Why would you throw away your life so recklessly?

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So word around the campfire and this has been verified by the Shepard Smith on FOX news G-block, that the will be making a live action (like that means much when it’ll no doubt be heavily filled with computer animated visual effects) version of The Transformers.
Michael Bay is set to direct so that might give it a competent action look (hopefully not overly stylized like everything Jerry Brukheimer has ever done). There are a few guys who claim to be fans of the old show (it’s difficult not to be) so I am optimistic.
The things I loved about the series and the motion picture (they’ve already done a Transformers movie and it’s awesome) were the music and the characters. Now in animation the audio component is extremely important in every respect. That said the best way to ensure that this incarnation of Transformers will “work” is to get all the original voice actors of the original series. If Megatron is voice by Gene Hackman instead of Frank Welker and if Optimus Prime is voice by like a Brad Pitt (ubiquity abounds) instead of Peter Cullen it just won’t work. I know the “star power” is a big deal these days but the truth is that I don’t think sinking millions of dollars into getting big name actors to read the script (no voice talent usually applies see Cameron Diaz in Shrek) will make it more money if you’ve got the real deal when it comes to talented voice actors. In the case of Transformers you are making this for a nostalgia 18-34 crowd that for the most part knows how these characters sound and part of the experience of the movie will be getting back to that.
On a related note the music must be good too. It can be metal but not this Hate Breed, System of a Down crap with some Dashboard Confessional for the sad dramatic part. Stan Bush did an excellent job with the Soundtrack along with Vince DiCola, it has a certain playful almost intensity that is almost an ironic take on the sometimes (usually too serious metal). I’d say a group that could blend that kind of crazy metal with some techno (this is about robots after all) would be like a Linkin’ Park. I think if there is a consistency brought to the soundtrack it will work best rather than just offering a mix disc of Billboard top 40 mediocre rock songs.