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I know the first thing people are thinking is that these rumours are just leaked misinformation by Bay. Yeah, we get it. But my stance is that the misinformation gag WAS the misinformation. Bay has plenty to do without crafting elaborate details to mislead the fans.
/Film has gathered up some spoilers from around the net:
The opening of Transformers 2 takes place at a Steel Factory in Shanghai, China (filmed in Bethlehem, PA), where the Autobots, the British SAS (Matthew Marsden as “Graham” and Andrew Howard) and Captain Lennox’s Military team (Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson) are chasing after a Decepticon Audi RS8.
The autobots include a pair of robots called The Twins, which join together to form an Ice Cream Truck.
A hot pink ninja style motorcycle with black highlights which turns into Arcee
Go-cart named Wheels / Wheelbot and Stinger (possibly a Porsche)
Sam uses something called the “Splinter” (maybe a tiny piece of the alspark?) to activate the SR-71, which transforms into Jetfire. Jetfire as a Blackbird spy plane? Very Cool. For some reason he has a Decepticon logo
The involvement of a Constructicon Earth Mover pretty much confirms the rumor that the Constructicons and Devastator might appear in the film.
This confirms one thing to me. Robots.
There was some concern about the presence of so many robots when the story broke that as many as 20 would appear in the film. It seems that the Robots will be in smaller scenes each contributing to the story and setting the scene that other Autobots and Decepticons have established a home on Earth and work in different cells around the world.
Some personal notes. The Twins/Icecream Truck and Wheels sound like comedy relief characters. If Wheels talks in rhyme like Wheelie, my April Fools gag will be coming true. That will make it 2 for 2. (I inadvertantly predicted Prime would destroy the AllSpark two years back)
I do like the inclusion of Arcee, one of the very few female Autobots an inevitably they will have Megan Fox in some sexy motorcycle leathers which is a plus.
Jetfire, if you recall from the original cartoon was first recruited by the Decepticons until his own morals conflicted with their actions and he later found a home among the Autobots, and it sounds like this might be mirrored in the movie.
And of course, the hints of a Constructicon member suggest that they are catering to the strongest of the fan reactions to see a big combining robot in the film. Lots of talk about Dinobots being present too, (another fan demand) however aside from a short teaser clip some sites are reporting as proof of Grimlock’s involvement, I hesitate to commit to that as proof. None of the CGI effects are done for any of the other characters, so this is likely along the lines of early buzz generating clips like the Mars Rover footage clip that was released previous to the first movie.
