Hasbro is celebrating by releasing a
Special 20th Anniversary Addition Optimus Prime.
I remember being 11 and watching Transformers in 1984 after GI Joe and before Voltron. It totally rocked until after the movie (which is on my list of best movies-I even have the soundtrack) when Optimus Prime died and Rodimus became the new leader. He was so boring and whiney. I was so glad when they rose Optimus from the dead. I don't think anyone could stand one more episode listening to him whine about the responsibilty of leadership. A shame because Galvatron was one psycho protagonist.
I would say that I inherited my taste in cartoons from you. Good cartoons.
That's one thing about the episodes after the movie - it seemed like they wanted to lose fans. Rodimus Prime had to have been the most annoying character ever created for a cartoon, and the other new characters were more annoying than the ones who were killed off in the movie (you can't possibly say that Blur was less annoying than Ratchet or Ironhide).
Yeah! At the time, I cried when Optimus Prime died.
Now when I think of that movie, though, I cry for Orson Welles.
I know, what were they thinking with Blur? I mean he was cute to come in and talk fast for an episode, but they made him like a staple character. And they made Spike annoying. I did like Arcee though.
Victor,
I cried too.