Transformers legends simon furman and geoff senior have put their collective pens and pencils together to produce the first transformers comic from titan publishing to be made available on the iphone. Cars, trucks, toy dinosaurs, you name it became behemoths of warring destruction. Trailer for the original transformers movie starring orson welles, leonard nimoy, robert stack, judd nelson and eric idle. Part two of the adaptation of the classic 1986 transformers movie finds optimus prime dead, the autobots barely surviving and megatron rebornbigger, better, and badder than ever. Unless you are lucky enough to have one of the limited botcon versions from ages ago, this is the first chance people have to own the score from the 86 movie. Its easy to tout this movie as great but honestly its. The uk version, as well as the 1999 rhino films vhs release, feature scrolling text and narration at the beginning of the film. I never cared for the original trailer to the 1986 film transformers. It serves as an overview of the movie and the dvd, beginning with a personal. As i listened to it, i imagined iconic scenes from the movie and found myself saying dialogue out loud. It was released in north america on august 8, 1986.
Notable movie guides by esteemed critics, including leonard maltin and mick martin, gave it the lowest rating possible. The transformers theme remix by vince dicola by amyamy cyberfolf. The movie 1986 death of optimus prime and battle of autobot city reverse jake rutigliano. Fans of michael bays transformers movies are free to enjoy them. Here is a detailed description of all the known video releases of tf. At the same time, they must defend themselves against an allout attack from the decepticons. It has been scanned and placed page by page into a pdf file for all to see. It was called an overblown marketing tactic, a 2hour long toy commercial, a ripoff of every science fiction plot. The movie score is now available, and as a transformers fan i couldnt be happier. Dicola truly fused progressive arena rock with alien technology to make the transformers. Released by legacy recordings in 2016 containing music from transformers.
The movie 30th anniversary edition 1986 official trailer hd. The 1986 transformers film is one of my all time favorite films, and one of the reasons i get nostalgic about it is the music. Peter cullen, michael bell, corey burton, eric idle, casey kasem, judd nelson, leonard nimoy. With the upcoming transformers the last knight film coming out, we thought it was perfect timing to talk about the 1986 transformers movie. The animated movie is a fourissue comic book adaptation of the classic 1986 transformers movie in correspondence with the 20th anniversary of the films release. The movie 30th anniversary edition 1986 official trailer hd transformers. The script is long, clocking in at around 180 pages, not everyone is going to have the dedication to read the whole thing myself included. The dino delaurentiis logo at the beginning has a couple of torn frames that were removed. The autobots must stop a colossal planet consuming robot who goes after the autobot matrix of leadership.
The movie was released in 1986, it was one of the most poorly rated movies of its time. The movie 1986 starring robert stack and frank welker on dvd and bluray. The movie does stand out for a few reasons against other animated films of the. In fact, it pretty much draws direct inspiration from star wars for a start. The first issue was released in october 2006 and the run coincided with the release of the sonybmg 20th anniversary the transformers. It was released in north america on august 8, 1986, and in the united kingdom on december 12, 1986. Hearing curse words on a cartoon, however few and tame they were, was a highlight of my youth. Transformers is a media franchise, produced by american toy company hasbro and japanese toy company takara tomy.
The movie 1986 presented keyboardistturnedcomposer vince dicola with the challenge of taking the rhythmic genre he loved into a new, futuristic dimension, using the same daring synergy that the makers of the transformers tv show were using to broaden their brand name. Ive been working on compiling everything for a personal project to make my own bluray restoration of the 1986 animated film, transformers. Google has partnered up with the studio to allow fans to download transformers for free. As soon as i saw this i had to get the 1 copy and immediately download the digital copy on my smartphone. The story is much like any other action film aimed at kids. The movie is a 1986 animated film based on the transformers television series, in turn based on the transformers toyline created by hasbro.
Tm, in descending chronological order by the time of release. Transformers is a 2007 american science fiction action film based on the transformers toy line. The movie 1986 animated version page 2 174 replies. The movie soundtrack from 1986, composed by vince dicola. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. The film was coproduced and directed by nelson shin, who also produced the original transformers television series. Leonard nimoy, orson welles, and peter cullen the transformers. First draft sctipt of 1986 animated transformers movie. The movie arranged soundtrack and score from the 1986 animated. A draft of the transformers animated movie script by ron friedman has been making the rounds recently. List of autobots who died in transformers the movie 1986 part 12.
The movie 1986 animated version author space kaijuu date 23nov20, 1. The film, which combines computer animation with liveaction filming, was directed by michael bay, with steven spielberg serving as executive producer. This theatrical movie based on the television series which was also based on a. Ultra magnus and the transformers fight planet unicron and the decepticons in 2005. Set to an upbeat rock music soundtrack, the movie has a decidedly darker tone than the television series, with detailed visuals in toei animation s typical animated feature film. The movie 30th anniversary edition bluray steelbook 1986 at best.
The 1986 movie is one of the best, with great revamped animation in 4k plus great hd sound it has produced this epic to its greatest g1 glory, and the voice cast of peter cullen optimus prime, frank welker megatron, soundwave, rumble, frenzy, etc, gregg burger grimlock, dan gilvezen bumblebee, and to the late chris latta starscream. Released in 1986, the animated feature from sunbow entertainment features the voices of orson welles, leonard nimoy, and judd nelson. Book depository books with free delivery worldwide. Initially a line of transforming mecha toys rebranded from takaras diaclone and microman toylines, the franchise began in 1984 with the transformers toy line, and centers on extraterrestrial factions of sentient selfconfiguring modular robotic lifeforms often. Transformers the movie by john grant 1986 transformers audiobook.
The movie 1986 perhaps it was the era or the fact that transformers just work better in animation, but the cartoon movie gets everything right that the liveaction movies dont. I remember watching this as a kid with my older brother, who owned an uncensored vhs copy of this. Original soundtrack from initial bigscreen animated treatment of the transformers, numerous iconic battling robot characters spawned from hasbro television miniseries that became wildly popular in subsequent syndication. The opening to the 1986 transformers animated film. Metrodome released the movie as a region free barebones bluray in the uk which appears to use the same source as the seue dvd release only in 1080p24, so no field blending. With orson welles, robert stack, leonard nimoy, norman alden.
A hand drawn animated sequel to the 1980s retro g1 cartoon, transformers the movie not to be confused with micheal bays horrible live action films is a fun rollar coaster ride. Whats more, the iphone transformers comic is completely free to download and is a taster comic for bigger and better things to come. Following last years live action transformers movie, idw have continued the. The film was coproduced and directed by nelson shin, who also produced the original transformers television.
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