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Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:27 pm

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53595

Michael Bay has made this post on his official message board in response to pleas from the fans about Frank Welker doing the voice of Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, considering he won't have the chance to voice Megatron again (Hugo Weaving is reprising that role):

I think I'm going to pursue Frank on Soundwave.

Michael

Sure hope that happens!

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:34 pm

Whoo-hoo. Michael Bay's no match against the powers of us Transformers fans!

That would be so sweet to have Welker voice Soundwave in ROTF!

News Credits: 7 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 12:59 pm

Well that r he too is a fan of the Soundwave voice which would be ridiculously easy to make with todays technology.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:02 pm

Watch he gets Frank Conniff instead of Frank Welker...

News Credits: 1082 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:02 pm

michaelbay.com- More movie news to ponder. Michael Bay has made an announcement on his website, 'Shoot For The Edit', about a certain new character, in a certain sequel, being voiced by a certain voice actor who used to voice this character's Generation One incarnation in the cartoon.

Confused yet? Good, if you want to know, it'll be clear as glass when you read the quote below. Movie spoilers so beware!

"Nelson here...

S4TE forum member ‘MitP’ started a thread pleading Michael to use Frank Welker as the voice for Soundwave. Here is Michael’s response:

I think I'm going to pursue Frank on Soundwave. - Michael"

You can see the post on Bay's Official Site here.

Is Michael Bay giving into whining fans? Is this more Bay misinformation? If it's true, this could be something that leads many a generation one fan back to wanting to watch the sequel.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:10 pm

Push the button Frank.

News Credits: 487 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:16 pm

Let's not forget that this is coming from the guy who denied Megatron was going to be in ROTF at all, then pretty much lied through his teeth about the context of said appearance when that cat was let out of the bag.

News Credits: 1 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:38 pm

While it would be nice to think that we Fans have considerable influence in certain areas I think this is just Bays way of being nice enough to at least buy us a drink before bending us over. He said he would pursue it, he never said how hard he would pursue it.
If Welker doesn't answer his phone by the third ring, then the subject will have been pursued (technically) and the matter closed.
Don't get your hopes up folks, it'll just suck that much more when they get dashed on the jagged rocks below.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:38 pm

Apparently nobody apart from me likes the Robert O Smith iteration.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 1:58 pm

Jbrobst865 wrote:Michael Bay has made this post on his official message board in response to pleas from the fans about Frank Welker doing the voice of Soundwave in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:

I think I'm going to pursue Fanboy Money.

Michael

Edited for clarity.

News Credits: 8 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:15 pm

Oh my god he did some thing right for a change. Wait does this mean the end of the world is here and hell finally froze over? Now all we need to do is hope that they let Welker actually play Soundwave the way he should and not the bayformer way. Only bit of good news about this movie yet. Well other than Barricade coming back.

News Credits: 97 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:27 pm

Y'know, I can kinda picture a variation of Welker's Soundwave coming from Movie Soundwave, so if this proves true, I'll be quite happy. Even if it isn't, hopefully they'll go with someone who can do something similar.

News Credits: 11 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:43 pm

Sweeeeeet.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:10 pm

AWESOME news if it ends up being true.

I highly doubt Bay would post that and then later we find out it was a lie. That's one lie all the fans would be majorly pissed off about.

The lie about Megatron not coming back... I don't think the majority of fans were upset to find out Bay lied and that Megs is indeed back.

See the difference in what he chooses to lie about?

Anyway... as a big fan of G1 (who has also embraced Animated and the live-action movie), I think it's pretty amazing that we are given what we want in so many ways.

Cullen as the voice of Prime.
Welker as the voice of Soundwave.

The fact that we're even given classic G1 main characters like Prime, Megatron, Starcream, Bumblebee, Soundwave, Devastator, Ironhide, Jetfire, etc... to me is amazing. I mean... they could have scrapped a lot of those guys and given us Hot Shot and Sideburn and Lugnut and other characters that aren't G1 inspired (no offense to those guys). I mean, yes, there are some (Blackout, Barricade, Sideways, Demolisher, the Fallen), but the main G1 guys are there with main roles in these live-action movies.

My point is I think we as fans are too easy to focus on the negative instead of taking a step back and appreciating the positive.

We've been thrown more than just a bone in these movie decisions. I mean Peter Cullen is the voice of Prime after being out of the TF loop for over 20 years for cyring out loud. Starscream is still the fastest jet! We're getting Soundwave with Welker (rumor) as his voice!!! and Devastator!!! Stop complaining, please.

Personally, the only thing that could make me even more excited about RotF than I already am would be news on Shockwave and a seeker or two being in the film.

Hey... speaking of lies... do you think the dinobots not being able to work in this film could also be a lie??? (I doubt it, but just one of them being in it -- Grimlock -- would make this fanboy very happy, if they find a good way of making it work)

Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:12 pm

Megatron_Wolf wrote:Only bit of good news about this movie yet. Well other than Barricade coming back.

Did I miss something?

Where have we heard/read/seen that Barricade is coming back?

Did I miss some news item in the past week?

EDIT: The only thing I could find through a quick Seibertron news search was this: http://internetbusinessdaily.net/2008-f ... e-edition/ but that's from March of 2008 - one year ago and it's not clear where that flatbed truck was heading.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:17 pm

I really really hope this is true!! If it is not, than it's a very bad attitude to lie about this because it means a lot to many of us.

News Credits: 972 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:15 pm

hang on, if Weaving has already recorded his lines for Megatron who "apparently" has only a small part to play, then surely the Voice actor for Soundwave would have also recorded their lines by now.

I'm thinking this is more mis-direction, in one form or another.

News Credits: 4 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 4:34 pm

i_amtrunks wrote:hang on, if Weaving has already recorded his lines for Megatron who "apparently" has only a small part to play, then surely the Voice actor for Soundwave would have also recorded their lines by now.

I'm thinking this is more mis-direction, in one form or another.

If it is, he's playing with fire...

Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:52 pm

If it is, he's playing with fire...

Indeed!

News Credits: 9 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:30 pm

There is a God! My prayers have been answered.

News Credits: 3 · Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:41 pm

capellamusic wrote:
i_amtrunks wrote:hang on, if Weaving has already recorded his lines for Megatron who "apparently" has only a small part to play, then surely the Voice actor for Soundwave would have also recorded their lines by now.

I'm thinking this is more mis-direction, in one form or another.

If it is, he's playing with fire...

I don't think it's like that. If we recall, they didn't record Megs lines in the first film til well into Post.

If Frank is doing Soundwave, it's not a Huge role... Like Megs in the first one.

Tue Mar 10, 2009 11:47 pm

All other stuff aside, if this is true it'll be freakin' sweet.

News Credits: 2 · Wed Mar 11, 2009 1:33 pm

well i have to admit if its true its a good move . im not as obsessive about the finer details as some fans but if your gonna call a character "soundwave" and he looks sod all like soundwave the least you can do is make him SOUND like soundwave whilst talking.

one of the things that bugged me about the first film is while i could deal with the radical redesigns the voices just sounded, i dont know, generic.

nothing really screamed "ironhide" to me or "ratchet.

this doesnt mean i want ALL G1 voices, far from it, but there should be an analogy in terms of the characters personality traits, i think weaving was brilliant as megatron for instance and that worked for me. and the bloke that did baricade played a blinder, but the rest of the bots just sounded wrong/campy.

i think it says alot that cullens prime could really be accepted as him thanks to peters voice and the gravitas it imbued.

maybe we need more shakespearian types involved, or at least a little more distinction between the characters.

Thu Mar 12, 2009 1:52 am

too bad soundwave will have less lines than screamer did in the first. Id rather welker do the fallen its probably a bigger speaking role. this misinformation is way overrated. i may be proven wrong though. I kind of believe megs isnt in it till after credits. hasbro has to sell us megs regardless

News Credits: 1 · Thu Mar 12, 2009 5:47 am

Please let it be true. It would be the best early birthday present (Im 27 next month) ever. Bay must have finally got the message don't mess with the fans or we'll vote with our wallets. Do you honestly think that the first film would have done as well if Peter Cullen wasn't the voice of OP? Nope!