A casting call has been posted on Moviehole.net advertising for a “female motorcycle rider” to do a days work on Transformers 2. The producers are looking for a “very attractive female actor under 30 years old” but she must have extensive experience/training in riding motorcycles.
AutobotMarine
That may be Arcee, or a "human" version of her, maybe a pretender?
Mirage232
I sometimes get the feeling that any female over 30 these days is considered "over the hill" in Hollywood.
Ironhide546
I don't understand why a female Transformer is any "less realistic" than a black male rapper or Clint Eastwood-inspired cowboy male Transformer.
They're all just types of people, and so are women. It's the idea that male is the default here… If the first thing Ironhide downloaded was Aliens and Tomb Raider I'm sure he would have thought women were the dominant ass-kicking species when it comes to guns
I mean, you can't say that having a female gender type is weird when Ironhide, Jazz, and Ratchet all seem to fit a specific kind of MALE personality. Or, we can't say that Transformers have no concept of gender and then say that female TF's are dumb while ignoring that the rest of the Autobots are so clearly male archetypes. And male, fyi, just happens to be a gender .
And of course, there's the whole idea what masculine and feminine qualities are things often independent of sex. Arcee doesn't need to be able to have robo-babies come out of her exhaust unit to be female.
I personally think Arcee could be cool. I wan't them to use her original design, because hot pink robots are awesome. Plus, Transformers is a big sausage fest
Obvious Prime
OH SNAP!
But the real question is, can Bimma ride a motorcycle?
Foster
What, like Tracks?
Ziero
Why does it have to be a "Female" Transformer? Why can't it just be an effeminate Transformer. In otherwords, all the mannerisms and personality of a female…without that whole gender bit.
Batman
Damn, I almost could have auditioned if I was a chick and could ride a motor bike, mind you I could change all of that…………………………..*SNIP* (Enrolls in stunt bike class).
Soundwave84
So i hope the same thing i def can seee arcee in this but i really hope they come up with a better design with teh same colors as the Pink Ranger in the original power rangers. Though i hope that the 30 year old woman looks good though hehe
VAwitch
Both sound like good ideas – except that Mikaela isn't anywhere near 30.
Personally, I think it's either the scanned-rider routine (which may make at least that Tf's holo = female), or a momentary character one of the mains interact with.
And if Arcee is "female", I'd prefer it's due to what "she" is drawn to on the Web/build, rather than a true gender. Can be explained in like 1 or 2 sentences, and go on from there.
Again, pity doesn't say where the call is…
VAwitch
Well, I'm female, look less than I am (34, keep being told I look 28-maybe 30), ride MCs… sadly, "very attractive" I ain't. Oh well.
Ironhide546
Pretty much though. That alone makes Arcee make sense.
If Jazz can be a gangsta rapper, and Ironhide can be Clint Eastwood, why can't Arcee pick up a female voice/traits? It's really just as likely. I mean they make up half the population anyways.
RRavage
I could do this, im under 30, i can ride a bike, im good looking….
Shame my bumps are in my pants!
Greyryder
They have no genders. They are simply percieved as different genders by humans. It's not like all of those male robots running around makes a hell of a lot of sense, either.
Bahamut Prime
If they manage to find a suitable rider, that would work!
zzyss
No, no… they learn their personalities from Teh Internets!
mondo
Maybe the biker woman is the stunt driver for Mikaela when she rides with Arcee. I always thought that Mikaela would partner up with Arcee. She did have a scooter, why not a Motorcycle.
What was the importance of RID Scourge scaning a human? I did not remember this, only Prime and the tanker.
Witwicky Camaro
Wioot! I'm a girl! And it doesn't suck that I'm not Thirty, but it does suck that cannot drive a Motorcycle (frowns).
When I read this thread I immediately imagined Carrie Anne Moss as Trinity in a tight-fitting leather (or pleather) outfit straight out of The Matrix and the Motorcycle sequence Matrix Reloaded. Maybe that's what their aiming for.
unicronsupreme
Interesting that you use the word "those" and not "them". Is your girlfriend and object to you or did you just botch the grammar?
Poho
i've been dating one of those for three years. SUCK IT SOCIETY!
Dropshot
Now you are thinking like George Lucas