Talk:The Transformers: The Movie

Hmm, that's odd. The version of the DVD I have has the scrolling text, the "Optimus Prime will return" voiceover, AND the part where Spike lets an "oh shit" slip.

Shockwave
Did he die or what? I remember hearing that the original script EXPLICITLY says that he died when Unicron crushed the building he was in, but the actual finished movie is considerably more vague about this... -hx 13:53, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
 * According to the TFTM script:

ANGLE ON CYBERTRON

Unicron enters shot and grasps at Cybertron with a hideous claw...

ANGLE ON A TOWER ON CYBERTRON

Shockwave talks into a communications device, as alarms sound and troopers run everywhere.

SHOCKWAVE: Decepticons...we're under attack...Scramble -

Then his voice is cut off as...

SHOCKWAVE'S POV - OUT HIS WINDOW

Unicron's hand reaches towards the window, squeezes, and the walls crash in.

SPACE - UNICRON AND CYBERTRON

Unicron tears off the tower and crushes it as...

A FLEET OF DECEPTICON SHIPS

streak out of Cybertron and begin firing on the enormous planet.

Here, we see the true scale of Unicron. The fighters are the size of bees as they attack.

-- While Shockwave's character model sometimes appeared in the third season (once in grey, once in Constructicon Green), I'm not sure that a properly-colored Shockwave ever showed up post-movie - not that that would necessarily mean anything in light of Evil Zombie Brawn And Huffer from Carnage In C Minor. --Monzo 18:47, 16 March 2006 (UTC)


 * That's pretty much what I figured. Shockwave kindasorta dies, and doesn't show up properly ever again, so you could argue that he's dead.  -hx 19:43, 16 March 2006 (UTC)

He doesn't even kindasorta die in the final cut of the movie. He just has that one shot then we never see him again. No tower-crushy, no nothing. So it can really be argued either way. M "I'd Hesitate To Make A Call Either WAy" Sipher

Could those season 3 episodes Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3 and Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4 animation errors be his clones?.

German Dub
Does anyone know who spoke all the roles in the german dubbing? i can't find that info anywhere on the net, and neither on the german dvd :(

The?
Shouldn't this article be called "The Transformers: The Movie"? That is the film's full title, isn't it? --KilMichaelMcC 06:39, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

Here's a question.
Do we really need the (1986) at the end of this? It's not like "Transformers: The Movie" redirects to a disambiguation page with this and the '07 movie, or that the '07 movie is titled something different. It just seems...redundant, don't you think? There's only 'one' TFTM, and this is it. That, and I highly doubt there's gonna be another "Transformers: The Movie" within the next five or even ten years--when this Wiki would, realistically, still be operating. So yeah. Shouldn't we can that?
 * Transformers: The Movie (comic) exists. As will The Transformers: The Animated Movie (comic) for the current adaptation when someone gets around to it.  We do need to have a disambiguation system for them though.  --ItsWalky 02:37, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with the above, but am inclined to say this article still doesn't need a paranthetical in its title, it being far more prominant than the other Transformers: The Movies. Of course, the last time I moved an article that has disambiguation to the non-parenthetical location I got a bunch of people saying "WTF?" even though that's what Help:Disambiguation has said to do since I wrote it back at the dawn of time.  (See Talk:Constructicon.) --Steve-o 06:28, 28 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Walky's point: Then I don't really see the relevance of the year. On top of that, all of those have different titles; there's no real conflict. It's kinda the same principle as Kremzeek and Kremzeek!. Just note that the reader may be looking for whatever at the top. Interrobang 09:46, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Worth Noting...somewhere
I found my old VHS version of the movie, and it refers to the Decepticons reformatted by Unicron as the "Unicrons." Just wanted to point that out. -- Hunter-113 18:00, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Though officially publishedd, the Aaustralian character bios are generally ignored because-- Bwuh?
 * Hasbro/Dreamworks recently put out some bios of the movie characters-- describing half the cast in terms of their cartoon versions, including events that did not occur in the movie. At some point you have to say "no, there's no point in trying to integrate that."
 * I think poorly-conceived DVD extras (or VHS extras as the case may be) since they really don't stand on their own but only reflect the producer's (often limited) understanding of the source material are one of those ignored-unless-useful things. (It's also why we don't cover the Dinobots seldom-seen combiner mode.  *shudder*) -Derik 19:24, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * The Dinobots'... what? -Rotty 20:07, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I've heard of that combiner, my friend said it had no head. Anyways, I got that info off the synopsis from the back of the VHS Case. -- Hunter-113 20:52, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * Yeah, this has nothing to do with "Australian character bios" Deirk. The "Unicrons" thing comes from the back of the Rhino VHS case. --KilMichaelMcC 21:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I believe it was an Australian video release which tried to use its weight to assert that yes, Skywarp is definitely Cyclonus. Or maybe Bombshell.  I don't remember which.  But whichever way, it was totally inappropriate.  --Steve-o 02:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)


 * No, seriously... Dinobots'... what?--MCRG 03:11, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * I don't recall which country, or whether it was TF:TM or the cartoon, but some non-US DVD release included a comic book in which the Dinobots combined. --KilMichaelMcC 03:35, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Metrodome's Season 3 DVD's, wasn't it? -Derik 05:02, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * You got to be kidding. That's certainly worth a mention, er, somewhere.  On the Dinobots page.  Trivia tab.  With a scan.--MCRG 06:32, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * But ti was the most vapid, stupidest, mis-concieved-idea-of-cool addition to the canon ever! -Derik 10:03, 19 June 2007 (UTC)
 * Ugh, seriously. Kindly note that for all I did with Metrodome, I had nothing to do with that!! - Chris McFeely 10:06, 19 June 2007 (UTC)