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News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:30 pm

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.

News Credits: 127 · by **Counterpunch** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:32 pm

Makes complete sense with the tone of the movie.

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:34 pm

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.

News Credits: 34 · by **Supreme Convoy** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:35 pm

Dammit, I wanted me some Dinobots.

Maybe in the third movie.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:38 pm

Seeing as there are about 2 Billion other Bots and Cons that can be introduced, this is no loss.

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:39 pm

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?

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:39 pm

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

News Credits: 1 · by **Gauntlet101010** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:40 pm

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.

News Credits: 4 · by **jazzrules** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:41 pm

I wonder what he means by "different species"?

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:41 pm

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 :roll:

News Credits: 665 · by **Skowl** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:43 pm

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.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:51 pm

Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

:oops:

News Credits: 1 · by **shadowsfm** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:53 pm

he didnt say no dinobots

News Credits: 8 · by **Liege Evilmus** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:57 pm

First Gen wrote:Guess I might have struck a nerve there. My bad.

I'll forgive you if you clean my kitchen

by **Smokescreen85** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:58 pm

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.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:59 pm

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?

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:07 pm

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?

by **Smokescreen85** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:12 pm

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.

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:12 pm

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. :grin:

News Credits: 3 · by **Autobot Jazz** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:13 pm

BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Still, he said no Dinobots, not no Grimlock, Slag, Snarl etc. so maybe they'll be in but with differnt alt. modes.

News Credits: 1 · by **Mechabreaker** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:13 pm

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.

News Credits: 1014 · by **First Gen** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:20 pm

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.

News Credits: 32 · by **UltraPrimal** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:25 pm

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.

by **opjet** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 3:50 pm

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