>
shop.seibertron.com amazon.seibertron.com Facebook Twitter X YouTube Pinterest Instagram Myspace LinkedIn Patreon Podcast RSS
This page runs on affiliate links — your clicks may earn us a few Shanix. Want the full transmission? Roll out to our Affiliate Disclosure.

Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Discuss anything and everything related to the Transformers Live Action Films franchise, which are directed by Michael Bay. Join us to discuss the movies and stuff up to date with news for the 2017 release of Transformers 5. Check out our Live Action Film section here.

Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby SamYarbrough77 » Sun May 24, 2009 10:46 pm

Motto: "Peace through Tyranny, and Consumerism"
I don't even see why they bothered unless if they thought the 1st wouldn't sell enough kid birthday merchandise to make a sequel. I think all resurections are very tricky to do and if written poorly deserve a raspberry. THIS movie may be the movie we were hoping to see the first time. Its kinda obvious this is the tired trilogy cliche story. for example in every trilogy or most, the bad guys win the second. I wonder if another trilogy cliche (a diff director for final film) will happen.
SamYarbrough77
Minibot
Posts: 199
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:46 am
Location: Visalia
Strength: 10+
Speed: 1
Endurance: 9
Rank: N/A
Courage: 7
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: 3

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby Rodimus Prime » Mon May 25, 2009 11:41 am

Motto: "Individual freedom above all else."
Well, if Megatron didn't die, how would you have the first movie end?

Rumor is that yes, it will be a trilogy, and yes, Michael Bay IS signed on already. Movie coming in 2011.

No, bad guys don't win in this one.
........Image.
Rodimus Prime
God Of Transformers
Posts: 14943
News Credits: 22
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 9:31 pm

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby skids 2.0 » Mon May 25, 2009 1:16 pm

Motto: "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings"
Weapon: Sword
I would quite like a Decepticon victory. All seems lost at the end of the film, prime, bee and maybe one or two of the other autobots have retreated to space, leaving Earth fallen to the decepticons.
The the 3rd film picks up with a new army of AUtobots returning to Earth to wage war for one final time!

Also, have there been any rumours of a 4th film if 2 and 3 went down really really well? Or are we likely to get the 3 films then nothing for the near future?
Image
skids 2.0
Minibot
Posts: 166
Joined: Fri Aug 03, 2007 3:04 pm
Strength: Infinity
Intelligence: Infinity
Speed: Infinity
Endurance: Infinity
Rank: Infinity
Courage: Infinity
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: Infinity

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby SamYarbrough77 » Mon May 25, 2009 1:50 pm

Motto: "Peace through Tyranny, and Consumerism"
well remember superman 4? i think movie studios are superstitious about the number 4. It took 19 years for Indy. At that point (transformers4) everyone will ask for so much $$$ might be hard 2 do.
heres hoping for Ultra magnus and hot rod for next film!!!
SamYarbrough77
Minibot
Posts: 199
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:46 am
Location: Visalia
Strength: 10+
Speed: 1
Endurance: 9
Rank: N/A
Courage: 7
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: 3

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby Rodimus Prime » Mon May 25, 2009 2:33 pm

Motto: "Individual freedom above all else."
skids 2.0 wrote:I would quite like a Decepticon victory. All seems lost at the end of the film, prime, bee and maybe one or two of the other autobots have retreated to space, leaving Earth fallen to the decepticons.


I think it will be the exact opposite.

Also, have there been any rumours of a 4th film if 2 and 3 went down really really well? Or are we likely to get the 3 films then nothing for the near future?


I hope there will be one, but not right after 3. If Bay directs all 3, I wouldn't want anyone else directing 4. It would go down the way of X-Men, with Bryan Singer knocking out the first 2 and Brett Ratner trashing the last one. Also, I would like to see them wait for more advancements in technology, so that TF4 would have awesome effects and maybe even the ability to put the audience into the movie even more so than 3D.
........Image.
Rodimus Prime
God Of Transformers
Posts: 14943
News Credits: 22
Joined: Sat Sep 28, 2002 9:31 pm

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby vulgar_wraith » Mon May 25, 2009 3:41 pm

The next film Unicron will show up because of something the Fallen does.Then in Film 3 Decepticon and Autobots will run around together hand in hand with flowers on there heads like a bunch of hippies.Figuring out "Hey we can work together" Like the end of a bad G.I. Joe episode. :lol:
User avatar
vulgar_wraith
Fuzor
Posts: 295
News Credits: 1
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:05 am

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby Night Raid » Mon May 25, 2009 4:22 pm

Motto: "You can't hit what you can't see!"
Weapon: Twin Sonic Cannons
vulgar_wraith wrote:The next film Unicron will show up because of something the Fallen does.Then in Film 3 Decepticon and Autobots will run around together hand in hand with flowers on there heads like a bunch of hippies.Figuring out "Hey we can work together" Like the end of a bad G.I. Joe episode. :lol:


No, I think both sides would be like " :shock: Holy *bleep*. If there's things like THAT out there, we're all going to need all the help we can get so we don't get our butts kicked."
Life can be pretty sweet when your alt-mode is a B-2 Stealth Bomber.

And for those of you who are wondering... I'M A GIRL!

I'm not prejudiced; I hate everyone equally.
Night Raid
Headmaster
Posts: 1246
Joined: Sun May 20, 2007 2:56 pm
Location: Somewhere over the American Midwest
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 9
Endurance: 10
Rank: 5
Courage: 7
Firepower: 6
Skill: 9

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby vulgar_wraith » Mon May 25, 2009 4:50 pm

Night Raid wrote:
vulgar_wraith wrote:The next film Unicron will show up because of something the Fallen does.Then in Film 3 Decepticon and Autobots will run around together hand in hand with flowers on there heads like a bunch of hippies.Figuring out "Hey we can work together" Like the end of a bad G.I. Joe episode. :lol:


No, I think both sides would be like " :shock: Holy *bleep*. If there's things like THAT out there, we're all going to need all the help we can get so we don't get our butts kicked."



Or just leave earth and be like "All of you are on your own,Peace"
User avatar
vulgar_wraith
Fuzor
Posts: 295
News Credits: 1
Joined: Fri Mar 26, 2004 12:05 am

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby SdazVarence » Wed May 27, 2009 12:58 pm

If they put Unicron in one of the movie sequels, My GOD can you only imagine that transformation sequence?
SdazVarence
Mini-Con
Posts: 11
Joined: Tue May 09, 2006 4:58 pm

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby SamYarbrough77 » Wed May 27, 2009 2:30 pm

Motto: "Peace through Tyranny, and Consumerism"
SdazVarence wrote:If they put Unicron in one of the movie sequels, My GOD can you only imagine that transformation sequence?

It also might be "nuking the fridge" U know Unicron's close cousin Galactus didnt get a fair shake in character design
SamYarbrough77
Minibot
Posts: 199
Joined: Sat Nov 29, 2008 1:46 am
Location: Visalia
Strength: 10+
Speed: 1
Endurance: 9
Rank: N/A
Courage: 7
Firepower: Infinity
Skill: 3

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby Night Raid » Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:17 am

Motto: "You can't hit what you can't see!"
Weapon: Twin Sonic Cannons
'Why did they even bother killing Megatron?' Apparently they didn't! Seems we mistook a knockout punch for him buying the farm.
Life can be pretty sweet when your alt-mode is a B-2 Stealth Bomber.

And for those of you who are wondering... I'M A GIRL!

I'm not prejudiced; I hate everyone equally.
Night Raid
Headmaster
Posts: 1246
Joined: Sun May 20, 2007 2:56 pm
Location: Somewhere over the American Midwest
Strength: 8
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 9
Endurance: 10
Rank: 5
Courage: 7
Firepower: 6
Skill: 9

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby OptimusPrime352 » Mon Jun 01, 2009 3:08 am

Weapon: Dual Impact Maces
In my opinion they killed Megs because one the good guys normally always win and two because they had no idea if they were gonna go any further with this movie franchise.

I dont see them making a lot of movies, 3 will probably be the last(successful) one. The story doesnt have enough depth for 4 or 5 movies. Yeah you can go on and on about gigantic robots fighting but most people wont pay to see it. Although the transformer world would the majority of the people wouldnt. I find it hard to talk to anyone in my area that even cares about transformers, let alone knows anything about them.

If they would have had better writers they might have been able to pull of a Harry Potter type story. By that I mean the actual depth of the story where you can make 7+ movies and keep people interested. But really how many more things can you have Sam do? I think without the live action it would be come lame. Though I would probably go see it. :)
"I'll take you all on."

"What is the meaning of this? You dare point a gun at me! You want a piece of me? I will tear you apart."
OptimusPrime352
Mini-Con
Posts: 31
Joined: Fri May 22, 2009 2:35 am
Strength: 10+
Intelligence: 10+
Speed: 8
Endurance: 10+
Rank: 10+
Courage: Infinity
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 10+

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby Optimus_Prime007 » Mon Jun 01, 2009 7:12 am

Motto: "Prime...Optimus Prime"
Weapon: Laser Rifle
2 words "Dramatic Effect" Thats the only reason they did it. plus look at it this way...Robots/machines can't Technically die maybe blow up or blow circuits stuff like that. they can be repaired and come back. but don't tell Bay that....
Image
Master Of Ownage
User avatar
Optimus_Prime007
Headmaster Jr
Posts: 560
Joined: Fri Jun 13, 2003 9:50 am
Location: Iacon: On top of Elita-1
Strength: 10
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 8
Endurance: 10
Rank: 10
Courage: 10
Firepower: 8
Skill: 10

Re: Why did they even bother killing Megatron???

Postby syphonn » Mon Jun 01, 2009 12:33 pm

Weapon: Gattling Gun
OptimusPrime352 wrote:In my opinion they killed Megs because one the good guys normally always win and two because they had no idea if they were gonna go any further with this movie franchise.

I dont see them making a lot of movies, 3 will probably be the last(successful) one. The story doesnt have enough depth for 4 or 5 movies. Yeah you can go on and on about gigantic robots fighting but most people wont pay to see it. Although the transformer world would the majority of the people wouldnt. I find it hard to talk to anyone in my area that even cares about transformers, let alone knows anything about them.

If they would have had better writers they might have been able to pull of a Harry Potter type story. By that I mean the actual depth of the story where you can make 7+ movies and keep people interested. But really how many more things can you have Sam do? I think without the live action it would be come lame. Though I would probably go see it. :)


I kinda agree with you, if from the beginning they made this a movie about Transformers more so than a coming of age movie about a boy and his car, they could have done 7 movies easily ... they have so much material to work with.
Megatron's death felt very cliched, I felt nothing when he 'died' no deep sense of gratification or loss. They should have killed BB, and let him stay dead ... his death would have more of an effect.
Image
District 9, what Transformers could have been ...
User avatar
syphonn
Vehicon
Posts: 353
Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:22 pm
Strength: 6
Intelligence: 10
Speed: 9
Endurance: 9
Rank: 5
Courage: 9
Firepower: 10+
Skill: 9


Return to Transformers Live Action Film Forum


[ Incoming message. Source unknown. ] No Signal - Please Stand By [ Click to attempt signal recovery... ]


Transformers and More @ The Seibertron Store

Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "GREEN LANTERN #59 Facsimile Cvr B Foil DC Comics 2024 ptg 1024DC195 59B (CA)Kane"
NEW!
GREEN LANTERN #59 ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "FANTASTIC FOUR #1 Facsimile Marvel Comics 2025 ptg (March) OCT240945 (CA) Kirby"
NEW!
FANTASTIC FOUR #1 ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "BATMAN #655 Facsimile Cvr C Foil DC Comics 2025 ptg 0525DC239 655C (CA) Kubert"
NEW!
BATMAN #655 Facsim ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "ACTION COMICS #1 Facsimile Cvr A DC Comics 2025 ptg 0225DC805 1A (CA) Shuster"
ACTION COMICS #1 F ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "ACTION COMICS #1 Facsimile Cvr C Foil DC Comics 2025 ptg 0225DC805 1C Shuster"
ACTION COMICS #1 F ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "Marvel Super Heroes SECRET WARS #8 Facsimile Marvel Comics 2024 ptg MAY240761"
NEW!
Marvel Super Heroe ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "BATMAN #655 Facsimile Cvr D DC Comics 2025 ptg 0525DC240 655D (CA) Blank Sketch"
NEW!
BATMAN #655 Facsim ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "ALL NEW COLLECTORS EDITION #58 Superman vs Shazam Cvr A Facsimile DC Comics 2025"
ALL NEW COLLECTORS ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "ACTION COMICS #775 Facsimile Cvr B Foil DC Comics 2025 ptg 0425DC239 Bradstreet"
ACTION COMICS #775 ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "BATMAN #655 Facsimile Cvr A DC Comics 2025 ptg 0525DC237 655A (CA) Kubert"
NEW!
BATMAN #655 Facsim ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "BATMAN #655 Facsimile Cvr B DC Comics 2025 ptg 0525DC238 655B (CA) Geyer +Saviuk"
NEW!
BATMAN #655 Facsim ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "SUPERMAN #233 Facsimile Cvr C Foil DC Comics 2025 ptg 0225DC814 233C (CA) Adams"
SUPERMAN #233 Facs ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #252 Facsimile Marvel Comics 2024 ptg OCT230970 (A/CA) Frenz"
NEW!
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN ...
Visit shop.seibertron.com to buy "DEADPOOL #1 Facsimile Foil Marvel Comics 2024 ptg APR240894 (CA) McGuinness"
NEW!
DEADPOOL #1 Facsim ...
These are affiliate links. We may earn a commission.
Details subject to change. See listing for latest price and availability.

Featured Products on Amazon.com

Buy "Transformers: Bumblebee -- Energon Igniters Nitro Series Barricade" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Power of The Primes Voyager Class Elita-1" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Titans Return Deluxe Windblade and Scorchfire" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Power of the Primes Punch-Counterpunch and Prima Prime" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: Generations Power of The Primes Megatronus Prime Master" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Deluxe Ratchet Action Figure" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Deluxe 20 Mercenary Action Figure" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Studio Series 12 Voyager Class Movie 1 Decepticon Brawl" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Titans Return Megatron and Doomshot" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Generations Combiner Wars Voyager Class Protectobot Hot Spot Figure" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers: The Last Knight Premier Edition Deluxe Bumblebee" on AMAZON
Buy "Transformers Attacker 20 Costanza Action Figure" on AMAZON
These are affiliate links. We may earn a commission.
Details subject to change. See listing for latest price and availability.