The Energon Pub

[kaijuguy19]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

[Peridot]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

[SFXPrime]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

Those would also be excellent choices for her voice as well. For some reason, I just feel that Windblade can fit in well in this movie verse. They can even make her a bit more samurai when it comes to fight scenes.

[SFXPrime]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

I meant the original show. G1 as a thing will never die.

[ZeroWolf]

3. Then there is the possibility of a strong human story and a strong robot story. Also fans would love more characters from the transformers perspective which would mean a ton of human and robot character development. This film would also be hated on. Why? Easy it would be a solid 3 and half hour film. There's a reason the tv series gets high praises. More episodes to flesh it out perfectly.

I think this would be the easiest "hate" to fix. It could go the same route as the original Star Wars trilogy, or LoTR and The Matrix a while ago, or even The Hunger Games nowadays. Make it a 2-parter. Leave a nice cliffhanger making the people wanting more, and still get all the necessary story and action in at the same time.

God I hate the current trend in movies to split a movie when it doesn't need to. Also I agree with Burn, a fan director may not be the best choice for a major blockbuster transformers movie, a direct to DVD movie? Fine, but this scale nope.
That said if hasbro want to make direct to DVD transformers movies based on the IDW stuff the be my guest just don't do All Hail Megatron...

[SFXPrime]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

Also, I might be alone on this, but I would have preferred Windblade be named Wraith instead. Ever since I saw that name as being one of the choices during the voting phase, I loved it. Maybe she can be known as "The Wraith", or something like that, like a legend type thing.

[Burn]

God I hate the current trend in movies to split a movie when it doesn't need to. Also I agree with Burn, a fan director may not be the best choice for a major blockbuster transformers movie, a direct to DVD movie? Fine, but this scale nope.
That said if hasbro want to make direct to DVD transformers movies based on the IDW stuff the be my guest just don't do All Hail Megatron...

That wouldn't be a bad idea actually. The movie toys rely on the movie to move them. Once the initial rush to the cinemas is over, people lose interest.

Have animated movies (or even just an on-going cartoon) that tie-in with the movie would help keep pushing the toys. It would get the toys moving and give the fans what they want, a chance to have the robots more "fleshed out".

[chuckdawg1999]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

Believe it or not the 86 film became a cult hit in the 90's due to the soundtrack and violence.

[SFXPrime]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

Believe it or not the 86 film became a cult hit in the 90's due to the soundtrack and violence.

So, basically, the old animated movie became famous for the exact same reasons as the new movies, how ironic.

[Sub-Prime]

LMAO!!!!

[ZeroWolf]

God I hate the current trend in movies to split a movie when it doesn't need to. Also I agree with Burn, a fan director may not be the best choice for a major blockbuster transformers movie, a direct to DVD movie? Fine, but this scale nope.
That said if hasbro want to make direct to DVD transformers movies based on the IDW stuff the be my guest just don't do All Hail Megatron...

That wouldn't be a bad idea actually. The movie toys rely on the movie to move them. Once the initial rush to the cinemas is over, people lose interest.

Have animated movies (or even just an on-going cartoon) that tie-in with the movie would help keep pushing the toys. It would get the toys moving and give the fans what they want, a chance to have the robots more "fleshed out".

I'm surprised that there hasn't been anything like it. At first that's what I thought Animated was going to be...Then I watched it. (kidding love animated) Closest we get to an expansion of the movieverse is the comics.

[Archanubis]

Personally, I enjoyed the new film, even thought it was better than the first live-action film. That said, I haven't seen Dark of the Moon yet, so I can't judge AOE compared to that one. I do think the Dinobots didn't have enough screen time (especially considering how much Grimlock and Strafe have dominated the advertising), but we do have another movie coming, so there's a chance they'll be more fleshed out then. Drift as a Triple Changer was a pleasant surprise; only question is why Hasbro hasn't made a Triple Changing Drift toy.

[Gallifreyan Autobot]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

Believe it or not the 86 film became a cult hit in the 90's due to the soundtrack and violence.

My opinion of the animated film is that it is good and hopefully could get remade with newer CGI and character models from newer series eg : models from prime, animated, movie(?) And maybe added parts to it that had to be retconed in with the comic and original script boards ... and have the final run time just about 2 hours 20 minutes including added scenes where Galvatron actually land on charr or whatever planet he landed on.

[Gallifreyan Autobot]

I don't get all the praise for the 80's animated movie, that movie was terrible to say the least. Seriously, Hot Rod, the chosen one, really? There is a reason why the G1 series quickly died not too long after that. I think the only good thing that came out of that movie was Unicron.

G1 never really died.

Believe it or not the 86 film became a cult hit in the 90's due to the soundtrack and violence.

My opinion of the animated film is that it is good and hopefully could get remade with newer CGI and character models from newer series eg : models from prime, animated, movie(?) And maybe added parts to it that had to be retconed in with the comic and original script boards ... and have the final run time just about 2 hours 20 minutes including added scenes where Galvatron actually land on charr or whatever planet he landed on.

[chuckdawg1999]

Personally, I enjoyed the new film, even thought it was better than the first live-action film. That said, I haven't seen Dark of the Moon yet, so I can't judge AOE compared to that one. I do think the Dinobots didn't have enough screen time (especially considering how much Grimlock and Strafe have dominated the advertising), but we do have another movie coming, so there's a chance they'll be more fleshed out then. Drift as a Triple Changer was a pleasant surprise; only question is why Hasbro hasn't made a Triple Changing Drift toy.

Don't hold me to this but I think it has to do with the Bugati license as it pertains to maintaining the integrity of the car design. Adding a second alternate mode would result in additional panel lines which could break up the aesthetic of the car.

[Cyber Bishop]

Drift as a Triple Changer was a pleasant surprise

I was so happy when I saw him transform into the copter then later to the car.

[kaijuguy19]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

Those would also be excellent choices for her voice as well. For some reason, I just feel that Windblade can fit in well in this movie verse. They can even make her a bit more samurai when it comes to fight scenes.

Yeah or maybe have her look a little like a ninja so she won't be just copying Drift's already strong Samurai motiff but still has her Japanese design elements in there.

Also maybe she can be joined by a bulky and strong fembot friend of her as a homage to her friendship with Chromia in her IDW miniseries as one who's tougher and more aware of the darker aspects in life whereas Windblade still hasn't gotten a grasp on how other alien worlds are like. That alone can make for a pretty interesting arc for her in a future movie as an Autobot who's just trying to fit into Earth with the other remaining Autobots while at the same time try to cope with the realty with knowing that Cybertron is dead and that she needs to confirm with a new way of life. She can develop a bond with Drift as well who may likely understand what she's going through.

[Archanubis]

I do I do hope they get rid of that "pixelated" transformation they gave Galvatron and the other KSI Transformers. As a product demo, it looks okay, but for giant transforming robots, it looks... cheap.

[Sub-Prime]

I think the reason those transformations work for the KSI bots was because the humans didn't master the biology of the robots. They couldn't control Galvatron. He was playing them from the start so it makes me believe this is another reason they were pixels.

[zerozep]

First time poster, I loved the movie, though I thought they were going to do more lore which I would have liked, the only thing I didn't like about the movie is that it didn't separate itself enough from the other three which it could have with more dinobot info..oh well...but question...the conversation between prime and longshot about the ship, longshot said the name and prime said he desecrated it and something about how it was used to explore, I didn't recognize any of that, should I have? The knights and the swords?

[Sub-Prime]

First time poster, I loved the movie, though I thought they were going to do more lore which I would have liked, the only thing I didn't like about the movie is that it didn't separate itself enough from the other three which it could have with more dinobot info..oh well...but question...the conversation between prime and longshot about the ship, longshot said the name and prime said he desecrated it and something about how it was used to explore, I didn't recognize any of that, should I have? The knights and the swords?

His name is Lockdown.

[SFXPrime]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

Those would also be excellent choices for her voice as well. For some reason, I just feel that Windblade can fit in well in this movie verse. They can even make her a bit more samurai when it comes to fight scenes.

Yeah or maybe have her look a little like a ninja so she won't be just copying Drift's already strong Samurai motiff but still has her Japanese design elements in there.

Also maybe she can be joined by a bulky and strong fembot friend of her as a homage to her friendship with Chromia in her IDW miniseries as one who's tougher and more aware of the darker aspects in life whereas Windblade still hasn't gotten a grasp on how other alien worlds are like. That alone can make for a pretty interesting arc for her in a future movie as an Autobot who's just trying to fit into Earth with the other remaining Autobots while at the same time try to cope with the realty with knowing that Cybertron is dead and that she needs to confirm with a new way of life. She can develop a bond with Drift as well who may likely understand what she's going through.

I think that would be pretty awesome. Although, they may need to use Moon Racer as that friend since they did kind of ruin chromia with the whole bike sister thing. Maybe even Nautica or a less manly looking Override.

[SFXPrime]

It looks like the next film will based mostly in space which would be super cool! Hopefully they put at least one actual female Autobot in it. I can totally see Windblade next to Drift since they both share that Japanese theme. My mind would be blown if she was also a triple changer like Drift. She can be a V-Tol aircraft, a black and red Lamborghini Egoista, and her robot mode. I would totally love to have Maggie Q voice her! She has an incredible voice.

I did have a similer idea for Windblade to show up sometime in the future movies too. I mean it can be a good way to introduce a major fembot character in the movies and not botch it up like with the bike sisters in ROTF as well as show a nice way for her to interact with the other Autobots as being among the more empathetic Autobot on the team. As for her voice actress who could voice her I think either Ming-Na-Wing who did Mulan and Karai in the 2003 TMNT or Sumalee Motano who did Arcee in Prime may be a good fit for her.

Those would also be excellent choices for her voice as well. For some reason, I just feel that Windblade can fit in well in this movie verse. They can even make her a bit more samurai when it comes to fight scenes.

Yeah or maybe have her look a little like a ninja so she won't be just copying Drift's already strong Samurai motiff but still has her Japanese design elements in there.

Also maybe she can be joined by a bulky and strong fembot friend of her as a homage to her friendship with Chromia in her IDW miniseries as one who's tougher and more aware of the darker aspects in life whereas Windblade still hasn't gotten a grasp on how other alien worlds are like. That alone can make for a pretty interesting arc for her in a future movie as an Autobot who's just trying to fit into Earth with the other remaining Autobots while at the same time try to cope with the realty with knowing that Cybertron is dead and that she needs to confirm with a new way of life. She can develop a bond with Drift as well who may likely understand what she's going through.

I was actually even thinking that maybe Windblade and Drift knew each other on Cybertron but then became enemies when Drift joined the cons and Windblade joined the Autobots. It might make for an interesting reunion when they meet on Earth.

[SlyTF1]

It just dawned on me that the Dinobots in this movie are kind of like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 4 badass legendary knight dudes set loose at the threat of extinction. Optimus broke 4 cages to set them free. And there were supposed to be what, 7 Dinobots in the movie? Maybe they were there and Optimus just didn't break them out, or were in Lockdown's main ship, or something.

[VirusCarnage]

It just dawned on me that the Dinobots in this movie are kind of like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. 4 badass legendary knight dudes set loose at the threat of extinction. Optimus broke 4 cages to set them free. And there were supposed to be what, 7 Dinobots in the movie? Maybe they were there and Optimus just didn't break them out, or were in Lockdown's main ship, or something.

Wasn't Optimus also a Knight? I thought he said something like "recognize one of your knights."