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Transformers (film)

2007-07-04T05:01:08Z

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

'''''Transformers''''' will be a live-action movie released by [[Dreamworks]], with Executive Producer [[Steven Spielberg]] and Director [[Michael Bay]]. Its principal 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!]]

{{sarcasm}}

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, leader of the Decepticons, whose ranks include a pissed-off tank named Brawl, a mechanical scorpion named Scorponok and a scheming, traitorous jet fighter named Starscream, who has designs on the Decepticon leadership. Both sides meet in battle on Earth, during their search for the mysterious legendary artifact that can grant new Transformer life.

==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]])
*[[Glen Whitmann]] ([[Anthony Anderson]])
*[[Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[John 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]
* [http://www.transformersalbum.com/ Transformers The Album]

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Transformers (film)

2007-06-29T22:14:46Z

70.83.221.32:

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

{{Nav-movie}}

'''''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.

{{coming soon}}
{{-}}

==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, though his masked form seems to be a bucket), 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 retain command of the Decepticons as he has for millennia until Megatron was found on Earth, as both sides battle over the legendary object that can grant new Transformer life.

{{-}}

==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]])
*[[Glen Whittman]] ([[Anthony Anderson]])
*[[Epps]] ([[Tyrese Gibson]])
*[[John 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]
* [http://www.transformersalbum.com/ Transformers The Album]

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