Until now we’d heard about some changes in dribs and drabs, but now seeing them all written down courtesy of Cinema Blend.
They go the same way I would on the changes in the Transformers movie, where we were first told Megatron wouldn’t be a gun but a cannon. Nothing really major, for size concerns perhaps a cannon or tank would be apt…but then today the other rumours started circulating.
…now according to AskMen.com increasing numbers of supposed “G1” characters are becoming victims of “reimagination”…
Soundwave [G1 – Cassette Desk] who played the role of spy with his cassette Transformers will now inexplicably become a helicopter?!?!?
Ratchet [G1 – Ambulance] the repairman and essentially “doctor” to injured Transformers will now become a firetruck?!?!?
Jazz [G1 – Martini Porche 935] will become some other generic sportscar – presumably because Porsche won’t allow licencing of Jazz’s original form.
Arcee [G1 – Cybertronian Car] will become a motorcycle (which she does in, surprise, the crappy 2004 “Transformers: Energon” remake!)
Oh dear. This doesn’t sound great at all. I mean we have to accept changes for a movie adaptation, especially since the original is so old…but some of these really make no sense. Like Blend say, perhaps the tape will become an iPod with a nice marketing campaign, but then again that would modernise it. How far is too much for the modernisation?
