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Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap?

Posted by Diem May 11, 2010 at 6:19pm CDT 86,919 views
Transformers Director Michael Bay is pretty well known for spreading misinformation about his movies but in this case he's been caught quickly. Previously he outright stated that Skids and Mudflap, the Autobot Twins, would not be making an appearance in the forthcoming movie Transformers 3. However these pictures seem to tell a different story.

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The pictures, taken by a photographer for Left Lane News show two Chevy Sparks with stripes in the distinctive colours of the twins. The second picture also appears to show Autobot badges on the hubcaps. If the images are indeed of the twins it's clear they will be sporting new paint jobs and alt modes.

You can see the original pictures here.

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Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by SlyTF1 May 11, 2010
Well, maybe there gonna get killed off early. This IS one of the first scenes they're shooting right?
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Editor May 11, 2010
Don't care for the characters, but digging the matching paint jobs.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno May 11, 2010
Aw ffffff....

I was happier when I heard they might not be in it or might have only a tiny part in it. If they're getting new forms that probably means we're gonna see more of them than we need/want to. Devastator should have crushed them both in the last movie.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Diem May 11, 2010
Sorry to break your hearts guys.

With all the flak Bay received last time over the Twins being racial stereotypes baybe he'll be more sparing with them this time.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Elita One May 11, 2010
In vehicle mode they look nice. I love the paint job on em. As long as their screen presence in TF 3 is minimal I can live with them being there.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Zeds May 11, 2010
Kill them Bay. KILL THEM! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by ConBotFormer May 11, 2010
Oh crap no. Dammit! The twins might be back, well maybe they'll be killed off. If Bay wants to misinform people about TF3, he should just say the movie is going to be good. :lol:

And then when we all see it, we all can be like.

"Oh Bay, you, you got us again. You little sneaky guy. You told us the TF3 was going to be good and it's just awful. We fell for your "genius" movie making misinformation ploys again.":lol:



sigh... :roll:
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by cannonfodder4000 May 11, 2010
same alt mode this time ? odd :-?
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by HighPrime May 11, 2010
I hope these guys are back. I really like them, and thought they were a riot.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by originaldave77 May 11, 2010
I hope the twins have as much presence in the sequel as Jar Jar did in Episodes 2 and 3!

That being said, they should at least be more colourful. A lot of non-TF fans I watched the movies with couldn't tell who is who. Bay should have kept the Autobots in bright colours, the Decepticons in grays and darks. Jazz and Sideswipe shouldn't have been gray, Ironhide shouldn't have been black, and now the Twins look desaturated.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Mindmaster May 11, 2010
-Reminder: Remember to put down Michael Bay as least favorite movie director- :-x
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Galvatron X May 11, 2010
I can't say too much about the characters, cuz I was kinda in the middle on the whole debate, but those cars look friggin' cool! GM needs to release those!

I'm lovin' the whole spoiler-on-the-hatchback thing. That's the first GM car I've seen in a long time that made me think "Wow, I'd like to have that!".
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by SlyTF1 May 11, 2010
Diem wrote:Sorry to break your hearts guys.

With all the flak Bay received last time over the Twins being racial stereotypes baybe he'll be more sparing with them this time.


But they're both litterally black now!!! :roll:
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by proximus May 11, 2010
Well, I think I like the idea of them having the same alt mode but different transformation logic and bot forms. I wish he had done this for the previous film. The paint looks sharp too even.

What I wonder about, is why did they ditch the Chevy Trax over the Spark?
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by SlyTF1 May 11, 2010
proximus wrote:Well, I think I like the idea of them having the same alt mode but different transformation logic and bot forms. I wish he had done this for the previous film. The paint looks sharp too even.

What I wonder about, is why did they ditch the Chevy Trax over the Spark?


Did you notice how NO ONE in ROTF ever wanted the Trax? Skidz and Mudflap both wanted the Spark (Beat) and at the end, Simmons chose to drive Skidz, when Mudflap was closer to him, and Leo followed.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by alexison May 11, 2010
Hmm, the alt modes look a lot sharper. Maybe he will use the new alt modes to alter their robot heads some. I highly doubt he will kill them off though. I have a four year old cousin who loves the twins. I imagine most of the youth feels the same way. They'll be back.
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Noideaforaname May 11, 2010
Got to love their sense of humor. "The Twins are terrible black stereotypes!" Paints them black. :P
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by ShadowCourier66 May 11, 2010
The Twins werent THAT bad. mabey this time they wont look like retards and get semi decent toys... :shock:
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Joshua Vallse May 11, 2010
2 things....

Either they're cannon fodder (YAYYY!!!!)

Or,

I remember the twins originally were suppose to combine, much like the Arcee triplets concept, but were scrapped because of time constraints and the lack of resources. With these new images, they might be re-visiting this concept in a dire attempt for some public acceptance. This might be successful being they are restricted to background extras with minimal to no speaking lines (Like Jolt, who irronically should have had speaking lines..or any lines!)

Personally, I hope Bay kills em. Mind you, they're deaths could be useful. Set a serious mood or tone to the movie being all of our characters look to be more mature...you know, all the things we were promised ROTF was going to be.
-Josh
Re: Rumor: New Images of Transformers 3 Skids and Mudflap? (view post)
Comment by Fires_Of_Inferno May 11, 2010
Noideaforaname wrote:Got to love their sense of humor. "The Twins are terrible black stereotypes!" Paints them black. :P



Hah, never thought of it like that actually. You know, that might even be my move were I in his position. :P
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