Age of Extinction Should Dinobots and/or Constructicons be in the sequel?

[ProfeZZor X]

It would seem like a natural "evolution" for the direction of this franchise. I don't know about you guys, but I would love to see them bring the Dinobots back for a sequel, or even in a third installment. I remember them always being the Autobots' back up plan in a tight fix, or when all else seemed lost, and always managed to whoop Megatron's ass in the end. The same can be said about the Constructicons too.

And both teams seemed to be rogue squadrons, which would work out well. Kind of like it did with the Lord of the Rings movies, when Gondor, the elves and Rohan aided each other in battle... They spring up at the last minute as back up. And the most fun part of all would be seeing Optimus Prime "dumb" himself down to talk logic into Grimlock, like he use to... Those were the days. I guess it's just a matter of "how" to create a new Dinobots back story for the movie.

I think including both Dinobots and Constricticons would be an end all, be all conclusion to this franchise if there ever was one. I couldn't even fathom how many robots that would make up in one huge battle to the end...

 

[Grievous]

I like Grimlock so I'm going to say Dinobots, but I would like it if both could be in the movie.

 

[Golgo-13]

Orci said himself that the Brawl/Devastator name error was infact an easter egg for the sequel. There's no telling whether he was just covering his ass, talking outta his ass..or just plain lying.. Considering the fact that Brawl was not one of the Constructicons but rather a Combaticon.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Bonecrusher is a Constructicon and he's dead. So, if they do turn up in the sequel there's only going to be five of them.

 

[Chris B]

^ It wouldn't be that hard to bring back Bonecrusher and have him reformat into a bulldozer. Or they could just come up with a new sixth member.

 

[ProfeZZor X]

^ Either way, it would be cool as hell to have either team in the sequel.

 

[Hotwire]

Constructicons, maybe, but Devestator would be ungodly huge.
Dinobots, no! They wouldn't fit into the way this movie was made. The only way I can see A, and I don mean 1, Dinobot working, is that when Grimlock crashlands on Earth, he lands in a museum, and the T-rex is what he scans.

 

[lars573]

The Dinobots wouldn't work. Unless they make them into the Dynobots (their Cybertronian team name), and have Grimlock and Snarl be tanks and Swoop a jet (like in the WWI stories). Also they wouldn't do 5 of them, as Hasbro only has trademark on the three I mentioned.

^ It wouldn't be that hard to bring back Bonecrusher and have him reformat into a bulldozer. Or they could just come up with a new sixth member.

If they did Devastator he wouldn't be 6. He'd be 3-5, probably 3. That's the way combiners are these days. So they wouldn't need Boncrusher. They could just use the other 4 Constructicon names they have. Scavenger, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Hightower.

 

[King Ruler]

I don't know what most of you guys are talking about, saying that the Dinobots wouldn't look right in the film. If they could transfer Scorponok into the film well, then they can do the Dinobots. I for one want them to throw in the Dinobots for the Autobots and the Constructicons for the Decepticons. It'd be great.

 

[lars573]

Scorponok is equivalent to Ravage or Laserbeak. He robot form was the Scorpion. His alt form was the block on Blackout's back.

 

[Timstuff]

The only Dinobot I would use would be Grimlock, and I would not ever refer to him as a "dinobot" in the movie. He would just be a TF who landed on earth during Dinosaur times, and took a T-Rex as his alt form. He would have ended up being locked in a layer of rock at some point and deactivated. Over the years, his artificial flesh would have rotted away, leaving only his metal "endoskeleton." Somehow he ends up being excavated and re-activated, and then eventually would join the Autobots. And he wouldn't talk like "UGH! Me GRIMLOCK! Grimlock am STRONG!" He would hopefully just talk like a big tough guy.

 

[One_Oh_One]

Include either Constructicons OR Dinobots. Dont include both, unless you want the movie ruined. Speaking of which, if the Dinobots are included, we'll get people complaining that its a rehash of Jurassic Park with metal dinosaurs.

 

[blind_fury]

yes.

obviously.

 

[rmix]

Yes I agree with you! Sounds good! We all should let Bay and the writers know WE WANT Grimlock!

The only Dinobot I would use would be Grimlock, and I would not ever refer to him as a "dinobot" in the movie. He would just be a TF who landed on earth during Dinosaur times, and took a T-Rex as his alt form. He would have ended up being locked in a layer of rock at some point and deactivated. Over the years, his artificial flesh would have rotted away, leaving only his metal "endoskeleton." Somehow he ends up being excavated and re-activated, and then eventually would join the Autobots. And he wouldn't talk like "UGH! Me GRIMLOCK! Grimlock am STRONG!" He would hopefully just talk like a big tough guy.

 

[Arcturus]

They could have five constructicons show up under the leadership of Shockwave, or Starscream to rebuild the Decepticon force (Seeing as they pretty much had been all wiped out in the first film, skorpy and barricade still pending). As for the Dinobots, i'd rather just see only one, that being Grimlock, he could show up with a few other Autobots (Who responded to Primes call). This way we don't have an overload of underdeveloped characters of which so many of you complained about for the first film.

 

[Chris B]

The Dinobots wouldn't work. Unless they make them into the Dynobots (their Cybertronian team name), and have Grimlock and Snarl be tanks and Swoop a jet (like in the WWI stories). Also they wouldn't do 5 of them, as Hasbro only has trademark on the three I mentioned.


If they did Devastator he wouldn't be 6. He'd be 3-5, probably 3. That's the way combiners are these days. So they wouldn't need Boncrusher. They could just use the other 4 Constructicon names they have. Scavenger, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Hightower.

Hasbro loosing the rights to a few of the names wouldn't have any bearing on the movie. The toys would probably just have a Dinobot or Constructicon prefix in the name.

 

[Golgo-13]

The Dinobots wouldn't work. Unless they make them into the Dynobots (their Cybertronian team name), and have Grimlock and Snarl be tanks and Swoop a jet (like in the WWI stories). Also they wouldn't do 5 of them, as Hasbro only has trademark on the three I mentioned.


If they did Devastator he wouldn't be 6. He'd be 3-5, probably 3. That's the way combiners are these days. So they wouldn't need Boncrusher. They could just use the other 4 Constructicon names they have. Scavenger, Long Haul, Scrapper, and Hightower.

What about Mixmaster?

 

[rdh007]

No.

 

[wake]

I really don't want to see the Dinobots in the sequel.

 

[Golgo-13]

Me neither.

 

[tamron]

There are still so many great characters left to bring in before I'd want to see the Dinobots. I'm not against them, but at least for part 2, they shouldn't be around yet.

 

[lars573]

Hasbro loosing the rights to a few of the names wouldn't have any bearing on the movie. The toys would probably just have a Dinobot or Constructicon prefix in the name.

No it does. It means they wouldn't use the characters at all, or rename them. Just wait, IF they use Hot Rod he will be named Rodimus, or Hot Rodimus. I guarentee you.

What about Mixmaster?

They lost it. And trying to use any variation of it is impossible. It's been trademarked out the a$$ by Hip-hop buisnesses. If they made a mix truck constructicon he would probably be called Quickmix (it's what they did for Micromaster Devastator). Or the constructicons would be 5 (which is more likely).

 

[Chris B]

No it does. It means they wouldn't use the characters at all, or rename them. Just wait, IF they use Hot Rod he will be named Rodimus, or Hot Rodimus. I guarentee you.

You need to keep in mind that Hasbro also lost the trademarks to Jazz and Ratchet. Those two characters still were able to keep their original names in the film without any legal repurcussions. Hasbro got around losing those trademarks by naming the toys "Autobot Jazz" and "Autobot Ratchet."

 

[lars573]

You need to keep in mind that Hasbro also lost the trademarks to Jazz and Ratchet. Those two characters still were able to keep their original names in the film without any legal repurcussions. Hasbro got around losing those trademarks by naming the toys "Autobot Jazz" and "Autobot Ratchet."

They got those back most likely via litigation and lapsed trademarking. Alternator "Jazz" is called Meister because there was trademark issues. Same with Alternator (and Energon) Shockblast. But they got back Jazz and Shockwave. This matters because Transformers is licesened by Hasbro they get final say in who's in and who's out (ahd what they are called) of any movie.

 

[Timstuff]

I really don't want to see the Dinobots in the sequel.

I'm actually not really a fan of the idea, and I thought the Dinobots in G1 were pretty lame. However, if they chose to include Grimlock in Transformers 2, as a Cybertonian so old that he precedes the Autobot and Decepticon factions themselves, and joins the Autobots after a brief bout of neutrality, I'd be okay with that. If it makes a bunch of fans happy and they can do it in a way that's cool and not stupid, then go for it. As long as it's just Grimlock and not a whole bunch of them.