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| Hi, I'm also active as Alienbot on TFW2005. I've written a few fanfics there about [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/285660-movie-spotlight-megatron.html Megatron] [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/289223-movie-spotlight-starscream.html Starscream] and [http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/transformers-fan-fiction/285115-movieverse-spotlight-soundwave.html Soundwave] | | Hi, [https://bsky.app/profile/cctabet.bsky.social my name is Chris], and I wrote several Transformers-related articles during my time at Multiversity Comics. |
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| ==Do want==
| | * [http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/tfs-at-40/ Transformers at 40: What the Robots in Disguise Taught Me About Being Human] - 2024 |
| *'''[[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]]''' | | * [http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/live-action-tf-tv/ Ten Transformers Who Deserve a Live-Action Paramount+ Spin-Off] - 2024 |
| *The following [[Don Figueroa]], [[E. J. Su]], [[Nick Roche]], [[Alex Milne]] and [[Guido Guidi]] designs:
| | * [http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/transformers-beast-wars-1/ ''Transformers: Beast Wars'' #1 review] - 2021 |
| **''[[:Image:DonJoeTFConcepts.jpg|G.I. Joe]]''
| | * [http://www.multiversitycomics.com/reviews/bumblebee/ ''Bumblebee'' movie review] - 2018 |
| **[[:Image:Maximum Dinobots 2a.jpg|Dinobots]]
| | * [http://www.multiversitycomics.com/longform/idw-transformers-ending/ It’s Over, Finished: The End of IDW’s Transformers] - 2018 |
| **[[:Image:Thunderwingidwultramode.jpg|Thunderwing]]
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| **[[:Image:NovaPrime variousmodes.jpg|Nemesis Prime]]
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| **[[:Image:Infiltration 5ria.jpg|Seekers]]
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| **[[:Image:Unused AHM Soundwave.jpg|Soundwave]]
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| **[[:Image:Megatrong1idwpreearth.jpg|Megatron]]
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| **[[:Image:IDW SentPrime Apexarmor.jpg|Sentinel Prime]]
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| **[[:Image:Monstructor-idw1.jpg|Monstructor]]
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| **[[:Image:Bumblebeeidw.jpg|Bumblebee]] | |
| **[[:Image:AHM2Devastator.jpg|Devastator]]
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| *''[[Transformers/G.I. Joe|WW2 toys]]''.
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| *''[[Hearts of Steel]]''.
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| *A ''Transformers'' photo shoot by [[Wikipedia:Annie Leibovitz|Annie Leibovitz]]. | |
| *Screen-accurate [[The Fallen]] and [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] (just scan the ILM models into the mold making machine, I know they do this with CG ''Star Wars'' characters and the characters shouldn't transform anyway).
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| ==Personal canon==
| | I'm still writing about Transformers FWIW: |
| Before time began, there was the [[AllSpark (Movie)|All Spark]] Cube. It created the planet [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]], and life evolved from the [[energon radiation]] that emanated and pooled around the Cube. A powerful [[telekinesis|telekinetic]] race known as the [[Dynasty of Primes|Primes]] led the newly emerged [[Autobot|autonomous robotic organisms]]. They determined similar characteristics in solar energy to energon, and arrived on a planet called [[Earth]] to build a [[solar harvester]] ''to recharge the Cube if its power waned'' {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}} around 17,000 BC. However, [[Dynasty of Primes|six of the Primes]] took pity on the carbon-based lifeforms on the planet, particularly seeing potential for a similar emotional and intellectual range in bipedal primates later known as [[human]]s.
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| One Prime however, [[multiversal singularity|seeming possessed]], did not care and was ready to activate the device: civil war erupted, and the [[Matrix of Leadership]] that was created ''by the Cube'' {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}} to power the harvester was stolen from [[the Fallen]] Prime. The others sacrificed their bodies to form a [[Tomb of the Primes|Tomb]] to hide the Matrix. The Fallen ''returned to Cybertron to slaughter the children of the Primes, save one who was hidden from him''. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}} During the war, The Fallen commissioned the [[Seeker (ROTF)|Seeker]]s to return to Earth to find the Matrix, but futile searching prompted their leader [[Jetfire (ROTF)|Jetfire]] to defect and the Fallen to abandon them. As years passed, and the exhausted Fallen withered on his [[Nemesis (ROTF)|ship]], the Autobots established a powerful, peaceful and just Empire on Cybertron. Knowledge of the Primes was lost since no one recorded this information, relying on the All Spark's memory. ''The hidden Prime [[Optimus Prime (Movie)|Optimus]] grew up believing his brother was Lord [[Megatron (Movie)|Megatron]]. He led the [[Science Division]] while Megatron became commander of the [[Defense Force]].''
| | * [https://ko-fi.com/post/In-Memoriam-The-TRANSFORMERS-ONE-sequel-well-nev-S6S71LHXH2 Just Imagine: The TRANSFORMERS ONE sequel we'll never get] |
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| Megatron discovered the Fallen, who enraptured him with his martial philosophies ''and promised him the powers of a Prime:'' {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}} Megatron became the new leader of the [[Decepticon]]s, and attempted to claim the Cube so he could sustain his army and replenish his master's power. ''Optimus discovered he was a Prime when the [[Cyberglyphics|symbol]] on his head was identified as their family crest, and became the inspiring leader of the Autobots.'' {{storylink|Defiance issue 3}} Cybertron was ruined, ''the adoptive father of Optimus was slaughtered by his own son'', {{storylink|Transformers Autobots/Decepticons|Autobots DS game}} ''Optimus launched the Cube into space for its own good'', {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 1}} and so the war spread across the universe as the Autobots and Decepticons searched every world for it. ''Because it was drawn to the harvester'', {{storylink|Defiance issue 4}} the Cube landed in the Colorado River around 10,000 BC. Megatron realized this and hunted down the Cube by himself, but crashed and froze in the [[Arctic]].
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| [[Archibald Witwicky]] found Megatron in 1897 AD, and in desperation he blasted the coordinates to the Cube's location onto his [[glasses]], resulting in Witwicky going insane and hallucinating Cyberglyphics. The US government investigated his story and found Megatron and the Cube. President Hoover founded [[Sector Seven]], which built the [[Hoover Dam]] to mask the Cube's energy, and conducted energon experiments to give their devices life (though this unnatural life only created [[Allspark Mutation|beasts]] the [[Ratchet (Movie)|Autobots]] had always feared Megatron would create). ''One experiment caused the Three Mile Island accident.'' {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 4}} ''They studied Megatron to build the [[Ghost 1]] in 1969, which alerted the Transformers to Earth. S7 also moved Megatron to the Dam, and he became briefly active''. {{storylink|Ghosts of Yesterday}} They also started planning a [[rail gun]]. {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}} All the while, they ignored evidence of the Seekers dotted around the planet in [[stasis lock]]. ''The Cube's former guardian'' {{storylink|Defiance issue 1}} [[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] was sent to Earth, ''while [[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]]'s unit'' arrived on [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] in 2003, destroying the [[Beagle 2 Rover]]. {{storylink|Movie Prequel issue 3}} | | * [https://offcolour.org/2017/06/29/transformers-at-10/ ‘Transformers’ at 10: Why I stopped caring about a cinematic universe filled with boundless potential, and how I could again] - 2017 |
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| *Events of ''[[Transformers (2007)|Transformers]]'' | | ==Transformers I would like== |
| | *G1 comics Ratchet (complete with realistic ambulance alt mode) |
| | *''Animated'' season four Ironhide, or something like it |
| | *''MTMTE'' Hot Rod |
| | *''MTMTE'' Cyclonus |
| | *Deluxe Rung |
| | *Victorion |
| | *Nautica |
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| The [[United States military]] allied with the Autobots during the attack in [[Mission City]], and they joined with other national miltaries in a group called [[NEST]] to replace S7. It was agreed to continue official government word on the Transformers' existence silent. The Cube was destroyed, and a remaining fragment was kept at [[Diego Garcia]], while a stasis locked Megatron was buried in the [[Laurentian Abyss]]. The Fallen appointed Starscream his steward, and decreed he breed the next generation of Decepticons, who were dying without an energon source. [[Soundwave (ROTF)|Soundwave]] sent more Decepticons to Earth, many of whom were intercepted and killed by NEST, and set a watch on [[Sam Witwicky]]. NEST counteracted six Decepticon incursions alone in the first half of 2009. Optimus began recording their history in a series of messages.
| | ==Surprisingly many thoughts about the Thirteen== |
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| *Events of ''[[Revenge of the Fallen (film)|Revenge of the Fallen]]''
| | I like the Thirteen, who've got me back into collecting the toys, as I'm a big ''Lord of the Rings'' fan; it's nice Transformers effectively has its own take on the Valar, and Megatronus and Solus Prime have huge Sauron/Galadriel energy. (Although I still imagine them being voiced by Virginia Madsen, and the late, great [[Tony Todd]].) |
| With The Fallen dead and the harvester destroyed, ''Optimus Prime recovered the Matrix, the new vessel of the All Spark and kept it on his hip.'' {{storylink|Revenge of the Fallen (novel)}}
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| ==Movieverse classes==
| | I used to think '''Omegatron''' should've have been the name of the Fallen, until I saw ''Transformers One'', and realised it's much easier for a kid to understand how Megatron would be derived from Megatronus. |
| *[[Bumblebee (Movie)|Bumblebee]] / [[Cliffjumper (Movie)|Cliffjumper]]
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| *[[Jazz (Movie)|Jazz]] / [[Smokescreen (Movie)|Smokescreen]] / [[Runamuck (ROTF)|Runamuck]]
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| *[[Arcee (Movie)|Arcee]] / [[Chromia (ROTF)|Chromia]] / [[Elita-1 (ROTF)|Elita-1]]
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| *[[Sideswipe (ROTF)|Sideswipe]] / [[Swerve (Movie)|Swerve]]
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| *[[Starscream (Movie)|Starscream]] / [[Thundercracker (Movie)|Thundercracker]] / [[Ramjet (Movie)|Ramjet]] / [[Skywarp (ROTF)|Skywarp]]
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| *[[Blackout (Movie)|Blackout]] / [[Grindor (ROTF)|Grindor]] / [[Spinister (ROTF)|Spinister]] / [[Evac (Movie)|Evac]] / [[Whirl (ROTF)|Whirl]]
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| *[[Barricade (Movie)|Barricade]] / [[Sideways (ROTF)|Sideways]]
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| *[[Brawl (Movie)|Brawl / Devastator]] / [[Tankor (ROTF)|Tankor]]
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| *[[Bonecrusher (Movie)|Bonecrusher]] / [[Buffalo MPV Decepticon]]
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| *[[Wreckage (Movie)|Wreckage]] / [[Bludgeon (ROTF)|Bludgeon]]
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| *[[Depthcharge]] / [[Sonar (ROTF)|Sonar]]
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| *[[Incinerator (Movie)|Incinerator]] / [[Ruination (ROTF)|Ruination]] / [[Springer (ROTF)|Springer]] / [[Blades (ROTF)|Blades]]
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| *[[Breakaway (ROTF)|Breakaway]] / [[Thrust (ROTF)|Thrust]]
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| *[[Blazemaster]] / Evac
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| *[[Brawn (ROTF)|Brawn]] / [[Rollbar (RPM)|Rollbar]]
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| *[[Stockade (Movie)|Stockade]] / [[Gears (ROTF)|Gears]]
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| *[[Dead End (ROTF)|Dead End]] / [[Nightbeat (ROTF)|Nightbeat]]
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| *[[Rollbar (ROTF)|Rollbar]] / [[Wideload (ROTF)|Wideload]]
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| *[[Knock Out (ROTF)|Knock Out]] / [[Reverb (ROTF)|Reverb]]
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| ;[[Constructicon (ROTF)|Constructicon]]s
| | Like many, I'm not a fan of the idea of Optimus being the [[Thirteenth Prime]]. I think IDW '05 did well with the concept, but given how different their cosmology was, it really was an exception that proves the rule. (While on the subject: I think it would've absolutely made sense for the Quintessons to be the Transformers' creators in that continuity, especially with how it skewed older.) If I were overseeing my own Transformers series, I'd pick between the following instead: |
| *'''[[Constructicon Warrior]]s''': [[Long Haul (ROTF)|Long Haul]]
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| *'''[[Constructicon Scout|Scout]]s''': [[Scrapper (ROTF)|Scrapper]] / [[Scrapmetal (ROTF)|Scrapmetal]]
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| *[[Demolishor (ROTF)|Demolishor]] / [[Scavenger (ROTF)|Scavenger]]
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| *[[Scrapper (Movie)|Scrapper]] / [[Dirt Boss (ROTF)|Dirt Boss]] / [[Deadlift]]
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| *[[Mixmaster (Movie)|Mixmaster 1]]
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| *[[Mixmaster (ROTF)|Mixmaster 2]]
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| *[[Rampage (ROTF)|Rampage]]s
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| *[[Hightower (ROTF)|Hightower]]s
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| *[[Overload (ROTF)|Overload]]s
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| *[[Trample]] and [[Tread]]
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| ;[[Protectobot (ROTF)|Protectobot]]s
| | * [[Rung (G1)|Rung]], bringing them full circle |
| *[[Protectobot Scout|Scout]]s
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| *[[Protectobot Sniper|Sniper]]s
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| *[[Protectobot Warrior|Warrior]]s
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| ;[[Aerialbot (ROTF)|Aerialbot]]s
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| *[[Aerialbot Scout 1|Scout 1]]
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| *[[Aerialbot Scout 2|Scout 2]]
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| ;[[Combaticon (ROTF)|Combaticon]]s
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| *[[Combaticon Sniper|Sniper]]
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| *[[Combaticon Warrior|Warrior]]
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| ;[[Stunticon (ROTF)|Stunticon]]s
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| *[[Stunticon Scout 1|Scout 1]]
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| *[[Stunticon Scout 2|Scout 2]]
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| *[[Gold Stunticon Scout 2]]
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| *[[Stunticon Sniper|Sniper]]
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| ;[[Omnibot (ROTF)|Omnibot]]s
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| ;[[Drone]]s
| | * Rodimus Prime, further preventing the implication a Prime is simply the best because he's a reincarnation |
| *'''[[Class Alpha drone unit]]s''': [[Dreadwing (Movie)|Dreadwing]] / [[Overcast (Movie)|Overcast]] / [[Fearswoop (ROTF)|Fearswoop]] | | |
| *'''[[Class Beta drone unit]]s''': [[Payload (Movie)|Payload]] | | * [[Nova Prime]], although like Zeta and Sentinel, I still see him as an interim Prime (also Nova would lie about being the Thirteenth) |
| *[[Landmine (Movie)|Landmine]] / [[Armorhide (Movie)|Armorhide]] / [[Dune Runner (ROTF)|Dune Runner]] / [[Beachcomber (ROTF)|Beachcomber]] | | |
| *[[Longarm (Movie)|Longarm]] / [[Hoist (Movie)|Hoist]] | | * [[Solomus|Solomus/Tyrest]], who is a member of the Thirteen in the pre-Aligned continuities now. However, I think it'd be more interesting to treat the [[Guiding Hand]] as Primus's fellow [[Light God]]s. |
| *[[Dropkick]] / [[Salvage (Movie)|Salvage]] / [[Blowpipe (ROTF)|Blowpipe]] | | |
| *[[Swindle (Movie)|Swindle]] / [[Camshaft (Movie)|Camshaft]] | | * Omega Supreme, who's certainly old enough, though like Optimus, the character deserves better than the baggage of being an original Prime. |
| *[[Seeker Sniper]] | | |
| | * [[Last Autobot]], another official member of the pre-Aligned Thirteen, who's basically what Omega should've been. I think it would make a lot of sense, if only because it would completely explain his absence. |
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| | I wrote this before I read the notes on the Thirteenth's page, where it becomes apparent Hasbro simply forgot about or weren't aware of the Last Autobot when creating the group, so he may've been them if they had been. |
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| | In any case, it would be nice if AOTP (or the next toy line) included alternate Primes, including a rerelease of the transforming ''Ark'' as the Last Autobot, as well as the ''Legacy'' version of Alpha Trion. |
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| | ==Some corporate crossovers== |
| | [[:Category:External properties]] |
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| | *''[[Animorphs]]'' - [[Scholastic]] |
| | *''[[Catching Fire'' - " |
| | *''[[Snoopy]]'' - 39% owned by [[Sony]] Music Entertainment, licensed to Apple, and... holy cow, ''The Peanuts Movie'' is owned by Disney! |
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| | ;Disney |
| | *''[[Old Soldier|Gargoyles]]'' |
| | *''[[Princess Merida|Brave]]'' |
| | *''[[Buzz Lightyear|Toy Story]]'' |
| | *''[[Herbie]]''/''[[The Love Bug]]'' |
| | *''[[The X-Files: Conspiracy: The Transformers|The X-Files]]''* |
| | *''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' |
| | *''The [[Fly]]''* |
| | *''[[Armageddon (film)|Armageddon]]'' |
| | *''[[Fight Club]]''* |
| | *''[[Titanic]]''* (Par co-production) |
| | *''[[Omacronian|Futurama]]''* |
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| | <nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a property acquired from Fox |
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| | ;Par |
| | *''[[Kenny McCormick|South Park]]'' |
| | *''[[Gunfight at the O.K. Corral]]'' |
| | *''[[The War of the Worlds]]'' (1953 and 2005) |
| | *''[[Zulu]]'' |
| | *''[[The Honeymooners]]'' ([[CBS]]) |
| | *''The [[Twilight Zone]]'' |
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| | ;Universal |
| | *''The [[40-Year Old Virgin]]'' |
| | *''[[Cats]]'' |
| | *''[[Cheers]]'' |
| | *''[[Community]]'' |
| | *''[[Quantum Leap]]'' |
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| | ;Warner Bros. |
| | *''[[Babylon 5]]'' |
| | *''[[C-beams|Blade Runner]]'' |
| | *''[[Sherlock Holmes]]'' |
| | *''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]'' (pre-2009) |
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| | ;MGM |
| | *''[[High Noon (film)|High Noon]]'' |
| | *''[[Spaceballs]]'' |
| | *''[[Mattel|Masters of the Universe]]'' (1987 and 2026) |
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| | *''[[Transformers vs. The Terminator|Terminator]]'' - MGM (via Orion), Sony, WB, Par, Fox |
| | *''[[ALF]]'' - co-produced by WB, broadcast by NBC |
| | *''[[Pikachu Car|Pokémon]]'' co-owned by [[Nintendo]], several movies distributed by WB |
Hi, my name is Chris, and I wrote several Transformers-related articles during my time at Multiversity Comics.
I'm still writing about Transformers FWIW:
And I had work published about Transformers before that:
- G1 comics Ratchet (complete with realistic ambulance alt mode)
- Animated season four Ironhide, or something like it
- MTMTE Hot Rod
- MTMTE Cyclonus
- Deluxe Rung
- Victorion
- Nautica
- Aileron
Surprisingly many thoughts about the Thirteen
[edit]I like the Thirteen, who've got me back into collecting the toys, as I'm a big Lord of the Rings fan; it's nice Transformers effectively has its own take on the Valar, and Megatronus and Solus Prime have huge Sauron/Galadriel energy. (Although I still imagine them being voiced by Virginia Madsen, and the late, great Tony Todd.)
I used to think Omegatron should've have been the name of the Fallen, until I saw Transformers One, and realised it's much easier for a kid to understand how Megatron would be derived from Megatronus.
Like many, I'm not a fan of the idea of Optimus being the Thirteenth Prime. I think IDW '05 did well with the concept, but given how different their cosmology was, it really was an exception that proves the rule. (While on the subject: I think it would've absolutely made sense for the Quintessons to be the Transformers' creators in that continuity, especially with how it skewed older.) If I were overseeing my own Transformers series, I'd pick between the following instead:
- Rung, bringing them full circle
- Rodimus Prime, further preventing the implication a Prime is simply the best because he's a reincarnation
- Nova Prime, although like Zeta and Sentinel, I still see him as an interim Prime (also Nova would lie about being the Thirteenth)
- Solomus/Tyrest, who is a member of the Thirteen in the pre-Aligned continuities now. However, I think it'd be more interesting to treat the Guiding Hand as Primus's fellow Light Gods.
- Omega Supreme, who's certainly old enough, though like Optimus, the character deserves better than the baggage of being an original Prime.
- Last Autobot, another official member of the pre-Aligned Thirteen, who's basically what Omega should've been. I think it would make a lot of sense, if only because it would completely explain his absence.
I wrote this before I read the notes on the Thirteenth's page, where it becomes apparent Hasbro simply forgot about or weren't aware of the Last Autobot when creating the group, so he may've been them if they had been.
In any case, it would be nice if AOTP (or the next toy line) included alternate Primes, including a rerelease of the transforming Ark as the Last Autobot, as well as the Legacy version of Alpha Trion.
Some corporate crossovers
[edit]Category:External properties
- Animorphs - Scholastic
- [[Catching Fire - "
- Snoopy - 39% owned by Sony Music Entertainment, licensed to Apple, and... holy cow, The Peanuts Movie is owned by Disney!
- Disney
* denotes a property acquired from Fox
- Par
- Universal
- Warner Bros.
- MGM
- Terminator - MGM (via Orion), Sony, WB, Par, Fox
- ALF - co-produced by WB, broadcast by NBC
- Pokémon co-owned by Nintendo, several movies distributed by WB
