Hugo Weaving Will Return In Tranformers Revenge Of The Fallen

*cue the haters*
*also, note to self* Text Sean sometime and catch up with him

I've got nothing against Hugo, but I prefer Frank Welker and his performance doing Megatron, so I'm disapointed with this... I still hope Frank will do any other character in the movie, hopefully Soundwave.

If Megs is back, then I'm glad Hugo Weaving will return. I do prefer Frank Welker, but I'd rather have continuity. Besides, its not like Hugo is a bad actor...

I'd prefer continuity too - Even though I'd love Frank Welker to have voiced Megatron. But I really hope Frank Welker does Soundwave.

I'm very glad - not just cos of continuity but I thought Weaving was best cos he sounded so bestial and insane.

Yeah, I think Weaving was better than Welker. I'll take you ALL on!

No doubt he was returning as Megatron as he really suited the character more than Welker.

If I had to guess... I'd wonder if Welker would voice Mudflap and/or Skids.......
I say that as Welker's voice does sound older and the old robot twins could fit there.

Having said that he could voice The Fallen..

I'm among the "prior to first film would have preferred Welker, but now that they've used the very, very, very altered voice of Weaving they should stick with it and give Welker the damn respect of voicing another big role in the upcoming flick, likely Soundwave" crowd on the matter.



But, what's this? What's this?

Hugo can't possibly be returning. That Leader Class toy of this new supposed Megatron is just that, a toy, no solid relation to what will be on screen. A Legends figure of the same? No, no, its wrong, Megatron is not returning, I was assured. A FAB as well, you say? It's just Hasbro being thorough, has no indication that Megatron will be returning. Because he can't. Bay said so.



Seriously though? Can't wait to see that tank thrashing through battle onscreen. Don't care for the new look of Megatron's robot mode, almost prefer the '07 robot look to it (and I still don't like that one), but the tank looks tight (for the aesthetics of the film). They did good to bring back Hugo though, a change in voice now would be glaring.

I agree with pretty much everyone else..Weaving did it in the first film so he should keep doing it...I wouldn't have MINDED if Welker took over because Weaving didn't want to do it anymore, but I think it's better this way...

im glad to here that that was the one thing that was mmaing me nervous when we found out megatron was in this film if he was going to return or not.

if they chose to go with another actor to do megatrons voice i say they should have called megatron galvatron if waeving wasnt going to return now that its officail no need for that to happen

While they're at it they ought to bring Jazz back too

He had all of like three lines in the first film, aside from grunting. I doubt many people would have noticed a change in actor.

This isn't news to me, as I figured that if they were going to bring Megatron back in ROTF, they would have Hugo Weaving resume the role. No sense in using somebody else to voice Megatron, seeing that Michael Bay thought Weaving was just right for that role.

I got this personal theory that "The Fallen" is Megatron. Megatron is fallen, he did fall. He comes back and now wants Revenge! The official title of the movie is Revenge of the Fallen, not The Fallen. The Fallen character in the trailer is some kind of reborn protoform or something that lasts about 2 minutes until he scans a tank. Anything can happen when a MacGuffin gets crammed into your spark-casing.

It seems difficult to introduce a new character, "The Fallen," and all of a sudden have a reason to want revenge. What's the setup? "Revenge" is the name of a sequel when the bad guy from the first movie want to get Revenge in the next movie.

Plus, I don't think Bay read War Within.

Sorry to spoil it for you.

Starfield wrote:I got this personal theory that "The Fallen" is Megatron. Megatron is fallen, he did fall. He comes back and now wants Revenge! The official title of the movie is Revenge of the Fallen, not The Fallen. The Fallen character in the trailer is some kind of reborn protoform or something that lasts about 2 minutes until he scans a tank. Anything can happen when a MacGuffin gets crammed into your spark-casing.

It seems difficult to introduce a new character, "The Fallen," and all of a sudden have a reason to want revenge. What's the setup? "Revenge" is the name of a sequel when the bad guy from the first movie want to get Revenge in the next movie.

Plus, I don't think Bay read War Within.

Sorry to spoil it for you.

Well, your personal theory is wrong. It's already a known that Megatron and The Fallen are SEPARATE CHARACTERS. The Fallen is not Megatron, he is not Jetfire, he is his own character. Get over it.

D-340 wrote:

Starfield wrote:I got this personal theory that "The Fallen" is Megatron. Megatron is fallen, he did fall. He comes back and now wants Revenge! The official title of the movie is Revenge of the Fallen, not The Fallen. The Fallen character in the trailer is some kind of reborn protoform or something that lasts about 2 minutes until he scans a tank. Anything can happen when a MacGuffin gets crammed into your spark-casing.

It seems difficult to introduce a new character, "The Fallen," and all of a sudden have a reason to want revenge. What's the setup? "Revenge" is the name of a sequel when the bad guy from the first movie want to get Revenge in the next movie.

Plus, I don't think Bay read War Within.

Sorry to spoil it for you.

Well, your personal theory is wrong. It's already a known that Megatron and The Fallen are SEPARATE CHARACTERS. The Fallen is not Megatron, he is not Jetfire, he is his own character. Get over it.

Thanks. It's not like we haven't seen the toys and official bios and instruction sheets, sorry to spoil it for the next person with a theory.

I don't care. I just hope Welker does Soundwave.

karellan wrote:He had all of like three lines in the first film, aside from grunting. I doubt many people would have noticed a change in actor.

Da, this is what I was thinking. And Welker was awesome in the video game.

Plus, Weaving's kind of a douche bag for just saying that in an interview after Bay told him it was a secret.

And additionally I have issues respecting an actor who goes in, does his bit, and doesn't even bother trying to understand how his character isn't dead.

Archatron wrote:

D-340 wrote:

Starfield wrote:I got this personal theory that "The Fallen" is Megatron. Megatron is fallen, he did fall. He comes back and now wants Revenge! The official title of the movie is Revenge of the Fallen, not The Fallen. The Fallen character in the trailer is some kind of reborn protoform or something that lasts about 2 minutes until he scans a tank. Anything can happen when a MacGuffin gets crammed into your spark-casing.

It seems difficult to introduce a new character, "The Fallen," and all of a sudden have a reason to want revenge. What's the setup? "Revenge" is the name of a sequel when the bad guy from the first movie want to get Revenge in the next movie.

Plus, I don't think Bay read War Within.

Sorry to spoil it for you.

Well, your personal theory is wrong. It's already a known that Megatron and The Fallen are SEPARATE CHARACTERS. The Fallen is not Megatron, he is not Jetfire, he is his own character. Get over it.

Thanks. It's not like we haven't seen the toys and official bios and instruction sheets, sorry to spoil it for the next person with a theory.

Have you ever read Galvatron's G1 bio?

That's fine. The next headline better be Frank Welker is Soundwave!

Nothing against Weaving but I also prefer Welkers version. Weaving's version was generic and a pale immitation of Welkers unique and proper insane persons voice.

I just know they are gonna mess with Soundwaves voice too. You know they will, you just know it.

Frank Welker will be in TF2 and I'm really surprised that noo one has figured out who he's gonna be. He might...MIGHT...be Soundwave...but he will DEFINITELY WITHOUT A DOUBT IN MY MIND be Ravage. NOBODY is better at animalistic sounds than Frank Welker...with the possible exception of the late great Mel Blanc.

As for Weaving, I'm cool wit it. I like the idea of a deeper more menacing sound he had in the first movie no matter how much I liked G1. Welker's Megsy was often rather "whiny sounding" according to my wife...and I quote her "not Starscream whiny but still kinda whiny."

...I'm so proud of her.

Caelus wrote:Plus, Weaving's kind of a douche bag for just saying that in an interview after Bay told him it was a secret.

That's what I was thinking too.

Bleh! >.> i was hoping frank walker would voice megtron. not that wash up of an actor. oh well--maybe he'll voice soundwave? other wise its all 'MEH' to me.

This is one thing I am not happy about. I'm not complaining that Frank Welker isn't voicing Megatron, though I do hope he does play Soundwave, I'm just disappointed that Weaving is coming back. To me he is only a generic actor, slightly slurring his speech to sound "original", when he really isn't.. If we were to have a slurring drunk as Megatron, I'd rather it be Sean Connery, but since we don't have that option, I'm really hoping he has less lines in this movie than he already had in the last one.

I'll just add that this was my biggest disapointment with the 1st movie. I'm a fan of Frank Welker's work on Transformers, he did many characters, and I look at him exactly as I look at Peter Cullen for Optimus Prime. Imagine Optimus Prime in the movie played by another character. That's how I feel for Megatron not being Welker. I was hoping he would be Megatron this time around and it would fit because after Megatron's death he would return different, damaged, enraged. And since I see Frank Welker as important as Peter Cullen I think he also deserves to play his main character in the movie.

But this is only a preference, I have nothing against Hugo Weaving.

But I at least hope he plays some character, especially Soundwave with original monotone voice with vocoder.

I agree with the people who are saying that Weaving was sort of generic. Even his attitude about the whole thing seems like he's not really into it and that it's just a novelty to him. Like the behind the scenes part on the DVD that shows him doing his part as well as his "comments" from this article.

If anything I'd believe more that this is misinformation or just speculation, I doubt Hugo Weaving would be that careless to leak anything about the movie. It might even be true but "leaked" to make it seem like misinformation to cause confusion.

I wouldn't be surprised if they brought back Weaving but I'd like to think they had the perfect and forgivable opportunity to change the voice actor since the character died and is being brought back through some mecha-zombie process.

Bumblebee hardly spoke in the first one and even when he did it was like someone who had bad strep throat, they have a total chance to change that as well if they wanted.

**all based on prior public theories =P

tigertracks 24 wrote:For those hoping for the return of Generation One Megatron voice actor Frank Welker to take the role if the big bad in the sequel, well it appears you are out of luck. What other voice actors from the first film will be making a return? Stay tuned to Seibertron.com for more revenge news as it happens.

bah...Far as I'm concerned, all the Transformers that are making the jump from the first movie to revenge should keep the VAs they had in the first film. That includes keeping Weaving as Megatron. I wouldn't have minded if it was Welker as Megatron, but I'm happy with Weaving.

i'm glad hugo weaving is back. i liked his version of megatron in the movie. And as much as i love welker's work i believe he was not the right fit for movie megs.

if you played the movie game or have seen the recent welker/megatron cameo on family guy you can hear that his voice sounds a little different maybe a little more worn out and a little too gravelly. It honestly wouldn't have felt right for the more "realistic" movie. peter cullen still sounds right for prime, yes his voice changed too, but i actually think it sounds better.

please don't take this as a knock on mr. welker. the guy is one of the best voice actors ever... i'd love for him to return to transformers in some capacity but it has to be right. maybe soundwave/ravage is that part.

Mykltron wrote:I'm very glad - not just cos of continuity but I thought Weaving was best cos he sounded so bestial and insane.

Yeah, I think Weaving was better than Welker. I'll take you ALL on!

I agree! I for one can't stand Welker's Megatron--too hard to understand, and that laugh is annoying. Weaving is the master of sinister inflection. Even if they alter his VOICE beyond recognition, the WAY he talks still runs chills down my spine. He was perfect in the last movie, and I can't wait to hear more of him.

King Henrik wrote:i'm glad hugo weaving is back. i liked his version of megatron in the movie. And as much as i love welker's work i believe he was not the right fit for movie megs.

if you played the movie game or have seen the recent welker/megatron cameo on family guy you can hear that his voice sounds a little different maybe a little more worn out and a little too gravelly. It honestly wouldn't have felt right for the more "realistic" movie. peter cullen still sounds right for prime, yes his voice changed too, but i actually think it sounds better.

please don't take this as a knock on mr. welker. the guy is one of the best voice actors ever... i'd love for him to return to transformers in some capacity but it has to be right. maybe soundwave/ravage is that part.

In the end it's all a matter of taste. For me and many it feels right, for others Hugo feels more right. Nothing bad to it, but it's all just opinions, no one is right or wrong.

Who didnt see this one coming. Id rather have Welker helm the role but Weaving didnt do a bad job in the first one. Now Bumblebee on the other hand, for the love of god they better either get a new actor or rip his voice box out again.

Well, I am hoping that Megatron will have a bigger role in this sequal because I did think that Megs did have less to say and only to appear at the very end kinda dosnt thrill me.

As for Welker however, I still want him to come back & play Soundwave.

Interesting that he has already recorded his lines, seeing how late in post production the voice actors were used for the first movie!

And is anyone truly surprised ol' Megsy is back?

*Sad*

I was hoping for Welker, but I suppose it makes sense to keep the same voice actor, even if he had very few lines. I never actually played the game so I don't know how good Welker's voice sounded in it. Well hopefully they'll bring him in as Soundwave.

I get the feeling that if Megatron does show up, it'll be in flashbacks and dreams. Just my opinion, and I could be wrong...

Awesome! Hugo Weaving was a awesome Megatron. Yay!

Celebrating over.

I liked Megatron in the film. He was new and unique and did not sound like he swallowed a pile of screws and treacle. He sounded young and like a real leader.

Frank Welker is good but Hugo Weaving is way better.

I like Hugo Weaving. But the reason I say yay! is because he is a good Megatron.
I am not so prone to saying someone is good just because I like them, if they are not.

Or if they did a voice before and it is 'traditional'.

And it would be totally wrong for the brilliant Hugo Weaving to be replaced by anyone else.

People might get confused if Megatron sounded as different as Welker does, so I'd say this was a smart decision. Also, I liked Hugo's voice alright, it sounded pretty cool.

Didn't we hear that Welker was gonna be in the movie a LONG time ago? Maybe he's the fallen, or Ravage, or Soundwave.

GOD DAMN IT!

UPDATE: Director Michael Bay has posted the following on his official site:

Okay cat is out of the bag. Megatron is back ---- but you will only get to see him from the long lost past. We go way back in time as this movie explains the mythology of the Primes. He is not a tank like everyone suggests, but an alien vehicle. But sadly he does not has much screen time.

Well, actually where would he scan that tank on Earth?

Anyway, then my hopes are on Frank Welker for Soundwave and Ravage.

Still, I don't know if we should believe this about Megatron . I wish I could just see the movie now .

I think Hugo Weaving is the better choice

Haha... I think it's funny that they are even bothering to use a big name actor to fill the role. I like Hugo Weaving, but his voice got synthesized so much that it became unrecognizable in the last film. Also how many lines did he have?

If Megatron has a significant part in this movie and if they use a voice that sounds a little more like Hugo Weaving, then I won't think it's a waste.

What I find funny is that people are jumping all over this like Hugo Weaving just got the job over Frank Welker. Weaving was Megs in the first movie, so it should be quit obvious he would be in the second movie. It's called continuity, and it's not all that new of a concept.

I like Weaving's Megatron a lot better than Welker's. G1 Megatron always sounded weak to me, too wheezy, I'm surprised he didn't transform into an asthma inhaler. Movie Megs sounded fierce and dangerous.

Why? Can they at least Frank a part in the movie this time rather than the video game he really deserves it.

Elita One wrote::-x Why? Can they at least Frank a part in the movie this time rather than the video game he really deserves it.

Sure he deserves it. It's just that Weaving was good as Megatron in the first movie, and as I've said earlier, they should keep the VA talent they had in the first movie. I mean, you don't see them changing actors for characters like Sam and Lennox, right?

ShGarland_1383 wrote:

Elita One wrote::-x Why? Can they at least Frank a part in the movie this time rather than the video game he really deserves it.

Sure he deserves it. It's just that Weaving was good as Megatron in the first movie, and as I've said earlier, they should keep the VA talent they had in the first movie. I mean, you don't see them changing actors for characters like Sam and Lennox, right?

I wish they would.

Stormrider wrote:

ShGarland_1383 wrote:

Elita One wrote::-x Why? Can they at least Frank a part in the movie this time rather than the video game he really deserves it.

Sure he deserves it. It's just that Weaving was good as Megatron in the first movie, and as I've said earlier, they should keep the VA talent they had in the first movie. I mean, you don't see them changing actors for characters like Sam and Lennox, right?

I wish they would.

Why? Since RotF is a sequel to the '07 film, wouldn't it make sense that the characters moving from the first film to the second would be played by the same actors each time?

People keep comparing changing actors to the changing of a voice of a character that died in the first one. It's not the same situation, they could have changed the voice and it wouldn't have been that much of a deal because his internals were blown by the allspark; things happen.

So with that being said, voices can change if a character goes through a crazy enough situation, changing a character like lennox or sam would be something completely different, not the same comparison.

If Megatron didn't die in the first one, then yes I'd say that'd be weird to change his voice for no reason. JMHO

..and just for a reminder, the 80's movie had Welker as Megatron's voice, then halfway through changed to Leonard Nimoy, and then went back to Welker in the TV series that continued after the movie.