How One Leak Changed Transformers 3's Ending 

Age Of Extinction & Last Knight would’ve been entirely different with this alternate ending

Michael Bay: *Trying to make The Transformers films good* Literally everyone: I'm gonna stop you right there

Sentinel's death was far more justified unlike Megatron's

I would’ve loved to see a 2 v 1 fight between Megatron, Optimus and Sentinel. Also the irony of Sentinel dying to the rust canon that he used to kill Ironhide is a nice touch. The final talk between Prime and Megatron is one of the few examples of genuinely good writing in this franchise, such a shame it was cut. But at least we can still see it in other ways

In a way, it was Amazon’s fault that dotm had to go with an ass ending. I genuinely believe that if dotm had gone ahead with the original ending and Michael Bay kept Megan Fox, it would have been the best movie out of all bayverse films.

I think the reason that he killed Megatron and Sentinel when they gave up was because Optimus didn't want any more betrayal in his life. Megatron already betrayed him once what are the chances that he will again? And I think that Optimus now knowing that anyone can betray you in war he executed Sentinel. And the next time someone that he trust betrays him, he'll just rip off their face just like he did with The Fallen.

"3 will stand one will fall" God that's a fantastic line!. I've always hated the ending of dotm for how it just stops with no proper ending. I never even realised how BOTH megatron and sentinel were pleading for a truce damn..

Wow… that alternate ending is indeed a better ending for the film. I always thought Megatron’s death was uncalled for since he saved Optimus a few moments ago. Also Sentinel dying to his cosmic rust cannon is definitely better he got a taste of his own medicine rip ironhide. :’)

To me Dark of The Moon is the true ending to the Bayverse, like I enjoyed AOE and Mark Wahlberg, but to me this is the true end to the story, and the original version of the story is SOOO much better! 🤯

I’m glad to find someone who also thinks that DotM is the best Bayverse movie.

Honestly though seeing sentinel with a chance for redemption would've been cool and they could've done that instead of megs

Man idk if I blame Amazon or Bay and the Studio…. I blame Amazon, not for making me wait for months to get recent TF toys but to spoiler the movie and make the movie change at the last second due to their errors… I understand why Prime killed megatron at first he’s not really trust worthy but with the original ending I would’ve see this as a heart to heart moment between the two brothers similar to Sandman and Peter in Spdierman 3. But yeah it’s really sad that the good ending was changed. Nice video bro and can’t wait to see more

There might be some justification for Optimus’s actions from a writing perspective. Throughout the films, even if the writing is nothing to be too proud of, one idea I thought was really cool is how gradually more jaded Optimus becomes as the wars go on. Lots of friends lost in senseless violence, and now his mentor has become everything they’ve been fighting. That’s gotta make a guy like him break. That’s most evident in Age of Extinction where he seems so traumatized his first instinct is to threaten humans unlike the compassion he showed before (but he only talks, never actually does anything which shows his true nature is still there). I guess he kinda adopts a “too dangerous to be left alive” mentality, too broken to have second thoughts. But he still feels guilty. And with Megatron, it’s easy to see where he’s coming from. He stopped Sentinel for his own personal gain, his call for a truce is backhanded and underwhelming, immediately followed by the implication that Prime is nothing without him even though he’s a power hungry psychopath who ruined their home. I think I can see why he did it, even if it was executed in a clunky way in the film.

I honestly both versions, but I would like to see a deleted scene of this version, I would like to see the look on Sentinel prime's face as he rust to death just like he did to the best bot of the bayverse, Justice for Ironhide. It would also be nice to see this conversation in the film expressing their ideals and what it cost them. It would also be good for prime to not act like a psychopath and ripping heads/faces off even though i loved that scene.

This ending is WAY better than what we got.

This ending makes sense but take in accountability that Megatron legit ripped Jazz in ½ and Jazz was still alive during that

"There will only be one" "And it won't be you" Honestly I would've loved to hear this line no matter which ending, it's so badass

I always thought the "who would you be without me, Prime" line was directed at Sentinel since Megatron made a deal with Sentinel and was responsible for bringing him to Earth and that Optimus saying time to find out was to show how pathetic Sentinel really was. Kind of makes the killing feel less warranted now that I know the line was meant for Optimus. Also holy shit! That ending is so much better than what we got and actually caps off the first three films as a definitive trilogy, since it ends with the Autobots choosing Earth as their home.

Man I love DOTM but I never liked the ending that much bc it felt so abrupt, this ending is so much better.

for me I actually prefer the altered ending in this movie because it feels realistic for me (that and I grew up with up with it) of course because in my opinion if I was betrayed by my mentor and k*lled my friend (Ironhide) in this case I would want my vengeance but I agree this ending feels realistic as well and I feel like it a perfect ending because Megatron gets a redemption and work with Optimus prime once again and Cybertron survives and Megatron goes to fix Cybertron and the Autobots stays on Earth and it just feels like a perfect ending for a trilogy.

I love the similarities in TF1 and in TF3. It would've been a good callback TF1: "We are here. We are waiting." -Optimus 2007 TF3: "We are here. We are Home." - Optimus 2011

I actually like the original ending better, but the "I am Optimus Prime" line would've been the perfect ending to the movie

This final ending would’ve been so much better, it would’ve wrapped the trilogy up perfectly and really add extra character to megatron as he was almost always second fiddle and with the original ending, he would’ve gotten a memorable moment

Fun fact the original ending was actually from the comic(which is a early version of DOTM)

It would’ve been amazing if Megatron and Optimus agreed to live together and learn and such… would’ve been a great ending.

10:08 omg imagine if this was the birth of galvatron except as a good guy instead of bad. Give us a galvatron that's taken the name as a sign of being born again on a path of redemption instead of just being a reborn evil Megatron. Would've been a great direction

You mean to tell me the one time Michael Bay tried to do Transformers some justice, he gets stopped by the fans?? Bro.

I am glad I watched this it made me reevaluate my whole child hood and this is now the true ending for me and allows me to appreciate the bay films a little more at first I actually thought sentinel didn't deserve to die along with Megatron but I do now understand his death was kinda justified, but I still think megs should of survived too. I truly love this ending and I think dotm was the true end of the Micheal bay saga and that AOE and TLK was just a fever dream XD

When I was 8 years old when the movie came out, after hearing that line from Megatron. This Megatron in BayVerse, I was thinking of him as a villain but he was just trying to save Cybertron. I wish this be the final installment on how the Bayverse Transformers ended like. That I see villains as tragic characters who use to be heroes until someone else took their place or something else, Seeing Megatron like this in the third installment, I feel bad for him realizing he just wants to save Cybertron. If this ending happens in the movie, I think there won't be Transformers 4 and 5, with no Galvatron, of course, I won't forget about Lockdown, but I prefer Transformers: Dark of the Moon as the finale installment.

Wow, that would have been an amazing ending. Makes you wonder what would have happened in the other sequels.

Honestly I prefer if they mixed both together. Both worked and I understand why Bay at the time in 2011 thought a possible 30 min long chat of Optimus and Megatron making a truce and coming to terms with one another would’ve been boring for people. You don’t just have Transformers fans who would’ve liked it but those who haven’t seen transformers or heard of it so they might’ve not liked it since this was the age of superhero movies with Thor, Iron Man, Captain America already out and the Avengers teased, everyone would’ve liked the whole Bad guy loses and good guy wins scenario. But I think IDW should have their contract renewed for transformers because they have made so many good comics and characters. But if they also wanna do other stories I think the deal should be they get breaks to work on their own stuff for a bit after a Transformers movie(if they do tie in comics) is made/released

optimus and megatron team up, Megatron character development. This ending would have broken the internet

With that original ending, it would literally show character development, but then again it would be like maneuvering a mountain-type difficult terrain to come up with an idea for the next transformer movies. The idea is very good without a doubt, but it would be cool seeing both ways, the one we have, and this original idea. It would be very interesting how different these two routes would be yet being a few minute difference around the ending can cause a massive gap. But I have a theory that if they did go with the "original idea" there is a chance it can go two ways. One is that DOTM would be the last movie, or two, Galvatron would be a completely different character compared to AOE. Option two more likely can go closer to the G1 route if I'm gonna be honest, I wonder what your guys thoughts are...

So basically the ending to Predacons Rising? Yeah, I definitely would've preferred this ending for DOTM

Interesting information on this video, I found the original death for Sentinel poetic. Also it was shame that order lead to AOT and TLK not having tie in comics. And kudos to animators for the scene with Optimus and Megatron. 🙂👍

Dark of the moon is the best transformers movie imo

When I was young I thought the ending to Dark Moon was okay even now. But seeing this, gave me a new perspective on the movie and to Megatron. Thank you for making this video @TransTheories

As odd as it is they actually act completely different more so there show counterparts. I can't picture Michael bay having a single thought letting these two have a single conversation

I'm always so excited when you upload videos I love the bayverse

I recreated the ending speech with the background music and voiced Optimus and man, it's sooooo beautiful! I was in tears after finishing it!

I always forget to comment on these. Awesome video. And also, a company called Skybound Entertainment will hold the Transformers comic license starting in 2023, so if Rise of the Beasts gets supplementary material, it will likely be through them.

They should of stuck with the original ending despite it getting leaked, which sounds to me like it was a freak accident. It would of made such of an amazing scene to see Optimus and Megatron finally stop fighting each other for as long as they have and make peace between one other. Plus, if Bay didn't give in to the demands of the studio and laid the franchise to rest like how he originally planned, it would of been so cool to wrap it all up with this scene and the original version of Optimus's speech at the end. Unfortunately, Bay's anger robbed us of this from happening on screen and he did give in to the demands and we got the two dog water movies that are Age Of Extinction and The Last Knight.🤦🏽‍♂️👍🏼

This is amazing keep up the good work

Was waiting eagerly for this vid to drop ever since you teased it and the end of another video a few weeks ago, didn't disappoint, I never knew that this alternate ending even existed. wished we could have seen this ending someday but thank you for this vid :) huge TF fan and this vid is great, years after the movie and im still learning new stuff :) can't wait to see what videos you have in store for us in the future :)

I've been waiting for someone to talk about the tf3 novel for so long. I remember my dad buying it for me from a bookstore and I immediately noticed that the endings were different, and even as a little kid I preferred the ending from the novel way more. The novel added way more context to some of the scenes that made it to the movie as well. Including Optimus actually figuring out that the decepticons were trying to use Sam to figure out their plan just from Sam saying "You can tell me, no other HUMAN will ever know". And Lennox's reaction to Optimus telling the Autobots to retreat for the first time. I wish I still had the novel, I may have to pick it up for old times sake.

This channel is amazing and mind blowing 🙌🤯, I never knew that was supposed to be the original ending in dark of the moon 😱😮, absolutely incredible and really interesting, keep up the great and slick video Trans 💪🤲💯🙌, I can't wait for your next video to come out very soon.

I remember already seeing this video. You have amazing explaining, man.

Awesome video and theory

I don't know if i like the alternate ending. I don't believe Megatron can ever be trusted. I don't believe Sentinel Prime can be trusted either. Once you head down that road, i can't see him turning and going back. For what Sentinel did to Ironhide....that can't be forgiven. So I'm glad he died like a dog, begging for his life. He shot Ironhide in the back like a coward, so screw him.

I like this alternate ending because I always felt that no matter how many people died Megatron was doing what he needed to do for his species and deep down humanity would never accept beings like transformers and they would've ended up in a war anyway because of the vastly indifference between them and I can't be mad at Megatron for being what he felt like he needed to be for his people. Nature don't have no morale just benefit and the need to survive. Can't wait to see the Autobots are villains video take care

This is amazing man

Another amazing video

I love this original ending. It kinda shows they have a Magneto/Professor X dynamic. I feel like Optimus will still keep a close eye on Megatron to see if he can deliver on his promise

Wow the unchanged ending is better then the edited one we got.

At around the 6:30 mark when you credited the amazing people who made the alternative scene possible I couldn’t keep a straight face as a fried chicken ad popped straight up directly after.

Thanks Trans.Also never new about this.

Fun fact a couple of weeks before dotm came in theaters my mom got me the comic adaptation if the film, I read the comic and I knew certain things were going to happened going in the movie the first time, like Ironhide's death All the deception's deaths Dinos gets killed and thought Megatron was going to live. But when I saw the movie for the first time I didn't except to see things like Que dies instead of Dino, optimus's arm getting chopped off and epically Megatron gets killed at the end of the movie. The rest of the stuff from comic I got right and I was mindblowed coming out of the theater way back in 2011.

Great video as always Trans, but if you do cover how the Autobot's were evil (2:19) I really hope you cover the minor things from the other related films and comics (That are still canon in the Bayverse at least, In Order) Like how Sideswipe killed Sideways in cold blood. With there even being a deleted scene showcasing his death in a more gruesome way (Would also probably add how the Arcee Triplets tried to kill Sideways too. Maybe even how Prime executed Grindor, Demolisher and the Fallen. Prime stating he'd never accept Shockwaves surrender in the Dark of the Moon comic. During Dark of the Moon when the Wreckers tear apart the protoform decepticon pilot by limbs. Right before Ratchet and Bee attack the last pillar, Sideswipe and the Wreckers gang up on a Devcon Oreo-Bot's death from AOE In AOE, when Drift was 1v2ing two Stinger clones and after killing one of them, the other surrendered but Drift still executed him And finally in TLK, Onslaught and Mowhawks death!

I have been waiting for this for a few days now

Man i haven't watched any of your videos for a while! Wanted some great info and i did get some!

Optimus killing both Sentinel and Megatron like that was totally justified to me. They both betrayed him, killed his friends, killed humans and were extremeley dangerous. Optimus went trough a lot in the movies and it looks like he had enough.

I’m getting teared up hearing that scrapped ending cause that’s a way better ending and I could imagine what it would look like if it was real

Woah awsome video there dude keep up the great work my friend as always bro i like your videos

Once again an amazing video

I really wish we stayed with the original ending man. Also, I personally think that animation was on the spot. Perfect.

Thoughts on making Bumblebee/Knightverse theories when ROTB comes out? Like a what if I survived on Blitzwing.

Excellent video men. Honestly i have the hope of seen a official Bay sequel & conclution.

My guy, I tried looking this up when you mentioned it in your other videos and found nothing - you put more effort into these videos than most historians haha

Optimus was just waiting for the chance to say that to megs for a loooooooong time

What makes this even more frustrating is that they could've actually used this concept for The Last Knight's ending, but didn't.

I remember reading about the truce back in 2012 when I was still young (age 10) and I told my friends about it and they thought I was crazy. Happy to see i was actually right 10 years later

Good video 👍🏻

I still like the alternative ending

“Who would I be without YOU, that one leak?”

Amazing! 💖🌟

This would be amazing!

so im not the only one that was confused that megatron died so extremely fast

They really should've kept the original ending. So Optimus wouldn't be a complete psychopath, and see that he still had more goodness in his spark.

3:38 if I can hear Leonard nemoy say that same line as xehanort for kingdom hearts, I would always treasure that scene in both kingdom hearts and in dark of the moon

The animation is Awsome well done guys

For years I always felt the ending was off...man I would have preferred this ending than the one we got. This would have been hands down the absolute best

Damn. It's a real shame this scene didn't make the final cut. This is amazing.

I like that additional line to the speech. Makes sense

in the next 6 years and 1 day and 5 months from now.....i`m going to use that parts,pain losing and the 2 in 1 loses quote for an important reason (if i`m still alive at that time as well as remember when it gets close to that time) and i gotta say almost what megatron said almost started leading me to tears. i mean the tone that he had suddenly touched more than 1 nerve also you had me at orion zaxus

Theory idea: how did wheelies eye get fixed in TF3

Peter Cullen/optimus Prime/Nemesis Prime/Orion pax: "in any war, there are calms between storms. There will be days when we lose Faith. Days when our allies turn against us. But the day will never come that we forsake this planet & it's people. For I am optimus Prime, & I send this message to the universe: we are here, we are home."

Nice Video. Please talk about how AOE AND TLK could have been if DOTM's alternate ending is used in the film.

Great job Trans 👏 👍 👌 🙌 Keep up 😎😎😎😉😉😉😄😄😄

I actually remembered watching the Amazing Atheist do a review on DOTM movie and even compared novel and found that the ending to the novel was to pacifist like as if there was no justice like Last of Us 2 and he considered that Michael Bay didn’t think that most of the viewers of the film would sit happily with the truce scene but rather a good guy win and bad guy dies trope.

Now I need to get the DOTM novel. Dang it...

3:35 Sentinel's face even looks like the VA's . So cool

clicked on this soley for the hilarious channel name. thank you brother

We could think about it in another way. About 8 weeks before the premiere, they'd have to have written and storyboarded the new scenes, shot the new plates in location, animate them, voice them over, score them, edit them into the rest of the film, distribute it to thousands of theaters and also have it ready for the redubbing in other languages before the global release... that's a lot of work, man! And the CGI looks pretty good there! I actually believe they had pre-made this as a plan B along with the original ending, just in case, you know what I mean? 🙂

This ending is so much better, I love DOTM, but this would've been a more satisfying end to the original Bayformers trilogy, and honestly, there wouldn't need to be any sequels if this happened instead.

I did not now that but I do thanks Trans Theories you are the best

I love the fact that you used the same voice for Optimus prime as in Johnny flash's video's.

Was Shockwave ever once the main villain of the movie or was that all just a marketing diversion?

I actually love the ending and everything about it but the thing is about ironite Wheeljack was kind of messed up same thing with Target and Ratchet they all died which was kind of sad but it's whatever I love every single Transformer movie out there so yeah kind of still miss them all

just got this notification 16 secs ago i ain't spending time i gotta watch this masterpiece you make

My favorite thing about DOTM is sentinel’s betrayal is foreshadowed by wheels at the very beginning “I’ve seen this one it’s the one where Spock goes nuts”