Spielberg: "Story TF2 To Be Finalized In a Couple Of Weeks!"

Dinobots, please let it have the Dinobots

Wow, 30 days to a couple weeks in a matter of seconds.

These guys are fast!

Tidal Wave! Please!

*Does the Dinobot pray dance*
Grimlock, the people demand Grimlock!

And let them survive till TF 3...

Arcee, Grimlock, Tidal Wave, Soundwave, A Decepticon Combiner that isn't Devestator

It would be cool if they would open a forum or something on the movie site to let fans voice their opinion on the next movie's robot cast. We've been vocal, sure, but not very organised. I doubt the movie people are going to read through the thousands of "who do you want in TF2" threads out there...

Autobot420 wrote:Dinobots, please let it have the Dinobots

Seconded!

I think the Dinobots are a dumb idea. The general audience wont grasp the concept of robot dinosaurs, since the whole focus of the first movie was mechanical devices turning into robots. My guess is more robots, more mayhem

Seeing how many rewrites and edits that the first movie got (remember the Transformers lines were not locked in stone till the very last minute), the script that is pumped out by November will be very different to what the final script is.

Wonder if D Murphy's hissy fit was because that fanfic hit close to the mark on some previously discussed ideas...

This film is either going to a rushed disaster, or has been planned since (before) the first movie wrapped.

As always let us pray (to me) that it is the latta...

Er latter!

*giggle*

Shalom!

A decent story and megan fox naked

Blitzwing the warrior wrote:I think the Dinobots are a dumb idea. The general audience wont grasp the concept of robot dinosaurs, since the whole focus of the first movie was mechanical devices turning into robots. My guess is more robots, more mayhem

I think if you talk with alot of fans, most want the "Dinobots" without them actually being dinosaurs.

Even then, I think most fans would be happy with (or in my case, would prefer) just having Grimlock, and he could be a vehicle just like everyone else. He pulled off his mustang-mode in the Alternator line, no reason he can't pass of as an armor car or some other large, powerful vehicle. For me, the other Dinobots weren't as interesting, and were just carbon copies of the same basic character.

That's really quick for a script though, hope it's good!

Tidalwave, Tidalwave , Tidalwave. wave wave wave....

Put in Wheeljack, soundwave, sideswipe, skyfire, and thundercracker!

Skowl wrote:

Blitzwing the warrior wrote:I think the Dinobots are a dumb idea. The general audience wont grasp the concept of robot dinosaurs, since the whole focus of the first movie was mechanical devices turning into robots. My guess is more robots, more mayhem

I think if you talk with alot of fans, most want the "Dinobots" without them actually being dinosaurs.

Even then, I think most fans would be happy with (or in my case, would prefer) just having Grimlock, and he could be a vehicle just like everyone else. He pulled off his mustang-mode in the Alternator line, no reason he can't pass of as an armor car or some other large, powerful vehicle. For me, the other Dinobots weren't as interesting, and were just carbon copies of the same basic character.

That's really quick for a script though, hope it's good!

I think Grimlock should be sufficient for now but think a dinosaur would still be good but one more like Dinobot frombeast wars.Real looking on the outside and more mechanical in robot form.

Soundwave and Shockwave, dagnabbit!

wow

If the story/script is finalized, what difference does the writer's guild strike have on beginning production?

As to characters.. Wheeljack and the brothers (Swipe and Streaker) would be good, as would Dinobots/Grimlock (the "basic concept" of the first movie was robots turning into alternate forms. Whether this be cars/jets/miscellaneous mechanical or electronic items/robot dinosaurs or animals/etc makes no difference.) and Soundwave or Shockwave.

is that a good thing or a bad thing i dont no?

i say put in trailbreaker or huffer

Deluxe Stokcade would do a good Trailbreaker.

Dinobots & Soundwave. That's all I ask. And that Soundwave doesn't pull a Megatron in terms of face........

first of all, it seems rushed. secondly, everyone's saying, "i want him", i hope he's in it", and i hope they put so and so in it". we're going to get the same crap we got in the first one. probably even less of a plot(which is almost impossible), just horrible writing, corny ass jokes/comedic sequences that are totally unnecessary, and no time for the bots. oh and of course bay and his terrible directing skills. plus it doesn't matter what characters end up in it cause they're gonna get the bayformer makeover and look pathetic anyway.

"Hollywood: taking your cash & pushing 'em out faster than horny teenagers!"

Skowl wrote:I think if you talk with alot of fans, most want the "Dinobots" without them actually being dinosaurs.

Even then, I think most fans would be happy with (or in my case, would prefer) just having Grimlock, and he could be a vehicle just like everyone else. He pulled off his mustang-mode in the Alternator line, no reason he can't pass of as an armor car or some other large, powerful vehicle. For me, the other Dinobots weren't as interesting, and were just carbon copies of the same basic character.

That's really quick for a script though, hope it's good!

Yeah thats a good point, I really loved War Within Grimlock and his "Lightning Strike Coalition". His tank mode was awesome, and they gave him intelligence, just a messed up voice unit that made him say things like "Me" before every sentence

They might go the RiD route since alot of the Contruction team had Dinobot names

look the first movie was awesome and if you were looking for the same thing as the 80's well all i can say is get over it. they didn;t mess with our franchise and to top it off micheal bay done a great job on this movie. i am waiting for this script to come out cause hopefully we can have more autobots and decepticons. remember the first movie broken alot of records and i am looking forward for the second one.

And the choir of angels sing! Let there be Lambo twins!

Back to bashing the first are we?

Let us not forget that the task of introducing the concept is over and that the sequel has more time than the first did to focus on the bots. I'm sure it will take full advantage of the opportunity.
So no we're NOT "going to get the same crap we got in the first one."
Let us also not forget that sequels are sometimes better than the originals (rare but it happens) like Star Wars Episode V and Spiderman 2. I see no reason to believe that this won't be the case with Transformers 2 especially because the studio now knows how much potential there is for this series.

Blitzwing the warrior wrote:They might go the RiD route since alot of the Contruction team had Dinobot names

This has been my prefered alt mode for "movie" Grimlock for a looong time. It's the LeTourneau front loader, the largest in the world.

It's as close as a vehicle can get to being an actual dinosaur.




Back on topic. I hope they won't be as secretive this time around. I really don't want them to resort to using "codenames" for characters. Before shooting starts, they should tell the fanbase what characters will appear, I don't want to go through another round of "guess the TF based on their alt mode and ludicrous placeholder name"

how about hotrod, kup and ultramagnus

dinobots,devastator + other combiners, tidal wave and triple changers please and atcee thanks Primus C-00 and skowl

Skowl wrote:I think if you talk with alot of fans, most want the "Dinobots" without them actually being dinosaurs.

Even then, I think most fans would be happy with (or in my case, would prefer) just having Grimlock, and he could be a vehicle just like everyone else. He pulled off his mustang-mode in the Alternator line, no reason he can't pass of as an armor car or some other large, powerful vehicle. For me, the other Dinobots weren't as interesting, and were just carbon copies of the same basic character.

What fans are you talking to?



Seriously though, I remember rumours of movie crew people enquiring about construction vehicles not long after the first movie was released. Something inside tells me that the Dinobots may very well eventually go the R.I.D. route, but please for the love of me let them be dinosaurs for a little while.

Or?

Perhaps Starscream returns with the Terrorcons so the construction or *spits on ground* car Dinobots have to become Dinosaurs to present an equal force.

Dinosaurs at some point, pretty please.

Oh and Arcee aswell!

damn that just seems too fast. i just hope the movie is not to rushed. but still good news though.

Are you kidding the movie was a joke worse than the crap 80's movie. I was expecting Spielberg’s War of the Worlds type kick ass unstoppable aliens, with Alternator influenced bodies and style; instead we got a movie with every over used stereotypical joke and comment used in recent movies and robots that look like moving piles of trash. To make matters worse these million year old robots get killed by little men (I never served in a military like that) with guns, in the middle of a CITY (who wrote that @#$#) These robots were so frail how the hell did they survive all those years fighting each other. Stupid ass movie, a decent Transformers movie would easily have made twice what this pg13 cartoon made. Spielberg could have pulled off a better movie on his own.
We don’t need a Transformers 2; heck The Incredibles 2 will be more realistic and entertaining.

Skowl wrote:Arcee, Grimlock, Tidal Wave, Soundwave, A Decepticon Combiner that isn't Devestator

It would be cool if they would open a forum or something on the movie site to let fans voice their opinion on the next movie's robot cast. We've been vocal, sure, but not very organised. I doubt the movie people are going to read through the thousands of "who do you want in TF2" threads out there...

I assure you that the official movie and Hasbro folks read the forums and what we write. Everyone's best bet is to keep fighting the good fight on whichever major Transformers site they love the best.

I Bet Megatron and some of the other robots that were droped to the bottom of the ocean come back to life

padfoo wrote:Are you kidding the movie was a joke worse than the crap 80's movie. I was expecting Spielberg’s War of the Worlds type kick ass unstoppable aliens, with Alternator influenced bodies and style; instead we got a movie with every over used stereotypical joke and comment used in recent movies and robots that look like moving piles of trash. To make matters worse these million year old robots get killed by little men (I never served in a military like that) with guns, in the middle of a CITY (who wrote that @#$#) These robots were so frail how the hell did they survive all those years fighting each other. Stupid ass movie, a decent Transformers movie would easily have made twice what this pg13 cartoon made. Spielberg could have pulled off a better movie on his own.
We don’t need a Transformers 2; heck The Incredibles 2 will be more realistic and entertaining.

(Vader)The stupidity is strong with this one...(Vader)

ba weep granna wop niddi bon. Pleas Tidal wave! dino bots! Jet fir! well mayb not dinobots. dino bots would be smart if they werent in any trailers cuz people woldnt really like giant mechanical dinosouars. but tidl wave!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! done movie style and a new leader/supreme figure!

Prime, Ironhide, Hound, Grimlock(Dinobots), Bumblebee, Hot Rod, Ratchet, Blaster or Percepter
Megatron(Galvatron), Starscream, Ravage, Soundwave, Astrotrain, Constructicons, Ramjet

Wow maybe in the next movie we might get to see who is attacking who.

I just want to see Soundwave

while i want to see some new transformers,i hope they don't go crazy and add too many, jetfire, arcee, grimlock, swoop and slag,and maybe the car brothers(sideswipe and sunstreaker)for the autobots, soundwave, more seekers, insecticons, constructicons, and maybe shockwave. please no tidal wave, he was a lame character, from a lame cartoon, i don't get why so many people want him. plus a boat transformer is kind of like aquaman, might be good at sea, but do you really want to see transformers:waterworld? i know i don't.

Dark_Lord_Prime wrote:If the story/script is finalized, what difference does the writer's guild strike have on beginning production?

A lot! This is just the story, not the script. In the next few weeks, the writers will determine what the basic story will be and draw out the story line-out. Then the real work starts. This basic concept needs to be turned into a script. But the pre-production crew must determine what can and cannot be done based on the outlines given. And don't just think in terms of budget, but if certain locations are available at which time, if schedules of actors match-up and so forth. During this time the team will be making the modifications to the script to accommodate what is available to them. By the time the script is ready and every piece of the puzzle has been put together, you are usually 4 to 6 months into production, and only then will the actual shooting start.

But if there is a strike, the writers can't write, which means the production crew can't do their job, which means the agenda will fall to the side. The strike will mean that everything will be put on hold, not just writing the actual script.

bitchtastic. let there be more battles

I want to see Sideswipe, Sunstreaker, Wheeljack, Inferno and Jetfire for the autobots. Decepticons...Skywarp, Thundercracker, Soundwave (mabey Ravage could be cool) and friggin Devistator would be awesome. (anyone else notice that they called Brawl "Devistator" in the movie? "

Considering the length of the movie and human screentime probably is unavoidable, adding too many new characters wouldn't be good. We probably see less of them than how the first movie did with a few yet alone actually hear them talk. Best bet with dinobots is add Grimlock and probably one or two other dinobots maybe Swoop if autobots not getting any other aerial support. Also probably 2-4 others at most.

Now Decepticons they could add 10+ since most are probably dead from first movie and most likely most of them be treated as grunts that are just there for fighting anyway. Considering whats a good money maker gestalts probably appear, I would think the Constructicons be best bet on that. Soundwave got to be a must and maybe Shockwave if Cybertron is shown.

Hmm... do not know how legit it is, but tfans.com just put up a 13 page leaked script treatment on mega-upload. The link for it is here, though of course how legitimate it is will be open to its own debate: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=36BL3HKA

Arcee, Dinobots, Soundwave, and the other Seekers. That's what I wanna see

Steven Spielberg wrote:"...they will be able to go into production on "number 2" pretty quickly"

Snicker.

ummmmm..... like......




AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yeah...

Black Bumblebee wrote:Hmm... do not know how legit it is, but tfans.com just put up a 13 page leaked script treatment on mega-upload. The link for it is here, though of course how legitimate it is will be open to its own debate: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=36BL3HKA

If it's not legit, it's at least a pretty decent script treatment. Just finished reading it, and I liked what I read. I'm kind of crossing my fingers and hoping it's legit.