The Origin Of D16's Name In Transformers One with Brian Tyree Henry & Josh Cooley #megatron #shorts

Transformers One director and Oscar winner Josh Cooley reveals the origin of the name D16 (eventual villain Megatron) to actor and Oscar nominee Brian Tyree Henry.

#briantyreehenry #joshcooley #transformersone

[quinnimon]

That’s it. Give Cooley the whole darn entire reins to the franchise .

[davidawilliams]

D-16 was reconned to be the sector he was assigned to work. Orion was given a name in the era when Sparks were given names. D-16 was sparked (cold forged) later.

[chengkuoklee]

In an alternate timeline Megatron and his 16 pals K Pop band have a dance fight against Optimus.

[luckyexplorer]

Brian Tyree Henry did an amazing job as Megatron and he really understood the character of Megatron. Also I didn’t know his name D-16 was named after his original box. But, I do know that D-16’s miner design was based off of early concept art and prototype of his toy as it used to have a black helmet instead of a gray helmet before it was revised.

[mjlee]

Just to restate what has already been said, but D-16 stood for Destron 16, with Destron being the descriptor prior to the US coming up with the Decepticon branding.

[jamesonschaltzdm]

At 1st thought its was "Diaclone-16" because the toys were originally from the Diaclone toy series.

[louisbaghec]

Brian killed it as Megatron! Everything about Tranformers One was great!

[PiantaBroker]

this guy did his research and the work!

[chadderbug]

It was namely Takara who did this, and they continued the number comvention all the way to Victory when G1 ended. Hasbro never did numbers. And making Megatron into D-16 as his precursor name was a move done by IDW previously, since they were the ones to first give a miner origin. Then he snuck out and proved himself in the Iacon ring, eventually gaining the name Megatronus and finalizing his name to Megatron when he formed the cons to rebel against the senate.

[mostafafarweez]

I know about the Japanese & American toys. But, I didn't know that about the name of D-16. :)

[captainsarcasm]

Dang thats actually a really clever naming convention

[lonelyguy]

Imagine being the leader of decepticons and be number 16

[seaweedy]

I really thought the voices were going to change after they became Optimus and Megatron.

[themightybullfrog]

This whole time, i just thought it was because D-16 spells "DIG"

And he used to be a a Miner

[asianman]

Bro gave more of a damn than micheal bay ever did bro WOW

[pedzad]

Always thought that he was called 'D-16' because it sounds very close to the word 'Decepticon'

[torpedopickle]

Um, actually the D stands for Destron, not decepticon. Destron is the japanese term for decepticon

[DDYTEDDY]

Should have been smart and called him D-19 like in the comics

[ActuallyHoudini]

woah, they actually made a movie with a person who likes it

[martinmespiespinosa]

Wow...

I thought it was a reference for DIG, since he began as a miner.