Transformers, What Could Be Next?

Maximize or Terrorize

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            Transformers have been around since 1984 and along the way have seen many toys, cartoons, games, and more recently movies. Michael Bay created an interesting story with the history of transformers which has intrigued me and I’m sure having captured the imagination of many. Having watched the recent 4th movie last summer I am left to wonder what is next in this series. So this article is a few thoughts on what I would like to see in the next outing.

            In the most recent movie Transformers: Age of Extinction  towards the end you see that Optimus must team up with the Legendary Knights Grimlock, Strafe, Slug, and Scorn to defeat Galvatron and his army. As you noticed these legendary knights were dinosaur transformers known as dinobots.  Grimlock a Tyrannosaurus Rex, led the group and is a very rough and tough individual with a fight now worry about consequences later attitude.  He expected a high fighting standard amongst his warriors. Strafe is a two-headed Pteranodon is a fierce merciless combatant in the field but off the field he is both approachable and friendly of the four. Slug is a Triceratops and is very technically minded. He, however, has a raging temper that makes him stubborn and reckless of others. He has a deep respect for Grimlock and will follow his lead in any mission. Lastly Scorn, going by the nickname spike, is a spinosaurus. He is a demolition specialist and is practically impossible to take down because of his massive size. These four make up the Knights in which we see in the film. These characters, though they had minor cameos, give me hope for what could be next and with a new director for the 5^th film, could go in a completely different direction then any of us could have foreseen. This brings me to what I would like to see for this next movie.

            In 1996 there aired a cartoon that I absolutely loved and I also owned almost every toy that came out for it. I also owned the pc game which was one of the slowest games to run on my parents’ computer. This show is a relative of the Dinobots introduced in 1984 and would go on for 3 seasons. This television show was Beast Wars Transformers.

Link to Beast Wars Introduction - http://youtu.be/1FKpU0pnne8

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            Beast Wars harnessed the forms of animals after landing on a planet that later is thought to be Earth. They take on animal and fossil forms of life to protect their bodies from a material called energon.  The two factions are known as maximals and predacons, essentially autobots and decepticons. Watching this show more recently on DVD, I have come to appreciate the story and characters more than I did when I was a kid. Which got me thinking, why not make a Beast Wars movie, either somehow lead up to it or do a spinoff of the current movies? They already used the legendary Knights as well as a character that was in the second movie, Scorponok. Scorponok was second in command next to Megatron in Beast Wars and was very loyal to him. This brings me to the cast of characters from the television show that could be utilized as cast members.

            This is the list of all the characters they could potentially use or reuse if they were to make a movie based off of the animated show. 

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Maximals

Optimus Primal – Silver Back Gorilla – Leader of Maximals

Rhinox – Rhinoceros – Second in command

Rattrap – Rat – Stealth and demolitions expert

Cheetor – Cheetah – Missions specialist

Predacons

Megatron – Tyrannosaurus Rex – Leader of Predacons

Scorponok – Scorpion - Second in command

Tarantulas – Tarantula – Technology expert

Terrorsaur – Red Pteranodon – Aerial Combat Expert

Waspinator – Wasp – Informant/Messanger

Transformers who switched teams

Dinobot – Velociraptor – Warrior with strict code of honor. Was Predacon turned Maximal

Blackarachnia – Black Widow Spider – Fighting & venom expert. Predacon turned Maximal

Silverbolt – Fuzor- part Gray Wolf, part Golden Eagle – Noble warrior – Predacon turned Maximal – Also came later in the series       

Transformers who came later

Maximals:

Tigatron – White Tiger – Peaceful & wise scout

Airazor – Peregrine Falcon – Air Scout

Tigerhawk –White Tiger & Peregrine Falcon – Were created from Tigatron & Airazor

Depth Charge – Manta Ray – Rouge Warrior after Rampage –

Predacons:

Inferno – Fire Ant – Defender of the colony

Quickstrike – Fuzor – part Scorpion, part Cobra – Paralysis and venom expert

Rampage – Crab – Tank weapons expert fleeing Depth Charge

Dinobot II – Velociraptor – Clone of Dinobot and loyal to Megatron

As you can see there is quite a cast and this is only the Beast wars animated series. There was also a second animated series called Beast Machines that aired after Beast Wars that had some new and old members. Both of these series had interesting plot lines that I would love to see on the big screen.

This could also possibly be a prequel to the series because in Beast Wars animated series the Maximals come across two, what are called Protohumans, named Chak and Una. The Maximals rescue them from the Predacons who start fire to there surroundings. The leader Neanderthal recognizes and trusts the Maximals since Dinobot saved his life. This episode shows us the first contact, transformers had with post-humans. This leaves for a potential movie or movies that could lead up to the modern day of meeting Sam Witwicky.

Weather the new movie follows the vehicles and modern tech transformers or utilizes a different realm of robots in disguise I hope that it holds true to the transformers universe. As Maximals would say before they transform, “Maximize!” let’s think what would best maximize our imaginations and push this series forward.

I leave with this quote: “Until that day…till all are one,” A dying Optimus from Transformers: The Movie (1986).  We look forward until the day that next movie will bring us together.

As always #keepitnerdy

Written by Shane Kelley Follow me (@stillsaneshane)