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Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3

Transformers News: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009 3:10PM CDT

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In an exclusive interview at Rotten Tomatoes, Transformers movie producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura sat down and talked about some issues that were raised with Transformers Revenge of the Fallen and the possibility of certain characters making an appearance in Transformers 3.

Di Bonaventura was very open about certain questions regarding ROTF, such as movie critic reviews and how the twins characters ,Skids and Mudflap, have been met with certain distaste.

Di Bonavetura said,"Everybody has to put their own lens on these things. The intention was certainly not how some people perceived it... I'll put it that way."

He also said some things about the planetformer Unicron being in the third installment of the franchise and the introduction of minicons. You'll have to read the interview to see what he said though. You can see it by clicking here.
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Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959764)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:27pm CDT
I really wanted ROTF to end with a battered Megatron and Starscream floating through space. Then a bright light and big, booming voice... "Welcome, Megatron...."

That would have made the move sooooo much better/. :grin:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959767)
Posted by omegaprowl on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:33pm CDT
With devastator now probably being hte biggest CGI object in any movie, if they put Unicron in the third movie at his actual size, thats def gonna be one huge piece of CGI!!!!!

Personally i dont see any use for the minicons in this franchise, in the toons they were there mainly because they were small enough for the kids to ride in, since the autobots are actual car size when they are in vehicle mode, what the heck are the minicons gonna turn into?? RC cars like wheelie?? and what would they turn into, i mean other then robots obviously; guns, swords or sheilds?

i say, toy with using unicron, screw the minicons.

Hell i wanna see prowl, ultra magnus, hot rod, cyclonus, more of soundwave, springer, even another combiner, heck two if they can afford it (autobots: Defensor or Superion Vs decepticon: Bruticus or Menasor)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959769)
Posted by Ronynus Prime on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:35pm CDT
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I really wanted ROTF to end with a battered Megatron and Starscream floating through space. Then a bright light and big, booming voice... "Welcome, Megatron...."

That would have made the move sooooo much better/. :grin:


Man, I fully agree... I loved RotF, but that sort of ending would have sent everyone through the roof with excitement. Wow. RodimusConvoy should direct the sequel. lol. Or at least let's get an animated epilogue like that on the Blu Ray release a la Hellboy 2.

=P~
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959773)
Posted by skywarp-2 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:39pm CDT
Unicron would be kinda cool, but he makes good points about it appealing to the masses.. ROTF was touted by many as a fan boy love fest, so I can see where he and the studio is coming from..

on the whole, I don't see anything to make a big fuss about.. he said that eh likes minicons, but never that they would be in transformers 3, and that he thinks Unicron is quite large and imposing..he never said Bay wasn't going to not direct the 3rd movie.. so nothing really truly earth shattering in this interview..IMHO
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959776)
Posted by Dclone Soundwave on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:41pm CDT
Unicron? YES. Minicons? Absolutely not. Bring on the Planet Eater.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959780)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:44pm CDT
PlasmaPrime wrote:
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I really wanted ROTF to end with a battered Megatron and Starscream floating through space. Then a bright light and big, booming voice... "Welcome, Megatron...."

That would have made the move sooooo much better/. :grin:


Man, I fully agree... I loved RotF, but that sort of ending would have sent everyone through the roof with excitement. Wow. RodimusConvoy should direct the sequel. lol. Or at least let's get an animated epilogue like that on the Blu Ray release a la Hellboy 2.

=P~


I also have the perfect ending for Smallville plotted out in my head... Guess I need to move to Hollywood. :grin: :grin:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959787)
Posted by Mkall on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:51pm CDT
No Unicron, no Minicons please

kthxbye
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959790)
Posted by RodimusConvoy13 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:55pm CDT
Mkall wrote:No Unicron, no Minicons please

kthxbye


no Unicron??? are you sure you're a Transformers fan? :grin: :grin:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959792)
Posted by Primus1101 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 3:57pm CDT
"I think if you go to Unicron, you're going to end up sacrificing your human characters. And for me that worries me because I like the human characters."

Is Lorenzo his first name? I'll call him Lorenzo for now. He may like the human characters but WE DON'T! I'm serious! Sam and Mikaela, their parents, Leo, Simmons, all the humans in ROTF were worthless. We need more of the soldiers. Sam and Mikaela created a pointless sub-plot: the whole "I love you" thing. I didn't care for it. If anyone agrees with me, cool. But seriously, we need WAY less of the humans. He may like the humans, but I would have rather saw more between the robots. Like the scene with Ratchet and Ironhide in the first movie where Ratchet walks into the phone cables. We need more of those moments! The Twins, some more of them in the next movie! Not as much as this one, just a little more! And I won't even bother talking about Sideswipe, Jolt and the Arcee bikes! And as for the Decepticons, I ain't even gonna say anything on them cus in the movie, they were a joke apart from the Megatron-Starscream scenes and the fight scenes.

So, all-in-all, keep the humans: But make them vital to the plot. Hows about for TF3 they are all soldiers now and they are part of a war between Earth and the Decepticons. And it's set 10-20 years after the first two movies. Anyone agree? And if your reading this, Mr. Producer, I have one thing to say: MAKE SURE WE GET ACTUAL CHARACTERS NEXT TIME!!! NOT CANNON FODDER!!! :MAD: :MAD: :MAD: And whoever said that thing about them in space and Unicron, I agree! You sir have my respect. Next time I need help writing a TF Script, I'll come to you for help! :P

And there's my two cents, so how is everyone? :)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959797)
Posted by Jacob P. Galvatron on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:11pm CDT
Coming Summer 20XX: Transformers Armada: The Movie.
Collect the toys!
Same molds from last time, but with Minicon pegs now!
YAY!



Oh God, no Minicons please. :(
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959801)
Posted by YRQRM0 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:21pm CDT
I agree about taking away from the human characters. Obviously, we HERE hate them, but when you're talking about a worldwide movie, you have to consider what appeals to the general audience (aka, what makes more money). Without all the lame hideous human jokes and stuff, the movie probably would have lost a huge chunk of it's non-transformer fan viewers, so I see what he's saying. And I just can't see how they would pull off any meaningful story/scenes/cgi with a planet-sized bot.
Mini-cons would rock. I love Armada. Although I can't see mini-cons without some kind of existence of Unicron.
Also, The Mini-cons would have to talk, beeping with subtitles would be kinda boring.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959810)
Posted by chevymantf on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:32pm CDT
:-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I fuckin hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959816)
Posted by Alex Jones on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:42pm CDT
YRQRM0 wrote:I agree about taking away from the human characters. Obviously, we HERE hate them, but when you're talking about a worldwide movie, you have to consider what appeals to the general audience (aka, what makes more money). Without all the lame hideous human jokes and stuff, the movie probably would have lost a huge chunk of it's non-transformer fan viewers, so I see what he's saying. And I just can't see how they would pull off any meaningful story/scenes/cgi with a planet-sized bot.....


TRUTH!

I also feel that if they did bring out Unicron that would pretty much be the end the series because you can't really top Unicron afterwards. I for one would like to see this movie franchise to go on. But I all for bringing out Omega Supreme.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959817)
Posted by Alex Jones on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:43pm CDT
chevymantf wrote::-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I **** hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:


In all honesty, Bay was born to direct Transformers. You watch his previous movies and the G1 cartoon and you will see common styles in both of them.

EDIT: The only people they need to replace are the writers.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959827)
Posted by chevymantf on July 22nd, 2009 @ 4:56pm CDT
Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:
chevymantf wrote::-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I **** hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:


In all honesty, Bay was born to direct Transformers. You watch his previous movies and the G1 cartoon and you will see common styles in both of them.

EDIT: The only people they need to replace are the writers.

michael bay and the writers need to be replaced i have season 1 on dvd and i saw the similarities that were in the movies but transformers still arent getting thier justice when comes to the live action films. Why are the transformers still second to the humans?? I understand that the autobots have human friends like sam and mikaela but the roomate, simmons, the parents, and the military??
The military took most of the screen time in the ending battle and making the autobots completely useless. Devastator didn't shit either i was expecting a big face off between all the autobots vs devastator but instead we get skids and mudflap, michael bay WTF??? We need a real transformers fan to direct and rewrite both movies beacuase the first one was not that great either :twisted: :twisted:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959830)
Posted by Primus1101 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:00pm CDT
chevymantf wrote:
Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:
chevymantf wrote::-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I **** hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:


In all honesty, Bay was born to direct Transformers. You watch his previous movies and the G1 cartoon and you will see common styles in both of them.

EDIT: The only people they need to replace are the writers.

michael bay and the writers need to be replaced i have season 1 on dvd and i saw the similarities that were in the movies but transformers still arent getting thier justice when comes to the live action films. Why are the transformers still second to the humans?? I understand that the autobots have human friends like sam and mikaela but the roomate, simmons, the parents, and the military??
The military took most of the screen time in the ending battle and making the autobots completely useless. Devastator didn't shit either i was expecting a big face off between all the autobots vs devastator but instead we get skids and mudflap, michael bay WTF??? We need a real transformers fan to direct and rewrite both movies beacuase the first one was not that great either :twisted: :twisted:


You sir, should read some scripts I'm working on. The Transformers ain't second to no-one here! Hell, I find difficulty in writing human scenes apart from military scenes.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959835)
Posted by Alex Jones on July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:16pm CDT
chevymantf wrote:
Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:
chevymantf wrote::-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I **** hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:


In all honesty, Bay was born to direct Transformers. You watch his previous movies and the G1 cartoon and you will see common styles in both of them.

EDIT: The only people they need to replace are the writers.

michael bay and the writers need to be replaced i have season 1 on dvd and i saw the similarities that were in the movies but transformers still arent getting thier justice when comes to the live action films. Why are the transformers still second to the humans?? I understand that the autobots have human friends like sam and mikaela but the roomate, simmons, the parents, and the military??
The military took most of the screen time in the ending battle and making the autobots completely useless. Devastator didn't shit either i was expecting a big face off between all the autobots vs devastator but instead we get skids and mudflap, michael bay WTF??? We need a real transformers fan to direct and rewrite both movies beacuase the first one was not that great either :twisted: :twisted:


if anyone wants the Transformers to be first in front of the humans, then be open to having A list stars to lend the voices to the Transformers, which means no Peter Cullen and yes to say someone like Denzel Washington.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959837)
Posted by DCybertron on July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:18pm CDT
chevymantf wrote:
Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:
chevymantf wrote::-x :-x NO NO NO I will not accept another transformers movie if it is directed by michael bay. I **** hated rotf he is the worst director for transformers and i will not support or anybody else should support michael bay's transformers! :evil: :evil:


In all honesty, Bay was born to direct Transformers. You watch his previous movies and the G1 cartoon and you will see common styles in both of them.

EDIT: The only people they need to replace are the writers.

michael bay and the writers need to be replaced i have season 1 on dvd and i saw the similarities that were in the movies but transformers still arent getting thier justice when comes to the live action films. Why are the transformers still second to the humans?? I understand that the autobots have human friends like sam and mikaela but the roomate, simmons, the parents, and the military??
The military took most of the screen time in the ending battle and making the autobots completely useless. Devastator didn't shit either i was expecting a big face off between all the autobots vs devastator but instead we get skids and mudflap, michael bay WTF??? We need a real transformers fan to direct and rewrite both movies beacuase the first one was not that great either :twisted: :twisted:

It's not Bay's fault, It's the writers. Bay only directs.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959848)
Posted by oldskooltf on July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:35pm CDT
There will be humans in every transformer live action movie... Budget calls for it and also because if a movie only had robots, then only the fanboys would come and it wouldn't make enough money, etc...

I'm a little torn on who is more at fault for the parts of RotF that many of us did not like. For the humor, I initially want to blame Bay -- but having said that, I actually did like SOME of the humor, but certainly not all of it. As for the plot... I didn't have major problems with it other than maybe give more time to developing / explaining it and compensate for this by dialing down the sexual humor. Just a thought.

The CGI was awesome, but to do Unicron RIGHT, it's going to take a huge budget, I would guess.

I'd rather see Dinobots (at least Grimlock) and maybe even insecticons (but I guess it could be argued that we got a little of them in RotF). Bring Soundwave to earth, give us Shockwave on Cybertron, and resurrect the constructicons to form Devastator to fight Omega Supreme. Of course I'll love any other combiner or Perceptor, Blaster, Astrotrain, Blitzwing, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus, Cyclonus, etc... The inital issue is definitely going to be plot, and that will dictate a lot on what Robots show up and which get major roles.

I don't have any problem with cannon fodder deceps at the end of RotF. We had them in the original cartoon, they just happened to be clone jets instead of clone constructicons and protoform deceps.

I'm guessing they're going to have to go to the comics again to get GOOD plot elements for the 3rd movie.

As far as Unicron goes... bring him in when it's time for the LAST movie -- I'm hoping it won't be the 3rd.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959852)
Posted by Jetstorm92210 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 5:40pm CDT
Minicons? If they didn't work in Energon, Cybertron and Classics, why the hell do you want them in TF3.
Now, if we talk about Cyber planet keys and Prowl...
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959866)
Posted by 5150 Cruiser on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:08pm CDT
Primus1101 wrote: You sir, should read some scripts I'm working on. The Transformers ain't second to no-one here! Hell, I find difficulty in writing human scenes apart from military scenes.


I'm sure its very easy to write a script that involves primarly the Transformers. The problem is doing such a movie would probbly mean a $500+ million budget. Good CGI isn't cheap. Like it or not, humans will always be a strong part of the movieverse.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959870)
Posted by Archanubis on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:18pm CDT
There was some talk about bringing the Dinobots into RotF (before it was anything but TF2), but that didn't happen. Same could happen here - just a bunch of talk. Personally, I agree with some of the commenters here: save Unicron for when you know you're going to finish the series. If that's TF3, fine, if not, keep the Chaos God in your back pocket for awhile.

Minicons, hell no. Bring in some more significant characters: the Dinobots, original Predacons, Triple Changers, Sixshot, guys like that.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959872)
Posted by Megatron Wolf on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:20pm CDT
Minicons are you frakin serious? After hearing that i think the 3rd installment is going to suck worse then the 2nd. Didnt think that was possible but i guess it is. I was hoping minicons died with armada. SO whats next cyberkeys? Let the epic suckage continue. I really dont want Unicron in the 3rd movie. Not only are they going to screw up the character (like the fallen & Dev) but they're going to think of some stupid way to kill him off since the matrix is gone. Besides its to soon for him. Lets all hope the earth gets eaten and there are no more humans in the movies.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959880)
Posted by joevill on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:37pm CDT
I hope they do not include Minicons in the third movie. :cry:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959885)
Posted by Primus1101 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 6:42pm CDT
5150 Cruiser wrote:
Primus1101 wrote: You sir, should read some scripts I'm working on. The Transformers ain't second to no-one here! Hell, I find difficulty in writing human scenes apart from military scenes.


I'm sure its very easy to write a script that involves primarly the Transformers. The problem is doing such a movie would probbly mean a $500+ million budget. Good CGI isn't cheap. Like it or not, humans will always be a strong part of the movieverse.


What about in high-quality, really cool, really great Stop-motion? I've seen Nightslash2020! It can be done! And I personally think that that would sell toys cus you know what your getting! XD
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959912)
Posted by Skullgrin140 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 7:39pm CDT
RodimusConvoy13 wrote:I really wanted ROTF to end with a battered Megatron and Starscream floating through space. Then a bright light and big, booming voice... "Welcome, Megatron...."

That would have made the move sooooo much better/. :grin:


Lol, funny you say that because thats the cliffhanger ending I was expecting Season 2 of TFA to have. Unicron however still needs a break from Transformers after the harsh reptetive treatment in the UT, and as for the Minicons...They are something we should all forget.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959921)
Posted by Primus1101 on July 22nd, 2009 @ 7:50pm CDT
I SAY YES TO THE MINI-CONS.... As long as they are like the Appliancebots or Frenzy!
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959925)
Posted by Iamwarhorse on July 22nd, 2009 @ 8:04pm CDT
What were those little bots that made the bigger robot in the military bunker to break out the shard? Were they minicons or something else? (Personally, I thought that scene was wicked!)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959931)
Posted by TulioDude on July 22nd, 2009 @ 8:20pm CDT
I see the future...if Unicron appears,innevitable comparisons with the '86 movie will be done and if he not please some,they will bash the movie to death,so splitting the fans...

But i see a bright future. :D
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959937)
Posted by Iamwarhorse on July 22nd, 2009 @ 8:39pm CDT
Oh, Transformers is going to be bashed forever. If they made the whole thing nothing but the Transformers, then you're going to have people that b!tch about not enough humans. If they do put in popular Transformers, they b!tch that they were not how they imagined them to be. Look, you got people b!tching about the way Optimus Prime looks, fights and was portrayed in ROTF, even though IMO, I found him more bad ass than he ever was in the cartoons. But, there you go. At 700 million WW, the movie has more fans that like the movie than hate it, so I don't see any reason for the producers to drastically change the formula they are using.

But,I have been writing to Michael Bay's fan club, and asked him to make Sideswipe a major character in the next movie. He listens if you make your voice heard. He heard how people didn't like Bumblebee's voice in the end of the first one, so he did what you guys asked, got rid of it. He also heard how you all wanted more Decepticons and more Megatron and Starscream bickering, and he gave that to you all. As for the Unicron, I think they'll save that for a much later movie. Possibly movie 5. (Transformers is going to be 6 sequel movie, I feel it. It's our modern day Star Wars.)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959990)
Posted by tfdad on July 22nd, 2009 @ 10:30pm CDT
I've been haunting around for about 2 years now and finally had to put my two cents in.:D I agree with that the mi-cons should not be in any part of the movie-vers too much aincent history has been done in these last two movies I think now it should be more about the power struggle in the here and now.To do more back story in the 3rd movie is mabey over kill,by now fans of the francise should be up to speed.Good to be part of the site now-good disscusions and good natured :APPLAUSE:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (959994)
Posted by Cyber Bishop on July 22nd, 2009 @ 10:34pm CDT
Maybe the minicons could be heralds for him. Like the Silver Surfer was to Galactus.. They scout the planets to set up which planet will be next devoured.

Just a thought.

I am not a fan of the Minicons and for Unicron.. How would they destroy him since there is no matrix?
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960004)
Posted by Nemesis Rodimus on July 22nd, 2009 @ 11:00pm CDT
Mini-Cons? I know I'm almost alone here, but...YES!!!! Armada was awesome, and Movie-verse Minis=PURE WIN!
Unicron?YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960038)
Posted by TulioDude on July 23rd, 2009 @ 12:03am CDT
Iamwarhorse wrote:Oh, Transformers is going to be bashed forever. If they made the whole thing nothing but the Transformers, then you're going to have people that b!tch about not enough humans. If they do put in popular Transformers, they b!tch that they were not how they imagined them to be. Look, you got people b!tching about the way Optimus Prime looks, fights and was portrayed in ROTF, even though IMO, I found him more bad ass than he ever was in the cartoons. But, there you go. At 700 million WW, the movie has more fans that like the movie than hate it, so I don't see any reason for the producers to drastically change the formula they are using.

But,I have been writing to Michael Bay's fan club, and asked him to make Sideswipe a major character in the next movie. He listens if you make your voice heard. He heard how people didn't like Bumblebee's voice in the end of the first one, so he did what you guys asked, got rid of it. He also heard how you all wanted more Decepticons and more Megatron and Starscream bickering, and he gave that to you all. As for the Unicron, I think they'll save that for a much later movie. Possibly movie 5. (Transformers is going to be 6 sequel movie, I feel it. It's our modern day Star Wars.)


People always have different opinions,but waht matters it your opinion.I though it was awesome. 8)


Nemesis Rodimus wrote:Mini-Cons? I know I'm almost alone here, but...YES!!!! Armada was awesome, and Movie-verse Minis=PURE WIN!
Unicron?YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


I liked armada. :D
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960042)
Posted by DCybertron on July 23rd, 2009 @ 12:11am CDT
Nemesis Rodimus wrote:Mini-Cons? I know I'm almost alone here, but...YES!!!! Armada was awesome, and Movie-verse Minis=PURE WIN!
Unicron?YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you mean yesss.....
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960101)
Posted by Joshua Vallse on July 23rd, 2009 @ 5:08am CDT
This was the best comment I saw on this article at RT:

lol @ "Unicron would dwarf emotion" BECAUSE EVERYONE SAW TRANSFORMERS FOR THE ACTING, RIGHT?!

Good god, what a terrible human being. Get your head out of Michael Bay's ***, dude.


Ha ha ha, my point exactly.

I think Lorenzo needs to broaden his horizons and get over his giant character phobia. there have been tons of successful interactions between giant characters and or props which have left more then enough room for the "puny humans". The whole finale of Star Wars (The first first first one) was a showdown on the Deathstar. Independence Day was full of city sized foes including the showdown in the Mother Ship. Hell even 2009 Star Trek had a great showdown with the Mining Planet Destroying Ship. I think this could work out in the formula of Unicron being the Autobots take the fight to Unicron whilst riding Omega Supreme. As for disconnecting the Human aspect of the film...I find it funny this is really an issue being ROTF was nothing but hot chicks, explosions, and Robots. God forbid we threaten the human characterization of this formula right?

I also think if your going to feature small characters, yet shy away from big ones....pick something with a little more punch then the Mini-cons. I mean you have the Insecticons to still touch up on. Or any number of Soundaves minons be it Laserbeak or Rumble.

Also, two main characters I would love to see are the Dinobots and Triplechangers. Astrotrain for one would be awesome! And being if Unicron is involved in the third film....Astrotrain would be a must.

If Bay does finally take the helm of TF3, I predict we'll see something along the lines of Armageddon meets Transformers. In which case I hope they get Bruce Willis!

However from this Interview, I can see that Paramount is already in talks about TF3, and they don't seem like they're going to wait on their hands for Bay to finally antie up. For all his high explosive gusto, he doesn't seem to have the endurance to carry on this franchise. Peter Jackson strangley does, being he made all three films of the LOTR series at once while shooting out of order (Meaning he short scenes for ROTK one week, and then Fellowship another...guys a genius) and each film alone is twice as long. Hell he even shot more footage which we didn't even see till they came out with the extended cuts. George Lucas is another example, being the Star Wars legacy is no small feat in terms of CGI and creating entire worlds! Then blowing those worlds up!!!!!

I say bring on new blood. Mostly because I would like to see another interpretation of this series personally.
Laters,
Josh
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960108)
Posted by Lastjustice on July 23rd, 2009 @ 5:41am CDT
I say no to Unicron. Not as he is with in previous incarnations either the 86 movie or the unicron trilogy. Megatron already played second fiddle to the Fallen. Id like see him on top of the food chain or atleast be competing for with Shockwave than another Uber being step on his toes. I personally hate Unicron, for one his name is spelled very close to Unicorn, which makes him lame for that alone heh. What the heck is going fight a planet sized being besides plot devices. I dont see Unicron as a villain I see him as a plot device. An over used one at that. Unless he was just made a large powerful transformer, hes too dang big as a planet to be really interesting.

I dont see Unicron ever appearing in the Bay films. He wizs all over scale which they ve tried hard to keep. I for one like bad guys that hero can actually beat up themselves cause makes for a heck of alot better action scenes that light our darkest hour..dead we saw in 86. He puts transformers in space, which moment they are in space its giant robots fighting not robots in disguise. Why season 3 transformers mostly turned into crap that didnt disguise them on earth. The Alt modes become superflueous and ugly.(plus earth alt modes are easier to film.) Not saw they cant have events happening in space like them visiting the Nemesis or in orbit like soundwave, but the major story needs be on earth.

Which budgeting an all transformer live action film isnt going happen. Humans ground the film to reality, as this transformers in real life, not G1 2.0. If they wanted to do an all transformers series, then animated or CG like something pixar does would been a better direction. Which the public needs the human characters to round off the hard edges of an other wise nerdcentric series. Plus gives them something to wreck, and blow up thats cheaper to film heh. Over all it be a huge mistake to radically change the formula this far into the game.

As for Minicon..meh Ill pass. I mean we have smaller robots like wheelie already appearing. He atleast transforms into something small but it made sense that looks like a car cause it was a toy one. Most the minicons looked like smaller vechiles, which made no sense. They just did because...(which no of the transformers were shown picking earthly alt modes either.)They just seemed look simliar to them purely by some odd chance.

I d love see the Stunicons and Aerial bots appear. I think Bay could have alot of fun with the Stunticons. They seem like a natural fit. I can only hope they get used, evne if they have make two sets like the constructicons did. I think cars might be easier to do that with make something that can make a limb and robot mode. Both the toys and movie makers ran into same probelm with devastator and the constructicons.

I say bring on new blood. Mostly because I would like to see another interpretation of this series personally.


I say wait a few years for that. I want Bay finish up what hes got going. When hes done, someone can reboot it and do their own spin on it. What every other aspect of transformers has done. I doubt movies will be different as they make too much money for hollywood not make more of them.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960145)
Posted by Primus C-00 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 7:30am CDT
Minicons?

Awesome! The Pokemon of the Transformer world. These guys so want to make an Armada movie.

Tidal Wave anyone?

Have TF3 lead into a story about Unicron for TF4...

:shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXtPygIL5E
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960151)
Posted by Primus C-00 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 7:54am CDT
1. splunge
It means ... it's a great-idea-but-possibly-not-and-I'm-not-being-indecisive!
Larry: Right. Now I want your opinion of my idea
...
Second Writer: Splunge.


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Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960175)
Posted by Warbreaker on July 23rd, 2009 @ 8:50am CDT
Some people are screaming about how Minicons and Unicron can potentially spoil TF3.

Others are saying it will make TF3 epic.

All I can think of is the sight of Counterpunch drooling over his keyboard at the sight of leaked movieverse Minicon toy prototype pictures, eh heh heh heh.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960190)
Posted by Primus C-00 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 9:31am CDT
Image

I-)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960203)
Posted by DevastaTTor on July 23rd, 2009 @ 10:01am CDT
Mkall wrote:No Unicron, no Minicons please

kthxbye

Agreed! I love the idea of Unicron, don't get me wrong, but if he's going to wind up with a moon-sized set of nuts hanging off of him or as a wacky cloud (Fantastic Four 2), I'd rather not see him in the movie.

And no more concepts from the transformers playbook. We've done pretenters, triple changers, power-up, and combinders all in one move. How about a solid story, less slap-stick, and more Transformer character development/interaction for a start. In reality, how about no more Michael Bay.

And for god sakes, give Prime a trailer!
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960206)
Posted by syphonn on July 23rd, 2009 @ 10:09am CDT
Cyber Bishop wrote:I am not a fan of the Minicons and for Unicron.. How would they destroy him since there is no matrix?


The ISS has a rail gun.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960234)
Posted by SoundWave88 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 11:04am CDT
I have a feeling that in TF3 minicons are definatly going to be in the movie only because they had jetfire and prime combine. and as for unicron im praying he is not in the movie b/c its not going to work oh end dont complain when unicron comes on and has a total of 2 min screen time as he will way to big and costly to create
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960317)
Posted by Primus C-00 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 1:49pm CDT
I shall sit here and dream of it like this. TF3 introduces mini-cons, and maybe even dinobots ending peacefully of sorts with N.E.S.T becoming E.D.C. as both the humans, including Marissa Fairborne and Autobots (with Omega Supreme?) reach out into the galaxy. The Decepticons however have developed their own transport, Tidal Wave. Oh and Maggie Madsen returns and becomes Circuit Breaker. Somehow.

TF4, absolute homage to the animated movie. Unicron as a looming threat ending with Unicron versus Primus with Prime at the core for a truly stellar scale and showdown. This ends with the return of the Golden Age. However jazz things up with some variance, Circuit Breaker has allied with the Decepticons to further her own ends. Maybe even have Sam die between TF3 and TF4 leaving Mikaela alone with a daughter, Danielle.

I dunno, maybe it's the influenza, but a guy can dream...

...accidentally transported to Cybertron along with the Transformers when Primus sought to unite all his children against the chaos bringer Unicron. Upon arriving on the planet, Circuit Breaker fell into a catatonic state as her phobia of a planet full of robots overwhelmed her human mind. However, she did awake as Unicron descended, and attacked him with her own power, weakening and distracting the chaos bringer long enough for Optimus Prime to destroy him with the Matrix of Leadership.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circuit_Breaker_(comics)

I-)
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960342)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on July 23rd, 2009 @ 2:45pm CDT
I would rather have Unicron than mini-cons, but that's not to say i wouldn't want Mini-cons. i actually really liked the Mini-con concept of them being able to power up the regular Transformers. I just had a hard time accepting them as a"third race" of Transformer. They transformed, and some were good and some were bad. Basically, I viewed them as tools. (As in instruments, not as in some posters and mods here)

But I agree with Lorenzo on the Unicron-Galactus comparison. Galactus was FUBAR big time in FF2. IF Unicron is to appear, the entire Unicron story needs to be told in the movie from beginning to end. No harking back to TF or RoTF. OR, just have a good Mini-con story, and have the ending RodimusConvoy proposed for the 3rd movie, to set up the 4th and LAST movie. (Let's not "Rocky" this thing, OK? I love Transformers, but I can only take so much in such a short time)

Also, if Bay directs 3 (and possibly 4) I am fine with that. If he leaves, as long as Spielberg or one of the Scott brothers or maybe James Cameron takes over (someone who knows action) that would be fine. BUT THESE TALENTLESS HACKS THEY CALL "WRITERS" HAVE TO F**KING GO!!! Orci and Kurtzman are worthless when it comes to this property. Hopefully someone can revive and redeem this franchise. Please, someone give Simon Furman a WGA membership.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960349)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on July 23rd, 2009 @ 2:53pm CDT
Primus C-00 wrote:Maggie Madsen returns and becomes Circuit Breaker. Somehow.


That's a good idea. And Rachael Taylor is better looking than Megan Fox.
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960422)
Posted by DCybertron on July 23rd, 2009 @ 4:57pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Please, someone give Simon Furman a WGA membership.

You wouldn't want Furmanisms in TF3, would you?
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960442)
Posted by Primus C-00 on July 23rd, 2009 @ 5:40pm CDT
It's official RoTF is better the second time around.

:APPLAUSE:
Re: Lorenzo di Bonaventura talks Unicron/ Minicons for TF3 (960562)
Posted by TulioDude on July 23rd, 2009 @ 10:28pm CDT
Primus C-00 wrote:Minicons?

Awesome! The Pokemon of the Transformer world. These guys so want to make an Armada movie.

Tidal Wave anyone?

Have TF3 lead into a story about Unicron for TF4...

:shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tXtPygIL5E


Well,i want to see the aircraft carrier Transformer that Michael talked about.

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