Switching back to Transformers, I heard that the gold tooth was Bay’s idea, but do you have anything to say to people who found The Twins offensive?
Orci: Number one, we sympathize. Yes, the gold tooth was not in the script. That’s true.
Kurtzman: It’s really hard for us to sit here and try to justify it. I think that would be very foolish, and if someone wants to be offended by it, it’s their right. We were very surprised when we saw it, too, and it’s a choice that was made. I think if anything it shows you that we don’t control every aspect of the movie.
Were you offended by them?
Kurtzman: I wasn’t thrilled. I certainly wasn’t thrilled.
Look, I just didn’t like the film. I’m not saying that if you liked it you’re an idiot or anything, and I’m certainly not some art-house Nazi, because I absolutely loved the first one and I have enjoyed worse. But it just felt like the only thing I hated about the first one (the goofy humor) was blown up and used a hundred percent more in this one. I also found it extremely difficult to see who was hurting who and when, whenever the robots fought. I also hated specific plot points that I won’t go into and spoil for people, but they all revolved around Megatron. Anyway, I’m saying all of this because I don’t want us to get into the same arguments we got into yesterday. Let’s all be friends!