Transformers: Movie Adaptation
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Transformers: Movie Adaptationis the title ofIDW Publishing's four-issue comic book adaptation of the2007Transformerslive-action movie.It was published weekly during the month of June, 2007.
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Overview
The comic adaptation tells the same general story as theMovie:
- TheAutobotsandDecepticonshave been fighting a war onCybertronfor over a million years.
- TheAllSparkcube ended up onEarth.
- CaptainArchibald WitwickyfoundMegatronin 1897.
- Blackoutattacks abasein Qatar. CaptainWilliam Lennoxand Technical SergeantRobert Eppssurvive and are tracked down byScorponok,who is then defeated in an airstrike.
- Sam Witwickygets a car as a present from hisdad,which later turns out to be the AutobotBumblebee.
- FrenzyinfiltratesAir Force One,finds information on Captain Witwicky and plants a virus.
- Barricadeassaults Sam. Bumblebee arrives just in time to save him andMikaela.After a fight with Barricade and Frenzy, he upgrades from a 1977 Camaro to the 2009 model.
- Optimus Prime,Jazz,IronhideandRatchetarrive on Earth, scan newalternate modesand tell Sam and Mikaela their story.
- Sam and Mikaela are searching for Archibald Witwicky's glasses whenAgent Simmonsand hisSector Sevencolleagues arrive and arrest everyone. The Autobots free Sam and Mikaela, but Bumblebee is eventually captured by Sector Seven, as are Sam and Mikaela.
- Tom Banachekinforms United States Secretary of DefenseJohn Kellerabout the true extent of the threat.
- Everyone gets brought to Sector Seven's headquarters insideHoover Dam,where they are given a grand tour. Megatron is kept there in cryo-stasis, and the AllSpark is also stored nearby. Simmons gives a demonstration of the AllSpark's capabilities.
- Frenzy infiltrates Sector Seven's headquarters and calls the other Decepticons. Megatron is freed.
- Sam, with Captain Lennox's help, is able to negotiate Bumblebee's release. Bumblebee shrinks the AllSpark and speeds off toMission City.
- En route, they're intercepted by the Decepticons. Optimus Prime takes outBonecrusherand Barricade.
- The battle in Mission City starts withStarscreamblowing off Bumblebee's legs, while Jazz is killed by Megatron.
- Mikaela straps Bumblebee to atow truck,thus giving him maneuverability in battle. Subsequently, Bumblebee destroysBrawl.
- Lennox starts an attack onBlackoutusing a motorcycle, destroying him.
- Sam, with the AllSpark, flees to a rooftop, but Megatron follows him. When Megatron causes Sam to fall, he's saved by Optimus Prime.
- Sam puts the AllSpark cube into Megatron's chest, seemingly killing Megatron, and destroying the cube with him.
- The Autobots briefly mourn their fallen comrade Jazz.
- The story ends with Secretary Keller ordering Sector Seven to be disbanded and the Decepticons' remains to be dropped into the ocean, Ironhide ending up with Lennox, Sam ending up with Mikaela as his girlfriend (and Bumblebee as his car), and Optimus Prime sending out a message to any remaining Autobots hiding in space.
Differences with movie
Since the comic adaptation is based on an earlier version of the script, it differs from the finalmoviein many details. Other differences may have resulted from certain points in the script being left vague on the details, thus leaving it toKris OpriskoandAlex Milneto fill in the gaps with their own imagination. Furthermore, lots of scenes and details from the movie are also dropped simply forspacereasons (the movie has more than two hours to tell its story, whereas the comic adaptation only has 88 pages in total). While the specific differences are discussed in detail on the pages for the individual issues, a few general observations deserve mention here:
- Glenisentirelyabsent from the comic adaptation. Furthermore,Maggiealso only ever appears intwoscenes (in issues 3 and 4). This causes a weird discrepancy between issues 1 and 3—in issue 1, operators on board ofAir Force OnedetectFrenzy'sintrusion into their network on their own; yet in issue 3, Maggie tellsSamthatshe"caught an alien hacking into Air Force One" (like she did in the movie).
- In the comic version,Simmonsis portrayed alotmore rude (and less comedic) than in the movie.
- In general, nearlyallof the more humorous elements of the movie are missing from the comic adaptation, which presents itself as straightforward Serious Business all the way. That means no Indian phone operator, noMojo(except for one very brief scene), no instances of Sam making a fool out of himself, and no "Sam's Happy Time".
- Several times, scenes and lines are attributed to different characters as opposed to the movie, particularly in issue 3.
- Barricade'sfate (which is left open in the movie itself) is explicitly addressed in issue 4 of the comic adaptation (althoughThe Reign of Starscreamlater negates it).
- For some reason, Ironhide never speaks.
Creative team
The adaptation was penned by Transformers newcomerKris Opriskoand drawn byAlex Milne,penciler of many Transformers projects for IDW and former license-holder,Dreamwave Productions.
Collections
- Transformers: Movie AdaptationTPB(June 5?,2007)ISBN 978-1600100673
- Includes a photo gallery "and much more"
- Transformers: Movie AdaptationTPB (Hardcover)(January 2008)ISBN 978-1599614847
- Transformers Movie Collection Volume 1HC(March 17,2010)ISBN 1600106439
International Printings
Spain
Transformers: The Official Movie Adaptation was translated and released in Spain byNORMA Editorial.
- ISBN 978-84-9847-205
