Tuesday 22 May 2007

iPod Transformer in Movie?

According to an interview MTV conducted with Josh Duhamel, he indicated a "little iPod thing...this crazy little 12-inch iPod that turns into this killing machine," will steal all his scenes.

From the MTV post:
The 30 and 60-gigabyte models might seem big, but beware…your iPod is capable of a lot more than meets the eye, “Transformers” star Josh Duhamel revealed exclusively to MTV News.

“The Transformer that will steal all the scenes I would say is this little iPod thing, [it’s] crazy,” he enthused. “It’s pretty cool.” Although he didn’t mention it by name, it’s possible he was talking about the Transformer known as Soundwave, a Generation-1 Decepticon who, in the original cartoon, changes from a large robot into a tape deck. While the design might have seemed cutting edge in 1985, a tape deck wouldn’t fit into the hyper-modern setting for the Michael Bay-directed flick.

But just because he’s small, that doesn’t mean this Transformer shouldn’t be taken seriously. “It’s like this crazy little 12-inch iPod that turns into this little killing machine,” he divulged.
Its already been confirmed straight from the producers and writers that Soundwave is not in this movie. What was named Soundwave has now been named Frenzy, whose alt mode is a boom box.

There was an early script rumor that XBox's, iPods and other common electronic gadgets would become Transformers when exposed to the Allspark. It wasn't been mentioned since then by anyone, no toys really have come out about it unless count the "Real Gear" line which doesn't really "look" like the hyper detailed Transformers of the movie.

My theory, and hopefully wrong because who wouldn't want to see a transforming iPod, is that the idea was discussed during filming and later all those ideas where combined into Frenzy. One character model to create that serves the same purpose story wise without the expense of having to create a bunch of other robots designs for a small scene to show the power of the Allspark.

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