The Death Of Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime dies after his battle
with Megatron

• Category

  Film & Animation

[PhilliesPhan125]

One with the matrix... HE IS THE ONE!

[taikurimestari]

Voice acting in this is extremely good.

[villear]

The death of a hero

[IAmMadeUpOfSugar]

I was watching this and is this THE REAL MATRIX

[HelldogSpawn]

Look at it this way.

Kids who grew up with the Transformers knew Optimus Prime, and loved him as a character. He was what many people thought was a symbol of all that was good. He was the hero of many children.

And then they watch him die. It's like watching a family member slowly die, to the kids that watched the movie. Or a close friend.

Of COURSE they're gonna find it sad, they grew so attached to him!

[lex goulas]

of course

[Chimerical Chain]

The voice cast they got was pretty crazy for the time, all sorts of pretty high profile actors for the major roles, even if Orson Welles phoned in his performance. Apparently, Leonard Nimoy (voice of Galvatron) took it really seriously.

[Ryan Clemens]

For the most part. Gotta remember we really cared about Prime, it's was one of the biggest cartoon shows at the time.