The Transformers The Movie 1986 Reaction

[@KaylieRayne]

The soundtrack to this DAY still hits.

[@BryanFritchie]

~You've Got The Touch, You've Got The Power!~

[@yermatedave4930]

I've said it before- Transformer fans are a contentious lot, but one thing we can ALL agree on, is that the soundtrack ROCKS

[@noneya3635]

Too right, there are some serious 80's hair metal tunes in this beast.

[@michaelmartin4874]

@@KaylieRayne Lion absolutely killed it on the theme song.

[@Autobubbs]

Still got both CD and Cassette.

[@GabrielMiller-v1c]

Unicron is, for me, the greatest on-screen villain of all time. From the first moment we see him he's this utterly overwhelming presence and an unstoppable force. He eats an entire planet as his introduction, without a word being spoken, just gobbles it up like a snack and then continues on his merry way. How do you top that? The thing that really sells his power and menace is of course his voice. It's no secret that Orson Welles didn't think much of this role and basically phoned it in, but in a weird way it actually works for this character. Unicron sounds aloof and detached, like everyone he's talking to is beneath him, and he's right! Most other villains of the time were loud and boisterous, yelling and screaming at their enemies and allies alike. Unicron, by contrast, spoke softly, almost gently, and the power of his voice was still like being caught in a hurricane. It really sells just how godlike he is. Add in that amazing musical theme that sounds like the inevitable approach of doom at the beginning, then hits a terrifying crescendo that tells you the end has arrived, and from then on, it's a mix of horror and despair as you watch an entire civilization get wiped out, and you know there is absolutely nothing they can do. Unicron is the total package, menace, charisma, power, presence, and style.

[@travisboyle285]

Orson Welles was awesome for the part.

[@dupersuper1938]

Now THIS is the Transformers movie! The movie takes place between seasons 2 and 3 of the show: Optimus gets better in later episodes.

[@Rocket1377]

Yes, and then get a killed off again. Then resurrected for a second time.

[@ensvenskateist3564]

See the cartoon and try not to remember the spoilers, about how that can survive in damage state is if there "spark" i uncharm, think of spark as there soul.

[@993ti]

The sadistic people at Hasbro thought it was a good idea to traumatize kids a second time in Dark awakening. :P

[@supercloudreed]

The best hand drawing of the 80's done for a cartoon and movie.

[@lucienlachance08]

I mean, even when I was watching it as a kid. I liked that they did that, but at the same time I felt doing so was robbing Rodimus as a character. I always felt the better story direction would have been to stay the course. In G1-G2 you see a leader with absolute authority and thousands of years of leadership experience. With Rodimus you had a story of a new leader who wasn't ready stepping into the role, making mistakes and earning the respect of his contemporaries. Earning and bending the lines of loyalty on both sides along the way. All that possibility got squashed by just handing the matrix back. I'll always wonder what could have been in that regard.

[@OrionPax-g5b]

I find it cute how you are watching this movie for the first time and slowly figuring out who is who along with your reactions. It’s adorable. I’m so happy you enjoyed the movie. I love this movie too. My favorite Transformers movie.

[@julesreacts]

Thank you, Orion! That's such a lovely thing to say. Thank you for being so welcoming 💜

[@BryanFritchie]

I don't think I would have ever recommended this to a reaction channel, simply because you have to watch the first two seasons of the show to know who the characters are. But @julesreacts made it work!

[@julesreacts]

Thank you, Bryan! I just wanted to watch a cool movie, and cool it was 🙌

[@davidwilburn4734]

The guy who voiced Star Scream also voiced Cobra Commander in the animated G.I. Joe.

[@4u57inc0v3110]

RIP Chris Latta, the voice we all loved to hate. Fun story about him, his kid told his teacher that he was Starscream. They ended up having a parent/teacher conference about that, and when the teacher voiced their concerns to Chris, he replied, "But I am."

[@NickonPlanetRipple]

What's most fascinating about this movie to me is the first act is essentially the final episode of the Transformers as people knew it at the time. They had their big ultimate battle at Autobot City, both leaders fell, and then.... now what? How do the survivors regroup and move on? Where do they go from here? Some pretty bonkers places, turns out. And it just spirals out of control from there, and I love it.

[@havok6280]

Saw this movie as a child in the theater. I was thoroughly traumatized. I cried when Optimus Prime died...😢

[@solrachernandez3389]

Every kid who saw this movie for the first time back then cried

[@johnshaffer3405]

@@solrachernandez3389 that's because he always had good advice and was willing to learn from any mistakes he made.

[@seanbumstead1250]

I always cheered for the Decepticons

[@lindseytyler3128]

Autobots are good decepticon,s are bad

[@lindseytyler3128]

Autobots are good decepticons are bad

[@tmntman3086]

One thing about this movie is/was that it didn't matter if you knew all the existing Transformers going in or not, cause they were all dead by about 30 minutes in and you were left with an all new cast.

[@RetroRobotRadio]

The planet at the opening that was eaten was called Lithone. It was one of many small colony worlds inhabited by Transformers who had escaped the war on Cybertron.

[@insomnaholic]

Optimus Prime was just so beloved by children in the 80s there were complaints from parents after taking their children to see it. The movie was made in the height of 80s greed and goal was "kill all the old toys so we can sell new ones". They did their job a little too well. I saw this when I was 7 with my cousins. My younger cousin burst into tears but to be honest the rest of us were trying not to. All of us have the soundtrack on all of our playlists to this day. I will also mention Transformers were the most popular toys for Christmas for boys and girls (all my cousins are women). We all wanted Transformers for Christmas. Grimlock and Dinobots will forever be my favorites. MVPs of the movie.

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

Part of me is glad (in retrospect, not when I was bawling at the time, lol) that they did something new and made this feel different from just another episode. Still, yes, the capitalistic cynic in me knows it was all about selling new toys lol

[@insomnaholic]

​@@baconatorrodriguez4651 Absolutely. This was supposed to be a movie to sell new toys and ended up being a core memory for a lot of us Gen Xers.

[@Believer1980]

Imo, the Movie was the start of the rot that ended up in season 3 , of making the Dinobots comic relief. I also feel they were done a little dirty in the fight against Devastator, as before the Autobots got the likes of the Aerialbots , it was the Dinobots that were the counter to him. That said I loved and still love this movie , I cried buckets at all the deaths. I think seeing Wheeljack's corpse broke me as much as Prime's death. I loved that mad scientist , plus , fun little fact , G1 Wheeljack was one of my first Transformer toys, along with Jazz and Soundwave. Got them from various relatives for my Birthday .

[@lordblu4316]

@@Believer1980 The Dinobots were never really a match for Devastator.

[@coffeeveins]

The reason they were caught so off guard is because they were breaking new ground with Transformers(although you have to include G.I.Joe in the story). Toy companies took notice of how huge sales were for Star Wars toys despite the actual toys actually being kind of crappy(characters anyway, not the vehicles). Hasbro was looking to resurrect their G.I. Joe line after a decade gone because of Vietnam anti-war backlash. A chance meeting between a toy company exec and a writer at Marvel comics would start a crazy experiment to get kids to buy as much for characters they liked as for being a cool looking toy. The writer had all these character designs and story ideas for a comic(about Nick Fury, agents of shield fighting the Serpent Society) that got canceled late in the process ready to be reused. He’s the one that convinced Hasbro that they needed more than hero characters, they needed bad guys to fight too…and he so happened to have all these unused character designs ready to offer(so serpent society became Cobra). They still had rules about advertising to kids when they started, so instead of advertising the toys, they ran ads for the comic ABOUT the toys(very expensive ads for promoting a comic book line). The G.I.Joe experiment was looking to be such a success that they were told to do it again with these new Robot toys from Japan they bought the rights to. So Marvel again created characters for all these toys they were shown(Megatron’s D16 name in the latest movie comes from his toy being model 16 from the diacon toy line before Marvel created a character and name for the toy). While Hasbro loved the success creating Characters and stories for the Transformers gave them, they hadn’t yet realized how this might require changes in new toy releases. They thought it was as simple as creating a story reason for why they were retiring some older models in the toy line(that either weren’t that big a seller, or was but had been bought by everyone that wanted one) to make way for new ones. They know now to just have them in the background more or occupied for story reasons instead of outright killed off. The severity was made worse by the fact that the MPAA that rates movies R, PG, or G didn’t consider violence against a robot the same as against a human person(like not showing blood, using robots as cannon fodder was a frequent trick to having bad guys to shoot at without breaking rules for children’s programming). So things that would be R rated brutal if it was done to a human got a pass because robots. But they weren’t mindless machines. To kids, Optimus Prime and Ironhide were as real/loved as Luke Skywalker or Bugs Bunny. I’ve heard it rumored that someone realized just how bad it would be if the movie released with a G rating, so that one single “Oh Shit!” Line was added just to make sure they had a PG rating. Even rated PG, the movie traumatized an entire generation of kids. Imagine if a movie released with Elmer Fudd catching and brutally killing Bugs Bunny. Not just “he’s dead”, but a long scene of Bugs suffering, in pain with trouble speaking until he slips away and his body goes limp while Daffy and Porky start weeping. That’s what it felt like to kids who watched Prime die. I was 11 when it came out, and it was still a gut punch. I can’t imagine if I’d been only 7 or 8(while the Transformers movie didn’t end my childhood innocence, it kinda perfectly represented how my less innocent eyes were beginning to see the world, like the cherry on top of a general “nothing seems as innocent anymore” time of life, where even my kids cartoon was getting serious now). WOW! I hadn’t planned on typing that much, but guess I had more to say than I realized.

[@Believer1980]

" Me Grimlock not cute! Me Grimlock King!"

[@julesreacts]

He cute AND King!

[@GodlessScummer]

Saw this movie when I was 6 years old and 38 years later the line "Arise Rodimus Prime" still gives me goosebumps.

[@DataCab1e]

No need to apologize for not knowing the characters. Most of those who survived this film were introduced in it, and brand new to fans. Those who did not survive were all characters established in the first two seasons of the TV series. This was seen as a not-so-subtle metaphor for clearing the toy store shelves of old stock to make room for new product.

[@visionaryventures12]

Some non-spoiler history. The toys came out in 1984. Each box had a tech specs that described the character’s personality and abilities. The first season of the cartoon aired in the same year. There’s a multi-part first episode. Then a short first season. The second season consists of many more episodes because it aired five days per week. Then came this movie. After the movie in the summer came a third season. The fourth season was simply a mini-series of about three episodes. There was a separate comic book series, which didn’t relate at all to the storyline of the cartoon, aside from the characters and the basic premise.

[@whoarocket]

Yeah, that's some good background for it. They wanted to introduce a new line of Transformers toys, so this transition movie came in between seasons two and three to introduce that.

[@baconatorrodriguez4651]

This is standard rewatch for me every few years. * Hugs Dinobots toys *

[@julesreacts]

I love the Dinobots 🥰🥰

[@jasonbutler6121]

I also love the dinobots. I still have the original toys and now their studio 86 version.

[@Isolder74]

@@julesreacts Me Grimlock not hugger!

[@SpectrumAnalysis]

Was not expecting this reaction but as a transformers fan I always appreciate people seeing it! Believe it or not, the reason Hot Rod is a good leader is summed up by the silly song that plays when the Junkyard bots attack. He approaches a hostile enemy group, after already trying to peacefully approach another group on the Quintesson planet and being captured and put to death, but he still puts aside the smart tactical thing to do by extending them an olive branch instead of opening fire like Kup was ready to do. He puts tactics aside to do the right thing. As Weird Al sung while they danced in celebration of their friendship, he Dared to be Stupid. That's why Ultra Magnus failed as a leader, he was an effective soldier and tactician, but lacked the heart to make a dumb choice for the right reason.

[@julesreacts]

I love Hot Rod! So many awesome characters in this movie! It's a little hard to keep up haha

[@theonewhowatches869]

Okay so a couple fun fact, first - Arcee is the first female transformer ever successfully created, though others appeared in the show before her after Hasbro was convinced. Additionally the Autobot medic Ratchet, one of the casualties from the opening act (which was allowed to happen because all the dead characters had been removed from toy shelves) was originally conceived as a female character. second - in early drafts of the script, the people of Planet Lithone from the opening were originally meant to be Transformers made of stone, and the sole survivor (until the Quintessons found him at least) was named Granix, until they changed his name to Kranix in the rewrite. third, and the one I think you'll find most interesting - Rodimus Prime has a mutual acquaintance with The Doctor, see during the 80s there was a Transformers Comic published by Marvel and in the UK version of the comic they did a follow up story in which Unicron's head landed on the Planet of Junk and enslaved the Junkions to build him a new body, Rodimus stopped him with the help of Freelance Peacekeeping Agent, Death's Head. When Unicron's body started to collapse, Death's Head was saved by the Doctor in his TARDIS and was dropped off at the Baxter Building, home of the Fantastic Four on Earth-616 of Marvel Comics, where he resides to this day.

[@SJHFoto]

Thanks for those! I grew up with the UK comic (we could get it AND the US comic in Canada) but not many people know about Death's Head.

[@Rocket1377]

Yeah, the Doctor Who crossover was crazy. Spider-Man also appears in an early Transformers comic, which basically means that Marvel, Transformers, and Doctor Who have all shared the same universe.

[@genkigirl4859]

This is real transformers….not that awful michael bay stuff

[@Cursedzeba]

Dad showed me this movie that he watched as a kid. In all these years I never realised who voiced Galvatron 😂 Also love the Junktacons and how they talk TV

[@julesreacts]

So many cool different types of Transformers/Decepticons/Others in this movie! I'm so new to it all but really loved it!

[@Rocket1377]

For me, Eric Idle was the real shock. I was so surprised to learn that one of the Monty Python cast voices Wreck-Gar. He's the one who sings "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life" at the end of Life of Brian.

[@johnshaffer3405]

The autobot that Prime was piloting the shuttle with when he told the Dinobots to destroy Devestator was Sun Streaker not bumble bee. I also love the fact that Kupp is loved and respected by the Dinobots enough that he became their official storyteller :)

[@SJHFoto]

I'm glad you clarified that-I was going to. Although, I can see her mistake. Not only are they both yellow, but Sunstreaker transforms into a sports car, so knowing that if any young person knows Bumblebee, they will know him as a Camero, it makes sense

[@Rocket1377]

That's Michael Bay's fault. Bumblebee is supposed to be one of the smallest and weakest Autobots. He should turn into a small economical vehicle, not a sports car.

[@jimhuber]

The dynamic is kind of like grandkids with their grandfather.

[@SJHFoto]

@@jimhuber I do not understand what you mean by that

[@SpTigerJD1]

1:26 Eric Idle from Monty Python. Also, RIP Leonard Nimoy (miss him as Spock) and Orson Welles. Welles did the radio adaptation of War of the Worlds, in 1938, if I remember correctly. I would like to see you react the G1 TV show, if you're willing Jules. It aired from 84 to 87 which includes the movie too. There's also a Japanese anime which starts the end of season 3 and is their continuation of the show. Won't give details since I don't want to spoil anything. Love the soundtrack to the movie. You should react to The Cybertronic Spree's music. They do some covers of the soundtrack, some of their own stuff and other music all while cosplaying as Transformer characters.

[@julesreacts]

I'd love to see more! I'll wait and see how this video goes but honestly, I really enjoyed the movie 😍

[@nedzed3663]

This movie sort of changed my life as a kid. When it was released at the theater, the show was airing on weekday afternoons. This would be my first animated feature film based on a TV show that I was actually watching (with older relatives since I was really little), I got to see in the theater but also having mani characters from that show being killed off, almost right at the beginning including the main protagonist. That blew my mind as a kid and it would change how I viewed animated movies. This movie single handedly took me down the path of more mature, less kid friendly animation of the 70's, 80's, 90's and, 2000's up to nowadays. Also I heard that Orson Wells was blitzed off his ass when he recorded the voice of Unicron for this movie and that's the funniest thing in the world to me because what we got was a genuinely sinister and memorable vocal performance for the main villain

[@johnshaffer3405]

I watched this movie in theater back in 86 and I cried when prime was killed.

[@Scripture-Man]

I had a similar emotional experience when I watched "The Snowman". For years I would watch it every Christmas. I presume everyone has seen it, as it's really special?

[@4u57inc0v3110]

Orson Wells being blitzed off his ass seems pretty on-brand. Have you seen the wine commercial outtakes where he's completely shitfaced?

[@Neil_Hanson]

Transformers! Back when I was a kid I used to have all the action figures and would make up stories and have them fight! 😂 Thinking back I used to love watching Transformers, Thundercats and He-Man. He-Man was also made into a cheesy 80's movie that's actually a lot of fun, and starred a young Couretney Cox (Monica from Friends). Hope you're having a nice weekend Juliette and thanks for this very unexpected upload.

[@johnshaffer3405]

They had to change a plot point in G.I. Joe the animated movie after Hasbro saw kids reactions to the death of Optimus Prime.

[@julesreacts]

I also remember Thundercats, Neil! I used to love all that 80's stuff. I remember a tv show called Monkey Magic. The good old days! I've been wanting to try some movies, so this is very much an unexpected upload 😅 I'll see how it goes and maybe I can do more next year. Enjoy the rest of your weekend, Neil 💜😊

[@RetroRobotRadio]

It should be noted this movie takes place between season 2 and 3 of the original Transformers cartoon, so newbies may be lost. If you wanted to "take it back to the beginning" you should have watched the three-part TV series pilot.

[@julesreacts]

Ooh, thank you! Like I mentioned, I'm new to Transformers. If people are keen to see more, maybe we can watch the cartoon you mentioned 😊

[@SJHFoto]

@@julesreacts That would be lovely. That really is the place to start

[@Rocket1377]

Definitely check out the first 3 episodes.

[@kemra102]

@@julesreacts I'd certainly be trilled to see you react to the original cartoon.

[@visionaryventures12]

@@julesreacts please do!

[@Isolder74]

the guy who you said seemed smart is Perceptor. He transforms into a microscope. The G1 toy had a 4x magnification.

[@detectivesquirrel2621]

Damn I'm old. I watched the original series and I had the sticker book for this movie. First sticker book I completed.

[@jeffneely5556]

I had the sticker book, too. But sadly I didn't finish it. Still a lot of fun to collect.

[@SJHFoto]

I had the sticker book, and I still have the "Action Cards" of the Transformers (stills mostly from season 1)

[@sanremo112]

The part at the start where they invade the Autobots' ship was so brutal to watch back in the day... Those weren't just random no-name Autobots that were gunned down, those were all established characters that we knew and loved from the first 2 seasons of the cartoon show.

[@claytonveno3710]

Optimus Prime eventually did return in a special called "The Return Of Optimus Prime" In which he saves both Autobots and Decepticons from a virus called the hate plague. Then in the Japanese exclusive series Transformers Headmasters Optimus Prime died again and Rodimus reprised his role as Autobot leader until Transformers Victory where Star Saber and Deathsaurus became the new leaders of the respective teams. A bit of an oversimplification but this is what occured after the events of this movie.

[@ryankjett]

Watching along with you was a really fun way to see it through new eyes. I have seen this movie SO many times, to the point where my friends and I have an entire 7 year podcast about it and the series. Of all the reactions I've seen this was by far the best and sweetest. Really great job on catching and remembering the names of the characters, too!

[@julesreacts]

That’s so kind of you to say! I really enjoyed it much more than I expected 😊😊

[@wamingopublishing674]

I love the irony that Unicron eats both of Cybertron’s moons and his head becomes a new moon at the end.

[@julesreacts]

Just there for all eternity 🤣

[@lordmortarius538]

Hasbro initially saw the show as just a way to sell toys, and so to 'clear the field' for their new toys, they had this film made to explain why they weren't selling any more Optimus Primes or Ironhides or Ratchets, they killed them off, not understanding just how attached kids had gotten to these characters. They were absolutely bombarded with angry letters from parents having to console their traumatized children who'd just watched one of their heroes die in what was presumably a fun kids' movie. This led to Optimus' resurrection later in the next season of the show. I was 6 years old when this came out and I watched it in the theater, I bawled when Optimus was killed.

[@fernfernacelli]

If you haven’t already, might I (well, ‘we’) recommend Transformers: One (2024)? It’s amazing, and it’s an origin story on how Optimus Prime and Megatron (and their respective factions) came to be… This has likely already been recommended many times before, but juuuust in case… Thank you for watching and reacting to this - it means A LOT to so many Transformers fans… it’s the very more from which so much of the lore is referenced. New subscriber. Cheers! 😊

[@julesreacts]

Welcome 😊 I haven't seen much in the way of Transformers, so it was a bit hard to know where to start! I really enjoyed this movie, though. I've had a few people mention the original series, which I'm tempted to check out, too!

[@fernfernacelli]

@@julesreacts My humble opinion (because there is *so much* and so many continuities)… if you’re enjoying the franchise so far… (MUST see…) Transformers ONE (2024) Transformers 1986 (you just saw) Netflix: “The Toys That Made Us” …it’ll make sense once you see them. Other honorable mentions: Bumblebee Movie (2018) Rise of the Beasts (2023) Transformers (2007) There are other movies, and many TV shows (‘Transformers: Animated’ and ‘Transformers: Prime’ are excellent), but tricky thing is, the lore goes of on a great many tangeants. Still, all enjoyable in their own right. Looking forward to your next reaction video; cheers!

[@tonydeluna8095]

This movie is just a classic! Brings back memories as a kid! Peter Cullen the voice of Optimus Prime, did a very good job!

[@johnshaffer3405]

Peter Cullen also voiced Iron Hide in the original series.

[@joeb918]

Peter Cullen is Optimus… it’s the vice I will always head. Though he has quite a range, he’s also played Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh, Monterey Jack from Rescue Rangers and he was (although uncredited) the Predator voice and many, many, many other one off roles from 80s and 90s kid cartoons.

[@swittersanggraini1780]

I always wanted Soundwave for my birthday, I thought he was the coolest transformer. For some reason, he was hard to get whenever i wanted him. I was too young to see this when it came out at the movies, but I always rented out the video. Even if you don't know anything about transformers, it's still a solid movie. I didn't realise robert stack was one of the voice actors.

[@colleenanderson9711]

Springer and Arce are like Daniel's parents and my favorite of the cassettes is Frenzy. The little purple guy.

[@colleenanderson9711]

I had meant Rumble is the purple one in the cartoon. Frenzy is the other cassette.

[@noneya3635]

"Are they making Optimus Prime?" I love the innocence of our J-bird going into this movie. So adorable seeing Lady J feeling for the insecticon's and feeling betrayed that LaserBeak was a Deciptacon.

[@julesreacts]

🤣🤣 trust me to go for the bad guys!

[@tevanos]

I saw this in theaters in 1986 at 11 years old. It remains one of my favorite movies ever made.

[@ShawnB4610]

"Grimlock kick butt" has been seared into my mind decades after first watching this movie

[@NightRaven650]

"Me Grimlock no bozo, Me King!!"

[@TenebrousFilms]

Eric Idle is from Monty Python, it was quite a surprise to recognise his voice back then. This movie killed a surprising amount of the generation one transformers. I always liked Soundwave, but they never made an actual cassette player out of him, for some reason... might be the lack of speakers. Maybe those people making the fancy talking animated toys (Robeson) should do that.

[@dcaslick]

Most of the well known Transformers are first generation Transformers, which they used in the more recent live action Transformers movies. This movie acted as a refresh to bring in a bunch of new characters they could make toys of(cartoons in the 80’s were effectively half hour commercials for the toys). Killing off a bunch og Gen 1 Transformers, particularly Optimus Prime did not go over well with kids though. Legitimately was traumatizing for those of us that were in the sweet spot for who Transformers was aimed at(I was 8 when this movie came out).

[@jeffkoenig7402]

Not gonna pretend this movie is like, great cinema or anything, but context is appropriate here. In the mid 80s, calling something like this a "kid's movie" was unprecedented. Things like killing off major characters just never happened. No one (including myself) had seen anything like it before. While it only happened because in the eyes of the censors, robots don't count as people, the movie will always have a memorable place for me because of the impact it had on me as a kid, and for being one of the first things I watched that expanded my view of what "dramatic storytelling" could be. No one's going to seriously compare it to Schindler's List or The Godfather or any of the other greatest drama films of all time, but the impact it had on my generation when it was released was pretty similar.

[@narlord8613]

The one who was piloting the shuttle with OP, was Sunstreaker, he's a Lamborghini, Bee's a VW Beetle.

[@NightRaven650]

💯👍

[@rogertemple7193]

This is a really awesome animated movie of the Transformers from 1986 and I've seen it several times over the years and it has an all star voice of actors in the cast. I used to see it on tv a lot and I'm thrilled that you are watching and reacting to it have an awesome weekend and take care my friend Juliette.🤖🇦🇺🤖

[@JakkFrost1]

1:44 there were a lot of Transformers none of us had heard of. This movie was introducing us to a lot of new generation transformers (though still officially Gen 1), while kiIIing off a lot of old favorites.

[@Vaishino]

Fun fact: the voice of Megatron and Soundwave, Frank Welker, also voices Freddie from Scooby Doo.

[@3Rayfire]

Technically the beginning is the five part series premiere "More than Meets the Eye" which explains everything very well and is roughly movie length. But this is THE film.

[@ryanmorgan7170]

Transformers is my absolute favorite cartoon since back in the day when it was still on the air. Honestly, the movie is canon with the cartoon show. The show lasted for four seasons, but there was a huge gap, if you will, between seasons 2 and 3. The movie bridges the gap. Watching the first two seasons would've made the movie more impact full, because watching a lot of known characters from the show die was a blow in my childhood; especially when watching Optimus Prime die, that was a very massive blow.

[@BrianD0313]

10:24 - A lot of people miss this but Hot Rod is the one that catches the Matrix and I think at that point it imprints itself onto him. I think Hot Rod is the only character that gets a full character arch. He starts out as this mischievous Autobot, then after the fall of the city, while on the ship and Cup is telling stories, he's more focused on what to do next. He shows leadership on the Planet of Junk. The music in this movie is spot on. Unicron's theme is soooooo menacing. At the start of the movie everyone is happy then music changes and this giant planet killer comes out of no where. Favorite song in this movie is "The Touch" by Stan Bush. It plays during the Optimus fight scene and the final fight scene between Hot Rod and Galvatron.

[@mattperiolat]

Oh, man, right in the childhood! Between this, He-Man, ThunderCats, Robotech and GI Joe, this was how I grew up! I’m thrilled beyond measure you enjoyed it and would LOVE to see you watch more. Hope this gets the reaction it deserves and maybe, just maybe, an 80s Days for some of the classic toons of our youth. As to Transformers, the three part opener for the series More Than Meets The Eye, SOS Dinobots, it’s follow up War of the Dinobots, Fire in the Sky, two parter Dinobot Island, two parter Desertion of the Dinobots , The Golden Lagoon, The Secret of Omega Supreme, The Search for Alpha Trion, the two parter The Key to Vector Sigma, the five part sequel to the movie Five Faces of Darkness and two part Return of Optimus Prime are highlights. I went Dinobot heavy since you dig them, but there ya go! Thanks a lot for the memories!

[@kirbyr1473]

Loved Robotech. Not enough people bring it up.

[@mattperiolat]

@@kirbyr1473 More the pity. Really good intro to extended storytelling in a time where long story format was rare in the US.

[@joemaxwell3902]

The 80's kid in me was heartbroken by this movie. Thank you for reacting to this!

[@mparkes1821]

The original 86 movie was one big toy commercial it signified the end of an era and the birth of a new one. Transformers started in 1984 alongside an accompanying comic from Marvel and a cartoon by Sunbow/Toie international. Season 1 introduced the toys released that year and season 2 released in 1985 added to the roster with the 85 cast members. These first two years of toys were actually re issues of a number of Japanese toys primarily from Takara’s Microman and Diaclone toy lines. Come 1986 Hasbro and Takara jointly worked on a new range of toys and phased out the 1984 line up. To celebrate the partnership Hasbro commissioned the 86 movie alongside a third season of the cartoon to follow it. Japan didn’t pick up the movie till a few years later so commissioned a one off episode called Scramble City to introduce the new characters they had designed, the movie featured the Hasbro designed characters. You are also right that kids went ballistic in 86 learning there beloved Optimus had died so he was resurrected in season 3, the main oversight by Hasbro was that the Ultra Magnus toy was actually an all white recolour of Optimus Prime with the car transporter trailer converting into a suit of armour making him the Ultra Magnus we see on screen so Hasbro didn’t understand what the fuss was about. In terms of the toys a new Optimus was released in 1988 called Powermaster Optimus Prime where the cab combined with the trailer to make a beefier Optimus but the cartoon finished with a 3 episode finale in 1987 so Prime never got an upgrade, however as the comic didn’t follow the cartoon, Prime died much earlier in the timeline and did become a Powermaster later on, as the characters of Galvatron, Cyclonus & Scourge and technically Rodimus Prime didn’t exist until the events in the 86 movie, in order to appear in the comic which firmly continued the story in present day they developed time travel stories to introduce them which blew up the entire continuity confirming the comic and cartoon were seperate entities. Now in Japan Transformers were still popular and while they got season 3 after Scramble City they ignored Season 4 and did their own set of three seasons from 1987-1989. Headmasters in 87 which mirrored the new toy releases that year, Super God Masterforce in 1988 which while most of the toys that year were released in both Hasbro and Takara markets, Takaras were different colours and were different characters. The west only had the comic at this point to support the new toys coming out. Now in the Godmasters show there was a human character named Ginrai who was a truck driver and given a set of bracelets with the power of the Masterforce, similar in concept to Power Rangers by clinking the bracelets together he donned a suit of armour a bit like Spike/Daniels exosuit and he piloted a lifeless Transformer body which in this case looked remarkably like Optimus Prime, in Japan the Powermaster Optimus Prime was known as Super Ginrai with Ginrai being a small figure who converts into an engine and unlocks the toy’s transformation, there was also a secondary trailer called God Bomber who could split apart and become additional armour for Ginrai now called God Ginrai in later years Hasbro rereleased this entire set as Powermaster Optimus Prime with Apex Armour in the early 2000’s. Following Masterforce was Victory in 1989 with the toys exclusive to the Japanese market, the US and Europe did their own thing with the US finishing in 1990 but UK/Europe limped on till 1992. This year saw Hasbro/Takara rebrand Transformers as Generation 2 with fans rebranding everything prior as Generation 1 or G1. G2 was a continuation of the toy line featuring rereleases of old characters in new colours with new gimmicks. Prime got a rerelease of his original toy in a new darker colour scheme while Megatron got a completely new toy as a tank, new toy laws meant he couldn’t be a gun any longer at least not a real one. Both Prime and Megs got a couple of new toys over the next couple of years with a Marvel G2 comic to support in the west and the G1 cartoon got a new intro sequence and advert bumpers repackaged as G2. In 1996 Hasbro decided to revitalise the brand completely by handing it over to subsidiary Kenner and developing Beastwars as the next incarnation of Transformers. This time featuring Optimus Primal and Megatron where characters in season 1 all convert into biological animals, insects or dinosaurs. At this point Japan finally aired the 86 movie, ten yrs later 😅 they also got season 1 of Beastwars but as season 2 was too short for them they created a new show called Beastwars II which utilised all of the Beastwars toys which weren’t in the season 1 cartoon (the show was all CGI so limited the number of characters rendered due to cost) Beastwars II also re purposed some G1 and G2 toys in the line up as well as creating 2 new leaders in the form of Lio Convoy and Galvatron, following this the next year they produced Beastwars Neo featuring more animals, cyborg animals and Dinosaurs with new leaders Big Convoy and Magmatron. In parallel we got seasons 2 and 3 of Beastwars followed by Beast Machines 1989, this year Japan got seasons 2 & 3 of Beastwars as Beastwars Metals as well as Beast Machines although this wasn’t as popular. Straight after Japan developed Car Robots in 2000 which just like Beastwars II mixed Beast characters with classic vehicular transformers with the majority of toys being once again re issues of G1, G2 and Beastwars toys with the exception of Optimus Prime, Ultra Magnus, Megatron and the majority of the Autobots being all new toys. Hasbro imported Car Robots in 2001 as Transformers RID, 2003 - 2005 saw Hasbro’s new trilogy The Unicron Trilogy (Armada, Energon & Cybertron) followed in 2006 by Transformers Animated, 2007 got us the first live action movie from Michael Bay seeing voice actor Peter Cullen return as the voice of Optimus Prime from the original G1 cartoons/86 movie. Meanwhile the cartoon was rebooted again in 2010 as Transformers Prime which Hasbro attempted to tie together this cartoon with a number of video games and the live action movies, the Rescuebots pre school cartoon and the comics being produced by the license holders at the time IDW Publishing into one huge continuity narrative called the Aligned Continuity, this resulted in a major rewrite of Transformers lore in the form of a book called the Covenant of Primus. We had 2 new live action movies from Bay: Revenge of the Fallen & Dark of the moon and a new cartoon continuing on from Transformers Prime also called Transformers RID 2015 (Not to be confused with RID 2001) Back in 2001 The toys had simply mirrored or provided the basis for the cartoons of any given year however in 2001 Hasbro/Takara developed a number of new toy lines without any supporting media to cater for older kids and adult collectors alike producing new modern engineered toys of classic G1 characters and so Classics was born known as Henkel in Japan, this was renamed Universe in 2006 and finally to Generations in 2010 fans colloquially call any toy under the Generations banner as CHUG ( an acronym of the first letter of all the names the line has been known as). We also got our 4th and 5th live action movies Age of extinction and The last knight, we also got a new web based cartoon for one of the CHUG lines known as The Prime Wars trilogy and Netflix developed a cartoon for the War for Cybertron trilogy also part of the CHUG toy line. Following RID 2015 came Cyberverse cartoon alongside the Bumblebee Movie in 2018, we then got the Earthspark cartoon 2021 alongside the Rise of the beasts live action movies Age which re imagines and mixes classic G1 and Beastwars characters a theme paralleled in the CHUG lines since 2018. And of course we finally had the new animated Transformers One movie a few months ago celebrating the 40th anniversary of Transformers

[@joeb918]

Oh man… I’m not ready to feel this pain again, but such nostalgia!

[@Lugnut73]

3:20 i actually saw this in the theaters when it came out, i watched the show as a child. i had many of the transformer toys, including Megatron and Optimus. i still have a VHS copy of this film, but bought a digital copy when it became available. nice to see people still enjoying this franchise, the artwork was amazing! great reaction to a classic! 👍

[@shawnkroll3950]

I loved your reaction. As others have said, Optimus's death was pretty traumatic as kid. My father even was stunned in theater with me when he saw it. Hasbro even admitted after the fact they didn't realize how many children attached and loved Optimus, because as a character Optimus taught us how to be a good leader and person. He was compassionate, strong, but gentle. As Peter Cullen said, Optimus is framed after what his brother a veteran said..."Don't be the Hollywood hero, be strong enough to be gentle." Also, this was the first time we got to see the female transformers. Most are Autobots but there are Decepticon female transformers too. The story is pretty deep too....the message "Till All are One" is that transformers were never meant to fight themselves (a good lesson for humans), but the bigger threats...aka Unicron and Quintisons. Primus (aka Cybertron) is where the matrix of leadership comes from. :)

[@julesreacts]

Thank you, Shawn! I had so much fun with this movie. I really enjoyed it! I'd love to see more 💜

[@jasonbutler6121]

They also changed what happenes to Duke in the GI Joe movie because of the reaction to Optimus Prime dying. Duke was supposed to Die but they changed it to him going into a coma and then coming g out of it by them saying that he was going to be ok.

[@jerrywalters8885]

Orson Wells actually passed after doing his first set of lines so they had to edit failed recording from his sessions to finish thw movie. He never quite understood what he was playing lines for called it That Damn Robot Thingy. Lol

[@Ninja_Koopa]

This was a good one. Who Framed Roger Rabbit was also another classic.

[@julesreacts]

I've heard of it, but don't think I've seen it!

[@Scripture-Man]

@@julesreacts If you haven't seen Roger Rabbit you're in for a treat! A completely unique blend of animation and live-action, a technical achievement that is a wonder to behold, all done with practical effects, they will never make anything like that again. It's also the only time all the classic cartoon characters were licensed to appear in one movie all together. Other great films from 1988 include Coming To America, Big, Twins, and Scrooged with Bill Murray 🙂

[@joeb918]

!! Jules, you need to watch Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It is iconic and a piece of cinema history and likely something we won’t ever get again. Unless it’s director manages to convince some major studios again to do the impossible.

[@Neil_Hanson]

​@@Scripture-ManIt's almost time for the annual viewing of Scrooged!

[@lordmortarius538]

The planet at the start being eaten by Unicron is called Lithone, a world inhabited by more sentient robots created by the Quintessons (that creepy tentacled "INNOCENT" guy), the Lithonians were chemists and made all kinds of medicines and such. "Kup" is called this because he's a picKUP truck :P Blitzwing and Astrotrain were two of the first "Triple Changers", each having TWO vehicle formats in addition to their robot mode; Blitzwing had tank and jet (almost looks like an F-4) modes, and Astrotrain had space shuttle and locomotive modes. Springer was the first Autobot triple changer, having helicopter and futuristic car modes, and he later becomes leader of the Wreckers along with the other Autobot triple changers, Broadside and Sandstorm. Blaster (obviously a ghetto blaster) was created as the Autobots' answer to Soundwave, who had several Mini-Cassette bots: Rumble, Frenzy, Ravage, Ratbat, Laserbeak, and Buzzsaw are the ones we see in the G1 cartoon. Blaster's Mini-cons are Eject, Rewind, Ramhorn and Steeljaw. Both get many more later on as the series progresses. Devastator was the first of the Combiners, a group of transformers who can merge into a much larger robot with a unique personality as sort of a gestalt of its component bots. Before the war, the Constructicons had helped Omega Supreme build the Crystal City, one of the most beautiful creations on Cybertron, which Omega had sworn to protect. After Megatron's power play, the Constructicons merged into Devastator, tragically losing their intellect to turn into a mindless destructive brute, and destroyed the Crystal City while Omega had been drawn away, returning to find it shattered into a million pieces, and so Omega Supreme swore an oath of vengeance upon Devastator, and relishes the opportunity to battle him whenever he can. That was Sunstreaker in the shuttle with Optimus, who along with his twin Sideswipe, transforms into a Lamorghini Countach (imo one of the coolest performance cars of the 80's)

[@julesreacts]

Thank you!! I feel I have so much to learn and will never learn everything 😭

[@brianrussell463]

32:49 just to you know the live action movies are not the same continuity as the cartoon. Spoilers for the cartoon or G1 continuity that The Transformers: The Movie takes place in. For context when starting the film, there was a series of 2 seasons (series for those in the UK) that took place in the years of 1984 and 1985 and almost entirely on earth except for a few times when they returned to Cybertron but those that when always returned to Earth by the end of the episode (the movie and subsequent seasons/series took place after the movie which was in 2005). The dearies ended with the fourh season which had three episodes called 'The Rebirth' parts 1-3. In season 3 Optimus returns to "life" twice. The first as zombie-ish meant to destroy the transformers because of an angry human scientist. In the episodes 'The Return of Optimus Prime' a hate plague spreads across the galaxy where anyone infected becomes hateful and attacks anyone and spread the plague further. A few remaining Autobots revive Optimus Prime to find a way to end the hate plague.

[@Scripture-Man]

Good video! I loved Transformers as a kid, especially the toys. I was never too crazy about this movie (especially as Prime was hardly in it) but like all the cartoons, it's a fun watch. One 1986 film I do recommend if you haven't seen it is "Flight Of The Navigator". A sci-fi film, kind of for kids, but quite mature too, the first half is VERY mysterious which I love. Gave me chills when I saw it in the cinema. DO NOT watch the trailer as it spoils the entire film! Another gem from 1986 is The Three Amigos! Comedy classic 🙂 Oh and glad you love the Dinobots. The toys were so awesome! With metallic and gold parts. But the best ever toy was Soundwave - you could actually put the little cassettes inside him. Years later they made a larger deluxe version called "Masterpiece Soundwave", just an incredible toy! 🙂

[@julesreacts]

I'm so glad you enjoyed!! Thank you 😊

[@SJHFoto]

I LOVE Flight of the Navigator. Skywarp has a very brief cameo in it! (When the main character is stuck in 1986, the toys they give him include Skywarp)

[@Gav-mj6lx]

Nice little surprise this, thank you. I was eight, and remember howling like a hungry angry baby when Optimus and Ironside died. I grew up and realised that this was done purely to push the new range of toys (Springer, Ultra Magnus, Scourge, etc). I blame my massive cynicism squarely on The Transformers franchise.

[@julesreacts]

It was really surprising to see Optimus died in this one! Looks like marketing was well and truly alive, even all those years ago 😭

[@r.lyster8280]

This movie was worth watching for the music alone. ♥

[@DDYTEDDY]

This film is my childhood and when I tell people they always get confused as I was born in 2000 😂

[@snakeeyes5638]

Out of all the reactions I've seen for this you gave the best one!! Congrats❤❤ I loved it

[@julesreacts]

Wow, that is so nice of you to say!! Thank you 💜

[@snakeeyes5638]

​@@julesreacts❤Till all are one!

[@wesrrowlands8309]

This is still the best Transformers movie, I practically wore out the vhs tape as a kid. If they'd make something more like this, which the fans would like, they'd make a mint. The 1987 GI Joe animated movie may be up your alley too since you liked this.

[@SJHFoto]

I can tell you really enjoyed this-you were laughing thru the whole thing! (I'm not offended-this was serious for me at the time (I saw it in the movies with my best friend and our Moms back in '86), but as an adult especially if you have no history with it, the film is pretty zany

[@julesreacts]

I was definitely laughing a lot 😂 It's a pretty zany movie with some funny lines as well. Love the dinobots!!

[@beskarkid]

14 year old me in '86 bawling in the theater when Prime died. That scene still gets me. 🥺🥺

[@backfandangoX]

I loved your reaction so much!! I dont know if you noticed it or not but Optimus Prime is voiced by the same actor who's voiced him in all the movies, except the recent Transformers One(which you HAVE to watch as well, its amazing). Also Spike, the one that was with Bumblebee on Moonrise 1, the dad of Daniel, is who Sam Witwicky is based on in the movies. His name is Spike Witwicky. :)

[@julesreacts]

Thank you!! I'm so glad you enjoyed 💜 I am not sure where to go next, to be honest. More movies, or watching the original series?

[@lemonherb1]

Optimus Prime and all the other robots on both sides that died was intentional. This was a way to phase out those toys (which was already a couple years old by this time), and introduce new ones with the movie. But Hasbro really miscalculated how much kids were attached to Optimus Prime and many were traumatized at the time. I do remember seeing it in theatres at the time, but I only remember it being very quiet during the scene of Prime's death. There were cheers when Starscream died though.

[@antoniozayas9822]

Great reaction! To fully understand the movie and characters, you'd have to watch at least one season of the show. Took the prudction company and animators 2 years to create this masterpiece. Saw it in the theaters when it came out. Not a dry eye in the theaters. We all cried when Prime died.

[@tomswift3482]

Jules, 💜 I’ve been wondering when this would appear, or, at least, presumed this would be the one appearing, after you hinted at a 1986 animated film reaction. 😉 I have never seen this one, although I do remember the wildly ranging cast of voice actors in this one. Some completely out of keeping with their normal roles, and familiar voice actors from the world of television cartoons, including both Shaggy and Scooby-Doo, and one of the Monty Python crew. Some staid individuals, like Orson Welles, and Robert Stack (although both also known to be humorous) Just a wide range of talented folks. My only direct experience with Transformers has been mostly with the live action movies of the 2000s, so I was just about right with you, so far as characters, story, etc. This movie was a lot of fun - good 80’s action/animation, funny bits, and great voicing! 😂 Which leads me to a Thank You! As your always great attention to details kept me easily up with the narrative, the flurry of character names, and various affiliations! All in addition to enjoying it along with you, having so much fun as you narrated your way through the film. A grand bunch of enjoyment happening! 🥰 If you decide to explore this more, I would be pleased to watch along. Good shows, and your enthusiastic interest is always most welcome on my screen. (Try to) Have a good day, Jules 💜🤗💜- stay as cool as you can, it appears to be a bit miserable on the far side of the world this day. 🥵 Thank you again and Take care. 😊

[@julesreacts]

Tom 👋💜 oh boy, is it steamy outside today 😅 I've been indoors mostly, and will definitely be taking it easy. It's not pleasant. Poor roof peewee 🤣😭 I wasn't sure when to finally upload this one as I was a little nervous. I am not really a movie channel but I felt like doing something different! I'd love to watch more movies when we're done with Buffy next year 😊 and the good thing about movies is that there's no schedule. I can edit them as slowly as I need to! I really liked this movie! It was kinda cheesy 80s, but lots of good fun. There's a lot to love here, with a bunch of funny and also interesting characters! I know I have so much to learn but I really enjoyed it very much. I'd like to know more 💜 Thank you, Tom! I hope you have a great rest of your day and are doing as well as can be 🥰

[@tomswift3482]

When I see the weather, and it is very hot and humid I do think of the roof top peewees, and you of course, but the peewees have really put themselves into it.😅 5 C outside right now but wind at 53 kph, making it feel like -1 - always with the wind lately... 😅💜

[@airmaildolphin7013]

I remember seeing this movie in the theater!! I felt like crying when Optimus died and his body turned all grey!

[@3Rayfire]

It should be noted that Spike and Daniel's last name is Witwicky. Spike is the original G1 version of Shia LaBeauf's Sam, hence why he's paired with Bumblebee. He marries a girl named Carly like Sam's girlfriend in Dark of the Moon, so Daniel is what Sam's son would've been. G1 Season 1 starts in 1984, so after season 2 comes The Movie which skips forward twenty years. It should be noted that Spike worked with his father on an oil rig before he had his driver's license so he's infinitely more together than Sam.

[@tehshingen]

6:38 This was significant. Prior to the movie, Blaster's cassettes never showed up in the cartoon. I hear that some theatre crowds CHEERED at this...

[@solrachernandez3389]

Jules you really should've watched the G1 show before this. This movie takes place after season 3 and another series set in the same universe happens right after this. If you get the chance I recommend the G1 series all episode are here on KZbin and are easy to find. I'm sure that you'll become a fan immediately

[@julesreacts]

OOH thank you! Having them up on KZbin will make it super easy for me to watch. I'll see how this video goes in terms of interest and maybe we can watch the series here😊😊

[@ccthomas]

Unicron: "Behold, new toys!"

[@JoeThornhill]

God, can we have soundtracks like the 80's back? (New) Doctor Who is the only modern show/movie I can think of with great (even eclectic) scores without the reason of being set in or referencing that time period (that isn't just one part of a massive franchise). E.g. Stranger Things, Ready Player One and Guardians of the Galaxy. 🎵 YEAH!!! YOU GOT THE TOUCH!!! 🎵 YOU GOT THE POWEEERRR 🎵 🎵

[@rodolfovargas3504]

Unicron voice Orson Welles!!! magnific!!!

[@AJUniverse]

Don't worry about Optimus. That guy dies for a living.

[@rainbowpegacornstudios]

I really don't like seeing Optimus die in any incarnation. He's my #1 favorite Autobot/Transformer, but damn if he didn't have a really great final fight against Megatron. Also....The universal greeting "Bah Weep Granah Weep Nini Bong" is understood by most creatures in the galaxy. It can be roughly translated to "Hello, we mean you no harm," or "We come in peace," or "Do you hate dirtwad Decepticons as much as we do?"

[@Wannabe_Baby]

I haven't seen this movie but I'm thrilled to see some more movie reactions on your channel! That's so exciting.

[@julesreacts]

I was really excited to give a movie a try! I'd love to do more next year 💜

[@bidwell13]

3:29 I always thought as a kid that Megatron’s transformation was not what a leader should transform into. He has to be dependent on someone to hold him so he can fire. When he becomes Galvatron his transformation makes more sense for a leader being a cannon that doesn’t need someone to help them. 10:36 ruined a lot of kids lives killing Optimus Prime. Hasbro killed him so they could make way for newer and more expensive toys. They didn’t expect to get the backlash they got so they had to work on fixing their major error. 13:42 the crown was something that Starscream had created for himself. It had nothing to do with their leadership just ego. 16:04 season 1 episode 7 of the 1984 series is the creation of the Dinobots. 26:55 yeah if it wasn’t for corporate greed then they could’ve probably repaired Optimus. 28:50 Unicron wants it to destroy it cause he knows it’s the only thing that can destroy him. 30:59 they alluded to him being worthy of the Matrix when Optimus dropped it while handing it to Ultra Magnus. The Matrix glowed when he touched it. 32:47 this movie is tied into the 1984 tv series and they did a final season after the backlash for killing Prime. This movie and the 84 tv series is separate from all other Transformer properties so who survives and who dies doesn’t carry into other series.

[@A.MNeverP.M]

Ah, the film that devastated hundreds of childhoods in the 80's in one fell swoop, murdering beloved characters left right and centre lmao Still love it, it's super cheesey and heartfelt

[@dubioustheatreyt8096]

I did not expect to see you react to this movie but I am SO glad you did. Also, to give some context The Transformers The Movie (1986) came about between Season 2 and Season 3 of the original Transformers cartoon from 1984. THATS why you're missing so much information, because a lot of these characters were introduced in the first two seasons of the show.

[@julesreacts]

Right!! I need to delve deeper, I reckon 😊

[@mikemuir0178]

To answer your question, Season 3 had a multiple episode where Optimus Prime was built again by the Quinticons (the five faced robots "guilty or innocent') and Rodimus Prime was turned back to Hot Rod. Later, in the Japanese version, Optimus Prime sacrificed himself again and Rodimus was reborn.

[@BryanFritchie]

You Decepticon lover! 😂 I was 12 and in 6th grade. I remember going with two of my best friends to see this. We were devastated. So many other people have posted the history so I won't get into that. But when I saw you were reacting to this, I thought it was a big mistake because I was sure you hadn't seen the show. But you really made it work. I doubt any other reaction channel ever tackles this, which puts you in a space alone!

[@julesreacts]

I am ashamed for enjoying the Decepticons so much 🤣 what does this say about me?! Lazer Beak is PRETTY CUTE though, and I love birds... So maybe I'll just blame them 😜

[@lordblu4316]

There are actually five Dinobots. Their fifth member, a stegosaurus named Snarl, is largely absent from the movie for some reason.

[@julesreacts]

Ooh I hope we get to see Snarl at some point!

[@lordblu4316]

@@julesreacts He appears in the show. He just wasn't in the movie.

[@jasonbutler6121]

Snarl was in the movie. Where they watch bumblebee and spike talk about unicron destroying moon base 1.

[@jasonbutler6121]

Snarl is in the movie where they watch spike and bumblebee talk about unicron destroying moon base 1.

[@lareh5501]

31:59 and his head continued to orbit cybertron in the subsequent cartoon series. There was an episode where unicron bargained with the ghost of Starscream where they were to do particular things for one another so they could each acquire a "new" body. It really showcased the dubious nature they each had, so definitely worth a watch.

[@badmojo90]

29:37 ....and now you know what happened to the last two Go-Bots....

[@smokerman81]

The opening scene still gives me chills.

[@primal1233]

This Transformers movie is awesome🔥💯

[@JonCombo]

Spike's "Hurry!" always gets me.

[@unclelink]

In the 90s, a local tv station would pair this with the G.I. Joe animated movie over the weekend. That was fun!

[@Piano218-zzz]

13:56, and I was bored for almost the rest of the movie. I actually think galvatron is neat tho, so it was fun seeing him fight at the end.

[@Scripture-Man]

What…? WHAT!? Wait… a movie reaction? …This is new! And what a random choice to start with this movie! Great for me, I LOVE the original Transformers. I actually hated all the new movies. I found "Bumblebee" vile! Going to enjoy this I'm sure! 🙂

[@julesreacts]

I definitely want to get into more movie reactions in the future! I thought I'd try one out to test the waters 😊

[@GenghisDon1970]

heh, I always liked soundwave too, great secondary villain.

[@Ozai75]

What's really great is that Starscream isn't really dead. Each Transformer has a spark (which is basically their soul) and Starscream's (via some weird happenstance) spark is immortal.

[@julesreacts]

Oooh, that's kinda dangerous 😅

[@alexthorpe6583]

If you had watched the first 2 seasons of the TV series, you would have been a lot more shocked at seeing so many familiar robots being annihilated. I was a bit late in seeing the movie, I was a bit too young to take myself to the theater at the time, and started watching season 3 without it, which is set after the movie.

[@julesreacts]

Yeah, I need to go back and watch more for sure!

[@godmagnus]

OMGGGG I never expected this I love Transformers YASSSSSSSSSSSS. This isn't really the beginning, it came after season 2. Kup is a picKUP truck. For the rest of the series, Unicron's head orbits Cybertron. Optimus gets rebuilt in season 3. Hasbro didn't realized kids had an attachment to the characters, that's why they killed a bunch off whose toys were discontinued. Junkion is the name for the transforming bikes they met. Wreck-Gar is their leader. The voice actor for him is from Money Python.

[@julesreacts]

I loved KUP (cop 🤣). So many awesome characters! The Dinobots were my favourites, I reckon.

[@namelessjedi2242]

This was pretty new for us at the time, too, you aren’t missing a lot. Most of the main characters were new when the movie came out. Glad you liked it!

[@druciferDMA]

This movie oozes charm- so happy you enjoyed it.

[@julesreacts]

It was so fun!