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

[morris]

This movie received mixed reviews and currently has 58% positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with 14 of only 23 counted reviews giving it a "rotten" rating, with the Critics Consensus calling it "A surprisingly dark, emotional, and almost excessively cynical experience for Transformers fans." This movie has an average rating of 5.3 out of 10.

[jessica]

In the Marvel Comics adaptation of the movie, Autobot City is referred to as Fortress Maximus. The character and toy for Fortress Maximus would not be introduced until nearly a year after the movie's release.

[brent]

Many of the second-season characters (Stunticons, Aerialbots, etc.) do not appear in this movie because they did not exist at the time the movie was written. However, most of them suddenly appear in the post-movie episodes.

[ken]

The negatives for the matted widescreen version of the film were either destroyed or lost, and for a time only the VHS full-screen version of the movie remained. The North Carolina School of the Filmmaking in Winston-Salem carries a print of the movie assembled from different reels of other prints of the movie found in its archives. The pieced-together print is in good condition. This should be noted that this widescreen version of the movie was achieved by "matting down" the original full-screen animation, essentially chopping off the top and bottom.

[kenzi]

(at around 7 mins) Scavenger gunning down Prowl was included in every early script draft, and went on to become part of the finished piece.

[darrell]

Unicron's original name in early drafts was Ingestor, while Unicron's planet form would have been an actual planet. Ingestor was to be a mysterious being in control of the planet, which, upon transforming into a robot, would have had many organic-looking features, including long hair. In the final script, these two were mushed together into a single character, named Unicron, who is also a planet (though a mechanical one) which can turn into a gigantic robot. Many of his organic features were kept - such as his metallic mustache, goatee, and stomach (which resembles the abdominal muscles of a human) - however he he lost his "hair".

[kim]

Leonard Nimoy, who was the voice of Galvatron, later provided the voice of the Autobot turned traitor Sentinel Prime in Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011).

[addison]

The death of Unicron (or as he was then called "Ingestor") would have been much different, according to the early draft. Since the Matrix was absent from that version, Ingestor essentially caused his own demise by inflicting great damage upon himself.

[ivan]

(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.

[morris]

Hot Rod would have originally felt more guilt for causing the death of Optimus Prime, and his fellow Autobots had to console him. In the final script, he got over this much more quickly.

[sylvia]

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 suspense, scary, apocalyptic, tragic ending and tense style.

[kolosnob]

Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991

Nearly 10 years have passed since Sarah Connor was targeted for termination by a cyborg from the future. Now her son John the future leader of the resistance is the target for a newer more deadly terminator. Once again the resistance has ...

Terminator 2: Judgment Day features exciting, apocalyptic, suspense, futuristic and tense style.

[jessica]

The Abyss 1989

A civilian oil rig crew is recruited to conduct a search and rescue effort when a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks. One diver soon finds himself on a spectacular odyssey 25000 feet below the oceans surface where he confronts a mysterious ...

The Abyss features suspenseful, exciting, tense, psychological and suspense style.

[alyssa]

Avatar: The Way of Water 2022

Twelve years after exploring Pandora and joining the Navi Jake Sully has since raised a family with Neytiri and established himself within the clans of the new world. Of course peace can only last so long. Especially when the military ...

Avatar: The Way of Water features futuristic, exciting, breathtaking, epic and colorful style.

[ronnie]

Sphere 1998

The OSSA discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. Immediately following the discovery they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft.They are the best of best ...

Sphere features scary, psychological, mind bending, tense and suspenseful style.

[RibMaisk]

Skylines 2020

When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save whats left of humanity.

Skylines features psychotronic, suspenseful, suspense, futuristic and apocalyptic style.

[nora]

Mission to Mars 2000

When contact is lost with the crew of the first Mars expedition a rescue mission is launched to discover their fate.

Mission to Mars features futuristic, serious, suspense, sentimental and atmospheric style.

[Wilmerblalk]

Prey 2022

In the Comanche Nation in 1717 a fierce and highly skilled warrior named Naru learns the prey she is stalking is a highly evolved alien with a technologically advanced arsenal.

Prey features suspense, slasher, scary, tense and disturbing style.

[cacao]

Walk the Line 2005

A chronicle of country music legend Johnny Cashs life from his early days on an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records in Memphis where he recorded alongside Elvis Presley Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins.

Walk the Line features sentimental, touching, emotional, road movie and captivating style.

[carl]

Get on Up 2014

A chronicle of James Browns rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history.

Get on Up features emotional, talky, heartbreaking, captivating and realistic style.