Don't it always seem to go that you don't know what you got til it's gone? So it was for Skids and Mudflap, the robotic urban caricatures from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen that appalled us at first view in 2009, then slowly but surely became our go-to summer mascots. We poured one out a few weeks ago when Michael Bay said both Autobots had been exiled from Transformers 3, then held onto a little sliver of hope when spy reports said the opposite. Now, Bay has issued his final word on the matter... and it's good news!
In a USA Today report where Bay reveals that the new film's villain will be Shockwave, he also takes on the subject of the twins:
"One thing we're getting rid of is what I call the dorky comedy," Bay adds. So the twins, the two bumbling, slang-spewing robots? "They're basically gone," he says, though John Turturro returns for comic relief.
"Basically gone" is not the same as "totally gone," so this is time to rejoice -- It's like going from "sell" to "don't buy"! I don't care if they're killed off in the first reel while shepherding a stunt double for Megan Fox's Mikaela into a dangerous explosion factory (you know, the kind of factory where they make explosions), because some Skids and Mudflap is far, far better than nothing at all.
Next 'Transformers' is due for a switch [USA Today]