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hellsangelcurse |
If we were making the Transformers movies |
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Very often we're all bitching about this element or that which we don't like about the new movies by Bay. The question is what would we like to see?
Scripting, bots, cons, plot elements... I know I like to see less of a human plot line and more plot and character development for the bots.
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Syntia13 |
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...I for one would be happy with NO human elements at all. Human hogging up the robots' screen time annoy me terribly. (must be why Beast Wars is my
favorite series). If they made a movie about TFs before they arrived to Earth, I'd be a very happy fan indeed.
I wouldn't be fastforwarding through four fifth of the movie while watching it, and would watch it more than two times, that's for sure. I'd like to see in a movie things that many fics are about - the origin of the war, transformers politics and society, special ops agents on spying missions, robot warriors fighting to protect robot civilians, that kind of things. |
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Wayward Martian |
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The title of mine would be The Adventures of Slog and the Insecticons as they Do Awesome Stuff Because Vector Prime Says So, and would somehow involve
a lot of boats.
Don't care about the movie itself so much as getting new toys, me. |
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Paleodex |
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I agree with Syntia13, I'm in this for the giant kick-butt robots, not the whinny flesh bags running around and getting in the way. The fact that I am also
a flesh bag is irrelevant. Don't look at me like that.
I'd love to see more of the relationship between the mechs themselves, and not necessarily of the romantic kind. The brotherly bond between brothers (preferably Sideswipe and Sunstreaker, but I'm biased) friendships, rivalries between mechs of the same faction, Prime's relationship with the mechs he commands, Soundwave's feelings about his cassettes. More in depth characterization would be nice too. I want to see more than the cookie-cutter, archetype characters, and more of the in-depth stuff. I want Ironhide to be more than a gruff ol' war-horse, I want him to have some kind of emotional weakness. Bumblebee should be more than the friendly, happy-go-lucky n00b, I want him to be harboring some kind of ghost from the past. I want to see how Prime reacts to the death of his brother/arch-enemy, and how Ratchet feels about repairing his friends all the time, and constantly holding their lives in his hands. (Some of this is a little much to ask, I suppose, and asking for it all is just stupid. Only so much can fit into a movie, but I can still hope, right?) Also: I want my cannon characters to be cannon, and to outnumber the made-up characters. I can understand Megatron not being a gun, and I can understand Bumblebee not being a beetle, because Primus knows the VW Bug is not nearly as pretty as that camaro. I do want their personalities to remain intact, though. If a character was an ass-hole in cannon, he's got to be an ass-hole in the movie. If he was a total wuss, he had better continue to be a total wuss. There is such a huge variety of characters to choose from that you can almost invariably find one that has the personality you want. There is no need to warp someone beyond recognition if what you want already exists.
Sarcasm is intellect on the offensive, wit
is cultured insolence.
I enjoy both. |
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Hacker Warrior |
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I'd mostly want some more character development from the 'Cons. You know, so they aren't mostly grunts that barely say a line and then get the ax.
...and I'd also like a movie-verse Huffer... |
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Rowenatm |
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I'd have liked Optimus Prime to stay dead in the first one and Rodimus Prime to take over. It will never happen, and even I am aware that it
shouldn't happen, but...
I'd also like to see the series leave Earth and head for Cybertron. |
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Cyndi.joshgroban |
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Less of Mikaela being used as eye candy and more of her showing her brain. (Seriously, that scene with her butt hanging off the motorcycle bleeds
objectification).
And some one on one interaction between her and Optimus would be nice, too. She's the one who would better understand where he's coming from in terms of hard times, sacrifice and loss. Less of Sam being a douche. |
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Ironbite4 |
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And yet I don't seem to mind that objectification.
Ironbite-then again I am male so...
Where there's a will, there's an Iron Raptor.
For those who have wings, fly to your dreams. Zorro went that way! *Points one way and goes the opposite* Screen. Mind. Both are blank. SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK!!!!! BRAWN IS ALIVE! |
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Rowenatm |
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Eh, I'd get rid of Mikaela altogether and use a female character who isn't a Brain with an Angsty Past. On the strength of the previous movie, I'd
add 'and who can act', but I am informed that in other movies, Megan Fox has been very good. So I'm hoping she'll use those powers for good on
this installment.
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Wyze LT |
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My version of a Transformers movie would go something like this. Now, I can't guarantee it would be any better or worse than
Bay's version, but if nothing else the characters would look and behave much like their G1 counterparts.
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Winnie |
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I for one like the human characters. Like Wyze LT said, they add a nice contrast to the Transformers.
Back on topic, I would have liked to see some more character development all around, but particularly on the Transformers. Less Epic Plot, more Epic Personalities, please. Also, less Angsty Romance for the humans, more Culture Shock for the TFs. I for one would like to see the bots trying to adjust to Earth life. It's got to be different than what they're used to, and yet we never really got a sense of that in either movie. "O hai thar we downloaded ur intarwebz and nao we're just fine kthnxbai" >_> SOMEBODY has got to have at least a little trouble with at least one of our customs. I mean, come on... |
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