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	* Bay Pictures' screening room has, as part of its decor, the drug-stuffed corpse with the fall-off top of the head from ''Bad Boys II'' in a glass case. He said that one night an alarm was tripped at the building, and when the security guard came in to check things out, a dark room with a flashlight... well. Someone needed an change of pants afterwards.		* Bay Pictures' screening room has, as part of its decor, the drug-stuffed corpse with the fall-off top of the head from ''Bad Boys II'' in a glass case. He said that one night an alarm was tripped at the building, and when the security guard came in to check things out, a dark room with a flashlight... well. Someone needed an change of pants afterwards.

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	<center>{{quote\|You know what I'm saying?\|Michael Bay, a lot.}}</center>		<center>{{quote\|You know what I'm saying?\|Michael Bay, a lot.}}</center>

	This was one place where pictures were ''definitely'' verboten. Bay's LA offices are an honestly understated, modest studio-apartment kinda deal. [[Frenzy (Movie)\|Frenzy]] and Raphael from ''TMNT: Out of the Shadows'' watch over the reception area next to a little kitchenette watched over by Leatherface, Jason Voorhees and Freddy ~~Kreuger~~, which is where I ''really'' wished we could take pics because ''ohmygod lookit giant happy doggies''		This was one place where pictures were ''definitely'' verboten. Bay's LA offices are an honestly understated, modest studio-apartment kinda deal. [[Frenzy (Movie)\|Frenzy]] and [[Raphael]] from ''TMNT: Out of the Shadows'' watch over the reception area next to a little kitchenette watched over by Leatherface, Jason Voorhees and [[Freddy Krueger]], which is where I ''really'' wished we could take pics because ''ohmygod lookit giant happy doggies''

	Michael Bay's newest pets, 15-week old English Mastiffs Bumblebee and Nitrozeus, were watching us from a plastic corral by the spiral staircase to the upper floor. Nitro was way chill and a tad shy, but Bumblebee was full of beans and she wanted to say hi to and play with ''everybody'', occasionally trying to climb the fence. We were invited to have some snacks at the kitchenette which included a vending machine with a Doritos-deco Optimus Prime on the side, but there were adorable gigantic puppies to play with. A few minutes later Bay's older dog Rebel (another Mastiff) joined us, the dogs normally given free run of the studio... oh and Michael Bay was there too. Right. Him. The guy who suggested this whole shebang.		Michael Bay's newest pets, 15-week old English Mastiffs Bumblebee and Nitrozeus, were watching us from a plastic corral by the spiral staircase to the upper floor. Nitro was way chill and a tad shy, but Bumblebee was full of beans and she wanted to say hi to and play with ''everybody'', occasionally trying to climb the fence. We were invited to have some snacks at the kitchenette which included a vending machine with a Doritos-deco Optimus Prime on the side, but there were adorable gigantic puppies to play with. A few minutes later Bay's older dog Rebel (another Mastiff) joined us, the dogs normally given free run of the studio... oh and Michael Bay was there too. Right. Him. The guy who suggested this whole shebang.

Abates: /* SPOILER TIME! */

2017-07-13T10:48:03Z

SPOILER TIME!

M Sipher: /* Dinner and (Part of) a Movie */

2017-03-28T19:52:50Z

Dinner and (Part of) a Movie

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	We shuffled into a theater, and for some reason most of the folks seemed to crowd to one side of the theater instead of the good spots in the middle. (I don't go to the movies often, but I ''hate'' sitting anywhere not in the middle of the row.) After a little chiding from Bay more people shuffled over, and he told us we'd be seeing... not a "sizzle reel", but a series of scenes with nigh-complete effects, trimmed in places, giving us much more of the story than what's been revealed before. All in all it was about 23 minutes of ''mostly'' complete scenes ending on more of a traditional short-cut teaser of some of the stuff towards the back end. I will say that things have very definitely gotten worse for ''both'' the Cybertronians and humans in the time since ''Age of Extinction''. The reel wasn't ''quite'' done, but a version of it will be sent out to theaters for viewing on [[April 4]] at select locations across the US.		We shuffled into a theater, and for some reason most of the folks seemed to crowd to one side of the theater instead of the good spots in the middle. (I don't go to the movies often, but I ''hate'' sitting anywhere not in the middle of the row.) After a little chiding from Bay more people shuffled over, and he told us we'd be seeing... not a "sizzle reel", but a series of scenes with nigh-complete effects, trimmed in places, giving us much more of the story than what's been revealed before. All in all it was about 23 minutes of ''mostly'' complete scenes ending on more of a traditional short-cut teaser of some of the stuff towards the back end. I will say that things have very definitely gotten worse for ''both'' the Cybertronians and humans in the time since ''Age of Extinction''. The reel wasn't ''quite'' done, but a version of it will be sent out to theaters for viewing on [[April 4]] at select locations across the US.

	And yes, I'm going to be vague here, but I will say that we saw expanded parts of the trailers and clips that have been officially released so far, along with the opening battle (of which only teeny snippets have made their way to trailers yet). From the battle (I think we actually saw ''less'' in this reel) to the introduction of Izabela and Sqweeks and their first meeting with Cade, some Cybertronian lore, a goodly chunk of robot carnage (Grimlock is actually pretty adorable here), and the introduction of Sir [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Laura Haddock]]'s characters (plus the screen debut of [[Freya]]!)... plus more of [[Cogman]], who had been part of the studio footage. I think people are going to like Cogman. He steals a scene or two~~. I'm not sure I can say who provides his voice yet~~. We did get some good close-ups of him, and on the IMAX screen his gold filigree and mass of spinning, ticking mechanisms under the plating were really good-looking. And taking a good look at the way the robots moved and emoted... ILM's animators know their stuff, man. We did get a few seconds of [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], and just the way he moved was entertaining.		And yes, I'm going to be vague here, but I will say that we saw expanded parts of the trailers and clips that have been officially released so far, along with the opening battle (of which only teeny snippets have made their way to trailers yet). From the battle (I think we actually saw ''less'' in this reel) to the introduction of Izabela and Sqweeks and their first meeting with Cade, some Cybertronian lore, a goodly chunk of robot carnage (Grimlock is actually pretty adorable here), and the introduction of Sir [[Anthony Hopkins]] and [[Laura Haddock]]'s characters (plus the screen debut of [[Freya]]!)... plus more of [[Cogman]], who had been part of the studio footage. I think people are going to like Cogman. He steals a scene or two. We did get some good close-ups of him, and on the IMAX screen his gold filigree and mass of spinning, ticking mechanisms under the plating were really good-looking. And taking a good look at the way the robots moved and emoted... ILM's animators know their stuff, man. We did get a few seconds of [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], and just the way he moved was entertaining.

	Lights up, and after Bay joked about "throwing up in the corner here" over the various mistakes he saw and wanted to fix, we had another round of Q&A, plus a few more stories of production SNAFUs, notably the absolute nail-biting closeness of getting the final print of ''Age of Extinction'' in on time, where Bay ended up finding out who the ''exact'' people were who would be transporting the drives with the movies on them for each individual market and when that ''had'' to be.		Lights up, and after Bay joked about "throwing up in the corner here" over the various mistakes he saw and wanted to fix, we had another round of Q&A, plus a few more stories of production SNAFUs, notably the absolute nail-biting closeness of getting the final print of ''Age of Extinction'' in on time, where Bay ended up finding out who the ''exact'' people were who would be transporting the drives with the movies on them for each individual market and when that ''had'' to be.

M Sipher: /* Michael Bay Pictures */ Memories keep popping back.

2017-03-28T19:44:18Z

Michael Bay Pictures: Memories keep popping back.

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	We all went up to a little meeting area, past a few writers and staffers (plus a tiny Pomeranian) to a sitting room with a patio to just talk, give us the chance to ask some questions before some more "structured" stuff. I got in the first question: "Do you sleep?" He had to stop and think about that.		We all went up to a little meeting area, past a few writers and staffers (plus a tiny Pomeranian) to a sitting room with a patio to just talk, give us the chance to ask some questions before some more "structured" stuff. I got in the first question: "Do you sleep?" He had to stop and think about that.

	Here's where it's... iffy what I can and can't talk about. Bay had a lot of stories, and asked us to not give away various spoilery details of what we'd see. I choose to err on the side of caution... but I can certainly talk about ''him''. At the Detroit shoot he seemed a bit impatient... not actually with us, but he was definitely in "work mode", in the middle of shooting a Big Important Plot Sequence. Preoccupied. Not enjoying the downtime as stuff got set up because he had to be ''working''. But here, with the footage shot and well into the editing phase, he was breezy and gabby, clearly delighted to be talking about something he absolutely loves doing... even as he constantly chides himself on the in-progress stuff and lost opportunities. He rags on his own work almost as much as the fandom does. He sighs over ''Revenge of the Fallen'', not happy with the results but ultimately believing in the end he made the right decision to press forward through the writer's strike ("I mean what are you gonna do, fire five hundred people?"). He openly admits he was immediately dismissive about working on ''Transformers'' out of the gate, but in the end [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Hasbro]] won him over with the concept. And he's quite happy with the results of the latest movie, the story and universe thanks to the Hasbro writer's room, where tons of lore was brought in and pored over to be mined for ideas, with Hasbro suggesting a few "gimmicks" that ended up in the final product.		Here's where it's... iffy what I can and can't talk about. Bay had a lot of stories, and asked us to not give away various spoilery details of what we'd see. I choose to err on the side of caution... but I can certainly talk about ''him''. At the Detroit shoot he seemed a bit impatient... not actually with us, but he was definitely in "work mode", in the middle of shooting a Big Important Plot Sequence. Preoccupied. Not enjoying the downtime as stuff got set up because he had to be ''working''. But here, with the footage shot and well into the editing phase, he was breezy and gabby, clearly delighted to be talking about something he absolutely loves doing... even as he constantly chides himself on the in-progress stuff and lost opportunities. He rags on his own work almost as much as the fandom does. He sighs over ''Revenge of the Fallen'', not happy with the results but ultimately believing in the end he made the right decision to press forward through the writer's strike ("I mean what are you gonna do, fire five hundred people?"). He openly admits he was immediately dismissive about working on ''Transformers'' out of the gate, but in the end [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Hasbro]] won him over with the concept: the scene idea that really sold him was honestly one of the lightest from the first movie, where a bunch of 30-foot robots are trying to hide in plain sight around a human house. And he's quite happy with the results of the latest movie, the story and universe thanks to the Hasbro writer's room, where tons of lore was brought in and pored over to be mined for ideas, with Hasbro suggesting a few "gimmicks" that ended up in the final product.

	He spoke a ''lot'' about shooting in 3D, about pushing the technological boundaries. Why 3D tends to not look good and give people headaches, which was fascinating to listen to. Aside from most movies having their 3D "artificially" pulled out of 2D footage (which he noted really looks kinda awful when a shot has dozens to hundreds of individual particles the eye may try to track in any given second, as any explosion-heavy flick would), Bay talked about the ebb and flow of what shots need 3D and what doesn't. When to use it and where, and for how long. It's about fooling the brain (see? told you we'd get back to that!) into a "3D mode" just long enough so it fills in the non-3D bits without straining. James Cameron had convinced him to try and shoot in 3D (it's so weird to think about people that high up just casually chatting with each other about projects, but there you go), and he did and wasn't happy with the results, so he's been pushing the technology further and further. The rigs on ''The Last Knight'' are bleeding-edge tech being put through one hell of a first test; if the results work well here, they'll look good for just about anything anyone else can throw at them.		He spoke a ''lot'' about shooting in 3D, about pushing the technological boundaries. Why 3D tends to not look good and give people headaches, which was fascinating to listen to. Aside from most movies having their 3D "artificially" pulled out of 2D footage (which he noted really looks kinda awful when a shot has dozens to hundreds of individual particles the eye may try to track in any given second, as any explosion-heavy flick would), Bay talked about the ebb and flow of what shots need 3D and what doesn't. When to use it and where, and for how long. It's about fooling the brain (see? told you we'd get back to that!) into a "3D mode" just long enough so it fills in the non-3D bits without straining. James Cameron had convinced him to try and shoot in 3D (it's so weird to think about people that high up just casually chatting with each other about projects, but there you go), and he did and wasn't happy with the results, so he's been pushing the technology further and further. The rigs on ''The Last Knight'' are bleeding-edge tech being put through one hell of a first test; if the results work well here, they'll look good for just about anything anyone else can throw at them.

M Sipher: /* Paramount Pictures */

2017-03-28T19:34:43Z

Paramount Pictures

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	[[File:TF5SFE-VehicleHangar1.jpg\|left\|thumb\|200px\|There aren't enough green cars.]]		[[File:TF5SFE-VehicleHangar1.jpg\|left\|thumb\|200px\|There aren't enough green cars.]]

	Soon it was back outside where the drizzle was threatening to become a proper rain, but our next visit was in the roadway between studios, appropriately on Michael Bay Avenue: Optimus Prime. The shiny, sleek truck form he took in ''Age of Extinction'' was waiting for us, with stunt driver extraordinaire [[Randy Peters]] on-hand once again. There was even a professional photographer there to snap pics of us all in front of, and inside, the big bot. ~~(Those pics are presumably forthcoming.)~~ And from there, a short hop to an almost-empty hangar, where five vehicle-mode Transformers awaited for photos. [[Crosshairs (AOE)\|Crosshairs]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]], "Mohawk" (production name, final might change), [[Drift (AOE)\|Drift]] and [[Barricade (Movie)\|Barricade]] sat in shiny glory. I admit it's Mohawk that was the coolest to me: a vicious-looking Confederate Motorcycles "Combat" model bike, an alt-mode new to the franchise. Randy's assistant (dangit I didn't get his name!) started him up, and even at a slow roll that bike has some ''pipes''. Randy started up Barricade's lights, and I think there are still some residual color blobs in my vision from that display. We had plenty of time in the hangar, a bit of a nice chance to stop and collect ourselves.		Soon it was back outside where the drizzle was threatening to become a proper rain, but our next visit was in the roadway between studios, appropriately on Michael Bay Avenue: Optimus Prime. The shiny, sleek truck form he took in ''Age of Extinction'' was waiting for us, with stunt driver extraordinaire [[Randy Peters]] on-hand once again. There was even a professional photographer there to snap pics of us all in front of, and inside, the big bot. And from there, a short hop to an almost-empty hangar, where five vehicle-mode Transformers awaited for photos. [[Crosshairs (AOE)\|Crosshairs]], [[Bumblebee (Movie)\|Bumblebee]], "Mohawk" (production name, final might change), [[Drift (AOE)\|Drift]] and [[Barricade (Movie)\|Barricade]] sat in shiny glory. I admit it's Mohawk that was the coolest to me: a vicious-looking Confederate Motorcycles "Combat" model bike, an alt-mode new to the franchise. Randy's assistant (dangit I didn't get his name!) started him up, and even at a slow roll that bike has some ''pipes''. Randy started up Barricade's lights, and I think there are still some residual color blobs in my vision from that display. We had plenty of time in the hangar, a bit of a nice chance to stop and collect ourselves.

	It was rather fortunate that this was when it decided to give us something that properly qualifies as "rain". It was brief but more than you'd want to be outside in for any length of time.		It was rather fortunate that this was when it decided to give us something that properly qualifies as "rain". It was brief but more than you'd want to be outside in for any length of time.

M Sipher: /* Paramount Pictures */

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Paramount Pictures

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	Then it was a hangar for showing off bigger props from quite the eclectic mix of movies. Here stood a colossal prop Bumblebee from the first film as well as the original movie Optimus truck cab, not far from a transporter from the new ''Star Trek'' movies (as well as young Kirk's hoverbike... not the one from the final film, but a prop used before the scene was re-done), a [[Cobra]] motorcycle from ''Rise of Cobra''... and the dead grandma from ''Bad Grampa'' next to a city street from ''Team America: World Police''. Oh, and a Count Olaf portrait hanging on the wall. Like I said, eclectic mix.		Then it was a hangar for showing off bigger props from quite the eclectic mix of movies. Here stood a colossal prop Bumblebee from the first film as well as the original movie Optimus truck cab, not far from a transporter from the new ''Star Trek'' movies (as well as young Kirk's hoverbike... not the one from the final film, but a prop used before the scene was re-done), a [[Cobra]] motorcycle from ''Rise of Cobra''... and the dead grandma from ''Bad Grampa'' next to a city street from ''Team America: World Police''. Oh, and a Count Olaf portrait hanging on the wall. Like I said, eclectic mix.

	Soon though we started hitting the real back lots, where ''Transformers''-related stuff was waiting. Soon we headed into ~~the~~ audio booths to take a look at the ridiculous editing process that goes into movies. There are actually ''three'' different audio teams working on the film: one for dialogue, one for sound effects, and one for music. These three departments work semi-separately, laying down tracks to the footage provided so that when the final edit begins, each piece can be separately adjusted for the tone desired. Most impressive was the sound effects department, where we got to see a couple minutes of a chase sequence from -presumably- early in the film (with a mix of semi-finished, rough-animatic, and not-yet-added CG robots), with no dialogue or backing music. Here, ''every single sound'' is a separately-recorded piece of foley, recorded in the controlled studio environment. Every footstep, bullet impact, tinkle of glass, door creak, ''ev-er-y-thing''. The sound captured live at the shoot is merely used as a template for timing. This allows for the final edit to adjust volume to emphasize/downplay sounds as needed for the scene: loud echoey footfalls in a wide-open space, or the quiet whine of a tiny rotor for a tense close-in shot. Hundreds of individual sound files for ''just'' the sound effects in a few minutes of footage.		Soon though we started hitting the real back lots, where ''Transformers''-related stuff was waiting. Soon we headed into Technicolor's audio booths to take a look at the ridiculous editing process that goes into movies. There are actually ''three'' different audio teams working on the film: one for dialogue, one for sound effects, and one for music. These three departments work semi-separately, laying down tracks to the footage provided so that when the final edit begins, each piece can be separately adjusted for the tone desired. Most impressive was the sound effects department, where we got to see a couple minutes of a chase sequence from -presumably- early in the film (with a mix of semi-finished, rough-animatic, and not-yet-added CG robots), with no dialogue or backing music. Here, ''every single sound'' is a separately-recorded piece of foley, recorded in the controlled studio environment. Every footstep, bullet impact, tinkle of glass, door creak, ''ev-er-y-thing''. The sound captured live at the shoot is merely used as a template for timing. This allows for the final edit to adjust volume to emphasize/downplay sounds as needed for the scene: loud echoey footfalls in a wide-open space, or the quiet whine of a tiny rotor for a tense close-in shot. Hundreds of individual sound files for ''just'' the sound effects in a few minutes of footage.

	[[File:TF5SFE-VehicleHangar2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Dear Hasbro. Please make. Love, people who love good things.]]		[[File:TF5SFE-VehicleHangar2.jpg\|right\|thumb\|200px\|Dear Hasbro. Please make. Love, people who love good things.]]

M Sipher: /* Monday, March 20 */

2017-03-28T19:24:37Z

Monday, March 20

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	At this point I should note that Hollywood Boulevard is less glamorous than Hollywood would have you believe. Were it not for the stars in the sidewalk and a couple of locations like the Theater, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Madame Toussad's, etc... it'd really be just another retail-focused downtown street, with both upscale and "downscale" areas. And most of those "name" locations are pretty tightly-packed into a couple blocks.		At this point I should note that Hollywood Boulevard is less glamorous than Hollywood would have you believe. Were it not for the stars in the sidewalk and a couple of locations like the Theater, Ripley's Believe It Or Not!, Madame Toussad's, etc... it'd really be just another retail-focused downtown street, with both upscale and "downscale" areas. And most of those "name" locations are pretty tightly-packed into a couple blocks.

	Paramount was hosting an informal get-together for the attendees at the Dave & Buster's in the shopping center adjoining the hotel later that evening. I mostly just popped in (after an actual in-bed snooze and light shower) as I also had loved ones coming up to visit for a quick hello and hangout. After a bite at Johnny Rocket's, some shop-wandering, and game-time at Dave & Buster's, they hit the ~~road~~ road home, and I plopped back into bed, because tomorrow was going to be very, very full.		Paramount was hosting an informal get-together for the attendees at the Dave & Buster's in the shopping center adjoining the hotel later that evening. I mostly just popped in (after an actual in-bed snooze and light shower) as I also had loved ones coming up to visit for a quick hello and hangout. After a bite at Johnny Rocket's, some shop-wandering, and game-time at Dave & Buster's, they hit the road home, and I plopped back into bed, because tomorrow was going to be very, very full.

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M Sipher: /* SPOILER TIME! */

2017-03-27T00:19:02Z

SPOILER TIME!

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	* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them... and ''Cogman please''.		* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them... and ''Cogman please''.
	* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).		* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).
			* Among the Decepticons is a rusted-out VW Microbus, with the "VW" emblem replaced by a Decepticon sigil. I also demand a toy.

	===<u>Wednesday, March 22</u>===		===<u>Wednesday, March 22</u>===

M Sipher: /* SPOILER TIME! */

2017-03-27T00:15:16Z

SPOILER TIME!

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	* The movie opens with a ''brutal'' medieval battle between some hordes (wearing armor that looks suspiciously Decepticonny) and the forces of, yes, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Arthur's forces are in trouble, vastly outnumbered, but Arthur remains confident that Merlin will deliver the weapon they need to see victory...		* The movie opens with a ''brutal'' medieval battle between some hordes (wearing armor that looks suspiciously Decepticonny) and the forces of, yes, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Arthur's forces are in trouble, vastly outnumbered, but Arthur remains confident that Merlin will deliver the weapon they need to see victory...
			**Among the Knights is the rarely-included-in-fiction Sir Morien. Nice.
	* Merlin is... not particularly trusted by the knights. 'Cuz he's... let the record show that the witness made the "drinky drinky" motion. But he ''does'' have access to incredible power in the form of Cybertronians, in particular a massive, three-headed Cybertronian dragon. Yeah, Arthur's forces win with this little bit of help.		* Merlin is... not particularly trusted by the knights. 'Cuz he's... let the record show that the witness made the "drinky drinky" motion. But he ''does'' have access to incredible power in the form of Cybertronians, in particular a massive, three-headed Cybertronian dragon. Yeah, Arthur's forces win with this little bit of help.
	* Following the events of ''Age of Extinction'', '''all''' Cybertronians are ''persona non grata'' on [[Earth]], to the point where humans have developed a new special task force to hunt them down. Which would be easier if more Cybertronians weren't arriving constantly, getting into scraps in major population centers. They're looking for something...		* Following the events of ''Age of Extinction'', '''all''' Cybertronians are ''persona non grata'' on [[Earth]], to the point where humans have developed a new special task force to hunt them down. Which would be easier if more Cybertronians weren't arriving constantly, getting into scraps in major population centers. They're looking for something...
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	* Cade somehow has ended up with a Cybertronian artifact, tied to the Knights of the Round Table (which latches onto him physically. He's kinda stuck with it). This is a key element to the plot, but its significance... well, we've not seen it yet.		* Cade somehow has ended up with a Cybertronian artifact, tied to the Knights of the Round Table (which latches onto him physically. He's kinda stuck with it). This is a key element to the plot, but its significance... well, we've not seen it yet.
	* Cade is "persuaded" to joing Cogman at Burton's castle, which is guarded by a World War I tank... that is also a Cybertronian in disguise. "Poor chap still thinks it's... 1914... no, 1918." The old bot loses his parts when transforming and I demand a toy of him.		* Cade is "persuaded" to joing Cogman at Burton's castle, which is guarded by a World War I tank... that is also a Cybertronian in disguise. "Poor chap still thinks it's... 1914... no, 1918." The old bot loses his parts when transforming and I demand a toy of him.
	* Burton has also brought [[Vivian Wembley]] (Laura Haddock) to his castle, though she was a little ''less'' "convinced", being brought here by [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], who is also working with Burton. She's not real happy with this. Hot Rod, for his part, tries to plead silently with her, and his body language is flourish-y.		* Burton has also brought [[Vivian Wembley]] (Laura Haddock) to his castle, though she was a little ''less'' politely "convinced", being brought here by [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], who is also working with Burton. She's not real happy with this. Hot Rod, for his part, tries to plead silently with her, and his body language is flourish-y.
	* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them...		* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them... and ''Cogman please''.
	* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).		* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).

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	===SPOILER TIME!===		===SPOILER TIME!===
	A few days after we got back and reports started going up, we were given the go-ahead to talk in more detail about what we saw! So let's dig into it, shall we? Bullet-points and spoilers ahead!		A few days after we got back and reports started going up, we were given the go-ahead to talk in more detail about what we saw! So let's dig into it, shall we? Bullet-points and spoilers ahead!

	~~{{spoiler\|Transformers: The Last Knight (film)\|June 23 2017}}~~

	* The movie opens with a ''brutal'' medieval battle between some hordes (wearing armor that looks suspiciously Decepticonny) and the forces of, yes, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Arthur's forces are in trouble, vastly outnumbered, but Arthur remains confident that Merlin will deliver the weapon they need to see victory...		* The movie opens with a ''brutal'' medieval battle between some hordes (wearing armor that looks suspiciously Decepticonny) and the forces of, yes, King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. Arthur's forces are in trouble, vastly outnumbered, but Arthur remains confident that Merlin will deliver the weapon they need to see victory...
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	* Merlin is... not particularly trusted by the knights. 'Cuz he's... let the record show that the witness made the "drinky drinky" motion. But he ''does'' have access to incredible power in the form of Cybertronians, in particular a massive, three-headed Cybertronian dragon. Yeah, Arthur's forces win with this little bit of help.		* Merlin is... not particularly trusted by the knights. 'Cuz he's... let the record show that the witness made the "drinky drinky" motion. But he ''does'' have access to incredible power in the form of Cybertronians, in particular a massive, three-headed Cybertronian dragon. Yeah, Arthur's forces win with this little bit of help.
	* Following the events of ''Age of Extinction'', '''all''' Cybertronians are ''persona non grata'' on [[Earth]], to the point where humans have developed a new special task force to hunt them down. Which would be easier if more Cybertronians weren't arriving constantly, getting into scraps in major population centers. They're looking for something...		* Following the events of ''Age of Extinction'', '''all''' Cybertronians are ''persona non grata'' on [[Earth]], to the point where humans have developed a new special task force to hunt them down. Which would be easier if more Cybertronians weren't arriving constantly, getting into scraps in major population centers. They're looking for something...
	* [[Chicago]] is mainly a giant abandoned robot graveyard, with a few scraggling survivors hiding from mechanized patrol drones. We've seen a goodly chunk of the beginning of this sequence in released footage, with [[Canopy]] being both home and friend to orphan ~~Izabela~~. It doesn't end well for poor Canopy. This is also where Cade and Bumblebee come in, having been alerted to the break-in by a group of troublemaking kids...		* [[Chicago]] is mainly a giant abandoned robot graveyard, with a few scraggling survivors hiding from mechanized patrol drones. We've seen a goodly chunk of the beginning of this sequence in released footage, with [[Canopy]] being both home and friend to orphan Izabella. It doesn't end well for poor Canopy. This is also where Cade and Bumblebee come in, having been alerted to the break-in by a group of troublemaking kids...
	* Cade is working out of the abandoned city, repairing Cybertronians and keeping them hidden... yes, even the Dinobots. [[Grimlock (AOE)\|Grimlock]], [[Slug (AOE)\|Slug]], and "mini-Dinobots" were seen, and it's a safe bet [[Scorn]] will be around given the toy (we didn't see him in the footage). Bee and Crosshairs are still with him, and Crosshairs is still being a bit of a jerk about everything...		* Cade is working out of the abandoned city, repairing Cybertronians and keeping them hidden... yes, even the Dinobots. [[Grimlock (AOE)\|Grimlock]], [[Slug (AOE)\|Slug]], and "mini-Dinobots" were seen, and it's a safe bet [[Scorn]] will be around given the toy (we didn't see him in the footage). Bee and Crosshairs are still with him, and Crosshairs is still being a bit of a jerk about everything...
	* Unfortunately, this latest scrap has brought the military to his doorstep, with [[William Lennox]] leading the team. How has the former [[NEST]] Major and Autobot ally come to this?... Frankly we dunno yet. But Lennox's team will be trailing Cade all movie...		* Unfortunately, this latest scrap has brought the military to his doorstep, with [[William Lennox]] leading the team. How has the former [[NEST]] Major and Autobot ally come to this?... Frankly we dunno yet. But Lennox's team will be trailing Cade all movie...
	* Apparently TRF isn't the only one chasing Cade, as Barricade is also hunting for the humans. If it weren't for a little big interference....		* Apparently TRF isn't the only one chasing Cade, as Barricade is also hunting for the humans. If it weren't for a little big interference....
	* The hovering drones seen in trailers are "[[TRF]]" (Transformer Response Force) machines, and they're after Cade. Cade, Izabela, and Cade's shop assistant (we didn't get his name) are on the run, hiding in (mostly) abandoned buildings to get away... and then they run into Cogman, who has also been sent to retrieve Cade.		* The hovering drones seen in trailers are "[[TRF]]" (Transformer Response Force) machines, and they're after Cade. Cade, Izabela, and Cade's shop assistant (we didn't get his name) are on the run, hiding in (mostly) abandoned buildings to get away... and then they run into Cogman, who has also been sent to retrieve Cade.
	* Cogman is the servant of [[~~Sir Edmound~~ Burton]] (Hopkins), and has been tending to his family for generations. (There's a cute little reference in the explanation scene, but that I won't give away.) He's voiced by (if I remember correctly) Jim Carter, the butler from ''Downton Abbey''. He goes from prim-and-proper to ridiculously violent in an instant, and is fun to watch.		* Cogman is the servant of Sir [[Edmund Burton]] (Hopkins), and has been tending to his family for generations. (There's a cute little reference in the explanation scene, but that I won't give away.) He's voiced by (if I remember correctly) Jim Carter, the butler from ''Downton Abbey''. He goes from prim-and-proper to ridiculously violent in an instant, and is fun to watch.
	**Cogman has long-range communications... in the form of old-style telephone speaking and listening tubes that pop out of his body.		**Cogman has long-range communications... in the form of old-style telephone speaking and listening tubes that pop out of his body.
	* Cade somehow has ended up with a Cybertronian artifact, tied to the Knights of the Round Table (which latches onto him physically. He's kinda stuck with it). This is a key element to the plot, but its significance... well, we've not seen it yet.		* Cade somehow has ended up with a Cybertronian artifact, tied to the Knights of the Round Table (which latches onto him physically. He's kinda stuck with it). This is a key element to the plot, but its significance... well, we've not seen it yet.
	* Cade is "persuaded" to ~~joing~~ Cogman at Burton's castle, which is guarded by a World War I tank... that is also a Cybertronian in disguise. "Poor chap still thinks it's... 1914... no, 1918." The old bot loses his parts when transforming and I demand a toy of him.		* Cade is "persuaded" to joining Cogman at Burton's castle, which is guarded by a World War I tank... that is also a Cybertronian in disguise. "Poor chap still thinks it's... 1914... no, 1918." The old bot loses his parts when transforming and I demand a toy of him.
	* Burton has also brought [[~~Vivian Wembley~~]] (Laura Haddock) to his castle, though she was a little ''less'' politely "convinced", being brought here by [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], who is also working with Burton. She's not real happy with this. Hot Rod, for his part, tries to plead silently with her, and his body language is flourish-y.		* Burton has also brought [[Viviane Wembly]] (Laura Haddock) to his castle, though she was a little ''less'' politely "convinced", being brought here by [[Hot Rod (DOTM)\|Hot Rod]], who is also working with Burton. She's not real happy with this. Hot Rod, for his part, tries to plead silently with her, and his body language is flourish-y.
	* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them... and ''Cogman please''.		* Burton explains that the two are key to uncovering the mystery of why, over the course of human history, the Cybertronians keep coming to Earth. Why is our planet so important to them? We also get a bit more history... humans weren't the only knights at the Round Table. Turns out there were twelve [[Knights of Cybertron\|Cybertronian Knights]] who saw in Arthur and his men the good that humanity could achieve to, and joined them... and ''Cogman please''.
	* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).		* The planet is ''littered'' with ancient Cybertronian starships long-buried. A major sequence involves Burton sending Vivian and Cade to one sunk deep under the ocean (followed by the TRF of course).