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the entire movie of the Transformers 1986 - no bullshit

The Autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the Autobot Matrix of Leadership. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an all-out attack from the Decepticons.

This theatrical movie based on the television series (which was also based on a popular multiform robot toyline) did not go over very well at the box office. The movie takes place in 2005, twenty years after the television series, and chronicles the efforts of the heroic Autobots to defend their homeworld Cybertron from the evil Decepticons. Both factions are seething with anger, and that hatred has blinded them to a hideous menace headed their way. That hideous menace is the colossal planet known as Unicron, who has been ready to consume anything that stands in its way. The only thing that can stop Unicron is the Autobot Matrix of Leadership, which is possessed by the Autobots and which the Decepticons, through Unicron's orders, plan to take away from them.

Trivia
-This film is considered the "bridge" between the second and third seasons of The Transformers (1984), as several third-season characters are introduced here and several first-season characters are killed or altered (e.g. Megatron to Galvatron).

-(at around 31 mins) Megatron (Frank Welker) is transformed into Galvatron (Leonard Nimoy). In the television seasons that followed, Welker took over the role of Galvatron. Welker had previously provided the voice (screams only) for Spock in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984), which Nimoy appeared in and directed.

-The film takes place 20 years after the end of The Transformers (1984) animated series' second season.

-(at around 26 mins) Unicron's roar when he finds out the Matrix has been passed on to Ultra Magnus is that of The Hulk from The Incredible Hulk (1982) animated series.

-(at around 5 mins) At the movie's beginning, when the Autobots are taking off on their ship, Optimus Prime orders "Cliffjumper, commence countdown." Cliffjumper was voiced by Casey Kasem, who was the host of America's Top 40 Countdown for many years. This was obviously a little joke added by the writers, considering we didn't need to hear a shuttle countdown, and any character could have done this.

-(at around 36 mins) Spike originally said "Oh shit, what are we going to do now" in the theatrical release when he and Bumblebee realized that blowing up the moon did not affect Unicron. "Oh shit" had been put in the theatrical release to guarantee a PG rating as G rated movies could not be played as often during the day as PG, PG-13 or R rated movies back then. However, the line had been taken out of every VHS release until the Rhino re-release in 2000 and it was also restored in the 2000 Canadian DVD and the 2001 Rhino DVD released in the United States. - the copy seen on here has the audio added in

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