Re: DOTM Autobot Ironhide's death?
Posted: Tue Mar 08, 2011 5:05 pm5150 Cruiser wrote:shamone and shadowynne ,
I'm going to have to disagree with both of you. Problem is, if you need a complete back story on each Tf for them to have development, then nearly no TF in any universe from G1 to the movies have had what you define as development. In the case of Ironhide, your correct. He is the "Shoot first, ask questions later" kind of warrior. You don't need to be told that. His actions define it.
I will agree that more dialog would have been better. That point I'm not arguing. But for all intents and purposes, Ironhide has been a warrior, and this is what he was portrayed as. We don't need a huge back story as to why he became one to get that point across is all I'm saying.
Oh and shamone,
I should note that my comment that you quoted above was not entirely directed at Ironhide's character. As i said, i believe there are more than a few characters in the movies that had development. Some more than others, and admittedly, some not at all.
i was not saying that development was needed. but i find it hard to believe that you can argue that there was development.
what development was there, considering each character had three to four lines, which were either exposition or inane jokes.
the robots were given one line characters, and dialogue to reflect this. essentially it was like armaggeddon, each character in that was the same, one not and no development.
thats fine if thats what you want. i would rather fewer bot and cons with more screen time and dialogue for those that were in it
