as Blurr.įor those who had the honor of seeing the film theatrically, it was a bad time to be a kid, seeing their favorite characters like Ironhide, Ratchet, Wheeljack and Optimus Prime violently kick the bucket.
#TRANSFORMERS 1984 ANIMATED SERIES ON VHS MOVIE#
Transformers: The Movie also featured the final performance of legendary Orson Welles as Unicron, Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, Casey Kasem as Cliffjumper, Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus and fast-talking Micro Machines voice-over John Moschitta Jr. Dare remains on this author’s playlists along with Do You Remember Love from the Macross animated movie. This author’s personal favorites are The Touch, by Stan Bush which was originally written for Stallone’s Cobra Dare also by Stan Bush and Dare to be Stupid by Weird Al Yankovic. But in this film, the soundtrack was amazing. Some of the scores were also used for GI Joe episodes. During the run of the G1 animated series, audiences were given a definite set of music tracks depending on the situation. What’s unforgettable was the 80s pop and rock soundtrack. It was more crisp and detailed and had some great digital effects.
#TRANSFORMERS 1984 ANIMATED SERIES ON VHS TV#
The animation was way different than the TV series. Few knew the film was even out which may have contributed to its poor box office returns. I remember the first time I saw it on rental. The death of Ironhide and Optimus Prime remain a traumatic experience and Unicron’s attack on Cybertron remain a sight to behold. The final battle between Optimus Prime and Megatron remain the stuff of legend. I for one have seen this film countless times and it still holds up. You can see more of what the artists actually drew inside this content than you were able to see before, those fine lines and details that simply didn’t make it through the VHS or the DVD transfer.”įans are expected to gobble up this release to view it in 4K glory and add to their VHS and 20 th anniversary DVD editions. One of the big surprises is the kind of detail you see in the introduction of Unicron and the birth of Galvatron. There’s much more subtle detail in the transfer that we were able to do than had been seen before. “Additionally, there’s just so much more detail in the element that we had, because we started with a very high-quality piece of film, we were able to do a very high-quality scan. To celebrate the movie’s 30 years of existence, Hasbro, Shout Factory and Manga Entertainment collaborated in re-releasing The Transformers: The Movie in 4K Blu-Ray format. While this film failed at the box office, it became an enduring cult classic among Transformers fans who up ‘til now, consider it the definitive Transformers movie. This movie also introduced many elements and characters that would influence the franchise in the years to come including Michael Bay’s films. But in this film, many characters get killed in one shot including the big kahuna himself, Optimus Prime. While you see big guns and devastating weapons in the animated TV series, often mortally wounding one another, no one got killed. The Transformers: The Movie came out quietly in theaters on August 8, 1986, and became a revolutionary move for the franchise and a traumatic experience for kids.
Thirty-two years of Transformers Generation One and thirty years since the first Transformers movie came out. It’s incredible to think that it’s been 30 years.
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