Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

I know you've prolly been asked this question a lot, my apologies, but I still haven't seen any responses so I'll ask it. Is RotF going to explain what happened to Barricade? You don't have to tell me whether or not he's in the film, I just want to know if the movie will approach it, because honestly, he was one of the sweetest characters from the first movie, I thought. That transforming scene and subsequent chase with Bumblebee was the best scene from the movie. At least one of them...

Hey Bob, few questions - some of which I know you probably can't answer, but I'll try anyway.

1) Are there going to be more new Autobots other than Arcee, the ice cream truck/Beat & Trax, the Corvette and the little RC truck?

2) Have all of Arcee's scenes been filmed already? We know she was on set during the Bethlehem shoot but nobody has seen her since - I'm worried she's going to be underused and bite the dust in the first 10 minutes of the movie...

3) Speaking of Arcee, how did you end up getting her in the movie? Did you have to convince alot of people to include her this time? Was there as much resistance, especially from the higher-ups like Bay and Hasbro?

4) What comes first, the script or the robot designs? If the script comes first, have you ever been disappointed/pleasantly surprised with the look of some of the bots or the choice of some of the vehicle modes? I'm sure you guys have some sort of mental image of what your characters would look like when you write them...

5) How much detail do you get to write into the action sequences? Do you have at least a certain amount of control over what happens (what gets blown up, by who, etc.) or is that somebody else's department?

6) Will there be a Transformer larger than the largest Transformer from the first film (Blackout, I believe)?

7) Similarly, will there be a Transformer smaller than the smallest Transformer from the first film (the cell-phone bot, right)?

That would be lovely, Arcee's gonna suck the awesomeness out of this movie. :/

So you've already read the script, and that's how you know Arcee's gonna suck? Do tell us about all the other characters and plotlines!

He will make it smoother, don't worry. Even 25 percent more discipline will be AWESOME!

probably as long as the first one.

Hey Orci

Tueuche, about my first question, thy do kiss in the first 1, iv seen the movie about 15+ times but i always listen to Optimus speak, its real powerful and freakin awsome so i dnt always look at sam, and mekala in that shot. I have a couple more questions.
1. Do you get annoyed when people ask you questions like "i know you cant answer this but... "? cos it annoyes me. Oviesly u cant so y ask? lol
2.I rekon Bay is buzy right now but u rekon he could join this forum? Mabie u could seend him the link?
3.For the Premier of the movie, do you rekon it could b in New Zealand cos i dnt wanna wait a secong longer than i have to to see the movie?
4.Out of 10, what do u rekon the chances of Starscrem saying "Terririse"?
5.and finaly, will we see the Transfomers go underwater at all?

Thanks

Hi Orci!!

Sorry if this has already been asked but have you considered adding any fan-made characters into TF2 or save them for any future sequels?

Not to step on Bob's toes here (though some people don't seem to have a problem with doing it ) I think it's safe to say for legal reasons that wouldn't be possible.

though as a fan with a healthy stable of hastily scribbled bots, I can say that it'd be a way cooler contest than "pick which overused G1 line Optimus will say next!"