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I *was* starting to wonder when this issue would arise. Frankly, I'm of the opinion that people that are disappointed because the werewolves are lacking the proper Bits are spending too much time obsessing over minutae and not enough time enjoying the movie. The werewolf's gender might be an issue t...

In a way the question is moot. The director has said the werewolves won't talk in wolf form. Still, it's an interesting question. I'd have to say that a werewolf (or other were) shouldn't be able to talk if they're quadrupedal. If your transformation goes that far, your mouth, tongue, voicebox, and ...

The reason I'm suggesting a shift be a conscious (or unconscious) decision is because it'd be a lot easier for the director to attribute the shift to a 'lycanthropy bactirium' reacting to electronic nerve impulses recieved by the brain, than to try and explain why the full moon or the three-per-mon...

Hi. Not new here, but I exist. I don't generally give out personal info on these things, but I will say I've been a transformation fan for much longer than I've been on the internet. Werewolves are favorites more because they're the single most common tranformation in movies; I'd be just as enthusia...

I think the idea we have going is that a werewolf would be able to change from human to wolf and vice versa through a conscious effort, which stress and anger could trigger at an undesired moment because when people are angry, they tend to wish for things they don't actually want. We've seen that m...

I've been wondering about these things, myself. A wolf weighs less than a man, and a man weighs, well, as much as a man. So why all the added bulk? Okay, they might be stronger than human, but they're not the Superman! Ditto with the height thing. Interesting point about the looks. I hadn't really t...

Like everything else, what happens to the clothing would depend on what kind of werewolf there is in the movie. It would also depend on what the character is wearing, how much s/he expects to change, what kind of movie it is, and the weight of your grandmother's favorite piece of jewelry in grams. I...

You know, that's a good point. When I watched a movie like Van Helsing, I wondered what the heck the werewolf was doing scaling walls, bouncing around corners like a ferret on speed, and gracefully landing perfectly each time. But mostly the wall thing. Canines can't climb! Humans can, and so a huma...

Agreed, so long as it was just a shift in stance and not another supernatural shape-changing.

The idea of being able to shift like that at will is nice from a fantasy perspective, as in, "I wish I could do that." But it's not really good story-wise. It simply makes them too powerful. "How??" you ask. "They're just going from 2 to 4 legs!" But the answer is in wh...

If realism is the ultimate goal, then the transformation has to take place over hours. Technically, if realisim is the goal, there shouldn't be any werewolves. :) Slightly more realistically, it should take place over as long a time as you should get away with for the story. However, unless the sto...

Gotta agree with Golden on this one. (BTW, GW, hi! Big fan of your art!) Closeups are good for details like eyes going wolven, or elongating teeth, but far shots to show what's generally going on is definitely needed. It's hard to get a feel for what's really happening when it's all closeups. As for...

Tails are good in a werewolf. Muzzles are essential. If I see a 1930's style Wolfman I'm going to be pissed. Showing "changes that are never shown in other movies, like padding forming on the palms of hands, maybe even quick shot animation of an Xray of one of the werewolves changing, so you ca...

However, regenerative capabilities wouldn't protect at all against drowning, nor would speed, or strength. When it comes to water, a werewolf should be just as vulnerable as any reguler old joe. So if it were me, I'd set up a situation where the werewolf could be drowned. Oh, well, sure. Besides si...

Silver vs. regular bullets only ONLY works if werewolves are magical/mystical in origin. Silver represented the moon, purity, and good, and so is an excellent symbolic foil for werewolves. But if this is supposed to be transmitted by a virus like in Ginger Snaps, or is otherwise treated more logical...

Quadruped or bipedal, either works. Both have their points. The quadruped is good because, well, it's more wolf-like. The transformation is further from human, so the creature is likely more beastial, less intelligent. It would be faster and more savage than a bipedal werewolf, and could probably be...