May 03 2008
Botcon 2008 Script Reading On YouTube
Every year, the voice actors that show up for Botcon put on a script reading. The script for this year was called “Bee in the City”, written by S. Trent Troop and Greg Sepelak. I don’t normally like fan fiction, but this one was very well written and funnier than anything else I’ve watched on TV lately (except maybe for “The Big Bang Theory”). The script is full of running gags and Transformers fan in-jokes, and it’s great to watch voice actors work behind the scenes.
The story itself was a blatant ripoff of the current Transformers Collectors Club comic plot, where a few Transformers are transported to the bureaucratic “Transtech” dimension. The plagiarism is forgivable in this case, since the main characters were from the new “Transformers Animated” series. Bumper Robinson plays “Bumblebee“, Tara Strong plays “Sari Sumdac“, and David Kaye plays “Optimus Prime“, as well as a cameo of fan favorite “Beast Wars Megatron“. Everyone loves to hear Kaye do Megs.
Joining the professional voice actors was Chris Ho and Anastasia Matejka, who both won a contest of amateur voice actors to be on the panel. Chris did a dead-on “G1 Shockwave“, most impressive. Marty Isenberg, senior story editor for the Animated series, also played a role. Chris had someone videotape the reading and uploaded it to YouTube in three parts. I’m so glad that he did, since I missed all of the Botcon panels on Sunday because we left early. This is an awesome script reading and really shows why Botcon is so much fun.
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