Good Afternoon--Let me answer your questions. Starscream is simply the coolest, most aggressive military jet in the skies. The military has given us unprecedented access to deliver this character to the audience in the most compelling way. He is Very much like G1. As noted to Nelson earlier in the week, the details, deco, weapons, and sculpt itself will change as we move from grey model to final form.Good sign, makes you wonder what is coming. I am still undecided on Megatron. The leaked designs are sweet, actually quite fantastic and should be fun to watch on the big screen and see in toy form. The problem is its just not a Megatron we know and love. I can't decide (yet) if I think that is important or not.
Megatron is an early style board. Without revealing too much of the story, there is a very important reason for his look to have evolved from pure G1; although the final look is a work-in-progress--ILM has just recently begun all their CGI development. Megatron has a iconic personality, and approach that dates back to G1. Throughout time he has had a very big gun....
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of course it's important.. otherwise it's just a movie about some random robots. they can't just tack the megatron name onto whatever they feel like. it should at least be somewhat derivative of the original, a modern update.. but not a total makeover.
ReplyDeleteI think his new design will work if the movie is done very well.
ReplyDeleteIf you look at the newer Transformers cartoons, Megatron doesn't really look like G1 Megatron.
It may very well be that *all* the transformers look similar to Megatron before they choose an alternate earth mode.
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