Revenge of the Fallen Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen news,info, etc thread

[Colossal Spoons]

God, I hated Jazz so much

 

[neevnav]

I can't remember if it was on this forum or another, but someone had a pic of the ZR-1 with it's hood up and the opening in the middle is shaped just like the autobot logo.

EDIT: Found the pic.

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Could work as the alt mode for either Hot Rod (who I hope is not in the film) or Sideswipe/Sunstreaker.

TRACKS!!!!!

 

[Golgo-13]

..Or Mirage.

 

[millennium movies]

More casting news:

Ramius here,

So I've got a list in front of me the roles up for grabs in the soon-to-be-shooting "Transformers 2" (June 2 is apparently the first day of principal photography).

Here's the specs :

Chuck: 19-25. Sam's roommate at Princeton. He runs a conspiracy theory website. Funny in an irreverent, edgy way, he is shocked to see his conspiracy theories come to life. 2nd Lead;

U.S. Military Leader: Late 20s/Early 30s, African-American with a great sense of humor and a tough military presence. Supporting Lead;

UK Special Forces Leader: Early-Mid 30s, British, smart and capable. Can be Caucasian, Black, East Indian. Supporting Lead;

Galloway: Early 40s-Early 50s, male, National Security Advisor and presidential liaison. A curt man who is tightly wound. Supporting Lead;

Professor Colan: 40s. Sam's physics professor at Princeton. He's a self-satisfied intellectual who compares himself to Einstein, and is arrogant enough to wear leather pants to look cool;

Theresa: Early 30s, African-American. She's Sgt. Epps' wife, has 4 kids, sassy and sexy, good with comedy; Momma Simmons: Late 60s/Early 70s. This NY Momma runs a deli/ butcher shop with her son in Brooklyn. Tough and sarcastic;

Massive Dynamics CEO: 50s, male. This Corporate CEO appears in front of congress to testify;

Texas Congressman: 55-65, on a Congressional Committee investigating the purpose of the "Automated Defensive Initiative" developed by Massive Dynamics;

FBI Director: Mid 50s, male, giving a press release assuring the public they will be safe against attacks;

CNN Reporter: Male/Female, any ethnicity. Reporting on missile strikes and bombings in various cities;

Head of Sector 7: 60s, female, aggressive and no-nonsense leader of a secret government agency & speaks with sass;

NASA Shuttle Pilot: Early 30s, male, Caucasian, African-American, Asian or East Indian, intelligent and sarcastic. Most gifted pilot NASA's ever had;

Murray: 40s, a NASA IT tech, spastic and brilliant, he's capable of breaking down and reassembling the world's most complex computer;

Sam's Ex-Girlfriend: Late Teens-Early 20s, cute and cerebral, a total arty girl that leads her own punk band;

Eric Witwicky: Early 30s, Caucasian, Sam’s much older brother. A stiff and pedantic personal injury attorney. Loves money and having more of it than everyone else. Supporting Lead;

Funeral Director:

Spoiler

50s, male, spacey yet kind-hearted funeral director that buries Simmons. Can't help but put his foot in his mouth every chance he gets;

MJ: 19-25, Sam's RA. Third year college student studying bio-chem. Stuffy and stiff lipped, he's a hater of all things fun; President of Uganda: Meets with US Special Forces to give them access to his land;

Leroy Mason: Late 30s-Early 40s, super tall ex-basketball player turned business man. Bumps into Sam to give him advice;

Basketball Player: 19-25, tall, well built athlete who will be asked to participate in scrimmage basketball game.

http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080413_whos_who_in_transformers_2.html

 

[terry78]

^****, that's a lot of archetypes for a movie that's supposed to feature the TF's in larger roles. And that spoiler....damn. Don't know if he deserves to have that happen to him.

 

[Lunar_Wolf]

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm Sam has a brother...weird, they never mentioned him before, oh well, Spike did have two brothers in the comics.

 

[millennium movies]

I'm intrigued by the NASA angle but not sure how i feel about an unmentioned brother of Sam's. Also a lot of the characters seem like clones of Lennox and Epps...

 

[Spade]

That is way too many bodies to put on the big screen.

When are these people going to learn that I don't care about the fleshy commentators? Nobody does. For all of their fear about what a talking robot would look like, people were happy with it and wanted more. Stop wasting my time, Paramount.

 

[Chris B]

That is way too many bodies to put on the big screen.

When are these people going to learn that I don't care about the fleshy commentators? Nobody does. For all of their fear about what a talking robot would look like, people were happy with it and wanted more. Stop wasting my time, Paramount.

Keep in mind though, based on the IESB story, most of these human characters sound like they're going to only be in 1-2 scenes.

 

[Spade]

I'm sure if you describe most of the humans from the first film they'd sound like one-note characters. Bay has an irritating tendency not to see this.

 

[Rocker22]

Another thing you guys need to realize Bay has stated there would be fake info...maybe not all of it is real, like Sam having a brother.

 

[Spade]

Bay also thinks very highly of his personal abilities, of which he's been disillusioned on quite a few times (the whole "hacking of his computer for the first draft" bit comes to mind).

 

[Jake Cassidy]

..Or Mirage.

Blue Corvette = Tracks t:

 

[Avangarde]

More casting news:



http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080413_whos_who_in_transformers_2.html

Some of those characters will take away from the tf screen time , throwing in not only Sam's brother but also an ex gf means there is going to be still a lot of focus on human character development.

 

[Avangarde]

TRACKS!!!!!

Agreed, that IS Tracks, a blue Corvette

 

[Jake Cassidy]

Agreed, that IS Tracks, a blue Corvette

Damn right. It's perfect. He's a great character too. Also, it'd be cool to see a flying car, imo.

 

[Golgo-13]

More casting news:



http://www.moviehole.net/news/20080413_whos_who_in_transformers_2.html

There's alot of stereotypical characters that one would associate with a mindless summer blockbuster. Didn't Bay and co listen to all the post-TF1 movie complaints the fans had about the first set of human characters in TF1?

 

[DoctorJones]

I call 'rumour' on it myself. Unless Bay makes the film three hours long.

 

[Chris B]

I'm sure if you describe most of the humans from the first film they'd sound like one-note characters. Bay has an irritating tendency not to see this.

I don't really see the comparison. The key difference is that it is specifically stated that most of these human characters will appear in only one scene.

To be fair, I think we'll probably get something like 50/50 regarding the human-robot screentime ratio in TF2. Which is still better than the 70/30 we got in the first film.

 

[Golgo-13]

I call 'rumour' on it myself. Unless Bay makes the film three hours long.

Well those silly cops in TF1 only got a minute or two of screentime, so some of the cast in TF2 could end up with minor roles like they got.

 

[millennium movies]

I think Golgo is right, we're simply jumping the gun here...at least i hope

 

[omid17]

Well those silly cops in TF1 only got a minute or two of screentime, so some of the cast in TF2 could end up with minor roles like they got.

agreed

 

[Jake Cassidy]

I think Golgo is right, we're simply jumping the gun here...at least i hope

Isn't that all we ever do?

 

[omid17]

i hope there will be less humor in Transformers 2