Transformers Cinematic Universe - Timeline

Pro Bot said:
These comics are ridiculously intertwined anyway. I have no doubt that John Barber would have wrote a comic where Bumblebee leaves Earth sometime before 2003, eventually leading into the Movie Prequel comic, and it would have made sense. Just reading the Convergence special, the Defiance and Foundation stories are necessary reading along with the Sector 7 series too, which is directly connected to the Transformers Movie Prequel comic. The Sector 7 notes from John Barber refer to real life events, the ARG alternate universe, and the events of the Ghosts of Yesterday novel. Dude knows what he's doing.

Sentinel Prime and the Ark were transported through space and time and crashed on the moon due to being attracted to the AllSpark's location. The AllSpark was attracted to Earth by the presence of the Star Harvester. From TLK, we know that Unicron resides inside Earth, so maybe that's connected.
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You should read his main works from transformers in the IDW Hasbroverse, isn't same level as MTMTE, but damn it's good.
 
I'll say that Transformers One is an inclusion that I'm definitely iffy on since it just about contradicts everything (a personal explanation: maybe Optimus revived all the Primes with the Matrix? Uh... yeah, I don't know), but I'm including it because they can't make up their minds about it, plus it does reference Bumblebee. We'll just have to wait and see.

Note that the Bumblebee Movie Prequel was based on an earlier version of Bumblebee where he was on Earth since the 1940s, but it doesn't really contradict anything since we already have to make the assumption that the Autobots come and go from Earth (the whole thing with Rise of the Beasts was them trying to get back to Cybertron, so I don't see why this is an issue).
 
Pro Bot said:
I'll say that Transformers One is an inclusion that I'm definitely iffy on since it just about contradicts everything (a personal explanation: maybe Optimus revived all the Primes with the Matrix? Uh... yeah, I don't know), but I'm including it because they can't make up their minds about it, plus it does reference Bumblebee. We'll just have to wait and see.

Note that the Bumblebee Movie Prequel was based on an earlier version of Bumblebee where he was on Earth since the 1940s, but it doesn't really contradict anything since we already have to make the assumption that the Autobots come and go from Earth (the whole thing with Rise of the Beasts was them trying to get back to Cybertron, so I don't see why this is an issue).
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so, Optimus revives the Primes, Megatronus steals the Matrix and does his thing, and then the Primes dies again.
 
Did ya'll read this on the wiki?

"As the film's release date drew closer, multiple comments from the film's creatives indicated that the filmmakers viewed the movie as something entirely separate from the ongoing live-action films. In July, Josh Cooley stated that the film was set in a "new Transformers continuity" [6]​; in another interview from a week before release, di Bonaventura ultimately admitted that One didn't fit into the chronology of the live-action films, and described One and the live-action films as "two universes" that would be "[kept] separate". [7]​ These statements were ultimately borne out by the movie itself, which featured multiple plot points that are pretty much irreconcilable with the live-action films—early on, the film establishes that Megatronus is long dead, negating his appearance in Revenge of the Fallen; additionally, the movie ends with the newly christened Megatron killing Sentinel Prime, leaving no wiggle room for the events of Dark of the Moon to occur. As a result, the wiki has opted to treat the One franchise and any potential sequels as a new continuity family, entirely separate from the ongoing live-action films."
 
comicbook.com

Is Transformers One a Prequel or Reboot? The Animated Movie's Origin Story Is Both, Director Says (Exclusive)

Is Transformers One a prequel to the live-action Transformers movies? Kind of.
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Basically, this is the answer (not a real quote, it's my summary of it):
"Yes, it's a prequel to basically the same events, but they might happen differently in the future. It would be hard to connect them. They might be connected in a filmmaking/storytelling sense but we're not planning on crossing them over directly."
 
Rather than cramming so much incompatible content (I've read ALL the comics) into one timeline just to leave one property out - this is why I chose to separate all this into their own timelines in my thread. (Transformers One I'm keeping solely because of the flip flopping of these producers.)

Said producers' claims are to sell their franchise and not own up to the fact the Bayverse was a failed vision and they're, objectively, moving past that.
 
Pro Bot said:
comicbook.com

Is Transformers One a Prequel or Reboot? The Animated Movie's Origin Story Is Both, Director Says (Exclusive)

Is Transformers One a prequel to the live-action Transformers movies? Kind of.
comicbook.com comicbook.com
Basically, this is the answer (not a real quote, it's my summary of it):
"Yes, it's a prequel to basically the same events, but they might happen differently in the future. It would be hard to connect them. They might be connected in a filmmaking/storytelling sense but we're not planning on crossing them over directly."
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I take this to mean "it's a prequel if you want it to be one". Which I do because I like watching movie franchises and having this as chapter one is great.
 
selfishmisery said:
Rather than cramming so much incompatible content (I've read ALL the comics) into one timeline just to leave one property out - this is why I chose to separate all this into their own timelines in my thread. (Transformers One I'm keeping solely because of the flip flopping of these producers.)

Said producers' claims are to sell their franchise and not own up to the fact the Bayverse was a failed vision and they're, objectively, moving past that.
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There's a few mistakes I would like to correct from your timeline, quickly. You're welcome!

Sector 7 #2
1913
????
Transformers: Sector 7 #2 ("Irreplaceable"; pg. 4-21)

April 6
Transformers: Sector 7 #2 ("Irreplaceable"; pg. 1-3, 22)
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Correction:
1900
????
Transformers: Sector 7 #2, "Irreplaceable" (pg. 4-5)
[flashback to "turn of the century". Barber notes it as being set during the Boxer Rebellion in 1898-1901]

1913
April 6
Transformers: Sector 7 #2, "Irreplaceable" (pg. 1-3)

April
Transformers: Sector 7 #2, "Irreplaceable" (pg. 6-22)
[Page 6-21 are what leads to Walter leaving with Clara, so it's narratively set after page 1-3]
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Sector 7 #3
1934
January 8
Transformers: Sector 7 #3 ("Together"; pg. 1-4)

January 9
Transformers: Sector 7 #3 ("Together"; pg. 5-22)
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Correction:
1934
January 8
Transformers: Sector 7 #3, "Together" (pg. 1-4)

January 9
Transformers: Sector 7 #3, "Together" (pg. 5-9)

January 16
Transformers: Sector 7 #3, "Together" (pg. 10-16)
[Noted by Barber to be the January 16 Clyde breakout at Eastham Jail]

May 23
Transformers: Sector 7 #3, "Together" (pg. 17-22)
[Bonnie and Clyde died on May 23. Barber notes this too.]
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Bumblebee Movie Prequel
1964
September 21
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1 ("The Man with the Golden Car"; pg. 1-21)

September 22
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1 ("The Man with the Golden Car"; pg. 1-21)
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2 ("The Living Headlights")
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3 ("Energon is Forever"; pg. 1-18)

September 23
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3 ("Energon is Forever"; pg. 19-22)
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #4 ("From Cybertron with Love"; pg. 1-20)

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Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #4 ("From Cybertron with Love"; pg. 21-22)
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Correction:
1964
September
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1, "The Man with the Golden Car" (pg. 10-11)

September 21
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1, "The Man with the Golden Car" (pg. 1-9)

September 22
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #1, "The Man with the Golden Car" (pg. 12-20)
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #2, "The Living Headlights"
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3, "Energon is Forever" (pg. 1-16)

September 23
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #3, "Energon is Forever" (pg. 17-20)
Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #4, "From Cybertron with Love" (pg. 1-18)

1987 [Just a suggestion]
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Transformers: Bumblebee Movie Prequel #4, "From Cybertron with Love" (pg. 19-20)
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Ghosts of Yesterday begins on July 16th, 1969 too. I haven't finished the book, but it starts at that point.
 
Pro Bot said:
There's a few mistakes I would like to correct from your timeline, quickly. You're welcome!

Sector 7 #2


Correction:


Sector 7 #3


Correction:


Bumblebee Movie Prequel


Correction:


Ghosts of Yesterday begins on July 16th, 1969 too. I haven't finished the book, but it starts at that point.
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how's the book, btw?

Asked in a quality way rather than timeline way.
 
It's interesting enough, there's a few callbacks to the comics that I enjoyed. There's a funny line from Starscream about how he hopes the decepticons give up looking for Megatron and realise he is the superior leader and Cybertronian, which made me chuckle.
 
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