The Transformers Page #8

ARCEE:

No, you'd better stay close to me.

Blurr is trying to get Grimlock into Shuttle with the rest of the

Dinobots as Decepticon FIRE COMES IN ALL AROUND. Grimlock is like

a "spooked horse" refusing to be shut in the barn.

BLURR:

(pleading with him, shoving

him, talking very, very

rapidly)

Nice Dino, good, Dino, sweet Dino! Won't

you step into the nice spaceship for Blurr?

Please, pretty please.

GRIMLOCK:

(sticking head out past

struggling Blurr)

Me, Grimlock, not "nice Dino!" Me bash brains!

HIS P.O.V. - SEVERAL DECEPTICON JETS COMING AT HIM

GRIMLOCK:

He gives FIRE BREATHING BLAST AT JETS as they go by STRAFING THE

SHUTTLE , SHOTS RICOCHETING AROUND GRIMLOCK AND BLURR

THE DECEPTICON JETS

as Grimlock's BLAST SETS THEM ALL ON FIRE and they spin into one

another as we CHANGE ANGLE TO

ULTRA MAGNUS:

as Kup, Hot Rod and Arcee MOVE INTO SCENE BEHIND HIM

ULTRA MAGNUS:

Kup, Hot Rod. Get the Dinobots out of here!

KUP AND HOT ROD:

as they run into Dinobot Shuttle, retracting their entry ramp in

HAIL OF FIRE FROM SCOURGE AND HIS SWEEPS.

ON SCOURGE:

as he TRANSFORMS to Humanoid mode and shouts orders, FIRING AT

Blurr who BLURRS PAST and then at Arcee who also SHIPS BY

SCOURGE:

No survivors!

IN DINOBOT SHUTTLE

as Hot Rod squeezes past Sludge Swoop, and Slag to join Kup who

is already at control deck where Grimlock sticks his head down to

look out the window. Kup shoves him aside.

KUP:

This reminds me of the battle on Alpha 9, when the

Petro-Rabbits were...(annoyed) Grimlock, get your

noodle out of my face!

(starts throwing switches)

GRIMLOCK:

Me, Grimlock, love Kup's war stories!

KUP:

You're living one now!

(to Hot Rod)

Engage the boosters for Cybertron's sake!

Hot Rod nods and quickly passes his hand over bank of SWITCHES

all of which GLOW AND PULSE with the action.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

as DECEPTICON FIREBALL COMES UP and SPLATTERS AGAINST WINDOW,

sending tongues of fire running across the glass behind Hot Rod's

head

HOT ROD:

You got 'em!

BACK TO KUP AND GRIMLOCK

Grimlock still trying to stick his face in the control panel as

Kup works furiously and more DECEPTICON FIRE HITS THE SHIP

GRIMLOCK:

(to Kup)

Tell Grimlock about Petro-Rabbits again.

KUP:

(muttering, using joystick)

I'll give you Petro-Rabbits. Contact!

The Shuttle lurches and shakes

ANGLE ON SHUTTLE WITH DINOBOTS

It takes off amidst a hail of Decepticon fire.

HOT ROD (V.O.)

Yaaaaaaaaho! We're airborne!

GRIMLOCK (V.O.)

Groooooowwwwwrrrr!

ON CYCLONUS AND HIS "WING" OF PLANES

as they bank down toward RISING SHUTTLE FAR BELOW.

CYCLONUS:

Vaporize them!

Jets streak down toward upward rising Shuttle as we

CUT TO:

ANOTHER PART OF SHUTTLE LAUNCH AREA

Springer springs onto scene with Daniel, Ultra Magnus and

Perceptor are guarding the entry ramp, firing at Decepticons.

SPRINGER:

(to Daniel)

Looks like we're shipmates, squirt!

DANIEL:

All right!

SPRINGER:

But if you get space sick, you're gonna

walk home.

ANOTHER ANGLE FEATURING ULTRA MAGNUS AND PERCEPTOR

ULTRA MAGNUS:

Hurry!

Blurr blurs up ramp. Arcee reaches the ramp as the shuttle takes

off horizontally.

ON BOARD THE SHUTTLE- ANGLE ON SPRINGER

as he reaches down for Arcee.

SPRINGER:

Jump.

ON ARCEE:

still going up the ramp while the shuttle slowly leaves the

ground.

Just as the wind and gravity are about to knock her off, she

jumps up and...

INSIDE THE SHUTTLE

Springer grabs her hand and pulls her in, narrowly avoiding a

barrage

Daniel is watching, terrified.

DANIEL:

That was close!

Concussion of Decepticon hit rocks the shuttle

SPRINGER:

Believe it or not, this is the fun part.

IN "COCKPIT" OF ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE

Ultra Magnus is at control deck with Perceptor as they "taxi" for

launch and we see oncoming Decepticon jets firing at them

ULTRA MAGNUS:

No time to preheat....Can this ship take

it?

PERCEPTOR:

With an accelerated ignition procedure

the ceramic housings might create a magnetic

flux.

ULTRA MAGNUS:

(baffled)

What?

SPRINGER:

(ENTERING SHOT, reaches in

and pushes joystick

forward)

He says "go for it!"

Powerful rockets ignite, and the shuttle SHAKES with the sound.

ANGLE ON RUNWAY:

The Shuttle's rockets surge, melting the pursuing Sweeps as the

Shuttle hits the sky and soars upwards.

ON DINOBOT SHUTTLE

Cyclonus' Jets fire on it, as we CHANGE ANGLE

ON ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE

It roars up behind Cyclonus' jets and overtakes and smashes

through them, scattering them as it pulls up alongside the

Dinobot shuttle

INT. DINOBOT SHUTTLE- KUP AND HOT ROD IN "COCKPIT"

Grimlock is peering out of the side ports.

HOT ROD:

gives the thumbs up gesture.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

INCLUDING Ultra Magnus' shuttle through side port as Springer

gives thumbs up signal in return and Daniel waves

ON SPRINGER:

as he turns and reacts, looking straight up and ahead

SPRINGER:

It ought to be smooth sailin' from here on in.

ON ASTROTRAIN AND DECEPTICON JETS

ASTROTRAIN:

Fuse them!

Astrotrain starts diving into upcoming Shuttles BLASTING AWAY.

INT. DINOBOT SHUTTLE - "COCKPIT"

as Kup struggles to hold controls, his shuttle also ROCKING from

direct hits

KUP:

(using intercom)

Ultra Magnus...what next?

INT. ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE - "COCKPIT"

shuttle ROCKS WITH DIRECT HITS as Ultra Magnus struggles with

controls

ULTRA MAGNUS:

Remember what we did off Beta Four!

KUP:

I remember it well.

ON THE SHUTTLES:

They fire (O.S.) at...

A LARGE ASTEROID

With incredible precision, the rays strike the asteroid,

splitting it in two parts.

ANGLE ON ONE OF THE ASTEROID HALVES

It shoots through space and strikes another asteroid, which,

breaks into several pieces, many of them angling back towards...

GALVATRON'S SHIPS

which swerve to avoid them as....

THE OTHER ASTEROID PART

Hits another moon or asteroid or general rock in space, doing

the same thing...

WIDEN SHOT to show that the pieces are shooting around like pool

balls after an incredibly violent break...

... zinging into each other...

.... Narrowly missing Galvatron's ship...

... Filling space with incredible amounts of Dust, lava from

inside the moons, multi-colored gasses, explosions and generally

making a mess of space. (Note: think of this scene as the

"Asteroids" video game.)

ANGLE ON THE AUTOBOT SHUTTLES

As all of this is going on, they jam into hyperspace...

... Corkscrewing and arcing off into the galaxy, leaving only

blurred images of themselves as...

GALVATRON'S SHIP

emerges from the chaos.

ON CYCLONUS:

CYCLONUS:

The explosions jammed my sensors.

(pause)

I have lost track of the Autobots!

ON GALVATRON:

GALVATRON:

Damn it!! They did the same thing

to me off Beta four!

DISSOLVE TO:

DEEP AND SERENE SPACE - ULTRA MAGNUS' SHUTTLE AND DINOBOT

SHUTTLE:

Possible song - optimistic adventure

with the suggestion that all dreams

might not happen.

as both shuttles soar majestically through the vast depth of

infinite space.

ULTRA MAGNUS (V.O.)

Rate this script:3.7 / 3 votes