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[Sabrblade]

And now, Wiki pages are being written up for these.

 

https://tfwiki.net/w...egatron,_Part_1

https://tfwiki.net/w...egatron,_Part_2

https://tfwiki.net/w...egatron,_Part_3

 

Though, since both "Transform and Roll Out" and "TransWarped" are given singular pages despite their each being three-parter episodes, shouldn't the same be applied to "The Trial of Megatron"? After all, even though it never aired, it was still presented at TFNation as one feature.

 

Consistency is I'm suggesting.

[Chris McFeely]

In point of fact, the reading was actively split up into three "episodes" at the convention, with "commercial breaks" in between for people to get drinks, etc.

Edited by Chris McFeely, 02 September 2019 - 10:53 AM.

[Jim S]

It would also be overly-long if all 3 parts were presented in one article.

[NotVeryKnightly]

The page for Transform and Roll Out is way huge from having all three parts together, though. It's like three times as long as Trial Part 1's page.

Edited by NotVeryKnightly, 02 September 2019 - 01:04 PM.

[Locoman]

Why is that, anyway? Isn't wiki convention supposed to split them out by episodes?

[Jenny]

No, they were aired as one singular thing and that'd be dumb.

[NotVeryKnightly]

Doesn't the same apply to Trial, then? I'm not sure how the breaks are a point of distinction unless the show premiere aired without commercial breaks.

[Creedence]

Wasn't Transform and Roll Out produced as one movie and then chopped up for subsequent airings? (Same with Transwarped.)

[Jenny]

Pretty sure, yes

[Sabrblade]

I recall reading/hearing/seeing that the third part was actually added to the story once it was decided to make it a TV movie, as originally it was only going to be the first two parts.

Edited by Sabrblade, 02 September 2019 - 04:43 PM.

[wadapan]

wow, wasn't expecting the decision to make three pages instead of one to be controversial! I was initially back-and-forth on it myself, but upon seeing the sheer length of what we'd put together I realised it just wouldn't be manageable, and took the fact that - had these episodes aired - they probably would've been three separate things as an excuse to just split them out. In particular, the "quotes" section for any given episode usually just consists of highlights, but - for the purposes of having a historical record - I personally thought it was important to throw in literally every quote I managed to get down at the panel. Putting all of those together on one page would be absolutely monstrous, I think

(by the way, if anyone was at the panel and thinks we missed/misrepresented anything, please tell us or make the edit!)

 

anyway I didn't actually know I wanted a fourth season of Animated until I heard this outline - there's some stuff that feels like Beast Machines influence, which I'm super into

[Sabrblade]

I was only asking about it because when the Season 1 and Season 3 three-part openers each aired as compilation movies first and then were split back into their individual episode formats during reruns, the Wiki pages for both of them were kept as single pages, and so I figured that had Season 4 been made its three-part opener may have likewise been first aired as one piece before getting rerun later as separate episodes.

Edited by Sabrblade, 02 September 2019 - 10:43 PM.

[Sabrblade]

Reading through Part 3, this bit caught my attention:

 

“Okay city – talk to me,” says Sari as she uses her technopathy to commune with Kaon.

 

Had this episode made it to air, you just know that so many people would have been clamoring for this to be a sign that Trypticon Prison would later be revealed to actually be alive and transform into its dinosaur mode, just as they all wished for the Metroplex and Fortress Maximus to be more than the mere buildings that they were.

Edited by Sabrblade, 03 September 2019 - 11:58 AM.

[Chris McFeely]

To be fair, when this one's plot involves the city transforming itself a set of rocket boosters so it can fly off the planet - which I interpreted as the Mini-Cons actually reconstructing it to be able to do this, though the text doesn't specifically state this, mentioning only them working in an "operations center" with schematics of the city - the idea of it being able to transform (or rebuilt to transform) into series-ending-level threat isn't that implausible.

Edited by Chris McFeely, 03 September 2019 - 10:40 AM.

[NotVeryKnightly]

wow, wasn't expecting the decision to make three pages instead of one to be controversial! I was initially back-and-forth on it myself, but upon seeing the sheer length of what we'd put together I realised it just wouldn't be manageable, and took the fact that - had these episodes aired - they probably would've been three separate things as an excuse to just split them out. In particular, the "quotes" section for any given episode usually just consists of highlights, but - for the purposes of having a historical record - I personally thought it was important to throw in literally every quote I managed to get down at the panel. Putting all of those together on one page would be absolutely monstrous, I think

I'm not sure why huge size would really be a reason to split articles like this. I mean, the '86 movie and some (all?) of the live-action ones have absolutely massive articles. Plus, "probably would have" just feels like odd reasoning since it's not what actually happened.

Edited by NotVeryKnightly, 03 September 2019 - 10:38 AM.

[Jim S]

Re: Citybots -- On a large enough time horizon, I feel certain we would have seen any citybot introduced transform.

Re: split vs together -- is there any actual ADVANTAGE to having it all on the same page that I'm not seeing?

[MrBlud]

Reading through Part 3, this bit caught my attention:

 

“Okay city – talk to me,” says Sari as she uses her technopathy to commune with Kaon.

 

Had this episode made it to air, you just know that so many people would have been clamoring for this to be a sign that Trypticon Prison would later be revealed to actually be alive and transform into its dinosaur mode, just as they all wished for the Metroplex and Fortress Maximus to be more than the mere buildings that they were.

 

And Omega was the ship...until he wasn't.

 

Giving buildings the names (and designs!) of Transformers that convert from buildings into robots is done 100% with the purpose of driving fans to "clamor for ____ to later be revealed to transform"

 

Otherwise you wouldn't do it in the first place. It's like complaining about people saying they want Devastator after you reveal two Constructicons.

 

No duh.

Edited by MrBlud, 03 September 2019 - 05:04 PM.

[SG Roadbuster]

 

 

 

Was this recorded?

 

As I mentioned earlier in this thread, TFNation specifically prohibited recording of "The Trial of Megatron" reading.

 

 

Hopefully they recorded it.  Reminds me of many similar BotCon events that we were told not to record but never ended up online from the official source either... 

 

At least the scripts of those many script readings were put online years later. This one sounds like it'll never see a wider release.

 

Same with those last two Animated shorts that only played at BotCon 2009 and 2012.

 

I was at Botcon 2012. there is no "Good version" of that recording, official or otherwise because the microphones were busted at the panel.

sure would be nice if a former funpub employee could leak out a script, if only for archival reasons and the preservation of art/history. (especially since Buster Jones is no longer with us)

[Sabrblade]

I was at Botcon 2012. there is no "Good version" of that recording, official or otherwise because the microphones were busted at the panel.

sure would be nice if a former funpub employee could leak out a script, if only for archival reasons and the preservation of art/history. (especially since Buster Jones is no longer with us)

 

The post that you quoted already said that all of the scripts did get released, and was lamenting the lack of release for the Animated shorts "Logo" and "Starscream's Fantasy".

[Wildwade]

Read the summaries.  Very interesting stuff, (and thanks to the people who compiled it.)

 

A good setup for would-be S4, although I'm not sure I care for Megatron just tossing all his loyal troops away.  That seems a more BW Megatron thing to do- I thought better of Animated Megs.  Was Sentinel intended to be killed after being strapped to the POKE and fired off like that?