The Story
Basically, the movie was an origin story for Cobra. However, truth be told, it was merely an overblown 6 part mini-series that they used to have to open a season. The story is slightly bigger, but not as special as the Transformers movie that came before it. Again, this probably had something to do with production problems.
However, the movie does have a small amount of blood and violence that the TV show never had. Then there was the famous story about Duke dying in the film. The writers intended to have the character killed off and to give Lt. Falcon a reason to stand up and become a responsible man. With the negative response from children from the Transformers movie, the producers didn’t want a repeat of what happened, so they did a quick change in dialogue, stating that Duke was merely in a coma. Watching the movie recently, I feel they should have killed off Duke. It would have given the rest of the movie a serious tone. It would have reminded us that anyone could die.
Yes, the movie is a departure from the TV show. It has a more sci-fi fantasy base than the TV show, but I liked it. While I have a bit of a problem with the reconning of Cobra Commander’s background, I can live with it. One of the best subplots deals with Cobra Commander slowly turning into a snake, but having to trust Roadblock with his life. I really enjoyed the interaction between the two, especially when Cobra Commander started to lose his mind.
If Sunbow had its way, the next season wouldn’t have hadCobra Commander or Duke.
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