Welcome Mr. Roberto Orci, you may ask him questions

Super_Megatron · 09-03-2008, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by DrLee

Mr Orci-

Having just seen the Wal-Mart footage i have to say i'm confused.

As far as i know (And i admit my TF knowledge isn't that good(sorry!)) Arcee has only ever been a single TF and not a combiner..... Yet the footage on Wal-marts site shows three different coloured Bikes....

Is Arcee a Combiner in TF:ROTF or have we missed something? Like the fact there are other Bike characters or something....

It's already been indicated on a leaked call sheet I beleive that Arcee will be a combiner. Just because a character hasn't been in that form in the past doesn't mean they can't be that way in the movie.

DrLee · 09-03-2008, 12:49 PM

It's all very confusing.....

Nevermore · 09-03-2008, 03:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bumblebee454

Mr Orci, I read an article about an extra who got thrown off set after trying to 'learn Bay some Transformers'. I was just wondering what you did about his part in the movie. Will it still be in there, or has it been cut because of happened/because it didn't fit, etc?

Allegedly the guy never actually filmed any scenes. (He also claimed he hasn't even been on the set, none of this actually happened, etc. yadda yadda.)

oddsey · 09-03-2008, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by surak777

What kind of music is there going to be? some pop culture tracks mixed with orchestration?

Will Stan Bush get a job this time?

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Originally Posted by transmetal2dinobot

in the same manner, have you ever considered something like 'the touch" or "dare" by stan bush coming on the radio(probably prime's) and someone telling him to get out of the 80's?

Had the same thought myself.

Bob, I realise that he's got no chance of being part of the official soundtrack, but could you put this idea to Bay?

I think it would make a great little nod for the fans of the original movie. I'm sure that there must be a scene where you could just have a snippet of either song playing in the background. (Pity B/Bee didn't use either in the first movie, as part of his radio-speak.)

Personally, I prefer 'Dare' (played loudly!) as a song overall, although I still get a shiver or two down my spine whenever I here 'The Touch'.
See what ya can do Bob, go on make my day!

Cheers!

Poho · 09-03-2008, 04:03 PM

Mr Orci;

I just remembered a question that I've really been meaning to ask you and completely forgot. It's regarding one of the few gripes that I have with the first film.

In the leaked script from the first film, there was a lot of description about the Autobot's names, and why they chose them. I think it was something along the lines of: their Cybertronian names did not translate to English, so they chose names based on their personalities. And when asked why his name was Bumblebee, Bumblebee played a clip of Mohammed Ali saying "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!"

I thought that was REALLY cool, and I really liked that their was a reason for their moderately goofy English names.

Another thing in that script that I really liked was that it gave an explanation for why they are referred to as "Decepticons", saying that Megatron gathered loyalists and then betrayed the rest of them, hence the name. But in the finished product, that part is missing, and they just say that he was the leader of the Decepticons...which makes it sound like there had always been Decepticons...which is strange because when Optimus explains what Transformers are, it indicates that all Transformers, Cons included, are "Autobots" (autonomous robotic organisms).

I'm wondering why these awesomely logical explanations were taken out of the movie.

samtheman · 09-03-2008, 09:01 PM

Mr Orci,

How do you feel when fans want you to make your movie more like G1? I realize G1 was great in its own ways but G1 and TF2007 and ROTF are two completely different entities. I was just wondering what your opinion is on this matter.

Thanks in advance.

Bob Orci · 09-03-2008, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Platitude

This is so cool that your doing this! I have two questions...

1) There was definitely a big focus on the military aspect in the first film. Will that still be a big focus on the military or will the Transformers be a bigger part of the film?

2) You have said in the past that Sam was based upon Marty from Back to the Future. Any chance we will ever get to hear him say "Thats heavy." ?

Ha okay the nerd in me begs a third question, which was more enjoyable to write, Revenge of the Fallen or Star Trek?

1.) We'll continue to follow a couple of our favorite characters from the military.

2.) Ha. No direct quotes.

3.) Trek

Bob Orci · 09-03-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by transmetal2dinobot

ok mr orci man
here are my birthday questions

have you ever toyed around with the idea of putting sam in a construction workers outfit as a playful nod to g1? like say, he's going to a costume party and he just happens to look exactly like g1 spike?
in the same manner, have you ever considered something like 'the touch" or "dare" by stan bush coming on the radio(probably prime's) and someone telling him to get out of the 80's?

final question, what do you do when you get writers block? i have it right now and it's bugging the hell out of me

Writer's block?

Just type out a HORRIBLE version of a scene on purpose. Always easier to re-write than to stare at a blank page.

Bob Orci · 09-03-2008, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DominusPrime

Hello Mr. Orci,

Regarding the soundtrack for TF2, is Linkin Park going to be approached to contribute one of their songs, or are they going to be asked to write a track for the movie? Any other bands the powers that be have in mind?

No idea.

Bob Orci · 09-03-2008, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Deadend

Mr. Orci, I was curious on a few quick things that may eventually crop up, or if explained in ROTF I can understand a simple no comment as well. All my questions are of a nature as to being interpreted as meaning 'if not this movie, potentially the next or thereafter if you are still attached?' An eventual type nature.

1. Will we ever see the allspark's origins within all this talk of mythos, or at least enough hints at one that explain the potentially religious behaiviour and or traditions among cybertronians(transformers)? (Cybertronian Creationism vs Evolutionism, the religion vs the science and the truth being somewhere inbetween.)

2. Did the Allspark's destruction awaken something on cybertron?

3. Was something imprisoned in the allspark?

4. Were the similiarities between the Allspark and 2001: a space oddyssey's TMA series computers intentional?

5. Did Sam commit the penultimate screw up in hero history by impaling megatron with the allspark cube's power?

6. How far ahead do you plan script points you can explore using the TF mythos for future projects?

7. Does the ice cream truck side faction symbol fan photo posted on this site and other fansites look like a decepticon or autobot logo to you? (Can understand a no comment, but asking what you see in the photo, not what you know.) ;-)

Question about the first movie. Semi comedic so please have fun if you answer it. xD

8. Is Bumblebee a pervert or just always helping a friend out? In the first movie he attempted to instigate a mating ritual between Sam and Mikaela within himself before even revealing he was a robot. At the end, even allowing them to get frisky on his hood when they knew. Whereas Ironhide seems rather offended by carbon based lifeform fluids. Or do they know more about earth habits from the internet than we realize?

9. Have the G1 original Dinobot mechanical forms been talked about to ever be used if capable of being worked in to avoid the organic issues? (3rd movie or later, G1 outward appearance in dino mode, but movie aesthetic in robot mode. Sooner or later some bot's gotta have bad luck on scanning, like crashing in the smithsonian then having the scan beam bounce off of a reflective surfaces into a toy display case or something. Not trying to be fanficcy, just saying that .01% screwup can happen sooner or later, or similiar, circumstances can be creative. Or is that the ice cream truck already? Then with grimlock's personality, he'd obviously refuse to give up such a badass form. Makes for a great cross marketing too if the 'life size t-rex g1 mode' was donated to the museum afterwards or during. Now he's hiding in plain sight for future movies. Plus if used deeper in, his refusal to give up said form, could make him a commander of a squad of 'misforms that won't rescan to hide', or area 51 like freed bots, or even sasquatch and nessie like reasons or whatever the writer feels is prudent to fit if capable.)

10. Will we ever see the insecticons used similiarly? Since they have a crashed on earth origin similiar to jetfire/skyfire's only after his. Maybe a search party for him that went missing?

11. Will welker's voice be written in since Megatron was destroyed and revived, needing to be more raspy? Or will we see the more powerful shakespearean weaving again?

12. Will movie 1 'Devastator' make a return?

13. If megatron were to comeback to life, would he still be megatron, or receive a new name? (Please just leave him at Megatron for now till later! >.>)

14. Does the allspark adhere to the laws of opposites? Is there a Yin to the Allspark's yang?

Two part finale question my bad.
15. Will we ever see the Human effects of long exposure to allspark radiation? And is that why Prime allowed Bee to stick around.

I can understand if most get a no comment, or skipped altogether. Sorry for all the questions, but your work so far has left an open lush body of material still to explore with the mythos, while still being greatly entertaining. I can't wait to see the following chapters of this growing interplanetary war on our soil. Keep up the fantastic work, and know you and your team are making history right now. History of a franchise that has sustained the test of time, essentially heralding in the Star Wars of the new age(without the anakin jar jar mishaps!). I hope you and your team helm this project till it's run its full course. A truly modern day epic with the groundwork laid. I have full confidence in that potential to be explored over the course of many movies to come. (5 would rock, but I'm seriously hoping for an epic of 9-13 before hitting star trek syndrome. This seriously can build into an epic tale greater than star wars, star trek, possibly even LOTR.)

I'm afraid only the movie itself will answer all these questions.