I still get shivers down my spine every time Optimus fires off his jets as he detaches and flies into the sky taking out all the decepticons, it's bloody legendary.
Probably the single most Badass move ever! Skywalker leaping for his lightsaber? Cap picking up Mjilonir? Ripley taking on the Queen in the mechsuit ("Get away from her, you BITCH!!")? Sarah Connor cocking the shotgun single handed with a bad shoulder? Arnie cocking his with one hand whilst riding the harley? Numerous others I can't be bothered to try and remember right now? Nope! Sorry guys and gals! There's a reason his initials are OP!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Imagine going back in time and telling Citizen-Kane-era Orson Wells what his last movie role would be, His 'filmographic rosebud' so to speak. The guy who was made famous for his War of the Worlds radio show went out on a film also about advanced alien Invaders
This is hands down the best Transformers movie to date. I didn’t see it on the theater here in Brazil, saw it a year later on TV without any prior knowledge of this movie… it blown me away. Transformers is my favorite franchise and this movie is epic!
I live in the US and saved everything I had because I was in Canada on "vacation" and saw it there. I own two copied of the movie now (CD/ DVD and Blueray- need to have a backup juuuuust in case)
The best Transformers movie ever. I got it at a yard sale yesterday. I'm so happy. The soundtrack is just amazing. Gotta say, I was never so disappointed in 2005 that we were in a future like this movie showed. The critics are asshats with no vision. The movie has more than made up for the loss at the time by those of us who have been raised on it.
I was 11 and a future computer and robotics geek so I was obsessed......I dont care if it was just to sell toys thats even better cuz this cartoon and movie established a lore unlike any other......Cybertron, the war, Alpha Trion!......The Quintessens (prolly not spelled right)....I love those flashback sequences from Cybertron....and the new movies ignored ALL OF IT Edit: and the swear word in the movie? totally justified
@@cyrussoxlegion Bumblebee showed what a Transformers movie could be when they use the source material correctly and stick to the visual style of the series, the first time i saw that opening on Cybertron it felt like they'd finally done a true live action version
"Do not grieve. Soon, I shall be one with the Matrix" Also, apparently he also said "My time in the light is short" offscreen at some point. When Rodimus says the same line in Season 3 when it is believed he is dying, Arcee says that Optimus said the same thing.
It was actually "Do not grieve", not "Do not cry". My boys and I end up watching the movie at least once a month, so I have the whole thing damn near memorized. I even own the soundtrack. We definitely like watching the old animated movie more than any of the new live action/CGI bukkake flicks because it's just a more enjoyable film.
Fun Fact: In the Japanese release of *"THE TRANSFORMERS: The Movie",* Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles in his final film role) was dubbed by Mizuho Suzuki, who was the Japanese voice of Darth Vader in the NTV (Nippon TV) edition of *"STAR WARS"* in 1983, *"The Empire* *Strikes Back"* in 1986, and *"Return* *of the Jedi"* in 1988. He also voiced The Emperor in the 1980 Japanese theatrical dub of *"The Empire Strikes* *Back",* and starred in *"GOJIRA"* (1984) as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seiichi Emori. Also, Arcee (voiced by Susan Blu) was dubbed by Masako Katsuki, who was the voice of Michiru Kaiou aka Sailor Neptune in the original '90s *"Sailor Moon"* anime series and its 2nd & 3rd animated film. Years later, she returned to voice Arcee & her sisters: Chromia and Elita-One in the Japanese dub of *"TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen".*
Regarding the enhancements to Orson Welles voice, from what I've heard there were 2 key problems: it was too quiet, and too slow. Supposedly he actually directly stated that "you cannot say these lines any faster" - I guess meaning he felt they needed to be slow to have gravitas. The cleanup then was amplifying, speeding up and pitching down the audio, which actually REALLY works. The character comes across as god-like from the soft but massively resonant speech, and has a slight unnatural quality you probably couldn't get any other way. Also, that S-bomb actually serves an additional purpose too: Spike was a kid (well, a teen) in the TV show. How do we show him as a respectable adult? You have him speak like an adult. That includes, when your plan to punch a god in the face does nothing? "Oh SHIT, what do we do now?" Regarding the death of Optimus Prime, honestly I think it's one of the very, very best death scenes in any of the movies I've ever seen. It's epic in the truest sense, and it gives a powerful sense of a story with stakes and danger. If you took that away, you'd feel like 'oh, it'll be alright, Prime faught for millenia against the Decepticons, he can stop Unicron' ... but by killing him off, you made it a story there was actual RISK. I think that is why - whether or not you agree that it's *better* than Bay-formers - it is much more *memorable* than Michael Bays TF films.
Plus Welles was dying and was sick when doing the voice for Unicron. IMDB said Welles didn't even want to do the voice acting at first and it was his last movie before passed away.
@@jasonpalacios2705 I severely doubt that, I'm a 97 kid and my dad watched this movie with me when I was 3 and scared me when my hero died and my two kids love watching it. I'm pretty sure the movie would have been passed down like that and never forgotten.
@@jasonpalacios2705 You're totally wrong about that. It is a generational thing though obviously. People younger then 30 something won't have seen it sure.
Still the greatest Transformers movie of all time. I have this on DVD and still watch the film every so often, with my transformers 80's series' collections. I frikkin loved this film as a kid and wore out three different VHS tapes of it.
@@danger2bananas The Michael Bay films are awful schlock which is almost "In name only" with the original toy line, animated show and comics. They banked heavily on nostalgia and the spectacle of huge robots fighting to get box office numbers and not compelling story and characterisations. The first film was OK, but after that their quality nose dived off a cliff. The visuals were cool, most of the time, but the human characters SUCKED and the scripts were p0rn film bad at times. The other animated show revivals, over the decades, were mostly hit and miss.
@@neilprice513 So are you saying that MB doubled down on Hasbro's mistake by trying to kill the franchise? I'd rather watch a Wheelie solo movie than revisit the live action Tf stuff again.
One thing I truly appreciate about your work, Minty, is that even if something isn't your thing, or you are not overly familiar with it, you admit it, and then you give the material the respect it deserves, never insulting or putting down something just because you didn't like or weren't caught up in the fandom. I always enjoy your work. If you have not done a 10 Things about Rock and Rule (which someone mentioned earlier in the comments), please consider it. There's got to be more than Mick Jagger turning down the roll of Mok in the rumor mill!
As someone who was 10 in 1986, I can say seeing this in the theater was amazing! I've seen it hundreds of times over the last 36 years, and it definitely is one of my favorites. Much more than "just a toy commercial" as even at the time, I never ended up owning toys of the characters featured in the film. Lastly that story about the kid locking himself in his bedroom...I've heard it many times, but I'm pretty sure it's just urban legend, There were way worse things in movies back then, stuff my parents never should have let me see, but we survived somehow.
I think you underestimate the impact Optimus Prime had, and still has, on viewers. I was twelve and my Brother was thirteen. To say we were both devastated by his death is an understatement. Ultimately the backlash was what led writers to resurrect Optimus in the two part television episode: The Return of Optimus Prime. Because the Legendary Peter Cullen heeded his brother Larry’s advice when he first auditioned for Optimus, what we got was a wise, kindhearted, strong but sensitive Autobot Leader as opposed to another “Hollywood Hero” (Larry’s exact words). I highly recommend searching Peter’s backstory on the demeanor of Optimus. It’s truly heartwarming!
There were a lot of bad movies that kids watched, but none of them had the main beloved hero (like Marty McFly but worse) get brutally murdered in from of them, like they did with Optimus. I would absolutely believe it if some kid locked himself in the closet or his room.
I was allowed to watch horror movies in the 80's as a kid. I'm glad, too because that's when those movies were actually scary, which is what made it fun. I find horror to be funny, ridiculous, or just plain campy now as an adult. Don't worry though. My Mom made sure to cover my eyes during any nudity or sex scenes. People being chopped to pieces was just fine, though. 😄
This movie blew me away in 1986, and every subsequent week for years when I would rent it again and again and again from the video store. I literally had it memorized. And I'm SO glad that it still holds up today in a way that the TV doesn't. Sure I notice a few more silly things (the passage of time in the film is... unsteady), but the animation is beautiful, the story simple and compelling, and the characters are great. The Movie was MY Transformers. Hasbro finally suckered me in with buying their new versions of the toys too. Frickin' love this movie.
The death of Optimus Prime directly inspired their decision not to end up killing off Duke in the G.I. Joe movie, instead putting him in a coma. But Duke was originally supposed to have died in that movie. In fact I believe it was the idea of killing off Duke that inspired the TF:TM team to do the same thing with Optimus. However the G.I. Joe movie had production delays allowing the TF movie to come out and hit theaters first. And the backlash over Prime's death forced them to do a patch job with Duke "recovering" from getting stabbed in the 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 by Serpentor. Sadly the G.I. Joe movie never debuted in theaters and came out on home video instead.
Duke freaking DIED man. You don't take a poisonous snake to your heart, epic amounts of blood splatter out, and fall into a coma. Duke died and in post production, was the poorly added in "he's gonna be okay" bit and coma nonsense. Any kid with an ounce of sense knew Duke died, especially since he was written off the show anyway.
@@Ladynaye Yeah they had already animated that sequence. The movie marked the end of the Sunbow series however I think Duke showed up occasionally in the DIC sequel series.
This is the greatest movie I have seen in my life. I saw it in the movie theatre in 1986, and I've never seen a movie come even close to as good. This is the pinnacle of the Transformers franchise and a life milestone.
Still one of best things to come out of the 80s! Awesome soundtrack, memorable moments with spectacular animation! Proudly watch this and GI Joe the movie back to back!!!
I loved this movie, the actors, characters they played, the Soundtrack is amazing thank you Stan Bush and Vince DiCola, and the Death of Optimus Prime was like a performance by Marlon Brando.
A lot of kids sure cried seeing their favorite Autobots die in this movie. A really ballsy move from a business stand point. This 1986 movie is also way better than live action movies, though I think the Bumblebee movie comes the closest in capturing the essence & flavor of the 1980s/90s animated Transformer.
I remember watching an interview within the past 10 years where the Hasbro bigwigs of the time admitted they didn't realise at the time how popular Optimus was, nice to know they were paying attention to their product sales
I absolutely love this movie. Still own the dvd. I'm 46 years old now, and I still watch it whilst bringing a tear to my eye when Optimus dies. I don't care what anybody says or thinks, this movie was the shit when it came out.
@@xoomoon God Damn Yeah!!! May seem cheesy to some. I don't give a fuck. It meant something to me then...... When Optimus died. Losing the father I never had. That's how it makes me feel.
If you ever get the chance, check out The Cybertronic Spree. It's a cover band that performs in full Transformers gear, and they're amazing. Watching them perform "The Touch" or "Dare" is an absolute treat.
I watch this Tf movie 1-2x a year & listen to the soundtrack even more. Still so awesome & epic! I was @ trivia in a pub recently & they were playing "The Touch" & I about lost my cookies. In the early days of the internet, it was so much fun to try & get the 'different' cuts of Transformers the Movie (from diff angles/ framings to which were the 'naughty bits' version w/ Grimlock saying "Me kick @$$"). Now I get to enjoy this classic w/ my son & he loves so many of the characters- Soundwave bring his favorite!
I love this movie, it's so much better than any Bay movie. These Transformers have character, and are the stars, not side kicks to the (over acting) humans. Love to see a "live action" remake akin to how Disney did The Lion King. I'd be more excited about that than another Bee movie.
@@TheitaniofRome his vehicle looked the part, but it's the lack of character in live action that lets them down. Bee movie was better than the Bay ones, but they're not much to beat.
The Transformers The Movie was an epic part of my childhood! I pretty much never got to go to movie theaters, so I must have seen it on VHS. I didn't have any problem with the death of Optimus Prime or others: that was just to be expected with the escalation of events the story took. I think Robotech prepared me for a more mature stories: people die, especially in war, and things change. Still one of my favorite movies to pop in.
The whole Orson Wells enjoying voicing Unicron thing caught me by surprise, I've always herd he hated it. Anyway awesome Video Minty! And a big shout out to any Decepta bros and sisters out there!
He did absolutely hate it. I love Minty, but sometimes he misunderstands what he researches. Wells was very sarcastic and couldn't understand why he was wasting his time playing a toy.
Oh, right in the feels. At ten years old, the death of Optimus Prime was the first time I cried in a movie. Transformers The Movie shaped my appreciation of film for a lifetime.
I was 9 when I saw it in the theatre, but I guess the death of Optimus prime or any other transformer didn’t evoke the same emotion it did for other kids. It was years later when I found out lots of kids cried during that scene.
@@xnetpc It did, as it caused so much trauma, they had to not only revive Optimus at the end of season three (although it was too little, too late) and even go as far as to save Duke from the same fate.
@@MiyakoPisces4.0 I think my comment was pretty clear, but I will try to simplify it for you. When I saw the Transformers Animated Movie in the theater, I did not cry when Optimus Prime died. I saw the movie with my younger brother, and he didn’t cry, nor did I notice any other kids crying in the theater during Optimus Prime’s death scene. I did not learn until years later that Optimus Prime’s death was so upsetting to many kids that the scene caused them to cry.
Transformers and G.I. Joe were always my jam as a kid. I liked other cartoons/toy lines like He-Man, MASK, and TMNT, but Transformers and G.I. Joe were my main toys that I had the most of. Now that I'm older and have boys of my own, it's been really fun introducing them to the stuff I loved as a kid and discovering that love is still inside me. My oldest son and I have started collecting the new Transformers and it's been a wonderful bonding experience and now my youngest son has joined us in the hobby.
@@CarlyneDTQTonPod The 80s were the best. Definitely the last GREAT decade for music. I often wish I could take a trip back in a time machine to experience it as an adult and bring my kids with me.
A few seconds in: How does Transformers: The Movie 1986 hold up today? I'm 48 and the opening title sequence is one of the most cinematic and best movie openings ever, IMO.
I love how in one of the DVD commentaries they were talking about cut scenes. One was how Starscream won the battle royal in astro train. He basically stood in the corner and waited for everyone to wear each other out and said who wants to fight me. Very Starscream thing to do IMO. The other one was that when Ultra magnus was supposed to die in the planet of junk he was originally going to be drawn and quartered which is why they shot beams and not lasers and ultra magnus makes that weird voice over when he's getting shot. I would like to see that version now that I'm an adult.
This movie is watched by me and my kids more than once every year, it gets better with each viewing. We all agree that it’s perfect, we only watch this movie and the Gen 1 animated series. Our favourite song to play in our family band is “The Touch”, Stan Bush is Rock royalty in my house. That soundtrack is epic, hard to beat. What amazing video Minty, thanks from me and my boys!
I am a huge G1 Transformers fan, so the original Transformers the movie is one of my favorite movies of all time and I listen to the soundtrack ALL the time. Last year it got a steelbook Blu-ray and 4K release. I'd like to see a list of how many 80's movies out there got a steelbook 4K release. Nothing beats G1 Transformers. To me, the only thing more synonymous with the 1980's is Duran Duran. Thanks for this episode Minty! You're awesome my dude.
A few years ago, I got to meet voice actor Paul Eiding (who was the voice of Perceptor and later on, Col. Campbell in Metal Gear Solid), and he had a few interesting stories about this movie, particularly about Orson Wells.
I was a teenager, just starting high school. I was a Transformers fan since it first came out. Never really got into G.I. Joe or any of the other toys. Even as a teenager it hit hard when they killed off Optimus. It wasn’t any emotional damage as it would’ve been for younger kids, but more of ‘wtf just happened’ I still collect from the toy line. 95% of what I collect are the seekers. Still watch the movie from time to time.
my sisters and I were huge fans of The TransFormers original animated series~ even had our parents buy us those amazing toys. I was only 4 yrs in ‘86 but I rmbr everything about that show- the fact they turned into trucks cars planes as robots was magical to me but I didn’t get to see the movie theater version but on a video cassette tape a teenage family friend had and played for me and my lil sister 3 years later in ‘89 and we loved it
@@nefariousmex2352 I don't think they made toy versions of the females in the 80's. They were called Elita One, Moonracer, and Chromia. Arcee was introduced in the movie, but she didn't have a toy, either. (That's their loss because not only would us boys have wanted them, there were female fans that would, too)
I appreciate the honesty that Minty had in regards to not being a Transformers fan. Rather than faking his enthusiasm (like Kevin Smith), he gave an informative overview of the behind the scenes issues involving the movie. Great work Minty 👍🏿
I liked this movie! Came out when I was 18 and my friend and I were the only two adults without kids in the cinema, but it was a fun movie. Definitely did not spend as much on tickets for it as I did for movies like Aliens or Big Trouble in Little China that year. It is in the disc collection with a bunch of my other favorite movies now.
Thank you Minty!!! You finally did my Favorite Movie of ALL TIME! Love you bro....would Love to chuck down a Beer with ya and converse some movie jargon one day!
Ah yes the animated Transformers movie! I have so many good memories watching this one many times! "The Touch" is really amazing! Ever since I first rented it from Movie Gallery when I was 6 or 7, it became super special to me! The fight scenes, the jokes, Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus!, the music, the Dino Bots, the Junkatrons, Unicron, the exciting adventure, the scene where Danny saves his dad, this movie has it all! Lots of good memories!
Transformers (And He-Man, and GI-Joe, and so on) were ABSOLUTELY advertisements, but that didn't mean they weren't awesome. Are there any commercials nearly as good nowadays?
Not only do we not have commercials as good we don't have cartoons as good so I don't quite understand what the problem was but I will always hate tipper Gore for destroying cartoons. Busy body nags "oh my God those kids are having fun we can't have that"
@@deadend1041 Enh, government types on BOTH sides will happily speak a load bollocks on camera, so long as it gives the IMPRESSION that they care. But, they'll just fall to arguing, name-calling, and blocking each other's plans, and nothing actually useful will get done.
Hey Minty am glad to see you finally did The Transformers movie. I went to see this movie with my dad when I was 5 back in 1986. I at the time remember this was in my opinion an awesome movie. I also remember kids leaving the theaters crying when Optimus Prime died. In the original theatrical version Spike didn't say ( shit ). However Ultra Magnus when trying to open the Autobot matrix did say the line ( open damn it open ). I will always remember that because my brother and I were laughing like crazy because we had never heard any character in the show use that language. Anyway thanks for bringing up all the great memories I had of going to see this. You did a great job and were very respectful to the memories of us that were there at the time.
Spike absolutely did say it in the original release. It was removed in subsequent home video releases and when broadcast on TV, which may be what you remember. It wasn't officially restored in US versions until the 20th anniversary DVD release. International versions may have been a different story.
I saw it in the theater for the original release and the re-release before the plague and yes, Spike said it. In the DVD chapter listing it even has a title "S-word".
yes, he said "shit" in the theatrical release, and yes, it was removed for its first home video release. i'm glad we can see the theatrical version today.
Bro you were 5, I was 12 and saw it in theaters at least half a dozen times. Spike definetley said 💩. We knew the PG rating meant the movie would have swear words and unprecedented violence. It delivered on both.
Thanks for doing this video. TFM was one of the best movies of the 80s. Something was always happening, you hardly had time to breathe. The animation was awesome and the soundtrack rocked. FYI Stan Bush did other songs in the same inspirational style as The Touch that should be used in media.
Minty, Thank you for a very accurate review of a movie that I LOVE. For a person who is not a Transformers fanatic, you did awesome research and a very accurate review.
Definitely the best of Transformers. Loved it so much I can't recall how many times I have watched it. And yes, Prime's death made me well up with tears as a child 😂
One of my favorite scenes was when Galvatron confronts Star Scream. Star Scream asks, "Megatron, is that you?" then Galvatron (Leonard Nemoy) replies, "Here's a hint!" and disintigrates him.
This is one of the best analyses of the 1986 Transformers movies that I'd seen or read. I don't have to agree with everything to really appreciate the depth of the research and presentation. Minty-mus Prime, Arise!
Ultra Magnus also cuses. While trying to open the Matrix of Leadership on the Junkeons planet he says, "Open! Damnit open!" Hehe, can't forget that one either. 👍
No he didn't. What's your source? He did it remotely and from what I always heard he was rather fascinated by the fact that he played a toy and thought it was if not comical at least entertaining?
I’m from Canada and this was the first movie I ever saw in the movie theatre and I remember when Prime died a kid was crying really loud and his mom had to take him out of the theatre crying I was more angry when the original autobots were slaughtered and looked more like a robot snuff film Great episode, been watching you for years and keep up the awesome work
So many facts you missed that you could do a Part II in the future. I suggest listening to the different commentaries & interviews that have been put on the different releases. The 20th Anniversary from Sony is a really good place to start along with the the different Shout Factory releases. Lastly you can’t forget the original Rhino DVD because of the interview in the bonus features.
The death of Optimus Prime was dramatic but fine because they address it appropriately in the movie. On the other hand the deaths of Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn, and Wheeljack are traumatic because their friend never even react to their deaths in the movie.
Ironhide and Ratchet, they had that weird non-humanoid robot form in their toy versions that didn't match how they were drawn in the cartoon. If anyone was going to be killed off, it was them.
Amazing that after about 40 years this TFs the Animated the Movie is still beloved and watched by millions. Yeah not so good at the box office in 1986 but is huge now with Michael Bays live action films producing Billions!!!!!
Excellent cover up of this movie, dude. Keep up the good work. BTW, I'm a longtime Transformers fan. And this movie holds a lot of nostalgic memories for me. Its one of my all time favorites.
Lion is 100% by far the most underrated 80s rock band! Their song "Never Surrender" used in "The Wraith" is beyond fantastic! Best song to drive to ever!
I grew up in the 80s. I saw all the movies that were supposedly traumatic for kids. Neverending Story, Return to Oz, Watership Down...The only one that truly made me freak out was Transformers. I was 12, saw it by myself in a Matinee. Watching all these characters I loved on the TV show getting slaughtered really messed with me. Never bought another Transformers toy.
@@Dystopia1111 that part was only a few minutes into the movie and let you know this ain't no Saturday morning lol. MegaTron, unlike Starscream, was a bad ass bad guy, only retreating when absolutely necessary. And a gun as his transformation was awesome. Soundwave was my favorite actual toy along with Reflector, the 3 smaller robots that combined into a camera. And of course, Devastator!
I absolutely cried. It didn't help that deaths already being traumatic enough, He was my favorite Transformer too. I especially couldn't understand how the Junkions could repair Ultra Magnus being EXPLODED< but couldn't patch a hole up in Optimus.
Still feel like Ultra Magnus should have been the successor as leader, on the basis of A) looking cooler and B) having a much cooler sounding name than Rodimus Prime.
Thanx for this one Minty, i loved this as a kid, dragged my Dad to see it in theatres, i remember looking over at him during it and he was fast asleep, lol, but i loved every minute of that movie. It did suck to see most of the og's get wiped out though.
I love that in the Netflix show 'The Toys That Made Us' Hasbro admitted that they killed off the old characters and brought in the new ones to push up already sky high toy sales. It was such a dick move at the time but looking back now I think it was very shrewd.
Minty’s 10 things videos are a normal Sunday morning ritual for me. One of the few shows I cast to my big screen TV to watch. Everything else is just mildly entertaining junk food. But minty and his antics actually FEELS like a regular TV show.
His saying he was more into Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters is telling that he was slightly younger in that generation. My younger cousin was more into those than He-Man, GI Joe or Transformers. Those were the "big three" for many of us in the mid 80's.
@@AbstractM0use Yeah Minty is only about 37-ish? I am 48. I was totally into He-Man and then Transformers. I remember the Turtles right before I went thru puberty.
Never saw this as a kid, I was in college in I finally got around to seeing it. However the animation and sound blow me away. I also was quite surprised when they killed off Optimus prime. I barely remember the cartoon. 😂
Need to check out the band ''The Cybertronic Spree'' they are a band dressed as transformers covering the movie soundtrack and more. Even coming out with their own music now.
The soundtrack to my childhood. I love this film. In spite of Hasbro only wanting to sell toys, and a studio that wanted money, I think the people who worked on this movie still made a pretty great film. I liked the new characters as a kid. And Optimus's death was softened for me at the end when you realize he's RoboJesus...Arise Rodimus Prime.
I was a TF from the start and I felt like the movie was a game changer in terms of the franchise being allowed to grow as many 8-9 year olds were getting older and it was only natural for Hasbro to really push the envelope, if you notice many season 3 episodes were noticeably more mature in storytelling.
Yep, and they started exploring outer space more and showing different places other than Cybertron and Earth. Too bad it ended shortly after. I never got on board with the Headmasters thing and such. The toys degraded too, because they started making them all plastic with bright colors. Nothing like the charm of the original die-cast. I only wish they had the skills back then to make the toys the way they do today, like with the masterpiece lines.
Greatest movie soundtrack EVER! I was 19 when this hit theaters, and I loved it! The reaction to the word, "Oh, SHIT!" was hilarious! I still play the soundtrack just for fun. You know, Minty, I saw both the original animated Transformers movie and the Michael Bay debacle in theaters. The animated one WAS way better. I didn't "hate" the Bay one, but a lot of the action on the screen just seemed a jumbled mess, and you couldn't tell who was who most of the time when they were fighting. The most recent offering, Bumblebee really went all out on the nostalgia factor. I really enjoyed that movie, and felt it held up fairly well to the original animated source material.
For someone that grew up on the OG Transformers, I honestly did not know about _Transformers: The Movie_ until 1999, and would eventually see the movie until 2001. Well, the hand-drawn animation from Toei Animation has definitely held up over the years. Nice video.
Regarding the “s-bomb”, I do not know the back story on this specific incident, but generally studios avoid G ratings as it is a box office death blow. The same thing happened in Star Wars: A New Hope. The cutaway to Ponda Baba’s bloody arm on the Mos Eisley Cantina floor was added after having initially even given a G rating specifically to get a PG bump.
If you watch the "making of" videos, they say that they just missed it. They also say that they really had no idea how popular transformers were, and that's why they didn't think twice about killing off all the main characters.
Regarding the S bomb: according to the 20th anniversary dvd extras, Jay Bacal stated that using it was no accident due to the fact that it was a feature film and consumers paid for the for seeing the movie and therefore could/can be edgier…
I still get shivers down my spine every time Optimus fires off his jets as he detaches and flies into the sky taking out all the decepticons, it's bloody legendary.
The whole Autobot City assault is brilliantly done. It' s great.
That is still one of my favorite movie scenes ever.
Yep. Along with IMO, Arise, Rodimus Prime.
@@ChibiProwl That still gives shivers!
Probably the single most Badass move ever! Skywalker leaping for his lightsaber? Cap picking up Mjilonir? Ripley taking on the Queen in the mechsuit ("Get away from her, you BITCH!!")? Sarah Connor cocking the shotgun single handed with a bad shoulder? Arnie cocking his with one hand whilst riding the harley? Numerous others I can't be bothered to try and remember right now? Nope! Sorry guys and gals! There's a reason his initials are OP!! 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘
Imagine going back in time and telling Citizen-Kane-era Orson Wells what his last movie role would be,
His 'filmographic rosebud' so to speak.
The guy who was made famous for his War of the Worlds radio show went out on a film also about advanced alien Invaders
This is hands down the best Transformers movie to date.
I didn’t see it on the theater here in Brazil, saw it a year later on TV without any prior knowledge of this movie… it blown me away.
Transformers is my favorite franchise and this movie is epic!
The original three part mini series is the best. This movie is just bad as the live action movies
I live in the US and saved everything I had because I was in Canada on "vacation" and saw it there. I own two copied of the movie now (CD/ DVD and Blueray- need to have a backup juuuuust in case)
The best Transformers movie ever. I got it at a yard sale yesterday. I'm so happy. The soundtrack is just amazing.
Gotta say, I was never so disappointed in 2005 that we were in a future like this movie showed.
The critics are asshats with no vision. The movie has more than made up for the loss at the time by those of us who have been raised on it.
When I got my inheritance from my great-grandmother, two of the first things I bought were Fortress Maximus and the movie soundtrack.
this movie ROCKS!!!
I was 6 when this movie came out. Seeing Optimus die still hits me to this day. Very powerful scene.
I was a 5 year old dorky girl, and ditto.
Same. I think it was also sympathy for Daniel, too…
I was 11 and a future computer and robotics geek so I was obsessed......I dont care if it was just to sell toys thats even better cuz this cartoon and movie established a lore unlike any other......Cybertron, the war, Alpha Trion!......The Quintessens (prolly not spelled right)....I love those flashback sequences from Cybertron....and the new movies ignored ALL OF IT
Edit: and the swear word in the movie? totally justified
I'm glad other writers explored the alternate storyline in different part via comics and other shows.
I was 11 it was sad.
It holds up way better than any of the michael bay movies.
FACTS 💯
Oh definitely, except Bumblebee, that movie is pretty damn good. But that's probably because Michael Bay had almost nothing to do with making it.
@@cyrussoxlegion All To True.👍😎☮💯
FAR superior!!!!
@@cyrussoxlegion Bumblebee showed what a Transformers movie could be when they use the source material correctly and stick to the visual style of the series, the first time i saw that opening on Cybertron it felt like they'd finally done a true live action version
Thanks for the shout out, Minty!
Thank you for the great tunes, Stan!
"Do not grieve. Soon I shall be one with the Matrix." That scene was definitely a tear jerker for alot of kids in 1986.
"Do not grieve. Soon, I shall be one with the Matrix"
Also, apparently he also said "My time in the light is short" offscreen at some point. When Rodimus says the same line in Season 3 when it is believed he is dying, Arcee says that Optimus said the same thing.
It was actually "Do not grieve", not "Do not cry". My boys and I end up watching the movie at least once a month, so I have the whole thing damn near memorized. I even own the soundtrack. We definitely like watching the old animated movie more than any of the new live action/CGI bukkake flicks because it's just a more enjoyable film.
I'm still crying!!
1986
I don’t mean to be a buzz kill, but the Transformers movie came out in 1986, Not 1985
Fun Fact:
In the Japanese release of
*"THE TRANSFORMERS: The Movie",*
Unicron (voiced by Orson Welles
in his final film role) was dubbed
by Mizuho Suzuki, who was
the Japanese voice of Darth Vader
in the NTV (Nippon TV) edition of
*"STAR WARS"* in 1983, *"The Empire*
*Strikes Back"* in 1986, and *"Return*
*of the Jedi"* in 1988. He also voiced
The Emperor in the 1980 Japanese
theatrical dub of *"The Empire Strikes*
*Back",* and starred in *"GOJIRA"*
(1984) as Minister of Foreign Affairs, Seiichi Emori.
Also, Arcee (voiced by Susan Blu)
was dubbed by Masako Katsuki,
who was the voice of Michiru Kaiou
aka Sailor Neptune in the original
'90s *"Sailor Moon"* anime series
and its 2nd & 3rd animated film.
Years later, she returned to voice
Arcee & her sisters: Chromia and
Elita-One in the Japanese dub of
*"TRANSFORMERS: Revenge of the Fallen".*
As a Transformers fanatic I knew all this. This movie got the touch, It's got the power. Ya!
The score of this film is a masterpiece. Both Stan Bush and DiCola bring it.
The theme by Lion is unbelievably 80s.
Judd Nelson is brilliant as the voice of Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime. 😀👍
That “Lookout Mountain” line still makes me cringe though.
@@jayluck8047 more or less than the disco dance scene?
@@TheitaniofRome - Waaay more.
Only thing he did a good work
"Hey, Galvatron, does Barry Manilow know that you raid his wardrobe?"
-Hotrod
Regarding the enhancements to Orson Welles voice, from what I've heard there were 2 key problems: it was too quiet, and too slow. Supposedly he actually directly stated that "you cannot say these lines any faster" - I guess meaning he felt they needed to be slow to have gravitas. The cleanup then was amplifying, speeding up and pitching down the audio, which actually REALLY works. The character comes across as god-like from the soft but massively resonant speech, and has a slight unnatural quality you probably couldn't get any other way.
Also, that S-bomb actually serves an additional purpose too: Spike was a kid (well, a teen) in the TV show. How do we show him as a respectable adult? You have him speak like an adult. That includes, when your plan to punch a god in the face does nothing? "Oh SHIT, what do we do now?"
Regarding the death of Optimus Prime, honestly I think it's one of the very, very best death scenes in any of the movies I've ever seen. It's epic in the truest sense, and it gives a powerful sense of a story with stakes and danger. If you took that away, you'd feel like 'oh, it'll be alright, Prime faught for millenia against the Decepticons, he can stop Unicron' ... but by killing him off, you made it a story there was actual RISK. I think that is why - whether or not you agree that it's *better* than Bay-formers - it is much more *memorable* than Michael Bays TF films.
Plus Welles was dying and was sick when doing the voice for Unicron. IMDB said Welles didn't even want to do the voice acting at first and it was his last movie before passed away.
Well remember that if not for the Michael Bay movies,the TF 1986 movie wouldn't have been recognized.
@@jasonpalacios2705 I severely doubt that, I'm a 97 kid and my dad watched this movie with me when I was 3 and scared me when my hero died and my two kids love watching it. I'm pretty sure the movie would have been passed down like that and never forgotten.
@@jasonpalacios2705 Um no - The animated movie has always been a cult classic
@@jasonpalacios2705 You're totally wrong about that. It is a generational thing though obviously. People younger then 30 something won't have seen it sure.
Still the greatest Transformers movie of all time. I have this on DVD and still watch the film every so often, with my transformers 80's series' collections. I frikkin loved this film as a kid and wore out three different VHS tapes of it.
The fight scene between Optimus prime and Megatron was epic!
There are other transformer movies
@@danger2bananas The Michael Bay films are awful schlock which is almost "In name only" with the original toy line, animated show and comics. They banked heavily on nostalgia and the spectacle of huge robots fighting to get box office numbers and not compelling story and characterisations. The first film was OK, but after that their quality nose dived off a cliff. The visuals were cool, most of the time, but the human characters SUCKED and the scripts were p0rn film bad at times. The other animated show revivals, over the decades, were mostly hit and miss.
@@neilprice513 I agree I was so excited to see a live action movie but it failed to live up to anything
@@neilprice513 So are you saying that MB doubled down on Hasbro's mistake by trying to kill the franchise? I'd rather watch a Wheelie solo movie than revisit the live action Tf stuff again.
One thing I truly appreciate about your work, Minty, is that even if something isn't your thing, or you are not overly familiar with it, you admit it, and then you give the material the respect it deserves, never insulting or putting down something just because you didn't like or weren't caught up in the fandom. I always enjoy your work. If you have not done a 10 Things about Rock and Rule (which someone mentioned earlier in the comments), please consider it. There's got to be more than Mick Jagger turning down the roll of Mok in the rumor mill!
As someone who was 10 in 1986, I can say seeing this in the theater was amazing! I've seen it hundreds of times over the last 36 years, and it definitely is one of my favorites. Much more than "just a toy commercial" as even at the time, I never ended up owning toys of the characters featured in the film.
Lastly that story about the kid locking himself in his bedroom...I've heard it many times, but I'm pretty sure it's just urban legend, There were way worse things in movies back then, stuff my parents never should have let me see, but we survived somehow.
I think you underestimate the impact Optimus Prime had, and still has, on viewers. I was twelve and my Brother was thirteen. To say we were both devastated by his death is an understatement.
Ultimately the backlash was what led writers to resurrect Optimus in the two part television episode: The Return of Optimus Prime.
Because the Legendary Peter Cullen heeded his brother Larry’s advice when he first auditioned for Optimus, what we got was a wise, kindhearted, strong but sensitive Autobot Leader as opposed to another “Hollywood Hero” (Larry’s exact words).
I highly recommend searching Peter’s backstory on the demeanor of Optimus. It’s truly heartwarming!
i hear you same here
There were a lot of bad movies that kids watched, but none of them had the main beloved hero (like Marty McFly but worse) get brutally murdered in from of them, like they did with Optimus.
I would absolutely believe it if some kid locked himself in the closet or his room.
Between this and the Atreyu's horse in the Swamp of Sadness, we saw some stuff growing up...
I was allowed to watch horror movies in the 80's as a kid. I'm glad, too because that's when those movies were actually scary, which is what made it fun. I find horror to be funny, ridiculous, or just plain campy now as an adult. Don't worry though. My Mom made sure to cover my eyes during any nudity or sex scenes. People being chopped to pieces was just fine, though. 😄
This movie blew me away in 1986, and every subsequent week for years when I would rent it again and again and again from the video store. I literally had it memorized. And I'm SO glad that it still holds up today in a way that the TV doesn't. Sure I notice a few more silly things (the passage of time in the film is... unsteady), but the animation is beautiful, the story simple and compelling, and the characters are great. The Movie was MY Transformers. Hasbro finally suckered me in with buying their new versions of the toys too. Frickin' love this movie.
The death of Optimus Prime directly inspired their decision not to end up killing off Duke in the G.I. Joe movie, instead putting him in a coma. But Duke was originally supposed to have died in that movie. In fact I believe it was the idea of killing off Duke that inspired the TF:TM team to do the same thing with Optimus. However the G.I. Joe movie had production delays allowing the TF movie to come out and hit theaters first. And the backlash over Prime's death forced them to do a patch job with Duke "recovering" from getting stabbed in the 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩 by Serpentor. Sadly the G.I. Joe movie never debuted in theaters and came out on home video instead.
"Nemesis Enforcer fetch Cobra Commander" loved Nemisis Enforcer
Duke freaking DIED man. You don't take a poisonous snake to your heart, epic amounts of blood splatter out, and fall into a coma. Duke died and in post production, was the poorly added in "he's gonna be okay" bit and coma nonsense. Any kid with an ounce of sense knew Duke died, especially since he was written off the show anyway.
@@Ladynaye Yeah they had already animated that sequence. The movie marked the end of the Sunbow series however I think Duke showed up occasionally in the DIC sequel series.
I was just about to make the same comment as OP.
😮 I don't remember bumblebee Saying the The S Bomb
This is the greatest movie I have seen in my life.
I saw it in the movie theatre in 1986, and I've never seen a movie come even close to as good.
This is the pinnacle of the Transformers franchise and a life milestone.
Still one of best things to come out of the 80s! Awesome soundtrack, memorable moments with spectacular animation! Proudly watch this and GI Joe the movie back to back!!!
No parents were dragged to the theatres to see this. Kids got dropped off to watch movies. That’s how legends like me watched movies in the 80’s.
I loved this movie, the actors, characters they played, the Soundtrack is amazing thank you Stan Bush and Vince DiCola, and the Death of Optimus Prime was like a performance by Marlon Brando.
Caught it in the theaters then... An incredible experience for a kid who loved the show. Got the dvd now, & still love it.
A lot of kids sure cried seeing their favorite Autobots die in this movie. A really ballsy move from a business stand point. This 1986 movie is also way better than live action movies, though I think the Bumblebee movie comes the closest in capturing the essence & flavor of the 1980s/90s animated Transformer.
I cried... and as a 40 year old man it still gets to me.
I remember watching an interview within the past 10 years where the Hasbro bigwigs of the time admitted they didn't realise at the time how popular Optimus was, nice to know they were paying attention to their product sales
I absolutely love this movie. Still own the dvd. I'm 46 years old now, and I still watch it whilst bringing a tear to my eye when Optimus dies.
I don't care what anybody says or thinks, this movie was the shit when it came out.
49 here. I own the DVD too. Still watch it at least once a year. Animation is amazing.
@@xoomoon God Damn Yeah!!!
May seem cheesy to some.
I don't give a fuck.
It meant something to me then......
When Optimus died.
Losing the father I never had. That's how it makes me feel.
Get a 4K disc
If you ever get the chance, check out The Cybertronic Spree. It's a cover band that performs in full Transformers gear, and they're amazing. Watching them perform "The Touch" or "Dare" is an absolute treat.
It sooo awesome luv they play in costume.
They are lovely people and made my special son have the night of his life at their show.
I watch this Tf movie 1-2x a year & listen to the soundtrack even more. Still so awesome & epic! I was @ trivia in a pub recently & they were playing "The Touch" & I about lost my cookies. In the early days of the internet, it was so much fun to try & get the 'different' cuts of Transformers the Movie (from diff angles/ framings to which were the 'naughty bits' version w/ Grimlock saying "Me kick @$$"). Now I get to enjoy this classic w/ my son & he loves so many of the characters- Soundwave bring his favorite!
I love this movie, it's so much better than any Bay movie. These Transformers have character, and are the stars, not side kicks to the (over acting) humans.
Love to see a "live action" remake akin to how Disney did The Lion King. I'd be more excited about that than another Bee movie.
"Love to see a "live action" remake akin to how Disney did The Lion King." - gross
The new bumble movie was lame but the design is Gen 1 and pretty good
@@TheitaniofRome his vehicle looked the part, but it's the lack of character in live action that lets them down. Bee movie was better than the Bay ones, but they're not much to beat.
i quite liked the bumblebee movie, so much better than The Last Knight. I was angry at that movie for weeks after watching it
LGBTQ+ live action remake incoming.
The Transformers The Movie was an epic part of my childhood! I pretty much never got to go to movie theaters, so I must have seen it on VHS. I didn't have any problem with the death of Optimus Prime or others: that was just to be expected with the escalation of events the story took. I think Robotech prepared me for a more mature stories: people die, especially in war, and things change. Still one of my favorite movies to pop in.
I've watched this sooo many times
I can quote just about every scene. My original vhs copy still works somehow
The scene of Optimus Prime attacking the Decepticons, especially the transform jump shoot is better than all the Bayformers films put together.
The whole Orson Wells enjoying voicing Unicron thing caught me by surprise, I've always herd he hated it. Anyway awesome Video Minty! And a big shout out to any Decepta bros and sisters out there!
He did absolutely hate it. I love Minty, but sometimes he misunderstands what he researches. Wells was very sarcastic and couldn't understand why he was wasting his time playing a toy.
Oh, right in the feels. At ten years old, the death of Optimus Prime was the first time I cried in a movie. Transformers The Movie shaped my appreciation of film for a lifetime.
I was 9 when I saw it in the theatre, but I guess the death of Optimus prime or any other transformer didn’t evoke the same emotion it did for other kids. It was years later when I found out lots of kids cried during that scene.
@@xnetpc It did, as it caused so much trauma, they had to not only revive Optimus at the end of season three (although it was too little, too late) and even go as far as to save Duke from the same fate.
@@xnetpcWhat?.
@@MiyakoPisces4.0 I think my comment was pretty clear, but I will try to simplify it for you.
When I saw the Transformers Animated Movie in the theater, I did not cry when Optimus Prime died. I saw the movie with my younger brother, and he didn’t cry, nor did I notice any other kids crying in the theater during Optimus Prime’s death scene.
I did not learn until years later that Optimus Prime’s death was so upsetting to many kids that the scene caused them to cry.
Transformers and G.I. Joe were always my jam as a kid. I liked other cartoons/toy lines like He-Man, MASK, and TMNT, but Transformers and G.I. Joe were my main toys that I had the most of. Now that I'm older and have boys of my own, it's been really fun introducing them to the stuff I loved as a kid and discovering that love is still inside me. My oldest son and I have started collecting the new Transformers and it's been a wonderful bonding experience and now my youngest son has joined us in the hobby.
@Cornelia Hot💋 No hablar the Español.
you’re doing great for us 80s kids 👍
@@CarlyneDTQTonPod The 80s were the best. Definitely the last GREAT decade for music. I often wish I could take a trip back in a time machine to experience it as an adult and bring my kids with me.
The 80s toon line was the shit
What a lineup of voice talent! All this time since first seeing it as a kid I had no idea such high-caliber actors were involved. Thanks for sharing.
A few seconds in: How does Transformers: The Movie 1986 hold up today? I'm 48 and the opening title sequence is one of the most cinematic and best movie openings ever, IMO.
Im surprised they never made any more epic animated movies!
I love how in one of the DVD commentaries they were talking about cut scenes. One was how Starscream won the battle royal in astro train. He basically stood in the corner and waited for everyone to wear each other out and said who wants to fight me. Very Starscream thing to do IMO. The other one was that when Ultra magnus was supposed to die in the planet of junk he was originally going to be drawn and quartered which is why they shot beams and not lasers and ultra magnus makes that weird voice over when he's getting shot. I would like to see that version now that I'm an adult.
Transformers!! More than meets the eye!!
Robots in disguise...
This movie is watched by me and my kids more than once every year, it gets better with each viewing. We all agree that it’s perfect, we only watch this movie and the Gen 1 animated series. Our favourite song to play in our family band is “The Touch”, Stan Bush is Rock royalty in my house. That soundtrack is epic, hard to beat. What amazing video Minty, thanks from me and my boys!
I am a huge G1 Transformers fan, so the original Transformers the movie is one of my favorite movies of all time and I listen to the soundtrack ALL the time. Last year it got a steelbook Blu-ray and 4K release. I'd like to see a list of how many 80's movies out there got a steelbook 4K release.
Nothing beats G1 Transformers. To me, the only thing more synonymous with the 1980's is Duran Duran.
Thanks for this episode Minty! You're awesome my dude.
I couldn't get the soundtrack so I had an old Soundwave looking tape deck and recorded straight from the movie. (Ummm... before anti-piracy laws)
A few years ago, I got to meet voice actor Paul Eiding (who was the voice of Perceptor and later on, Col. Campbell in Metal Gear Solid), and he had a few interesting stories about this movie, particularly about Orson Wells.
I was a teenager, just starting high school. I was a Transformers fan since it first came out. Never really got into G.I. Joe or any of the other toys. Even as a teenager it hit hard when they killed off Optimus. It wasn’t any emotional damage as it would’ve been for younger kids, but more of ‘wtf just happened’
I still collect from the toy line. 95% of what I collect are the seekers. Still watch the movie from time to time.
I saw this as a teenager and absolutely loved it. I've watched it countless times since 86 and my kids love it too. One of my favorite movies ever
my sisters and I were huge fans of The TransFormers original animated series~ even had our parents buy us those amazing toys. I was only 4 yrs in ‘86 but I rmbr everything about that show- the fact they turned into trucks cars planes as robots was magical to me but I didn’t get to see the movie theater version but on a video cassette tape a teenage family friend had and played for me and my lil sister 3 years later in ‘89 and we loved it
Did you get those female Transformers I forget their names?
@@nefariousmex2352 I don't think they made toy versions of the females in the 80's. They were called Elita One, Moonracer, and Chromia. Arcee was introduced in the movie, but she didn't have a toy, either. (That's their loss because not only would us boys have wanted them, there were female fans that would, too)
I appreciate the honesty that Minty had in regards to not being a Transformers fan. Rather than faking his enthusiasm (like Kevin Smith), he gave an informative overview of the behind the scenes issues involving the movie. Great work Minty 👍🏿
I liked this movie! Came out when I was 18 and my friend and I were the only two adults without kids in the cinema, but it was a fun movie. Definitely did not spend as much on tickets for it as I did for movies like Aliens or Big Trouble in Little China that year. It is in the disc collection with a bunch of my other favorite movies now.
Wow being one of those children (42 now) I'm really impressed 👏
Thank you Minty!!!
You finally did my Favorite Movie of ALL TIME!
Love you bro....would Love to chuck down a Beer with ya and converse some movie jargon one day!
Ah yes the animated Transformers movie! I have so many good memories watching this one many times! "The Touch" is really amazing! Ever since I first rented it from Movie Gallery when I was 6 or 7, it became super special to me! The fight scenes, the jokes, Hot Rod's transformation into Rodimus!, the music, the Dino Bots, the Junkatrons, Unicron, the exciting adventure, the scene where Danny saves his dad, this movie has it all! Lots of good memories!
Ah man, Minty. I was slackin on the new content but here you come to remind me to get back on track. Bravo!
The Movie was definitely more than meets the eye, and beyond our wildest imagination. 👍👍
🎵a toy commercial in disguise.🎵
Own the soundtrack and the DVD. I was 15 in '86 and saw this in the movie theater. Loved it then and now. Keep up the great vids!!!
Transformers (And He-Man, and GI-Joe, and so on) were ABSOLUTELY advertisements, but that didn't mean they weren't awesome. Are there any commercials nearly as good nowadays?
Not only do we not have commercials as good we don't have cartoons as good so I don't quite understand what the problem was but I will always hate tipper Gore for destroying cartoons. Busy body nags "oh my God those kids are having fun we can't have that"
@@deadend1041 Enh, government types on BOTH sides will happily speak a load bollocks on camera, so long as it gives the IMPRESSION that they care. But, they'll just fall to arguing, name-calling, and blocking each other's plans, and nothing actually useful will get done.
I can admit I cried a little when Optimus died. I was 7. Saw it in the theater twice.
Hey Minty am glad to see you finally did The Transformers movie. I went to see this movie with my dad when I was 5 back in 1986. I at the time remember this was in my opinion an awesome movie. I also remember kids leaving the theaters crying when Optimus Prime died. In the original theatrical version Spike didn't say ( shit ). However Ultra Magnus when trying to open the Autobot matrix did say the line ( open damn it open ). I will always remember that because my brother and I were laughing like crazy because we had never heard any character in the show use that language. Anyway thanks for bringing up all the great memories I had of going to see this. You did a great job and were very respectful to the memories of us that were there at the time.
Spike absolutely did say it in the original release. It was removed in subsequent home video releases and when broadcast on TV, which may be what you remember. It wasn't officially restored in US versions until the 20th anniversary DVD release. International versions may have been a different story.
I saw it in the theater for the original release and the re-release before the plague and yes, Spike said it. In the DVD chapter listing it even has a title "S-word".
yes, he said "shit" in the theatrical release, and yes, it was removed for its first home video release. i'm glad we can see the theatrical version today.
The "bad" language was absolutely in the movie. The backlash to the language caused it to be removed on home video.
Bro you were 5, I was 12 and saw it in theaters at least half a dozen times. Spike definetley said 💩. We knew the PG rating meant the movie would have swear words and unprecedented violence. It delivered on both.
Thanks for doing this video. TFM was one of the best movies of the 80s. Something was always happening, you hardly had time to breathe. The animation was awesome and the soundtrack rocked. FYI Stan Bush did other songs in the same inspirational style as The Touch that should be used in media.
Minty,
Thank you for a very accurate review of a movie that I LOVE.
For a person who is not a Transformers fanatic, you did awesome research and a very accurate review.
I was 11 when I saw this in the theaters. I went from that, VHS, DVD, Blue-ray now to 4k. Nostalgic film from my child hood.
Me too!
this movie still holds up. the music and pacing is perfect.
I bought the new Transformers 86 line to make a display of this movie. They look awesome once you have the main cast lined up!
I was there 1st day , 1stshowing with my best friend ,one of the best days of my childhood!
Definitely the best of Transformers. Loved it so much I can't recall how many times I have watched it. And yes, Prime's death made me well up with tears as a child 😂
This is probably my favorite movie of all time. I wish they Hasbro would make a part 2.
First VHS I ever brought with my own money.
One of my favorite scenes was when Galvatron confronts Star Scream. Star Scream asks, "Megatron, is that you?" then Galvatron (Leonard Nemoy) replies, "Here's a hint!" and disintigrates him.
I want my last 90 minutes of life to be watching this movie ❤️
TILL ALL ARE ONE!!
that's metal AF, love it :)
This is one of the best analyses of the 1986 Transformers movies that I'd seen or read. I don't have to agree with everything to really appreciate the depth of the research and presentation. Minty-mus Prime, Arise!
Ba weep granna weep ninny bong!
Ba weep granna weep ninny bong!
Ba weep granna weep ninny bong!
Ultra Magnus also cuses. While trying to open the Matrix of Leadership on the Junkeons planet he says, "Open! Damnit open!" Hehe, can't forget that one either. 👍
Orson Welles said that he hated working on this movie as he voiced Unicron and said it was a terrible experience.
No he didn't. What's your source? He did it remotely and from what I always heard he was rather fascinated by the fact that he played a toy and thought it was if not comical at least entertaining?
Yeah I heard that as well he said when asked about it that he voiced some character in a kids movie and didn't seem to give a damn
@@plonkersbro who cares
I’m from Canada and this was the first movie I ever saw in the movie theatre and I remember when Prime died a kid was crying really loud and his mom had to take him out of the theatre crying
I was more angry when the original autobots were slaughtered and looked more like a robot snuff film
Great episode, been watching you for years and keep up the awesome work
So many facts you missed that you could do a Part II in the future.
I suggest listening to the different commentaries & interviews that have been put on the different releases. The 20th Anniversary from Sony is a really good place to start along with the the different Shout Factory releases. Lastly you can’t forget the original Rhino DVD because of the interview in the bonus features.
The new 4K Steelbook by Shout Factory is a goldmine of features!
One of my favorites is that (according to interviews) it's the first movie with a rock n roll soundtrack. Prrrrrrrretty cutting edge.
@@OldNew45 “Animated” films yes. It’s insane. Journey did most of the OST for Tron 1 as well. The 80s had amazing soundtracks
For not being a fan, you nailed this. Well done. And the ‘86 movie has already outlived those Bay movies.
The death of Optimus Prime was dramatic but fine because they address it appropriately in the movie. On the other hand the deaths of Ironhide, Ratchet, Prowl, Brawn, and Wheeljack are traumatic because their friend never even react to their deaths in the movie.
Ironhide and Ratchet, they had that weird non-humanoid robot form in their toy versions that didn't match how they were drawn in the cartoon. If anyone was going to be killed off, it was them.
And Windcharger!
Thanks Minty!!(Mark)..you always entertain!!!! keep up the amazing work!
Amazing that after about 40 years this TFs the Animated the Movie is still beloved and watched by millions. Yeah not so good at the box office in 1986 but is huge now with Michael Bays live action films producing Billions!!!!!
Excellent cover up of this movie, dude. Keep up the good work.
BTW, I'm a longtime Transformers fan. And this movie holds a lot of nostalgic memories for me. Its one of my all time favorites.
YES!!! I used to watch the show on TV on Cartoon Network.
Hey I used to watch this on Sky One as part of the Fun Factory line up on Saturdays and Sundays
Lion is 100% by far the most underrated 80s rock band! Their song "Never Surrender" used in "The Wraith" is beyond fantastic! Best song to drive to ever!
And Lion was also used in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter during Crispin Glover’s famous dance scene. They really got around.
I grew up in the 80s. I saw all the movies that were supposedly traumatic for kids. Neverending Story, Return to Oz, Watership Down...The only one that truly made me freak out was Transformers. I was 12, saw it by myself in a Matinee. Watching all these characters I loved on the TV show getting slaughtered really messed with me. Never bought another Transformers toy.
Ironhide: "Noooo."
Megatron: "Such heroic nonsense."
i was 8 and loved it. Prime dying got to me a little bit for sure.
@@Dystopia1111 that part was only a few minutes into the movie and let you know this ain't no Saturday morning lol. MegaTron, unlike Starscream, was a bad ass bad guy, only retreating when absolutely necessary. And a gun as his transformation was awesome. Soundwave was my favorite actual toy along with Reflector, the 3 smaller robots that combined into a camera. And of course, Devastator!
@@Flow-J.Simpson "Soundwave superior, Constructicons inferior."
You did it again Minty, EXCELLENT video!!!
I don't think I cried, but I was absolutely distraught when Optimus died.
I absolutely cried. It didn't help that deaths already being traumatic enough, He was my favorite Transformer too.
I especially couldn't understand how the Junkions could repair Ultra Magnus being EXPLODED< but couldn't patch a hole up in Optimus.
Still feel like Ultra Magnus should have been the successor as leader, on the basis of A) looking cooler and B) having a much cooler sounding name than Rodimus Prime.
@@Dystopia1111 RODimus. ghey
Yeah. Wasnt a toy to me at the time...
Thanx for this one Minty, i loved this as a kid, dragged my Dad to see it in theatres, i remember looking over at him during it and he was fast asleep, lol, but i loved every minute of that movie. It did suck to see most of the og's get wiped out though.
This movie destroyed me and my friends in the movie theatre. The soundtrack still rocks!!!!!
Love the hoodie! 86' Transformers holds up to today better than the more recent Bayformer Movies. Great review!!
I love that in the Netflix show 'The Toys That Made Us' Hasbro admitted that they killed off the old characters and brought in the new ones to push up already sky high toy sales. It was such a dick move at the time but looking back now I think it was very shrewd.
Yeah but that's what season 3 & 4 basically were there for as it seemed more or less every other episode new characters turned up
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@@Under_Sky_Third_Gaia dammit ya beat me to it.
Minty’s 10 things videos are a normal Sunday morning ritual for me. One of the few shows I cast to my big screen TV to watch. Everything else is just mildly entertaining junk food. But minty and his antics actually FEELS like a regular TV show.
"Megatron is that you?"
"Here's a hint" *BOOM*
Classic line 👌🏽
Love the movie and I admit I miss the original Marvel Comics Transformers run. That run was amazing.
"Hey, just letting you know that I wasn't a Transformers fanatic" - it's ok, not everyone was perfect in their youth!
His saying he was more into Ninja Turtles and Ghostbusters is telling that he was slightly younger in that generation. My younger cousin was more into those than He-Man, GI Joe or Transformers. Those were the "big three" for many of us in the mid 80's.
@@AbstractM0use Yeah Minty is only about 37-ish? I am 48. I was totally into He-Man and then Transformers. I remember the Turtles right before I went thru puberty.
Never saw this as a kid, I was in college in I finally got around to seeing it. However the animation and sound blow me away. I also was quite surprised when they killed off Optimus prime. I barely remember the cartoon. 😂
Need to check out the band ''The Cybertronic Spree'' they are a band dressed as transformers covering the movie soundtrack and more. Even coming out with their own music now.
The soundtrack to my childhood. I love this film.
In spite of Hasbro only wanting to sell toys, and a studio that wanted money, I think the people who worked on this movie still made a pretty great film. I liked the new characters as a kid. And Optimus's death was softened for me at the end when you realize he's RoboJesus...Arise Rodimus Prime.
"Open! Damn it, open! Prime, you said the Matrix would light our darkest hour."
I was a TF from the start and I felt like the movie was a game changer in terms of the franchise being allowed to grow as many 8-9 year olds were getting older and it was only natural for Hasbro to really push the envelope, if you notice many season 3 episodes were noticeably more mature in storytelling.
Yep, and they started exploring outer space more and showing different places other than Cybertron and Earth. Too bad it ended shortly after. I never got on board with the Headmasters thing and such. The toys degraded too, because they started making them all plastic with bright colors. Nothing like the charm of the original die-cast. I only wish they had the skills back then to make the toys the way they do today, like with the masterpiece lines.
Keep up the good work minty, really enjoy listening to your vids
Greatest movie soundtrack EVER!
I was 19 when this hit theaters, and I loved it! The reaction to the word, "Oh, SHIT!" was hilarious! I still play the soundtrack just for fun.
You know, Minty, I saw both the original animated Transformers movie and the Michael Bay debacle in theaters. The animated one WAS way better. I didn't "hate" the Bay one, but a lot of the action on the screen just seemed a jumbled mess, and you couldn't tell who was who most of the time when they were fighting. The most recent offering, Bumblebee really went all out on the nostalgia factor. I really enjoyed that movie, and felt it held up fairly well to the original animated source material.
I'd rank it with the Top Gun soundtrack for best of the 80's movies.
For someone that grew up on the OG Transformers, I honestly did not know about _Transformers: The Movie_ until 1999, and would eventually see the movie until 2001. Well, the hand-drawn animation from Toei Animation has definitely held up over the years. Nice video.
The soundtrack is still one of the best ever put to film.
Thank you for doing a Video of one of my Favorite Movies!
Regarding the “s-bomb”, I do not know the back story on this specific incident, but generally studios avoid G ratings as it is a box office death blow. The same thing happened in Star Wars: A New Hope. The cutaway to Ponda Baba’s bloody arm on the Mos Eisley Cantina floor was added after having initially even given a G rating specifically to get a PG bump.
Same is said about Data's "Oh shit!" in Star Trek Generations.
If you watch the "making of" videos, they say that they just missed it.
They also say that they really had no idea how popular transformers were, and that's why they didn't think twice about killing off all the main characters.
Regarding the S bomb: according to the 20th anniversary dvd extras, Jay Bacal stated that using it was no accident due to the fact that it was a feature film and consumers paid for the for seeing the movie and therefore could/can be edgier…