Did you hear that? That was the sound of fanboys around the world collectively wetting themselves. It appears that the writers of Transformers 2 have made it their goal to correct the one and only flaw in the entire first flick: the lack of Soundwave! Okay, obviously I’m kidding… the first Transformers movie had plenty of problems, but I do remember there being a fair amount of backlash when it was announced that this classic character would be missing in action. At the time, I remember reading a leaked draft of the script that still included Soundwave, and I was convinced that he would still make a surprise appearance. Well, it turns out he didn’t.

In a recent interview with IGN, however, writer Roberto Orci confirmed that he would indeed make it into the sequel, along with one of his famous underlings: “You know, we had Ravage in an early draft of the first movie and Soundwave, and we couldn’t do it right and I think this time hopefully we’ll have the ability to do it.”

It still remains to be seen exactly how a cassette tape player will make any sense in the ultra-hip and modern world of Michael Bay’s Transformers. Perhaps he will be re-envisioned as an MP3 player, and Ravage will be a flash memory card? Hey, if Microsoft is smart, they will look into getting the Zune brand name on him right now!