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Holy Shia! New Transformers 2 Details, More Robots!
Posted by Ashley Demma (ashley@filmschoolrejects.com) on June 6, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m practically peeing myself in anticipation for Transformers 2. I was one of those people who was seriously skeptic about a movie adaptation, but had my proverbial socks rocked off. With a promised 20 robots including: The Twins, a pair of robot brothers who combine to form an inconspicuous ice cream truck, and a chick Autobot named Arcee who transforms into a ninja-esque motorcycle… Michael Bay is gonna blow us away.
We even have a spy photo from the set of the actress who rides Arcee the motorcycle, which can be seen below with some unofficial concept art. There are two names listed as drivers on a recently uncovered Bethlehem call sheet, Jessie Graff and Melissa Hartman. We don’t know who this lady below is, but she may be one of the two:
Fans of the original will be happy to see returning characters Bumblebee, Sam (Shia LaBeouf), Mikaela (Megan Fox), and Sector 7 Agent Simmons (John Tuturro) amongst others. Aside from the collection of new bots, there is a new human character introduced, Leo (Ramon Rodriguez), Sam’s college roommate.
So what about new locations, you ask? Bay promises to deliver some epic scenery. Filming locations include Bethlehem Steel Factory (in Bethlehem, PA, but in the film Shanghai) and the Smithsonian Museum. The opening sequence goes down in the steel factory, which really needs no further explanation. Steel mill + robots = awesome. While in the museum after hours, Agent Simmons uses a radiation tracker to find a SR-71 Blackbird, really an Autobot (or Decepticon, we are not yet certain) named Jetfire.
And pretty much the most exciting news for fankids is the probable introduction of new Transformers: Constructicons and Devastator. A Constructicon Earth Mover is somehow involved in the movie. With all these new bots, Bay is sure to have ample material on his hands for more sequels. Bay himself is helping to perpetuate buzz and rumors surrounding the film, keeping the real storyline top secret. Considering Transformers kicked serious ass, Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen is sure to deliver serious thrills. “More than meets the eye?” You bet your engine.
Contributing sources: Slashfilm, Facebook
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3 Comments
June 6th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
A new phrase has just been intro’d into American lexicon — “Holy Shia”
We’ll hear it soon on Inside the Actors Studio. :-)
June 7th, 2008 at 9:27 pm
Despite my negative feelings towards everything in Transformers, I must admit the SR71
Blackbird sounds pretty cool…
June 9th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Another case of people messing up the franchise and taking poetic license in deciding who will be who/what in the movie. For example, Arcee was not a motorcycle in the Gen 1 cartoon or original, animated movie. She was a funky looking sports car. & Jetfire was not that type of jet but I digress…*sigh* This is just another slight along the eff-you lines to those of us that grew up w/TF in saying, “this is NOT your Father’s Transformers…”, so big surprise there. & If they actually decide to stay true to the Gen1 cartoon where JetFire 1st appeared, they’ll make him a Decepticon to start, (as he was actually pretty tight w/Starscream until Starscream betrayed him and he “woke up” to the truth behind the Decepticon way and decided to accept an offer from Optimus and the Autobots to become one), hook up w/Starscream and by the end of the movie, see the error of his ways and join the fight w/Optimus to help defeat the major Decepticon threat that is sure to be the climax battle scene near the movie’s end.