How critical was the first death of Optimus Prime?

[liegeprime]

Well if they'll just keep bringing him back, the stunt (dying) is getting lame now. Although in the latest comics version (IDW) Prime has yet to kick the bucket. Although, there's been a whole other cast of characters that have been welcomed back to the Matrix.... other than O. Prime. Do you think the writers of IDW noticed that the Prime death is getting overused and somewhat, somehow am avoiding it coz of how it has diminished the nobility of the act? I mean every single time Prime will die... it's just getting so predictable now.. even TF Prime - he had to sacrifice. Thank goodness that wasn't the case in TF Animated.

But yeah, each time he dies it just gets lamer and lamer... now for the death of Prime in the comics - gruesome as it is (except the floppy disc one) NOW THAT is WHAT DEATH should be! Grand, viscious, truly epic and the more gruesome it is the more noble I guess since if you (Prime) knew that it will that painful, horrific and downright ugly and yet he still goes thru it, because it MUST be the only recourse.... then that is a noble sacrifice.

I still can't get my head around that a cut in the side even if it is a focal point just doesn't emphasized it at all. Coz you've seen him get blown, hacked into pieces and even more in all the other cartoon episodes and yet a small cut and he goes - pass the Matrix?!?! meh, lame.... mebbe a few more sparks and explosions and some short circuit scenes would've helped.

[Megatron]

I still can't get my head around that a cut in the side even if it is a focal point just doesn't emphasized it at all. Coz you've seen him get blown, hacked into pieces and even more in all the other cartoon episodes and yet a small cut and he goes - pass the Matrix?!?! meh, lame.... mebbe a few more sparks and explosions and some short circuit scenes would've helped.

They should've gotten Bay to direct the movie.

[liegeprime]

They should've gotten Bay to direct the movie.

haha, only for the scenes with Explosions!!! if he did the whole thing there wouldn't be any memorable dialogues or plot (as simple as it may be) just Explosions!!!!

[Sinnertwin]

These days I rarely watch the movie past Starscream's Coronation.

[Sam]

I really liked the fact that they decided to kill Optimus Prime off in a fight with Megatron.

I wasn't so keen on them bringing him back - I felt it made his death lose some of its significance.

As a kid, his death for me was one of those "sad but interesting / important" events that I enjoyed, because I felt that for once, finally, there was a sense of change in the Transformers series, something that I had been longing for (it just felt that at the end of each episode in the US cartoon, nobody really died and things stayed the same).

[GoktimusPrime]

haha, only for the scenes with Explosions!!! if he did the whole thing there wouldn't be any memorable dialogues or plot (as simple as it may be) just Explosions!!!!

And the Transformers would get much less screen time and dialogue. Most of it would be focused on humans^'Muricans! Autobot City would be a big NEST base, and it'd mostly be US soldiers (with a small handful of UK soldiers as a token "international" minority ) fighting the Decepticons, most of whom we wouldn't recognise in a pink fit, and the Autobots would be the Americans' sidekicks. Hoo-rah! Oh, and when Optimus Prime lifts off as he transforms to robot mode and spins in the air shooting Decepticons -- before he lands he'll get tangled up and spend the next twenty minutes being upside down before getting to Megatron. Devastator would come in like a pair of wrecking balls, and we would see at least one of the following actions from the Transformers:
+ lewd acts
+ urinating
+ farting
...and this would happen during really crucial moments too. "Springer <farts>, you and Arcee transform Autobot city. Perceptor, stop lubricating on that man and tell Blaster to radio Prime for reinforcements. Blurr..." <lewd.act> "...never mind."

Oh, and instead of becoming Galvatron, Megatron would be restored as... Megatron! Oh, and Daniel would be a good 8-10 years older, and naturally his mundane life would become a focal point of the story. And in the ending credits, Cyclonus would be called "Pointy," and in the actual film, Blaster would be called "Billy."

[Megatron]

Oh, and instead of becoming Galvatron, Megatron would be restored as... Megatron!

And this alone would have made me want to watch the movie beyond the first 20 minutes.

[Sinnertwin]

We did get to see the Decepticons lagered up in the G1 episode Microbots. That was different

[GoktimusPrime]

We did get to see the Decepticons lagered up in the G1 episode Microbots. That was different

That was relatively subtle. Bay is about as subtle as a slap to the face with a live trout!

[Paul Agnew]

Instead of becoming Galvatron, Megatron would be restored as... Megatron!

This is a part of the movie I always had a problem with. Seeing as they combined Megatron's part along with some other new parts (and bot), he should have rightfully been called New Megatron.