Multiple Transformers movie sequels and spin-offs to come?

[Hursticon]

I do not hold great hopes for this when the guy who wrote scripted gems like: "Get them, get the heroes!" and "What killed the Dinosaurs? - An Ice-Age!" is commissioned to helm such a project.

I like one-liners, especially Arnie one-liners, but "I am legend" and "Lost in Space" were just bad and anyone willing to produce 3 "Paranormal Activity" films needs to seriously question themselves.

Akiva Goldsman does not have a good track record, helming a round-table with Bay and Spielberg definitely wont guarantee good story telling, but I'll bet it'll be a sure-fire recipe for...

[Sinnertwin]

Welcome, please be seated
Drinks? I'll have a coffee thanks
So, let's get right to it, what will make us another billion dollars?
-Explosions!
Noted
-T'n'A!
*Snigger* of course!
-More Explosions!
Ha ha, you're a funny one! Noted
-Product placement
Yes, yes, gotta have that!
-a well thought out story with individual character development
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.
.
.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, i can't breathe. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, pal
-Sorry.
Lunch?

[Megatran]

^ That ought to be the blurb on the back of every TF movie DVD.

[BigTransformerTrev]

What mistakes?
The movies made a heap of money. Why would they change anything?
The fans might whinge, but they still buy the tickets, DVDs, Blu-Ray & toys.

I agree 100%....

Same here. For all that some people say the movies 'get wrong' - and I'm certainly not saying they're perfect - they're clearly doing something right.

It's great that the producers are trying to canvass ideas through this 'writer's room'. We really could see some great ideas coming out of these sessions.

In all honesty, I think this is great news. Bring on the movies and the cash it brings in.

Yep, in box office terms it's all been a massive success and it's been great for the TF franchise as a whole bring on more!

Welcome, please be seated
Drinks? I'll have a coffee thanks
So, let's get right to it, what will make us another billion dollars?
-Explosions!
Noted
-T'n'A!
*Snigger* of course!
-More Explosions!
Ha ha, you're a funny one! Noted
-Product placement
Yes, yes, gotta have that!
-a well thought out story with individual character development
.
.
.
.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Oh, i can't breathe. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, pal
-Sorry.
Lunch?

Lol! Too good!

[bassbot]

Spielberg has executively done NOTHING in the past 4 series that have brought about clear storytelling and characterisation. I can't remember anyone lauding anything he's done for a while anyhow.
Bay doesn't need anymore bashing, I cannot see ANYTHING changing with him involved.
Akiva is a mixed bag - the bad is pretty rubbish though.

The idea HAS ALWAYS been good - from the basic boy meets transformer, to the universe opening up - but the designs, storytelling, LENGTH, choice of characters, etc etc boggles the mind to think of what they're trying to achieve.

[drifand]

If they do this right, this could be awesome.
But here some reasons that it probably will NOT be awesome.
The Twins.
Explosions.
Killing off most of the good characters and nearly all of the Decepticons.
No story.
Dinobots getting 5 minutes of screen time.
Megan Fox.
Shia LeBouf.
Marky Mark.
and the biggest reason (and arguably the only reason)
MICHEAL BAY

Also Steven Spielberg, this spells trouble.

[griffin]

Some writers have now been hired for the expanded Universe project, with a fair bit of writing history behind them.

Included are Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman, Iron Man writers Art Marcum & Matt Holloway, Pacific Rim 2's Zak Penn, and Amazing Spider-Man 2's Jeff Pinkner.

[tinyJazz]

Interested to see how this'll play out now.
Marvel writers, Kirkman! He writes the comic Invincible, as well, which is pretty dang great.

[Paulbot]

I dunno, do we really want to hire Marvel writers to work on Transformers?

Sorry what happened in 1983?

They came up with everything?

All the names?

The whole universe's background?

Never mind.

[Bladestorm]

It intrigues me to see which characters they choose to single out for these storylines.

Do they do origin stories? ie Orion Pax/Megatron
Do they branch out and follow the cartoon to finally bring Bumblebee into a leadership storyline role?
The origins of Drift? or Prowl and the path from evil to good?
The rise and fall of Starscream's ghost?
Do they really go off left field and venture into Beast Wars/Optimus Primal?
Do they mess with the past and give us alternate future storylines (a-la Star Trek)?
Or do they simply branch out to different "teams" around the universe who don't have Optimus in command/influence and show their stories - Junkion, etc?

The Transformers universe is so vast I am curious to see from what angle, who and how they approach it. I've always seen Transformers as a team, reliant on each other to make their battles a success so if they are going to branch out and focus in on individuals I really am curious as to how they will achieve that.