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Leo Spitz

2010-01-02T01:12:21Z

24.176.113.143: /* Fiction */

:''Leo Spitz is a [[human]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''

[[Image:ROTF_LeoSpitz.jpg|thumb|200px|...what? caption material? where?]]

'''Leonardo Ponce de Léon "Leo" Spitz''' is a little nutty. From the relative safety of his dorm room in [[Hamilton Hall]], he runs a website, ''[[The Real Effing Deal]]'', from which he tells the world about the [[Transformer|giant robots that the government doesn't want you to know about]]. He may be oblivious to a lot of things, including pretty girls in his room, but he's got to be ever vigilant if he wants to get the jump on his competition over at ''[[GiantEffingRobots.com]]'' and his eternal nemesis [[Robo-Warrior]].

{{bigquote|I had a bit of a mild panic attack earlier, alright?}}
{{bigquote|Well, that's cuz you're a pussy.|Leo and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===Live-action film ARG continuity===
[[Image:RotF Leo Spitz Mugshot.jpg|thumb|left|150px|No, YOU'RE awesome!]]

Leo posted three video blogs on his site: 
*The first of these was a video for all the "newbies", explaining that he was tired of lies and cover-ups and was out to expose the truth. It was also a personal shout-out to new users, thanking them for their contributions and saying there will be new "merch" coming soon. 
*The second was an angry shout-out to [[Robo-Warrior]], telling him to back-off of his site and stories and that being from New York and not living in Kansas anymore, Leo would "cut him" if he had to or get something else to cut him, which Leo apparently didn't want to do. On the positive side, the site was doing well and they had plenty of new "merch" to "represent". 
*The last was a video saying that "Project: Invade the Campus" was in effect and that despite relocating, they would continue to operate the site.

Leo's last tweet on his [http://twitter.com/RealEffingDeal twitter page] was on [[June 24]], 2009 at 9:02AM and consisted of the cryptic message, "DUDE! WTF IS THAT!!!"{{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

The world may never learn what that message was referring to.

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Ramon Rodriguez]] (English), [[Shūhei Sakaguchi]] (Japanese-language dub voice)
[[Image:ROTF Leo kitten calenders.jpg|thumb|right|250px|These effing kittens are so effing cute!]]
Sam met Leo when moving into his dorm room, and was quickly introduced to his roommate's... eccentricities. Leo hastily escorted Sam into a makeshift situation room, where his buddies [[Fassbinder]] and [[Sharsky]] were hard at work chronicling the breaking story in Shanghai. Leo was crestfallen when he failed to impress his new roomie with his media empire, or even the kitten calendars, but he ultimately shrugged it off and showed Sam the woman he intended to one day marry, [[Alice]]. Later that night he dragged Sam to the first fraternity party of the year, where he believed he was certain to get his "Spitzy Spitz" on.

Days later he had concocted a subtle and nuanced plan to woo Alice by presenting her with a meat-laden pizza. Unfortunately she brushed him off, and was ultimately more interested in Leo's roommate's scribbles. She didn't even grant Leo's humble request to watch! ''Women''. Of course, shortly afterwards he discovered it was all an alien plot to silence his website's truth-finding mission. Realizing he had led his newfound friends into danger, he fled only to be captured by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and taken to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

Curiously, the [[Decepticon]] leader seemed uninterested in Leo, apparently playing coy with the intrepid web journalist while he waxed loquacious about dissecting Sam. Thankfully the [[Autobot]]s arrived, and understanding the crucial asset Leo represented assigned [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to safely evacuate him.

[[Image:ROTF Leo guard shocked.jpg|thumb|left|250px|...Nah, we got nothing.]]
Now a fugitive alongside his friends, Leo began to waver at the weight of what was going on, leading the Autobots [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] threatening to "pop a cap in his @$$" so as to not have to worry about him. Once he realized the magnitude of the threat facing Earth, Leo's savvy again proved the key to unraveling the mystery as he used his inside contacts to lead Sam to former government agent [[Seymour Simmons]]. Though he and Simmons had crossed swords more than once on the internet, Leo was magnanimous, extending the olive branch to his rival. Thus, Simmons allowed Leo to play a central role in their crafty plan to infiltrate the [[wikipedia:Smithsonian Institute|Smithsonian Institute]] [[wikipedia:National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum]]. Successfully beguiling the guards, Leo took out several of them before his ninja-like moves proved a little ''too'' smooth, and he applied his taser to himself... in the gonads.

Leo recovered quickly, and was whisked away with the others to [[Egypt]] when the ancient Decepticon turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] opened a space bridge. Though he employed the catlike grace he was known for, his pride and joy was ultimately dealt another blow when Sam's girlfriend unceremoniously landed on it. When Sam thought that the long lost [[Matrix of Leadership]] might be able to restore the slain [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to life, Leo accompanied his new friends on their quest. Leo showed his uncanny powers of reasoning and skepticism as the group approached the [[Tomb of the Primes]], and openly questioned if "Grandpa Blackbird" might be ill-informed, but his insightful observations led Sam to discover the wonders hiding under his very nose.

[[Image:ROTF Leo has no empathy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
As they returned to Egypt, the monstrous Decepticon [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] began dropping missiles on their position. At this point, Leo's steely resolve began to waver, only reinforced with a slight tasering by Simmons. His steely resolve was likewise proven as he showed himself an able ally to Simmons in the decisive final battle, saving the latter's life when he was nearly sucked into the maw of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. Resting only when the job was done, Leo stood as a true hero for our times. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==

* Judging by most of the articles on his site, he seems to think [[Wikipedia:Olivia Munn|Olivia Munn]] is the hottest woman on the planet. In fact, it seems as if the site is just as much about her as it is about finding the truth about [[Transformer|alien robots]]. Boys will be boys....
* He has not seen the film ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''.
* He had no problem thinking alien robots were real from videos on the internet, but when he is drawn into the transformers war, skids and mudflap (and the others) liked to gave him a heart (panic) attack.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spitz, Leo}}
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Live-action film ARG characters]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]

Leo Spitz

2010-01-02T01:07:00Z

24.176.113.143: /* Trivia */

:''Leo Spitz is a [[human]] from the [[Revenge of the Fallen (franchise)|Revenge of the Fallen]] portion of the [[Movie continuity|live-action movie continuity]].''

[[Image:ROTF_LeoSpitz.jpg|thumb|200px|...what? caption material? where?]]

'''Leonardo Ponce de Léon "Leo" Spitz''' is a little nutty. From the relative safety of his dorm room in [[Hamilton Hall]], he runs a website, ''[[The Real Effing Deal]]'', from which he tells the world about the [[Transformer|giant robots that the government doesn't want you to know about]]. He may be oblivious to a lot of things, including pretty girls in his room, but he's got to be ever vigilant if he wants to get the jump on his competition over at ''[[GiantEffingRobots.com]]'' and his eternal nemesis [[Robo-Warrior]].

{{bigquote|I had a bit of a mild panic attack earlier, alright?}}
{{bigquote|Well, that's cuz you're a pussy.|Leo and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]]|[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]}}

==Fiction==
===Live-action film ARG continuity===
[[Image:RotF Leo Spitz Mugshot.jpg|thumb|left|150px|No, YOU'RE awesome!]]

Leo posted three video blogs on his site: 
*The first of these was a video for all the "newbies", explaining that he was tired of lies and cover-ups and was out to expose the truth. It was also a personal shout-out to new users, thanking them for their contributions and saying there will be new "merch" coming soon. 
*The second was an angry shout-out to [[Robo-Warrior]], telling him to back-off of his site and stories and that being from New York and not living in Kansas anymore, Leo would "cut him" if he had to or get something else to cut him, which Leo apparently didn't want to do. On the positive side, the site was doing well and they had plenty of new "merch" to "represent". 
*The last was a video saying that "Project: Invade the Campus" was in effect and that despite relocating, they would continue to operate the site.

Leo's last tweet on his [http://twitter.com/RealEffingDeal twitter page] was on [[June 24]], 2009 at 9:02AM and consisted of the cryptic message, "DUDE! WTF IS THAT!!!"{{storylink|The Real Effing Deal}}

The world may never learn what that message was referring to.

===''Revenge of the Fallen'' film===
:''Actor:'' [[Ramon Rodriguez]] (English), [[Shūhei Sakaguchi]] (Japanese-language dub voice)
[[Image:ROTF Leo kitten calenders.jpg|thumb|right|250px|These effing kittens are so effing cute!]]
Sam met Leo when moving into his dorm room, and was quickly introduced to his roommate's... eccentricities. Leo hastily escorted Sam into a makeshift situation room, where his buddies [[Fassbinder]] and [[Sharsky]] were hard at work chronicling the breaking story in Shanghai. Leo was crestfallen when he failed to impress his new roomie with his media empire, or even the kitten calendars, but he ultimately shrugged it off and showed Sam the woman he intended to one day marry, [[Alice]]. Later that night he dragged Sam to the first fraternity party of the year, where he believed he was certain to get his "Spitzy Spitz" on.

Days later he had concocted a subtle and nuanced plan to woo Alice by presenting her with a meat-laden pizza. Unfortunately she brushed him off, and was ultimately more interested in Leo's roommate's scribbles. She didn't even grant Leo's humble request to watch! ''Women''. Of course, shortly afterwards he discovered it was all an alien plot to silence his website's truth-finding mission. Realizing he had led his newfound friends into danger, he fled only to be captured by [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] and taken to [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]].

Curiously, the [[Decepticon]] leader seemed uninterested in Leo, apparently playing coy with the intrepid web journalist while he waxed loquacious about dissecting Sam. Thankfully the [[Autobot]]s arrived, and understanding the crucial asset Leo represented assigned [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] to safely evacuate him.

[[Image:ROTF Leo guard shocked.jpg|thumb|left|250px|...Nah, we got nothing.]]
Now a fugitive alongside his friends, Leo began to waver at the weight of what was going on, leading the Autobots [[Skids (ROTF)|Skids]] and [[Mudflap (ROTF)|Mudflap]] to consider killing him to not having to worry about him. Once he realized the magnitude of the threat facing Earth, Leo's savvy again proved the key to unraveling the mystery as he used his inside contacts to lead Sam to former government agent [[Seymour Simmons]]. Though he and Simmons had crossed swords more than once on the internet, Leo was magnanimous, extending the olive branch to his rival. Thus, Simmons allowed Leo to play a central role in their crafty plan to infiltrate the [[wikipedia:Smithsonian Institute|Smithsonian Institute]] [[wikipedia:National Air and Space Museum|National Air and Space Museum]]. Successfully beguiling the guards, Leo took out several of them before his ninja-like moves proved a little ''too'' smooth, and he applied his taser to himself... in the gonads.

Leo recovered quickly, and was whisked away with the others to [[Egypt]] when the ancient Decepticon turncoat [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] opened a space bridge. Though he employed the catlike grace he was known for, his pride and joy was ultimately dealt another blow when Sam's girlfriend unceremoniously landed on it. When Sam thought that the long lost [[Matrix of Leadership]] might be able to restore the slain [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] to life, Leo accompanied his new friends on their quest. Leo showed his uncanny powers of reasoning and skepticism as the group approached the [[Tomb of the Primes]], and openly questioned if "Grandpa Blackbird" might be ill-informed, but his insightful observations led Sam to discover the wonders hiding under his very nose.

[[Image:ROTF Leo has no empathy.jpg|thumb|right|250px|]]
As they returned to Egypt, the monstrous Decepticon [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] began dropping missiles on their position. At this point, Leo's steely resolve began to waver, only reinforced with a slight tasering by Simmons. His steely resolve was likewise proven as he showed himself an able ally to Simmons in the decisive final battle, saving the latter's life when he was nearly sucked into the maw of [[Devastator (ROTF)|Devastator]]. Resting only when the job was done, Leo stood as a true hero for our times. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen}}
{{-}}

==Trivia==

* Judging by most of the articles on his site, he seems to think [[Wikipedia:Olivia Munn|Olivia Munn]] is the hottest woman on the planet. In fact, it seems as if the site is just as much about her as it is about finding the truth about [[Transformer|alien robots]]. Boys will be boys....
* He has not seen the film ''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]''.
* He had no problem thinking alien robots were real from videos on the internet, but when he is drawn into the transformers war, skids and mudflap (and the others) liked to gave him a heart (panic) attack.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spitz, Leo}}
[[Category:Humans]]
[[Category:Revenge of the Fallen characters]]
[[Category:Live-action film ARG characters]]
[[Category:Fiction-only characters]]

Shout! Studios

2009-12-25T01:26:04Z

24.176.113.143: /* Releases */

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[[Image:Shoutfactory.jpg|right|180px|thumb|If there's some weird sound / on your DVD / who you gonna call?]]
'''Shout! Factory''' is the latest company to hold the U.S. distribution rights to the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|''Transformers'' cartoon]]. They also have released DVD versions of many other nostalgic cartoons, like [[wikipedia:C.O.P.S. (animated TV series)|C.O.P.S.]], [[wikipedia:Captain N|Captain N: The Game Master]], and [[wikipedia:Wheeled Warriors|Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors]]. Oh, and [[G.I. Joe (franchise)|that one show]] that always gets mixed up with the Transformers.
{{TOCclear}}

==Releases==
For their Generation 1 DVDs, Shout! Factory have notably cleaned up the extra sound effects and animation errors introduced by [[Kid Rhino]] and [[Magno Sound & Video]] that have previously been present in many different companies' releases worldwide.

*'''''The Transformers'' — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition''' ([[June 16]], 2009)
:Contains the entire first season in original production order across two discs, plus a third disc of bonus material including a featurette on "the origins of the Transformers", [[commercial]]s, [[Public service announcement|PSA]]s, and the script for "[[Transport to Oblivion]]".

*'''''The Transformers'' — More than Meets the Eye''' ([[September 1]], 2009)
:Contains the episodes "[[More than Meets the Eye (episode)|More than Meets the Eye]]" parts 1-3, "Transport to Oblivion" and "[[Roll for It]]".

*'''''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume One: 25th Anniversary Edition''' ([[September 15]], 2009)
:Contains 28 episodes of the second season in their original airdate order across four discs.

*'''''The Transformers'' — 25th Anniversary Matrix of Leadership Collection''' ([[October 20]], 2009)
:Sixteen-disc set compiling the four individual "25th Anniversary Edition" season releases, plus a 60-page book and exclusive Autobot- and Decepticon-themed magnets.

*'''''The Transformers'' — Season Two, Volume Two: 25th Anniversary Edition''' ([[January 12]], 2010)
:Contains the remaining 21 episodes of the second season ''mostly'' in their original airdate order across three discs, plus a fourth disc of bonus material including two featurettes, a concept art gallery, excerpts from the show's [[production bible]], commercials, PSAs, and episode scripts.

*'''''The Transformers'' — Seasons Three & Four: 25th Anniversary Edition''' (April 20, 2010)
:Contains the third season in their original airdate across four discs, plus a fifth disc of bonus material including "The Autobots, The Decepticons & the Fans" featurette, an interview with [[Bob Budiansky]], a concept art gallery, production bible excerpts, commercials, PSAs, and episode scripts.

==Notes==
*The episode order as used by Shout! Factory for season one (in production order), and season two (mostly in airdate order), actually stems from utilizing the episode order as suggested in the [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Unofficial_guidebooks#Prime_Targets ''Prime Targets''] ''unofficial'' guidebook, which lists season one in production order, but arranges season two generally into airdate order and has a fairly randomized order for season three.
**When Shout! publicized the episode order for their second season DVD, they somewhat bizarrely initially claimed that Hasbro considered the ''Prime Targets'' episode order the official one. Shortly afterwards however, Shout! were instructed by ''[[Hasbro|someone]]'' to put season three into strict airdate order, regardless of continuity between some of the episodes. This instruction came too late to change the order of the season three episodes on the DVD covers and in the accompanying booklet, which still reflect the ''Prime Targets'' order, leading to much confusion about various season three episodes being on the 'wrong' discs.<ref>[http://www.shoutfactory.com/community/1551/thread.aspx Shout! Factory Community - The Definitive Transformers Thread]</ref>

*On the ''Triple Changer'' retrospective documentary and separate interview with [[Bob Budiansky]], there is a deliberate obfuscation of [[Marvel Comics]]' involvement in fashioning much of the Transformers' early backstory and no direct mention that they were the publisher behind the 1980s comics. Clips from the [[Commercial/Generation 1#1984|very first]] Transformers commercial for #1 of the Marvel Comic are shown, but are cut off before [[Victor Caroli]]'s narration can mention it will be coming "from Marvel Comics", with even the brief image of #1 in the commercial also having Marvel's logo blurred out. The tiptoeing around Marvel's name is particularly noticeable in Budiansky's solo interview as he only ever refers to working for "the comicbook company", even when mentioning receiving a fan letter from someone named [[wikipedia:Stan Lee|Stan Lee]], who was apparently well-known for being associated with "the comicbook company".

*The ''[[Secret Files of Teletraan II]]'' no longer appear after their respective season three episodes, but are instead all included separately as isolated extras.

*Following the precedent of [[Sony]]'s ''The Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition'' DVD, all the commercials on the Shout! discs have the kids' faces blurred out due to clearance issues.

*Shout! looked into obtaining the U.S. home video rights to include "[[Scramble City]]" for the ''Matrix of Leadership Collection'', but were unsuccessful, simply stating that "[[Toei]] has no interest in licensing to third parties".

===Restoration===
*Shout! Factory conducted a painstaking editing process to correct the animation errors and sound effect additions made by Kid Rhino and Magno Sound & Video.
**From the DVD insert: "''Transformers'' DVDs released prior to our 25th Anniversary Edition were missing animation seen in the original broadcast. We did extensive research, found the discrepancies between the original broadcast masters and the restored masters used for the last DVD release, reinserted the correct animation, and color corrected it as best we could to match the shots before and after. But because a one-inch master tape simply can't hold up to the quality of the restored masters, you may notice occasional shots—or even scenes—in some episodes that seem slightly softer than others. Just take comfort in knowing that laser blasts have been reinserted, backgrounds have been corrected and [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] is Starscream once again."
**Some of the fixed scenes are indeed "softer" than the surrounding animation—though since the last time the correct versions were released for North American purchase was on VHS tapes over 10 years ago, by this point the Shout! versions probably look as good as or better than them. Though not absolutely every Kid Rhino coloring error was fixed, the vast majority were, and certainly all of the [[Heavy Metal War|sequences of mistaken animation that confused the plot]] were fixed. Shout! even repaired some ''audio'' errors that had been present on several prior releases of "[[Fire on the Mountain]]," and also included the <s>totally better</s> original, non-narrated closing sequence for "[[Dark Awakening]]" where Kid Rhino had used the later version.

*A version of the [[theme song]] including all of the extra sound effects introduced by Magno is used on the DVD title menu, but not in the actual episodes.

==References==
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==External link==
*[http://www.shoutfactory.com Shout! Factory's homepage]

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[[Category:Generation 1]]