No Twins for Transformers 3

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Michael Bay is awesome. You can ask him. And what he is awesome at oft times gets him trash talked at the same time. I love Bay for what he does, and despite their many flaws, I love the Transformers movies.

So with a third one on the way the rumour wheel starts spinning again. We are starting to get set pictures and soundbites, and the latest one in is that Michael Bay has admitted that the annoying slapstick bots known as The Twins are not going to be in Transformers 3.

Screenrant says:

The Twins of course, were the controversial racist robots hand-created by Bay for inclusion in the movie and were some of the worst characters ever seen on screen, ever.

Michael Bay quickly clarified the matter today with an update on his site which simply stated, “The Twins are not back in TF3.”

Now I wouldn’t say “racist” as much as urban stereotypes (I see white punks acting like this too… just sayin) but the bottom line is that they were the JarJar in a series already frought with harsh criticisms.

I just hope that this is a continued sign of Bay listening to the fans. You can argue that he didn’t deliever well, but you cant deny he was listening to the fans after the first film.

People said more bots, and we got a legion. People said more bot action and we got some epic fights. People said give us Soundwave and Devastator – and he did.

And it was a consensus that the Twins were annoying and didn’t add to the film. And now he is not using them.

I suspect he will just assume they are busy elsewhere instead of even bringing them up at all. Focus on a more managable lineup of bots (where we might remember their names) and bring us some epic bot battles.

I want to see Hot Rod.

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  1. i dont really care whether the twins are in it or not, i just wanna see more of Starscream’s scheming against Megatron (with a possible transformation into Galvatron if unicron is cropping up in this movie) and MORE SOUNDWAVE!!
    he was terribly underused in the last one!!

  2. Well, if The Twins finally back in TF3, we can only hope that they could be better and more mature than before. And personally, I’ve no doubt with The Twins in TF2 or in TF3 later…

  3. They will be in the movie, When Ba says its the twins are not in it he is really saying the look of th twins we know from the 2nd movie are not in it. transformerslive.blogspot.com has some really nice pics of the new look of the twins.

  6. Actually they are in the movie, this is just part of his misinformation campaign. Look it up on the Transformers Live Action Blog, they have set pictures of them actually there with a new paintjob.

  7. yea bay is really listening to us! lol if they are in TF3 i’ll probably just wait for the dvd..TF2 was terrible..the bots and sam’s parents and the middle eastern FBI agent ruined the whole movie..they were there for the comic relief when in fact all they did was end up annoying the s#%^ out of me – i didnt laugh once when they were on the screen and they had way too much screentime. just give us robots and a lot of action and a decent story – stop trying to make jokes that don’t work should be the theme of TF3

  8. Personally I enjoyed the Twins in TF2 and don’t see how they’re racist at all. But yes, they ARE in TF3, 100% confirmed, and I LOVE their new look.

  9. Twins are in it apparently. They just have a new paint job. But I just saw pics of them in a TF web blog. The paint job is black, with their respective colors as stripes.

  12. I’m so glad those idiots are not gonna be in the next movie. I understand the desire to have comic relief (which I think Sam’s parents covered well in the first movie but seemed to have been pushed aside for those clowns in the second one) but they sucked. And not in a good way. I’m talking braces on his/her teeth sucked.

    1. I want to see Sam get one of those transforming suits like the old animated moive that Daniel wore.

    2. If Unicron comes up then he must be brought up early in the movie. Not just pop up during the last 10min. a la Venom in Spiderman 3

    3. As for Hot Rod I say make him a vintage Trans Am. Just write up the story so that he lands on Earth his systems are damaged in manner that only allowed him to choose his form one time.

  13. I didn’t want to see the second one. So, I dont know anything about these “twins” were they really that bad? Who was worse? These guys or that shithead from the phantom menace?

  14. I dont care about this.

    I need to see if the script that was recently leaked is legit, because it leads to the most amazing introduction to Unicron.
    The best introduction to any character in any movie ever, was in that script. Amazingly written.

    And it has the best twist ending scene in the ending with Starscream right before the unicron one.

    Seriously i could not care less about these two guys right about now.

    I would actually think it would be kinda cool if Bumblebee dies and Hot Rod takes his place as guardian. Many would sdisagree but it would give the movie a nice feel.

    1. Hot Rod is not Bumbleebee. Just because they made Bee into a sportscar instead of a Bug doesn’t mean he replaces Hot Rod.

      And Hot Rod wasn’t a guardian either. While he liked to hang out with Spike/Sam in the cartoon and comics, he was never as close as Bumblebee was, and wasn’t responsible for him.

      And there were other sports cars in Transformers. Lots of them.

      There is no reason to not bring on Hot Rod. Make him a concept Firebird TransAm or something.

      I think people are afraid if they bring in Hot Rod, he might evolve into Rodimus Prime. I just want Hot Rod.

      And no Dinobots – no Unicron.

      1. But I want Dinobots! I want Grimlock! Maybe he can be disguised as an animatronic T Rex at a museum or something. That could work…kinda….possibly. Robots in disguise right?

  16. Yeah, just kill them off quick, so we can have that end in a fun way, it’s cool he obviously listens to fans, so know that he’s listening, Topless Megan please!, or at least have her shown washing Bumble Bee in a white bikini(in slo-mo of course)

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  17. Skids and Mudflap have been seen on set in L.A. this week, involved in some scene in an alleyway where they chuck some silver smart car out of a parking space.

    So misinformation perhaps?

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