Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal

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After the Transformers: The Last Knight viral campaign first glimpse of something coming for us last week, director Michael Bay has uploaded another Instagram clip, featuring a similarly coloured unidentified robot-esque character - swiftly identified in the caption as Megatron. Maybe. Take a look below for yourselves, and let us know what you think in the Energon Pub!

It's starting. This week production. Megatron is back. #transformers #decepticons#

A video posted by Michael Bay (@michaelbay) on May 31, 2016 at 9:59am PDT

We also get a Megatron teaser from the official Transformers Facebook page, mirrored below.

Credit(s): Michael Bay, Transformers Facebook

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Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793866)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:18pm CDT

Expects Galvatron because: continuity, gets Megatron because: reasons and possible ineptitude - but who cares, that headsculpt is epic 8-)

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793867)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:22pm CDT

So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793868)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:23pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron :HEADHURTS:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793871)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:25pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793872)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:26pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently >:oP

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793874)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:30pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793876)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:33pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE :roll:

) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity :-?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793878)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:36pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity

No, no, Galvatron was voiced by Frank Welker. It was Nimoy in the G1 movie.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793879)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:37pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

I'm thinking the same thing. I'm not really bothered because we have an amazing writing team taking on these movies.

That being said its never been the writing that's been an issue for me. It's the god awful editing! And I find enjoyment in all the movies but yeah, Bay in the editing room...yikes.

Megatron coming back Is interesting. His head(and maybe his body) are intact and what if we will get both Megatron and Galvatron and Galvatron is just a copy of Megatrons consciousness.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793880)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:38pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity

No, no, Galvatron was voiced by Frank Welker. It was Nimoy in the G1 movie.

Oh, okay, thought it was one of them

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793883)
Posted by ShockBlade501 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:39pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
Sigma Magnus wrote:So, wait...what? I thought Megs already returned as, y'know, Galvatron!

He did, but now he's back... as Megatron

Oh dear Primus, it's the Unicron Trilogy all over again!

eh, what can you do, hopefully with actual writers, this can be explained competently

Hope so...

Wait, wasn't Galvatron voiced by Leonard Nimoy? Maybe that forced them to go back to Megs rather than get a new voice actor and have them sound different (not that Galvatron really said anything in AoE ) I could see Galvatron 'shedding' his new human-given form and name and reclaiming his old name and Cybertronian body-style out of pride and vanity

Yeah, that was g1, but in bayverse did voice Sentinel Prime

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793885)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:40pm CDT

But your point about Megatron reclaiming his old identity and body could still work. :-?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793887)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:43pm CDT

Sigma Magnus wrote:But your point about Megatron reclaiming his old identity and body could still work.

It should, if there's one character trait the movies have given him, it's ego for days, so play it up and it will actually work, it's basic stuff really >:oP

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793888)
Posted by Kibble on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:45pm CDT

Maybe it's not really Megatron, but just a guy they call Megatron...like Brawl being called Devastator.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793890)
Posted by Solrac333 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:50pm CDT

Just have the Quintessons or even Unicron take all the Cybertronians on Earth, even the dead ones, and reformat them into a more traditional look while also bringing back Jazz, Ironhide, Soundwave, Shockwave, Starscream, etc... Just maguffin the hell out of the franchise.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793892)
Posted by Joshimus-Prime1993 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:51pm CDT

This has to be Unicron. There is no way that this could be Megatron at all :???:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793893)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:55pm CDT

Kibble wrote:Maybe it's not really Megatron, but just a guy they call Megatron...like Brawl being called Devastator.

Beast Wars Megatron confirmed. [-(

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793894)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:57pm CDT

Joshimus-Prime1993 wrote:This has to be Unicron. There is no way that this could be Megatron at all

Not sure if serious, or perpetuating the joke that everything revealed is Unicron?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793896)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:58pm CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
Kibble wrote:Maybe it's not really Megatron, but just a guy they call Megatron...like Brawl being called Devastator.

Beast Wars Megatron confirmed.

Downloads himself into Scorns body :michaelbay:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793897)
Posted by kurthy on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:58pm CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
Kibble wrote:Maybe it's not really Megatron, but just a guy they call Megatron...like Brawl being called Devastator.

Beast Wars Megatron confirmed.

This thread is now awesome! I'm waiting for the point that studios decide to go the sitcom route and assume there is a reset button at the end of any episode rather than worry about pointless continuities that no one can keep straight.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793898)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on May 31st, 2016 @ 12:59pm CDT

Given that it's been suggested that there are WAY more movies coming, I think they'll save Unicron for last.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793899)
Posted by Deadput on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:00pm CDT

Galvatron was just the name that the humans at ksi named him so it's possible he went back to Megatron due to his disgust of humanity.

Plus Aoe Galvatron was just a clone in a sense so we could have an idw situation and have both Megatron and Galvatron.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793901)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:03pm CDT

Deadput wrote:Galvatron was just the name that the humans at ksi named him so it's possible he went back to Megatron due to his disgust of humanity.
Plus Aoe Galvatron was just a clone in a sense so we could have an idw situation and have both Megatron and Galvatron.

Well, it wasn't a clone, it was Megatron, in a new body, his old body was pretty f'ed up by the end of dotm, so starting fresh with the body the humans gave him to start reformatting himself makes sense. In other words, they need the BW Stasis Chambers :WHISTLE:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793902)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:03pm CDT

Imagine: Beast Wars Megatron as a knight, Galvatron as his enemy, double the bad guys. Or even BW Megs is a new knight meant to stop Opimus from getting to his creators. :MAXIMAL:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793906)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:09pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
Deadput wrote:Galvatron was just the name that the humans at ksi named him so it's possible he went back to Megatron due to his disgust of humanity.
Plus Aoe Galvatron was just a clone in a sense so we could have an idw situation and have both Megatron and Galvatron.

Well, it wasn't a clone, it was Megatron, in a new body, his old body was pretty f'ed up by the end of dotm, so starting fresh with the body the humans gave him to start reformatting himself makes sense. In other words, they need the BW Stasis Chambers

Id be okay with that as long as we never get AOE transformations again. That was honestly my least favorite thing in that movie. human transformers AND the autobots. Even the autobots transformations haven't been great since DOTM. Everyone just morphs into robot mode. I still remember Sentinal Prime morphing into a fire truck at the end when he tried to fee Optimus. Just looks so bad compared to the transformations in the first two.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793907)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:10pm CDT

D-Maximus_Primal wrote:Imagine: Beast Wars Megatron as a knight, Galvatron as his enemy, double the bad guys. Or even BW Megs is a new knight meant to stop Opimus from getting to his creators.

Hmmm, instead of increasing the "villian's of the week", they should focus on introducing/utilizing a small, core cast of

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793908)
Posted by MemphisR56 on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:13pm CDT

Anybody else seeing the blatant vagina mouth on the pic shared? :shock:

Have I gone full Rorschach test here?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793909)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:14pm CDT

MemphisR56 wrote:Anybody else seeing the blatant vagina mouth on the pic shared?

Have I gone full Rorschach test here?

umm, no, I honestly can't see it - at the very least it isn't 'blatant'

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793910)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:16pm CDT

Hellscream9999 wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Anybody else seeing the blatant vagina mouth on the pic shared?

Have I gone full Rorschach test here?

umm, no, I honestly can't see it - at the very least it isn't 'blatant'

Kiss players confirmed. Make it front page news lol

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793912)
Posted by Hellscream9999 on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:18pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Anybody else seeing the blatant vagina mouth on the pic shared?

Have I gone full Rorschach test here?

umm, no, I honestly can't see it - at the very least it isn't 'blatant'

Kiss players confirmed. Make it front page news lol

Clearly, better PM Dr.Va'al :lol:

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793913)
Posted by Autobot N on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:20pm CDT

For some reason, that face kinda looks like Ultron to me.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793915)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:32pm CDT

Autobot N wrote:For some reason, that face kinda looks like Ultron to me.

The universe has expanded too far! ABORT ABORT

Unless...

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793927)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:54pm CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
Autobot N wrote:For some reason, that face kinda looks like Ultron to me.

The universe has expanded too far! ABORT ABORT

Unless...

oooo you just had to bring that up. I wouldn't even want an adaptation of that. We'll get a twist that not only is Optimus a prime from the ancient days and a knight for some reason but we'll get the twist that Optimus has been a decepticon agent all along!!!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793928)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2016 @ 1:59pm CDT

Maybe this is just the return of bay putting out wrong info to sway us. Remember when he said Megatron wasn't coming back in RotF but then said its just flash backs, then in DOTM it was suppose to be unicron and then we were told Shockwave was actually the main villain?

I for one am ready for Jhiaxus.

BRING ON JHIAXUS!!!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793929)
Posted by MemphisR56 on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:01pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:
Hellscream9999 wrote:
MemphisR56 wrote:Anybody else seeing the blatant vagina mouth on the pic shared?

Have I gone full Rorschach test here?

umm, no, I honestly can't see it - at the very least it isn't 'blatant'

Kiss players confirmed. Make it front page news lol

WARNING - SORTA NSFW
http://m.imgur.com/96MZeK3

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793930)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:02pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:
Dr Va'al wrote:
Autobot N wrote:For some reason, that face kinda looks like Ultron to me.

The universe has expanded too far! ABORT ABORT

Unless...

oooo you just had to bring that up. I wouldn't even want an adaptation of that. We'll get a twist that not only is Optimus a prime from the ancient days and a knight for some reason but we'll get the twist that Optimus has been a decepticon agent all along!!!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793932)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:11pm CDT

@Random to be fair to the cap twist, there is a character with the power to twist time and god knows what else.

Anyway, the complaint about the treatment of decepticons is a hard one to solve as on the big screen, people want to see the bad guys dealt with (minor villains may escape but we want to see justice dealt); it won't do any good to see the bad guys just retreat like the g1 toon.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793935)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:21pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:Anyway, the complaint about the treatment of decepticons is a hard one to solve as on the big screen, people want to see the bad guys dealt with (minor villains may escape but we want to see justice dealt); it won't do any good to see the bad guys just retreat like the g1 toon.

But... isn't that pretty much what they've done for the whole series so far?
Starscream in the first one, Starscream and Megatron in the second. The third I'll allow. The fourth is another retreat.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793937)
Posted by weebot17 on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:27pm CDT

Megatron is coming back as Cthulhutron?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793939)
Posted by ZeroWolf on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:34pm CDT

Dr Va'al wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Anyway, the complaint about the treatment of decepticons is a hard one to solve as on the big screen, people want to see the bad guys dealt with (minor villains may escape but we want to see justice dealt); it won't do any good to see the bad guys just retreat like the g1 toon.

But... isn't that pretty much what they've done for the whole series so far?
Starscream in the first one, Starscream and Megatron in the second. The third I'll allow. The fourth is another retreat.

Yes but in the first film case starscream is the only survivor as everyone else is killed (aside from Barricade who never even fights in Misson city)

the second, the main villain is killed again with large con casualties.

The fourth only galvatron survived, and the main villain dead. So in these cases I think justice was dealt

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793943)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 2:41pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
Dr Va'al wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:Anyway, the complaint about the treatment of decepticons is a hard one to solve as on the big screen, people want to see the bad guys dealt with (minor villains may escape but we want to see justice dealt); it won't do any good to see the bad guys just retreat like the g1 toon.

But... isn't that pretty much what they've done for the whole series so far?
Starscream in the first one, Starscream and Megatron in the second. The third I'll allow. The fourth is another retreat.

Yes but in the first film case starscream is the only survivor as everyone else is killed (aside from Barricade who never even fights in Misson city)

the second, the main villain is killed again with large con casualties.

The fourth only galvatron survived, and the main villain dead. So in these cases I think justice was dealt

Potato potato, I suppose, yes. :-?

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793946)
Posted by Broadside27 on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:02pm CDT

I thought it was the Predator at first but than realized it was the Liege Maximo...ahem, I mean Megatron. What an astoundingly original design!

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793949)
Posted by o.supreme on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:13pm CDT

Kind of looks like Crumplezone from Cybertron...trying to think of other cons' with mandible-ish faces...

as for the whole Megatron/Galvatron thing... I was thinking , he might want a new body with a spark, though not having a spark (ie not being able to die) I would think would have some advantages...but who knows at this point. As long as his new body is more like an actual Transformer, and they ditch that "Transformium" pixilated crap.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793950)
Posted by Va'al on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:18pm CDT

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793951)
Posted by o.supreme on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:24pm CDT

great...so to act out his lines, Frank Welker will be speaking through a fast food drive through microphone that nobody can understand...

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793953)
Posted by Tyrannacon on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:30pm CDT

I'm hoping for the best, but preparing for the worst with this. Though I always love seeing Megatron deliver epic his beat downs.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793956)
Posted by Mindmaster on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:39pm CDT

Calling it right now, Galvatron/Megatron makes a second body (whatever this teaser is) and downloads himself into it, naming himself Megatron but with Galvatron it's double trouble! Reminds me of the Iso-Didact and the Ur-Didact from Halo.

Or it could be the live-action version of Beast Wars Megatron, as Va'al has mentioned. *shrug*

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793957)
Posted by Deadput on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:41pm CDT

o.supreme wrote:great...so to act out his lines, Frank Welker will be speaking through a fast food drive through microphone that nobody can understand...

Out of all the things you make up this is one of the dumbest lies ever.

If the movies had only one amazing thing about them it would be the sound and music design the voice actors are great and understandable unless they are speaking Cybertronian which we the audience are not supposed to understand and it still sounds great.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793960)
Posted by o.supreme on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:45pm CDT

So...you didn't get Dr Va'al 's reference I take it.

sorry the joke went over your head. I was not, nor would I ever criticize the voice work on any Transformers project.

Re: Transformers: The Last Knight - Potential Megatron Reveal (1793964)
Posted by halfshell25 on May 31st, 2016 @ 3:55pm CDT

In real world terms, they probably want to keep the name Megatron because it is more recognizable. General audiences usually only know the names Optimus Prime, Bubmblebee, and Megatron, so Galvatron might be considered too confusing. Keeping the trademark for Megatron available is also a possibility for the name change.

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