Transformers The Movie (20th Anniversary Special

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Protoform-S PMed me this yesterday...

From TFW2005 bro:

Extras
The extras are where this disc really stands out above any other. No other release has gone through such great lengths to provide something never seen by the fans. The fact that Sony reached out to the fan community for help in this release shows how much they wanted this to be a great disc.

Disc 1 contains:
- Audio Commentary with Director Nelson Shin, Story Consultant Flint Dille, and Voice Actor Susan Blu.
A commentary of this nature was long overdue for this film. The history of this film was so full of great stories and it was great to finally hear them. The commentary is, for the most part, fun and informative. The one major downfall is that English is clearly not Nelson Shin’s first language and it made some of his dialogue hard to make out. But he does share some interesting aspects about what effects were used for what scenes.
- First ever Fan Commentary
The group consisted of myself (Joe Moore), Tony Bacala (credited as Alex Weiner), J.E. (Rik) Alvarez and Paul Hitchens. Click Here for a detailed breakdown of this featurette.
- Autobot Matrix of Knowledge
A fun Pop Up Video style presentation that plays with the film showing fun “facts” and trivia. It’s silly and fun and worth watching once for a laugh.
- Original Theatrical Trailer and TV Spots- Photo Gallery
The gallery is relatively small, but shows some great images. It contains some of the character model sheets, some concept art and some classic movie memorabilia.
- Cinex and Credit Test
This group of test animation reels showed some of the lighting and color tests. It also showed the early tests of the credits and the effects used for them. It’s always fun to see things like this as it gives some insight into how things were done.
- Scramble City
For the first time ever, Scramble City is officially released in North America. Unfortunately Sony was unable to secure the rights to the audio portion of the release. Instead of scrapping this extra, Sony called in 2 of the fan commentators, Tony Bacala and Rik. Alvarez to do a commentary to explain what this piece of film is. Tony and Rik do an admirable job on the commentary, keeping pace with the action and explaining the significance of the film
- Transformer 2007 Teaser Trailer and Sneak Peek
The trailer is the same one from Summer 2006. The sneak peek shows some footage from the film interspersed with comments from Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg and writers Roberto Orchi and Alex Kurtzman. The footage itself shows a lot of things blowing up. However there are a couple of quick, yet interesting glimpses. One shows a miniature model of an ice cave with a human staring at something. The other interesting piece shows 2 quick glimpses of a computer screen. Each glimpse shows a brief shot of a wire frame for 2 different Transformers. It’s an nice addition to the disc, but is very short and doesn’t show enough to really make an impact on those on the fence about the release.
- Trailer for Everquest 2 videogame
- Trailer for the release of this DVD
- Trailer announcing the release of G1 on DVD by Sony in 2007

Disc 2 contains:
- Active Autobot Trivia Game
- Featurettes – Death of Optimus Prime, Cast and Characters and a Q and A
All feature the same group like Nelson Shin and Flint Dille. Each featurette contains info and insight not widely known before. Especially the Cast and character featurette. To hear what Nelson Shin originally thought of Orson Welles’ lines was very enlightening. Each one is definitely worth multiple viewings.
- Original Promotional Trailer with Commentary by Paul Hitchens
This is the widely popular original promo trailer. The trailer features alternate and unfinished footage, such as a Diaclone colored Ultra Magnus. Paul does an excellent job explaining the differences and what was actually used in the final film.
- Animated Story Boards
These story boards, compiled by Paul Hitchens, give some insight into the early stages of production of the film. The first 2 line up to scenes in the film. The third one shows the deleted scene of Ultra Magnus pulling up with Tracks , Red Alert and others taking down Devastator. As the Autobots flee, Red Alert is shot in the back and killed. These are worth watching again and again as they are well put together.
- Test, Deleted and Alternate Footage with Commentary by Paul Hitchens
This is probably the most anticipated feature on the disc. This is a group of reels found in the vault of various test animations. Included are a few alternate backgrounds for animations and the first ever deleted scene found for the Transformers movie. After Astrotrain leaves Autobot city, the camera pans over to show the Autobots running to a fallen Optimus Prime. While the footage itself isn’t too exciting, it is exciting to know that deleted footage actually exists.
- U.S. and Japanese Toy Commercials
A great addition marred by poor video quality on many of the commercial. While it’s great to have, it is a shame that the video quality is so bad on some of these.
- Scramble City Commercials
These are much better than the other commercials and another great addition to the set. Shows the various toy commercials for toys released in the Scramble City packaging.

Overall the features make this set a must purchase. No other company has gone to such great lengths to make their Transformers Movie disc something memorable. Many of the features are worth sitting through multiple times.

[LIONHEART]

here's a pic to match with that :)

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Thanks for posting the pix, Lionheart...

...I heard there were retailer exclusive items...

http://www.tfw2005.com/boards/showthread.php?t=114699

From Ondoher Prime of Cybertron Philippines:
also, take note that this dvd is available in both lenticular and non-lenticular cover versions; and that the lenticualr cover IS NOT attached to the dvd case.


...But I think the extras themselves are worth the bucks...

[ninocajayon]

Wow! That's nice. I'd really like to watch that again in High res. :)

[LIONHEART]

no biggie thunderbreak B)

i got mine from FYE/suncoast and it only comes with the lenticular cover.

lenticular freebie and case
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inside cover and dvds
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