TRANSFORMERS 2 Has a Roll Out Date

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Question: If you have a script...and it only takes about 3 to 4 months to write one...and about another 2 to 4 months to vet it and do new drafts...then why wouldn't they have a completed script by at least February or March of 2008??? They could be up and ready to shoot the sequel by April 2008...if not earlier. The truth is, they could even start filming this movie by October of this year if they really wanted.

Lastly, if I remember correctly, this would be a writers strike...right??? Well, after you have a completed script...you can start your production at any time you want...strike or no strike. And since most of the better directors have their actors improve scenes these days anyway...there is no need for a damn script revision during production...so no need for any writers on staff. All this industry talk of fear of the strike is just a damn sham...they probably already have a stockpile of sequel scripts for the Transformers by now...so who are they trying to fool...other than attempting to bluff the Union???

SWEET! BRING ON MORE TRANSFORMERS.
Metal, why do you really care, didn't your brother take you to the first one and you hated it?

No..he didn't...but I did see the movie and I thought it was better than I expected...but not as good as it could have been. For starters, there were too many characters in the film...and some of them could have been merged together in order to cut out the fat in the picture--i.e., the Aussie girl could have been Josh Duhamel's wife, hence cutting out the need for both characters to exist in the movie.

As for the film overall, really it was ID4 and T2 meets Back To The Future, at least in tone...but not executed as well, story wise. My biggest problems with the movie was two fold--1.) The film almost completely ignored Star Scream--The Transformers Darth Vader...and most beloved villain...and 2.) In the final fight, you couldn't tell which robot was which...hence, how could any of us route for any of the heroes and geer the villains when it was one big blur of giant robotic bodies crashing everywhere???

But to be fair, the perfectly arrogant Michael Bay put all the money on screen, making people like Bryan Singer look incompetent in respect to managing a block buster film's budget--just compare Superman Returns to Transformers...the latter of which officially had tens of millions less money in its budget...unofficially however, word is Superman Returns cost over a hundred million dollars more...but looked a hundred million dollars less.

But back to Transformers, regardless of how I feel about a film, I like debating story and movies. And although it is not the Star Wars or Matrix of our generation, Michael Bay's film is admirable for its ballsy execution and wonderful quality control.

you know I agree with almost everything you said metalwater... they didnt need all those human characters..(but I believe its typical Bay) and 2) there was no established relationship between Megs and Scream...he wasnt used the way I thought he should have been..i liked the movie just didnt dig some of the human characters...

I agree with metal as well. Bay is pretty pompous when using his flashy yet empty visual style. Yet, I do have to acknowledge that he knows how to blow stuff up real good and make it look like butta'. I'm going to pray to the gods that this next one doesn't have a tragically absurd story like the first one. I'm still waiting to get my Dinobots on! Maybe Grimlock can kill off sector 7?

While I agree, the first one was far from perfect, I think they did a pretty good job updating it and putting it on screen, What we loved in the 80s would look horrible on screen, like a VW Bug zooming around. I hope the second one does focus moe on the robots and less on the humans. Spike was always a human tie in for the Autobots, never the main character. Although, from a studios point of view,,,,,it would be really expenzive to have the robots on screen most of the time, but now that this movie made some serious bank, they will up the ante. And Michael Bay is a visual god. It is uber-eye-candy.

Bah to hell with Starscream. At least he was in it, where the hell was Soundwave ?

The public demands Soundwave in Transformers 2, he's the real Darth Vader of Transformers. People love him way more than Starscream (who was never more than Megatrons b***h).

PS - I'm still waiting for a Gobots movie now.

Bah to hell with Starscream. At least he was in it, where the hell was Soundwave ?

The public demands Soundwave in Transformers 2, he's the real Darth Vader of Transformers. People love him way more than Starscream (who was never more than Megatrons b***h).

--EvilMonkey (end of quote)


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If the is true, that would make me like Megatron...and you...my Starscream!!! And we know what Starscream is to Megatron...don't we???



--Metal Water (end of quote)

Good news is you don't need any of the crappy actors from the first one really. Maybe they can actually focus on story and TF's now, use combiners, and have a real war this time.