I read it as being a case of the Americans suspecting Megatron was not alone when they discovered him, and started looking for others. I wouldn't be too surprised if the Cybertronian ship found on the surface of the moon is somehow connected to Megatron. Maybe a group of Decepticons who are out looking for him, or Autobots who want to kill him before he can get his hands on the Allspark. I also wouldn't be too suprised if what the Americans find on the moon ends very badly, and so is intentionally erased from history. After all, the secret remains buried for forty years. THE DARK OF THE MOON probably has something to do with Russia as well, and the secret involvement of Cybertronians in the space race. We'll probably see the origins of Sector 7, and the way they have been tasked with covering everything up. They take pains to keep themselves hidden, much less their knowledge of the Cybertronians. There's plenty of potential for an explanation into why Optimus was never told the Government knew of his forerunners all along.
Except Sector 7 were the ones doing all the explaining in the first film. They felt this large detail was too big to hide from the Cybertronians but Megatron and the obviously super powerful All Spark weren't? That would only make sense in a Michael Bay movie.
As I have the prequel novel, I could tell you what the story here was before Bay breaks his continuity. From that trailer alone I can tell you that it breaks away from their previously laid out story.
They seem to have created a plothole with the first trailer they put out. That was actually a new low.
I have a long list of movies I want to see coming out this year, but this isn't one of them. I'm hoping to find something fun to do with my long Independence Day weekend. Maybe take my daughter to her first fireworks show.
), my only concern lies in how the characters are portrayed. As long as I look at the mannerisms and can associate them with the originals(something I've been glad to see with Megatron in the last movie and Starscream), I'm cool with it. For instance, NBC's reboot of "Knight Rider" was completely a failure to me not so much because the choice of car (I like cars so it didn't matter that much), but because the overall portrayal of KITT and this loser thats supposed to be the successor to David Hasseloff's original character. Point is when I myself hear Transformers, My first question is "How are the characthers?". Whilst Micheal Bay and company are not the sharpest tools in the shead, they at least had the common sense to know for instance, Starscream is a decepticon and not an autobot (unlike a certain series).
The portrayal of characters has been a major sticking point for me from day 1. Bumblebee can't talk (although he suddenly did at the end of the first film). Ironhide is a hot-head who wants to "show em my guns" and is ready to shoot a dog without hesitation, Jazz was a break-dancing, cussing rapper-wannabe, Jetfire was a senile old Scottish guy, and don't even get me started on Skids and Mudflap.
Thinking about it, I think that the treatment the Decepticons as a whole have gotten shows how little understanding of the franchise the film's creators have. It was like the first film quickly grabbed the most popular Autobots as characters, then for the Decepticons only gave Megatron any real personality and then just used the names of a few of the most commonly referred to characters on the Internet, but had no clue what to do with Soundwave. Then for the second film they saw the outrage over this and made sure to give Starscream more screen time and include Soundwave in a role that is half Soundwave and half Shockwave. It really does appear they don't know how to make villains that can be a fan favorite.
