SPOILER! The villian for TF3 is....

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I hope they replace the Twins with a movieverse Drift.

[5FDP]

If Shockwave is as good as the design that Mit Gas drew over on the TFW forums, or even AcidWing's sketch, I would be very pleased indeed.

[Robzy]

Bay also claims the humour will be toned down and the twins are gone.

Sure!

This all sounds really promising but what Bay says, and what Bay does, are two separate things.

But as with anything Bay says, I'll believe it when I see it.

You're both right - Bay is "Mr BS" personified! We all remember how he said Megatron would NOT be in ROFT!

I believe nothing that he says... even if it's purely accidental, Bay always manages to break promises!

If Shockwave is as good as the design that Mit Gas drew over on the TFW forums, or even AcidWing's sketch, I would be very pleased indeed.

I don't think Bay (or the rest of his "Co") really care anymore what fans think at this stage. They believe they've been successful enough to do whatever they want.

I imagine Bay will likely use the same excuse for Shockwave that he did for giving Optimus Prime lips... how can a robot "emote" with only one eye?!

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

This is scarey good

[griffin]

Some interesting bits from the article:

It will be in 3D (but probably won't be filmed in 3D).

a more coherent story, less goofball humor and a pledge that characters who die will stay dead. It will also be in 3-D.

Director and Producer comment on the causes of the second movie's problems.

"I'll take some of the criticism," says Bay, standing at a set built to resemble a dilapidated nuclear reactor. "It was very hard to put (the sequel) together that quickly after the writers' strike (of 2007-08)."
Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura says the rush strained the plot: "We tried to do too many things in the second movie, which didn't give enough time in any one of them. We were constantly jumping to the next piece of information, the next place."

The new villian will be Shockwave.

The new movie's foe is certain to make fans of the original '80s incarnation smile: Shockwave,

Less stupid stuff by removing the Twins early. But Agent Simmons will remain.

"One thing we're getting rid of is what I call the dorky comedy," Bay adds. So the twins, the two bumbling, slang-spewing robots? "They're basically gone," he says, though John Turturro returns for comic relief.

And the character of Sam...

The new film features Sam Witwicky (LaBeouf) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime. "Shia has this great line: 'You know, I've saved the world twice, but I can't get a job,' " di Bonaventura says.
Megan Fox, who played Mikaela, was dropped just before shooting, so LaBeouf's character also has a new love interest, played by Victoria's Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.

TF3 will wrap up a story arc, so if there is a fourth, it may well have nothing to do with the first three, and could even have a new director.

Bay hints that there may be a lot of that. "As a trilogy, it really ends," he says. "It could be rebooted again, but I think it has a really killer ending."

And be prepared for 'final' deaths - no more resurrections.

While Optimus Prime, Megatron and even Sam all have died and been resurrected, di Bonaventura says this film will have no do-overs: Die, and that's it.

[Tommy K]

isaw that this will end the trilogy, hmm, thats kind of sad, just because its ending at no 3 which may be a good thing, i just thought they would do a star wars 6 episodes things lol

[5FDP]

isaw that this will end the trilogy, hmm, thats kind of sad, just because its ending at no 3 which may be a good thing, i just thought they would do a star wars 6 episodes things lol

They'll probably do a prequel in 20 years time when the acting talent has improved

[Gutsman Heavy]

Shockwave will have 7 eyes, two mouths and four arms, all with hands.

[griffin]

Looking through 'Bay eyes', I can imagine some pretty cool special affects of Shockwave generating some power/sonic shocks against his foes. Maybe a powerful fist punch on the ground like Lugnut in Animated, creating a massive shockblast or explosion around him.

[Bartrim]

Looking through 'Bay eyes', I can imagine some pretty cool special affects of Shockwave generating some power/sonic shocks against his foes. Maybe a powerful fist punch on the ground like Lugnut in Animated, creating a massive shockblast or explosion around him.

Didn't Ironhide do something like that with his cannon to blow out the tyres of the S7 vehicles in the first movie?