Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 3.0
Transformers The Movie
"It is the year 2005, the treacherous Decepticons have conqueredthe Autobot's home planet of Cybertron. But, from secret staging grounds on two of Cybertron's moons, the valiant Autobots plan to retake their homeland."Ok, those reading this have probably already seen this movie, so I see no reason to describe it, I would rather answer some retorical questions:Q: Why isn't the Aerialbots and Stunticons and Combaticons or Jetfire in the movie?A: The script was being written when we were still watching the first 16 episodes of Season 1 in 1984 on Saturday mornings. It wasn't until sometime during the second season that we started to see trailers for the movie due to come out in 1986. Therefore some of the characters didn't exsist when the film was near completion.Q: One thing I didn't understand, if they could fix Kup and Ultra Magnus when they were hurt, why couldn't they fix Prime and the others?A: When Optimus Prime and other Autobots who died were shot, they wern't blasted apart, but fatally hit in vital circuts, much like a human being shot in single vital organs like the liver. Kup and Ultra Magnus was mearly torn apart and could be repaired by skilled hands. A truely lifeless Transformer has dark grey metal skin and colourless eyes.Now those who complain about the music, remember this is a kids movie made in the 1980's and I'm sure many of you have bought the soundtrack even if it's rather cheesy by today's standards. It's not that bad really.I give this DVD 3 stars out of five, while I give the movie 5 stars. My reason for only 3 stars, is that the DVD was rushed rather than taking the time to insert the extras we were hoping for like the deleted scenes and 'The Touch' music video or Trailers and the lack of subtitles and language features. The other reviewers were right, we would see these if Rhino Studios were true Transfans rather than cashing in on popular pop culture. But look on the bright side, it's better than the VHS release. Good things come to those who wait.You might have also heard that the rumour of a live action Transformers movie has been confirmed and is starting production soon.