Ironhide: "Hey, kids, in the next 20 years, I am going to die a horrible death."6. Bye, Ironhide: Yep, everyone’s favorite robot gets killed in the first ten minutes of the film. Not only does he get killed, he survives the first attack, only to get blown to bits by Megatron’s freaking cannon at close range. That is cold blooded. One of the people on the DVD commentary noted that it was that point many of the parents took their children from the theater. For me, I was shocked because Ironhide played such a big role in the first two seasons.
7. Cliffjumper doing the countdown: When the shuttle launches, Casey Kasem does the countdown. He does the countdown of the top songs on his national radio show. Even though Cliffjumper survives the movie, it would be the last time he would appear in the transformers continuity. Kasem is of Palestinian/Lebanese heritage and there was an episode in development for the third season, which put Arabs in a stereotypical light. He left the show in protest.
8. The design of Laserbeak: Actually, he looks better in the movie. The smoother animation shows more detail in his design. You would think the Autobots would have a system by now of detecting Laserbeak spying on them. I mean it has been 20 years!
9. The attack on the Autobot shuttle: Yep, about four or five of the season 1 characters get wiped out in this scene. The main reason behind this was because these toys were discontinued, and they’re characters were seen as not important anymore.
10. Unicron’s introduction: What better way to introduce a badass character than to have him wipe out an entire planet full of robots. I also like the painting like opening, which then turns into animation.
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