TRANSFORMERS (1986) A review by CineMassacre
Stan Bush - The Touch
Hmm.. since I've written about Transformers - The Movie ( 2007 ), I guess it's only fair for me to write about the Transformers animated movie of 1986. It's gonna sound abit bias but i am allowed to be bias... This is the transformers i grew up and love... ofcourse I'm allowed to be a little bias LOL.
Transformers - The Movie ( 1986 ) is perhaps one of the most loved and remembered movie of all time.. well to me anyways, and perhaps to a whole legion of TF fans around the globe. But like many TF fans in Asia, Transformers - The Movie came as a surprise to many. Back in the 80's, the Internet wasn't born yet and being slow and outdated with the latest from the States..I didn't know there was a Transformers animated movie until a friend told me about it at school and parade the VHS tape infront of me. I was like... Oh My Frickin Gawd!!!
I begged my friend to borrow it to me... and after much begging, he agreed to borrowed it to me. I remembered that day very clearly. As soon as i got back home from school that afternoon..i couldn't wait to pop the VHS into the player and watch it. i've asked my older bro to watch it with me, but he declined and went for an afternoon nap instead. Ofcourse, i could not wait for him to wake up from his nap to watch it with me... i was too excited about it!!!
When i popped in the tape into the player and watched the first 10 minutes or so of the show..i was both at awe and in shock!!! The "Awe" part come from the superior quality of the animation compared to that of the regular TV series episodes. the opening scene was a huge planet like creature - Unicron - devouring a Cybertron-like planet and it's inhabitants. It was AWESOME!!!...My heart was beating at a million miles an hour as i watch in anticipation of who or what this planet creature is and could it transform??!! The "Shock" part comes from seeing Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl and Brawn being blown to bits by Megs and gang!!!
The introduction of a whole bunch of new characters like HotRod, Arcee, kup, Springer, Blur, Wheelie, Ultra Magnus, Rodimus Prime and the Junkions was fun The Decepticons have a few new characters as well, namely Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scourge. This also marks the first mention of an object called "The Autobot Matrix of Leadership", something that was never heard of before in the past two seasons of the animated series. The introduction of an alien race called the Quintessons and the Sharkticons also made it's debut in the TF universe in this movie. Come to think of it.. it is only in the 80's could anyone pull off a name like "Hotrod" and not get a snicker and a dirty look from everyone LOL
Transformers: the Movie Optimus Prime Vs. Megatron
The Death Of Optimus Prime.
The most shocking and most memorable part of the movie is the final battle between Optimus Prime and the death of Optimus Prime. The part when Prime said ...
..."Megatron must be stopped... No matter the cost"...
That part just sends chills down my spine no matter how many times i watched it on my VHS, VCD and now DVD!!! Prime was awesome as he blasts all the D-Cons around him as he makes his way to Megatron. Another milestone moment in the movie was when Prime said to Megatron...
"One Shall Stand... One Shall Fall"...
Those words are forever etched into the annuls of the Transformers History!!! What surprise me was, Why a new character like Hotrod who made his debut in the movie is made responsible for the death of Optimus Prime!!! Isn't that bad for his rep and wouldn't everyone ended up hating him for it?? I was like WTF!!! What am i suppose to do now with the rest of the movie?? Am i suppose to hate this young hot headed upstart who is the reason why Prime die in the hands of Megatron or am i suppose to be sympathetic with him and try to understand him seeing things in his perspective?? I mean, not only did he got Optimus Prime killed.. he had to go and steal poor old Ultra Magnus thunder by stealing Magnus rights to be the next leader of the Autobot... what a PUNK!!! LOL Anyway u put it.. the death of Optimus Prime was a real shocker to me. But it also serves as the most memorable event in the entire Transformers mythos!!!
Interview: The Death of Optimus Prime
One cannot help but to wonder.. How in hell do these Transformers get killed so easily in this movie, when they've gone through worse in the past 2 seasons of the TV series!!! The execs at Hasbro were probably pushing for the killing off of old characters and introducing new characters so that they could make more new toys to milk it's fans for every penny they are worth LOL!!!
The birth of Galvatron_The death of Starscream
transformers the movie:unicrons transformation
Transformers the Movie - Unicron dies
There were a few other memorable moments in the movie... One such moment was the Death of Megatron and Re-birth of Galvatron... as well as the final demise of Starscream in the hands of a really pissed Galvatron!!! There goes the long overdue love/hate relationship between these 2 characters!!! Unicron finally transforms at the end of the show into a humongous robot with horns.. that was just AWESOME!!! To say the least... this movie was groundbreaking in many ways for an 80's film and a cartoon to boot!!! You don't see bad guys actually killing off people who pisses them off and u don't see the hero of a show get killed either.
The movie ends with the ascension and transformation of HotRod into Rodimus Prime hurling Galvatron into oblivion and using the power of the "Matrix" to destroy Unicron!!
GI JOE THE MOVIE (Intro)
Well...on a somewhat related note... Transformers - The Movie (1986) serves as an almost identical template for another Hasbro owned brand of action figures toy - G.I.joe!!! The following year after The animated Transformers movie was released, G.I.joe - The Movie was launched. It's theme was pretty much identical to that of the transformers Movie except for the fact that no one dies and Duke survived a fatal injury inflicted by Serpentor. It was probably done so that parents would not repeat the hue and cry they did when Optimus prime died in the TF animated movie. Both Transformers and G.I.joe were the best cartoons in their days and both their movies were memorable milestone in my childhood days.. I love the opening theme for G.I.joe - the Movie. It Rawks!!!
Ok,let's get back to the Transformers Movie...Overall, Transformers - The movie is the best part of the entire TF mythos and no matter how many times i watch it.. i can never get sick of it... This movie also coined the phrase..
... "TILL ALL ARE ONE!!!"
So in tradition of all the TF fans in the world... i say...
... "TILL ALL ARE ONE!!!" ... "TILL ALL ARE ONE!!!" ... "TILL ALL ARE ONE!!!"
Cheers!!!
N_M
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