Transformers comic book writer extraordinare Simon Furman might have accidently let a cat out of the bag in an interview with Comicbook Resources on Friday when discussing upcoming comic plans including "The 13" which will finally reveal the complete origins of the Transformer race."It's interesting that the second movie is using this character called the Fallen, which is a character that we created back in the Dreamwave days for this big series called 'The Dark Ages' which tapped into what had gone before. So these names and institutions like The 13 are rolling on into different incarnations."
Now before you ask "How does he know?", it turns out apparently IDW was given the Transformers 2 screenplay for their movie related plans. "The cool thing about having the screenplay and being able to work farther out this time than we could last time is that we can take what's happening in movie two and not only tie it to the first movie, but also with the 'Reign of Starscream' prequel and the next prequel and really make it into one huge storyline. We could pick up on plot points from 'Reign of Starscream' and hints of what's happening in movie two and really tie it all together. Second movies are always nicer because everybody relaxes a bit on how far out they'll let you see things," IDW Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Chris Ryall said.
Can this be taken as confirmation of a major plot point? I don't know really. Furman has been in the comic industry for decades and the man knows how to keep secrets when needed and how to tease the audience to want more. Its hard to say one way or the other but for now I am leaning in the direction that The Fallen of the title is a new character and not Megatron.
Thanks to CTSABRESFAN88 for the link.
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ReplyDeleteThis should be real interesting. Unfortunately, the more casual fans (not the hardcore fans who read the comic books) probably won't be familiar with this character because he hasn't made an appearance in any of the cartoons to my knowledge. (I could be wrong here, though). Could this possibly hurt the movie? I think normally, it could, but Transformers is kind of different because of the fact that there are so many characters in the first place. So, it's hard to say.
ReplyDeleteI still hope Megatron is brought back to life, somehow.
I hope this is the disinformation Bay was talking about. The Fallen wasnt a good character and it wasnt a great storyline.
ReplyDeleteActually the fallen might work for people who arent fans of TF. THis will give them a nice backstory
ReplyDeleteI'm still sticking with my theory that the Fallen is Jetfire (SR-71 Blackbird). Kind of a merge between Jetfire's original story and the story of the Fallen. I'll beleive that til something tells me differently. Although I apparently seem to be the only person to have this theory.
ReplyDeleteive been a lifelong transfan and i never heard of the fallen till they revealed the title....its an obscure character that has no place in a sequel to last years movie....im still going with hasbros summary of the movie.....about a character from the first movie returning and looking for revenge.... and who cares about simon furman... even ORCI has said that the comics that cover the before and inbetween of even the first movie is not canon
ReplyDeleteIt could refer to The Fallen AND Megatron.
ReplyDeleteDouble trouble for the Autobots in TF2 :)
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ReplyDeleteThe Fallen is not Jetfire. I was told by a friend of mine who is extremely knowledgeable about Transformers canon that he was in one cartoon episode and Primus (Cybertron's alternate form) killed him quickly. What he looks like in the movie compared to the comic book is lame.
ReplyDeleteI think they should have just made a CGI Transformers movie and sequel. This way they wouldn't feel the need to change who the robots are, what they are, their personalities, etc. If you look at other comic book movies, they kept the basic concepts of the plot the same. There was no reason to do otherwise for this franchise but, as always, Hollywood wants to fix what isn't broken to begin with.