Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 5.0
The 80s Glory That Was TRANSFORMERS
This is one of the cartoons that set the standard in the 80s. The Joes are definitely right up there as well. The excitement behind the Transformers seems to have been lost, with the Beast Wars cartoon offering a pale comparison to the 80s splendor involved with the original crew of Optimus, Megatron, Soundwave and the rest. Transformers: The Movie sent the Autobots and Decepticons in a new direction, with prominent characters dying off from both sides, and a new enemy being revealed. Vince DiCola offers a soundtrack that is total cheese, but fits quite well with the 80s glory that was the Transformers. The list of guest voices is quite impressive as well: Frasier's Dad, Monty Pythoner Eric Idle, and that fast-talking guy from the old Micro-Machines commercials are just a few. So be sure to pick up this DVD to relive the simplistic after-school enjoyment of the Transformers from when you were a kid, or get it for your own kids to show them what cartoons could be if some effort was still placed in creating them.