The Transformers Page #2

MEGATRON:

This was almost too easy, Starscream.

STARSCREAM:

Much easier, oh mighty Megatron, than attacking

the real threat:
the Autobots moon base.

MEGATRON:

You're an idiot, Starscream. Were we simply to

wipe out that minuscule base, they could build another

one. But when we slip by their security systems

in their own ship and destroy Autobot city, the

Autobots will be vanquished forever!

IRONHIDE:

Fat chance, Megatron!

Ironhide pulls himself up and grabs onto Megatron who flings him

against the wall.

MEGATRON:

Such heroic nonsense!

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. EARTH - CLOSE SHOT- MINIATURE RADAR SCREEN

A child's hands hold a scanner device which tracks a TRAVELING

BLIP across a star map towards a pulsing dot which represents the

Earth.

DANIEL (V.O.)

The Shuttle just zipped past checkpoint zeta.

ON DANIEL:

Daniel, a classic twelve year old American boy watches the

portable viewer which is like an over-sized Boy Scout compass.

WIDEN SHOT to show he is at an old fashioned "fishin' hole" on

Earth - surrounded by weeping willows, assorted trees and shrubs,

and that his fishing pole is stuck in the dirt, the line floating

lazily out on the water.

DANIEL:

Let's watch Ironhide land it, Hot Rod!

As Daniel runs to small skateboard-like device, hits a button,

and watches, it transforms into a hoverboard and rides it, like a

surfer up a steep, grassy hillside we change angle to feature...

HOT ROD:

an "adolescent" Autobot. He is in robot mode, sitting with his

fishing rod held between two fingers, looking bored with it all.

HOT ROD:

Talk about dull......!

Then, he tosses the rod into the water.

ON DANIEL RIDING HIS HOVERBOARD UP THE HILL

DANIEL:

(calling excitedly)

Hurry or we'll miss it!

HOT ROD:

lopes up hill after Daniel.

HOT ROD:

If you're gonna ride, Dan-O ...ride in style!

Hot Rod catches up with Daniel, scoops him off his hoverboard,

TRANSFORMS to automotive mode and RIDES OVER CREST OF HILL with

Daniel in the front seat.

ANOTHER ANGLE - ON AUTOBOT CITY

FOLLOW Hot Rod up and over a roadway leading around the perimeter

of Autobot City which becomes visible the instant Hot Rod clears

the rim of a hill. As they travel, we SHOULD also be getting a

sense of what Autobot City is all about.

(DESIGN NOTE:
Autobot City looks like a federal energy project

gone mad. Here, the Autobots are trying to exploit every known

means of getting energy. The mountain is covered with solar

panels, windmills spin in the valley, oil derricks pump, and not

far away a hydroelectric dam catches millions of volts. Near all

of these various things are energon compressors, which turn the

raw energy into energon cubes.

IN THE BACKGROUND of these scenes, we should see various panel

truck-type Autobots cruise up in auto mode to stacks of this

energon, convert to humanoid mode, load up their vans, then

convert to Auto mode again and drive the Energon into Autobot

City.

In short, it should be clear that the purpose of Autobot City is

to harvest energy.

All the while, Hot Rod and Daniel are riding recklessly out from

the Autobot City and up into neighboring hills for an overview of

the -

CIRCULAR LANDING AREA

which resides within the "bowl" created by the City structure and

natural surroundings.

DANIEL:

Hey! Let me out.

HOT ROD:

Why settle for a peek when you can see

everything from Lookout Mountain?

DANIEL:

But we're not supposed to go beyond City

limits!

HOT ROD:

Chromo-Chicken!

ON KUP AND OTHER AUTOBOTS

KUP - a grizzled, "old Soldier" of an Autobot - is directing the

positioning of a large metal road barricade.

Hot Rod barrels through a sign which reads: "STOP -THIS AREA OFF

LIMITS", almost knocking Kup over in dust and wind

KUP:

disgustedly watches Hot Rod drive up the mountain.

KUP:

(to sound like swearing)

Cam bustin', turbo revvin' young punk.

CUT TO:

MOUNTAIN ABOVE AUTOBOT CITY- LOOKOUT POINT

Hot Rod arrives at a viewing platform carved in mountainside and

TRANSFORMS back to humanoid mode.

Daniel rushes to a set of PUBLIC VIEWING BINOCULARS and peers

into them.

HOT ROD:

This is it! Now take a squint through those babies.

DANIEL:

Hot Rod, look! There's a hole in the shuttle!

HOT ROD:

What!?

DANIEL'S P.O.V - BINOCULAR MATTE - THE SHUTTLE

The hole Megatron blasted in order to get into the shuttle mars

the otherwise perfect exterior of the ship.

ANGLE ON DANIEL AND HOT ROD

Hot Rod looks up and a pair of futuristic binoculars pop out of

his eyes.

HOT ROD'S POV - THE SHUTTLE

Hot Rod's vision, now, infinitely better than human vision, spots

something truly disturbing --

-- Starscream, and several Constructicons inside the ship!

HOT ROD (O.S.)

Decepticons!

ANGLE ON HOT ROD

Drawing his gun, he starts FIRING on the shuttle.

HOT ROD:

This is for Ironhide. As so's this!

ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE

Rays streak through the hole searing...

STARSCREAM:

He ducks away from the door.

STARSCREAM:

I'm hit!

ANGLE ON MEGATRON

Standing behind a pair of Decepticons who pilot the shuttle, he

turns to see...

THE CONSTRUCTICONS

Firing out of the hole.

MEGATRON:

He's furious.

MEGATRON:

You imbecile, our cover is blown!

STARSCREAM:

It was your stupid strategy!

CUT TO:

ANGLE ON KUP, CONSTRUCTION CREW

Kup and the Autobot Construction Crew watch Hot Rod shooting at

the shuttle.

KUP:

What's that darn fool doing?

Hound looks up and points.

HOUND:

Decepticons!

ANGLE ON THE SHUTTLE

Suddenly it cracks open, and Decepticons shoot out of the

wreckage like toys from a pinata.

CLOSE - MEGATRON

In mid-air

MEGATRON:

(shouting to forces)

Attack!

(he looks down and fires)

HOT ROD AND DANIEL

Hot Rod pulls Daniel back as Megatron's BLAST SHEARS OFF the

VIEWING PLATFORM which crumbles and falls down the steep

mountain!

HOT ROD:

Hang on!

Putting Daniel under one arm, he pivots and kicks up at...

...Hook and Scavenger who are descending on him in humanoid

mode...

...causing them both to crash against the mountainside which

starts a...

...landslide which Hot Rod "rides" down the slope, pursued by...

... Decepticon FIRE.

HOT ROD:

(SHOUTING)

WHoooooooaaah

ANGLE ON BOTTOM OF MOUNTAIN SLOPE - BLITZWING

Blitzwing flies down in jet mode, transforms to robot

mode, looks up at the "slide riding" Hot Rod and Daniel,

transforms to tank mode and takes aim.

BLITZWING:

(amused)

Come on down, Autobrat!

ON HOT ROD AND DANIEL

as Hot Rod tumbles, he covers Daniel with his arms and tries

unsuccessfully to slow his fall.

HOT ROD:

Yiiiiiiiiii!

ON BLITZWING:

about to fire, when...

...Kup's arm descends into SHOT, spinning Blitzwing's turret

around.

Blitzwing's blast, scorches...

SHRAPNEL:

who is flying nearby.

BLITZWING:

transforms to robot mode and turns as...

Kup comes flying, feet first, into Blitzwing knocking him off the

mountain ledge.

FOLLOW Kup as he lands in front of Hot Rod, who is just coming to

a stop at the bottom with Daniel.

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