The Untold Story of TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE

[@myriadmediamusings]

At the SDCC 2023 panel's trivia portion, Mr Flint Dille was asking us in the audience what the original title of the Transformers movie script. I was the only one to raise my hand and answer that it was Transformers: The Secrets of Cybertron. I was surprised that I was the only one to get it, and even more surprised that my prize for winning was a copy of the dead Ironhide & Prowl Buzzworthy Bumblebee pack.

[@adamntcaponewholikesbigcoo1749]

Congrats, have corpses

[@Prime-Productions]

If this isn’t sarcasm that’s hilarious😂

[@myriadmediamusings]

@@Prime-Productions Nah yeah true story, there is a YT video of the panel and at the 31:00 mark is where it happens.

[@japanesepokemoncardsbuydir9657]

A copy ? So a KO then.

[@Jeddostotle7]

@@japanesepokemoncardsbuydir9657 no, "a copy" as in "a single specimen of a widely-produced work or item", the same way you'd say it for a book or movie or something. "a copy of Grapes of Wrath" or "a copy of Terminator", etc.

[@Troublethecat]

It's always confused me how Hasbro created the Transformers cartoon in the first place to get kids attached to the characters enough to beg their parents to buy the toys, but then they were shocked that kids were upset at the characters being killed so they could sell new toys.

[@christophermire3872]

There were so many better ways they could have handled that. They could have been sucked through a wormhole never to be seen again. Or they could have done the same thing they did when they introduced all those new characters in season 2. Just have them not appear again and not explain it at all. 😂

[@brianng8350]

That is what happens when you have corporate greed that doesn’t understand the audience. They should never work on children related stuff.

[@benreilly9513]

“Dry your eyes, and buy Rodimus Prime.”

[@Troublethecat]

@@christophermire3872 I mean to be fair they couldn't do that second thing with Optimus Prime because he's leader of the Autobots and basically the main character of the first two seasons. They still could have gotten rid of him without killing him, especially killing him in a way that kinda made it the fault of the guy who replaced him. I don't know how that part ended up being something that survived through all the revisions into the final movie. They could've just had the characters whose toys were being discontinued leave earth for some reason like they ended up doing with Rodimus's crew in Headmasters.

[@clownplayer7265]

They underestimated the attachment. They assumed kids are fickle minded no matter what, ignoring that they did a great job creating a connection between the characters and the audience, especially Optimus Prime. Plus, Optimus' dead scene takes itself with reverence and seriousness even modern movies tend to lack, and even other characters' demise are notably taken with enough gravitas to the situation, the shuttle members Ironhide specially are killed and we can see the decepticons are indeed pieces of work, Arcee contemplating the bodies of Windcharger and Wheeljack is fast but enough to showcase how brutal the battle is getting, and even after the jokes Starscream's death serves to highlight they're dealing with a new threat they cannot underestimate.

[@ProfDragonite]

Star Wars, Weird Al, Orson Welles, the death of Prime... It's amazing how a TOY COMMERCIAL, of all things, could create something so iconic.

[@tylerbertram7065]

Don't forget a Monty Python member and Mr Spock

[@manjackson2772]

Misread as idiotic at first. It's both for sure.

[@Mecha82]

Movie dared to be stupid and it was alright.

[@liljenborg2517]

Iconic? Traumatizing is what I remember. I still struggle to watch the movie because I can't get past the death of all these characters I loved, just because their toys had been discontinued. I picked up a few Transformers from friends who sold them off to me for a buck or two because they'd been so alienated by the movie. "At least we still have GI Joe," they said. And then THAT movie came out . . .

[@jasonelliott7977]

This toy commercial took on a life of its own and became something more. We’re still talking about this movie almost forty years later.

[@Chokun-Gaming]

Rails sounds like a fun character, it's a shame he never left the concept stage

[@brockbaby]

It was a real toy in Japan (diaclone or such) . Hasbro never got around to prepping it for the US market.

[@Chokun-Gaming]

@@brockbaby can you tell me its name? A google search only shows me what was recolored into the trainbots

[@manjackson2772]

@@Chokun-Gaming There was no train/bullet train/robot snake in the transformers line. The trainbots are probably what they were thinking of.

[@doobles9253]

Megatron just got a studio series toy based off of bumblebee concept art, maybe Rails has a chance of being a toy in the future (titan class pls hasbro)

[@hexxxenmeister6069]

Odd choice for an autobot, giant fire breathing snake

[@felmaster3534]

I want to see more of Cranix and Lithone. I reckon they'd be depicted as a colony world nowadays of Cybertronians who lost the ability to transform and had to rely on actual vehicles, but I would like the idea of a "cousin race" of robots.

[@manjackson2772]

So... Action Masters?

[@matthewsimpson5529]

A Colony world that, after being cut off from Cybertron and the other Colonies, were forced to rely on Nucleon for power after running out of Energon, so they lose their ability to transform.

[@AxeManOfSuburbia]

I prefer the idea that Cybertronians are unique in their ability to transform because of the great war.

[@allhailme8457]

I just think there are other mechanical races/species. We see some in Lithone, but we also see convergent mechanical animal species on the Quintesson planet. Cybertronians seem to be a species that can transform their bodies completely. Some stories say they had to learn to do it, but I think Primus created them from the beginning to have that capability.

[@LoveableNerd]

We already know that's not true. All the Quintesson guard robots, the Sharkticons, the Junkions. None were (originally) Cybertronian in oririn.@@AxeManOfSuburbia

[@Katdad79]

Someone needs to fully animate that first draft into an actual movie. I'd watch it.

[@optimusgaming8629]

I was thinking the same thing. But have it take place in an alternate universe

[@darklordmalthric3633]

Someone should start a petition to do just that

[@theonewhowatches869]

Or maybe more realistically, pull a "The Star Wars" and adapt that first draft as a comic

[@TheMegops81]

I would be down for that.

[@myriadmediamusings]

@@theonewhowatches869Down for that for sure. It would most certainly be a better TF Movie what if comic than the actual what if TF Movie comic we got.

[@Firedrake-SP]

It's sad that Rails and Tanker never made it in the spotlight.

[@videogollumer]

What? No love for Mentlar?

[@EvilCerealBoX]

​@@videogollumeror chemo!

[@videogollumer]

@@EvilCerealBoX Why are you bringing the Metal Men's archnemesis into this? This isn't DC.

[@EvilCerealBoX]

@@videogollumer chemico* my bad.

[@kinglord7707]

Maybe they will very soon

[@TalentCaldwell]

My heart literally sank when the video says it was ending as I did not want it to end. This was absolutely captivating. Great job.

[@Defx10]

The first draft actually sounds like the most compelling story of all. I think I really would have enjoyed that. I really like the idea of Unicron being trapped in an orbit, and the Earth sub-plot. Wish those ideas had stayed in the final movie.

[@davidawilliams252]

Yes. I think elements of the 1st and the 3rd would have been great. I hate Rusty and Claire (humans) involvement and I like that Spike and Daniel are in it.

[@jonathanboetto8849]

This is absolutely amazing. The revelation that Kranix was originally a stone-based Transformer named Granix makes so much sense. I've always wondered why his planet was called Lithone ("lithos" being the Greek word for stone), despite seemingly having nothing to do with stone. It would be kind of a fun callback if Kranix and Arblus (or "Granix") got Legacy United toys in the Infernac Universe to finally see this idea come to full fruition. Speaking of Infernac, I wonder if Mentlar's name was repurposed for the Inhumanoid, Metlar, when he was replaced by Perceptor...

[@JustinWahlne]

Forget Tigerhawk. Forget Tidalwave. Forget Magmatron. Right now all I want from Legacy United is a Granix figure that transforms into a jet.

[@cryssnail]

I would LOVE a Granix/Kranix rock figure

[@jonharrison9222]

Maybe they got advance notice of what the go-bots were doing with the rock lords.

[@Jayfive276]

25:56 - holy crap, I just now realised after some 35 years that Kup's name is a shortening of "Pickup".

[@ChrisMcFeely]

Dreadful, isn't it!

[@WhiskeyShred]

I still watch this movie and listen to the soundtrack whenever I need to…and I need to a lot!

[@davidcatlett4052]

Just love it a lot, or feeling down too much?

[@trubluhue9969]

Maybe the secret of cybertron script was so unfathomably good that the universe had to make sure nobody could read it, lest their minds be shattered by its glory

[@jayfink2199]

lol nah, I don't think so

[@jayfink2199]

Given that what we got became historic despite suckin' balls I dunno about all that

[@MonsterKidCory]

Okay, Kup as a WWII tank is awesome! But speaking of WWII, that spiked helmet is not a "Nazi helmet"... It's called a "Pickelhaube" and was part of the Prussian and German uniform from the early 1800's to 1918. It was long since out of use by WWII.

[@ChrisMcFeely]

That was a deliberate choice for the unofficial artists impression. The script specifies a Nazi helmet (because the Junkions are a biker gang, and Nazi regalia is not uncommon in that subculture) but we simply didn't want to make art of an actual Nazi helmet, so we subbed in a pickelhaube.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@ChrisMcFeely Wreck-Gar already has that unfortunate in hindsight UK comic panel where he says, "Jim'll Fix It!", he doesn't need Nazi helmets!

[@gannydonzalez3763]

​@@ChrisMcFeely Cowardice.

[@Acelister]

I've seen The Transformers: The Movie more than any other movie, and yet I've never looked into its production. This was facinating, thank you!

[@KGTstudios]

This was great! The movie was amazing in nearly every single version of it! Thank you for sharing all of it!

[@thegreatpurplefishlord4911]

Chris, I'm not normally one to comment on videos, but that was epic. Thank you so much. Best things you've ever made.

[@vxrdrummer]

I've read the draft scripts and I keep wondering if they will ever use any of the characters that never appeared. Like Rails and the Anibots, or include Rusty and Ellen. I also love how Megatron has to race to be interned and that his essence is lost into space. I really liked those scenes and they painted a great picture in my mind's eye. There really were some great parts in the different scripts. Like on the surface of Unicron with what the terrain and surroundings are like. Its very good.

[@EmbertheWildfire68]

Rails most likely became Sky Lynx, and the Anibots became the predacons, just in case you’re still wondering

[@peterdanior4538]

I’m so glad they reworked the movie. What we end up getting is so much better than the early drafts

[@nine_tails137]

I always like learning new things about Transformers. Especially unused ideas for the Transformers 1986 movie.

[@rayray6490]

The scrapped idea of Autobot City rising up into the air and closing up like a fist sounds very intriguing

[@171QA]

As much as I hate Wheeljack getting killed off in the movie I'd chose that over him being sexist over Arcee.

[@MrLnikolloj]

I don't know i bet it would have been hilarious wheeljack not realizing Arcee is the reason he didn't die and has no idea

[@edwardshawe6395]

Something that never ceases to amaze me is how confident Hasbro were in the brand to explore movie options before the cartoon and toyline had even dropped....

[@rashakor]

I like very much the look of the black colored Sweeps drone! Together with a black Scourge it would have work pretty well. That’s the only I like from that first draft! The story was a mess!

[@Oliverfan2005]

Undoubtedly my favorite episode of the Basics, and I’ve watched every friggin episode (god help me) The amount of history and ideas related to the 86 movie are so fascinating and you present it all masterfully. Ace job dude, love this one a lot

[@Akuma12366]

Need more longer videos of Chris explaining Transformers like this plz this was amazing 🖤

[@clayrodriguez_author]

Does anyone else wish that Rails the kaiju train snake survived to the final movie? He sounds awesome

[@davidkrane7026]

Feel like he probably eventually became Sky Lynx, but yeah, wish he was also made into a toy.

[@LatitudeSky]

Takara didn't entirely give up. Most of the Brave series Might Gaine is transforming trains. One of them triple changes from beast to train to robot. Quite a good series once it gets going.

[@dankerbell]

i love the fan design

[@lordpuller2226]

After this summary I can see why Friedman's 1st draft wasn't fully embraced. Friedman overlooked the fact that the entire purpose of the Transformer's war was over Cybertron, not Earth. Having the Autobots care about Earth so much and destroying Cybertron as a plot point for Galvatron's revenge feels a little underhanded. At least with subsequent drafts they turned Unicron versus Cybertron into a more mythic battle for robotic souls!

[@christophercameron2141]

Under Optimus prime the Autobots were under siege and attacked, and needed a power source to survive and launch a counteroffensive. But to do so they left. MEGATRON wanted to know what they were after, and a battle ensued, crashing on earth. Optimus turned away from the Cybertronian war in hopes of protecting earth, in doing so the Autobots completely lost Cybertron under Optimus and was beginning to lose the Cybertronian war Autobots were killed under his command including himself do to his self righteous and explaining everything he does before engaging Megatron, in The Transformers the movie 1986.Under Rodimus the Autobots regained Cybertron and the Decepticons were displaced.

[@christophercameron2141]

The first draft was terrible!

[@christophercameron2141]

I liked the finish one.

[@erinnorton6984]

Finally an explanation as to what happened to Blaster during the movie! A storyline that was cut makes sense at last.

[@Mirage_Mach5]

It would have been nice in this draft to have Prowl take command of the Autobots after Prime's death. In the comics, Prowl became the leader of the Autobots for a time. For some strange reason, the writers never did Prowl justice. Thanks for the awesome video, sir!

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

I remember reading once that one or more people writing the scripts had a hate-on for Prowl. Take it with all the salt in the Dead Sea (I can't even remember the source, unfortunately...), but it explains why his most memorable episode in the first season is him being tortured until a human saves his butt, and he gets one of the most horrifying deaths.

[@Mirage_Mach5]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 Thanks for that! It helps put things in perspective about my second favorite character(Optimus is first).

[@Tsujanryo]

@@juststatedtheobvious9633 What? Prowl was friggin' badass, ever since the first episode he stood out...hell they were all cool. (Ok, Gears was annoying, and Seaspray talked funny.) But Prowl? Maybe they hated cops? Bluestreak was similar in form but he got no hate? I, for one, kind of think he's still alive. There's something there about greying out as a sign of real death.... #Prowlain'tdead

[@GalvyTheTom]

@@TsujanryoIt’s a bit hard to notice but Prowl’s body does turn gray as he dies in the movie. That’s a pretty good indicator that he died for real in the movie.

[@TheDigitalApple]

Thanks to the film we did get, we got fan favorites such as Rodimus Prime/Hot Rod, Galvatron, Arcee, Wreckgar and Unicron, who continue to appear in future Transformers products to this day!

[@edr3158]

Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime a fan favorite?

[@pinkflare13]

​​@@edr3158Yep

[@travisfields157]

​@@edr3158Believe it not, he is. He's picked up quite a bit of love the last 5 years or so, as there have been other depictions of him. You ought to read the IDW comics he starred in.

[@BBoy_PopTart]

​@@edr3158lol

[@christophercameron2141]

​@@edr3158YES! He restored the Autobots to Cybertron! And won the Cybertronian war, as well as the war hero! The movie was dedicated to his character becoming a Prime! And no, he didn't get Optimus killed! Optimus prime didn't want to take the shot before saying his self righteous lines. That gave Megatron all the time he needed.

[@juliusbossman7280]

Rails sounds like a missed opportunity. A train that becomes a snake just sounds awesome.

[@blackstone1a]

"Thr Grizzled Tankor, an Autobot who turns into a **Sherman Tank** " WE WERE ROBBED OF GREATNESS! I love Autobots with military vehicles, and the iconic Sherman Tank would've been a great form for one.

[@Fenris30]

I prefer Warpath and his Tourette's. Blam! Kaboom!

[@Rhedosaurus_]

Loved the presentation at TFNation. I managed to get to Chicago last year and saw another version of it with Ron Friedman. Ron Friedman is a wonderful speaker and I could honestly listen to him for hours. He gave novel-length answers in his Q and A, a lot of truly bizarre and hilarious stories about his life (maybe exaggerated for comedy but a lot of it seems to be true). Sadly he didnt have much to say about his first draft TF script - understandably, he might not remember it well after all these years. I think one of only things he touched on specifically was why he prominently included a mother character (while fhe final film has a father - Spike) and how his own mother was important to him and inspired that.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

I bought his autobiography but I haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Freidman promoted it on Gibert Gottfried's podcast. The title of the book is "I Killed Optimus Prime", so you now have an audio clip out there with Gilbert Gottfried confessing to Prime's murder!

[@weirdkitty07]

The snake train would have been cool as one of the beasts in Dweller in the Depths.

[@artimusprime626]

It would be fascinating to get a limited legacy toyline of the bots from the earlier drafts, e.g Mentlar, Tankor, the black Sweeps, Rails, etc.

[@kelvingoce7587]

this all sounds like it should've been a comic book event or a full season arc

[@maskedriderweaver4122]

I would say "WOW", but that just isn't enough. This shows so many interesting ideas that could have been built on. I'm seeing multiple times lines forming in my head. I think this will give me the inspiration I needed to finish my rewrite of G1 that I had been working on...

[@TheSmashingLad]

Damn, Wheeljack got done dirty in the final movie

[@iBeamer]

I was at TFCon Chicago in Oct. 2022 and got to attend the panel when Jim Sorensen and Ron Friedman went through the first draft. It was a blast to hear the story he came up with!

[@Lukehendo]

Thank you for making me fall in love with these characters again with your videos

[@NovexusNui777]

I have only few words to say about this. and that is simply, Masterful work McFeely, Masterful work.

[@HIllowder]

i always wondered why they were called the sweeps 🤣

[@ChibiProwl]

Ditto 😅

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

Imagine if they kept Wheeljack in the final product? "Eeeeeeh, why's a Woman holdin' a GUN?! *BadaBOOM."*

[@Mekboy_ComputerMonster]

IDK why Jackie being horrendously sexist is funny to me; Probably cause its so fitting. (Being the Alien Robot equivalent of a Grease Monkey from Connecticut.)

[@KasumiKenshirou]

"No, seriously, why are there male and female robots? This doesn't make any sense!" On the other hand, in the Challenge of the GoBots cartoon the GoBots are cyborgs. They were aliens that look just like humans who replaced failing body parts, so it makes sense for them to have genders.

[@palaguin]

The first draft sounded good at the beginning, but it looks like the writer couldn't help adding more and more to it that it became a hot mess, Definitely salvagable to make another animated movie somewhere sometime.

[@brockbaby]

First drafts never get made. Writers add enough content to get a dialogue going and let it evolve from there.

[@tigerbread78]

Regarding the confusion about life spark being mentioned in the comic, I always assumed that the comic meant it in the life force sense, it just seemed obvious.

[@jackdubz4247]

Same here. But clearly there are people out there who did make that assumption.

[@wreday720]

same here, always left me scratching my head why people were so confused by this...

[@justinneese4449]

Is anyone else dreaming of a Snake train "Rails" toy? (I would also take one eyed tank Kup). After watching this all the way through, I feel like we got the best script in the end, but I was STILL a traumatized child for a wile LOL

[@nerimadaikon5516]

The deaths in this movie were terrible in our childhood, but I don't think we would have been here without them.

[@BirdsAreScary]

This movie absolutely traumatized me. Love it.

[@CoreyWE]

Man, that first draft was PACKED with plot lines. If they went with this version it would have been a 2 hour film with a lot of antsy kids in the theatre.

[@videogollumer]

Even in the first draft of the film, Springer had better things to do tonight than die.

[@foldabotZ]

I always mapped Springer to Han Solo so learning he was initially drafted as a more Arnold Schwarzenegger-like character is hilarious. Especially imagining his most memorable line, "I got better things to do tonight than die," in an Arnold-like impression.

[@videogollumer]

@@foldabotZ Seriously, though, the fact that, in the first draft, he was the only Autobot in Magnus' group that avoided getting gunned down makes totally makes that line retroactively applicable.

[@erikrick]

Thank you for putting this together

[@Gaia_BentosZX5]

What an amazing story. The Key to Vector Ligma and all season 3 episodes are the result of scrapped movie ideas, including the return of optimus prime, now fully upgraded.

[@manjackson2772]

What's Vector Ligma?

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@manjackson2772 A typo. Vector Sigma is the computer at the center of Cybertron that gives Transformers life who is apparently older than Cybertron itself. He is used to create the Aerialbots and Stunticons.

[@minilopgamer1950]

I’m so glad they didn’t make Wheeljack sexist

[@PhantomHarlock78]

Even more in the show that was thd first to have trans characters.

[@themollymachine]

Not me 😢

[@Ezim]

Friedman's script somehow feels like so much stuff is going on and yet nothing of importance is happening.

[@haydenreviewscustomcombos]

So, Daniel was always meant to be introduced in the movie. I really hope that this version was toned down from the version we got in the finished movie.

[@deltadark2665]

Really sad that Mentlar, Chemico, and Rails never saw the light of day They all look really cool

[@monkeydrajanka4798]

This is Going to be a Legendary Episode ^_^

[@toufuemoua8658]

we need to have this script into a movie like yesterday 🙏

[@joestacey6185]

The part where Daniel was the only one small enough to get through a hole to blow up a planet is amazingly similar to Baby Groot doing the same thing in Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2.

[@timtenthousand]

this video makes me so excited for the concept art Studio Series toys

[@ComicGuy74]

A very interesting and entertaining video. It's fascinating to see the Movie develop from the ground up, through numerous drafts to what it ended up as.

[@omegahtv6779]

Thank you so much for uploading this. Till all are One.

[@LH74]

This movie was started in 1984 and took 2 years to make, it’s amazing how the cartoon and the movie were developed at the same time.

[@JynxPryde]

This video is full of tidbits that make some scenes, in the movie that came out, make a LOT more sense.

[@gunneranders4087]

Its a good original concept they had, but am glad they chose to do it the other way with hot rod.

[@TFfangeek]

If only the writers who put all their effort into the Transformers G1 movie actually had traveled to the future year of 2005 or even the year 1990 to see how horrible the idea of killing Optimus Prime was. At least Optimus Prime dying is now used as a joke and he doesn't stay dead for to long. Also, incredible that the life source or "souls" of the Transformers were called sparks, which was later made an official part of Transformers lore during the Beast Wars cartoon.

[@peterdanior4538]

I don’t think the movie would be as memorable if they didn’t kill Prime. Look at how forgettable the GIJoe movie is, imagine if they actually killed off Duke and some of the others.

[@MDestron2282]

@@peterdanior4538 I'm glad they did a 180 on G.I.Joe personally. Killing off old characters to introduce new ones after seeing the reaction to Transformers would be stupid. What they did to Cobra Commander was beyond stupid but they still kept that in there.... besides other than Tunnel Rat and maybe Jinx all the other new Joe recruits were terrible. "Well, Duke's dead.... but hey kids! We have this brand new guy! He's... um.... a basketball player... is that cool? Do you kids like that?" I think it was the right call.

[@peterdanior4538]

@@MDestron2282 Jinx was the best of the new characters. And I loved what they did with Cobra Commander. His slow transformation was creepy as hell. But I still thinking killing or maiming a few Joes would have made the Cobra-La villains even better. But yeah they would have had to had better replacements, which is another thing Transformers got right. Kup & Blurr we’re great new additions.

[@MDestron2282]

Wow! Chris, this is one of the coolest videos you've done! I really enjoyed every minute of it. Fantastic work!

[@anotherdimension9116]

A classic! Cannot wait to see all the behind the scenes information

[@Sketchschmidt]

i cry even as a 41year old man every time i watch this movie

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

Same! I don't know why, maybe sheer happiness

[@StiffAftermath]

I absolutely love the look and feel of Lithron and Kranix.

[@bpo1975]

Excellent video as always, Chris. You're the best in the business. It's fascinating to see this early version of the movie but I don't think 11 year old me would have enjoyed it. I'm grateful that we got the movie we got.

[@DBWalks2010]

Fantastic untold story, characters and different drafts!👍👍👍😎😎😎😎Great job Chris👌

[@matteomascaropennacchi2220]

Please make this basics and then Powerglide or Jetstorm or Bayverse and Rotb Scrapped ideias and even Unicron and his heralds

[@ryanmatthews3609]

no bayverse!

[@brandonpage9145]

​@@ryanmatthews3609yes bayverse!

[@ryanmatthews3609]

@@brandonpage9145 no, it has been a big bad influence to the franchise!

[@brandonpage9145]

@@ryanmatthews3609 what "big bad influence"? Lol

[@ryanmatthews3609]

@@brandonpage9145 everything in it! the stories, the character designs, everything!

[@turismosmoke9438]

Awesome I loved the presentation and narration! Well done.Thank you!

[@mr.monitor7943]

26:35 That image goes so hard. It looks like they just got done fighting an entire army and are still ready for more

[@EllinoItalos]

I loved the soundtrack. As a matter of fact, a few 80's cartoons in had awesome music. Thundercats especially.

[@DuzdyAnimates]

It must happen, Transformers The Movie, The Friedman Cut!!!

[@dublinbrummie]

How many kids were scared for life after seeing this in the cinema. They wouldn't have the balls to do that now.

[@Ta2dwitetrash]

It was brutal in real time. They laid waste to most of my favorites. It was that moment when you realized they weren't F'n around. This was pg-13 lol

[@patrickowens4294]

Awesome video. It's like peering into an alternate reality.

[@johnosbourn4312]

This was very fascinating, Chris, and I really enjoyed this deep dive into the unknown history of the first Transformers movie.

[@garou12]

Aside from the ghost stuff and unicron bits the first draft's story sounded way better than what we got. esp liked how they actually explained why they were called the sweeps instead of what we got.

[@fiercepierce2634]

Omg, thank you for this. Wow, the first depiction of my love. Wow, and the other scenes geez thank you so very much, my friend. And as always, til all are one

[@Dezzasheep]

I utterly adored this film when I was a kid.

[@rayb8572]

This video was great, thanks for putting in the time to create and upload!! I loved learning all these alternate possibilities for this great movie!

[@harumochizuki]

Now THIS is AWESOME

[@rob1052]

Bravo job on this episode! I was delighted to learn much about one of my favorite films that I never knew before. Your presentation easily connected the gaps of missing continuity and made clear sense of why certain things were presented the way there were in the film, etc.

[@autumnrose5293]

Caught up with all of the basics just in time for this banger…what am I going to listen to on my commutes now? 😫

[@alanguages]

What also should be done, albeit close to 40 years later is an animate scene of the battle at the Ark, during the movie. Menasor, Bruticus and other Decepticons fighting Omega Supreme, Defensor, Superion and the Autobots stationed there. It makes sense for Megatron also doing a two point attack, as it would have prevented re-enforcements within Earth to help out at Autobot City.

[@kristopherreavely7245]

It's still a mixed bag when it comes to storyline and such but out of all the possible versions it kind of sounds like the one we got is the best we were going to get. Looking back a complete remake would be awesome, using the concepts from future stories it could truly flesh out the Matrix, Life Sparks etc. Maybe Hasbro should crowd fund a complete remake and see what happens.

[@sketchasaurrex4087]

I'm glad for all the rewrites and revisions. Especially the first draft sounded completely random and disjointed in telling the story.

[@thecheese4255]

Very informative Man, I really like the concept of Rails

[@liamwilliams1794]

Loved that chris. Great video.

[@raulzavala9061]

You know I thought this was going into more detail like what person in charge at Hasbro was the idea of picking celebrity actors to voice the characters and whose thought was to make an all hard rock soundtrack and all that other stuff.

[@KasumiKenshirou]

"Kids love Lionel Stander, right?"

[@HisAutisticKnight]

I'm intrigued with the first draft. That sounds like it would've been one heck of a movie despite so much happening.

[@seancampbell1383]

THANK YOU for this video! Very cool to learn some unknown info about my favourite movie! I was there in the theatre in 86 and have checked it out countless times since. Cheers!

[@snokespinaltap]

Wheeljack and Arcee huh

[@T-Bechilln]

They really need to make directors cut to this movie

[@GokkunGuru]

I’m glad this alternate draft didn’t get into the final version. It sucks in comparison to the actual film. Thanks for making this.

[@fanguy99]

Who else wants a commander class rails now?