Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

llamatron · 08-09-2008, 10:53 AM

I hate to always defend a film that had very real flaws, but budget & mass appeal are some things that you should consider.

transmetal2dinobot · 08-09-2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Soundwave784

so... it's not logical that a certain transformer named grimlock could land in the Smithsonian and scan the nearest thing, (aka a T-rex skeleton)? I guess it makes total sense though to write about how a kid that calls in about his car getting stolen end up getting arrested somehow, it also even makes MORE sense to write in scenes like "Sam's happy time" instead of more bot vs con action... I will most likely get bashed for saying that but I am speaking for alot of people when i say that.

well it's not logical really
the autobots in the first movie scanned vehicles because it was the most feasible thing to do after presumable learning about earth via the world wibe web. the idea of them scanning these things is to disguise themselves as best possible, so they can stealth around and do what they need to do. scanning a t-rex skeleton would not make sense because what would be scanned is the mode they would take, and i'm pretty sure a t rex skeleton isn't going to be much of a disguise, let alone a complete t-rex. scenes like sam's happy time are good to emphasize just how out of place the transformers are in our world, where parents will ask stupid questions like that and in general the world lives in a relaxed and sometimes joking way.

this isn't a bash, i'm just making a logical counter-argument

transmetal2dinobot · 08-09-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Bob Orci

We, the writers, don't get any money from car companies. And as much as I'd like to, we can't just throw away logic in the movie since it is NOT a cartoon.

Bob, if it were in my power, I'd give you the internet for that.
god i love writers

Ravenxl7 · 08-09-2008, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Ravenxl7

Can't remember seeing this one asked yet, so I figured I would-

If you've seen The Dark Knight, what did you think of it?

Now for a Transformers related question-

If you could have included any other robot character into the first movie, who would you have included and why?

Nothing?

Soundwave784 · 08-09-2008, 11:18 AM

As long as the Transformers screentime is longer or equal to the human ones, it will make sense, unless you change the name of the sequel to "Humans: Revenge of the Fallen". unlike the first one that should have been called "Humans walk around and talk about stuff the whole movie and there is finally a good fight at the end of the movie"

Hollywood Hoist · 08-09-2008, 01:24 PM

Hi Bob,

Here's a question relating to the Dinobot discussion. In the Alternators toy line Grimlock was a Mustang. I think a lot of fans accepted it. The fans keep saying it's about the characters and their personalities. Was it ever considered to change the alt mode of the Dinobots to include them into the film?

Seth Buzzard · 08-09-2008, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Orci

soon

PM me when you are ready.

Ironhide2005 · 08-09-2008, 02:26 PM

1.Has frank welker(voice of G1 soundwave)been called or auditioned for soundwave's roll?
2.Are anybody trying out for voices in this movie(no need for names but if you don't mind

)?

Bob Orci · 08-10-2008, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Nevermore

Hey, this is SCI-FI, so everything is possible! Sam could totally start flying with no explanation, Optimus Prime could grow to GIANT size and smack Megatron with ASTEROIDS, Megatron opens a black hole that swallows Earth, and everyone who dies can instantly resurrect himself after an LSD trip through Heaven, Hell, Porgatory and the Fourth Dimension.

Totally possible because it's sci-fi, right?

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On a more serious note, Bob, you haven't answered my questions yet. If you don't want to answer them, say "no comment".

1) You already addressed the Arcee-in-early-drafts/motorcycle-used-by-Lennox-for-attack-on-Blackout issue at your panel at last year's BotCon, but reports seem contradictory. Could you please, once and for all, conclusively explain the exact relationship of Arcee and Lennox' motorcycle? Was there ever any scenario where Arcee would, could, should have been that motorcycle, or are they two completely unrelated elements?

2) ASSUMING that the returning robot cast from the first movie won't change their robot mode appearances too drastically, in terms of Bumblebee suddenly having his car front as his feet, Optimus having wheels for hands etc.

Will ILM use the existing animation models and simply tweak them a little (in terms of reflecting the small changes to Bumblebee's Camaro design), or has technology advanced so much in the past two years that ILM would rather completely recreate the models from scratch so the designs are ten times more complex, and ten times faster to generate or somesuch?

1.) The motorcycle gag for Lennox was something we all came up with AFTER we'd cut Arcee. So no relation. However, if Arcee had remained, it would've been a temptation to make them one and the same.

2.) Yes. They'll keep some of their models and tweak them.

Bob Orci · 08-10-2008, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by The Madness

Hi Bob,

In light of the discussion raised regarding Dinobots, and the abstract nature of their alternate modes, I am curious as to whether or not there is reasoning behind the clearly humanoid nature of the 'robot modes' in the Transformers Movie franchise.
This may have been addressed previously, and I apologise if it has, yet I wonder whether the Cybertronians bipedal structure, with human-like proportions, are considered a matter of cosmic coincidence or something more.

While I appreciate anyone with the slightest familiarity with the Transformers product would easily accept their form to mimic humans, I am interested to know if you, as a writer, have your own explanation for the shape and design of the Transformers 'natural' modes, and whether there is much variation to this. i.e. Is Scorponok's robot form native to Cybertron, or an earth mode?

I am well aware of the Entertainment industry's precedent of depicting Extra Terrestrials as humans with funny heads, so I wouldn't contemplate any need for official justification, just wondering if you personally saw, or consider, a reason when writing.

Thanks

Being a fan of UFO theories and the like, if you watch the Press club luncheon in 2001 organized by Dr. Greer, many military and air traffic control types came forward with their seemingly earnest reports, and I've heard many say that we have been visited by MANY different ET's, and that oddly, they all share our basic form, as though it IS somehow part of the fabric of life.