A couple of weeks ago I attended the Huntsville Comic & Pop Culture Expo and I had a blast! I got to see some comic and sci fi legends and was awash in all the geekery. I ended that night with a concert where the main act was The Cybertronic Spree, a Transformers-themed band. The members were dressed as characters from Transformers: The Movie and they were awesome! So awesome, that I had a burning urge to go and watch the movie again. 

Oh, all the things that I forgot! So much death, so much brutality!! I vividly remembered the death of Optimus Prime and the near death of Megatron, but I had forgotten how many of the old guard had been slaughtered. I mean, even my main man Jazz bought the farm!

It is still an awesome movie, don’t get me wrong, but it is a long road for our heroes. We see a few new Autobots rise to the forefront to lead, and eventually become lead characters in the following season. I get it, Hasbro wanted to sell new figures, but to take out so many beloved characters straight up Platoon style? For a cartoon aimed at younger viewers, it was a little much. Luckily, 16 y/o Kylan could handle it – if Kylan was 10 or so, not so much. Ultimately, Transformers: The Movie is worth a revisit.