![]() ![]() Ironically, this "entire new character" is actually named after one of the Technobots. note Word Of God states that Strafe is an entirely new character, separate from Swoop, because the two-headed design was considered too great a departure from previous Swoop characters. Strafe is generally considered an Expy of Swoop rather than the same character. Slug the Triceratops was originally Slag (although Snarl has also been another name for him). Adaptation Name Change: The Dinobot names have generally had at least one or two changes with every new adaptation.(Some of the names haven't been consistent across the adaptations anyway.) Adapted Out: Some of the traditional Dinobot forms got replaced with different characters as different species or were given much different names.The same Optimus who can fight three top-tier Decepticons at once and come out ahead. Lockdown was never a slouch at combat in either of his previous appearances, but here he's established to be on about the same level of combat as Optimus.Here, it is a massive dragon-like flyer that dwarfs Bumblebee. Swoop/Strafe the Pterosaur of the Dinobots has always been great for reconnaissance but not too powerful on its own.Hound, who's a huge, gun-toting Big Guy this time around when he was a hologram-casting forward scout traditionally.Alphabetical Theme Naming: Just like the original Dinobots, aside from Grimlock, all the known Dinobots so far have names starting with S.All There in the Manual: It's never remarked upon in the movie, but tie-in material establishes that, like his G1 counterpart, Drift is a former Decepticon.Alien Invasion: Lockdown leads one, and whoever he works for wants Optimus back.However, the film does make a point of showing-through the humans' reaction to seeing Optimus transform to various posters in Chicago-that the general public is afraid of the Cybertronians. ![]() The White House and the American public are under the impression that Attinger and his men are hunting Decepticons and that the Autobots have been given sanctuary. ![]() But the actual movie shows that it’s just paramilitary organization Cemetery Wind that’s trying to wipe out the Autobots. Aesop Amnesia: The trailers make it seem like the US government turned on the Autobots after the Battle of Chicago, yet again.The movie has a tie-in game, Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark, which serves as an Intercontinuity Crossover with the War for Cybertron universe.Ĭheck out the Super Bowl spot and the final trailer. At the time of its release, Age of Extinction was the 10th highest grossing film of all time. ![]() Also, John Goodman and Ken Watanabe join the cast as Autobots.ĭespite harsh reviews from critics, the film became the first of 2014 to open at $100 million (although it's been disputed), and the only film in 2014 to gross over $1 billion, significantly due to superb ticket sales in China. Stanley Tucci and Sophia Myles play Joshua Joyce and Darcy Tirrel, scientists who cracked the code to the Cybertronian biology. Kelsey Grammer plays Harold Attinger, the mastermind behind the human strike team. Nicola Peltz plays Cade's daughter Tessa and Jack Reynor plays her boyfriend. With the help of their new human allies, Optimus has to gather the Autobots to save humanity even as they are being hunted on multiple fronts. A new human conspiracy unfolds, and the arrival of a Transformer mercenary named Lockdown indicates something ancient and malevolent is setting its sights on Earth. Mark Wahlberg plays an inventor named Cade Yeager who happens upon an old, dilapidated semi-truck that turns out to be Optimus Prime. Life has, more or less, returned to the way it was before the Cybertronians battled on their planet. The film was intended to be the start of a new trilogy with a new Story Arc to it.įive years after the events of Transformers: Dark of the Moon, most of the Decepticons seem to have left Earth and the Autobots were driven into hiding by anti-Transformer sentiment and unauthorized paramilitary action. The fourth film in the Transformers Film Series, directed by Michael Bay and released on June 27th, 2014. It contains our life essence and memories. Cade: That missile I took out, it nearly hit your power core. ![]()
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