The Transformers: The Movie - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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[phyllis]

The early script also explained the death scene of Optimus Prime differently. Since the Matrix of Leadership had not been "thought up" at that time, Optimus Prime would have handed over an entirely different object to Ultra Magnus: namely, his own "essence". A white-colored Optimus Prime would have emerged from his body to take place inside Ultra Magnus. This idea clearly originated from Ultra Magnus' toy form, which was basically just a white version of Optimus wearing blue and red colored armor. The final script rewrote this scene, thus the inner white "Optimus Prime" of Ultra Magnus never got referenced in the cartoon. However, later incarnations of the character frequently depicted him as nothing more than a white Optimus Prime.

[elmer]

Stan Bush's song "The Touch" was inspired by a line in Iron Eagle (1986) and was originally written for Cobra (1986).

[nicholas]

Optimus Prime's death become something of a running gag later on. Almost every Transformers series, (including Beast Wars) features Optimus Prime (or his equivalent) dying, only to be resurrected some time later.

[ken]

In 2010, an early draft of the script got into the hands of Transformers fans, which reveal the plot of the movie went through many severe changes during writing. Even the characters themselves would have been different, and the movie would have been even more violent than the finished version.

[charlie]

In a bizarre kind of way, this could be said that the Decepticon 'Shockwave' appeared in two movies in 1986, the other being Aliens (1986). In the MedLab scene, just before Ripley reaches out to hug Newt after setting off the fire alarm, there is a futuristic piece of medical apparatus with three objects handing down off of it that can be briefly seen in the foreground. These objects are actually three Transformers toys, namely the Decepticon 'Shockwave' made by Hasbro in 1985 (though it's possible that the toy might even be the earlier 'Galactic Man' sold by Radio Shack). The toys have been spray-painted a dull silver colour and are displayed in their laser gun 'mode', but with each of the robot toy's arms (i.e. the laser gun's barrel) split apart. In this 'semi-transformation' the toy is made to look looks kind of like a futuristic grasping tool or perhaps even a laser scalpel.

[ava]

Hot Rod would later appear in Transformers: The Last Knight (2017), as a Lamborghini. He is described as Bumblebee's "Brother in Arms".

[cameron]

Marvel Comics made a comic book based on this movie.

[clayton]

Writer Ron Friedman has said that his favorite characters to write for were Optimus Prime, Kup and Starcream. His least favorite was Wheelie, who he called "a pain in the ass".

[fred]

Alien 3 1992

After escaping with Newt and Hicks from the alien planet Ripley crash lands on Fiorina 161 a prison planet and host to a correctional facility. Unfortunately although Newt and Hicks do not survive the crash a more unwelcome visitor does. The ...

Alien 3 features bleak, suspenseful, scary, atmospheric and futuristic style.

[chris]

Event Horizon 1997

In the year 2047 a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the long lost starship quotEvent Horizonquot. The ship disappeared mysteriously 7 years before on its maiden voyage and with its return comes even more mystery as the ...

Event Horizon features scary, suspenseful, futuristic, bleak and exciting style.

[nolive]

Prometheus 2012

A team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth leading them on a journey to the darkest corners of the universe. There they must fight a terrifying battle to save the future of the human race.

Prometheus features futuristic, suspenseful, scary, tense and atmospheric style.

[leshanob]

Pandorum 2009

Two crew members wake up on an abandoned spacecraft with no idea who they are how long theyve been asleep or what their mission is. The two soon discover theyre actually not alone and the reality of their situation is more ...

Pandorum features futuristic, atmospheric, scary, suspenseful and tense style.

[Eugenesnumn]

Life 2017

The six-member crew of the International Space Station is tasked with studying a sample from Mars that may be the first proof of extra-terrestrial life which proves more intelligent than ever expected.

Life features scary, apocalyptic, suspense, tragic ending and suspenseful style.

[bernard]

Screamers 1995

SIRIUS 6B Year 2078 On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war scientists have created the perfect weapon a blade-wielding self-replicating race of killing devices known as Screamers designed for one purpose only -- to hunt down and ...

Screamers features futuristic, suspenseful, atmospheric, rough and scary style.

[meiramadhani]

Apollo 18 2011

Officially Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon. But a year later in 1973 three American astronauts were sent on a secret mission to the moon funded by the US Department of Defense. What you are about to see is the actual footage ...

Apollo 18 features serious, scary, tense, suspenseful and exciting style.

[bryan]

The Mist 2007

After a violent storm a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...

The Mist features suspenseful, bad ending, scary, bleak and suspense style.

[Johnsonmidge]

Forbidden World 1982

In the distant future a federation marshal arrives at a research lab on a remote planet where a genetic experiment has gotten loose and begins feeding on the dwindling scientific group.

Forbidden World features suspenseful, serious, scary, futuristic and exciting style.

[liam]

The Blob 1988

Remake of the 1958 horror sci-fi about a deadly blob which is the spawn of a secret government germ warfare project which consumes everyone in its path. Teenagers try in vain to warn the townsfolk who refuse to take them seriously while government ...

The Blob features scary, serious, suspenseful, rough and suspense style.

[manuel]

The Last Days on Mars 2013

On the last day of the first manned mission to Mars a crew member of Tantalus Base believes he has made an astounding discovery fossilized evidence of bacterial life. Unwilling to let the relief crew claims all the glory he disobeys orders to ...

The Last Days on Mars features tense, bleak, suspenseful, suspense and scary style.