The Transformers Page #11

PAN FROM HIS P.O.V. - A SHADOWED, ALCOVE LIKE HUT

as a figure moves forward slightly and speaks in a harsh, bass'o

voice. It is GRANIX. We saw him in the first scene, escaping

from his planet when Unicron ate it.

{Note:
The script says *G*ranix here. Not my mistake.}

KRANIX:

The world of the savage Sharkticons and their

cruel masters the Quintessons. They hunt down

those who try to escape the wrath of Unicron,

and put them on trial.

KUP:

But what if they're innocent?

KRANIX:

Guilty or innocent, the sentence is always the

same - death!

HOT ROD:

Unicron?! Who's Unicron?

KRANIX:

A planet six times the size of this one that

absorbs everything in its path.

KUP:

So that's the monster's name.

HOT ROD:

I wonder if there's any connection between

it and Galvatron.

Suddenly, a Quintesson Guard roars in...

QUINTESSON GUARD (V.O.)

That one!

All turn and look off, reacting as two Guards thunder in, grab

Granix and pull him back out of the door.

{NOTE:
Another instance of the spelling of Granix}

ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING THE LEAD QUINTESSON

as he points at Kup and Hot Rod

QUINTESSON GUARD

Soon, you too shall receive your sentence.

THEIR POV - OUT THE WINDOW THE ARENA

Kranix stands on what almost looks like a wide diving board over

a watery (or oily) pit teeming with Sharkticons.

LEAD QUINTESSON:

Jury, have you reached a verdict?

JUROR #1

We have your honor.

LEAD QUINTESSON:

(to jury of Quintessons)

Guilty.....Or innocent. I repeat.

KRANIX:

Spare me this mockery of justice.

LEAD QUINTESSON:

I repeat, guilty...or innocent.

JURORS:

Guilty!!

Jury's faces rotate to fifth expression - a DEATH'S HEAD

ON GRANIX {NOTE: Yet another, final, reference to Kranix as Granix}

Suddenly, the Robot is dumped into a pit of teeming Sharkticons

and there is a mad frenzy.

In moments, he is no more.

ANGLE ON KUP:

He watches grimly through the bars.

KUP:

Not the end I'd wish for, lad.

DISSOLVE TO:

THE EDGE OF A HUGE, SHADOWY PLANET IN SPACE

as Ultra Magnus' Shuttle is BUFFETED BY WINDS AND STORMS as it

enters the atmosphere of JUNKION.

INT. THE SHUTTLE

as it SHAKES AND RATTLES VIOLENTLY

DANIEL:

Where are we, Springer?

SPRINGER:

The place where everything ends up

after you throw it out.

TIGHT ON BLURR:

as he holds up hands and CROSSES fingers.

RESUME ON SPRINGER

Tenses and crouches protectively around Arcee and Daniel as we

see mountains of junk whizz past the window.

ULTRA MAGNUS:

Brace for impact!

ON SHUTTLE - TRACKING

It plummets through the mountains and canyons of junk, narrowly

avoiding crashing, but frequently hitting junk pinnacles or sides

of junk walls, and causing avalanches of junk.

By the time the ship lands, it is nearly indistinguishable from

the junk.

INT. THE SHUTTLE

Everyone is in a jumbled tangle - Ultra Magnus beneath Blurr,

Perceptor upside down and hanging from torn end of stairway,

Arcee crouched over Daniel and Springer with half his body

sticking through the hull

SPRINGER:

(pulling himself free of

hull wall)

Remind me to give the Auto Pilot a raise...

Daniel creeps out from under Arcee and shakes bits of broken

metal and dust off his shoulders

DANIEL:

Wow! That was better'n the Roller

Coaster at Future World!

PERCEPTOR:

(working scanner, computer

device, thoughtfully)

The composition of this planet seems

to be a chaotic amalgam of discarded

ferrous and non-ferrous articulations.

ULTRA MAGNUS:

(baffled)

How's that?

SPRINGER:

(opening hull door with a

RIPPING OF METAL)

He says the planet's made of junk.

SPRINGER AND PERCEPTOR AT OPEN DOOR

as they look out on landscape of "living" junk

SPRINGER:

Yep, this dump is a dump......

ULTRA MAGNUS:

as he straps on TOOL BELT

ULTRA MAGNUS:

We might be able to salvage this thing.

(checks LASER DRILL, turns

it on, off)

Ultra Magnus starts for door followed by Blurr who takes up a saw

and tool belt and Perceptor who rolls up Shuttle Plans as Daniel

moves out to join them

DANIEL:

Can I help, too?

SPRINGER:

It's rough out there, kid. Stay inside

and play with crayons or something.

ARCEE:

as she steps forward with a smile, a strange GRID LIKE "SUIT" in

her hand

ARCEE:

I think Daniel can make himself useful

with....this! It used to be Spike's.

(holds Grid-like metal frame "suit")

DANIEL:

Wow! Dad's exo-suit. He told me about

it but I never saw it.

ARCEE:

Here, try it on.

She starts helping him into the exo-suit.

ON DANIEL:

as he gets inside the "suit" which fits over his body like a

grid-work metal "cage."

Daniel clips "cage" of Exo-Suit shut and stands up inside the

gridwork which makes him taller and broader. He moves awkwardly,

barely able to advance a step

SPRINGER:

Just think about what you want to

do before you do it!

DANIEL:

brows knitted, thinking.

SPRINGER:

Don't fight it Dan-O.

He suddenly starts moving rapidly backwards, then sideways, then

forward, then he starts dancing rapidly, then bounces off

walls...

..spinning upside down, then flips over several times and lands

in a splatter, legs spread, arms this way and that - amused,

startled and unhurt.

DANIEL:

(continuing)

It's kind of tricky....

He suddenly flips around twice in mid-air then regains his feet

and leans way over against Arcee for support.

She laughs and pats his shoulder

ARCEE:

For the first time out, you were great!

ON SPRINGER AT DOOR

as he sends down RAMP and motions to the others curtly

SPRINGER:

Show time's over! We've got work to do!

(he starts out)

EXT. THE SHUTTLE

as Springer, Arcee, Daniel et.al. come down the ramp and look

around at the lush "vegetation" of growing junk clumps all around

them and a long vista of junk mountains and spires of weathered

junk-rock.

DANIEL (V.O.)

Rate this script:3.7 / 3 votes