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Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described

Transformers News: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described

Thursday, May 19th, 2011 6:29AM CDT

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If you need a Dark Of The Moon fix, then we have a little morsel for you to chew on. Cinema Blend.com has seen the opening sequence of the movie and has posted a description of said scenes. This is knee deep in spoiler territory so you have been warned if you don't want to know anything about the movie. If you do want to read it, then it has been posted below with spoiler tags. They say "the first five minutes are jam packed with exposition that sets up the film’s entire story line".

Following the title sequence, the camera floats through space until it lands on the planet Cybertron which is littered with giant metal constructs. From afar we witness the great battle-between Autobots and Decepticons as Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) begins his voice-over. Describing the interminable battle on the planet’s surface, an airship flies by which Optimus reveals has cargo that could have saved them.

The airship with the precious cargo begins to fly away from the planet’s surface just when Decepticon ships successfully blow it up. We're then transported to 1961 New Mexico where the surface of the moon is being analyzed. We then see the Autobot ship crash land and scientists detect the impact. Knowing that they need to see what’s going on, a call is made to Washington and a CGI version of John F. Kennedy is shown discussing America's need to beat the Russians to the moon in order to figure out exactly what’s going on. We then watch archive footage of JFK’s famous address in which he stressed the importance of getting a man on the moon.

More archive footage of Apollo 11’s launch is shown as well as Walter Cronkite’s news coverage of the event. Finally we see Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the lunar surface, with Armstrong proclaiming that “The Eagle has landed,” before giving his famous line, “One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” After this quote, a man at mission control turns a knob and the signal feed is cut. Even some NASA scientists have no idea what’s going on. Speaking to the astronaut on a private feed, one of the insider’s says “Neil, you are dark on the rock. Mission is a go. You have 21 minutes.”

Neil and Buzz then travel across the moon’s surface to the location of the crashed ship, which is enormous in contrast to the size of the humans approaching it. Arriving at the edge of the ship, Neil kneels down and the dust sinks down to reveal a giant metal face. Reporting the findings, Neil then says that the ship has suffered a great deal of damage and that they won’t have time to explore the entire ship. There are no signs of life, but what the astronauts witness is not lost on him. “We are not alone, are we?” Mission control says into the radio. “No we are not,” Neil responds.

We then watch archive footage of President Richard Nixon as he praises the efforts of NASA in getting a man mission successfully to the moon. The command module Columbia flies safely into the Pacific Ocean and the entire mission is viewed as a success, with the general public having no idea about their actual motives. As the heroes are arriving back on land, a metallic suitcase is placed into a trunk labeled “Top Secret.” Back on the moon the camera flies into the inner bowels of the ship where we see a giant transformer – to later be identified as Sentinel Prime – whose eyes suddenly begin to glow, suggesting that he is still active. Flying into the robot’s pupil, moving machinery forms the film’s title: Transformers: Dark of the Moon.
Credit(s): Cinema Blend.com

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Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225047)
Posted by mightwork on May 19th, 2011 @ 6:48am CDT
This is certainley shaping up to be a pretty awesome action flick! So the opening is pretty much the same as one of the trailers we saw early on

BTW 'Neil Kneels' made me chuckle :P
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225049)
Posted by Shockwave. on May 19th, 2011 @ 6:55am CDT
Thats Awesome! Cant wait for the movie to come out :D
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225050)
Posted by JRFitzpatrick7 on May 19th, 2011 @ 6:56am CDT
read this and i was like, "i think i read this yesterday in my comic shop in issue four of foundation... and that other bit sounds like the teaser trailer... hmmm"
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225075)
Posted by rich prime on May 19th, 2011 @ 7:55am CDT
So that entire announcement trailer was actually the first scene in the movie sweet can't wait.
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225077)
Posted by _I_Am_Megatron_ on May 19th, 2011 @ 7:57am CDT
How can the ship at Cybertron blow up, and crash on the moon, it either blows up or crashes, what is it? :???:
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225079)
Posted by rich prime on May 19th, 2011 @ 8:02am CDT
_I_Am_Megatron_ wrote:How can the ship at Cybertron blow up, and crash on the moon, it either blows up or crashes, what is it? :???:


They said the con ship blow it
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225080)
Posted by _I_Am_Megatron_ on May 19th, 2011 @ 8:03am CDT
Ok I read it wrong, my bad.

Edit: Wait, no it's says they successfully blow it up.
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225154)
Posted by sentinelprime1234 on May 19th, 2011 @ 10:56am CDT
so it's just someone describing the teaser trailer again? boring
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225164)
Posted by Dagon on May 19th, 2011 @ 11:13am CDT
That actually sounds real cool.
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225639)
Posted by User897 on May 20th, 2011 @ 6:00am CDT
Saying that a ship has been successfully blown up, followed by it crashing on the moon makes absolutely no sense.
Re: Opening Scenes Of Transformers: Dark Of The Moon Described (1225654)
Posted by Rodimus Prime on May 20th, 2011 @ 6:29am CDT
User897 wrote:Saying that a ship has been successfully blown up, followed by it crashing on the moon makes absolutely no sense.


Yeah, that's true. I think they may have meant to say it was successfully damaged, thus causing it to crash.

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