Upon arriving on the planet to proceed in completing his mission, he had, at some point, interacted with. Even savoy, attingers henchman, gets more attention than him. Lockdown is the central antagonist of transformers. Spotting cade, he was obsessively trying to shoot him in the head. History for filmtransformersageofextinction tv tropes.
Get the scoop on all the popular comics, games, movies, toys, and more every day. Light after the lockdown the future of books financial times. Cade called out as they started running down the street to downtown. With lockdown, attinger and his righthand man savoy dead and cemetery wind dissolved by their crimes and branded as terrorist organization, optimus sets the dinobots free and request his fellow. He was portrayed by kelsey grammer, who also played stinky pete in toy story 2, rothbart in barbie of swan lake, hunter in storks, and sideshow bob in the simpsons. This gives lockdown an opening which he uses to incapacitate optimus, saying he shames all cybertronians for that weakness. After experimenting in the service and retail trades for a few years, smith decided to go to university. Witnessing this, optimus saves cade by shooting attinger, killing him as he promised earlier on. Lockdown and his group of mercenaries have no allegiance to the autobots or the decepticons. Movie spoiler for the film transformers age of extinction. The big bad this time goes by the name of lockdown.
Lockdown is the partnerincrime of harold attinger who helps him capture optimus prime and kill all transformers on earth. He was a ruthless mercenary who had affiliated himself with the creators as a cybertronian bounty hunter, which led to his earthly presence when lockdown was sent by his higherups to capture optimus prime. However, thier plans can go nowhere, with no money and no id, the urban outlaws have no way of urban outlaws has been a series i have really enjoyed from the very first book. After many failed attempts, the autobot took a giant cannon to shoot at the enemy but first he suffered himself.
Attinger is trying to capture whats left of the transformers and has agents scouring the world for them. Galvatron escapes, while optimus leaves earth for his own protection. Having arrived to help, bumblebee helps cade fight lockdown, only for the villainous bounty hunter to defeat bumblebee and attack cade. Lockdown transformers film series antagonists wiki. The final knight film versionthe knight ship film version lockdown imprisons optimus prime with the other knights he had captured while cade, shane, and the other autobots. Transformers are attacking the earth during the dinosaur era.
Lockdown is the secondary antagonist of transformers. The transformers film series continues with this fourth entry from director michael bay and executive producer steven spielberg. Info about ratchet ratchet has also gone through some changes. The book is realistic and keeps you involved with the main character. It is the fourth installment of the liveaction transformers film series and a. Age of extinction trailer to highlight new story details, robot characters, and answer frequently asked questions. Ksi and whoever the hell else they were working with to even get the autobots, they needed to be stopped.
Ratchet transformers cinematic universe heroes wiki fandom. Lockdown is a book about a boy in prisonit has handcuffs on the cover, so its not exactly a secret what the title is about. I loved that we got to know leah before we saw any zombies. List of transformers film series characters wikipedia. Age of extinction trailer analysis, photos, and video. Harold attinger is the main antagonist of the 2014 film transformers. Alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series of young adult novels, including lockdown and solitary. As cade and optimus prime help one another, more and bigger metal mayhem ensues. Lockdown, rokkudaun has always been hired to track down a subject, that even the decepticons are afraid of this guy, nothing stops him from completing his transaction short of total deactivation. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. That attinger and savoy stand in the background dancing on the burning bodies. I have had lockdown on my to read list for a long time but i just kept putting it off reading other books but i wouldnt take it off my list and i am so glad that i finally opened it up and started reading. Sep 06, 2017 during super bowl xlviii, a brand new trailer for transformers. Cade tries to help optimus but attinger gets in his way.
He imprisons optimus and attinger sends savoy aboard the ship to collect one of the seed bombs from the beginning. While in a narrow fight with lockdown, optimus sees dudleydorightstopstohelp cade in trouble and takes a moment to spoiler. After being sent away by cade, tessa and shane return to help. Ratchet transformers cinematic universe heroes wiki.
This is a great sciencefiction movie that delivers plenty of action, treachery, and some pretty comedic moments as well. As long as i can hold my breath begins playing optimus goes after lockdown, while attinger is coming. In the devastating aftermath of the fight for humanity, an enigmatic group. Fifteen years later, thats our reality due to coronavirus, which has so far infected more than 1. Before moving to christophers current city of great falls, va, christopher lived in washington dc.
Born in 1979 in norwich, england, he always wanted to be a. Age of extinction and the main antagonist of the noncanon video game transformers. Lockdown and galvatron remain as the heroes more immediate enemies while attinger is mostly ignored. Ben kingsley in disneys jungle book select a city close. Christopher attinger is 72 years old today because christophers birthday is on 07201947. List of transformers film series cast and characters. Five years later, ratchet and leadfoot have been terminated, and. The screenwriterturnednovelist wrote a book titled lockdown in 2005 about a global pandemic. Harold was the main human protagonist, though his motivations werent entirely clear. Afterwards, attinger suspiciously questions lockdown over his motives for capturing optimus and goes on to ask his true intentions, only for lockdown to. Join facebook to connect with bill attinger and others you may know. Answering only to his enigmatic creators, lockdown. Transformers 4 age of extinction meet the dinobots.
Lockdown decepticon bounty hunter, mercenary, rouge decepticon. Bee and hound were following in their alt forms as they moved. Age of extinction introduced so much material that a lot of it was still passed over briefly and left us with many questions. This ruthless hunter only works for the highest payers in. Kill cade yeager and his family to prevent them from exposing cemetery winds nefarious operations all. The series even went to the trouble of reformatting megatron into galvatron for the fourth film, which would have been the prime opportunity to bring him back as the main villain for the series, except his role is reduced to a lackey for attinger and eventually a minor threat compared to lockdown. Feb 10, 2015 aoe has optimus prime specifically targeted so that he can be handed over to lockdown wholl leave earth in peace and also as payment for his seed, which is attingers real motive. Autobots transformers cinematic universe heroes wiki fandom. In the devastating aftermath of the fight for humanity, an enigmatic group strives to alter the course of history as an ancient force of evil plots the destruction of mankind. Age of extinction is a perfect example of a bigbudget summertime film.
Kelsey grammars performance as villainous cia agent harold attinger was admirable enough. Heres how optimus fights lockdown and lockdown and attinger and ernies deaths play out in brian and the eeveelution familys adventures of transformers. Papers by barbara jeanne attinger european central bank. They escape and we learn that lockdown an unaffiliated transformer voiced by frank welker has made an alliance with harold attinger kelsey grammer who runs black ops for the cia. Sep 16, 2014 paramount has provided us with an exclusive featurette highlighting the villains harold attinger kelsey grammer and james savoy tit. Harold attinger and joshua joyce were far more bearable characters, even if they were villainous. He was assigned by the creators to capture optimus prime. All you like transformers 4movie collection in high. He is a ruthless bounty hunter who hunts and kills both autobots and decepticons alike. After the battle of chicago, the transformers have become the hunted. Lockdown, who disregards both humanity and his own kinds civil war, appears to be similar to that of attingers genocidal antics. Jun 21, 2017 this books follows a young man though a detention center. An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. This despite everything would be the one time shed want those re.
His lead agent savoy is working with a robot lockdown, who is intent on catching optimus. With mankind now against the autobots and forcing them into hiding, they must rise up once again and save the very world that is hunting them down from extinction. And that lockdown, right before he gets killed, always says there is no one to save you now. Lockdown transformers film series antagonists wiki fandom. Age of extinction is a 2014 american science fictionaction film in the transformers film series. Age of extinction vs captain america 2 tfw2005 the 2005. It is the fourth installment of the liveaction transformers film series and a sequel to 2011s dark of the moon, taking place five years after its events. Drift riding on slug drove lockdown in a corner and took the book for activated weapons. However, the distraction allows lockdown to overpower optimus before impaling him with his sword to a wall. But, for that same reason, this book was at times hard to read.
Supporting him are nicola peltz as tessa yeager, stanley tucci as joshua joyce and kelsey grammer as harold attinger. Although his price is not cheap, his performance is the best in what he does. List of transformers film series characters sonicwbii. Attinger of earth, an alliance is a contract, and contracts, like humans, expire. But while lockdown is a broad reference to incarceration, it also has a special meaning within the facility. Sometime later, jane and jason meet an engineer name cade and together they will bring the fight back to the enemy who not only has lockdown. Due to the covid19 epidemic and the lockdown, there will be no shipment. Age of extinction has a lot of good points, both qualitywise and contentwise.
Sequel to iii, the chicago war is over, but a new one is about to begin. Transformers, less than meets the eye faith on view. Prime sees the altercation and blows attinger away. Joyce however escapes and attinger hunts joshua, cade and the protagonists with the help of savoy, lockdown and some assassins. Age of extinction is a 2014 american science fiction action film based on the transformers toy line. Over 214 characters have appeared in the film franchise. Another line of business the crisis might have been expected to spur is digital publishing, whether ebooks or. When i heard about peter mays book, lockdown, a thriller written 15 years ago, a book set during a flu pandemic, a book just being published for the first time in april 2020, i was intrigued, given covid19 and the current state of the world. Age of extinction lockdown and attinger scene 1080phd vo. The following is a list of characters featured in the transformers film series, distributed by paramount pictures, and its related media appearances. A pandemic thriller, once rejected by publishers for being. What was a huge revelation on the outside actually had countless levels of questions underneath it questions that will certainly be explored more fully in the. Following the deaths of harold attinger and lockdown, joshua begins to do reparations for cade yeager starting with paying for the rebuilding of his farm house that was destroyed by cemetery wind. Before the final fight scene with optimus, lockdown descends from his.
Optimus is stabbed by lockdown, but he later kills lockdown and cuts him into two. Despite being almost three hours long, transformers 4. Christopher attinger e, 72 great falls, va has court. However, he is shot by optimus, and his plans backfired. Lockdown is a massive disappointment and i only read it now because of its topicality during the time of covid19 lockdown. Amelia whispered as she and cade watcher the head of ratchet being melted down, cade subtly nodded in agreement as the two watched in shock. Born in 1979 in norwich, england, he always wanted to be a writer. Beijing china optimus prime and lockdown meet and the battle begins. They dont know yet, however, about attinger or his deal with the evil lockdown. Under the leadership of shady government agent harold attinger kelsey grammer, a specialized segment of the cia are hunting down all remaining autobots with the assistance of lockdown, a. Lockdown is the central antagonist of the 2014 film transformers.
New tv spots and new attinger footage on late night with. Lockdown arrives and wounds optimus and takes him into his ship, tessa unintentionally scooped up as well. Meanwhile, lockdown discovers optimus escape with the dinobots, and returns to earth to recapture them. Lockdown is unlike any zombie book i think i have ever read before. He was eventually avenged when optimus prime killed harold attinger and lockdown. Amelia was nervous, right now they didnt have the numbers to face the fifty prototypes. Une bibliotheque by irene attinger with actes sud mep photobooks. Age of extinction stars mark wahlberg in the role of cade yeager, a single father and inventor struggling to pay the bills. As a result, the surviving autobots go into hiding. Not only did we report on a new ad, here, but now marlinfan1995 and comic book movie aka cbm have provided links to two new ads. These books will be available via springerlink until at least the end of july. Though all this may come from his years of working in the shadows, causing him to become paranoid and fearful, especially after the battle of chicago. Mar 05, 2009 alexander gordon smith is the author of the escape from furnace series of young adult novels, including lockdown and solitary. Some of the action sequences are mind blowing in 3d.
Michael bay describes lockdown as the films most interesting character. The neutral lockdown, who was hunting optimus for his own reasons, assisted attinger s lieutenant james savoy in hunting down the transformers. Attinger is promised a seed for helping him, if he helps lockdown capture optimus alive. Its a real potboiler and, although the previously far fetched setting in london during a pandemic lockdown has now become all too real, the plot is poor b movie stuff. Like most of michael bays films, age of extinction looks amazing. He later gets the location of optimus, and goes to hunt him down. Aboard lockdown s ship, lockdown tells optimus that the creators want optimus back to do what he was meant for.
Jane, optimus, and the others are being hunted by both cemetary wind and a bounty hunter named lockdown. Five years after the chicago battle, leadfoot and the majority of the autobots had been slaughtered, their remains being used by joshua joyces ksi to produce manmade transformers, intending to replace. Hes here for one person, one alien, and then hes out of here. Prototypes she knew would be a pain in the ass to kill. He is an opportunistic government agent and cia operative who is the corrupted founder of the agencys black ops unit. Cemetery wind, an elite cia black ops unit headed by a paranoid agent harold attinger and team leader james savoy, has been tasked with hunting down the remaining decepticons. Md, alice buttling and former md and attinger jack founder, david attinger, discuss the potential impact of the pandemic and what might lie ahead for businesses in the uk after lockdown. Its a real potboiler and, although the previously far fetched setting in london during a pandemic lockdown. Discover euro banknotes and their security features and find out more about the euro. I feel that harold attinger is the true main antagonist of the film and lockdown is the secondary because attinger plotted the destruction of the transformers and hired lockdown to help in addition he has the. Hell risk his life to pull any wounded comrade from the battlefield. From les miserables to the neapolitan quartet, viv groskop picks the best series and.
Age of extinction, the fourth film in the transformers franchise, will premiere. Lockdown follows the events of the previous book, blackout, with the team determined to find the location of hector, and get the virus back. Jul 17, 2015 optimus prime fans, the transformer series is one of my favorites. Amelia so badly wanted this to be over for everyone. Christopher also answers to christopher e arttinger, christopher ernst attinger, chris e attinger, chris attinger and christopher e attinger. I have had lockdown on my to read list for a long time but i just kept putting it off reading other books but i wouldnt take it off my list and i. That being said, between attinger and his right hand man in the field, james savoy.
Lockdown michael bay transformer titans wiki fandom. Sep 10, 2015 lockdown follows the events of the previous book, blackout, with the team determined to find the location of hector, and get the virus back. Having arrived to help, bumblebee helps cade fight lockdown. Indeed, he did not join optimus primes team to be a soldier. Jun 21, 2015 beijing china optimus prime and lockdown meet and the battle begins. Harold attinger is a cia agent primarily responsible for. Check out our top picks of book series to read during lockdown last modified on apr 14, 2020 14. The special effects are insane, the robots are more detailed, and i also like wahlberg as the lead. Nothing really too deep there, except that one sought the help of a fellow hero and the other the help of a normal family, its pure opinion which works out. The pr department for this film is on top of their game, it seems. How to fix michael bays transformers films part two.
List of transformers film series cast and characters wikipedia. Aug 19, 2018 greg land is a popular artist who has worked on some of marvels top titles like xmen and iron man. While the government believes that only decepticons are the target of the hunts, the c. Its when inmates have to sit quietly in their cells sort of the prison equivalent of being sent to your room. In the climax, the heroes are more concerned about galvatrons army and lockdown s ship, while attinger slowly loses what little sanity he had. Paramount has provided us with an exclusive featurette highlighting the villains harold attinger kelsey grammer and james savoy tit. Lockdown is a bounty hunter who hasnt missed his target ever since he began his career in bounty hunting. He is the partnerincrime of harold attinger who helps him capture optimus prime and kill all of the transformers on earth. Attinger forces joshua to deploy galvatron and stinger to attack the autobots. Springer nature makes key textbooks freely accessible for educators. We take a closer look at the full length transformers.