Sony BMG Entertainment have announced the upcoming release of Transformers: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition in November. The new DVD will include special features and behind-the-scenes footage developed with input by and for fans of the franchise, the company said, including interviews, interactive games and collectible packaging. The animated film features the voices of Orson Welles, Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, John Moschitta and Frank Welker. A live-action Transformers movie is currently in production under director Michael Bay for a 2007 theatrical release.
What, no music video for "The Touch" by Stan Bush?! Here's hoping...
This movie must have the worst use of music EVER! But man, how I love it. I have the Canadian DVD which has pretty shitty picture and sound (it looks like a tape transfer) but in all honesty I don't know if I'll bother with the upgrade.
SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT UNVEILS SPECIAL FEATURES LINE-UP FOR HIGHLY-ANTICIPATED 2-DISC COLLECTION:
TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL EDITION DVD
Ultimate TRANSFORMERS Limited Edition DVD To Feature Three Versions Of Film; Commentary Tracks and Interviews; Sneak Peak At Next Summer's Major Motion Picture Event; And Much More
Legendary Artist Don Figueroa Crafts Exclusive New "Transforming" Cover Art For This DVD
New York, New York, July 21, 2006 - SONY BMG Music Entertainment will help usher in the next phase of TRANSFORMERS mania as it unveils the specifics of its November 7th release of TRANSFORMERS: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD. Since announcing the title in June, fans have been clamoring for more details  nearly as much as Decepticons clamor for Energon  and they will not be disappointed. Sony BMG Home Entertainment has gone to painstaking lengths to put together the ultimate package that will surely appeal to the huge, passionate and multi-generational TRANSFORMERS fan base. For the 20th anniversary edition, Sony BMG Home Entertainment completely re-mastered and color-corrected the film and will present Optimus Prime, Megatron and the rest of the star-studded Autobots and Decepticons in true splendor through three distinct versions:
16 X 9 WIDESCREEN PRESENTATION Â which has not been seen anywhere since the movie was in theaters 20 years ago.
AUTOBOT MATRIX OF KNOWLEDGE PRESENTATION Â Truly showcasing the pop culture phenomenon that is THE TRANSFORMERS, SONY BMG has created a special version of the film for the DVD release. The Autobot Matrix of Knowledge will feature trivia and fun facts about the movie itself, the TRANSFORMERS brand, and the pop culture references in which TRANSFORMERS has been spoofed/tributed. Approximately 100 fun facts will show up on screen throughout the movie. Many of the factoids were provided by fans through a special DVD site created by Sony BMG to solicit input -- marking the first time that the huge TRANSFORMERS fan base has ever been asked to participate in the creation of a TRANSFORMERS home entertainment release.
FULL SCREEN EDITION
Adding to the excitement for this DVD, Sony BMG Home Entertainment has partnered with Paramount Pictures to provide a behind-the-scenes sneak peak at next summer's highly anticipated TRANSFORMERS live action movie event. The special feature segment on the DVD will include comments from Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg who share their vision and passion for TRANSFORMERS.
TRANSFORMERS: The Movie 20th Anniversary Special Edition DVD will take viewers even more inside this cult favorite than ever before through all-new interviews and first-time-ever commentary tracks. Exclusive new interviews with director Nelson Shin, story consultant Flint Dille and Sue Blu, the voice of fan-favorite Arcee, are included in this fantastic new special edition DVD.
To further commemorate the 20th anniversary of the film, SONY BMG is providing fans with some extra-celebratory content that lets them track back to the true origins of the TRANSFORMERS. After careful consideration and preparation, Sony BMG has scoured the archives for the best TRANSFORMERS-related footage available, and the DVD will include the original commercials for the toy line and movie -- allowing viewers to see how and where the phenomenon began.
Beyond the actual DVD content, Sony BMG Home Entertainment is expanding the DVD's collectibility to the packaging itself. The company has commissioned fan-favorite artist Don Figueroa to create the imagery for a special "transforming" cover. Through his much-heralded work with TRANSFORMERS, Don's art brings to life the characters so many have grown to love. With Optimus Prime appropriately situated in a position of prominence on the cover, the Autobot leader is joined by Megatron, Bumblebee, Starscream, Blaster and more of the most popular TRANSFORMERS characters on the first image of the special "transforming" cover.
TRANSFORMERS: The Movie features the voice of Orson Welles in his final role, as well as stars Eric Idle, Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Casey Kasem, Robert Stack, John Moschitta, Peter Cullen, and Frank Welker. The DVD also features a winning soundtrack featuring the iconic theme "The TRANSFORMERS" performed by Lion, and the popular "The Touch," performed by Stan Bush. The movie, set in 2005, chronicles the efforts of the heroic Autobots to defend their home of Cybertron from the evil Decepticons and Unicron, a huge robotic creature that devours planets.
It is pretty bad that the episode of "Scramble City" and the test footage doesn't have any original audio on it, and just commentary. Why watch an episode of the show without the original or even a dubbed soundtrack? Hmm, rights problems?
I felt this is a very disrespectful move.....
During some of Nelson Shin's interview, his comments are in English, and it's SUBTITLED in non removable English! And not just captioned, but they even correct his minor grammatical mistakes in the subtitles!
Shin: "Me Love You Long Time Optimus Prime!"
Sub: "I Love Optimus Prime very much!" (yes, I'm exaggerating.....)
Also, although I think its a little funny, on all the old Transformers toy commercials, the children's faces are blurred out. In a way it's kinda freaky or even creepy.....
manicsounds wrote:Apparently, this will be re-released by Paramount on DVD on 6/17/2008 for some reason
i think Sony stopped producing their recent release when they closed their Wonder (animation & kids) division. Paramount may have gotten the rights to it.
Transformers The Movie (the 80s one) is a movie that should forever remain on beat up old vhs tape. I'm not saying it should remain unreleased, buried, or forgotten. It should just be forever released on worn out old tapes. And it should always be viewed with pizza, beer, and rowdiness.
dx23 wrote:Transformers Season 1 25th Anniversary Edition coming June 16th according to TVshowsondvd.com.
Fantastic news! I was getting sick of hunting down those Rhino DVDs and paying exorbitant prices for them. Hopefully this time they'll be using the initial broadcast transfers as well (because some were edited in the later reruns). Curiously, Rhino also used a few unfinished, pre-broadcast transfers that included many scenes and frames that hadn't been "fixed" yet.
