Amazing

Rating: 10/10 (9 July 2007)

I grew up with the original generation 1 TF cartoon series (man I feel dated LOL) back in 1984. This was a revolutionary series, full of action and wonderful animation. Granted back then the execs of Hasbro and those at Sunbow thought of this show as a 30 commercial for their toy line, but for millions of kids the show was so much more.
Now we fast forward to 2007 and Michael Bay's version, and there are no words to describe this. Let's start off with one of the most iconic characters, Optimus Prime.
Of course his design is not as I, or others who grew up remembered (a flat nosed red, silver and dark blue semi with silver trailer), but the new design just fits the character perfectly. Next we have to take the iconic voice actor of Peter Cullen. I would have been so disappointed if Peter had chosen not to reprise his role of Prime. He has done many 80's cartoons and some of later, but this character (and even Iron Hide) are the most memorable.
For the CGI. It is the best I have ever seen, and is the most realistic and glitch free to date. I can't even comprehend the computer power this thing must have taken to render the images. WELL DONE!!! I was saddened that Frank Welker was unable to perform as Megatron as he did so brilliantly in the original series 23 years ago. However the voice that was used for Megatron felt closer to Leonard Nemoy's Galvatron from animated Transformers The Movie (1986).
I hope there is a sequel in the coming years to Transformers the movie. My hope is that the writers take what they did in this movie and ramp it up to the nth degree.
Thank you to Michael Bay, Steven Spielberg, the cast and crew of Transformers for keeping this iconic tale that began over 4 millions ago alive.