Still the best Transformers movie ever made!!!

So many years later, and live action still hasn´t beaten the movie that scarred an entire generation by killing their hero right away...

This movie carried alot more weight for us young fans who watched the TV series back in the 80s. Building rapport with characters and then watching your heroes die was tough. I still rewatch this movie about once a year, it's timeless for me. :) My Mother was stunned to be watching the carnage unfold, and kept asking me questions throughout the film as her little boy was trying to hold back tears watching Optimus Prime die. Optimus was an excellent role model of strength, nobility, honor and compassion. A real child hood hero.

Saw it in theater with my best friend. Amazing. You gotta understand, this was the best looking animation most of us had ever seen. It fueled our imaginations! I wish I could go back then and rewatch it in that tiny mall theater.

The toys and TV cartoon came out in 84, so this was 2 years into the series. This was the toy company wiping out all the old toys to get kids to buy the new ones. But they didnt realize how attached they were to the old ones. And Optimus Prime especially.

The Transformers 1986 movie will forever be the best animated motion picture ever made in my mind,watching it for the first time as an adult would be ok but it just can't compare to seeing it through the eyes of a child in the theater barely 7 years old like I did. That has a totally different effect that stays with you the rest of your life at that age.

Thank you I'm in my 40's and still love this movie. I don't think Hasbro knew what they had untill years later

If they bought this back to the theaters, i would not hesitate to go and see it again on the big screen. Worth every $$$.

As mentioned, many kids in the 80's were traumatized by the Death of Optimus Prime. there were LETTER WRITING campaigns (this was pre-internet) with complaints. It was assumed that "killing" robots would be less traumatic than killing humans, and they underestimated the emotional attachment to the charcaters. As a result they rushed a two part episode of the animated series where Optimus was resurrected

Love how wide your eyes got when Unicorn transformed. Such an epic moment

Imagine seeing this as a 12 year old kid in an era when cartoon characters hardly ever died. They literally wiped out an entire roster of characters we had come to love for over two years. And it was mostly the good guys! This is why many say this movie ruined childhoods. We still love it though.

Still the best transformer movie ever. In 86 I was 11, years old, I still have five of the original transformers still in there boxes, I got them graded a few years back.

I’m 50 now and seeing this in theaters back then was amazing but sad asf. Almost cried. Was def in shock when some of my fav autobots from seasons 1-3 passed away. Watch those seasons then watch this joint and then seasons 4 and 5 after this movie. I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Transformers until I die.

"Prime!" "One shall stand, one shall fall." "Why throw away your life so recklessly?" "That's a question you should ask yourself, Megatron." Fun Fact: The Blu-Ray special edition of this movie features an audio commentary by Nelson Shin (director), Flint Dille (story consultant), and Susan Blu (voice of Arcee). Final Bow Fact: This was Orson Welles' final film before his death on October 10, 1985 at the age of 70. He recorded his lines five days prior, on October 5. This was Scatman Crothers' final film before his death on November 22, 1986 at age 76. Final Countdown Fact: At the movie's beginning, when the Autobots are taking off on their ship, Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) orders Cliffjumper for a countdown. Cliffjumper was voiced by Casey Kasem, who was the host of America's Top 40 Countdown for many years. This was obviously a little joke added by the writers, considering we didn't need to hear a shuttle countdown, and any character could have done this. Arcee's Journey Facts: One of the original demands of the Transformers toyline and cartoon series was that no female Transformers could appear, as the toys were marketed strictly towards boys. However, writer Ron Friedman fought hard to include female robots in the Transformers lore, as his daughter was a huge fan of the franchise. This led to the creation of Arcee (Susan Blu), a female Autobot debuting in this movie, as well as a number of other female characters introduced during season 2 of The Transformers (1984). Ironically, despite being one of the movie's feature characters, no toy of Arcee was produced during the entirety of the original Transformers line, though at least one rejected prototype was designed. Arcee became the most famous female character in the Transformers brand, and numerous incarnations of her appeared in various other cartoons, comics, movies and toy series, but this was only in 2014, 28 years after her introduction, that Hasbro finally released a toy based on this movie's design.

Marvel also published the comics around the same time, so this is technically considered one of the earliest Marvel movies, along with Howard the Duck (😂). The idea of Unicron being in the core of the earth in The Last Knight was from the Transformers: Prime series. This was Orson Welles' final performance as Unicron.

Was 6 when I saw this in theaters. First time I cried at a movie.

"You could've shot him, you want to give a speech all of the time...... Optimus!" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

So apparantly many parent's were livid due to how traumatized their kids were over Optimus dying in this movie

If you were born in the mid to late 70’s to early 80’s this shit was the bomb. Great memories

43yrs old. Saw it during the summer of ‘86 when it first came out. To this day still one of my favourite (if not all time favourite) animated movies. And the soundtrack is just killer. Still holds up.

You have no idea how bad Optimus' death scarred us 80s and 90s kids. I cried more at that then Bambi.

This was one of the most traumatic films for us 80s kids, because for many of us, it not only was the first time we'd ever seen cartoon characters die, but they also killed off every character we loved (all to sell a new line of toys). The studio was bombarded with hate mail and protests, because you had thousands of kids across the country traumatized. It got so bad that they actually forced the studio to bring Optimus Prime back, in order to quell the anger. Great reaction. You should definitely get her to watch the 'Arcane' series. In my honest opinion, it's the best animated series I've ever seen. I have no doubt that she'll love it after just the first episode.

Optimus' Death was So Sad and Emotional! Most Kids were Crying at that Part!

I was two years old when The Transformers: The Movie was released in 1986. During the movie, I both cried and cheered.

I remember being so shocked at the beginning when Megatron and Starscream killed Ironhide and Ratchet, it blew my mind

I saw this in a theater when I was 11! On the way back through the mall I stopped at a record store and my aunt bought me the soundtrack album on vinyl! Not only is Unicron in this movie, this movie is the first appearance of Unicron, anywhere!

This is connected to the 80's cartoon G1 series, not the live action movies. Arcee was also in the Bumblebee movie. And yes, Soundwave is superior cause he's freaking awesome! (and my favorite Decepticon). The Dinosaur robots are called Dinobots. They actually continued this movie in season 3 of the cartoon show. To me this is still the best Transformers movie ever, but when it comes to the live action movies my favorite is still Bumblebee.

This movie released in theaters on August 8th, 1986. I wasn't born then but I love this movie. The soundtrack and everything about it s amazing other than the Autobot deaths. I cannot watch any of the Autobots die and I really can't watch my buddy, thr great and legendary Optimus Prime die. I love him so much and ge means so much to me and he is my number 1 hero, teacher, role-model, mentor, and idol of all time with his original voice actor, the great and legendary Peter Cullen. I can't watch or hear him die in any form.

This was my childhood movie - I watched it multiple times and it never grew old

hardly anybody's reacted to this. great reaction you two! this is a must-see for the real transformers fans.

It is kinda interesting seeing someones reaction to this movie I was 9 and my best frinds mom took us. We had seen 2 years of transformer with those characters and seeing them all killed like that was like seeing them kill all the character you grew up with over 10 min. This movie changed how animated movies are done none will ever be as harsh as this movie gets. Some kids were in total greaving after this for month.

This is 80’s goodness. Me and my brother went to see it. They didn’t know how upset folks would get by killing Optimus. So he came back in the later season. Love the animation. Love Stan Busch’ soundtrack. Doesn’t get any better

for a lot of kids like me growing up in the 80s, optimus prime wasn't just a cartoon character or a toy. he was a role model, a icon and a father figure. i wouldn't watch this movie again until i was in my 20s. that how hard his death hit me.

Man, you gotta understand... All those Autobots on the shuttle at the beginning... were the O.G. Transformers we all got to see in the show each week. We spent a decent amount of time getting to know all of them only for this movie to come and give them all the axe and kill them off immediately. All because some executives felt it'd be better to move on from them so they could introduce new characters and sell more toys.

I was 9 years old when I saw this film and it broke my spirit for months 😭

5:58 + one perspective to understand from this scene was the fact that all of those Autobots who were slaughtered, were in the cartoon. In the cartoon they never died. As a kid... You may understand the stakes changed along with any sort of tradition or assumptions you may have had. It opened up a new paradigm. In other words, "the shit just got real."

I love that you two took time to watch this. It was amazing 80s movie. This movie was first movie where toy manufactures realized the power of good story and toy. They were trying to setup for new line and killing off old, but didn't realized when they killed Optimus how devastated children would be. I remember my father taking me to see this and even he was upset with it. The cartoons of the 80s taught boys and girls moral lessons. Why Optimus was so impactful is he showed boy how to be a good person. Take care of others, honor, honesty, compassion, sacrifice, etc. Just look at when both Optimus and Megatron fell. Optimus's people were upset, grieving and in tears. Megatron's people could care less about his and even Starscream kicking him when he was down. Also cast was so diverse too..Blaster voice was jamican if I am not mistaken, Jazz was always blues music loving and he was Prime's number one lieutenant. Arceee was included because girls also loved Transformers and lore also holds that there were female Transformers. Aleta One is Prime's girlfriend and Arcee was one of her troops to look after Prime and other Autobots as she was left to guard Cybertron.

I love both of y'all reaction to this movie and I'm a Huge fan of Transformers and The Autobots. Great job y'all! 😎✌️🧨🎆🎇🌼🏆🔥

I have to say I am a FAN! I was in Texas in the military for AIT, (Advanced Infantry Training for the Army. I was amazed that it was playing in the base theater and it was filled with other Transformer Fans. At the risk of sounding soft many of us were MAD when Optimus died. Loved seeing Percepter, the microscope. Blaster with his own cadre of cassettes and always good to see Grimlock and the other Dinobots. Had mixed feelings about Hot Rod becoming Rodimus Prime. Always an Optimus Fanboy, I'm 58 now.

The music and art style was just phenomenal to see again.

Best animated movie ever. I have purchased every release since I was a kid. Saved my money and recycled cans as a kid to buy this from my local video rental store (VHS). Movie wasn't even for sale, but the owner knew I love it. As I have rented it 4 times and he sold it it to me for an awesome $10 then. Took it to school to showed in class and everyone wanted a VHS copy or to borrow it for a day. I then found and purchased a hard VHS cover for it and cut the box up to put on the hard cover. All this as I was about 10 year old. Now as a 40 year old man. I have the 4k steelbook version. Showed it to my son and he loves it too.

Going to see Rise of the Beasts today. I’ve also been a huge Transformers fan since 1984.

Imagine watching all the shows as a kid where no one ever died and then seeing this with an autobot dead 1 minute into this moving was like WOAH!

I was obsessed with Transformers in the early to mid 2000s in late elementary to middle school. My dad probably rented this movie from Blockbuster almost every week maybe spent over idk maybe $5000 all together over a course of time. I watched it so much I had every line almost memorized as a kid. Watching it as an adult I appreciate the animation of this movie despite the many errors it was amazing for the late 80s.

I’m 43 years old and Transformers back in the mid 80’s was the gold standard for cartoon/animation in my opinion!

The soundtrack with stan bush 🔥

My 3 favorite moments were Unicron transforming and Galvatron destroying the hell out of Starscream and as Fireworks mentioned Spike cussing in a PG movie! Also trying to figure out how the Constructicons were able to form Devastator inside Astrotrain that was smart of Rumble and Frenzy to shake them apart( inside Astrotrain that had to be rough on his interior) Soundwaves tapes weren't backing down lol

This was the darkest Transformers movie ever made. A lot characters died in this movie, but thankfully came back for the 4th and Final season of the series.

And for the showing appreciation and respect for 1986 Transformers the movie you get a sub and like from me...Excellent review and reaction to an animated film that will forever stand the test of time along with being one of the best rock and synth animated operas since The Original Heavy Metal.

This came out the same year my dad had passed away. My mother and I passed by the theater and I saw that this was playing. I begged her to take me and she promised that she’d take me over the weekend…. That’s when I discovered that theaters change their movies on Fridays. I was so devastated.

It’s all they had back then, the CGI back in 1986 was still primitive so hand drawings was the only way to get this movie out to us. Took over 2 Years to make this. Obviously you can tell that is saw this in the theaters back then and absolutely loved it. When 2007 came out and we got the CGI Transformer movie I wasn’t impressed. They had so many moving parts when they transformed I just laughed…It makes me very happy when people discover the 1986 Transformers The Movie! Thank you for making this video!

I remember when I was 9 years old in 1986 my uncle took me to see this movie it didn't disappoint honestly to truly enjoy this movie you have to see it in the movie theater the small screen doesn't do it justice

Blur was voiced by John Moschitta, who was at one time the _Guinness Book of World Records'_ fastest-talking man alive. At his peak, John could speak a whopping 586 words a minute.

As a 80s kid, I was obsessed with this movie

G1 Megatron is the forever GOAT due to him being the cause for a forever ban on any future toy robots that transform into a firearm and the reason why G1 Megatron is such a hot valued priced ticket $$$ in collectibles just like the Boba Fett with the rocket firing backpack but with G1 Megatron it's due to the Taboo factor

This is one of my favorite movies of all time. If no one has said it yet it takes place between season two and season three of the original cartoon.

My favorite movie. I have watched this movie so many times. Still cry seeing Prime and the autobots die. This movie had an awesome music soundtrack.

I took my 3yr old brother to the movie with his new Hot Rod toy. He cried when Optimus died, but was happy when Hot Rod became Rodimus Prime new autobot leader.

Definitely the best Transformers movie! What you didn't experience that most of us commenting have was the 2 seasons of the show before the movie came out. I watched those but did not see the movie until I was in my 20's as I told myself I was "too old" for cartoons back in 86 LOL. In the 1st 2 seasons, no one died. The lasers just bounced off and they came back week after week. The massacre on that ship up to the death of Optimus Prime was SO UNEXPECTED back then. No KZfaq or FaceBook... or even MySpace to warn us LOL. I may have gotten something in my eye when Optimus died. They did that so well. What I was happy about the new movies was that they were able to have Peter Cullen voice Optimus Prime. To me he is the one and only. I also remember in the 1st bay movie they did use the line "one shall stand, one shall fall". That gave me goosebumps even if I wasn't near as excited about the movie itself. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqdmeqR21LKagoU.html Glad you guys got to experience the true original!

Cool I saw this as a kid in the theater. Its known for its soundtrack and that it killed Optimus Prime. The studio got hit with TONS of pissed parents that it upset their kids so much he died. So the still going cartoon show brought him back to life half a year later. Plus Hasbro was shocked that kids were so pissed so many Generation One Autobots died. Hasbro thought it was just killing off old characters to make new ones to get new toys out.

6 years old and I remember seeing this in the theater being blown away from it.

Yo, y’all are actually reacting to the 1986G1 movie let’s go I am so for it. Absolutely love all of y’all transformer reactions absolutely phenomenal. I can’t wait to see this one. I’m so excited.

Awesome review. Thanks for showing the respect and reverence for the OG TF film.

This was a 🔥🔥 movie for it to be animated and in the 80s I just hope they include more of the autobots from the original more in live action like seeing Blur, or rodimus prime and Ultra Magnus would be 🔥🔥🔥🔥

The fact that y'all are not blown away by the voices of Leonard Nimoy or Orsen Wells, or think that this is the prequel to the Bay franchise. Is amazing, funny, and sad all at the same time. The 80"s Bumble Bee was not like the Bay version. He was more trouble then helpful. For those thinking he was Camaro in the 80's, he was a Volkswagen bug. Glad you were able to experience what we loved growing up in the 80's

There is a point in the movie where Galvatron tell the Sweeps to exterminate Ultra Magnus and you see a single connected beam come out of the 4 of them but when it cuts to Ultra Magnus its multiple blast that blows him up. This is because originally the Sweeps were to grab each of Ultra Magnus's limbs and pull him apart. Which is why when the Junkions put Ultra Magnus back together it only shows them grabbing his 4 limbs and the torso. But the producers thought it was too brutal to just have him pulled apart so they changed to it him just blowing up.

Back when this came out it was effectively a hour+ long commercial and as someone who was the prime demographic as an 8 year old at the time it worked!🤣 I ended up with several of the new Transformers introduced in this movie to go along with all the ones I already had. I remember getting Ultra Magnus for Christmas and losing my mind with excitement. The killing off of character’s particularly Optimus was devastating to me though. Oh and the reason Marvel was involved is they did Transformers comics back then. They even had a crossover early in their comic run with Spider-Man.

Thanks for the reaction to this, not many people have done this movie. When Optimus has his gun pointed at Megatron, this isn't the same Optimus as it is in the Bay films. This Prime respects all life regardless of their faction. Him pausing instead of shooting Megatron was Optimus weighing up his options. He didn't want to kill Megatron but Megatron was forcing his hand. Primes honor caused his death, not Hotrod (not gonna lie, this is the first time I have EVER said that). I have seen this film so many times that I know every line, audio cue and scene. When I was a kid I watched this daily for years, always hoping the outcome of Primes fight would be different

Saw this opening day in theaters good times miss the 80s best times of my life

Fun Fact: Blurr was voiced by John Moschitta Jr., who did the Micro Machines commercials in the 1980s. He also voiced Blurr, Punch, and Blowpipe in the Transformers TV series in the 1986-1987 seasons, and Blurr in the Transformers: Animated series from 2008-2009.

Yeah this Movie was the next generation Old Yeller movie when all of the kids seen Optimus die it was deafening to the sea of Screaming Cry's and Tears for 8-10 minutes and as a 6 year old I was loudly balling like everyone

You did miss out on something truly unique. My grandad used to only let me watch it when I'd finished my work in the back garden. It was my reward for working hard for the day. I was 5 years old at the time and my grandad being a WW2 soldier used to explain the philosophy behind everything whilst watching on VHS. Nice content guys 👍.

Offline watch the whole animated series and you will get the whole story. It's broken up into different times Transformers, armada, cybertron, beast wars and beast machines. Also transformers prime. Enjoyed your reactions

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. Btw.... there's a Transformers movie that was released that nicely concluded the series Transformers Prime titled Predacons Rising. recommend that and the series.

That soundtrack went absolutely hard. They did it because they could, it didn't have to slap like that...but it did.

This movie was my obsession when I was a child

Hands down the most badass voice acting performance in history.

I remember going to see this in theaters. I just started bawling when Optimus Prime died. To this day, I can't even remember any more of the movie in the theater after that part.

When I saw this in the movie theater 1986, it went silent when Optimus Prime died. Followed by tears and shock.

Last time I watched this was around 1990 I think lol 🤖

I'm so glad you took the opportunity to watch the greatest film ever made 🙌

When this was released, this WAS ACTUALLY AHEAD OF ITS TIME! Beyond the trauma most of us 80’s babies had watching our favorites die due to toy sales, this was the gold standard. Then GI Joe did something similar without killing it’s leader. To me, the Bayverse had some great moments, but played loosely with this source material. All and all, great video and awesome video throwback to a great moment in Transformers history!

Back in 86 I was not able to watch it in theaters but I knew Prime died from my older brother who saw it. I was able to watch it on vhs tape months later. Inwas still unprepared for the shock of everyone dying especially Prime. Optimus was like a father figure to a lot boys back in day. Or that really cool uncle you always wanted to see. I was in a depressed mood for two straight days. I still remember it well.

This was the first movie I owned on VHS. I used to watch it all the time and eventually bought the DVD version since VHS don't last. I though Hot Rod was the coolest Autobot with his blasters on his arms rather than as a gun. I eventually bought the Masterpiece Hot Rod, and he's Still my favorite Autobot.

As someone who grew up in the 8O's and watched this movie the first day it came out in theaters,...let me tell you it was a HUGE deal back then for us Gen-Xers. We were ALL Transformers fans bruh. Why do you think Transformers are STILL popular. Because it's creating new fans while keeping us old school ones. It was awesome watching you react to this beloved animated movie that I've watched dozens of times growing up. Now it's a classic. It actually tripped me out to realize I'm turning into an old dude because a lot of "kids" today don't even know this treasure exists. Thank you for your video. 👍

They couldn't transform into whatever they wanted to. Each transformer only had one or two forms, but they had a cast of like 90 characters. It was awesome

Welcome to my entire childhood! this is my favorite animated movie EVER!!

This came out when I was ten years old. I watched it in theaters with my school buddies back then. This film really stuck with me.

As an old head , I really enjoyed watching your reaction to the movie for the first time…subscribed 👍🏾

Better than all the Bay films. Saw this in the theaters when it 1st released when I was 7 years old. In my top 10 favorite animated movies. It took place between the 2nd & 3rd season of the IG show. Epic is how I would describe it. I watch it at least once a year.

1st Cartoon I remember ever having a curse word in it, and 1st one to kill off a major character. It also caused a last minute change in the ending of G.I. Joe the Movie.

"Put it as my #1 animated film" Welcome to the family.

It's fascinating how important they've made Bumblebee. He was always a kid appeal character and the one closest to Spike Witwicky, but Optimus Prime is the hero, the Captain Kirk, the first name on the marquee.

The context of this movie is what made this movie so good. To really put it in perspective, you have to start by watching the old 1970's cartoon transformers series. This movie end-capped that entire series and brought a close to the old tv series that all children used to watch growing up. Without that resonance, you only take away half of the experience you were supposed to get because of how familiar all of the old characters were. Great review and good reaction video. Thanks for sharing your experience with us!

This is one of my favourite movies of all time. After this unicron is still alive and enlists the help of starscreams ghost and Prime gets revived

I was still a baby when this movie came out. But when I was a kid in the 90s Transformers Gen 2 got me introduced to the franchise. But it was Beast Wars and Transformers Armada that got me hooked!

Lol a number of years ago (2015) I attended TFCON and John Moschitta Jr. ( blurr) was the Auctioneer for a collectibles auction that raised money for "Make a wish foundation. Very cool humble man. It was a night to remember. Also I love watching peoples reaction that go in with a open mind well done you two🤘

Still to this day its hard watching optimus die. Left a huge impression on me as a 11 year old back then. Love it still watch it to this day.

I had just turned 10 when this came out. My folks dropped me at the theater with some friends and we watched this together, our hearts broke when our favorite Transformers died, struggled, and we cheered when the Autobots won and the music blasted out and Unicron was defeated! YOU GOT THE TOUCH.... ✊ 💪

I was eight years old when this came out. Always been 1 of my favorite movies even after all these years.