Posted on 06/10/2006 4:24:36 PM PDT by SouthJrzReaganite18
It's quite a coincedence I guess but yesterday I was thinking about the political implications of G1 after rewatching about the first 30 episodes or so of G1 again after about 16 years or so (and the movie as well). You may need to go back and rewatch the episodes and movie as well.
If you notice, Optimus Prime is extremely liberal. He never takes pre-emptive strikes. In fact, he goes out of his way in one episode to not hurt a robot ninja called Nightbird even though Nightbird is trying to kill them. Also, he prefers saving lives over anything else. That was evidenced in the episode where there were two Optimus Primes, where he orders everyone to save Spike even if the crystals in the chasm were unstable and about to blow. In the movie, he hears out Megatron's plea and he doesn't shoot at him when he grabs Hot Rod, even though it was his best chance to kill him. He has so much honour that he was ready to leave earth after losing a 1-on-1 duel to Megatron, and never even expected that Megatron cheated.
What a difference a year makes..
Yeah.
I got the DVD and loved this movie. I especially enjoyed seeing the pro-military tone it had. Showing the bravery of the troops while they were engaged in battle against the Decepticons was a nice change from the usual Hollywood crops of film.
I saw the movie AND I am planning on purchasing the DVD. I really liked the movie, one of my favorites of the year. Sure it was campy, dopey, and silly, but man-oh-man did it ever kick some a$$. I enjoyed it perhaps more than my very young kids did.
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