MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman
Tuesday, March 13th, 2007 12:35PM CDT
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MTV has put up an interview with the writers of the Transformers Movie, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman. In the interview the two writers talk indepth about writing the Transformers script.
"Our first draft centered almost exclusively on the kids. That draft represented the emotional heart of the movie. Much of its structure stayed, but when it came time to do the second draft, we realized we needed to bolster it with the disaster-movie paradigm, following a couple other stories and showing that the Transformers arriving is a global phenomenon. The second draft was much more about the action".
"So much of the movie is like a war movie. It's like "Saving Private Ryan" with Transformers. Some of it is very intense. And the third act is mind-blowing".
"Our first draft centered almost exclusively on the kids. That draft represented the emotional heart of the movie. Much of its structure stayed, but when it came time to do the second draft, we realized we needed to bolster it with the disaster-movie paradigm, following a couple other stories and showing that the Transformers arriving is a global phenomenon. The second draft was much more about the action".
"So much of the movie is like a war movie. It's like "Saving Private Ryan" with Transformers. Some of it is very intense. And the third act is mind-blowing".
Credit(s): www.mtv.com
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Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52027)
Posted by Optimus_julio on March 13th, 2007 @ 1:22pm CDT
Posted by Optimus_julio on March 13th, 2007 @ 1:22pm CDT
transformers = svpr ...... that is a bold statment
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52065)
Posted by Raymond T. on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:23pm CDT
Posted by Raymond T. on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:23pm CDT
That is not what they were saying. They were talking about the style of the concept of the story. They were not comparing the two movies against each other.Optimus_julio wrote:transformers = svpr ...... that is a bold statment
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52089)
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:50pm CDT
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:50pm CDT
Well either way it makes me giddy.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52092)
Posted by Milanion on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:52pm CDT
Same here.
Posted by Milanion on March 13th, 2007 @ 2:52pm CDT
TheMuffin wrote:Well either way it makes me giddy.
Same here.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52109)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:06pm CDT
Lets make it a trio.
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:06pm CDT
Milanion wrote:TheMuffin wrote:Well either way it makes me giddy.
Same here.
Lets make it a trio.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52117)
Posted by Shadowman on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:14pm CDT
Let's make it a Barbershop Quartet!
Now, which one of us can sing bass?
Posted by Shadowman on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:14pm CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:Milanion wrote:TheMuffin wrote:Well either way it makes me giddy.
Same here.
Lets make it a trio.
Let's make it a Barbershop Quartet!
Now, which one of us can sing bass?
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52122)
Posted by Milanion on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:20pm CDT
Posted by Milanion on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:20pm CDT
We should start a band. I'll be the drummer, 'cos, well, you know...
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52124)
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT
You like playing with wood?
Ok ok. Keep somewhat on topic.
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT
Milanion wrote:We should start a band. I'll be the drummer, 'cos, well, you know...
You like playing with wood?
Ok ok. Keep somewhat on topic.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52125)
Posted by Shadowman on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT
I call egotistical guitarist with a crippling heroin addiction!
Posted by Shadowman on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:21pm CDT
Milanion wrote:We should start a band. I'll be the drummer, 'cos, well, you know...
I call egotistical guitarist with a crippling heroin addiction!
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52158)
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:53pm CDT
Posted by Ironhidensh on March 13th, 2007 @ 3:53pm CDT
Okay, on topic......
How cool would it be to see, in the first 20 minutes, autobots stormy a decepticon beach. You see Optimus crawl past dozens of wounded and dieing 'bots, including one stuffing wires back into is midsection crying "momma"....
eh, it really doesn't feel the same.....
How cool would it be to see, in the first 20 minutes, autobots stormy a decepticon beach. You see Optimus crawl past dozens of wounded and dieing 'bots, including one stuffing wires back into is midsection crying "momma"....
eh, it really doesn't feel the same.....
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52301)
Posted by partholon on March 13th, 2007 @ 6:26pm CDT
battle of iacon anyone?
TBH i always equated TF to a war story and if you think back the producers did say if prime gets hit your gonna want to sympathise with him so we could see some robo mangleing going on. personally i hope so, its too easy to get lost in the spectacle. look at issue 75 of the comic, class action issue that ties up a storyline but one of my favourte parts, and i dont think im alone, was the small piece with prime kneling over the blasted scorponok who wanted to know if he did good.
thats what i want. a passionate optimus prime with a purpose who cares about his troops and will kick arse to protect them (why am i thinking of ironhide getting shot in the head in front of prime?) . so hopefully thats what we'll get
Posted by partholon on March 13th, 2007 @ 6:26pm CDT
Ironhidensh wrote:Okay, on topic......
How cool would it be to see, in the first 20 minutes, autobots stormy a decepticon beach. You see Optimus crawl past dozens of wounded and dieing 'bots, including one stuffing wires back into is midsection crying "momma"....
eh, it really doesn't feel the same.....
battle of iacon anyone?
TBH i always equated TF to a war story and if you think back the producers did say if prime gets hit your gonna want to sympathise with him so we could see some robo mangleing going on. personally i hope so, its too easy to get lost in the spectacle. look at issue 75 of the comic, class action issue that ties up a storyline but one of my favourte parts, and i dont think im alone, was the small piece with prime kneling over the blasted scorponok who wanted to know if he did good.
thats what i want. a passionate optimus prime with a purpose who cares about his troops and will kick arse to protect them (why am i thinking of ironhide getting shot in the head in front of prime?) . so hopefully thats what we'll get
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52309)
Posted by Robinson on March 13th, 2007 @ 6:34pm CDT
Posted by Robinson on March 13th, 2007 @ 6:34pm CDT
Um didnt I report this like 3 hours earlier?
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52570)
Posted by Liege Evilmus on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:26pm CDT
Posted by Liege Evilmus on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:26pm CDT
MTV doing something other than play music!?! Thats unheard of.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52574)
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:28pm CDT
I'm trying to figure out if this is supposed to be sarcastic or not. If not then it really should be.
Posted by TheMuffin on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:28pm CDT
Liege Evilmus wrote:MTV doing something other than play music!?! Thats unheard of.
I'm trying to figure out if this is supposed to be sarcastic or not. If not then it really should be.
Re: MTV Interviews Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (52592)
Posted by Stormrider on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:34pm CDT
Posted by Stormrider on March 13th, 2007 @ 9:34pm CDT
Is this the first confirmed interview that we will Cybertron? I know it's been hinted in the past.
Also it seems strange that Bumblebee doesn't have a voice and communicates to Sam using the music from the radio. Ryan, you saw that scene during the sneak preview. Did it play out well? Or did it seem unnatural?
Also it seems strange that Bumblebee doesn't have a voice and communicates to Sam using the music from the radio. Ryan, you saw that scene during the sneak preview. Did it play out well? Or did it seem unnatural?
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