I likethe idea of having some size shifting, it only makes sense, but I never liked Soundwave turning into a tape player. I mean he was one of the largest Decepticons and would shrink down small enough for Spike to carry him into the Ark. I just never liked that aspect of the whole thing.

I the idea of having some size shifting only makes sense, but I never liked Soundwave turning into a tape player. I mean he was one of the largest Decepticons and would shrink down small enough for Spike to carry him into the Ark. I just never liked that aspect of the whole thing.

Maybe he should turn into the letter "T" like in More Than Meets The Eye Part 1. :tflaugh

I  the idea of having some size shifting only makes sense, but I never liked Soundwave turning into a tape player.  I mean he was one of the largest Decepticons and would shrink down small enough for Spike to carry him into the Ark.  I just never liked that aspect of the whole thing.

Maybe he should turn into the letter "T" like in More Than Meets The Eye Part 1. :tflaugh

You used to transform your Soundwave into the letter "T"! Admit it!!

 

...okay, maybe I was the only one. :redface

 

Don, thanks for coming back. My question is:

 

Is the question of artificial intelligence / what makes someone/thing "alive" going to enter into the movie at all? As you may know, the Transformers in G1 were basically described as sentient machines, but in later shows like Beast Wars and Beast Machines, the writers gave the TFs "sparks" (i.e. "souls") and added a more metaphysical side to the TF mythos.

Is the question of artificial intelligence / what makes someone/thing "alive" going to enter into the movie at all? As you may know, the Transformers in G1 were basically described as sentient machines, but in later shows like Beast Wars and Beast Machines, the writers gave the TFs "sparks" (i.e. "souls") and added a more metaphysical side to the TF mythos.

i'm hoping for "sparks" i like the idea of the TF's being more than the sum of thier parts

sparks are lame *gets beatup by madhammer*

 

I dont think we need to know WHY transformers think, just that they do, it can be explained in the sequals

 

 

Right Don

sparks are lame *gets beatup by madhammer*

 

I dont think we need to know WHY transformers think, just that they do, it can be explained in the sequals

 

 

Right Don

Hey, just asking a question... :tfgrin

 

Actually I don't have an preference one way or the other. I happen to like the beasty shows better, but that doesn't mean that I like everything about them. Although no less a sci-fi geek than Isaac Asimov himself said that artificial intelligence is an oxymoron. I'm just curious as to what these guys' take on that issue will be.

sparks are lame *gets beatup by madhammer*

 

I dont think we need to know WHY transformers think, just that they do, it can be explained in the sequals

 

 

Right Don

Hey, just asking a question... :tfgrin

 

Actually I don't have an preference one way or the other. I happen to like the beasty shows better, but that doesn't mean that I like everything about them. Although no less a sci-fi geek than Isaac Asimov himself said that artificial intelligence is an oxymoron. I'm just curious as to what these guys' take on that issue will be.

I should start a thread in TFGD to discuss sparks versus machines, so as not to steer this thread off target, but consider this, if sparks exist then optimus prime couldnt have been rebuilt (or died in the 1st place) I like harddrives better than sparks for this reason

 

 

(side note: in the return of optimus prime pt1, why when he was awakened, did he act like he did not miss any of the action and knew exactly what was going on)

Cool Don, thanks for the answers. I like the Ark too :D One final thing then I promise I'll let you go. How possible would it be for someone to get a walk-on role in the movie? :) Sorry, I know that sounds very fanboyish but hey, I'm a fan and it can't hurt to try. While I'm not a professional actor, it would be cool to have been in a movie of some sort in one's lifetime. Take it easy Don :wave

Cool Don, thanks for the answers. I like the Ark too :D One final thing then I promise I'll let you go. How possible would it be for someone to get a walk-on role in the movie? :) Sorry, I know that sounds very fanboyish but hey, I'm a fan and it can't hurt to try. While I'm not a professional actor, it would be cool to have been in a movie of some sort in one's lifetime. Take it easy Don :wave

that is a cool question OT...

 

I wonder if there will be a promotional blitz and contests of that nature, they do it for tv shows all the time, but I guess it would be harder for a movie. Maybe he will let you be the voice of a decepticon drone just as he gets wasted :tftongue

Don,

 

As a accomplised movie producer, what problems do you foresee in terms developing this live action movie in terms of violence on the screen? Can you get away with more or less in terms of live action scenes considering this movie is about an alien war? Are you at a disadvantage b/c this franchise is based on a children's cartoon and toy line?

 

Also, I think that we may never see an anime TF movie as violent as the first Transformers Movie. As a child of the 80's, I no longer have the option of turning on the TV to find the Roadrunner being chased by the Coyote and his ACME products. The media has been forced to tighten its belt on so-called "senseless" violence to protect adolescents and young children. What barriers prevent a producer from making a darker and more violent anime version of the Transformers story for a small mature audience?