At Hasbro’s Investor Day in Rhode Island, some new details have emerged for a new Transformers based initiative on their new television channel following the start of Hasbro’s joint venture with Discovery. The new initiative will be called “Hunt for the Decepticons“. Hasbro also announced that Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman will be working on content for the new network, and although they did not connect their names with the Transformers project, it seems likely.
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guard convoy
come on SOMEBODY change the title of this thread, it is WRONG…..this is NOT the title of the next show, it is the name of hasbro's 2010 marketing strategy for transformers, they said themselves they couldn't mention ANYTHING about the new show, so can we PLEASE change this before more damgae is done and the ones who actually pay attention don't got to correct people for the next several months
Autobot_Wall-E
Well, the bios are already forming a bit of a story with rivalries and stuff. Maybe it'll be a bridge sorta liked Alliance or veiled threat.
If they include face-taking I think I'll just stop watching now.
Hopefully after TF3 and this movieverse stuff is over we'll get a legit show with a brand new toyline
Fit For natalie
Huh? Who? I've never heard of Trek 2009 having a third writer.
eisen
damn i was hoping "hunt for Decepticons" was something like an animal planet show of some sort, seeing as hasbro and Discovery are working together.
BB Shockwave
People who praise Orci and Kurtzmann for Star Trek forget that there was a third writer on board, one who actually worked on Trek before…
Frankly I have not yet seen Fringe, so I cannot judge them on that.
Ash from Carolina
Discovery has stuff like Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, and Shark Week. But that is not the one that Hasbro has the deal with. They are taking over Discovery Kids that shows stuff for well kids.
Shelfwarmercon
Doesn't Discovery have shows where we see animals get hunted, killed and eaten, plus where people blow shit up in the name of science?
Transformers will be right at home there.
Vince
Haha I have a terrible feeling that this is what we'll be getting …..
Sso02V
Yeah, that doesn't help.
Fit For natalie
When they were promoting the 2007 movie in Japan, Bay and Josh Duhamel went around saying Transformers originated from Japan.
Bumblethumper
I think part of the problem is people don't have the same respect for Transformers. With Transformers the attitude is that nothing is sacred, and you can mess it around and hack it out anyway that suits you. See what you can throw together in a few weeks and we'll run with that. People expect robots and action and effects, but they don't really expect it to be good.
I think there's a lot of untapped potential for these movies. They need to realise they can do a much better job of it.
Ash from Carolina
I agree. Star Trek might not have been every last thing I could have wanted in a Star Trek film, but I was impressed how they could handle characters with so much history behind them into something even new people could pick up.
If my old school Trekkie mother loved the movie then they must have been doing something right for the old fans as well.
Sso02V
I doubt most of the general public know it even originated in America. It's about robots, after-all, it must be Japanese.
Rattrap Primal
I want either a return of G1 (Universe) or the return of Animated, the Best TF show since BW. Or maybe some sort of combination like Animated was, a show that takes a fresh start but has several easter eggs for fans. (the other thing its going to be on Discovery, which make me wonder if TF is going to be nonviolent and educational instead of the weapons fire and explosions)
SilverOptimus
I respect Star Trek too But, I thought that "Transformers" is also considered as an American heritage. I have to agree with myself that, I respect "Transformers" even more than I love Star Trek. I'm personally glad that Orci and Kurtzman handled both projects. Will miss them a lot in the 3rd movie.
Fit For natalie
Them hitting a home run with Star Trek is one reason why I don't don't get upset with them over problems ROTF had (which had to do with lack of time, the strike and Bay). As a fictional entity, Star Trek is more important to me, and quite frankly, Star Trek is a more important and worthy franchise for entertainment purposes, a part of American culture, so the they did a good Star Trek movie impresses me quite a lot.
One thing writers have commented on is how difficult it is to write Star Trek given the 40-odd years of continuity. Orci and Kurtzman sidestepped that quite well, yet didn't actually "reboot" the old continuity out of existence, and acknowledged it in dialogue.
Sso02V
You can do that? I've gotta try that…
AniProwl
I agree with what I highlighted
This I agree with.
I don't mind Orci and Kurtzman since they're hanging around with a director who know how to handle a show's/movie's mythology (J.J Abrams). I just hope they score a home run with TF fans everywhere.
Ash from Carolina
Fringe also gets a lot of critical acclaim as well so they are that rare writing team that jump back and forth between TV and movies.
They are also getting a lot of early buzz for Cowboys and Aliens since that will have Robert Downey Jr in it.
Yea I can't say that I was too happy with Orci and Kurtzman on the Transformers movies, but they have written enough stuff that I enjoy to respect them as writers who can hit the important parts to a good story and compelling characters even if they don't do that every single time.