Another Prime Days is coming up and I thought why not celebrate the REAL Prime, Optimus. A father to a generation, here's to 40 years of Optimus Prime and the Transformers.
For me, it was a double wammy, I lost my dad in 1985, and then this movie came out. Family took us trying to cheer us up, they knew we loved transformers. Brother I am man enough, to say that my scars run deep. I cried and left the theater a broken kid. I love and hate this movie. Optimus Prime was absolutely a cartoon father figure always caring for his autobots, always doing what was right even if it meant he had to give his life. He is my favorite transformer as he reminds me of my dad. I don't know if Hasbro knows what they did to us, but I will always love Optimus Prime. Thanks for the great content and the somber but wonderful memories.
I love that you shared this. Both melancholy and heartwarming. You must have been through a lot, but in the he still gives you great job. Thanks again.
@GENXPERIENCE Thank you for responding to my comment. I couldn't hold back the tears or my comment watching this video. Hearing you explain Optimus the way you did was simply a gift. Thanks again, and please keep it up. Many of us don't comment much, but we deeply love your videos, and we deeply love our 80s commercialized cartoons that deeply connected with us.
His death broke a lot kids. He was definitely my cartoon father figure. I was deeply hurt by that scene. Even today, as a grown ass 46 year old man, I can get a lil misty eyed when I see that clip of him turning gray.
My dad wasn't an ideal father. Optimus is absolutely a father figure for many of us. One of my college friends once said he wished he could send Prime cards on Father's Day. Wonderful character, in both the comic and the cartoon.
I read this out loud to a friend who is not emotionally connected to OP and they just thought it was the most heartwarming thing. A card for father's day...we knew how special OP was when we were kids, and it is still true today. Thank you
We saw this movie in theaters as kids and we're all amped up... and then Optimus Prime died. This was sould wrenching along the lines of that scene from The Neverending Story. You know the one.
I absolutely do. It was amazing thinking you were going in for the best TF Adventure, and got your heart ripped out. Awesome movie....SAD Awakening. Thanks for watching, man.
@GENXPERIENCE thank you for the great video. It's always nice to look back at these memories and know there are others who have similar experiences with it. Be blessed
Thanks for such a personal and moving trip to the childhood memories! :) Interesting that the Dark Awakening episode turned out to do very little to soothe the loss -- actually, it made it even worse, by rubbing the salt into the wound because our beloved character was now a robot zombie! I still remember how horrifying that episode was when I was like 6 or something. On a side note, Frank Welker did in fact join the cast of the live-action Transformers movies -- just not the first one. He's in fact voicing either Megatron or Galvatron, Soundwave or Shockwave in all movies directed by Michael Bay, except for the first one :)
Thank you for your great comments and thoughts on this. Yes, I knew Frank was involved somehow...but did fail to research just how. Appreciate you clarifying that, thank you.
My mother volunteered with Kids Yule Love. After Optimus had been axed, we were meeting the charity director in the space he was renting to hold the donated toys. There were crates of G1 Pepsi Optimus Primes. I had most of the G1 toys and I knew nothing about a Pepsi variation. I wanted one so badly. Decades later, I finally found one in box that was more than my car. I have no idea what entity donated the boxes of Primes, but that was especially generous considering their apparent rarity.
This is incredible. What a story...and HOW AMAZING. I remember that Pepsi version, but had no idea it was worth so much. But I guess OP is worth more than anyone imagines. Thank you for sharing.
Hmmm. You've left me wondering how different this 3-time divorced gen-x girl might have turned out had she been exposed to Optimus Prime's fatherly influence back during those crucial years of development. Could have been a very different life, I'm thinking 🤔
That is deep...but I am not saying there isn't something to it. My parents weren't divorced, and I loved my father...but I did hold him up to how OP made me feel. Thank you for sharing.
You know, often when I think back to this memory, and know it was my introduction to them...I wondered if that was the case, if it were his original Microchange. You helped me answer that. Thank you
Awesome video mate Two facts shocked me Peter Cullen had to audition for Optimus Prime 🤯 and he was only nominated for an Emmy. I wonder who won that year in his category? Cheers man 👍🤘
Oh my, it sounds like you completely missed the meaning of the message. I'm sure you'd get it if you watched it again, and thank you for the view in advance.
Well thank you for asking....it may not be Prime Day stuff, but I think I'm still getting Studios Series Brawn. It would replace my earlier version...which is great...but that one is just better representation. Thanks again. I hope you get yourself something!
Another Prime Days is coming up and I thought why not celebrate the REAL Prime, Optimus. A father to a generation, here's to 40 years of Optimus Prime and the Transformers.
For me, it was a double wammy, I lost my dad in 1985, and then this movie came out. Family took us trying to cheer us up, they knew we loved transformers. Brother I am man enough, to say that my scars run deep. I cried and left the theater a broken kid. I love and hate this movie. Optimus Prime was absolutely a cartoon father figure always caring for his autobots, always doing what was right even if it meant he had to give his life. He is my favorite transformer as he reminds me of my dad. I don't know if Hasbro knows what they did to us, but I will always love Optimus Prime. Thanks for the great content and the somber but wonderful memories.
I love that you shared this. Both melancholy and heartwarming. You must have been through a lot, but in the he still gives you great job. Thanks again.
@GENXPERIENCE Thank you for responding to my comment. I couldn't hold back the tears or my comment watching this video. Hearing you explain Optimus the way you did was simply a gift. Thanks again, and please keep it up. Many of us don't comment much, but we deeply love your videos, and we deeply love our 80s commercialized cartoons that deeply connected with us.
His death broke a lot kids. He was definitely my cartoon father figure. I was deeply hurt by that scene. Even today, as a grown ass 46 year old man, I can get a lil misty eyed when I see that clip of him turning gray.
The Dad to us elders, daddy to the youngins 😂
Couldn’t help but say wow out loud when Peter Cullen did the predator voice in this clip
Funny, but even when I finally watched my show on the big TV, that is exactly what I did. Thanks for the comment.
Me too That noise is terrifying. Also I didn't know that. I can't believe that fact isn't more widely known. 👍🤘
What an unexpectedly sweet story. I didn’t know Optimus Prime was a father figure. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah, he gained that over time. He was someone we looked up to in that way.
Bumblebee was like a son to Optimus Prime. He would teach Bumblebee with patience.
Honestly, for some of us, we knew Optimus more than our own fathers. He is our hero, showing us ethics and morals.
My dad wasn't an ideal father. Optimus is absolutely a father figure for many of us. One of my college friends once said he wished he could send Prime cards on Father's Day. Wonderful character, in both the comic and the cartoon.
I read this out loud to a friend who is not emotionally connected to OP and they just thought it was the most heartwarming thing. A card for father's day...we knew how special OP was when we were kids, and it is still true today. Thank you
We saw this movie in theaters as kids and we're all amped up... and then Optimus Prime died. This was sould wrenching along the lines of that scene from The Neverending Story. You know the one.
I absolutely do. It was amazing thinking you were going in for the best TF Adventure, and got your heart ripped out. Awesome movie....SAD Awakening. Thanks for watching, man.
@GENXPERIENCE thank you for the great video. It's always nice to look back at these memories and know there are others who have similar experiences with it. Be blessed
I bawled when Optimus died, my eyes still sting when I rewatch the movie. Still best Transformers movie.
And I was older, but couldn't help it. YIKES. It is the best one, I agree completely.
Thanks for such a personal and moving trip to the childhood memories! :) Interesting that the Dark Awakening episode turned out to do very little to soothe the loss -- actually, it made it even worse, by rubbing the salt into the wound because our beloved character was now a robot zombie! I still remember how horrifying that episode was when I was like 6 or something.
On a side note, Frank Welker did in fact join the cast of the live-action Transformers movies -- just not the first one. He's in fact voicing either Megatron or Galvatron, Soundwave or Shockwave in all movies directed by Michael Bay, except for the first one :)
Thank you for your great comments and thoughts on this. Yes, I knew Frank was involved somehow...but did fail to research just how. Appreciate you clarifying that, thank you.
Thank you so much! How lucky i am to be 59 and i have lived through all those wonderful years! I appreciate your hard work. Thank you!
Thank you so much for watching. I feel like it is not reaching the audience I was hoping for.
I am a child of 1984, and Transformers is one of my earliest memories, and Optimus Prime remains mynhero to this day.
He is a HERO for eternity, I think that is a given.
That's just Prime!
lol, isn't that the truth.
I was and still am a HUGE Transformers fan. Optimus Prime was always the best
He is a god among men. Thank you
@@GENXPERIENCE A god? I don't think so.
My mother volunteered with Kids Yule Love. After Optimus had been axed, we were meeting the charity director in the space he was renting to hold the donated toys. There were crates of G1 Pepsi Optimus Primes. I had most of the G1 toys and I knew nothing about a Pepsi variation. I wanted one so badly.
Decades later, I finally found one in box that was more than my car. I have no idea what entity donated the boxes of Primes, but that was especially generous considering their apparent rarity.
This is incredible. What a story...and HOW AMAZING. I remember that Pepsi version, but had no idea it was worth so much. But I guess OP is worth more than anyone imagines. Thank you for sharing.
Optimus Prime 2024!
Wouldn't that make us all winners!!!
My father was a assh0le to us but these shows bring back a lot of good memories for me.
Yikes. Sorry to hear that, but it is true many of these adventures were a better world, a better life than we had and we escaped into them.
@@GENXPERIENCE That is true.
This was a really good video! I learned a lot about the franchise!
Good. Glad you got something from it.
Hmmm. You've left me wondering how different this 3-time divorced gen-x girl might have turned out had she been exposed to Optimus Prime's fatherly influence back during those crucial years of development. Could have been a very different life, I'm thinking 🤔
That is deep...but I am not saying there isn't something to it. My parents weren't divorced, and I loved my father...but I did hold him up to how OP made me feel. Thank you for sharing.
I can't hit the like button on this hard enough. Thank you!
I wish I could hit the like/love button for your comment more as well. I appreciate you.
02:57 Megatron wasn't released as a Transformer in Japam until 85. Your classmate might have bought the Microchange version?
You know, often when I think back to this memory, and know it was my introduction to them...I wondered if that was the case, if it were his original Microchange. You helped me answer that. Thank you
Nice 👍🏾
Awesome video mate Two facts shocked me Peter Cullen had to audition for Optimus Prime 🤯 and he was only nominated for an Emmy. I wonder who won that year in his category? Cheers man 👍🤘
I love OP and Cullen. Glad you liked it, the man is fantastic. Thanks for watching.
I'd like to hear everything explained to me in Optimus Prime's voice.
I wouldn't argue that
'man enough' and there's the toxicity I didn't need in something that should've just been nostalgia
Oh my, it sounds like you completely missed the meaning of the message. I'm sure you'd get it if you watched it again, and thank you for the view in advance.
???
They Killed Optimus Prime and said "Shit!" in a kid's movie for the first time ever!
Wait---!?
Those were strokes of Genius actually 👍
Totsl genius. Bad ass PG, the way it was intended
what are uo ging to buy tomorrow and the 17th if anything and til all are one! yup! tears.
Well thank you for asking....it may not be Prime Day stuff, but I think I'm still getting Studios Series Brawn. It would replace my earlier version...which is great...but that one is just better representation. Thanks again. I hope you get yourself something!
Was there a Lazer prime day prime?
There should be now, FOR SURE. Good job.
Not to make more transformers but to provide new toys and merchandise.
Implied
Lmao your monologues kinda cringe
Sweet