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Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:30 pmby Skowl
Transformers Movie Director Michael Bay was present at the 6th annual Visual Effects Society Awards, where the
Transformers Movie won big, taking home four awards (see the story
by clicking here), and talked briefly with IESB about the sequel to the film.
You can read the IESB report
by clicking here.
Or you can view the video of the interview
by clicking here.
Bay went on to talk about the sequel and give some little hints of what we can expect on-screen next summer. Sadly, that's not going to include dinobots.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:32 pmby Counterpunch
Makes complete sense with the tone of the movie.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:34 pmby Liege Evilmus
In the long run this is probably for the best.
As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:35 pmby Supreme Convoy
Dammit, I wanted me some Dinobots.
Maybe in the third movie.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:38 pmby First Gen
Seeing as there are about 2 Billion other Bots and Cons that can be introduced, this is no loss.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:39 pmby Skowl
Keep in mind the video will not load on my current computer, so I had to post this story without actually having seen it. I'm just going by what IESB reported in their transcript.
So, no dinobots is good, though I do hope they stick Grimlock in there somewhere, just not as a dinosaur.
I hope Bay's logic behind "no dinobots" doesn't rule out Arcee. Dinobots don't work because they can't really "disguise" themselves, now can they?
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:39 pmby First Gen
This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.
just kidding
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:40 pmby Gauntlet101010
Didn't he say he was going to spead misinformation this time around? Like, right at the beginning of the project?
Although, yeah, Dinobots don't really fit the tone of the movieverse.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:41 pmby jazzrules
I wonder what he means by "different species"?
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:41 pmby Liege Evilmus
First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.
just kidding
even joking, don't start that agian
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:43 pmby Skowl
First Gen wrote:This is probably just Bay using that misinformation. Cause you know he said he'd leak false info about the movie and blah blah blah.
just kidding
I really don't want to go through this again. He said he would LEAK stuff; this is a statement, it's not a leak.
If it comes from Bay, it can be trusted. If you don't know where it comes from, be skeptical.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:51 pmby First Gen
Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:53 pmby shadowsfm
he didnt say no dinobots
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:57 pmby Liege Evilmus
First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.
I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:58 pmby Smokescreen85
No where in that video does Michael Bay say there won't be Dinobots. He simply says there's going to be a lot of new things (species!!!) that he can't tell us about. Dinobots are still a real possibility! And I don't agree that they couldn't work in the movieverse. If theme park attractions, animatronic Dinos, are brought to life by a leftover piece of the Allspark, that would be a great way to explain the existence of Dinobots.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:59 pmby First Gen
Liege Evilmus wrote:First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.
I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen
How bout I send Whiner Tron over to do it? cool?
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:07 pmby Nekoman
He said there would be a lot of neat stuff, he didn’t give a yes or no answer if they would or wouldn’t be in it though. Now what would a lot of different species mean? Beast wars characters maybe?
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:12 pmby Smokescreen85
And besides, if you can have a giant metal scorpion in the first film, which is not a disguise, then you can have rampaging robot dinos, too.
I also wouldn't call Megatron's alt mode much of a disguise, either. Some 'bots just don't need to hide. They're too cool.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:12 pmby partholon
dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)
disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.
sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:13 pmby Autobot Jazz
BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still, he said no Dinobots, not no Grimlock, Slag, Snarl etc. so maybe they'll be in but with differnt alt. modes.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:13 pmby Mechabreaker
Liege Evilmus wrote:In the long run this is probably for the best.
As Awesome and Beloved as they are, I just could never see them translate properly into this type of media. It would just be hoaky.
I have to agree with you here, if Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, and the writers want to maintain the realistic aspect that was present in the first movie, then they will stay away from the Dinobots, combiners/gestalts, and Unicron, or anything that might stretch the credibility of the plot.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:20 pmby First Gen
partholon wrote:dino's didnt make sence in the first one but now that their covers blown i dont see why they cant use em now. after all its well within grimlock and co's personality to go for the most brutal alt modes they could get and if theyre still following the whole "no mass shifting" thing then the dinos would simply be too big to be vehicles (except swoop i suppose)
disguise is pretty much the autobots stick for infitration and intelligence gathering but the dinos are a much more overt heavy assault type of group.
sides ya cant tell me it wouldnt look cool to have comic grimlock and co go up againts the constructicons.
Oh contrare mon frair, their cover was not blown. Remember the massive cover up that took place during the credits at the end of the movie.
And they were only out in Michigan City. No ones even heard of Michigan City so you would believe anything someone from Michigan City would say anyway.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:25 pmby UltraPrimal
What does he mean by "different type of species"? There's Autobots and Decepticons. What else is there? Maximals and Predacons? Minicons? Headmasters?
And what did he say about "more than 8 characters"? It's kind of hard to hear because the other guy was talking.
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:50 pmby opjet
h ha ha yeah baby the dinobots are out
then that means that give jetfire's chance
a bit bigger come on jetfire get in tf2 and
kick starscream chicken ass
Re: Michael Bay Talks Transformers 2 - No Dinobots?
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Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:53 pmby Pot Bot
is it not possible to quote the conversation on here? neither the script or the damn video will load?