Ranking Every OPTIMUS PRIMAL Design (ft. Garry Chalk)

[@ComodinCam]

Well, that’s just Prime! 😉🦍 Check out the Transformers ranked playlist! - kzbin.info/aero/PLd8aXXw0ceusKdoIc1NFdJcXxzO6FRFd7

[@KadenKenz]

Yesss. Truly, prime.

[@darkneon5637]

Well, that's just Primal

[@adambennett294]

Loved this video. I love the original Optimus Primal design because of how iconic it is. I used it as a base to make a custom hero factory moc of it.

[@novustalks7525]

Beast machines in general is extremely underrated. One of the best shows

[@chriscarrete5303]

Tell Garry nobody can replace him as Optimus Primal. 👍👍🙏🙏✌️😊😊

[@NH_Shadowhunter260]

The only thing that’s injustice is the fact that Garry Chalk is not voicing Primal in the new movie along with the other members Of Beast Wars

[@DigimontamerB]

Given that it doesnt sound great, maybe its a blessing in disguise.

[@nicholasstensson9699]

@@DigimontamerB nobody sounds better than chalk when it comes to primal. Pearlman couldn’t sound more bored

[@GeorgioArmoni]

​@@nicholasstensson9699Pearlman sounds too stoic for Primal.

[@wingedbluj1674]

Some people, including Michael Bay himself, didn't think Peter Cullen reprising his role as Optimus Prime would work, and they were all wrong. Bringing back Garry Chalk would have been no different.

[@thomasturtle7207]

There’s a demon of wastefulness in Hollywood -that’s for sure

[@wingedbluj1674]

This guy was the voice of Optimus Prime during my early childhood as I grew up with the Unicorn Trilogy, and hearing him talk about his role as Primal is just a treat.

[@ELCarnerojrLFDO]

1:25

[@Samuel_Loegan]

You had Garry Chalk in on this. You've outdone yourself Cam XD

[@dodge1515]

Garry Chalk needs to be Optimus Prime again.

[@tylerrose3633]

And I thought JobbytheHong having David Kaye in his Megatron reviews was awesome.

[@straker454]

He had Gary Chalk in this so he's one up on Paramount, lol.

[@kingstarscream3807]

Gary Freakin' Chalk!? Way to go, Comodin Cam. Moving up in the world.

[@blueraccoon1088]

Maybe we'll have Peter Cullen and Peter finally meet.

[@yarmen1268]

“I’m a Maximal, I have to give peace a chance.” Gary Chalk made the character. He was a leader and a father figure not just to the crew of the Axalon but to millions of us 90s kids

[@michaelpapp5518]

6:28 My impression from Optimal Optimus’s creation was he got converted into a full on autobot sized transformer by Optimus Prime’s spark. That’s why he was so relatively humongous.

[@wd3185]

Hm, he's definitely big, but I don't think he's quite that big. He still looks less than half the height of Optimus Prime from the shots we see them in. I could be wrong, though.

[@michaelpapp5518]

@@wd3185 I wouldn’t say he got as big as Optimus Prime. Maybe he was at a deluxe size point? Legends and core class being the approximate scaling of the Maximals and Predicons.

[@wd3185]

@@michaelpapp5518 Yeah, that's what I said. He's bigger than the other Maximals and Predacons, but he still looks less than half the size of Optimus in the shots they're in together.

[@octobotimus]

Steven Caple jr: “wow I’m such a fan of Beastwars” Also him: doesn’t even consider Gary chalk for primal

[@PrimalParodies]

Exactly.

[@nicholasstensson9699]

Yep. Actions speak louder than words. I really wanted to believe that Steven was a fan, but I can’t after that

[@MRauTObt]

As I thought about it, Gary's Primal does sound younger than Cullen's Prime. Idk if that dynamic may be why they didnt bring him back and instead went for someone who sounds more mature and older.

[@SnorgYippee]

Also, don't forget when he called Rattrap "Rata tat tat" and how he said he was an emotional and great character

[@PlatinumKnight-je3vy]

Optimus Primal is the goat, loved how Gary Chalk voiced him. Also his portrayal of Armada Optimus was really iconic too, but it was the best of both worlds!

[@Archive_7802]

Agreed!

[@nicholasstensson9699]

Massive respect to comodin for giving the GOAT Garry chalk the recognition he deserves. Way more than the hacks at paramount could be bothered to do

[@EnergonVlada]

Paramount is at least taking criticism in fixing the movie, just like they did with the 1st Sonic movie.

[@nicholasstensson9699]

@@EnergonVlada no they aren’t. That’s just pure speculation

[@EnergonVlada]

@@nicholasstensson9699 Pure speculation what they did with Optimus and Mirage in the 2nd trailer. Lmao

[@Palmer132]

@@EnergonVlada to be fair, the first trailer was the pre delay trailer and the cgi wasn’t complete yet

[@nicholasstensson9699]

@@EnergonVlada what exactly did they fix? They just REMOVED colour from Optimus and his face looks even worse now because of the lighting

[@kingbash6466]

Garry Chalk was the first Optimus I was introduced to thanks to Cybertron, so I hold both him and David Kaye in high regard because of that. With that said, as sad as it is for him not to voice Primal in ROTB, I think that Primal's maximal design is lowkey a brilliant reimagining of the character and the robot form isn't to bad either.

[@iharpo9292]

Imo i think yhe lack of color was necessary to make the robot and animal modes look right. The live action movies have to make the transformations feek a bit more believable

[@kingbash6466]

@@iharpo9292 I don't it will be an issue with Cheetor and Rhinox since their original Beast Wars' designs aren't are colorful as Primal's was. Not sure on Airazor since we haven't seen her robot mode yet outside of the figures.

[@kade-qt1zu]

I think Primal's robot mode in ROTB is S-Tier. Not only is the design overall absolutely badass, but it makes sense why the coloration is so dull. From what I know, in this movie, the maximal came from the future and have been stranded on Earth for many long years, so it makes sense their coloration would become duller over time. Besides, looking at the design, it would just be really jarring if they gave him reds and blues.

[@BoisegangGaming]

True but from a design point of view big Gray characters aren't very interesting. Even Scourge, who is a Big Gray Villain, has personality in his design by the inner fire and the lanky elements.

[@kade-qt1zu]

@Rangeet Ch.Lahiri That's kind of the point. He's supposed to be dirty because he's been stranded on a mudball planet for thousands of years.

[@EnergonVlada]

Dull coloration makes the characters less interesting. Sideswipe and Jazz would've been better with a bright colorscheme like their G1 counterparts

[@kade-qt1zu]

@@EnergonVlada I think that's a bit of a generalization. I don't think all transformers deserve dull coloration. I'm just saying that in this specific movie, Primal having a dull coloration works.

[@benjamingomez1761]

​@@kade-qt1zu so if you have to make his colors dull, then you could have done something interesting with his silhouette, like keeping is original shoulder pads, so he stands out still, but ROTB looks like he just stands up to transform, just like ROTB Cheetor, but he has color at least

[@shadowvincent8718]

The fact you got Garry Chalk to be in this video is amazing.

[@giorgimamalashvili4220]

YOU'VE GOT GARRY CHALK FOR THIS?! THAT IS JUST PRIME (& AWESOME!)

[@Ra3_ar1adnE]

Bruh, they should've gotten Garry for Primal at least. Peter and Garry together, both Optimus on screen would've been awesome.

[@alfianfahmi5430]

-> Jobby collabing with David Kaye -> Commodin collabing with Garry Chalk Man, do I wish there's more 😂🤣

[@Achieme]

The fact Comodian got Garry chalk to come on down to have little chat really speaks volumes, Hasbro really fumbled on one of the biggest crossovers we could've had.

[@275Marco46]

I like Gary’s take of a prime like he can have a laugh and still be leader and bit of a father figure his voice is as memorable as Peter Cullens

[@snukastyle]

It's kind of weird that I grew up with G1, but it was Beast wars where I found "My" Optimus. I just dig the character, and Garry's voice fits him so well.

[@dg4545]

Funny how a youtuber with not even 100 thousand subs was able to get GARRY FREAKING CHALK on a tier list video yet a billion dollar company wouldn't even hire him for even a minute in a feature length film.

[@nicholasstensson9699]

Because Hollywood has no respect for voice actors. They’re perfectly fine with millionaire celebrities stealing the roles of under appreciated and underpaid voice actors

[@Galvawave]

Jobby with David Kaye and now Cam with Garry Chalk. Now that's just Prime.

[@loridsddutt6815]

Jobby's got Kaye, now Cam's got Chalk? Now i'm just waiting for I'm just waiting for everyone to get their own part of the cast!

[@PrimalParodies]

It’s really heartwarming to see the love and appreciation for Garry in these comments. Great video, Cam! I’m not embarrassed to say that I have most of those figures, including the Prime1 Studio statue. I even recently acquired the Cutie1 figure. ‘Cause I gotta have all the Beast Wars Primal things. Don’t judge me! Haha Him and Rattrap are my favorite characters from BW. Have you seen our Primal Parodies videos we make? I’ve been trying to get them more noticed, but it’s been slow-going. Like my artwork being noticed in the TFs community, but I mostly focus on Beast Wars. Thanks for having Garry involved in your video! He really does love the character.

[@maui_idw7644]

I follow you in Instagram and love your art 💕

[@gerbbabycare3771]

My only issues with ROTB is the lack of color and the lack of his iconic face. He gets the full mask, which washes him out next to Prime. When the control art came out, I will say it made him look so much better with the black contrasted with the gold/bronze instead of the brown in the trailer

[@esha3211]

No way! You got Garry Chalk to be in this video! Dude, your outstanding! This is why you are one of the best Transformer KZbinrs out there! Keep up the good work my friend!

[@CLoading]

Unicron trilogy was where I first saw Transformers, Garry is the Optimus I (and probably lots of others) grew up with!! Amazing how you got him on Cam!!!

[@nitrostormskystriker478]

Petition to have a crossover between comodin and jobby where we can have David and Gary.

[@YungKenKanekiYT]

bro literally got the Garry Chalk for this ranking video but here's my favorite designs : the og show, Transmetal 1 & 2, Animated, POTP, WFC Trilogy, and ROTB

[@soundwavedoesthings]

You got Gary Chalk here?????? That's just prime

[@Maswartz226]

I still hate that the IDW Beast Wars comic got canceled when they lost the license.

[@theStridingRebel]

When Comodin manages to get to Garry Chalk before Jobby does

[@Doc_Energon]

I love the fact you of all people got to work with Garry Chalk, while not even Jobby can work with the man, and hes worked with DAVID KAYE

[@HikariWolf007]

Holy shit. You get Garry and Jobby gets David?? This is like a dream come true!

[@Saturnlock]

YOU ACTUALLY GOT GARRY CHALK TO DO THIS??? HOLY FUCKING SHIT THAT'S AWESOME!!!

[@aurafireheart]

I like how everyone's like oh my primus you got garry chalk to feature here wow that's amazing (which it is) and I can understand with some of these VAs that its hard to get hold of them since they're busy, but I have to say it's so cool when you have these super talented people that are absolutely chill with responding to fans or featuring occasionally on a smaller channel. It's nice when you can have these regular interactions with people you admire ^^ Also hearing Chalk saying maximals maximise was peak awesomeness!~

[@TheRevenantEdits]

Jobby got David Kaye, and Cam got Garry Chalk.... *Looks like a line had been drawn.*

[@PhillipLemmon]

I've never seen him in person voicing primal..... Untill now! And with this... My life is complete!

[@KadenKenz]

Now that we have this, we need an updated Optimus Prime ranking video!

[@alphagojira5647]

Two days ago, The Predator was on TV at channel 45.2, I noticed Garry Chalk (the dude who voiced Optimus Primal and Dr. Robotnik from Sonic Underground) made a cameo in the movie.

[@realJoeMavro]

3:06 My personal favorite Primal design. It's simply perfect; heroic, but the black gives just the right degree of edge to let you know this isn't someone you want to mess with. 5:35 I really like the transmetals. The mechanized beast modes with robot modes that look partly organic really sells that the transmetal isn't just a simple upgrade, but a mutation and the vehicle modes have the kind of cheesiness that could only have worked in the 90s. My only major complaint is that Optimus in any incarnation without the face guard just doesn't look right. It's like Batman without the ears. Transmetal Primal would be my favorite if he had the face guard and had a paintjob more like his first form. 6:22 I really don't like the paintjob, it looks very preschool. Primal Prime and Throne of the Primes are definite improvements there, but the bulkiness of that form makes him look more like an enforcer or brute than a commander. 8:53 I may be in the minority, but I actually like how alien and comic book-like this form looks. I'd like it a lot more if it had a more Optimus-like head and face. 19:44 It's basically Season One Primal, but all-Cybertronian. It would tie with "Season One" as my favorite if the gorilla head had a slightly more natural shape.

[@hogunthegrim5464]

Hey, Garry Chalk! Thanks for last year's interview for my school project

[@frozarburst6350]

This voice was my introduction to Transformers. I'll never forget Gary Chalk. He got my psyched up whenever I heard his voice in the cybertron opening

[@ultraskull9101]

Man getting to see this and hear my childhood Optimus Prime in this video is fantastic. I hope he can be in more TF stuff, it be Just Prime

[@blueraccoon1088]

Well this was just prime. Considering Gary was my first optimus prime

[@Aaron-po4jc]

Optimus primal has always been my favorite transformer and there really is just no beating the original design

[@Laserod559]

9:05 Is that Garry Chalk holding a crucified Optimus Primal?! 😂

[@Weirdman20]

"Sometimes, crazy works." - Optimus Primal, Beast Wars.

[@scalyvaporeon2232]

I used to watch Beast wars back when it was on Hasbro's MONKEY TV, where I was first introduced to the UNICRON TRILOGY Such a wave of nostalgia, I hold beast wars close to my heart. Sure it is really weird, but that is what I love about it. :D

[@calebreardon8707]

Beast Wars is one of my favorite series of all time. The way rise of the beast was and how it handled each character completely fumbled. I cannot sit through that movie.

[@sangheiliwarrior86]

I think Garry Chalk is quite an underrated voice actor. Always happy to see him in something.

[@PrimalParodies]

Fans can see him every year on my channel for our annual holiday songs!

[@ddec7687]

Love these new long form videos!! Keep up the good work!!!

[@SourRobo8364]

Garry Chalk deserves another chance to voice Optimus. He was my Optimus growing up. I didn't even know who Peter Cullen was when the 2007 movie came out.

[@johngolles342]

This actually kicks so much ass. Comodin Cam I love watching you win at life as a transformers fan, it's inspiring!

[@rafcor6799]

I agree, BW was revolutionary at that time, so fresh and with great characters

[@spider-nerd0555]

Wooo! Great video! And I love the names for the categories

[@crimsondynamo615]

That third party Optimus primal to me looks like if primal was an Autobot instead of a maximal. Like he’s got the boxy shape of the Autobots and Decepticons who had beast modes.

[@Ryder-a-Blaze]

Optimus Primal: change da world, my final message, goodbye

[@mrzirak792]

Finally someone who likes Beast Machines design! I wish it had "Ears" and his faceplate but always open. I also hope that this and other BM designs will get some Legacy stuff in future. I also wonder what Garry think about this design🤔

[@rafcor6799]

The gorila design in Beast Machines gives me like elder wise dude vibes, and Primal is a wise guy

[@zphyr6780]

Agreed, movie Primals robot design is badass but they made him look more like Batman than Optimus Primal. Especially in that pose.

[@Sierra3110]

First Jobby with David Kaye, now him with Garry Chalk?! Ps: The Furai-action Optimus Primal is actually an official figure licensed by Hasbro.

[@JTCF]

Ryan's fan art design is unsettling. If you look closer, it's almost completely skeleton, meat and skin with fur. And the worst part is that it all looks ripped, with exposed meat, so uncanny.

[@afzalhakimbinzairini956]

That awesome you able to get legendary Garry Chalk to be in this video.

[@Nin_the_Shinobi]

ROTB Primal just looks so badass! I love that they gave him the mouth shield

[@cannonfodder4000]

19:36 This design is not by Generation Toys, this design is ripped off from a fan design by Kyoryu Kuramo (professional bandai artist), from his T Beast fan design books after learning about his design being ripped off, he stopped making these designs

[@genesismultiverse4896]

I like to imagine a modern enemy hero relationship of Optimus primal and Megatron rex as like animated prime and megatron

[@PhoenixPrime]

Yo, it's AWESOME that you got Garry Chalk on board for this video! That's just... well... PRIME! Also, HUGE congrats to you for reaching 100K subscribers! That's awesome!!!!!

[@NightmareZerogbs]

WOW, you actually got Garry Chalk to feature in the episode! Man, I'm super jealous.

[@SuperGodzilla2]

these some amazing designs, but my heart will always belong to the OG Beast Wars designs. its also awesome that you got Gary Chalk to join you. i must say i am a little bummed he wont reprise his role in the new movie. its been my dream to have both legendary VAs to be in the same project. maybe one day....

[@straker454]

It rather bothers me that they didn't get Gary Chalk to be Primal in the new film. I don't even hear Ron Pearlman in the new film. He just sounds like random pitch shifted male. Gary has such a specific sound that is for me, irreplaceable, much like Peter Cullen or Frank Welker. Remember when they replaced Frank Welker with Hugo Weaving and then pitched his voice down so much that it didn't even sound like Hugo Weaving anymore? Then they got Frank Welker back to do Galvatron and everyone was like "Oh! I guess Frank Welker DOES sound great in a live action Transformers film" so they brought him back to be Megatron in the next film...I get the idea that the casting department at Paramount are kinda dumb.

[@systertravian3198]

BRB imma go watch beast wars now and OMG U HAVE MET GARRY CHALK

[@epicbanana3669]

Gary Chalk? That's flipping awesome!

[@henrydesroches7608]

Beats machines music is so good, and it's very early 2000s which is awesome if you ask me

[@DaACTUALLYREALReddie]

Im shocked, no no no, I’m surprised, no no no, I’m flabbergasted, no no no, I’m shockingly surprisingly flabbergasted that Gary chalk appeared in this video.

[@raheemhamilton8624]

Why didn't they get Gary Chalk to reprise his role as Primal in Rise of The Beast????

[@PrimalParodies]

Because Hollywood only cares about making money, so they get bigger, celebrity names to sell more tickets instead of giving the fans what we really want; Cullen and Chalk finally voicing their respective characters together in a movie. But there’s never been an official explanation for them passing on Chalk. They never even reached out to him.

[@scoutravenson3641]

This is fantastic! Thanks to you both for making this, it made both mine and my Mother’s Day. My whole life she’s shared my love of the transformers franchise but Beast Wars has always been our favorite ❤️🦍🐆🦏🐀🦖🦅🐅🕷️🐜🦂🐝🦀

[@AdrielDoesGaming]

It's was awesome to see Gary Chalk

[@blueraccoon1088]

If you have mr chalk here would you have him meet Peter Cullen?

[@mc1293]

OMG i got immediate goosebump hearing Carry shouting maximals maximize! what an epic endinng!

[@ThePuff18]

I feel like it would’ve been funnier to have David Kaye, just complaining about every Optimus. Don’t get me wrong, Mr. Chalk, you gave us a lovely performance, but the humor here can’t be understated. Also, Legends Convobat actually does a have a very leader-ish quality to him, IMO!

[@tactile2878]

In the case of Rise of the Beasts Optimus Primal, I can kinda get behind the lack of color. It gives him a more grizzled, old look, which is fitting considering as far as I know, the Maximals have been on planet earth for millions of years, living in secret. His chest plate in robot mode is all rusted and jagged from centuries of weathering, so in this case, it kind of fits.

[@austinforgie1069]

Man that's awesome you got THE Optimus Primal himself, Can you do an update ranking on Optimus Prime and can you possibly get Peter Cullen to join you please?

[@ignitedmotion5807]

When a KZbinr has better casting than the movie.

[@powerglide6085]

oh man, if I knew you were going to release this video, I would have sent you my Optimus Primal that I made, from my private fan universe. maybe next time. or another character

[@BadComedyReviews]

WAY TO GO COMODIN! YOU’RE CLIMBING UP THE FOOD CHAIN! I hope you do a collab with JobbyTheHong or David Kaye

[@weshansen7892]

I know it was titled as Optimus Prime, but I wish you had mentioned the recolour of the BW10th Optimus Primal 'Transformers Cybertron Optimus Prime', a brown, black, and beige recolour. Much better looking than the silver one imo. but there might be bias, as it was the toy I grew up with

[@ignite5329]

Love this, also how did you get garry chalk when jobby couldn't

[@shin-gokusatsu645]

They should of let Garry Chalk voice Optimus Primal in ROTB! Would of been great having the two VA's of Optimus Prime from 2 different generations in the up & coming movie. Garry Chalk is the Optimus Prime/Primal of my generation.

[@Lucasfan375]

I'll never understand why they never brought Garry Chalk back for the newer shows or for that matter, the rise of the beasts movie coming up

[@dontemorgan1517]

No way! You got Garry Chalk?! This is big.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodGeek99]

I'm so Jelly! But so stoked that you got Mr.Chalk to be in your video❤

[@golddracat]

They couldn't get Garry Chalk for ROTB but you could? :O

[@PrimalParodies]

Maybe they should have actually approached him to reprise the role. :/

[@doomeddigs7292]

This is just as epic as Jobby's video with David Kaye

[@santiagoortiz3665]

You got to meet Gary Chalk!? That's awesome!

[@mirageprime2010s]

4:21 G1 Predacons: Are we a fragging joke to you?

[@TheproWelsh]

Maybe he means organic animals

[@leonigama5597]

great job about Optimus Primal Ranking Every Design from Transformers

[@SWDude2710]

First JohnnyFlash with Garry Chalk, then JobbyTheHong with David Kaye, and now Comodin Cam with Garry Chalk! I see why the Beast Era is so popular with people who grew up watching it, unlike me, who grew up with the 2001 RID show, the films, and the Animated pilot movie.

[@autobot_jazzman9856]

And random black gamer as well

[@eiriksundby]

There are some very specific things that makes ROTB Primal a mediocre design. Firstly, Like you said, he has no color. And the use of color in the original design was VERY intentional cuz here's the thing, the robot and beast modes are functionally very similar. They are both humanoid bipeds, mainly differing in their general proportions. And that makes it harder to differentiate the beast mode from the robot mode than it would be for a vehicle mode. The way the OG design approached this challenge was color. When any of the characters transform, they open up, their organic bits split apart revealing robotic detail underneath, which is usually a color that contrasts with their beast hide. So when primal transforms, lots of Blues, reds and whites are revealed. This makes it truly feel as if he did not just change shape, he became something different. So ROTB fails in this by not creating any sort of disconnect between modes. No new colors are revealed, and the gorilla is already mechanical so no new mechanics are revealed. it's just a different shape. Second, he simply does not stand out., All the maximals except maybe airrazor have pretty much the same silhouette and morphology, with their only difference being their build. This could easily have been mitigated by giving him his classic raised shoulderpads, denoting his authority as well as making him stand out more. this, combined with how all the maximals in this movie purely consist of greys and browns, makes them feel completely uniform and homogenous. And Making his head finds almost unnoticable also makes him stand out less as rhinox and cheetor also have pretty smooth round featureless heads.

[@petergriscom3431]

26:44 He's got that Seth MacFarlane lip 🤣

[@moonwhooper]

ROTB primal is fantastic, he just needs a splash of colour

[@amreldaly5059]

Optimal Optimus From Earth Wars was just the Power of the primes toy