Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 4.0
Own a Piece of Transformer/80's History!!!
A mainstay of children's cartoons from the 80's, I bought this DVD in my attempts to "relive" my childhood. Personally, I feel this DVD is a good buy for anyone out there who was ever a Transformers fan, or in fact ANY fan of great animation. Like the box says, it's a "Collector's Edition."The movie itself was okay. For the uninitiated, here's a rundown:Plot synopses: The Autobots (good guy robots) battle the (evil bad guy robot) Decepticons (as usual). The plot twist, a new menace, the planet eating Unicron, makes his way into the galaxy chomping away on things. After a great battle between the Autobots and Decepticons, Unicron forms his army from a portion of the defeated Decepticons and wrecks havoc through them on the Autobots. The mission - destroy the Autobot matrix of leadership.The movie marked a bridge in Transformers storylines. It marked the end of the "Optimus Prime, Earth based Transformers" era. Most of the characters from the early episodes were "written out" in the movie. The movie introduced the new "Outer space, futuristic" era of Transformers with the introduction of new characters. Plus, we finally see Spike become a man and have his own son Daniel.Movie features: A rock soundtrack still kicks, animation and fight scenes that still rule even by today's standards. All-star cast of voices: Orson Welles, Leonard "Mr. Spock" Nimoy, Robert "Unsolved Mysteries" Stack, "Top 40" Casey Kasem, etc.DVD features: Interview with musical score composer Vince DiCola and production Storyboards from the movie.Here's my rundown:Good: The movie itself. It's piece of Transformer history. Solid action, kicking music. They sure don't make things like this anymore!!! The pure nostalgia makes it worthwhile for me.So-so: The DVD extras. The interview with the musical scorist was a "whatever" for me. The production storyboards were also a "whatever" for me. If you're getting it for the DVD features it's probably not worth it.Bad: A large portion of the Transformers from the earlier episodes weren't in the movie.For me personally, this movie, in fact the whole Transformer franchise, has stood the test of time. It was something ahead of its time. Transforming robots that turned into cars, planes, etc. I would put it up against anything out there today like Pokemon, Digimon, Power Rangers, etc and I think it holds it's own well. Great for any Transformers fans out there. Great for any kids of this generation that didn't grow up with Transformers. Great for any action cartoon lovers.Recommended viewing for all. Long live the 80's!!!