Rodimus Prime wrote:So it wasn't in the movies.
Yeah, and? It still offical prequels, Hasbro never stated it to be non-canon. So Prime's civilan origin is of few things in Bayverse Timeline that was never denied in any way. It's common for both Movies, video games and comic boooks alike.
That's just your personal interpretation.
Some "personal interpreatations" are considered canon by fans, even when they are contradictionary to the movie itself (Like this "Prime was holding back in Mission City" nonsense or theory that only a Prime can kill Optimus)
In the final cut of the movie he was killed. That's all that matters.
Medicore writing beats ad directing. When something in adaptation is more consistent than mainstream, it can be used as argument against mainstream.
Killing The Fallen in RoTF wasn't illogical.
It was, because The Fallen wasn't using his abilities like teleportation. He could have beign killed by falling meteor and it wouldn't change movie in any way.
Killing Demolisher was, as was killing Grindor. He was in a 3-on-1 fight for his life, eliminating the enemy was tactically logical. In DoTM, maybe murdering Sentinel was overkill, but killing Megatron needed to be done.
I'm not questioning Prime "you can kill if it's necessary mentality" only his physical ability to do so. He was simply physically to weak and to inexperienced to make any of this kills belivable. Can you imagine Quentin Tarantino's movie with Rowan Atkison as main character? Until AOE, Bayverse was this level bad.