Close the blinds and dim the lights,
because we have a super secret leak on our hands! Thanks to one of our
sources in the field, we’ve nabbed the latest copy of Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS 4
script (a hefty, robot filled 120 pages of explosions and awesomeness).
I can’t give you any specifics about our source, fearing that he may
lose his job, but he works in a “secure document disposal” firm, and it
just so happened that a copy of the latest Bayformers script (revised on
11/30/2012) came across his path. After some hours of research, we
think this is a legitimate copy (thought we can’t be certain), so we’re
really stoked to share it with you… but don’t kill us if we’re wrong.
Before you read any further, I should warn you… the following is pretty spoiler – tastic, so proceed with caution.
Now that the obligatory caveat is out of the way, let’s dive into the
meat and potatoes. As the titles of the article so carelessly states,
Unicron is the new threat, along with his flunkies.
He’s like Galactus, but with metal wings
The script begins 4 years after
DARK OF THE MOON, in the
midst of yet another destructive meteor storm. The opening is very much
like the other films, with a generic “crisis montage”. All the major
news networks are scrambling to cover the event, fearing that another
alien attack is on its way.
Cut to a giant metal space ball, hurtling through the atmosphere,
landing right beside Stonehenge. It creates a cylindrical portal and
launches an unseen entity into another dimension. As you can imagine,
this agitates pretty much everyone, and the Autobots assemble to figure
out what the hell is going on.
This is Primus… Unicron killer and all around good guy
Eventually we discover that this giant ball is actually a space ship,
designed by an ancient Autobot known as Vector Prime. He’s the guardian
of Primus, the one being in the universe that can defeat the planet
eating Transformer, and main villain, Unicron. So, Optimus and a handful
of Autobots have a grand ol’ time hanging out with Vector Prime, trying
to locate Primus.
Meanwhile, Unicron’s flunkies, led by Galvatron, attack a super
secret government base in Colorado. This place is important for two
reasons
1) It houses Decepticon Corpses (including Megatron)
2) It’s the home of a brand new array of Cybertronian-Earth weapons and armor suits. Imagine Iron Man, but sexier and crazier.
Anyway, Galvatron destroys the installation, plugs into the
Decepticon bodies in order to download their memories, and in the
process he becomes possessed by Megatron. Yeah… that guy’s back in
action.
Oh… and when the base is completely destroyed, one human character
(Josie/Circuit Breaker) crawls to safety, but in order to survive, she
initiates some weird robotic surgery, and transforms herself into a
kickass cyborg.
As you’d expect, there are a handful of other human characters tossed
into the mix. There’s a Special Ops Sergeant (Beller) who seems
perfectly crafted for Mark Wahlberg, a few reckless kids (Beller’s
teenage daughter and her race car driving boyfriend) in the style of
Shia Labouf and Megan Fox, but sadly no John Turturro cameo.
I don’t want to bore you with the nitty bitty parts of the script,
even though there are a fair share of interesting points before it
concludes. Here are the bullet points:
- Optimus, Vector Prime, and a handful of Autobouts travel to Mount
St. Hellen on the day of its eruption in order to retrieve Primus from
Space & Time… or at least I think that’s what they’ve done.
Galvatron/Megatron attacks them, revealing himself to Optimus, and
craziness unfolds
- They return to the present in order to defend the portal at
Stonehenge against Megatron and his Unicron flunkies, in an attempt to
survive long enough to ensure Primus’s return
- Josie/Circuit Breaker goes on a wild binge of Transformer murders,
unable to distinguish between Autobots and Decepticons because she’s so
damn pissed off, having almost been killed.
- Eventually Josie joins forces with the Autobots.
- As the climatic battle unfolds, with Unicron drawing closer to
Earth, a group of Dinobots jump through the portal to assist Optimus.
Yeah, I said it… DINOBOTS!
- Unicron arrives, transforming the planet into a mechanical sphere reminscent of Cybertron, but he never gets a chance to finish.
- Primus finally makes his debut. He defeats Unicron, kicks that
baddie’s soul out of his gigantic metal body, and creates a new planet
out of the corpse, perfectly fit for the Autobots.
- In the midst of Unicron’s defeat, Optimus kills Megatron/Galvatron,
and all ends well. Kinda. The closing shot reveals Galvatron’s secluded
ship, hovering in space, with two bright red eyes shining from within.
DUN DUN DUN!
Overall, the film seems like another Michael Bay affair. Nothing
spectacular, but nothing terrible, either. Expect to see robots smashing
each others faces into bolts and gaskets, a few doses of annoying
teenage drama, and some small bits of wit.
What do you guys think? Is this absolutely terrible? Or somewhat better than the last offering?
Manson is no stranger to to television having landed roles on such shows as Torchwood, and Being Human. To clarify she has not got the role yet, however it looks as if she is one of the leading candidates for the job. Just recently CW president Mark Pedowitz talked about the networks desire to get the series going. He even hinted at a possible Amazon Arrow cross over. With the script still in development, its hard to say when exactly we will get an official casting. Make sure you check back here at CBM for the latest on all thing Wonder Woman.
