A piece of info has been dropped stating some Transformer characters may not be making a return to the big screen for the fourth live action film. “Nelson” of the Shoot For The Edit – Michael Bay forums has been known to drop hints before and seems to have stated Sideswipe and Dino won’t be returning for Age of Extinction.
This is consistent of course with their cars not being seen on the set as well as the promises of a new robot cast for Transformers 4 as we’ve previously been told.
Are you okay with this possibility? You can see the original thread with Nelson’s reply here. Discuss after the jump.
eltonlin98
Que/Wheeljack
MnemonicSyntax
Who is the third slain one in that photo?
sharpy39
That's old school, yo!
Something smells… fishy…
eltonlin98
Red Goblin made it even before he was called Red Goblin
Moy
RedGoblin might've made that…
MTME
I believe that poster is fan art from an x-men thing
MV95
The rims don't match.
EpicTransformer
The person you are replying to is the one who made that.
Chaos Prime
I can't say I'm sorry to see Mirage go. It's not like he did anything worth mentioning in DOTM.
But Sideswipe was at least an active member, and I don't see a reason why he wouldn't return, unless he's just elsewhere around.
moylan55
^that's not official
OptimusOmega9
Yeah on that Autobot Most Wanted poster, it show Sideswipe & Mirage have been slain, but they may show Ratchet & Topspin in trouble.
ArmadaSentinel
If Ratchet's in it then Sideswipe certainly should be, especially as he did more in the movies and had a more memorable design with the skating and all.
Same goes for the Wreckers, though at least now that we know Ratchet is definitely in it, the old trilogy bots have not been completely disregarded.
Shin Densetsu
Great paramount and Hasbro might be repeating Hasbro's marketing plan from 1986; kill off existing characters to refresh the series with new characters.
No Ironhide? Here's Hound with a ton of guns. You like blades? RIP Sideswipe, hello Drift. Still want an Autobot team to wreck and rule? DINOBOTS.
MTME
I still say that is Sideswipe blown to bits on the side of the road where Lockdown is walking from the house
Scorpio
I expected Dino to go – but getting rid of Sideswipe seems like a middle-finger to some of the fans, especially after starting to give him more screen-time in DOTM. Heck, he actually had a memorable scene with the 'Mexican showdown' with Ironhide.
ironjazz
Shame about mirage he could have been a 458 speciale.
Gallade
Dino and Sideswipe should return.To me,Sideswipe kinda replaced Jazz since he died in TF1 sadly.But they still should return but it doesn't matter now if they ain't gonna get the license for Mirage so there's no point but he did play a role in TF3 and did speak.Too bad it was only a few lines and then his VA passed away.And then there's Sideswipe with 2 VAS(James Remar and André Sogliuzzo).So right now I'm still hoping for them to return but if there's no license for a Ferrari AOE toy then there's no point but if they make a retool for Deluxe Stinger(If they ever make Stinger) then I'd be proud.
Moy
Megs? My guess is Unicorn.
eagc7
Maybe because, we havent asked them about it
Moy
I had a feeling it was your work.