes, in general, are prescribed by the script.

3.) Arcee?

3.)

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Santoanderson

Hey Bob,

Could you could describe Michael Bay's humor in two words?

How often are you guys presented with an idea for a sequence where you're left thinking "How in the hell are we supposed to write that?!?"

I just saw the premiere of Fringe. Good job.

1. No

2. Other way around. We create a sequence and they say, "how the hell are we gonna shoot that?"

3. Thanks.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by transmetal2dinobot

hey bob, there's been some recent circulation of what seem to be new pictures of jazz, does this mean he may be returning in some capacity(flashback or otherwise)?

No.

Bob Orci · 09-10-2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by the unacronner

hello bob... thanks for answering these questions. I just have a couple.

1. have you ever tangled with the idea of having one of the tiny robots in the movie transform into a child's toy like an RC truck or race car?..

like maybe at a park.. a little kid could put the toy down and it transforms into a small decepticon and runs away chasing after the autobots and the child says "mom, my toy just ran away" and the mother who can't be bothered to take him serious just says "thats nice dear" ....that would be the ultimate tribute to the Transformers and quite comical too..

2.I want to be a writer... I have really good Ideas all the time..well at least I think I do (they could be crap I don't know) ..do I have to go to school for it?...I just graduated with a bachelor degree in media arts and animation so I don't have any money left....how did you start?

thanks so much

1.) Talked about that at some point.

2.) You don't have to go to school to write. You just have to write. If you're talking about writing scripts, try and get your hands (through the net) on as many scripts as you can, particularly of the movies or shows you love and want to emulate. You need about 3-5 good samples before an agent will really give you a read. Start writing, and keep writing, knowing your first few scripts will not be good.

Maximus_Prime · 09-10-2008, 11:49 AM

Hi, big fan of your work Mr. Orci, I have one question for now;

Obviously it's been known (and seen on our front page) that the real Devastator will be in TF2 as 7 robots. My question is this if this is true and he's in the movie will the combiner affect he uses be more "cartoony" (ala combiners attaching themselves in places through the air etc.) or will it look more realistically? (all on the ground and then they start attaching themselves to each other and then when finished picks itself up ala Blackout in the first scene of TF1)

I just hope it stays true to the realistic style like the first movie because I think it really made it shine that way.

That's all I have for now thanks a lot!

P.S. Fringe was amazing last night! I even have a discussion thread on this site for it, keep up the great work on that as well!