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What other actors and actresses auditioned or were considered for the parts of Sam and Mikaela in the first film?

Mr Orci
Love your work, TF1 rocked.
I have some Q's.

1.What are the chances of seeing Primes Trailer in the film?
2.In G1 we see the Transformers go under water. Willl we see any of this in TF2?
3.Will the film be released on the same day all over the world or different dates for each country. I ask this cos i have a countdown timer and i wanna make sure i dont have to wait any longer than i have to.

Thanks

I would like to second question 3 from the post above. It would be truly awful if the day before TF2s Australian release I was obsessively surfing the internet for spoilers and I actually came across a detailed plot summary. I can't help looking up TF2, but that doesn't mean I have to actually FIND anything lol

Another question Mr Orci:
How many drafts did you have to write up before you got to the final version for both TF and TF2?

- is it me or Maegan Fox doesnt seem at all surprised when she sees barricade for the first time? I woulda literally shit my pants!
- is it me or... Optimus seems to have caused more casualties than megatron?

If the constructicons do form the big guy, will they use the name Devastator since the name was already used in the first one for the tank (later named Brawl)?

Thanks for reaching out to the fans this way.

Now that the Autobots have established themselves as the Earths protectors will they have a "base" of operations or will they continue to be nomadic ?

Whats the first word that comes to your mind when you hear the name..

Unicron

Who do you consult with on the personalities and in and outs of Transformerdom? Do you call Simon Furman at 3 am and say things like, "Would Prime say this?" or ask deeper questions about their characters' histories? I am just wondering why several busy Hollywood guys are taking all this time to write this new stuff when they have already laid out for you, already written, already perfect? Why not involve any of the writers of the original comic book series? They know the characters and could write them in their sleep. Then you guys wouldn't have to "sample" the universes. (should watch everything and read everything! Especially UK) You'll have the people who came up with it in the first place telling you, "Prime wouldn't say that." Or honestly, ask us. No one knows more than we collectively do. That's probably why you are here. If there is something outside the universes that you guys just want to introduce for whatever "convenience" reasons then run it by us. At this point, I don't think any of us trust what information we receive from the Bay camp but there is no way for any of us to know what is going to end up in the final film. Just remember, the general public might go see it once but we are going to buy the dvd and every edition of it that comes out, we are going to sit in little discussion groups and spread our opinions of the film and the choices you made, we're going to buy the toys for ourselves AND our children and anyone we know that loves them (because we want to promote the LOVE of the TFs to any and all), we will search on ebay for any scrap of memorabilia we can find and pay whatever for it. We are people who literally budget for TFs every month. We are the die hards. Those who held on when everyone screamed how dorky we were. We didn't care. We loved them THAT much. We are the ones who could answer any question you had about them. Anything. We are the collective expanded knowledge of this particular area. Ask us not what we want to see because you'll get a million answers but ask us what works and what doesn't. We're all grown up and have jobs. Probably a lot in industries not that different from your own. We are not stupid. We might not be the most charismatic of peoples but we are really smart when it comes to this. Trust us. If we love it, they'll love it. But if you lose us, then all you have is them. The people who will see the film once. Will wait till it comes on Showtime to see it or those who will avoid it all together for whatever snooty reason. You don't want to lose us. You are giving us our dream. To see in front of our eyes what they would look like if they were here. I have been fantasizing about that since I was little. It is a dream come true to open my eyes and be able to experience that. It truly is all I have been looking forward to all of my life. You beat me to making the movie. I din't finish my script and the world is not ready for an adult Transformers. (I don't mean porn, I mean deep, serious and more drama) Thank you so much for that. I appreciate that you guys divined the soul of the TFs on screen. It was very personal for me even though is certainly was not perfect. I love it anyway. I will take what I can get.

My questions (If the rumors that the Silver Centennial Corvette is infact being named Sideswipe) are as follows:

1. Is Sunstreaker going to make an appearance or be in TF2 along with his brother Sideswipe?

2. If Sunstreaker is not going to be included...Why name the Vette Sideswipe?..Instead of something like Tracks, Wheeljack..or any other name that is not usually associated with a twin character almost immediately??...

3. Why not at least be faithful and pay tribute to the character's likeliness if you are going to use their name? Tracks was even originally a Vette, a Stingray in fact, and I personally believe would be a fitting name considering the Centennial concept is infact a hommage to the Stingray.

4. How much input and decision making power do the writers/directers/producers have over subjects such as characterization/colors of vehicles/names of vehicles?

5. What dictates the colors filmed? Some of us cannot accept the reason "because Red is hard to film"...as seen with the Beat you can film a color that will work as red on the big screen

6. Does GM put stipulations on what they will allow their vehicles to be named as characters? And what do they base their stipulations on? Do they also put stipulations on the colors they will allow their vehicles to be?

Thank you Mr. Orci in advance for any questions you might be able to answer. If I seem a bit miffed about this rumor/spoiler I apologize it's only because Sideswipe and Sunstreaker have always been my favorite characters and their inclusion in the movie excites me and means a lot to me...but I just want it be done in a way that is respectful to their namesakes. I am also interested in the decision making process if you could please enlighten myself and the rest of the curious members of this board.

Hola Roberto,

can you confirm how many minions Sound wave will have in the new movie. Is it only going to be the Confirmed Ravage minion or will we see other minions.

Also have you considered any limitations to the the transformers ability to scan new objects to become. Is it aided by a device is it inherent or is there a limited amount of times they can make the change.

Just curious about that last tidbit because it always seemed to me they could just constantly rescan over and over which seems to lessen the importance of transforming

EDIT/NOTE : Have you tossed around the idea of imposing rescanning restrictions (for alt forms) since the allspark is destroyed.

And kudos on Fringe the show is excellant