DOTM unanswered and answered questions (lots of spoilers)

[Paul Agnew]

DID ANYONE TELL OPTIMUS IRONHIDE WAS DEAD! No. I mean there wasnt an actual scene where someone informed him... i know we can assume they would have sent him a message immediately... but i always think for a laugh at the end of the movie, when he is doing his 'epic speech' someone will pop up and say 'Oh btw Optimus... Ironhide is dead' :0 Prime: "WHAT!?" (roll credits... directed by Michael Bay)

Optimus was informed shortly after once recieving a message through his internal communication system, and before he confronted Sentinel at the Lincoln Memorial. Moments later he also discovered the fate of Skids and presumed Mudflap. When an Autobot hears static, there is still a chance they can be saved, but when there is utter silence, the Spark is utterly destroyed.

As Goktimus said, Prime doesn't exactly respond strongly to a character demise (bar Elita-1 in Rising Storm). Moments later, Prime forgets Ironhide and makes excuses that Sentinel must have been brainwashed and under Decepticon control.

It was in the novel.

[GoktimusPrime]

Jetfire was an Autobot who transformed into a military vehicle. Ditto Landmine, Comettor and arguably Brawn and Outback.

Disregarding Decepticon defectees and characters who don't appear in the film?? Umm... I dunno, maybe they only transformed into whatever NEST allowed them to scan? <shrug> Or maybe the Autobots have an ethical objection over transforming into vehicles of war and prefer peaceful alt modes (ya know, despite their "take no prisoners" policy ) -- yeah, I don't know.

[Sharky]

and why do they need to transform into military vehicles when all manner of weaponary can emerge from the chasis of a convertabe or a muscle car... military vehicles should be jealous.....

[liegeprime]

How strong is Sam's bones? He mustve been guzzling milk for ages coz the way Starscream was trashing him around , by all that is logical and by the laws of Physics and the stuff we learn from Biology he shouldve been DEAD!!! that kid is such a cockroach!

How come Ironhide turned to dust when he died? is that standard "death" coz Jazz didn't disintegrate like that or is that an effect of Sentinel Prime's weapon? oh and yeah nobody did inform Prime but he(prime) didnt seem to mourn the loss like he did with Jazz

[Bartrim]

How come Ironhide turned to dust when he died? is that standard "death" coz Jazz didn't disintegrate like that or is that an effect of Sentinel Prime's weapon?

In the novel it is explained that it is Sentinel's weapon. One shot rusts a robot apart.

[Krittle]

In the novel it is explained that it is Sentinel's weapon. One shot rusts a robot apart.

I want one!

How strong is Sam's bones? He mustve been guzzling milk for ages coz the way Starscream was trashing him around , by all that is logical and by the laws of Physics and the stuff we learn from Biology he shouldve been DEAD!!! that kid is such a cockroach!

HAHAHAHA! That is hilarious. I think he should have died when Blackout dropped their car in ROTF.

Anyways... there is a good idea to a sequal... Transformers - Kill LaBouef! Where Optimus and Megatron (resurrected - again) unite forces and try to kill Sam... stomping on him continously for 1.5 hours... the last hour will be an EPIC CGI battle, where optimus is equipped with a shoe and chases him with it!

[SkyWarp91]

How strong is Sam's bones? He mustve been guzzling milk for ages coz the way Starscream was trashing him around , by all that is logical and by the laws of Physics and the stuff we learn from Biology he shouldve been DEAD!!! that kid is such a cockroach!

How come Ironhide turned to dust when he died? is that standard "death" coz Jazz didn't disintegrate like that or is that an effect of Sentinel Prime's weapon? oh and yeah nobody did inform Prime but he(prime) didnt seem to mourn the loss like he did with Jazz

LOL @ Sam's bones. I'd have a strong bone too if I had a girlfriend like Carly

Regarding Ironhide, I think it's the effect of Sentinel Prime's weapon - the bullets probably have a thermite-effect where they eat away at the metal.

[GoktimusPrime]

Military vehicles can still be useful as disguises for infiltrating the military. They did this well in the first movie when Blackout managed to land at SOCCENT base disguised as one of their own choppers -- although they were confused because that chopper had been reported as destroyed, they still allowed him land under escort, which is all Blackout needed. Starscream also used his alt mode to access the US Air Force and even flew as part of a squadron before turning on the other F22s which caught them completely off guard. And while not a military vehicle, Barricade's form as a police car gave him access to where Air Force One had landed and also got him close to Sam.

So it's all about deception.

As for Sam's calcium intake, well in both TF1 and DotM we see him standing around drinking from a big jug of milk... so... there ya go. Drink yer milk, kids!

[Bartrim]

So it's all about deception.

That would of been better in DOTM if Mearing said to Sam "Their the Wreckers. We don't let them off the base because they want to be NASCAR's and they don't blend in very well."

[LordCyrusOmega]

Why were the Wreckers Nascars? It doesn't make a whole lot of sense and for all the hype they didn't have much screen time in alt mode.
Which is odd for Transformer movies