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The deaths of many established characters, especially Optimus Prime, inadvertently upset the young audience, prompting a letter-writing campaign. At the time of its release, the film was a box office bomb and received generally negative reviews for its plot and violent deaths, while praising the animation, voice acting and score.
(Turns out it was indeed a profound ideological divide that led to Optimus Prime and Megatron becoming foes.) Read more: The 27 best movie theaters in Los Angeles
In the film, Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, and Sam Witwicky must lead the Autobots against Megatron and the Decepticons as they battle to possess powerful technology abandoned on the Moon, in order to restore Cybertron. Development on a third Transformers film began by May 2007.
Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) is the leader of the Autobots, the last descendant of the Dynasty of Primes and keeper of the Matrix of Leadership.Optimus Prime transforms into a 1994 red and blue Peterbilt 379 semi-trailer truck in the first three films, a rusty 1973 Marmon HDT-AC 86 semi cab-over truck in the beginning of the fourth film, and later a blue and red 2014 Western Star ...
The relationship between Optimus Prime and Megatron and the tragedy of their falling out is the emotional core of the film. For Cooley, it was important to show that Megatron was not just a villain. He wanted people who did not know Transformers to come into the film and not be able to immediately pick up who was going to be good or bad. [24]
Optimus fights off Megatron, Starscream, and Grindor before Optimus kills Grindor. Megatron then kills Optimus while he defends Sam. The Decepticons launch devastating attacks around the world, while Megatron and Soundwave hijack Earth's telecommunication systems, which allows the Fallen to send a message to the humans, demanding that Sam be ...
Getting knocked down and getting up again is a theme of the film, a narrative that bonds Orion Pax/Optimus Prime and D-16/Megatron. The film traces the origin story of how Optimus Prime and ...
Optimus Prime, also known in Japan as Convoy, [a] is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the Transformers franchise. Generally depicted as a brave and noble leader, Optimus Prime is the supreme commander of the Autobots in their fight against the Decepticons.