Reminder: Transformers DOTM Novelization Now Available

Me Grimlock King wrote: ...I just wish they had put out a book to bridge the gap between ROTF and DOTM like they did with The Veiled Thread which bridged the gap between the first Transformers and Transformers Revenge Of The Fallen...

_I_Am_Megatron_ wrote:Is Silverbolt and the Bank truck decepticon in it? Thanks!

_I_Am_Megatron_ wrote:Does Sam just right out kill Starscream, or is Megatron carrying his head around on a chain?

It's kind of weird that Shockwave doesn't kill anyone.

BeastWarsFTW wrote:SPOILERS ABOUT THE NOVEL

I read the novel yesterday on Amazon Kindle. This post contains many spoilers from the DOTM novel. I cannot say how to true to the movie the book will be but I was very disappointed with it.

Some notable things
-Optimus and ratchet go to the moon on a NASA shuttle and bring back Sentinel Prime and five pillars. Pillars are used to activate the space bridge. Decepticons have hundreds of pillars.
-Soundwave is a Mercedes.
-Cherobyl was caused by Russian scientists ttying to harness the power of one the fuel rods from Sentinel's ship.
-Russians had rovers on the moon first to see the Ark but USA was first to get an Astronaut on the moon. There were several missions to the moon.
-Sentinel Prime had struck a deal with Megatron on cybertron to end the war using the space bridge Sentinel created. Now working with Megatron on Earth to bring Cybertron in orbit (by creating a massive space bridge) of the Earth and use the resources and humans to rebuild Cybertron to save their race.
-The Wreckers rebuilt/built the ship that you see behind Optimus in the movie trailer. It was a NASA rocket that they converted.
-Megatron is still severely damaged and has hatchlings on Earth and is taking care of them.
-The tentacle thing is called a Driller and controlled by Shockwave.

Autobot Deaths:
Mirage - killed by Starscream
Wheeljack - killed underwater by several decepticons
Skids - killed by Sentinel
Mudflap - killed by Sentinel
Ironhide - Killed by Sentinel
Sentinel Prime - killed by Optimus and Megatron

- Leadfoot got his leg blown off my Soundwave but didn't die.

Decepticon Deaths:
Shockwave - killed by Optimus
Soundwave - killed by Bumblebee
Laserbeak - killed by Bumblebee
Starscream - killed by Sam
Crankcase - got ran over by a human named Dutch.
Hatchet (dread) - killed by Bumblebee
Crowbar (dread) - killed by Sideswipe
Two other dreads unnamed - killed by accidently driving into Ironhide and being smashed to pieces

Conclusion:
After Optimus and Megatron defeated Sentinel they agree to work together and stop fighting. Megatron will return to Cybertron with his army and then send for the autobots to bring them home.

TheWolverine7 wrote:wait, isnt the part where ironhide drives into the dreads in Chicago?....in the end? how does that work out with the novelization story...

RodimalToyota wrote:Terrible story, worse ending, it's ROTF2.

RodimalToyota wrote:I had a feeling Iron Hide wouldnt make it through this one and that really pisses me off.
More so because he is taken out by a bitch move and not gloriously in battle.

Thanks Hasbro, for letting Iron Hide yet again get taken out in bitch like fashion.
First in the 86' movie, when the deceptions somehow finally were able to shoot straight and the autobots couldn't. Now he gets killed by a traitor.

You couldn't have killed jolt? A toy you have shoved down are throats for three years?
Who has less then 20 seconds of screen time?

griftimus prime wrote:horrible. wake me when they reboot it.

Wolfman Jake wrote:I wouldn't grab the torches and pitchforks quite yet, folks. Though the basic story outline of the novelization will probably match the movie, history has taught us that the printed versions of the Transformers movies tend to stray from the on screen canon. The "little" details, like which characters die and survive during the movie, are subject to change. Any scene in the book involving The Twins should be taken with a grain of salt, as Bay has been swearing up and down that they are not in the film, period.

Wolfman Jake wrote:Early screenings have confirmed as much. If you've read the novel or the spoilers, I'd say you probably have a good idea of how the story will progress, but don't take ANY detail for granted until the movie is actually released.

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Any scene in the book involving The Twins should be taken with a grain of salt, as Bay has been swearing up and down that they are not in the film, period. Early screenings have confirmed as much. If you've read the novel or the spoilers, I'd say you probably have a good idea of how the story will progress, but don't take ANY detail for granted until the movie is actually released.

The early screening reviews mentioned that the Twins WERE in it but "toned down".

Wolfman Jake wrote:

Starscream GaGa wrote:

Wolfman Jake wrote:Any scene in the book involving The Twins should be taken with a grain of salt, as Bay has been swearing up and down that they are not in the film, period. Early screenings have confirmed as much. If you've read the novel or the spoilers, I'd say you probably have a good idea of how the story will progress, but don't take ANY detail for granted until the movie is actually released.

The early screening reviews mentioned that the Twins WERE in it but "toned down".

You need to pay closer attention to the Seibertron news feed, my friend.

HoundimusPrime wrote:I would rather not... Novels kinda ruin the movie, Rotf's as nothing like the movie, but prime still died.... it might also give false hope for the movie plot

Bleak5170 wrote:I have not been able to find this anywhere in Canada. I mean, I could order it online but I want to just walk into a book store and buy it. Why not a single store in my city is carrying it yet is a mystery to me. They have a plethora of other TF books in stock.

First-Aid wrote:

Bleak5170 wrote:I have not been able to find this anywhere in Canada. I mean, I could order it online but I want to just walk into a book store and buy it. Why not a single store in my city is carrying it yet is a mystery to me. They have a plethora of other TF books in stock.

It's Canada. Don't they wait on EVERYTHING until the NHL Finals are over?