Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

Rumble02 · 08-23-2008, 01:43 PM

Hello Mr. Orci
anothe question for you.
forgive me if this was allready asked, but are there any plans for deep sea transformers? like a submarine, or pod?

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by GAUGE0001

Hello Mr. Orci if you happen to see this I have a couple questions you may be able to answer.

1. Do you ever find it hard or feel discouraged to write a for a Movie when fans/non-fans are constantly net bashing and complain about everything they see and read? and if so, how do you cope with it? being the sensitive person I am, I'd be pretty ticked off if I had to log onto a forum and see so many negative things being said about me and things i do when making a movie.

2. Can you please confirm whether or not there have been "real" posters made for TF:ROTF yet? because I for one am growing tired of folks continuously posting images of "Fake" posters and calling them "official" when if fact they haven't even made them yet.
my reasoning for this particular question is I run a forum of my own and would like to let people know beforehand rather than them having to find out later on.

Thank you for your time and thank you also for tolerating the constant negative things people continue to say and never letting it scare you from writing these movies.

-Gauge

My writing partner, Alex, is like you in that he's sensitive and has a hard time reading too much on the net because it affects him more. But we BOTH know how unbelievably lucky we are to get a chance to do what we do, and so we can't let ourselves get discouraged. Negative comments only motivate us to try and do better. There is always something to learn from any opinion, positive or negative.

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Detour

I'm too tired to skim through twenty-nine pages to see if my questions have been asked before...

But is there any reason why Ironhide was made so homicidal in the movie?
He introduces himself by intimidating Sam and Mikaela with his cannons, almost kills Mojo just for "leaked lubricant", casually suggests to kill Sam's parents to get them out of the way...
I understand the shades of gray in treating the fiction more maturely but not even Sunstreaker was that much of a sociopath in any continuity...

If it wasn't for Michael's deals with General Motors... what car models would you have picked for the Autobots and Barricade?

Those're the questions I have.
Thanks for your time!

Seemed indicated by the name. Ironhide = tough exterior.

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by thygriever

"Q: Will Optimus have any badass fight scenes like the one-on-one with Bonecrusher from the first movie?

A: Prime is going to truly live up to his name this time around."

I loved hearing this! Especially since i'm such a Prime fan.

My question would be this:
Will prime still use his mouth? Most likely he will still have it so I wonder if we'll see more of his face plate (classic style) then seeing him walk around with a mouth (which seems kinda weird in my opinion)? Because 80% of Prime's screen time in TF1 was his lips moving up and down.

and Who's idea was it to give Prime a mouth? Why a mouth over just a permanent faceplate?

To relate to him better. Plus, we all figured he's always had a mouth, and that the face plate covered it.

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by KaekoKat14

Mr. Orci, In the original G1 series Optimus was the very model of a Father figure. ( What he is to me ) This time around are you going for a more ' big gentle papa ' figure? I saw a glimpse of it when he caught Sam, when he fell off the roof. Just wanted to know for all us girls out there, who look at Optimus as our daddy. Thanks.

You'll definitely feel safe in his arms!

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by DiGi Valentine

Hi Mr. Orti. Just wanna say you're doing a great job, in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

I'm not as much of a hardcore fan like the other members are but i still love Transformers all the same and i'm probably going to get laughed at for saying this but one of my favourite Transformers is Ultra Magnus. I'm not sure why, he just has a certain appeal to him and i'm glad in the cartoon they gave him his own character rather than just being a copy of Prime.

I guess my questions are-
1) Do you feel that Ultra Magnus would have a place in a Transformers movie despite being a truck type vehicle like Prime?
2) What are the chances of him ever being in a live-action Transformers movie?

Anything's possible. I see no reason why he couldn't be in it.

Bob Orci · 08-23-2008, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Rumble02

Hello Mr. Orci
anothe question for you.
forgive me if this was allready asked, but are there any plans for deep sea transformers? like a submarine, or pod?

Discussed it at length. Even had an aircraft carrier planned for the first movie, but thought better of it.

DiGi Valentine · 08-23-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Orci

Anything's possible. I see no reason why he couldn't be in it.

Thanks for answering my question.

Also, i just noticed i spelt your name wrong. Sorry about that. ^^;;

Fit For natalie · 08-23-2008, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Bob Orci

Im sure we'll mostly have continuity with voices, but you never know till after we're done shooting. Your other suggestions are noted.

As for the parents, MOST people (not to be confused with hardcore fans) liked the parents, too. They'll have at least as much screen time. We'll see how the editing room treats them.

Great! I loved Sam's parents, and I thought they were played very well by the actors. However, I hope you guys will tone down on the teen grossout comedy style humour seen in the last film with the masturbation discussion. Alot of kids watched the first film and will watch the second film, and it gets... uncomfortable when they ask what iffy things mean.

DecepticonsRule · 08-23-2008, 03:31 PM

Mr. Orci, I am not sure if you will be able to answer these, but I'll try anyway.

1) Will Transformers TF fans recognize be made reference to, by name or otherwise, but not actually seen?

2) Do you view triple-changers as a movie possibility? I know Michael Bay mentioned something about there being different "species" in the film.

Thanks,
DR