My sentiments exactly!

Indeed....it also kept an uneasy atmosphere running throughout the show...a leader who is unsure of himself and doesn't want to b leader,makes for tense and dramatic storytelling

Very true and well said.

Nailed it. A humble character that wants the best for those around him.

To a point...but at some point he had to 'grow up' with experience and confidence. Plus,he only knew OP as a full blown leader, not the early version that probably had doubts too.

Either way, Galvatron started out as a bloodthirsty, power hungry Megatron on steroids

david, I'm gonna try to be as patient as possible and just explain to you that Iron Hide, not Jazz was Prime's 2nd in Command, for both seasons until his death in the movie. How you got Jazz, well we'll leave that unanswered.

Indeed, but children at the time refused to accept that and change, also. So they hated Rodimus and wanted Optimus back. As fan who grew up in the 2007 movie era, I was less resistant to change. I always liked Hot Rod because he was a Chosen One character-type, like Luke Skywalker(even though Anakin was actually the Chosen One but anyway). He was young, inexperienced, and brash but he was courageous, had a sense of Justice and heroic like any other Autobot. Many hate him because they believe he is the reason Optimus died, but I believe Megatron would've been able to kill Prime anyway without Hot Rod's interference, if the intent was to kill off Optimus for the drama of the movie.

@@foldabotZ Actually, as a leader Rodimus wasn't much, either. The guy was bland, dull, unappealing and, to put it bluntly (plz don't get triggered) a bit of a whiney ass. Optimus Prime was inspirational, even after being made leader of the Autobots (War Dawn). Rodimus was none of that; he gave up the matrix TWICE, abandoned his responsibilities, ran from Galvatron more than once, let battles get out of hand and was less than sympathetic when a planet of neutral cybertronians who'd lived in peace for years B4 the decepticons invaded, was blown up on his orders! We might've forgiven him for what happened in the movie, if he'd been portrayed as a better or at least decent leader compared to Prime. Btw, when you say "fan who grew up in the 2007 movie era", I get the picture of someone who really is resistant to change, like hating all things film related because they don't resemble the show, while at the same time are overly critical of G1, but will hold TFA on a pedestal; if that sounds prejudicial, plz note that its not without reason. As a fan who grew up with the series from 84-now, I'm more open to change than you think, so long as that change is a suitable replacement.

Hot rod was reckless and got Optimus killed. Making him a ''chosen one'' out of the blue was, and still is, a huge kick in the nuts. Speaking of star wars, that felt a lot like The Last Jedi. G1 The Movie itself was awesome: animation, voices, soundtrack, but without Optimus it just wasnt the same.

Why does it give you chills

1 of my fav childhood movies

I thought I was the only one that got chills. Iconic song!!!!

Rodimus is up there with prime for my favorite characters

I can hear the soundtrack and tell you what scene was playing.

And you're not alone. I too, am a fellow Rodimus fan. And have been for many years.

@@metal_fusion Understandable. But there's more to the Transformers universe than the Bay universe had to offer. I agree though that Rodimus had wasted potential.

More like Rodimus "CRIME"...cuz it was a damn crime what they did to our precious autobots!😬

Dick Gautier will be missed. Judd Nelson is doing the same with Rodimus and Hot Rod in Titans Return.

i'm sure you know this as well but Dick Gautier was also known as Serpentor on G.I. Joe, the 80's Marvel/Sunbow cartoon, with his death, now all Cobra Leaders are deceased, Chris Latta left us too soon, he was only in his early 40's when he died, who was both Cobra Commander and Starscream. Wish I had gone to TFCon in 2013

Rip

Loved him in Get Smart

R.I.P Dick Gautier

MINDisLIFE young Transformers fans. I've met quite a few before and felt like an old story teller.

MINDisLIFE I haven't & I'm eighteen. I've only seen the first two seasons of the G1 cartoon.

I've seen it but damn that music is annoying, even for the 80's

MINDisLIFE I just bought the movie on Blu-ray and I've been trying to get a friend of mine who hasn't seen it to watch it we can never find the time

@Lucifer Christ It had Weird Al songs. Enough said

Hhoottt phroodd!!

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ABOUT TIME SOMEONE HAS VOICED OUT ON THIS!

Exactly, and its time you show it to the world, its time you light our darkest hour

i agree rodimus was a more relatable character ,he was just a care free guy that got a heck of alot of responsibilities put on him, it makes him interesting

You hit the nail on he head. I love Rodimus. Love his character development. Rodimus and Optimus are equally talented Leaders of the autobots. I considered G1 transformers the best story line and the origins off all transformers. Everything else is a spin off. I love the Animated movie. Much deeper and better than any and all of Bay's movies.

hot wouldn't have became prime if he wouldn't have jumped in primes battle and got him killed

Hearing Prime say "Arise Rodimus Prime" just in this video alone gave me chills! It does every time I hear it.

I sadly missed the movie's release in theaters as I was only three at the time myself. I got many of the Headmaster toys and Bigger Optimus and such. However when I did see the movie...while I loved the song...I couldn't watch the movie for like ten years afterwards. Even to this day I kind of still feel a bit every time I see the scene. And yes now that I'm older I can appreciate the movie much more now and yeah that scene where he rises at the end.. "Mmm mm good!" Pure solid gold that scene.

Funny thing the first g1 transformers series I watched was the season 3 five faces of darkness. I didn’t understand english because I was just a Finnish kid. And thats why I didn’t understand why Optimus wasn’t around. I actually thought that Rodimus or Ultra Magnus was Optimus… lol

LOOOOOOL no respect lol

I thought it was strange the Autobots following a Winnebago ?

I thought he was some modernized rv to.

People that call Rodimus a “space truck” are in denial. He’s a freaking Winnebago.

He is a Winnebago dammit

How do you know he wasn't Optimus' first choice?

@@mssvattk Optimus gave the Matrix to Ultra Magnus and named Magnus the leader instead of Hotrod. It was the Matrix itself that chose Hotrod. Proof of that is found when Hotrod briefly touched the Matrix and changed slightly before he gave it Magnus and that Magnus was unable to open it. Later when Hotrod gained full possession of it he was changed into Rodimus

@@aaroncoffman88 interesting, I thought he gave it to UM cause he was the closest.

@@aaroncoffman88 or he was the senior Autobot and knew the Matrix would decide.

@@mssvattk In his original specs Magnus is described as the Autobot City Commander and a natural leader whereas Hotrod is described as being young, rash, and hot-headed. Magnus showed skill and competence while leading the defense of the city. He would have been the natural pick as successor aside from Jazz who is described as Prime's second in command over older Autobots like Kup. Hotrod was technically closer because when Prime died he dropped the Martix and Hotrod was the one to catch it. Prime did choose Magnus but the Matrix chose Hotrod and you can see that when Hotrod catches the Matrix and holds it for a second before passing it Magnus

Yeah. I think Rodimus deserved better. Its like the writers weren't even trying.

Yeah rodimus prime deserves the likes from fan

MDthornton83 Agreed

Bayformers hot rod is the best Said no one ever

The Hate Plague had everyone acted completely contrary to how they would normally anyway. Rodimus also TOTALLY got laid in the episode Only Human.

RodimusPrimal the episode Only Human was one of my favorites of that season due to the fact Cobra Commander guest starred. And yeah he definitely got laid.

@@RodimusPrimal I actually have an idea for a story involving the Hate Plague. It crosses story elements of that episode of the original cartoon & the Unicron episodes in Transformers: Prime.

If you had watched the movie, you would have seen Optimus on his back in his final moments revealing the Matrix to the rest of the Autobots, then fumbling the Matrix, which fell to the floor. Hot Rod, seeing the fumble happen, sought to merely be helpful by picking up the Matrix and handing it back to Optimus. By that action, none of the other Autobots realized that his touching the Matrix first had imprinted his attributes into the system ahead of those of Ultra Magnus, who was the leader Optimus wanted to hold the Matrix until such time as it would be needed! Hot Rod thus became Rodimus Prime by accident!

But why him?Why not bumblebee?

Mark Fair I’m with you bro I’m Optimus prime fan run in his prime do you have that please I’ll be one of the greatest leaders of all time in transformer history he’s right next to Optimus

Thanks. It takes a lot of work to do so I'm glad folks enjoy them.

Bobby Ellis if optimus had just instantly blasted megatron when he had the chance Instead of letting megatron crawl slowly to the gun he would have won easily, I blame optimus being hesistant

Gejamugam Latsoomanam This Optimus Prime/Megatron fight happened in the IDW comic Autocracy. And Megatron took Hot Rod in that fight as a hostage. Fortunately for Optimus, Hot Rod was a lot more cunning in that situation. Hot Rod transformed into his alt mode leaving Megatron without a hostage. Optimus Prime blasted Megatron to win that fight😆

Bobby Ellis That was to push the story forward. Magnus got blown apart and put back with turtle wax. It's what's convenient. Was never a big rodimus fan but if he saw Megaton about to shoot his mentor he could have shot Megs in the back like he blasted the ship. Makes more sense

Doesn't Hot Rod have finger guns?

Bobby Ellis your comment deserves to be pinned

Mhm and it's a Easter egg in the bumblebee movie tv spot

The Hotrod in Last Knight wasn't really Hotrod at all. Just a random character who only bears a familiar name, but looked, sounded, and acted NOTHING like the Hotrod who fans are familiar with. Why would you make a character and name him after someone who he bears no resemblance to?

HOTKGHOD

MDthornton83 kinda like energon ironhide

Kairi Ali Quickly

Michael Bay is the bane of my childhood

RodimusPrimal

RodimusPrimal who's Dick Gautier was he an artist, voice actor?...

He was the voice of Rodimus Prime in Season 3. He also played the parts you see on that picture.

RodimusPrimal Please do "What happened to the Star Saber between Transformers Prime and Robots in Disguise?" In the new RID cartoon, Starscream has rediscovered the Dark Star Saber (which fell to earth after Bumblebee killed Megatron in "Prime"). But for some reason Optimus Prime isn't wielding the original Star Saber relic in the RID show.

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Magnus: Uh... it was like that when we got here.

Maybe new fans haven't seen it.

I’m a transformers fan and I still haven’t seen Beast Wars yet

I saw and now I can say Beast Wars sucks

Optimus sounds perfect, but the Autobots died under his command and flat out lost Cybertron and the Cybertronian war? The Matrix chose Rodimus! Not Optimus prime? Rodimus got more done and had more battle fronts than Optimus facts no favoritism here.

Leon Prime Octomus Primal

DJ80s count me in too

Me too.

Me three!

Not so much his hesitation, but his concentration and concern. He didn’t want to hurt HR by firing. As I think about this, I realize Prime had shown to be such a good shot in the series that he had a good chance of shooting Megatron and not harming HR. 😢

@@basedpota Yep Megatron knew exactly what he was doing by keeping Prime talking while he went for his gun.

If anything, I blame the script writers more than I blame Rodimus.

To be honest, yea.

Tf does Human Resources got to do with Prime’s death

Same here. I didn't remember kids crying either and didn't know about the dislike for him until after everyone spoke on forums.

Luckily, his fans are slowly, but growing.

Michael Alex Kawa thanks!

welcome :)

I can relate to what you said here. And I agree.

Michael Alex Kawa Because he got Optimus killed. However that's the writers and Hasbro fault.

He's been my favorite character since I saw the movie in theaters as a kid. As an adult I grew to love him all the more.

Thanks.

Bay did mess up Hot Rod up pretty bad even my nephew hated bays version of Hot Rod he said he might be named Hot Rod but he's not Hot Rod

Thanks! He's been my favorite character since I saw the movie in theaters!

I've heard of that. Personally I wish they kept Optimus dead until the end of Season 4, bringing him back as a Powermaster.

Yeah, we didn't see that until almost the end of the third season in the U.S.

Who's Romulus Prime?

Love the movie would love to see a new one one too

Thanks! It does take me a long time to put these videos out but I'm glad people enjoy them.

I think your post makes a lot of sense and I love the idea of seeing the pov of the other autobots. However, I can tell you the reason the writers did not explore this angle was bc the death of Optimus wasnt done for storyline purposes or to explore a more mature angle or to even specifically explore the story of a new leader. Optimus death was simply done to wipe out the first gen toy line. Shows like Transformers and GI Joe weren’t developed for any other reason than to serve as a 22 minute commercial for toys. At the time, Hasbro had no earthly idea that people were invested into the show, the characters, etc. They saw it as one gigantic advertising campaign. It wasnt until after Optimus died and outpouring of upset parents, kids, fans alike that they realized that people saw Transformers as more than toys. They were characters that people had an emotional investment in. The death of Prime, I believe changed how these animated series would continue. They would no longer be JUST an advertising campaign, but a vehicle that people could escape reality with. I think thats why animated series of the 90s like XMen, Batman, Spiderman, etc would see more depth in their stories and more fleshed out characters.

@@jayryan2103 I agree with you. Prime was seen as almost a "father figure". On a sidenote, Duke from G.I. Joe was originally supposed to die in G.I. Joe, but the writers changed it to Duke being "in a coma". Doc later said that "Duke is doing fine". I know Prime and Duke are cartoon characters, but having Duke die within a year of Prime, might be too traumatic for boys who see both of them as "father figures".

@@robertpolityka8464 Totally agree with you on your Prime comparison. He took care of the autobots. I can remember balling my eyes out when I watched it and still didnt believe it. Even my father told me that I shouldnt worry bc they would bring him back by the end of the movie...well, after he ridiculed for crying over a cartoon robot. "Its a cartoon. He's not even a human in the cartoon. Its robot. Its a cartoon robot." I did know Duke was originally scheduled to die in the GI Joe The Movie. I dont know if that was being done bc they were wiping out his toy line or not though. I thought I heard that GI Joe was actually started first and was supposed to be out first, but they hit a snag with something and so once TFs was done, they didnt hesitate to get it out. But bc of the outcry from people over Optimus's death, they opted to make a change to the movie's outcome. BUT...it was too costly to go in and redo the animation. So if you watch the end, which when I was a kid I was so confused, you hear Doc say Duke is going to be ok but everyone starts crying. They couldnt change the animation. So while the story was change, the ending stayed the same with everyone upset at Duke....SURVIVING?!?!?! LOL! Also, I saw Prime as a father figure...but not so much Duke. I dont think you saw really an inclination of that till you saw the brother dynamic between him and Falcon in the movie. Interesting enough, didnt see like GI Joe was following the same story arc of TFs? The leader dies a heroic death trying to protect his family. The young hot shot needs to mature and over the next 1.5hrs, you watch them grow and become the leader the faction needs. Well...cept after GI Joe The Movie...Falcon didnt actually become a Joe leader in the animated series. In fact, we barely ever saw him again. Oh...and another thing. How freaking twisted was it that Season 3 gets started and they know they need to bring Optimus back, but before they do that....they have him come back as a damn zombie and kill him all over again?!?!?! I think that was worse than killing him period. Im sitting here, traumatized but believing my dad that he is going to come back. And the episode shows Prime returns, cept he is a damn zombie and we have to watch the Autobots kill him. For a fleeting moment my hopes are high and then crushed all over again. And then finally during Rebirth, they bring him back. And since this is before the internet, Im watching the return of Optimus and I am stoked. Then reruns...reruns...more reruns and I have no idea where the hell the new episodes are. Im thinking my tv freaking broke. Headmasters series comes out in Japan and now they are basically undoing the Rebirth story. And just to really mess with kid's heads....lets just go and kill off a bunch more of your favorites. Die Ultra Magnus. Takara says F YOU to Hasbro and puts Prime down AGAIN! Rodimus returns...oh for a cup of coffee bc him, Kup and Blurr are going to abandon the Autobots and Fortress Maximus is going to be leader...like that makes any damn sense. At least Arcee is around...sort of, she is nothing more than windrow dressing in the Takara series. AND...the Decepticon who killed Ultra Magnus...he's gonna become a hero and good buddy of Daniel. Takara was like F Ultra Magnus. Lets have the innocent kid who loved Magnus and cried over Prime's death become best buds with the cold blooded killer of Magnus. Takara had some twisted mines.

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Me too. Well a little bit.

I feel the same way. Love the character, even his flaws.

I know my nephew loves he has both hot rod and Rodimus prime figures on a bookcase self