Sabrblade wrote:So, I just found out something about Unicron in TFTM. Orson Welles wasn't the one who provided Unicron's roars.
Yup, the roar of Unicron was a combination of the stock concussion sound effect and the roars of The Incredible Hulk from 1982, provided by Bob Holt. He died the month before the main recording, before he'd finished up on Go-bots. Arthur Burghardt had to step in as Cop-Tur for the last part of the run.
I've actually known that for a while. The same roar is done by the Juggernaut in the Spider Man & His amazing friends episode "A Firestar is Born"... In fact it was because of this that for a long time, I actually thought the Juggernaut in that episode was also voiced by Orson Welles
The voice was actually William Marshall (He also voiced Tony Stark in another episode), but the roars were Bob Holt.
But anyway... Happy (1 day late) 35th anniversary. I saw the film sometime in the mid-week following it's opening weekend. Several of my friends were going on about how awesome it was, and I had to fight hard for this one because pretty much my whole childhood we went to the movies maybe 2-3 times a year. I had missed Godzilla 1985 the previous year, but no way was I going to miss this one.
My poor mom dragged myself (age 10) My friend Roger (who was 12) form across the street, and
his friend Anton (some kid I barely knew) to go see it at a matinee. Probably in todays world my mom would have been arrested for kidnapping, because I'm pretty sure neither of these kids asked their parents permission to go with us, and the theater was a good 10 miles away. But you got to love the 80's. No cell phones, and your kids can be missing for hours with no worries.
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The movie obviously had quite an impact on me as it is one of my favorites to this day. I typed out the script by-hand on a type writer in high school (pre-internet), and I know every line of dialogue pretty much from memory. I cant say that about any other film, not even Star Wars.
As for the Death of Prime, I think some stories are exaggerated. I don't honestly think (random story about a kid who locked himself in his room)...ever happened. Did some parents right angry letters? Possibly, I dont know, I know my mom wasn't one of them, I dont think she really cared because I dont recall ever even discussing the film with her.
As for Prime's death scene, I've given the generic "I cried" comment in the past, but here's really, as best as I recall what happened... I remember feeling sad, feeling like I
wanted to cry, but in the presence of my peers, I couldn't let that happen, so I held it in. I remember being misty eyed for sure, but never full on crying.