Soundwave:  One of the original G1 Transformers.  He was the intelligence gatherer for Megatron.  He transformed into the “boombox” (not what we called it when we went to the old school, but whatever) and had a complement of cassette tapes that transformed into his little henchmen.  Frenzy from the original movie was one of them.  Ravage, who does appear in this movie, was another.  Despite the fact that he had no personality to speak of on the original show, and sounded like a Cylon Centurion from the ’70′s series Battlestar Galactica, he remains a fan favorite to this day.  Rumor has it Frank Welker, the original voice of Starscream, will be lending his voice for this movie. 

Ravage:  Ravage was one of Soundwave’s cassette tapes and was another fan favorite as the first Transformer with an organic-looking second form, a panther (with rocket launcher/jets jutting from his hind end).  He made a surprise appearance in the “Beast Wars” series as an agent for Cybertron (Autobots and Decepticons had come to a tentative peace agreement) hunting down Decepticon stragglers, specifically the ghost of Starscream.

Wheelie:  Made his first appearance in the original movie as a little Autobot “feral child”.   From what I’ve found he is a turncoat working for the Decepticons. 

The Doctor:  Don’t really know much about him, but if you’ve tuned for my earlier posts, you know my prediction is that he’s an Insecticon.  From the quick images in the various trailers of Sam strapped to what looks like an operating table with a multi-legged robot hovering over him, my guess is he’s a Dr. Mengele-like evil scientist character. 

Devastator:  The 6 Constructicons were introduced to help Megatron build his space bridge on earth.  When the autobots showed up to put an end to it, they were in for a surprise.  The 6 Decepticons had an alternate form, combining to form the mighty Devastator, a gigantic construction-green behemoth and the most powerful Decepticon foe they had ever faced (until the next season).  The Autobots called in their newly-created (and newly-decommissioned for all the trouble they’d caused) Dinobots to save the day.  Back when we first got word Bay was making the Transformers sequel, the two big rumors I kept hearing were that Dinobots and Devastator would be making appearances in this movie.  One of those appears to be true.

That’s all for now.  Thanks for tuning in.

-CWD

Starscream making his appearance

Keith sent this to me last night, and this may be the best thing I’ve watched in months. I could also be exaggerating just a bit, but who cares, watch the damn video.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809943432/video/13222062

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen NEW TRAILER

A week or so ago, Dreamworks Pictures released a tentative list of the new Transformers that will appear in the movie.  I say “tentative” because if you’ve watched the trailer posted above, you’ll notice they left at least one major character off the list.  Up until this video was released, Michael Bay was insistent that Megatron wouldn’t be in this movie.  This was despite reports that Hugo Weaving (of the Matrix and Lord of the Rings fame) had already been in the studio recording his voice track for the movie.  I guess my point is to take this list with a grain of salt.  Mr. Bay admitted he’d be spreading misinformation to keep fans guessing, and he’s definitely done that, creating hype and keeping people entertained up to a year before the movie release date.

If you watch this trailer and the full teaser trailer that was released prior to this one, you’ll see some of these characters, specifically the twins, sideswipe (silver sports car), some of the constructicons, and the doctor.  Now I’d like to comment on him because to me, he looks rather insect like.  The trailer also shows some quick clips of insect-like robots flying around, and of Sam looking at one trapped between his index finger and thumb.  Looks like we might have INSECTICONS in this movie as well.  I’ll go on record with that prediction.  As I haven’t seen it mentioned anywhere yet, I’ll say with little problem “you heard it here first, folks”.   If I’m wrong…..let’s just all forget this ever happened.   I’ll try to come back later this weekend with another post highlighting the individual characters on the list.  Stay tuned. 

-CWD

The Doctor....Insecticon Anyone?