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As I told my wife when we saw the trailer before Shrek 3, this will either be one of the most awesome things ever, or the worst. I mean you have Transformers (Awesome) and Michael Bay (Worst). What will shine through the most?
I agree about the Bionicle thing. So far Optimus is the only one that looks Transformer like, and that was only after a reworking of the design when fans complained about the designs. Starscream is supposedly reworked, but the transforming jet in the trailer still looks completely unrecognizable in bot form.
Honestly, when you first saw Megatron did you think, oh yeah he is recognizable as any form of Megatron ever taken?
Well, it is one thing when stories are changed to get away from the near ridiculous way comics and cartoons can do things. Jean Grey was still a red-headed hottie that Wolverine couldn't leave alone. Wolverine still had crazy hair, adamantium-laced bones, claws, a bad attitude, and smoked cigars. He even talked in a raspy voice. Every minor change made in the comics to movies for things like X-Men and Spiderman (changes weren't what bothered me about Spidreman 3) were acceptable because it made things make more sense in what is supposed to be a real world. Spiderman shoots webbing made from his own body instead of being a teenage kid who creates an amazing chemical compound he wears on shooters under his suit. That was a very acceptable change. Transformerr changes aren't for realism sake, but to......I don't know what. I know openly visible gearing and moving parts as opposed to the shielded forms we see with the cartoon characters makes no sense on a soldier robot. But hey, they look cool, right?
Despite all of my issues with the blasphemy that seems to be happening I have to admit that it does look fun.
How is it that I have missed this novel? This is the second time I've heard of it, but I've never seen it. What is it called and is it available online, or at Wal*Mart?
This was one of the changes I found acceptable for two reasons.
Bought the last copy at Wal*Mart for $4.50 and finished it a few days ago. It's a good read and the characters retain their original personalities in the book, but whether that plays through to the movies is a different thing.
This is what I have heard as well. My only thing is that I wonder if they explain how once not frozen Megs still doesn't transform. The only thing I can figure is that Megatron would not lower himself to our level because we are "puny humans."
(that also seems to apply for many of the people I know online... I suppose hollywood just can't do right )
He was searching for Energon, er The Matrix, er The All Spark.....whatever the heck they want to call it this time around. The official movie book calls it Energon, but it was written off of the first script draft. The prequel was written based on the final script and calls it The All Spark. It is rumored that Michael Bay preferred The Matrix from the 1984 animated movie, but there was some copyright issue there.
I'm pretty sure he's a Cybertronian jet in the game, as there's footage of him in that alt mode wreaking havoc on the city. I do agree that he'll take a new alt form in the next film, though.
He's been on Earth significantly longer than that. Old Witwicky finds him the Arctic around the turn of the 20th century, as I recall from what I've read. Spike's great-grandfather or something.YSSMAN
I don't know about West Virginia, but BB's been on Earth for at least thirty years. I believe that model Camaro (some say '74, some say '76) was brand new when he arrived, and he's maintained that alt form ever since. The length of his stay on Earth also explains his fondness for humans, and his rather human-like behavior and mannerisms when in robot form. I think he's the only one that's been there that long, though. Four of them (Prime, Ironhide, Rachet, and Jazz) arrive during the film, they're the four "comets" we see in the trailer. I think that's all of them, isn't it? There's only the five Autobots?YSSMAN
That doesn't make much sense to me, either. The only explanation I can think of is that he was damaged, and the freezing temperatures prevented his systems from repairing themselves. That throws the whole "woke up in the desert for a short time" thing out of whack, but that's non-canon anyway, so I'd prefer to think it didn't happen. Especially seeing as how powerful he is.. it seems highly unlikely that an awake Megatron could be subdued by some puny humans with nitrogen guns. Also factor in his size.. he's damn near fifty feet tall (bigger than Prime), they'd need some pretty fancy guns to freeze anything more than his feet.Foolkiller
I read a bit today that indicated that his voicebox is damaged much more recently, actually within the film itself:Foolkiller
