Seibertron wrote:D-340 wrote:tequila stu wrote:here be a thought....how about if everyone who doesn't like the way this movie is going just shuts up and ignores it completely, leaving those of us who do want to see it in peace.....im mean...oh noes welker aint in it, or you dont like mr weaving.....boo sodding hoo.
Hey I like just about everything in the movie so far. I wanted Kay, not Welker. I just can't stand Weaving. I've loathed everything he's been in so far, especially the Matrix movies, man were they horrible.
I was actually a Kaye / Chalk supporter as well, though I wasn't going to complain about Welker / Cullen. I hope that Welker gets to do a few of the other roles at least. It would still be nice to have him be a part of this, even if he's not Megatron.
Here's my current theory about the voice actors right now ... Welker was too expensive to do have someone that wasn't a major actor to do a major character in this movie. Rather than having Welker do the voice of Megatron, they decided that they could save money by having Welker do several of the other voices (maybe Starscream, Ratchet, Barricade, etc) which would free up money to have recognizable voices to do some of the more major Transformers roles. Now that they don't have to pay big bucks to actors like Hugo Weaving or possibly Will Smith for smaller parts that aren't worth those actors time, now they'll have more money to offer those actors for roles that have more screen time.
If my theory doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll be happy to word it differently or explain it better.
The more people that I talk to on the phone about this today, the more I listen to "V" and "Agent Smith" in the movies running in the background while I'm working on the galleries and the more I think about this casting ... the more I think I'm really pleased with this choice. It's going to be a different kind of Megatron, but we already knew that it was going to be.
Oh, it definately makes sense. This is one of those "to each his own" moments though. I just never though he was a good actor, he actually really bores me. To me, I was so excited to see V for Vendetta, and was really disappointed in the V character. He just annoyed the snot outta me. Then I see the credits, and it was Hugo Weaving, I just went "Well another role he ruined". Everyone's got their actors/actresses they love and the ones the hate. He just falls in my hate camp.
But, from a money stand point, yeah it makes total sense. We all know from the get go that Welker was pricey. I was never real hot for him either. His Soundwave was awesome, but his Megatron lacked compaired to Riordan and couldn't even touch Kaye's, imo. I guess as far as Welker goes, I'm really indifferent to his involvement at all.
I'm in "wait and see" mode with Megs now. Hopefully he does't muck it up.
"Consider the knowledge dropped."
From ToplessRobot.com:• "Watching Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is marginally better than sh***ing your pants, but it takes a lot longer." Very well put.
