USA Today and Yahoo.com Reveal List of ROTF Characters

That's strange...

Why is Demolishor no longer listed as a Constructicon? And who is Overload?

No mention of the two other fembot-bikes either. We know Chromia is one... What the hell is going on?

Also, "The Doctor" is a silly name.

OMG! I love that new picture of Ravage! He looks like he'll be amazing in the movie. The Doctor, as it is called, looks too much like the recently revealed Scalpel, we'll see.

cool stuff... i cant wait to see it!

Brakethrough wrote:I think we've already seen Scalpel's toy. "The Doctor" is probably a case of code names, old information, and the media not having a full load of bricks concerning the film.

I love the bit at the end about making Spielberg swear.

that's exactly what i thought when i saw the name "Doctor"

Something Is defiantly Up. I mean we all KNOW Sideswipe is gonna be in the Movie, but he is left out. I mean we've seen the trailer with him, we've seen the toy....While I don't think it's an April Fools Joke, Bay is still holding back big time.

Does anyone else wonder why Wheelie is listed as a Decepticon?
In the first Yahoo article there, that is.

secret power, awesome
Reboot refrince, awesome
The rest, awesome

rpetras wrote:

Rocketeer wrote:Does anyone else wonder why Wheelie is listed as a Decepticon?
In the first Yahoo article there, that is.

He's listed as a Decepticon in both articles.

Ah, but WHEEL-E Five will end up as an autobot sometime during the movie, on his toy bio, it mentions that he is a side-changer.

Couple of quick thoughts/theories based out of the USA Today article...

The article states (after quoting Bay, which is somewhat misleading) "Like the Insecticons, which were giant bugs in the original series and Hasbro toy line, but are now tiny creepy-crawly infiltrators."

At 1:20 in the trailer, Sam looks like he's pulling apart a flying insect, and it appears to be mechanical. Has anyone else caught this? I'm curious how big of a role Insecticons play in the movie.


Also the article quotes, "In the spirit of 'more than meets the eye,' Ravage isn't just lethal because of his sharp teeth," says screenwriter Alex Kurtzman. "There's actually another skill set Ravage has that didn't exist before, so there's going to be a surprise for fans."

What are the chances that Ravage turns out to be the Pretender that was previously rumored? I was thinking there was a video posted where students are fleeing a scene where a blonde girl was walking after them....


Any potential with these theories?

Yes... why isn't Demolisher listed as a Constructicon? I kind of agree with Scavenger = Demolisher by what I saw in those leaked pics of his toy in vehicle mode. Why did they do that? Why not just call him Scavenger??? I really hope this doesn't turn into a Brawl/Devastator confusion. Ugh.

I know Bay is criticized left and right on many fan sites. I for one actually like what he's done... but my one gripe is this name confusion that I think is at least partially his fault. Like him calling Scorponok "Scorpinox" and him not remembering what Frenzy's name was. I also recall watching one of those behind the scenes parts of the BluRay disk where he called Blackout "Blackhawk".

I attribute this Brawl/Devastator confusion to him and Demolisher/Scavenger confusion to him too -- and the fact that he chose Bonecrusher as the name of the "Buffalo" military vehicle in TF1 and now it can't be used for a constructicon in TF:RotF. If he just would have chosen a different name like Onslaught or even Crumplezone or make him called "Demolisher", then we'd have Bonecrusher for a Constructicon name and perhaps Scavenger would be Scavenger and not Demolisher -- I know I'm a G1 fanboy... and I'll get over it and still enjoy this new movie. I'm just ranting on my one beef with Bay. It's seriously my only real issue with him.