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04Aug2008

Megatron Transforms Into a Tank for 'Revenge of the Fallen'

DateMonday, August 4, 2008 at 3:59PM
Megatron as a tank? That's apparently what's in the cards for Transfomers: Revenge of the Fallen. If you remember from the first film, Mega was a jet, and he was one of the coolest Decepticons in the entire movie. That's by design, of course, because he was the bad guy.

But he's not the bad guy in round two, or at least he's not The Bad Guy. For the sequel, Michael Bay and the writers have dredged up the Fallen from a more recent version of the comic books, and he's quite a villain, as mechanical shape-shifting aliens go. As far as Megatron is concerned, CHUD reports that the tank thing isn't unprecedented for that character, and in fact, if you go back to Generation 2 from the mid-1990s, Mega was an Abrams M1A1 tank (he was also an F-22 Raptor at one point).

Hints CHUD, "Megatron may be getting brought back by the Autobots, who need him to conquer the new menace." That sounds like another T2 to me...

Either way - and I have a feeling CHUD may be onto something, or else Megatron's not really necessary in the seqeul - conquering the new menace won't be as easy as it sounds. In fact, now that Shia LaBeouf has to fight him one-handed, I don't know what hope mankind really has. But, The Fallen is one of the original thirteen Transformers, the guardian of the force of entropy in the Universe, who became seduced by the dark side.

Chances are, he won't be here on vacation.

AuthorColin Boyd | | in , , , | Print ArticlePrint Article | | Comment5 Comments |

Reader Comments (5)

Just tell me that Shia didn't injure his whippin' hand!

Monday, August 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterAndi08

Great callback...

Monday, August 4, 2008 | Registered CommenterColin Boyd

It will be good as long as it has the same director and Megan fox well being Megan Fox.

Monday, August 4, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterKaveh

I was on TV.com yesterday and discovered several old cartoons that should be made into movies:

1. M.A.S.K
2. Voltron
3. Silverhawks
4. Challenge of the Gobots
5. Turbo Teen

Michael Bay as director: Optional.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterMonchichi

I have the Generation 2 Megatron as a tank, & he is absolutely awesome (alot better than his original form, which didn't have any sound effects & had dificulty transforming or even standing up). Megatron could certainly do worse than being a tank (just don't get me started on the stupid lame-brained mix-up Michael Bay made with Brawl/Devastator. Sheesh!)

I actually heard something about a new Voltron movie in the works, but I don't know where. And I don't know if it would be animated or live-action. Although it would seem a little pointless for it to be animated, considering how the more recent Voltron: DotU series went. It would make more sense to do a live-action, though the logistics of it would be overwhelming.

P.S. Did you hear that the Silverhawkes tv series is being released to dvd? Booyeah! It's about time.

Sunday, October 12, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJared

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