Hugo Weaving to Voice Megatron in Bay's Transformers

hmmm

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this. It seems to fit the direction they're taking the character in, at any rate.

I think it would be a great choice if true. I'm fine with either Weaving, or Welker.

This is just shaping up to be better and better.

After interview after interview asserting how closely they've listened to and worked with the fanbase they've finally given into the fan's near unanimous demands and chosen Hugo Weaving to voice Megatron.

Wait...what?

...this is a waste of Mr. Weaving's talents.

Dammit.

I am happy with this decision.
Let the bitching ensure.

bleh you know I think I wouldn't mind as much if they left things as it is and didn't use the name Megatron for the Decepticon leader anymore. I mean really all he is now, is a giant metal monster that is the bad guy. There is nothing of the original character there.

If your going to make that many changes just give us a new antagonist.

Burn wrote:I am happy with this decision.
Let the bitching ensure.

I drink Ensure for the calcium.

I had a pretty good feeling that Welker might not be getting the role. Unless this is being done to throw us off. I wouldn't be surprised if we found out that Weaving was a different character. Heck, I wouldn't be surprised if Welker was cast as other Transformer voices in this movie at this point.

I think if Welker was going to be Megatron we would've known already by now, especially since Cullen was announced in July 2006.

I'm actually excited about Weaving being onboard with the movie's cast of voice actors. That's awesome.

dunno about that just yet. BUT, i think if anyone could pull it off, it would be this guy. I mean Welker is the obvious fan choice, but Hugo has some fantastic talent so I don't feel bad about this.

I'm ok with it, cuz that thing they call Megatron, I don't care for anyway. Still Hugo is awsome, as Welker is too.

Sweet!

Neo vs. Megatron: who wins?

go watch V for Vendetta and imagine weaving as megatron. hugo weaving is gonna kick ass as megatron.

Quaternion wrote:Sweet!

Neo vs. Megatron: who wins?

beast wars neo megatron

well, even though Frank Welker is the best choice, Hugo Weaving is just as good really. I have no problem, he gains my respect.

I don't know what to think, but I thnk it will be a change I guess

I would have wanted Welker to voice Megatron. But this is a pretty awesome alternate. I am pretty excited about it.

What the shit?

SWEET!!!!!!!!!! I never considered him, but he's &*^%&# PERFECT!!!!! Finally, a REAL reason to see this movie.

Hmm... Aussietron that goes in drag... nice choice, still, gotta loathe Movie Megs design, not even a female impersonator voice will save it from... wait, Female impersonators are unattractive... DAMN YOU NEWS, MEGS IS NOW A CROSSDRESSER HOMOSEXUAL IN MY MIND! >_<

SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:Hmm... Aussietron that goes in drag... nice choice, still, gotta loathe Movie Megs design, not even a female impersonator voice will save it from... wait, Female impersonators are unattractive... DAMN YOU NEWS, MEGS IS NOW A CROSSDRESSER HOMOSEXUAL IN MY MIND! >_<

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N.B.E.'s are what they refer to the transformers as in one of the newer vids. what it actually stands for, no idea.

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SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:Hmm... Aussietron that goes in drag... nice choice, still, gotta loathe Movie Megs design, not even a female impersonator voice will save it from... wait, Female impersonators are unattractive... DAMN YOU NEWS, MEGS IS NOW A CROSSDRESSER HOMOSEXUAL IN MY MIND! >_<

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I think he was referring to involuntarily associating in his mind Megatron and the character Weaving played in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert... which happened to be a transvestite struggling with his sexuality.

I'm not sure what's so inflammatory about that? I doubt he's the first person to have made the association. It was Weaving's breakout role.

I somewhat suspected this to happen.

If it weren't for the fans non stop death threats and what not, Bay wouldn't have even considered Peter Cullen.

But I suppose the Megatron fanbase wasn't nearly as strong.

In any event, I have mixed emotions about this. On one hand, it would have been great to hear Frank Welker reprise his role again. On the other hand, the robot mode doesen't resemble Megatron enough for me to get too worked up over Hugo being the new voice of Megatron.

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SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:Hmm... Aussietron that goes in drag... nice choice, still, gotta loathe Movie Megs design, not even a female impersonator voice will save it from... wait, Female impersonators are unattractive... DAMN YOU NEWS, MEGS IS NOW A CROSSDRESSER HOMOSEXUAL IN MY MIND! >_<

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I think he was referring to involuntarily associating in his mind Megatron and the character Weaving played in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert... which happened to be a transvestite struggling with his sexuality.

I'm not sure what's so inflammatory about that? I doubt he's the first person to have made the association. It was Weaving's breakout role.

Exactly, I do not associate him with Agent Smith, I associate him with Tick of Priscilla, thinking of that role and Megatron leads to Female Impersonator Megatron. It is not derogatory as it is a movie refferance and he does not make a good looking female in the movie. Although a slight error in wording on my part can lead to the thought it is a dig at non fictional people, "Female impersonators are unattractive..." in question.

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SuperSaiyajinSasuke wrote:Hmm... Aussietron that goes in drag... nice choice, still, gotta loathe Movie Megs design, not even a female impersonator voice will save it from... wait, Female impersonators are unattractive... DAMN YOU NEWS, MEGS IS NOW A CROSSDRESSER HOMOSEXUAL IN MY MIND! >_<

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I think he was referring to involuntarily associating in his mind Megatron and the character Weaving played in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert... which happened to be a transvestite struggling with his sexuality.

I'm not sure what's so inflammatory about that? I doubt he's the first person to have made the association. It was Weaving's breakout role.

Ah, I didn't know that. Now the context of his message makes sense.

BAH, WHAT THE CRAP! Hugo Weaving SUCKS! I even hated him in LOTR, and I loved LOTR. Oh well, nothing can be done, eh.

I think it's a poor choice. Yeah I would have obviously preferred that Welker got the role, but if he didn't convince them in his auditions, fair enough. But nothing can convince me that Weaving is more suited to it based on what I consider to be a string of bleh performances in some pretty awful movies. I know that hailing from stage & theatre automatically buys you acting cred in Hollywood, but nothing this guy has done has shown me that's he some overly incredible actor. Aside from playing a drag queen over 10 years ago, showing up in bunches of indie straight to DVD releases, playing Agent Smith in one of the worst trilogies ever made, being an Elf that anyone could have played in LOTR and voicing "V" in V For Vendetta, this guy isn't worth half the hype that he gets through the comic/sci-fi/geekdom channels.

In my opinion.

here be a thought....how about if everyone who doesn't like the way this movie is going just shuts up and ignores it completely, leaving those of us who do want to see it in peace.....im mean...oh noes welker aint in it, or you dont like mr weaving.....boo sodding hoo.

tequila stu wrote:here be a thought....how about if everyone who doesn't like the way this movie is going just shuts up and ignores it completely, leaving those of us who do want to see it in peace.....im mean...oh noes welker aint in it, or you dont like mr weaving.....boo sodding hoo.

This is a discussion forum, not a circle-jerk.

Seeing as some people seem to be having problems looking past only one of his roles ...

Hugo Weaving's Filmography
Complete with all his VA work he's done over the years, making him a "big name star" that has done voice over work before and not just some "big name star they got in to boost the movie's profile"

Try remembering him for those roles instead of just one...

People voicing their disappointment of this movie without seeing yet is no different than people praising it to high heaven & back without seeing it either. For all the people speculating that it'll suck, it's just as fair compared to all the people already proclaiming it'll rule. We've all seen & read the same things, so no opinion is anymore accurate or acceptable than the other at this stage. Detractors of the movie can just as easily tell you to go somewhere else to blindly worship it.

I think you'll find those who say "It's going to suck!" vastly out number those who say "It's going to rock!" for the simple reason they don't have a need to give their opinion.

Opinions posted on a forum tend to be of a negative nature to begin with. If you're happy with something you're more liable to sit back and enjoy it whereas if something pisses you off you're more liable to jump up and down and scream blue murder.

But that is all irrelevant to the topic of this thread.

Burn wrote:I think you'll find those who say "It's going to suck!" vastly out number those who say "It's going to rock!" for the simple reason they don't have a need to give their opinion.

Opinions posted on a forum tend to be of a negative nature to begin with. If you're happy with something you're more liable to sit back and enjoy it whereas if something pisses you off you're more liable to jump up and down and scream blue murder.

But that is all irrelevant to the topic of this thread.

I agree.

well that's the icing on the fucking cake. I know what movie I'm not going to see this year, Tis' a sad time for fans everywhere.

I strongly dislike you Michael Bay.

Interesting choice, as for N.B.E.S = Non Biological Extraterrestrial Species/Specimen maybe?

I've been watching V for Vendetta since this news broke. Looks like it'll be a Matrix marathon for me tomorrow while I work on some more galleries. Just about to post Titanium Ultra Magnus and War Within Megatron ... how appropriate.

Goodo.
I liked him in all of those movies
We might see a scheming Megatron then?

Well, we knew they had to add more 'star' power somehow, and since the human characters are all filmed, time to add them in as voice to the characters.

Hugo Weaving is a good choice. He's done some good work as characters that people have identified with. True, I did not like him in LOTR much, but that could be how he was written, or it could be because he was simply in a smaller part, and was downplayed to allow the other actors to remain the focus. He was very matter of fact and non-flamboyant/emotional, and that may just be how he saw the character being for whatever reasons.

I did think that in the Matrix movies, Agent Smith stole the show, and 'was' the trilogy, and that can be attributed to Weaving's characterization of the 'bad guy'. I love how he said his, "Mr.Anderson" welcomes...very cool.

I think this is the first of several (obviously) that we will hear rumored. This was a rumor long ago, and comes up again. It's either for misleading or for sure.

One wonders if the Will Smith as Jazz rumors may end up true. Probably not, but again, Smith knows Bay, has experience with action movies and adds 'star' power, has children who might enjoy knowing daddy was a part of the movie...sorry to perpetuate hate here, I wasn't trying to.

Ryan, how do you like your WWI Megatron and Ultra Magnus TITs? Is Megatron not better than you hoped? Or am I still just all starry-eyed about him?

Nothing this movies does suprises me now, but i think Weaving will make an excellent Megatron.

Oh no... I was hoping for George Clooney...

tequila stu wrote:here be a thought....how about if everyone who doesn't like the way this movie is going just shuts up and ignores it completely, leaving those of us who do want to see it in peace.....im mean...oh noes welker aint in it, or you dont like mr weaving.....boo sodding hoo.

Hey I like just about everything in the movie so far. I wanted Kay, not Welker. I just can't stand Weaving. I've loathed everything he's been in so far, especially the Matrix movies, man were they horrible.

Ahah~ Just the scenario to expect when they need to find some actor with a Hollywood buzz to help the hype.

*Is neutral, or just effin' confused on what to feel*

i thought it was frank welker

tequila stu wrote:here be a thought....how about if everyone who doesn't like the way this movie is going just shuts up and ignores it completely, leaving those of us who do want to see it in peace.....im mean...oh noes welker aint in it, or you dont like mr weaving.....boo sodding hoo.

And here is another thought, everyone is entitled to their opinions as long as they respect others opinions and do not try to force them on others.

So as long as no one steps on any toes opinions are welcome.

D-340 wrote:I just can't stand Weaving. I've loathed everything he's been in so far, especially the Matrix movies, man were they horrible.

So you don't like the guy because of the movies he's been in sucked or you don't like the guy because of his acting ability?

I'm a little confused as to WHY you don't like the guy here as your comment wasn't quite clear ...

I think Weaving is a good enough actor for him to drop his English accent and IMITATE Welker. That's the next best thing Bay could do!