Orci and Kurtzman Questions: Post movie

[Wishful Thinking]

I'd like to welcome back Mr. Roberto Orci and invite Mr. Alex Kurtzman to a new sit down chat with the board now that the movie has been released and viewed. Mind you, this will be spoiler laden as the questions from members will delve deep into the movie as people search for the answers from the very people who wrote the movie.

Some rules, though.

1. Be kind. Be courteous. They are our guests and should be treated as so.

2. Remember, THEY MAY NOT BE WRITING THE NEXT FILM. So, asking if "so-and-so" will be in the next film will more than likely be answered with a "I hope so-and-so is in there, too".

So, without further ado, let's get those questions transformed and rolled out!

[Wishful Thinking]

First off, I'd like to thank Bob for being coming to Botcon. What were your impressions of the Botcon convention and would you and Alex be willing to return to another one? And what are Paramounts plans, specifically, for the footage they shot there of the first panel and such?

[han_x]

Movie hasn't been released 'everywhere'

[Me Grimlock King....RARRR]

You have no idea the amount of will power it is taking for me not to downoload this movie after the clips I've seen

Bob, were you satisfied with the Starscream/Megatron exchange, and if yes, well done to you, and if not, what would have been done differently

PS:Ha, Starscream is on all fours in that scene breifly. Gorilla Jet ahoy

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by han_x

Movie hasn't been released 'everywhere'

Best avoid this thread until the movie's out where you're at, then.

[han_x]

Originally Posted by Me Grimlock King....RARRR

You have no idea the amount of will power it is taking for me not to downoload this movie after the clips I've seen

Like wise

[Snafuflux]

Was the Brawl/Devestator mixup on purpose, or was it indeed an editing oversight?

[MegaGearX]

Bob,

Great movie. I'm sorry I thought you guys had no clue what you were doing before. I've seen it with other movie and hought a spade was a spade. I'm happy to say that it wasn't the case here! I've already seen it twice and plan to go again.

1) How come the Allspark created TFs were all Decepticons?

2) WAS there a scene that introduced all the Decepticons, similar to the one that showed all the Autobots?

3) Why did you guys make Megatron stronger than Prime? Is it simply that they are are of the same power, but Megatron is simply a little BIGGER or is Megatron just better than Prime is period? Or was Prime just having a bad fight this time?

4) Was there more Megatron/Starscream insults that didn't make it?

5) Can they do a George Lucas and digitally add more Transformers stuff to the movie on DVD post-movie? This IS ILM we are talking here. I'm talking adding Transformer scenes, dialogue, fights. Making a more gripping Jazz death scene. The human stuff is fine where it is.

6) What happened to Barricade? In the novel Prime clobbered him along with Bonecrusher (which was why he was late). Did he truly escape? Scorponok too? And where exactly is Starscream going?

[markimus_prime]

First of all, the movie rocked!!

What were some of your favorites scenes that did not make it in the final cut?

[Sixgun]

Hi Bob and Alex! Overall a great movie! Congrats.

Now that it's in theaters and seems to be doing very well - what do you think of this fan interaction process we had here? Do you think it's something that you would do again for other movies?

[i have no arms]

Can't think of many questions, I just want to give you two a pat on the back and say job well done. That movie rocked, and I'm totally satisfied by your writing. Thank you again for all of your hard work.

[Mega-con]

Congrats on a great movie. Everyone that worked on this movie deserves any acollades coming to them.

-What does Jazz say when he jumps on Brawl?

-Was Sector 7 meant to be taken lightly? They came off a little slapstickish. I'm guessing it was just John Tututro's character.

-When Prime kills off Boncrusher he turns and looks at something... Barricade?

Comments:

I think the Transformers looked amazing, but they really looked "real" in daylight scenes. That highway scene... man.

I also wished the transformations wouldn't have been so close up. BB's transformation after the Barricade fight was perfect.

How come it would turn dark so quickly? (Blackout scene and BB/Barricade scene.) Both of those scene were in full daylight one minute and pitch dark the next.

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Mega-con

How come it would turn dark so quickly? (Blackout scene and BB/Barricade scene.) Both of those scene were in full daylight one minute and pitch dark the next.

"And Bumblebee ran, day and night..."

[wal]

I have a question:

SPOILERS













There seemed to be an entire sub plot that was very un-necessary. This is where the Dept. of Defence recruits a bunch of High Schoolers and College students to crack the code... or virus... or whatever. Basically, it intruduced us to the obligatory hot brainy chick with that aussie accent to make her sound smarter and more sophisticated, then the takes a 2GB SD card to her bud so that he can quit playing PS2 long enough to get busted by the Feds, eat a bunch of donuts to show how calm he is- and then cracks just like you knew he would. This continues to Hoover Dam and we eventually leave them behind.

So far as I can tell, these two did nothing to advance the story or plot, but only existed to provide a few laughs.

Were these 2 brought in because someone higher up requested them? Did I miss their purpose to the story? What in fact did they contribute?

[demondevera6]

I just like to state, calmly, that I do hope for Transformers 2 that they do in fact get new writers and a new director. Thank you.

[Macvile\/\/hore]

*bump*

Can we get this stickied so Robertopants actually sees it?

[Deceptitech]

Originally Posted by Me Grimlock King....RARRR

You have no idea the amount of will power it is taking for me not to downoload this movie after the clips I've seen

Bob, were you satisfied with the Starscream/Megatron exchange, and if yes, well done to you, and if not, what would have been done differently

PS:Ha, Starscream is on all fours in that scene breifly. Gorilla Jet ahoy

It's not worth downloading. Someone had a camera, and they turned it off where I was. How sad is that? I laughed at that too.

[Spanbauer]

Roberto,

My girlfriend actually had two questions

1. How will Sam explain to his parents that his car is now a 2009 Camaro?

2. What are the Autobots & Decepticons going to fight over now that the Allspark has been destroyed?

Now my questions

3. What happened to Barricade & why wasn't it shown?

4. How did Bumblebee regain his voice and why wasn't it explained?


Thanks, and cheers to you if you partake!

[Mamthar Fangirl]

*waits for Orci to show up and say 'Screw you all'...*

[theweepeople]

Originally Posted by Spanbauer

2. What are the Autobots & Decepticons going to fight over now that the Allspark has been destroyed?

Hopefully, the conflict of using up vs. conservation of natural resources will be used in the sequels. In the cartoon the decepticons tried to use the energon cubes to extract energy out of all natural resources.

[SoundWave82]

this is a really great idea... never had so much interaction with the writers before... but does anyone know if they will come back on to answer our questions?? i do hope so

[Submariner]

I just want to know what happened to Barricade. Was there something in the script that was cut? I'm sure you guys didn't write it that he simply disappears. All the movie needed was one shot, one shot of Barricade doing a 180 and burning rubber after Prime owned Bonecrusher. Loose end tied.

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Macvile\/\/hore

*bump*

Can we get this stickied so Robertopants actually sees it?

He's been made aware of it and came within inches of posting in it, but changed his mind for some reason. He might come back today.

Originally Posted by SoundWave82

this is a really great idea... never had so much interaction with the writers before... but does anyone know if they will come back on to answer our questions?? i do hope so

I talked to him personally at Botcon and he said he'd be back to do this and that he'd drag Alex with him this time (not that Alex probably hasn't used his account to say a few choice words over the course of the past year ). This thread will be stickied once he begins posting in it.

[Ronaldus Magnus]

Bob,

I hope that you can come post this weekend.

My questions are
1.what happened to Barricade?
2.Why wasn't the death of Jazz given more weight?
3.Did you have Prime pull that piece of the all spark out of Megatrons chest for the possibility of furture use? (or plot divice?)
4.Are there any questions you thought we'd have that we haven't asked?

Thanks

[Sixgun]

Originally Posted by wal

I have a question:
There seemed to be an entire sub plot that was very un-necessary. This is where the Dept. of Defence recruits a bunch of High Schoolers and College students to crack the code... or virus... or whatever. Basically, it intruduced us to the obligatory hot brainy chick with that aussie accent to make her sound smarter and more sophisticated, then the takes a 2GB SD card to her bud so that he can quit playing PS2 long enough to get busted by the Feds, eat a bunch of donuts to show how calm he is- and then cracks just like you knew he would. This continues to Hoover Dam and we eventually leave them behind.

So far as I can tell, these two did nothing to advance the story or plot, but only existed to provide a few laughs.

Were these 2 brought in because someone higher up requested them? Did I miss their purpose to the story? What in fact did they contribute?

Didn't they put the DoD onto Sam? Until then, the government didn't know about Sam, but by partially cracking the code they got the name Witwicky and the ebay auction for the glasses. Maybe I'm not remembering it correctly.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

I'd like to welcome back Mr. Roberto Orci and invite Mr. Alex Kurtzman to a new sit down chat with the board now that the movie has been released and viewed. Mind you, this will be spoiler laden as the questions from members will delve deep into the movie as people search for the answers from the very people who wrote the movie.

Some rules, though.

1. Be kind. Be courteous. They are our guests and should be treated as so.

2. Remember, THEY MAY NOT BE WRITING THE NEXT FILM. So, asking if "so-and-so" will be in the next film will more than likely be answered with a "I hope so-and-so is in there, too".

So, without further ado, let's get those questions transformed and rolled out!

Wishful Thinking,

Great meeting you at Botcon. I recognized you from a far from your picture on the boards.

Alex and I will be answering questions for the next few days and then we are outta here.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

First off, I'd like to thank Bob for being coming to Botcon. What were your impressions of the Botcon convention and would you and Alex be willing to return to another one? And what are Paramounts plans, specifically, for the footage they shot there of the first panel and such?

First, we were grateful not to be beat up.

The folks at Hasbro are truly cool, and they truly care about what they're doing.

I have no idea what they are doing with any of the footage from panels.

Hanging out with Cullen was awesome.

Listening on true fan reactions was priceless.

We would absolutely come back.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Snafuflux

Was the Brawl/Devestator mixup on purpose, or was it indeed an editing oversight?

It's an Easter Egg for movie 2.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by MegaGearX

Bob,

Great movie. I'm sorry I thought you guys had no clue what you were doing before. I've seen it with other movie and hought a spade was a spade. I'm happy to say that it wasn't the case here! I've already seen it twice and plan to go again.

1) How come the Allspark created TFs were all Decepticons?

2) WAS there a scene that introduced all the Decepticons, similar to the one that showed all the Autobots?

3) Why did you guys make Megatron stronger than Prime? Is it simply that they are are of the same power, but Megatron is simply a little BIGGER or is Megatron just better than Prime is period? Or was Prime just having a bad fight this time?

4) Was there more Megatron/Starscream insults that didn't make it?

5) Can they do a George Lucas and digitally add more Transformers stuff to the movie on DVD post-movie? This IS ILM we are talking here. I'm talking adding Transformer scenes, dialogue, fights. Making a more gripping Jazz death scene. The human stuff is fine where it is.

6) What happened to Barricade? In the novel Prime clobbered him along with Bonecrusher (which was why he was late). Did he truly escape? Scorponok too? And where exactly is Starscream going?

1.) Prime intended to use the Allspark to repower Cybertron as it was intended. Megatron wants to abuse it by creating Transformers directly, which makes souless, primal Transformers.

2.) No. We wanted to keep them more mysterious, and they didn't have a human to introduce themselves to.

3.) I think a little of both. I agree that Prime should've gotten in a few good hits.

4.) A couple. Yes.

5.) Interesting.

6.) You'll find out, I'm sure!

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by markimus_prime

First of all, the movie rocked!!

What were some of your favorites scenes that did not make it in the final cut?

Sam and Mikaela breaking into their own high school after hours with the Autobots.

[bcummings04]

Mr Orci:

Were there any deleted scenes in the movie that could possibly make DVD?

What happend to Barricade?

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Sixgun

Hi Bob and Alex! Overall a great movie! Congrats.

Now that it's in theaters and seems to be doing very well - what do you think of this fan interaction process we had here? Do you think it's something that you would do again for other movies?

We both feel the process was invaluable. I don't think this movie could've been made or promoted correctly if fans had not been part of the equation.

Yes. Anything with an established fan base belongs to all of us, so we see it as our responsibility to continue to find out what others think.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Spanbauer

Roberto,

My girlfriend actually had two questions

1. How will Sam explain to his parents that his car is now a 2009 Camaro?

2. What are the Autobots & Decepticons going to fight over now that the Allspark has been destroyed?

Now my questions

3. What happened to Barricade & why wasn't it shown?

4. How did Bumblebee regain his voice and why wasn't it explained?


Thanks, and cheers to you if you partake!

1.) By the end of the movie, they know the truth.

2.) If I knew that, we'd be writing the sequel.

3.) Threads for movie 2.

4.) When they Autobots land and introduce themselves to Sam and Mikaela, Ratchet explains that he's been working on BB voice and actually treats him with a regenerative plasma laser. By the end of the movie, it's worked its magic, but I agree it could've been clearer.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by i have no arms

Can't think of many questions, I just want to give you two a pat on the back and say job well done. That movie rocked, and I'm totally satisfied by your writing. Thank you again for all of your hard work.

Thanks and thanks for the smart interactions on this board.

[MegaGearX]

Originally Posted by wal

I have a question:

SPOILERS















There seemed to be an entire sub plot that was very un-necessary. This is where the Dept. of Defence recruits a bunch of High Schoolers and College students to crack the code... or virus... or whatever. Basically, it intruduced us to the obligatory hot brainy chick with that aussie accent to make her sound smarter and more sophisticated, then the takes a 2GB SD card to her bud so that he can quit playing PS2 long enough to get busted by the Feds, eat a bunch of donuts to show how calm he is- and then cracks just like you knew he would. This continues to Hoover Dam and we eventually leave them behind.

So far as I can tell, these two did nothing to advance the story or plot, but only existed to provide a few laughs.

Were these 2 brought in because someone higher up requested them? Did I miss their purpose to the story? What in fact did they contribute?

I hated those guys. They could have SEVERELY cut their screentime back. But I see why they were involved...

They told Sector Seven that someone named Witwicky was involved. Rachel also told the higher ups that they were being hacked. It made the TFs hacking them look SUPER advanced. Anthony Anderson knew how to hotwire the old school computer to send a message to modern equipment WHILE being attacked by Frenzy.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Chromia

*waits for Orci to show up and say 'Screw you all'...*

Screw you all!

[i have no arms]

Originally Posted by Roberto Orci

Thanks and thanks for the smart interactions on this board.

I would hug you...but most people are creeped out by the arms.

One question.

Was it really Starscream that fired that first missle at Megatron?

[Master Fwiffo]

Hey Roberto...

Current fan speculation is that one of the F22's that shot Megatron was Starscream in disguise. Any comment?

Also, who's you're favorite movie Decepticon (That is not Megatron)?

And is Frenzy on drugs? Or what?

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Mega-con

Congrats on a great movie. Everyone that worked on this movie deserves any acollades coming to them.

-What does Jazz say when he jumps on Brawl?

-Was Sector 7 meant to be taken lightly? They came off a little slapstickish. I'm guessing it was just John Tututro's character.

-When Prime kills off Boncrusher he turns and looks at something... Barricade?

Comments:

I think the Transformers looked amazing, but they really looked "real" in daylight scenes. That highway scene... man.

I also wished the transformations wouldn't have been so close up. BB's transformation after the Barricade fight was perfect.

How come it would turn dark so quickly? (Blackout scene and BB/Barricade scene.) Both of those scene were in full daylight one minute and pitch dark the next.

1.) Can't remember. Have to go back and check. We wrote multiple lines for battle.

2.) Yes. Turturro was written that way. We didn't want to lose the fun of the cartoon, and we were already playing the military totally straight so we gambled that it would give us some freedom to go a little nuts.

3.) Don't know...

4.) Long chase

[Wishful Thinking]

Originally Posted by Roberto Orci

Great meeting you at Botcon. I recognized you from a far from your picture on the boards.

And I recognized you.

Well, no, not really. You look nothing like Bruce Campbell in a frilly Scarlet Pumpernickel costume.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by wal

I have a question:

SPOILERS








There seemed to be an entire sub plot that was very un-necessary. This is where the Dept. of Defence recruits a bunch of High Schoolers and College students to crack the code... or virus... or whatever. Basically, it intruduced us to the obligatory hot brainy chick with that aussie accent to make her sound smarter and more sophisticated, then the takes a 2GB SD card to her bud so that he can quit playing PS2 long enough to get busted by the Feds, eat a bunch of donuts to show how calm he is- and then cracks just like you knew he would. This continues to Hoover Dam and we eventually leave them behind.

So far as I can tell, these two did nothing to advance the story or plot, but only existed to provide a few laughs.

Were these 2 brought in because someone higher up requested them? Did I miss their purpose to the story? What in fact did they contribute?

For fans, you are probably right. For newbies, we wanted to make sure we had a story mechanism to explain certain things in a deliberately paced manner.

Maybe it wasn't necessary, but laughs are worth their weight in gold.

[Heatwave]

Just want to say thanks Roberto for showing true class on this board. Oh, and the film was a blast, too. Now good luck with Trek!

[Master Fwiffo]

Oh, and what happened to Mountain DewTron, X-Boxion, and Wheelie?

[Harmotron]

Roberto, thanks for the work you put in. I went with some friends of mine who have kids, and even took their kids back to see it again after they begged me. It was really neat to see a new generation of little guys infected by the Transformers bug the same way I was.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Ronaldus Magnus

Bob,

I hope that you can come post this weekend.

My questions are
1.what happened to Barricade?
2.Why wasn't the death of Jazz given more weight?
3.Did you have Prime pull that piece of the all spark out of Megatrons chest for the possibility of furture use? (or plot divice?)
4.Are there any questions you thought we'd have that we haven't asked?

Thanks

1.) Robot in disguise.

2.) Good point. We debated Bay about that, but the realities of production and movie length made it difficult to deal with.

3.) Could be.

4.) let me think about that. I'm sure there are.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by i have no arms

I would hug you...but most people are creeped out by the arms.

One question.

Was it really Starscream that fired that first missle at Megatron?

Very interesting rumor.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Heatwave

Just want to say thanks Roberto for showing true class on this board. Oh, and the film was a blast, too. Now good luck with Trek!

Thank you very much.

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Harmotron

Roberto, thanks for the work you put in. I went with some friends of mine who have kids, and even took their kids back to see it again after they begged me. It was really neat to see a new generation of little guys infected by the Transformers bug the same way I was.

How old were the kids?

[Roberto Orci]

Originally Posted by Wishful Thinking

And I recognized you.

Well, no, not really. You look nothing like Bruce Campbell in a frilly Scarlet Pumpernickel costume.

LOL

[Heatwave]

Originally Posted by i have no arms

Was it really Starscream that fired that first missle at Megatron?

From the grassy knoll.