Transformers: Beginnings (Video 2007)

See what happened before Optimus Prime and Megatron came to Earth.

Directors:

Harold Hayes Jr., Craig Phillips,

Writers:

Simon Furman, Chris Ryall (story)

Stars:

Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Mark Ryan

Cast

Cast overview:
Peter Cullen	...	Optimus Prime (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Megatron (voice)
Mark Ryan	...	Bumblebee (voice)
Patrick Hallahan	...	Starscream / Additional Voices (voice)
Brian Stepanek	...	Blackout / Agent Simmons (voice)
Kevin Dunn	...	Ron Witwicky (voice)
Patrick Viall	...	Capt. Archibald Witwicky / Additional Voices (voice)
Harold Hayes Jr.	...	Bald Sector 7 Agent (voice)
Justin Foley	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Kenny Luper	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Ryan Pfeiffer	...	Additional Voices (voice)

Storyline

On their home planet of Cybertron, the Autobots and Decepticons are involved in an explosive battle over the coveted AllSpark. With the fate of the universe at stake, the Autobots send it far from the reaches of the ruthless Megatron, leader of the Decepticons. But there are even more surprises in store when it crash-lands on Earth.

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Genres:

Animation | Short

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 October 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hasbro

Technical Specs

Runtime:

19 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was an exclusive release only available with the purchase of the 'Transformers (2007)' DVD in 2007.

User Reviews

Fun short, as long as you got it cheap

It's basically a voiced-over comic book. The film is just a series of stills showing the events before the Transformers left their planet, and the human events since Megatron and the Allspark arrived. Some cheesy voice on the humans, but with Megatron / Prime's original voices from the cartoon. Mostly just uses the movie's soundtrack.

Might be best watched AFTER the movie, since some of it's content will ruin surprises for you. I just happened across it out of luck, but you may need to eBay it now since it was only released with one of the limited editions of the movie. It has references to the cartoon, not just the movie, like Starscream's ambitions for leadership of the Decepticons.

Overall, fairly nice for collectors but nothing to worry about if you only really liked the movie. Good for 20 minutes of fun if you're a Transformers fan.