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Spotlight: Arcee

2008-03-10T22:43:31Z

216.232.118.40: /* Synopsis */

[[Image:Spotlight arcee.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Graduated from St. Trinians with honors.]]
{{comicnav | Spotlight (comics)| 12 | seriesname=''The Transformers: Spotlight''| prev=Spotlight: Blaster| next=Spotlight: Mirage}}
'''This ain't the Fembot we all know and love, folks...'''

==Synopsis==

An enraged Arcee has been tearing a path of destruction through the universe, necessitating Ultra Magnus to hunt her down and bring her in as authorized by the [[Tyrest Accord]]. After a protracted battle, she gets knocked out by a flash/concussion grenade and taken into custody by Magnus. As they leave the area, a couple of apparent [[drone]]s surface and talk to a monitor {{m-}} promising that the [[Nega-Core]] has not been detected and/or taken, which elicits a confirmation from their [[Jhiaxus|red-helmeted, gold-shouldered master]] that preparations for the Expansion will continue.

[[Garrus-9]] penitentiary: Arcee's [[spark]] is being held in a cell, along with some notable others. Apparent warden Fortress Maximus confers with Jetfire and the Technobots about when they can incarcerate the Monstructor components in the same way; Jetfire notes that they can't break through the destructive programming far enough to rehabilitate/reform the sparks (as per [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s orders), and as such, haven't pulled the sparks from the frames. As they confer, the [[Decepticon]] Onslaught leads his Combaticons in a perfectly-timed (as monitored by Banzaitron) assault on the facility, striking at precisely the right grid-sensor-shuffling moment and breaking into the penitentiary.

Fortress Maximus has no choice but to unleash the "threat-level-9" Arcee on them, with the sole caveat of destroying her spark (via a spark casing g-force crush) if she attempts to escape. A furious battle ensues, but after she cuts through Blast Off and plows through Brawl in vehicle mode, the [[Combaticon]]s (who recognized her when she first attacked) manage to teleport out with the unconscious Monstructor 'cons (whom Banzaitron wants to join his Secret Service).

Arcee proposes that she be released to hunt them down or killed on the spot. When asked for '''her''' motivation she grows angry, commenting that "you don't even know you're DOING it...you unconsciously SENSE a difference." She then reveals that [[Jhiaxus]] tampered with her [[CNA]] at creation, turning her into a female, "because he was curious, because he '''could'''," just to see what introducing gender to the Transformer race would do. He then discarded her and left her to her fate. Traumatized and vengeful, all she can think of is wiping out all trace of his tampering in this universe.

Maximus disagrees, pointing the remote spark-casing-control unit at her, but Jetfire tells him to let her go (he'll back up whatever story Maximus concocts for her escape), as they have precious little to lose at this point.

==Credits==
'''Script:''' [[Simon Furman]] 
'''Art:''' [[Alex Milne]] 
'''Colors:''' [[Josh Perez]] and [[Chris Carter]] 
'''Lettering:''' [[Chris Mowry]] 
'''Editors:''' [[Andrew Steven Harris]] 
* ''Originally published:'' February 20, 2008
* ''Continuity:'' [[IDW continuity]]

===Major characters===
(''Numbers indicate order of appearance.)
{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:#FFEEB8" | Others
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
* [[Arcee (G1)|Arcee]] (1)
* [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] (2)
* [[Fortress Maximus (G1)|Fortress Maximus]] (4)
* The [[Technobots]] (5)
* [[Jetfire (G1)|Jetfire]] (6)
* [[Kick-Off]] (9)

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
* [[Banzai-Tron (G1)|Banzaitron]] (8)
* [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]] (10)
* [[Onslaught]] (11)
* [[Blast Off]] (12)
* [[Vortex]] (13)

| style="background:#FFEEB8" valign="top" |
* [[Jhiaxus]] (3)
* [[Pretender Monster]]s/ [[Monstructor]] (7)
|}

== Trivia ==
* Arcee states that she was the first female Transformer experiment and it is implied she is something rare and (perhaps) unique. However nothing in the issue states that she was the ''only'' female Transformer created due to Jhiaxus's program. Indeed, in [[Megatron: Origin]] a number of female Transformers make cameo appearences. It may be that Arcee isn't completely alone and that her trauma stems more from being used, altered (perhaps against her will), and abandoned than anything else.

==Errors==

== Items of note ==
* The issue contains bonus sketch art by Alex Milne, including color tests for Arcee.
* Cameos include:
**Banzaitron's crew: [[Axer]], [[Roadblock (G1)|Roadblock]], [[Gutcruncher]], [[Brawl (G1)|Brawl]], [[Blast Off]], [[Vortex]], [[Onslaught]]
**Garrus 9 Autobots: [[Fastlane]], [[Cloudraker]], [[Kick-Off]], [[Rad (G1)|Rad]], [[Jackpot]], [[Rollout (G1)|Rollout]], [[Over-Run (G1)|Over-Run]], [[Skyfall (G1)|Skyfall]], [[Sprocket]], [[Vroom]], [[Windbreaker]], [[Turbofire]]
**Sparks in custody: [[Skyjack]], [[Bludgeon (G1)|Bludgeon]], [[Longtooth]], [[Ransack (G2)|Ransack]], [[Repugnus (G1)|Repugnus]]
* On page 3, Arcee mentions Jhiaxus's "dark designs". This was the title of a ''[[Generation 2]]'' issue.
* One of the Autobots defending Garrus 9 mentions them being overrun. Let's hope this didn't lead to [[Over-Run (G1)|anyone]] being distracted during the battle.

===Covers (3)===
[[Image:Spotlight_Arcee_b.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMiSSlwioM0 Look at you, hacker. A pathetic creature of meat and bone, panting and sweating as you run through my corridors...]]]
* '''Cover A:''' Arcee, [[Nova Prime]], the Pretender Monsters, Ultra Magnus, Fortress Maximus and some dead guy by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover B:''' Arcee being assembled by Alex Milne and Josh Perez.
* '''Cover RI:''' Uncolored sketch of cover B.

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[[Category:Spotlight issues|Arcee]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Don Murphy

2007-08-10T20:38:33Z

216.232.118.40: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the film producer|the vicious killing machine that feels no sympathy and no remorse|Majin Zarak}}

[[Image:Don_murphy.png|thumb|250px|Don Murphy loves all living things.]]
'''Don Murphy''' ( 1967ish<ref>None of Don Murphy's official biographies include his birthdate. The book Killer Instinct (see below) says he was in his mid-20's during the 1992-1994 production of Natural Born Killers. It is thus ''entirely plausible'' that he was born on June 6th, 1966 at 6:06 IDT and conceals his double-666 birthday to prevent people from realizing he is the the [[Wikipedia:Antichrist|Antichrist]].</ref> - ) is one of the producers of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]].

{{quote|...one of Don's great gifts is complete obliviousness to what anyone thinks about him.|Jame Hamsher|from Killer Instinct<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Instinct-Jane-Hamsher/dp/0767900758/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/002-1913954-2293612?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184012976&sr=8-4 Killer Instinct] is the 1998 book by Don Murphy's writing partner Jane Hamsher recounting the production of the 1994 movie ''Natural Born Killers''.</ref>, 1998}}

Don Murphy is best known among [[fandom|fans]] for hosting an open and frank discussion of on his [http://donmurphy.net/ web site] forums about the pre-production of the 2007 Transformers movie; where no voice ''no matter how unpopular'' was shut out of the debate.<ref>The accuracy of this statement is suspect.</ref> The 4 year ongoing dialog included 2500+ posts or replies to fans on all aspects of the production. Mr. Murphy interacted with fans using the persona of the 'angry sheriff,' a voice of authority who was neither diplomatic nor tactful<ref>By all 3rd party accounts the angry, difficult 'persona' Murphy claims to have been using has a 1:1 correlation to his ''actual personality.''</ref>, and would sometimes ''gently mock'' those whose opinions he disagreed with.

{{quote|I NEVER INSULTED HIS MOTHER EITHER. THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER OWN SON SO THAT HE HAS TO GO CHANGE HIS NAME AND SEEK ATTENTION ON THE WEB IS HIS PROBLEM NOT HERS.|Don Murphy discusses your mom<ref>Don's affectionate nickname for this fan was 'goat-blower.'</ref>|The Don Murphy Forums, 2006}}

Prior to Transformers, Don Murphy Produced the 1994 sci-fi ninja epic [[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]], adaptions of [[Wikipedia:From Hell (film)|From Hell]] and [[Wikipedia:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] that resulted in comic-book writer [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore#Disputes|Alan Moore]]'s refusal to allow any future film adaptations of his work
<ref>Moore became co-defendant in a lawsuit claiming that ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' was plagiarized from another screenplay pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1993. The allegedly plagiarized elements were not from Moore's story, but had all been 'added' by the Fox's screenwriters. While charges of plagarism often lack merit, LXG's pre-production (including writing) began ''before'' the first issue of the LXG comic was published (confirmed in an interview with ''Don Murphy'' from a DVD-extra,) which looks... wierd, and bad, and kinda icky. ''Fox settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.''</ref><ref>Moore refused to sell any further stories he held sole control of, and for those stories whose sale he could not block, he demanded his name be removed from the picture and his payment for those films instead be given to his collaborators (usually the artist he had worked with.) He then did a series of interviews prior to the launch of the film ''V for Vendetta'' telling people it was a terrible movie and not to go see it. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?article=2153 Monday May 23, 2005 Lying in the Gutters column retelling of Moore's departure from Hollywood]</ref>,
and the 1994 movie [[Wikipedia:Natural Born Killers|Natural Born Killers]] by screenwriter [[Wikipedia:Quentin Tarantino|Quentin Tarentino]] who publicly disowned alterations to the movie and physically assaulted Don Murphy when they ran into one another at a restaurant 3 years later.<ref>Tarantino attacked Murphy in the Ago restaurant on October 22 1997. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.showbiz.gossip/msg/02925d01f0b24111?dmode=source&hl=en Transcript of a Variety article detailing the confrontation] Don Murphy sued him for $5,000,000. (Outcome of lawsuit unknown?)</ref>

Among Don Murphy's many talents is ''acting'', he played 'Creep at Restaurant' in the 1998 movie [[wikipedia:Hairshirt (film)|Hairshirt]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Trivia==
* During production of the Transformers movie, an oft-heard claim was that it would turn out to be Don Murphy's [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter.htm "Street Fighter"]. However, this is inaccurate, as Murphy produced [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=doubledragon.htm Double Dragon], which was released roughly a month and a half earlier than [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ Street Fighter] and brought in about $30,000,000 less. In actuality, the mockers should have stated, "TEH TF MVOIE WIL B UR NXT DBL DRGN!!1"

* Frequent posters on Murphy's internet message board have come to be referred to as "Stooges", a term originally used as an insult by a disgruntled former board member who was banned for, shall we say, "poor behavior" (this is a whole other messy business in and of itself - don't ask). As a parting dig at the offending poster, the remaining board members adopted the moniker as their own, and now proudly use it as an expression of honor and camraderie. The disgruntled former board member's username has been stricken from every obelisk, pyramid, and temple, and much like Pat Lee, is now most often referred to as a variation of "He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named" or worse. Sometimes MUCH worse. I am not making this up.

==External Links==
* [http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/don_murphy.htm Lukeford.net profile of Don Murphy]
* [http://donmurphy.net/ DonMurphy.net] - Don's web site and forums
* [http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0006613/ Don Murphy at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09fans.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Fans Get to Talk About 'Transformers,' and the Knives Are Unsheathed on NYtimes.com]
{{stub}}

[[Category:Movie|Murphy, Don]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Don Murphy

2007-08-10T20:37:42Z

216.232.118.40: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the film producer|the vicious killing machine that feels no sympathy and no remorse|Majin Zarak}}

[[Image:Don_murphy.png|thumb|250px|Don Murphy loves all living things.]]
'''Don Murphy''' ( 1967ish<ref>None of Don Murphy's official biographies include his birthdate. The book Killer Instinct (see below) says he was in his mid-20's during the 1992-1994 production of Natural Born Killers. It is thus ''entirely plausible'' that he was born on June 6th, 1966 at 6:06 IDT and conceals his double-666 birthday to prevent people from realizing he is the the [[Wikipedia:Antichrist|Antichrist]].</ref> - ) is one of the producers of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]].

{{quote|...one of Don's great gifts is complete obliviousness to what anyone thinks about him.|Jame Hamsher|from Killer Instinct<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Instinct-Jane-Hamsher/dp/0767900758/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/002-1913954-2293612?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184012976&sr=8-4 Killer Instinct] is the 1998 book by Don Murphy's writing partner Jane Hamsher recounting the production of the 1994 movie ''Natural Born Killers''.</ref>, 1998}}

Don Murphy is best known among [[fandom|fans]] for hosting an open and frank discussion of on his [http://donmurphy.net/ web site] forums about the pre-production of the 2007 Transformers movie; where no voice ''no matter how unpopular'' was shut out of the debate.<ref>The accuracy of this statement is suspect.</ref> The 4 year ongoing dialog included 2500+ posts or replies to fans on all aspects of the production. Mr. Murphy interacted with fans using the persona of the 'angry sheriff,' a voice of authority who was neither diplomatic nor tactful<ref>By all 3rd party accounts the angry, difficult 'persona' Murphy claims to have been using has a 1:1 correlation to his ''actual personality.''</ref>, and would sometimes ''gently mock'' those whose opinions he disagreed with.

{{quote|I NEVER INSULTED HIS MOTHER EITHER. THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER OWN SON SO THAT HE HAS TO GO CHANGE HIS NAME AND SEEK ATTENTION ON THE WEB IS HIS PROBLEM NOT HERS.|Don Murphy discusses your mom<ref>Don's affectionate nickname for this fan was 'goat-blower.'</ref>|The Don Murphy Forums, 2006}}

Prior to Transformers, Don Murphy Produced the 1994 sci-fi ninja epic [[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]], adaptions of [[Wikipedia:From Hell (film)|From Hell]] and [[Wikipedia:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] that resulted in comic-book writer [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore#Disputes|Alan Moore]]'s refusal to allow any future film adaptations of his work
<ref>Moore became co-defendant in a lawsuit claiming that ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' was plagiarized from another screenplay pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1993. The allegedly plagiarized elements were not from Moore's story, but had all been 'added' by the Fox's screenwriters. While charges of plagarism often lack merit, LXG's pre-production (including writing) began ''before'' the first issue of the LXG comic was published (confirmed in an interview with ''Don Murphy'' from a DVD-extra,) which looks... wierd, and bad, and kinda icky. ''Fox settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.''</ref><ref>Moore refused to sell any further stories he held sole control of, and for those stories whose sale he could not block, he demanded his name be removed from the picture and his payment for those films instead be given to his collaborators (usually the artist he had worked with.) He then did a series of interviews prior to the launch of the film ''V for Vendetta'' telling people it was a terrible movie and not to go see it. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?article=2153 Monday May 23, 2005 Lying in the Gutters column retelling of Moore's departure from Hollywood]</ref>,
and the 1994 movie [[Wikipedia:Natural Born Killers|Natural Born Killers]] by screenwriter [[Wikipedia:Quentin Tarantino|Quentin Tarentino]] who publicly disowned alterations to the movie and physically assaulted Don Murphy when they ran into one another at a restaurant 3 years later.<ref>Tarantino attacked Murphy in the Ago restaurant on October 22 1997. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.showbiz.gossip/msg/02925d01f0b24111?dmode=source&hl=en Transcript of a Variety article detailing the confrontation] Don Murphy sued him for $5,000,000. (Outcome of lawsuit unknown?)</ref>

Among Don Murphy's many talents is ''acting'', he played 'Creep at Restaurant' in the 1998 movie [[wikipedia:Hairshirt (film)|Hairshirt]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Trivia==
* During production of the Transformers movie, an oft-heard claim was that it would turn out to be Don Murphy's [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter.htm "Street Fighter"]. However, this is inaccurate, as Murphy produced [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=doubledragon.htm Double Dragon], which was released roughly a month and a half earlier than [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ Street Fighter] and brought in about $30,000,000 less. In actuality, the mockers should have stated, "TEH TF MVOIE WIL B UR NXT DBL DRGN!!1"

* Frequent posters on Murphy's internet message board have come to be referred to as "Stooges", a term originally used as an insult by a disgruntled former board member who was banned for, shall we say, "poor behavior" (this is a whole other messy business in and of itself - don't ask). As a parting dig at the offending poster, the remaining board members adopted the moniker as their own, and now proudly use it as an expression of honor and camraderie. The disgruntled former board member's username has been stricken from every obelisk, pyramid, and temple, and much like Pat Lee, is now referred to as a variation of "He-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named" or worse. Sometimes MUCH worse. I am not making this up.

==External Links==
* [http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/don_murphy.htm Lukeford.net profile of Don Murphy]
* [http://donmurphy.net/ DonMurphy.net] - Don's web site and forums
* [http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0006613/ Don Murphy at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09fans.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Fans Get to Talk About 'Transformers,' and the Knives Are Unsheathed on NYtimes.com]
{{stub}}

[[Category:Movie|Murphy, Don]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Don Murphy

2007-08-10T20:36:29Z

216.232.118.40: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the film producer|the vicious killing machine that feels no sympathy and no remorse|Majin Zarak}}

[[Image:Don_murphy.png|thumb|250px|Don Murphy loves all living things.]]
'''Don Murphy''' ( 1967ish<ref>None of Don Murphy's official biographies include his birthdate. The book Killer Instinct (see below) says he was in his mid-20's during the 1992-1994 production of Natural Born Killers. It is thus ''entirely plausible'' that he was born on June 6th, 1966 at 6:06 IDT and conceals his double-666 birthday to prevent people from realizing he is the the [[Wikipedia:Antichrist|Antichrist]].</ref> - ) is one of the producers of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]].

{{quote|...one of Don's great gifts is complete obliviousness to what anyone thinks about him.|Jame Hamsher|from Killer Instinct<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Instinct-Jane-Hamsher/dp/0767900758/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/002-1913954-2293612?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184012976&sr=8-4 Killer Instinct] is the 1998 book by Don Murphy's writing partner Jane Hamsher recounting the production of the 1994 movie ''Natural Born Killers''.</ref>, 1998}}

Don Murphy is best known among [[fandom|fans]] for hosting an open and frank discussion of on his [http://donmurphy.net/ web site] forums about the pre-production of the 2007 Transformers movie; where no voice ''no matter how unpopular'' was shut out of the debate.<ref>The accuracy of this statement is suspect.</ref> The 4 year ongoing dialog included 2500+ posts or replies to fans on all aspects of the production. Mr. Murphy interacted with fans using the persona of the 'angry sheriff,' a voice of authority who was neither diplomatic nor tactful<ref>By all 3rd party accounts the angry, difficult 'persona' Murphy claims to have been using has a 1:1 correlation to his ''actual personality.''</ref>, and would sometimes ''gently mock'' those whose opinions he disagreed with.

{{quote|I NEVER INSULTED HIS MOTHER EITHER. THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER OWN SON SO THAT HE HAS TO GO CHANGE HIS NAME AND SEEK ATTENTION ON THE WEB IS HIS PROBLEM NOT HERS.|Don Murphy discusses your mom<ref>Don's affectionate nickname for this fan was 'goat-blower.'</ref>|The Don Murphy Forums, 2006}}

Prior to Transformers, Don Murphy Produced the 1994 sci-fi ninja epic [[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]], adaptions of [[Wikipedia:From Hell (film)|From Hell]] and [[Wikipedia:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] that resulted in comic-book writer [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore#Disputes|Alan Moore]]'s refusal to allow any future film adaptations of his work
<ref>Moore became co-defendant in a lawsuit claiming that ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' was plagiarized from another screenplay pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1993. The allegedly plagiarized elements were not from Moore's story, but had all been 'added' by the Fox's screenwriters. While charges of plagarism often lack merit, LXG's pre-production (including writing) began ''before'' the first issue of the LXG comic was published (confirmed in an interview with ''Don Murphy'' from a DVD-extra,) which looks... wierd, and bad, and kinda icky. ''Fox settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.''</ref><ref>Moore refused to sell any further stories he held sole control of, and for those stories whose sale he could not block, he demanded his name be removed from the picture and his payment for those films instead be given to his collaborators (usually the artist he had worked with.) He then did a series of interviews prior to the launch of the film ''V for Vendetta'' telling people it was a terrible movie and not to go see it. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?article=2153 Monday May 23, 2005 Lying in the Gutters column retelling of Moore's departure from Hollywood]</ref>,
and the 1994 movie [[Wikipedia:Natural Born Killers|Natural Born Killers]] by screenwriter [[Wikipedia:Quentin Tarantino|Quentin Tarentino]] who publicly disowned alterations to the movie and physically assaulted Don Murphy when they ran into one another at a restaurant 3 years later.<ref>Tarantino attacked Murphy in the Ago restaurant on October 22 1997. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.showbiz.gossip/msg/02925d01f0b24111?dmode=source&hl=en Transcript of a Variety article detailing the confrontation] Don Murphy sued him for $5,000,000. (Outcome of lawsuit unknown?)</ref>

Among Don Murphy's many talents is ''acting'', he played 'Creep at Restaurant' in the 1998 movie [[wikipedia:Hairshirt (film)|Hairshirt]].

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==Trivia==
* During production of the Transformers movie, an oft-heard claim was that it would turn out to be Don Murphy's [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter.htm "Street Fighter"]. However, this is inaccurate, as Murphy produced [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=doubledragon.htm Double Dragon], which was released roughly a month and a half earlier than [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ Street Fighter] and brought in about $30,000,000 less. In actuality, the mockers should have stated, "TEH TF MVOIE WIL B UR NXT DBL DRGN!!1"

* Frequent posters on Murphy's internet message board have come to be referred to as "Stooges", a term originally used as an insult by a disgruntled former board member who was banned for, shall we say, "poor behavior" (this is a whole other messy business in and of itself - don't ask). As a parting dig at the offending poster, the remaining board members adopted the moniker as their own, and now proudly use it as an expression of honor and camraderie. The disgruntled former board member's username has been stricken from every obelisk, pyramid, and temple, and much like Pat Lee, is now referred to as "he-who-shall-not-be-named" or worse. Sometimes MUCH worse. I am not making this up.

==External Links==
* [http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/don_murphy.htm Lukeford.net profile of Don Murphy]
* [http://donmurphy.net/ DonMurphy.net] - Don's web site and forums
* [http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0006613/ Don Murphy at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09fans.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Fans Get to Talk About 'Transformers,' and the Knives Are Unsheathed on NYtimes.com]
{{stub}}

[[Category:Movie|Murphy, Don]]<div id="wikia-credits"> From [http://transformers.wikia.com Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki], a [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] wiki.</div>

Don Murphy

2007-08-10T20:35:45Z

216.232.118.40: /* Trivia */

{{disambig2|the film producer|the vicious killing machine that feels no sympathy and no remorse|Majin Zarak}}

[[Image:Don_murphy.png|thumb|250px|Don Murphy loves all living things.]]
'''Don Murphy''' ( 1967ish<ref>None of Don Murphy's official biographies include his birthdate. The book Killer Instinct (see below) says he was in his mid-20's during the 1992-1994 production of Natural Born Killers. It is thus ''entirely plausible'' that he was born on June 6th, 1966 at 6:06 IDT and conceals his double-666 birthday to prevent people from realizing he is the the [[Wikipedia:Antichrist|Antichrist]].</ref> - ) is one of the producers of the [[Transformers (2007)|2007 Transformers movie]].

{{quote|...one of Don's great gifts is complete obliviousness to what anyone thinks about him.|Jame Hamsher|from Killer Instinct<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Killer-Instinct-Jane-Hamsher/dp/0767900758/ref=pd_bbs_sr_4/002-1913954-2293612?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1184012976&sr=8-4 Killer Instinct] is the 1998 book by Don Murphy's writing partner Jane Hamsher recounting the production of the 1994 movie ''Natural Born Killers''.</ref>, 1998}}

Don Murphy is best known among [[fandom|fans]] for hosting an open and frank discussion of on his [http://donmurphy.net/ web site] forums about the pre-production of the 2007 Transformers movie; where no voice ''no matter how unpopular'' was shut out of the debate.<ref>The accuracy of this statement is suspect.</ref> The 4 year ongoing dialog included 2500+ posts or replies to fans on all aspects of the production. Mr. Murphy interacted with fans using the persona of the 'angry sheriff,' a voice of authority who was neither diplomatic nor tactful<ref>By all 3rd party accounts the angry, difficult 'persona' Murphy claims to have been using has a 1:1 correlation to his ''actual personality.''</ref>, and would sometimes ''gently mock'' those whose opinions he disagreed with.

{{quote|I NEVER INSULTED HIS MOTHER EITHER. THE FACT THAT SHE DOES NOT LIKE HER OWN SON SO THAT HE HAS TO GO CHANGE HIS NAME AND SEEK ATTENTION ON THE WEB IS HIS PROBLEM NOT HERS.|Don Murphy discusses your mom<ref>Don's affectionate nickname for this fan was 'goat-blower.'</ref>|The Don Murphy Forums, 2006}}

Prior to Transformers, Don Murphy Produced the 1994 sci-fi ninja epic [[Wikipedia:Double Dragon (film)|Double Dragon]], adaptions of [[Wikipedia:From Hell (film)|From Hell]] and [[Wikipedia:The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (film)|The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen]] that resulted in comic-book writer [[Wikipedia:Alan Moore#Disputes|Alan Moore]]'s refusal to allow any future film adaptations of his work
<ref>Moore became co-defendant in a lawsuit claiming that ''The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen'' was plagiarized from another screenplay pitched to 20th Century Fox in 1993. The allegedly plagiarized elements were not from Moore's story, but had all been 'added' by the Fox's screenwriters. While charges of plagarism often lack merit, LXG's pre-production (including writing) began ''before'' the first issue of the LXG comic was published (confirmed in an interview with ''Don Murphy'' from a DVD-extra,) which looks... wierd, and bad, and kinda icky. ''Fox settled the lawsuit for an undisclosed sum.''</ref><ref>Moore refused to sell any further stories he held sole control of, and for those stories whose sale he could not block, he demanded his name be removed from the picture and his payment for those films instead be given to his collaborators (usually the artist he had worked with.) He then did a series of interviews prior to the launch of the film ''V for Vendetta'' telling people it was a terrible movie and not to go see it. [http://www.comicbookresources.com/columns/index.cgi?article=2153 Monday May 23, 2005 Lying in the Gutters column retelling of Moore's departure from Hollywood]</ref>,
and the 1994 movie [[Wikipedia:Natural Born Killers|Natural Born Killers]] by screenwriter [[Wikipedia:Quentin Tarantino|Quentin Tarentino]] who publicly disowned alterations to the movie and physically assaulted Don Murphy when they ran into one another at a restaurant 3 years later.<ref>Tarantino attacked Murphy in the Ago restaurant on October 22 1997. [http://groups.google.com/group/alt.showbiz.gossip/msg/02925d01f0b24111?dmode=source&hl=en Transcript of a Variety article detailing the confrontation] Don Murphy sued him for $5,000,000. (Outcome of lawsuit unknown?)</ref>

Among Don Murphy's many talents is ''acting'', he played 'Creep at Restaurant' in the 1998 movie [[wikipedia:Hairshirt (film)|Hairshirt]].

==References==
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==Trivia==
* During production of the Transformers movie, an oft-heard claim was that it would turn out to be Don Murphy's [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=streetfighter.htm "Street Fighter"]. However, this is inaccurate, as Murphy produced [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=doubledragon.htm Double Dragon], which was released roughly a month and a half earlier than [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111301/ Street Fighter] and brought in about $30,000,000 less. In actuality, the mockers should have stated, "TEH TF MVOIE WIL B UR NXT DBL DRGN!!1"

* Frequent posters on Murphy's internet message board have come to be referred to as "Stooges", a term originally used as an insult by a disgruntled former board member who was banned for, shall we say, "poor behavior" (this is a whole other messy business in and of itself - don't ask). As a parting dig at the offending poster, the remaining board members adopted the moniker as their own, and now proudly use it as an expression of honor and camraderie. The disgruntled former board member's username has been stricken from every obelisk, pyramid, and temple, and much like Pat Lee, is now referred to as "he-who-shall-not-be-named" or worse. Sometimes MUCH worse.

I am not making this up.

==External Links==
* [http://www.lukeford.net/profiles/profiles/don_murphy.htm Lukeford.net profile of Don Murphy]
* [http://donmurphy.net/ DonMurphy.net] - Don's web site and forums
* [http://akas.imdb.com/name/nm0006613/ Don Murphy at the Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/09/business/media/09fans.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Fans Get to Talk About 'Transformers,' and the Knives Are Unsheathed on NYtimes.com]
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