No Dino or Sideswipe in Transformers 4: Age of Extinction?

I want to say "that's a shame", but neither of them really did anything.

I can't say this surprises me...and by "this" I mean Nelson or Bay being vague about things. Nelson's one-word response that doesn't explicitly answer either question posed is mildly annoying. But as neither the Ferarri or the Corvette Stingray concept has been spotted anywhere, it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Mirage or Sideswipe doesn't appear. And while Mirage's voice actor passed away shortly after the film came out, it doesn't mean that's the end of Mirage/Dino. Sideswipe had a new voice actor for the third movie.

There are a few characters that have disappeared in films, not to surface again. FOr instance, most infamously, in the first movie Barricade disappears (though to be fair, he does surface in the third movie). In the second movie, Arcee and Elita-1 are shown to be shot down by Decepticons, while Chromia takes cover behind a building, but that's the last we see of her. Skids and Mudflap disappear without a trace after they fight Devastator. Jolt combines Jetfire's remains with Optimus, but that's the last he's seen.

It's only in ancillary media that anyone finds out why they go missing. The writers and/or producers of the movies state that all three bike sisters were killed (though the comic books take a different tack and show them all as alive). Skids and Mudflap were actually cut from the third movie, and in the comic adaptation, they are both killed (along with Ironhide) attacking Sentinel Prime when he goes on his rampage. The comics also show that Jolt was killed during events that occur between movies.

So it's not implausible that even if Mirage/Dino and SIdeswipe aren't in AOE, we'll find out why via other means, given that there's a very low likelihood it'll be explained in the movie itself.

Lemme guess: nelson will later have a hissy-fit, saying that he only said it as a joke, and that people should stop taking things so seriously.

That is bull ass.

Well, Sideswipe was always a great character to me, and I wanted to see so much more of Dino, but I know it is likely that they will not appear. Along with Ratchet. He progressively got less lines as the movies went by so the medic might be retired as well. But with all of the cars we've seen on set, and now with the Dinobots added into the mix, we'll have a lot new characters to enjoy so it's not that big of a loss.

MasterSoundBlaster wrote:Ah the ol' Skids and Mudflap treatment

Forgot arcee 2 died at end of fallen 3rd one lived

The only one I'll mind is Sideswipe, but I always welcome new characters. It makes both the film and the toy line less redundant.

Dino will not return? Oh, dear. I might not like the movie anymore, then. Seeing as he was such a driving force behind the plot, I doubt TF4 will be worth viewing at all.

Considering that Dino was the only Bot in first three movies that seems to fit he's designed bad ass role at all!!

About Sideswipe: I simply don't care about him, i just hope we see he's death in one of the official prequels.

Optimus Prime007 wrote:I think when Prime showed up he got sliced in half while he was landing and kicking ass.

According to Bay itself, Barricade was heavy wounded, yet he survived and was teleported back to Cybertron.

TurboMMaster wrote:

Optimus Prime007 wrote:I think when Prime showed up he got sliced in half while he was landing and kicking ass.

According to Bay itself, Barricade was heavy wounded, yet he survived and was teleported back to Cybertron.

I think you mean Shockwave.