The Transformers: The Movie

The Transformers: The Movie is a 1986 film based on the Transformers TV series. It takes place 20 years after the season 2 finale of the TV series. It was directed by Nelson Shin who also produced the television series.

Plot
In 2005, the Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

Why It Got The Touch And Power

 * 1) It is the first Transformers film to be released on the big screen and is respectful to the source material.
 * 2) The animation is a huge step-up from the tv show and the animation was made from a company known to make only TV shows.
 * 3) The movie is literally one long exciting action adventure story that has a lot of cool places, making it very adventurous in scope
 * 4) Amazing soundtrack composed by Vince DiCola. It features the song "The Touch" (That is Sung by Stan Bush) which became a trademark.
 * 5) It introduced the film’s main antagonist and the earth-sized robot, Unicron (played by late film director and actor Orson Welles) to the Transformers franchise.
 * 6) *Unicron himself is a terrifying villain.
 * 7) The fight scene was a huge step-up from any of the any fights from the tv show one example is the amazing & iconic fight of Optimus Prime vs Megatron.
 * 8) The scene where Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime destroys Unicron with the Matrix of Leadership is EPIC!!!
 * 9) Lots of exciting moments throughout the movie.
 * 10) The movie has a darker theme than in the original TV series, though it also has plenty of lighthearted moments.
 * 11) The voice acting is good especially from the late Orson Welles who mad Unicorn sound like a actual devil.
 * 12) Likable and memorable characters such as Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, Spike’s son Daniel, and more.
 * 13) Like the TV show, the robots look cool.
 * 14) Good dialogue and quotes, like the memorable line: “Light our darkest hour.”

Decepticon Qualities

 * 1) The deaths of several iconic Transformers (most notably Optimus Prime, Starscream, Ratchet, Ironhide, Prowl, Brawn, and Wheeljack) were forced and very controversial.
 * 2) Several dark and intense scenes, like the destruction of the planet at the beginning of the movie, the above mentioned deaths and Kranix's execution.
 * 3) A small amount of strong language, which some believe may have been from Hasbro initially attempting to make this a PG-13 movie.
 * 4) The movie feels a bit rushed as the pacing can be a little inconsistent.
 * 5) The ending is very abrupt.
 * 6) Although the trailer describes the film as "spectacular widescreen action", the film was animated in 4:3 "fullscreen" format, then cropped to widescreen for theatrical showings.
 * 7) The movie bombed at the box office.
 * 8) The movie sadly hasn't aged well by today's standards.

Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics, but it received positive reviews from the fans of the series. It holds a 62% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on 26 reviews, and a 7.2/10 rating on IMDb.

Trivia

 * 1) The reason many Transformers were killed off in favor of new ones was for Hasbro to introduce a new Transformers toyline while the older Transformer toys were about to expire. Flint Dille said of killing off Optimus Prime: "We didn't know that he was an icon. It was a toy show. We just thought we were killing off the old product line to replace it with new products." A few Transformers including Optimus Prime were later revived in the 3rd season of the series.
 * 2) Orson Welles, the voice actor of Unicron, died before the film was released.
 * 3) Orson Welles despite giving his best voice performances, he never truly cared about the movie as during the voice recordings he frequently used a lot of profanity.
 * 4) Peter Cullen (voice actor of Optimus Prime) didn't know how famous the character was until he saw the number of children who were heartbroken after seeing Prime's horrifying death scene in the first half of the movie.

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