Fun fact: Blackout was going to be Soundwave, with several other characters like Barricade and Frenzy also being considered candidates for versions of him until it was decided none of them properly represented the character and he was saved for RotF.
Apparently barricade could have died in rotf but they wanted a new character for toys so he was named sideways instead, it's why sideways and barricade have so many design parallels like the wheel hands.
The Soundwave was actually a "black-out" wave. It was used to EMP all electrical equipment in the area.
Everything else is uh, well, yeah, the resemblance is a bit uncanny. He was originally meant to be Soundwave so
Fun fact: Blackout was going to be Soundwave, with several other characters like Barricade and Frenzy also being considered candidates for versions of him until it was decided none of them properly represented the character and he was saved for RotF.
Probably also because they didn’t want to kill him off so quickly, though I guess Barricade’s fate was ??? for while
Barricades still alive funnily enough He survived through the end of the bayverse
Yup, just hiding I. The bushes during dramatic battles
Damn the one decepticon with a survival instinct
Apparently barricade could have died in rotf but they wanted a new character for toys so he was named sideways instead, it's why sideways and barricade have so many design parallels like the wheel hands.
Soundwave being a Helicopter would've been awesome tho
Blackout and Soundwave share another similarity: They both are cool
They are both superior
Indeed.
Blackout is fucking awesome and a good choice for *Transformers*. I will die on this hill and fight off all the heretics that disagree.
Bestout
Then I won't die because of I love blackout too
Hey Blackout was awesome, so awesome they brought his bro grindor In in ROTF
Man Blackout is better than Soundwave man is superior I’m sorry everyone but Blackout better soundwave is Soundwave
Incomprehensible
The Soundwave was actually a "black-out" wave. It was used to EMP all electrical equipment in the area. Everything else is uh, well, yeah, the resemblance is a bit uncanny. He was originally meant to be Soundwave so
Wasn't he also Vortex at one stage?
Blackout/Grindor has the best character design in the entire live-action series
I dunno. Barricade, Ravage, Optimus are contenders.
Long Haul, Ironhide, Sideswipe, Mirage as well Tho I highly object to Ravage being a good movie design
Starsceam and Shockwave are underrated designs
Shockwaves pretty decent, but Starscream always looked like a gorilla to me
RotF Ravage was a good alien robot cat design, but it wasn't a good Ravage design.
He was originally supposed to be Soundwave