Quote Originally Posted by Ode to a Grasshopper
Serious question: Has there ever actually been an Optimus Prime who hasn't been revived?
Finding an Optimus who's never been martyred is rare! As Golden Phoenix mentioned, there's Fire Convoy (RiD Optimus Prime). There are also:
+ Universe Spychanger Optimus Prime
+ Shattered Glass Optimus Prime
+ TransTech Optimus Prime

"You Optimuses do love to sacrifice yourselves, don't you?" - Megatron (Beast Wars, 'Other Voices Part 2')

Then there was this scene from "Hardware Wars":
Fluke Starbucker: "C'mon, Auggie Ben Doggie!"
Princess Anne-Droid: "Get to the ship! Run for it!"
Ham Salad: C'mon! "Let's go!"
Auggie Ben Doggie: "No, you go on without me... I'll be all right... Don't worry about me..."
Ham Salad: "Aw, jeez!"
Fluke Starbucker: "Jeez! What a martyr!"
Princess Anne-Droid: "What a martyr, I can't believe this!"
Ham Salad: "Yeah. See ya later, you martyr!"

Quote Originally Posted by darrock
Then a few scenes later we see megatron and starsceam on the building saying "that went well.." when really they should have focused more on Prime's death and the autobots/army's reaction. Constant scene/mood shifting ruined this movie for me.
The Megatron/Starscream scene was important for story-plot advancement. It clarified that the Decepticons' primary mission objective: Sam Witwicky, had failed, and thus they escalated their plans to a greater level including hacking into the Earth's communications networks and issuing their 'warrant' on Sam. The only thing we really missed was the army collecting Prime's corpse, which isn't as essential for plot advancement.

We got to see the Autobots and their human allies briefly mourning for Prime when they delivered Prime's body. A lot more mourning than Jazz ever got! And it was interrupted by Galloway who, as Epps said, is an "a$$hole."