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<blockquote data-quote="Felon" data-source="post: 3628282" data-attributes="member: 8158">Well, while they weren't &quot;necessary&quot; per se, but I did feel that each one those characters added to the plot. You've got Spike (or &quot;Sam&quot;) as the everyman hero; you've got the love interest; you've got the brainiac who figures things out and makes plans; you've the tough take-charge boy scout; and finally you've the pain-in-the-neck bureaucrat who's there to provide the protagonists with something they can overcome without relying on the robots.I mean, you could say Star Wars didn't need all those characters. Could've dropped Chewbacca or the droids. And Lord of the Rings, geez, talk about superfluous characters...You can easily collapse skills and roles in order to create fewer characters, but a big cast feels epic. The Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon, Independence Day...think about movies like that and how many extraneous characters they had just to add a little flavor.True, the Decepticons never even muster. Their interactions pretty much consist of briefly talking over radio about getting the ball rolling. Barricade was the face of the Decepticons early in the film (&quot;To Protect and Enslave&quot;...gotta love it!), but then he falls off the radar.OTOH, there is very much a &quot;less is more&quot; element to rock'em sock'em robots. Heck, even in the cartoon, the fights usually weren't protracted. Generally one solid hit from a blaster would take a bot down. Did prime even have his giant exhaust-pipe gun?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Felon, post: 3628282, member: 8158"] Well, while they weren't "necessary" per se, but I did feel that each one those characters added to the plot. You've got Spike (or "Sam") as the everyman hero; you've got the love interest; you've got the brainiac who figures things out and makes plans; you've the tough take-charge boy scout; and finally you've the pain-in-the-neck bureaucrat who's there to provide the protagonists with something they can overcome without relying on the robots. I mean, you could say Star Wars didn't need all those characters. Could've dropped Chewbacca or the droids. And Lord of the Rings, geez, talk about superfluous characters...You can easily collapse skills and roles in order to create fewer characters, but a big cast feels epic. The Day After Tomorrow, Armageddon, Independence Day...think about movies like that and how many extraneous characters they had just to add a little flavor. True, the Decepticons never even muster. Their interactions pretty much consist of briefly talking over radio about getting the ball rolling. Barricade was the face of the Decepticons early in the film ("To Protect and Enslave"...gotta love it!), but then he falls off the radar. OTOH, there is very much a "less is more" element to rock'em sock'em robots. Heck, even in the cartoon, the fights usually weren't protracted. Generally one solid hit from a blaster would take a bot down. Did prime even have his giant exhaust-pipe gun? [/QUOTE]

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