>>149867913
my biggest problems with the movie feel like they were mandated by the studio. bumblebee and elita-one really didn't feel like they needed to be there and were only included out of obligation. bumblebee's popular and he serves as kid appeal, elita-one is the designated chick of the team

i also feel like soundwave and shockwave didn't really need to be in the movie. i love them, but i dislike the idea of megatron getting his three elites so fast. starscream can stay and i'm alright with megatron getting the seekers early on, but soundwave and shockwave feel like overkill. i get it, they're fan favorites and help get more people to watch the movie, but story-wise i think they really shouldn't have been included. they don't even make much sense to be "elite warriors". soundwave's a communications expert and a spy, and shockwave's a scientist.

imo, they should've been saved for a sequel. which, again i get it - they were included to garner enough money FOR a sequel. but ideally, they would've been saved up and megatron wouldn't have gotten his top members so fast after his turn. at most, i could see them as cameos. maybe a small scene with soundwave being in the broadcasting room, have him be the man in charge that helps broadcast sentinel's video. shockwave, at most, could've been mentioned like ratchet earlier in the movie. something about a brilliant scientist that sentinel needs to talk to, but it's only briefly brought up.

basically, my biggest problems were just the characters and rushing too much into it, which i mostly chalk up to studio influence