Transformers (film)

2007-06-19T18:13:17Z

70.55.204.192: Revert: Dude, F you. Seriously.

:''Transformers is an elaborate coverup in the [[Movie (franchise)|movie]] [[continuity family]].

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'''''Transformers''''' will be a live-action movie released by [[Dreamworks]], with Executive Producer [[Steven Spielberg]] and Director [[Michael Bay]]. Its principle stars are [[Shia LaBeouf]], [[Jon Voight]], and [[Megan Fox]]. Character designs and special effects are being done by [[Industrial Light and Magic]], the effects-wizards behind the ''[[Star Wars]]'' films.

Originally slated to release in the summer of 2006, the film will arrive in US theatres on July 3, 2007 and UK theaters on July 27. The Australian release date is June 28, 2007 and premiered there on June 12, 2007. Take that, everywhere else.

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==Prequel Material==
[[Image:Transformers2007teaserposter.jpg|right|thumb|200px|How's this for a sequel: Unicron's back, but this time he's a hard-boiled private eye...]]

Prior to the movie's release IDW Publishing released a four issue limited comic series entitled [[Prime Directives]] which chronicles the events which bring the Transformers to Earth. A novel, [[Transformers: Ghosts of Yesterday]], is about the truth behind humankind's first venture into space and how that event is related to the Transformers' presence on Earth, both past and present.

Since the movie's plot brings the audience into things from Sam's POV, as he learns of not only the Transfomers' war but mankind's past history with Cybertronians, the prequel material provides a better handle on the intricate storyline.

==Storyline==
[[Image:Transformersnewpic1.jpg |right|thumb|My tummy glows for Justice!]]

The movie features a small, yellow Autobot named Bumblebee, who befriends the teenage human, S. Witwicky. He and his fellow Autobots, the medic Ratchet, the rough-and-tumble cowboy Ironhide, and the smooth and super-cool Jazz (who has a car hood for a chest and a visor for eyes) are led by Optimus Prime, a red and blue robot with a distinctive mouthplate, windows in his chest and a grill in his stomach who transforms into a truck. Optimus Prime's nemesis is an evil, silver, robot named Megatron[who has lost his bucket-head design for a more menacing look.], leader of the Decepticons. The Decepticons' ranks include a pissed-off tank named Brawl, a mechanical scorpion named Scorponok, a hatefilled bulldozer named Bonecrusher, and a jet fighter named Starscream, who schemes to take command of the Decepticons from Megatron, as both sides battle over the legendary object that can grant new Transformer life.

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This, of course, is ''nothing'' like Transformers.

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==Known characters==

{|border=5 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=5 align=center style="border:#800000"
! style="background:#FFEEEE" | [[Autobots]]
! style="background:#EEEEFE" | [[Decepticons]]
! style="background:antiquewhite" | [[Human|Humans]]
|-
| style="background:#FFEEEE" valign="top" |
*[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] {[[Mark Ryan]])
*[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] ([[Darius McCrary]])
*[[Ironhide (Movie)|Ironhide]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus Prime]] ([[Peter Cullen]])
*[[Ratchet (Movie)|Ratchet]] ([[Robert Foxworth]])

| style="background:#EEEEFE" valign="top" |
*[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] ([[Jess Harnell]])
*[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]]
*[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] ([[Jimmie Wood]])
*[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl]]
*[[Frenzy (Movie)|Frenzy]] ([[Reno Wilson]])
*[[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]] ([[Hugo Weaving]])
*[[Scorponok (Movie)|Scorponok]]
*[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] ([[Charles Adler]])

| style="background:antiquewhite" valign="top" |
*[[Mikaela Banes]] ([[Megan Fox]])
*[[Bobby Bolivia]] ([[Bernie Mac]])
*[[Glenn Ross Dygert]] ([[Anthony Anderson]])
*[[Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[Secretary of State Keller]] ([[Jon Voight]])
*[[Lennox]] ([[Josh Duhamel]])
*[[Maggie Madsen]] ([[Rachael Taylor]])
*[[Reggie Simmons|Simmons]] ([[John Turturro]])
*[[Judy Witwicky]] ([[Julie White]])
*[[Ronald Witwicky]] ([[Kevin Dunn]])
*[[Samuel James Witwicky|Sam Witwicky]] ([[Shia LaBeouf]])
|}

==Soundtrack==

[[Image:Big_fight.jpg|right|thumb|Have some of this, punk!]]

On July 3, 2007, Warner Bros Records will release a ''Transformers'' soundtrack full of songs from or inspired by the motion picture.

*1. "What I've Done" - [[Linkin Park]]
*2. "Doomsday Clock" - [[Smashing Pumpkins]]
*3. "This Moment" - [[Disturbed]]
*4. "Before It's Too Late (Sam and Mikaela's Theme)" aka "Fiction" - [[Goo Goo Dolls]]
*5. "Pretty Handsome Awkward" - [[The Used]]
*6. "Passion's Killing Floor" - [[HIM]]
*7. "What It Feels Like To Be A Ghost?" - [[Taking Back Sunday]]
*8. "Second To None" - [[Styles Of Beyond]]
*9. "End Of The World" - [[Armor For Sleep]]
*10. "Retina and the Sky" - [[Idiot Pilot]]
*11. "Technical Difficulties" - [[Julien-K]]
*12. "Transformers Theme" - [[Mute Math]]

==External links==
* [http://www.transformersmovie.com/ Transformersmovie.com]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/ ''Transformers'' at IMDB.com]

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Downshift (G1)

2007-06-19T17:57:28Z

70.55.204.192: /* IDW comics continuity */ Expanding upon what Xaaron said.

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:''Downshift is an [[Autobot]] in the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Omnibots group.jpg|thumb|250px|Downshift is the one pointing at his crotch. With <i>that look</i> on his face.]]
[[Image:Downshift_vehicle.jpg|right|thumb|Upshift?]]

'''Downshift''' is a cop on the edge. He plays by his own rules, much to the dismay of his commanders. As a security agent, he's often assigned to protect important facilities and people, but his 'intuition' often leads him into hunting down suspects, leaving his charges unguarded.

Despite this, he's a highly skilled armed and unarmed combatant, and is extremely devoted to his job...or at least, to how he interprets it.

:''Japanese name:'' '''Camshaft'''

==Fiction==
===2010 manga===

===Dreamwave comics continuity===
After [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] unleashed [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] on [[Iacon]], Downshift and his fellow [[Omnibot]]s were sent by [[Ultra Magnus]] to stop him. They did not succeed, and may have been killed by the rampaging giant.

===IDW comics continuity===
Downshift hung out with fellow Omnibot Overdrive on the Autobot Command Orbital Hub, under the command of Optimus Prime.

==Toys==
===Generation 1===
* '''Downshift''' ([[Omnibot]], 1985)

: Originally a ''[[Diaclone]]'' "Double Changer" Celica-type, Downshift transforms into a white Toyota Celica sports car, plus has a third "flight/attack" mode. Both [[Hasbro]] and [[Takara]] released him only through mail-order promotions rather than at regular retail (though in the US, some grocery store chains ultimately got bins full of them at discount.)

: In the US, Downshift cost $5 and 4 [[robot points]]. In Japan, he cost 980 yen and 2 robot points.

==External links==
*[http://www.tfu.info/1985/Autobot/Downshift/downshift.htm Downshift at TFU.info]

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