Transformers

[Banshee16]

I *think* I heard somewhere that they were trying to put at least one gestalt/combiner in this one, but they just couldn't fit it in.

I do think having one as a concept could work. It'd probably have to be the crux of the plot, too, to avoid character overload. Sadly, they kind of removed the possibility of the Constructicons, what with having Bonecrusher and Devastator as characters in this one. Then again, the Combaticons are almost as good. The choices fall off rapidly afterward, though; the Stunticons are probably the most likely to be used (more product placement), but are kind of meh, and the choices after them fall off rapidly (Predacons, Sharkticons?).

And, yes, no Omega Supreme. Except maybe as background in a flashback...that would be good fan service.

Brad

Weren't there 5 fighter jet ones that combine into one big robot? And did the Insecticons join into one big robot?

I'm sure that if the first movie does well, we might see more product placement in the sequel, which would allow for the addition of other Gen 1 Transformers like Sideswipe (Lamborgini), and Sunburt or Sunray or whatever his name was (yellow car, Lotus or something?).

Oh, and weren't there some that turned into dragons or something? I remember seeing one that became a two-headed dragon. But that was a few years after I stopped collecting. I think the last purchase I made was a red one that turned into a tiger or something....Rampage or something like that.

Did all the Decepticons get destroyed, though? I think several of them escaped.

I'd assume that there might be more in hiding, who just couldn't get to the action in time?

Banshee

 

[Asmor]

You know, I completely disagree Mousey. I absolutely love the old TF movie-- it's the DVD I've watched the most, literally dozens of times, compared to one or two a piece tops with my hundreds of other DVDs... Hell, there's a lot of DVDs I own which I've never watched at all. I still cry when Optimus Prime dies, and overall I think the movie holds up remarkably well. If anything, I appreciate it now more than ever because I really like the animation style.

For comparison, a few years back I found an old VHS copy of the GI Joe movie in a box while cleaning my room. I watched that and I thought it was horrendously cheesy and corny; to the point that I was still able to enjoy it just because it was so bad it was good, but that's not a movie that I'd want to watch very much.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Well, I'll agree with you about the G.I. Joe movie, certainly. Bleah.

But I think we'll just have to accept that we disagree on the old Transformers movie. *shudder*

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

Weren't there 5 fighter jet ones that combine into one big robot? And did the Insecticons join into one big robot?

Other Gen 1 Transformers like Sideswipe (Lamborgini), and Sunburt or Sunray or whatever his name was (yellow car, Lotus or something?).

Oh, and weren't there some that turned into dragons or something? I remember seeing one that became a two-headed dragon. But that was a few years after I stopped collecting. I think the last purchase I made was a red one that turned into a tiger or something....Rampage or something like that.

Did all the Decepticons get destroyed, though? I think several of them escaped.

There was a -bunch- of combiners and this is going from memory.

Constructicons (Devastator)
Aerialbots (Superion?)
Combaticons (Bruticus)
Protectobots (?)
Stunticons (Menasor)
Terrorcons? had the 2 headed dragon you're thinking of IIRC
Predacons (Predaking), one of which might've been Rampage (a lion I think but they also had a tiger IIRC) but it did have 6 members
A sea creature themed Decepticon team (Piranhacons?), unusual as one of which would form the weapon I think, one of which was a nautilus.

Nope, the Insecticons were just Bombshell, Kickback and Shrapnel but later got some newer toys. They did have a tendency to swarm but it might've been like how there were so many Starscream, Thundercracker and Skywarp clones.

Sideswipe's "twin" was Sunstreak (the yellow one).

As far as I can tell, only 2 Decepticons escaped - Starscream and Scorponok but since Barricade didn't get killed onscreen, there's a chance he survived (slim to nil tho).

 

[Nuclear Platypus]

There was a -bunch- of combiners:

Constructicons (Devastator)
Aerialbots (Superion) who's main enemy were the Stunticons (Menasor)
Protectobots (Defensor) who's main enemy were the Combaticons (Bruticus)
Technobots (Computron) who's main enemy were the Terrorcons (Abominus)
Predacons (Predaking), yes, Rampage was a tiger
Seacon team (Piranhacon)

Ok, I cheated.

 

[Klaus]

Well, I'll agree with you about the G.I. Joe movie, certainly. Bleah.

But I think we'll just have to accept that we disagree on the old Transformers movie. *shudder*

Add me to the TF: The Movie fan list. I love that movie and the soundtrack. "The Touch" and "Dare" are two of my favoritest songs ever.

I really doubt they'll do combining robots, since that reeks of Power Rangers now.

I agree with Mouse that the power level can't jump too fast, but there's plenty of room for growth before that. I mean, aircraft carriers, that new Airbus that is larger than a 747, an oil tanker... those robots would be pretty BIG...

 

[Aeolius]

You're thinking of the wrong scale... Transformers 2 will be Chatbots vs. Emoticons!

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

Hrmmm…

I wonder about the “Cheese factor” of some of these guys. Granted, the idea of cars and tanks turning into alien robots is inherently cheesy. However, in this movie neither the item-mode nor robot-mode looked silly, looked cheesy.

I worry that a two-headed robot monsters, or a transforming T-Rex will look, well, dumb.

Some more scenes on Cybertron would be cool, as would some sort of cameo mention of Unicron. But I don’t want something that would look dumb. And let’s face facts here – the movie is 90% eye candy. Something that looked cheesy could spoil the entire effect.

Granted, I asked for Astrotrain a few posts ago. But I think that could work if he doesn’t fly around as a train or triple change.

 

[Darth Shoju]

Add me to the TF: The Movie fan list. I love that movie and the soundtrack. "The Touch" and "Dare" are two of my favoritest songs ever.

I really doubt they'll do combining robots, since that reeks of Power Rangers now.

I agree with Mouse that the power level can't jump too fast, but there's plenty of room for growth before that. I mean, aircraft carriers, that new Airbus that is larger than a 747, an oil tanker... those robots would be pretty BIG...

I'm partial to Instruments of Destruction myself.

 

[RangerWickett]

So, just because I have to tell the internet how I feel about every movie I see, this one was a badly made, horribly written, entertaining movie. Kinda like Spider-Man 3.

Too many characters. Too many unnecessary scenes. Terrible designs for the robots, and an apparent unwillingness to actually show the damned things on camera. I have practically no idea what most of the Decepticons look like in robot form, because of the badly-framed shots that shook all the time.

Oh, and making out with your girlfriend on top of an intelligent robot while other robots watch?! 8-O What the hell?!