Talk:Long Haul (ROTF)
Is the fact that Long Haul was originally fanart that became real when the artist was hired for the movie worth noting?--75.181.157.99 18:50, 19 April 2009 (EDT)
- And about that, would it be legit to post that art on that page now?--GUIGUI 17:45, 28 April 2009 (EDT)
I'm a little confused by the scene in the movie where Long Haul becomes part of Devastator - you can see him pull up on the ridge above the others alongside Rampage, but then you see the green truck next to Simmons and Leo transform and they were at ground level. Can anyone clear up what happened for me, please? It's unlikely that two of him became part of the big guy, so did the one next to the humans take on robot mode instead? Tarrn 05:38, 29 June 2009 (EDT)
- Probably a continuity error, because I noticed the dump truck moving as Simmons and Leo started to back away from the construction vehicles. --FFN 06:43, 29 June 2009 (EDT)
Should it be added that Long Haul is a Caterpillar 797b Dump Truck? JamesCGamora 07:10, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
- If you're sure that's the right truck used in the movie (and that the toys are an approximation of it), you may want to remark upon it at the beginning of his Voyager class toy section. --FFN 08:50, 3 July 2009 (EDT)
- I am about 98% sure that it is. The "concept" art made by Josh Nizzi prior to him being hiring as concept artist for RotF has a reference picture of a Caterpillar 797b Dump Truck as his alt form JamesCGamora 04:59, 4 July 2009 (EDT)
Two of Him
So, during the big fight, Long Haul is in two places at once. We can handle this in a few ways:
- Treat it as an "animation error".
- Treat them as two separate characters who happen to look the same.
- Make up some non-canon explanation involving time travel, so that Long Haul is in fact in two places at once. (No, I'm not serious about this one.)
If it's the second choice, then maybe we should split this page into Long Haul (ROTF) and Unnamed Long Haul lookalike. If it's the first choice we should call it an error. (The problem being, the reality is that the filmmakers said something like, "We want to show Long Haul's robot form, and we don't care that it makes no sense." Maybe we need an article on Continuity apathy for all the times the creators don't care enough . . .) JW 10:56, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
- I think a Continuity apathy page would be much better suited to our needs. For example, both Rampages share the page Rampage (ROTF), even though the Constructicon (ROTF) page has two seperate links right next to eachother that lead to the same page for these character(s). I don't think we need another.
However, in the case of the Buffalo MPV Decepticon, because the character was outright killed in the previous movie it deserves a seperate page. Gearshift 11:03, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
- I think the Buffalo MPV Decepticon is a special case since he isn't a Constructicon. Constructicons seem to have this unexplained phenomena where there can be multiple of them. Regular Decepticons haven't really displayed this yet. Plus, an argument can be made that Bonecrusher didn't die.
- That is a good term, Continuity Apathy. I think the wiki should share the same level of Continuity Apathy as the movie in describing the Constructions, so just saying there are two of them is enough. - Starfield 11:12, 17 July 2009 (EDT)
Why is this page locked?
Can someone unlock this page? There are some grammar / spelling issues I'd like to fix.
