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Movie 4 and movie 5. If u can work around them, then you're clear.
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Yes, but to be fair, he could lose his voice multiple times.
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Something like this, I suppose? (Based on Selfish's timeline)
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What a nightmare of a timeline, Hasbro lol
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At this point if u can, u could try to add the titan magazines too if they aren't super problemstic (and ofc not the Ones about the what if?)
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I was gonna ask about those. I mean, I'd they're readily available sure. The wiki says it's a different continuity but it does explain how Lockdown changes bodies. I don't know how it contradicts.
If we go with this, then Dark of the Moon (video game) can probably be placed in a timeline with the other games (2007, RotF, RotDS) instead. That is, if it even gets contradicted.
If we go with this, then Dark of the Moon (video game) can probably be placed in a timeline with the other games (2007, RotF, RotDS) instead. That is, if it even gets contradicted.
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I still wanna say it's not a singular timeline because it's literally impossible for all these to line up.
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I'm just wondering how 4-5 ruin the expanded timeline, honestly. I imagine it's about Lockdown and WW2 flashbacks, but just a guess.
Hey, you suggested this should be a timeline that weaves together all the closely related live-action material.
Hey, you suggested this should be a timeline that weaves together all the closely related live-action material.
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i would also add the G. I. Joe movies, at this point, i think we can....
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i think the game can stay. Tho, there are contraddictions with titan comics?
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Personally? Nah. We don't know what's up with the G.I. Joe crossover yet, or which iteration of it.
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Both, if I can help it.
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They have their AoE designs and a relationship with the Dinobots, but Optimus is on Earth and Lockdown is alive. It's difficult to fit that in.
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what if it's early?
In the titan comics, Lockdown was a bonty hunter before becoming a decepticon, then after Dark of the Moon, he becomes one again, he could take part in the events of the game soon after becoming a bonty hunter again
In 1st chapter the humans are deciding if it's right to trust the cybertronians, referencing the Dark of the Moon movie.
Drift during 1st chapter asks if the enemies are Decepticons, meaning that some of them are still out there, so i would say the game could take place in 2014 one year after Dark of the Moon, and it's also the game's release date.
this resolves everything else, for like Optimus isn't on earth. What u have to do is ignore the AoE designs for some of the characters, and isn't too difficult to do, even the IDW Hasbroverse have things like that, look at Spotlight Thundercracker for example.
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What about the Dinobots then? Hm.
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In the Revenge of the Fallen movie, there is a newspaper where depicts Shockwave being sighted on Earth....
In the meantime Dark of the Moon established him coming to earth during the 3rd movie, or according to the game he was frozen, soooooo.....
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Transformers wiki information:
The Age of Extinction story, meanwhile, is utterly irreconcilable with the events of the film – the Autobots have an existing alliance with the Dinobots, and Optimus Prime and Bumblebee sport the new bodies they acquire during the film, yet Lockdown is perfectly alive and Prime is active on Earth. Stinger's brief cameo as a mercenary is similarly impossible to reconcile (although KSI could have plagiarized Stinger's model.)
In chapter one, Optimus Prime refers to a line: "The humans never asked for our war", which was previously heard in the previous game, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, during an attack on Detroit.
The Age of Extinction story, meanwhile, is utterly irreconcilable with the events of the film – the Autobots have an existing alliance with the Dinobots, and Optimus Prime and Bumblebee sport the new bodies they acquire during the film, yet Lockdown is perfectly alive and Prime is active on Earth. Stinger's brief cameo as a mercenary is similarly impossible to reconcile (although KSI could have plagiarized Stinger's model.)
In chapter one, Optimus Prime refers to a line: "The humans never asked for our war", which was previously heard in the previous game, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, during an attack on Detroit.
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But, I see your point. I'll look into it.
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well if we say the game is BEFORE AoE we resolve the problems with Lockdown being alive and Optimus on Earth (Yay!)
The existing alliance with the Dinobots is possible, cos we don't know the extend of the alliance, it could be for the moment, and Grimlock could be captured while Lockdown escapes, explaining why he's angry at OP when he finds him on Lockdown'ship.
The designs unfrotunaly can't be explained, tho the brand does this error a lot during the course of their various continuities.
Stinger's appearence could be ignored cos it's out of nowhere. Or we could say he's an evil twin of Bumblebee, which isn't too far from reality, since they used this explanation already to explain Blaster's appearence during Strombringer in the IDW's Hasbroverse.
That's what i could say to explain the inconcistences
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I'm all for all of the live action films being canon to one another.
I saw an article where Lorenzo retracted his statement and said that the animated movie is not connected to the live action ones.
According to a ROTB director statement (IDK if the interview was posted here), ROTB is a (loose) prequel to the first Bay films, while he did not care all that much for AOE and TLK.
One of the biggest Titan magazines/IDW condradictions is that how Twins arrive to Earth is different. In Titan, they arrive on Earth by themselves, while in IDW, they arrive on Earth with the Arcees, Sideswipe etc. I can't remember any other glaring condradictions ATM. Much of the Titan comics are unavailable online.
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Maybe they arrived on Earth multiple times, lol. Yeah, it sounds like an exercise.
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There's probably no point in including Rise of the Dark Spark Mission 2-9, but the game is added.
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So as stated before, I'm new to this franchise and can't wait to dive in. It won't be until TF: One is on Blu Ray so probably late in the year or next year. Here is my chronological guide I put together for anyone interested.
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Looks good to me. Since I'm including the comics, that's even MORE contradictions with Transformers One... but oh well, again, the ridiculous time difference allows for anyone to head-canon that characters forgot due to time, were resurrected, etc. Bumblebee's "B-127" designation seems to be a reference to the Live-Action Universe at least.
