I agree with a lot of suggestions here. I felt the action was pretty spot-on for a change, though it would be interesting to see it edited to see if it flows better.
I agree with:
- Megatron NEVER being submissive
- edit down or delete terminatrix and college roomie intro
- edit down or delete the "all kitchen attack!" sequence. I know the RV has to come alive, but at least when the minibots first come alive, there could be some snips here and there.
- may not be able to get rid of ALL of the Car Car Binks stuff, but maybe (at least) make them LESS blatantly offensive (edit the ears to smaller sizes, no gold tooth, etc)
- give Optimus the face mask at all times, so at no time does he have a regular face with a mouth.
- see if the colors of the robots can be altered - i.e. make Devastator mostly green per the original, as well as maybe give the various robots some color to help distinguish them apart (so they are all not chrome and silver). Hell, would it be possible to give StarScream his red and blue paintjob, or at least something similar?
maybe someone could try taking the above image and play with giving him the more "white and red" approach (or even a lighter silver in the outer body panels, with reddish metalic on the inner panels - it doesn't have to be bright primary colors, just as long as SS isn't solid grey)
you know, like this:
(more images here and here)
Hell, for the SERIOUSLY talented and obsessed, one could even alter the heads of Star Scream and/or Megatron:
one could at least maybe file his teeth down... never knew why a robot needed sharp, pointy teeth...
- consider going to the TRANSFORMER series and 1984 movie for audio dialogue clips; it's not as if you have to synch the dialogue to mouth movements with the robots...
- get rid of Devastator's balls (can either edit out the scene or CGI the balls out), as well as have the rail gun fire 2 or 3 more times, as opposed to firing ONCE and never again.
- edit out at least 40 minutes, especially the out of left field NATIONAL TREASURE sequence - there are a few times where Megatron or other characters wander off and then reappear 30 minutes later, or some random extra adventure pops up when maybe another plot device could be employed to move things quicker (like Jet Fire can track the location of the Prime grave and simply leads them to it, as opposed to the round-about treasure hunt that takes 20+ minutes out of the main movie)
- edit the more goofy "old robot gags" with Jet Fire. We really don't need to see him using a cane or at least fart out a parachute.
- edit/alter the mini "doctor" decepticon's voice so it doesn't sound like Doctor Ruth.
- slightly edit the colors of the Matrix of Leadership to match the one in the TRANSFORMERS 1984 movie (with the metal having bluish and gold tinges where they should have them)
maybe make the center more "gold" per the original... or even the whole thing...
video of the Matrix in action as well as some other cool stuff (scroll down all the way for images_
- in regards to the "robot heaven" sequence, maybe we don't need to see it... if you have the dialogue playing while we see Shia's body and his parents/girlfriend mourning over him, it could allude that either he went to robot heaven, all intelligent beings go to the same (or similar) heaven or it's all in his head... as in the matrix is what is speaking to him, and is in essence the "essence" of the Primes' consciousness.. hence why it reforms (nanotech maybe?).
That would also explain why all Shia has to do is stab Optimus with it and it doesn't have to stay on him... the nano element of the Matrix (the dust form) stays within him even after its pulled back out. If it is the sum-total conscious of the prior Primes, it would also explain why simply putting the Matrix into the MASS device wouldn't necessarily work... the Matrix has to willingly activate the machine.