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Transformers Dark of the Moon: Autobots Versus Decepticons
Autobots and Decepticons face off in this fun storybook based on Dark of The Moon. Decepticons unleash hordes of evil robots on Earth and it's up to Optimus Prime and the Transformers to save it!
24 pages, Paperback
First published May 17, 2011
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February 11, 2025
I haven't seen the movie, but I have to assume this is an extremely stripped-down version of it and more or less follows the script. If it goes off-script, I couldn't tell you, but I imagine it's about the same. The book's... fine, in that respect, but it doesn't cover the WHOLE movie, cutting off just when the main battle starts. That's *technically* fine, since the book is just "Autobots versus Decepticons," after all. It's just sort of... boring. Like, even Enchanted: A Storybook Life covered MOST of the movie highlights, start to finish, rather than stopping before the exciting part.
(Well, I suppose it wouldn't be exciting to read in a *24-page* book, but you get what I mean.)
I'm also vaguely annoyed 1. the punch-out Transformer was already punched-out (used copy), and 2. the "alien" language on the back cover (inner and outer—spoiler for anyone looking for the hidden message) isn't really practical as a language. Like, I can't imagine anyone fluent in it sitting and happily writing down pages of text in the chicken scratch they used; it's too complicated for the sake of being a new language between having to write it and having to read it. This is a regular thing with made-up "foreign" languages I see, that the characters are usually just ciphers of an actual alphabet with added complexity to make it distinct without taking practicality into consideration.
"What about, like, Chinese or Japanese?" Those are complex characters BUT they convey complex thoughts in each character. It's not like a whole pictogram to depict the letter "A" like this Transformers language uses. Like, I can't assume that, just because they're robots, they can spit out characters as fast as computers—they act like humans with transforming robot bodies. I would think that even robots would prefer an optimal means of communication... like binary. Not this convoluted mess that would take five minutes to write the letter R.
Just a peeve of mine, I don't know.
Book is probably fine for younger fans of the movie, but I wouldn't be able to count on that. Mostly good quality as far as art and writing, even if it falls flat since it's half a story.
(Well, I suppose it wouldn't be exciting to read in a *24-page* book, but you get what I mean.)
I'm also vaguely annoyed 1. the punch-out Transformer was already punched-out (used copy), and 2. the "alien" language on the back cover (inner and outer—spoiler for anyone looking for the hidden message) isn't really practical as a language. Like, I can't imagine anyone fluent in it sitting and happily writing down pages of text in the chicken scratch they used; it's too complicated for the sake of being a new language between having to write it and having to read it. This is a regular thing with made-up "foreign" languages I see, that the characters are usually just ciphers of an actual alphabet with added complexity to make it distinct without taking practicality into consideration.
"What about, like, Chinese or Japanese?" Those are complex characters BUT they convey complex thoughts in each character. It's not like a whole pictogram to depict the letter "A" like this Transformers language uses. Like, I can't assume that, just because they're robots, they can spit out characters as fast as computers—they act like humans with transforming robot bodies. I would think that even robots would prefer an optimal means of communication... like binary. Not this convoluted mess that would take five minutes to write the letter R.
Just a peeve of mine, I don't know.
Book is probably fine for younger fans of the movie, but I wouldn't be able to count on that. Mostly good quality as far as art and writing, even if it falls flat since it's half a story.
June 25, 2025
rated by my 4year old :)
October 20, 2011
Another one of those picture books based on a popular movie. Having not seen the movie yet, it was kind of spoilery for me. But it seemed like a pretty weak version of the story. I guess it's a kids book and they can't go into much detail. But my son enjoyed it, as he loves all things Transformers.
August 8, 2012
I love transformers, it is the best robot book.
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