Product: The Transformers - The Movie (1986)
Rating: 3.0
Robots Live Again
I hate to say this, as I was a big Transformer fan back in the day (I was six or seven then), but if this "movie" were made today it would have died before hitting the big screen. Don't get me wrong, I think it's pretty good in its own respects but way too much is offered on this plate and so much is almost instantly taken away. First you're introduced to a new cyber planet populated by robots and then a planet that is a robot that consumes planets. Then comes the nostalgia everyone wants to relive with classic Transformer characters getting ready for the big battle. Then you're whisked away to Earth and bombarded by new characters and old alike. Have I mentioned the aweful soundtrack yet . . . it's noticably dated and weakens the movie to a great extent. The battle begins shortly and is probably the best part of the movie. Before you know it Optimus Prime is dead, Megatron is dumped into space by the ever trecherous Starscream, and planet bot Unicron reappears. From there several Decepticons are remade, including Megatron, by Unicron to do his bidding. From there you're whisked back to Earth, to the planet of Junk which populated by more robot transformers, and the Quintession planet, which is populated by yet more robots (are humans the only organic creatures in all the galaxy or what). Then it's back to Cybertron where the evil Unicron transformers, the second best part of the movie, into a robot whose body is as tall as the planet Cybertron itself. This whole movie was basically made to prepare viewers for the next couple of seasons of the Transformers cartoon (if not the new wave of toys). It's like a giant series premiere that got smashed and stomped upon. I'm still trying to figure out what the deal was with the planet of Junk and the Quintession thing. It made little sense to the movie and the questions with Quintession wasn't answered until later episodes of Transformers. I guess I'll finish up with this: You can't really ever relive your childhood.