Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time

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Empire magazine had a poll asking its reader to create the defining list of 100 best movie characters in all cinema history. While Transformers started out (and is still) as a presence on the television, it seems they are now a true staple of cinema since Optimus Prime (the movie version, mind you) was chosen as the 98th greatest movie character of all time. On the list, he beats out Edna Mode from the Incredibles and Randle McMurphy from One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. He also technically beats every single movie character ever except for 97 of them.

Here is his entry:

098

Optimus Prime

APPEARANCE: The Transformers series (2007-2014)
CREATOR: Denny O’Neil, Jim Shooter, Bob Budiansky
PERFORMER: Peter Cullen (voice)
DEFINING MOMENT: Riding high on a mecha dinosaur in Age Of Extinction.
FASCINATING FACT: He has his own Mr. Potatohead, called Optimash Prime (“More than meets the fry”).

Here was the top 10 to those who are curious:

1. Indiana Jones
2. James Bond
3. Han Solo (Star Wars)
4. Batman
5. Ellen Ripley (Alien)
6. The Joker
7. John McClane (Die Hard)
8. Tyler Durden (Fight Club)
9. Darth Vader (Star Wars)
10. The Dude (The Big Lebowski)

Credit(s): Empire

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Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720025)
Posted by RhA on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:34pm CDT

1. It's cool Optimus is considered.
2. There are more deserving characters on this list.
3. Prepare for internet-poopstorm.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720027)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:39pm CDT

DEFINING MOMENT: Riding high on a mecha dinosaur in Age Of Extinction.

RhA wrote:3. Prepare for internet-poopstorm.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720028)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:40pm CDT

RhA wrote:1. It's cool Optimus is considered.
2. There are more deserving characters on this list.
3. Prepare for internet-poopstorm.

Does it make a difference that this time it was the Internet who chose this? I discovered this while listening to the Empire Podcast and the critic talking about it was totally against Prime being there. haha!

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720031)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:54pm CDT

Indiana Jones huh? Not who I would have put for #1. Expected Darth Vader to be a little higher though. Great to see The Dude make the top 10!

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720033)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:57pm CDT

Burn wrote:Indiana Jones huh? Not who I would have put for #1. Expected Darth Vader to be a little higher though. Great to see The Dude make the top 10!

That's the one that really surprised me. How popular is that film?!

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720034)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on August 22nd, 2015 @ 5:59pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:Indiana Jones huh? Not who I would have put for #1. Expected Darth Vader to be a little higher though. Great to see The Dude make the top 10!

That's the one that really surprised me. How popular is that film?!

Check it

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720035)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:00pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:
Burn wrote:Indiana Jones huh? Not who I would have put for #1. Expected Darth Vader to be a little higher though. Great to see The Dude make the top 10!

That's the one that really surprised me. How popular is that film?!

Film popularity doesn't really come into it, The Dude is just, The Dude. There is no other like him.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720039)
Posted by Madeus Prime on August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:28pm CDT

Well, no surprise that he's at the bottom of the barrel. All I can say is at least Bumblebee wasn't on there.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720042)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 6:54pm CDT

He should be number one, no questions asked. Not only is he my favorite movie character of all time, but movie Optimus is THE greatest fictional character of all time, period.

As it stands, 98 out of a billion isn't bad and I'm going to bake Optimus a celebratory cake, regardless.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720053)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:51pm CDT

How on Earth are the Minions better characters than NORMAN BATES?!! >:oP

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720054)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:52pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:How on Earth are the Minions better characters than NORMAN BATES?!!

People don't squee over norman bates. People are dumb sometimes.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720058)
Posted by dragons on August 22nd, 2015 @ 7:59pm CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
DEFINING MOMENT: Riding high on a mecha dinosaur in Age Of Extinction.

RhA wrote:3. Prepare for internet-poopstorm.

No one had problem when wheelie did it in animated movie, but when jazz and blaster talk in rhyme no one complained but people complained about wheelie talking in rhyme.

Should be great ful m. Bay made this series into popular movies bay made transformers more popular all over again g1 series didn't never made much sense, same with g1 comics scorponok being same size as grimlock scorponok is city transformer head master and he is same size as Dino bots in g1 comics but unicron and combines are not,.

If we had new director taking over number three film will it be successful and make sense new directors took over for tim burton for batman sequels gave batman and robin bat nipples on costumes made goth,a city colorful gigantic castle city with dark circus lights, and director with Brandon Ruth superman returns man of steel turned out better and exciting than superman returns

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720067)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 22nd, 2015 @ 8:16pm CDT

I am happy Optimus made the list. He really has become an icon in the movieverse and despite what people say about him, he is a great character. Surprised Bee didn't make the list too, but we must also consider some of the big names on there and the ones that aren't

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720071)
Posted by jaws on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:02pm CDT

Only #98? Wrong in my opinion.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720080)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:23pm CDT

jaws wrote:Only #98? Wrong in my opinion.

Well technically this means he beats every single character from harry potter except Harry himself, as well as Princess Lea, Darth Maul, every single Liam Neeson character, every single gary oldman character, as well as every character played by Peter Lore and Vincent Price, all the movie monsters, Ben Hur, Sparticus, King Leonidas, Spock, Tintin, marry poppins, Bishop from Aliens, Dr Allen Grant, Santa Clause, Hulk and Thor himself.

I think his presence on this list instead of any of those above pissed way more people than any of us pissed Optimus isnt any higher.

Personally, I am super surprised Patrick Bateman is so high on this list and that Captain Mal Reynolds beats both Star Lord and Captain Kirk.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720083)
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:31pm CDT

"Your all-time favourite heroes and villains exclusively revealed!"
What a bizarrely nonsensical statement. I mean, a silly reader-voted poll pretending to be fact is a given, but implying I have to go to one specific site to find out my own personal favorites? Pffft HAHAH!!

I'm rather amused GotG managed to get two entries in there -- and neither of them Rocket! The other franchises that did that are obvious mainstays like Star Wars and Batman.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720085)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 9:40pm CDT

Noideaforaname wrote:"Your all-time favourite heroes and villains exclusively revealed!"
What a bizarrely nonsensical statement. I mean, a silly reader-voted poll pretending to be fact is a given, but implying I have to go to one specific site to find out my own personal favorites? Pffft HAHAH!!

I'm rather amused GotG managed to get two entries in there -- and neither of them Rocket! The other franchises that did that are obvious mainstays like Star Wars and Batman.

Oh and I realize Superman didnt make the list. So just think of all the Superman fans out there who see that Optimus Prime beat him, HA!

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720090)
Posted by Noideaforaname on August 22nd, 2015 @ 10:15pm CDT

I'd think Superman fans (or fans of anything else that didn't make the list) would be far more annoyed at Minions beating their favorites than Optimus Prime. Optimus at least turns into a truck and rides fire-breathing dinosaurs, Minions... say "banana" funny.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720096)
Posted by OptimalOptimus2 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:26pm CDT

Indiana Jones as number one? How random. I thought Darth Vader would have made it as number one.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720097)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:28pm CDT

OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Indiana Jones as number one? How random. I thought Darth Vader would have made it as number one.

Vader's pre-Sith past obviously affected the way people view him now. :-P

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720101)
Posted by Burn on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:35pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Indiana Jones as number one? How random. I thought Darth Vader would have made it as number one.
Vader's pre-Sith past obviously affected the way people view him now.

That is quite possible.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720104)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:40pm CDT

Burn wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
OptimalOptimus2 wrote:Indiana Jones as number one? How random. I thought Darth Vader would have made it as number one.
Vader's pre-Sith past obviously affected the way people view him now.

That is quite possible.

I found myself quite dumb for an instant since I actually went: "well thank the Lord Anakin isn't on this list".

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720105)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:41pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Lord Anakin

Oh dear.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720106)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:42pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Lord Anakin
Oh dear.

Oh man, commas can be so important.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720110)
Posted by william-james88 on August 22nd, 2015 @ 11:55pm CDT

Hey guys, are King Kong and Godzilla considered characters you think? Because if so, I think there are some BIG omissions here.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720118)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 23rd, 2015 @ 12:12am CDT

Agreed. there are some interesting choices here both included and excluded

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720123)
Posted by fenrir72 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 12:19am CDT

Top 100? Well deserved. Maybe for me, the top five but hey, you don't get everything you want in life. :-P

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720130)
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 23rd, 2015 @ 1:36am CDT

I'd put him way higher. I frickin' love movie Optimus Prime.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720202)
Posted by Lucky Logician on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:07am CDT

Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best movie characters of all time? :???:

Don't you need character development in order to actually be a character in a movie? :-?

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720205)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:35am CDT

Lucky Logician wrote:Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best movie characters of all time?

Don't you need character development in order to actually be a character in a movie?

Show me where he didn't have development.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720210)
Posted by Madeus Prime on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:59am CDT

william-james88 wrote:Hey guys, are King Kong and Godzilla considered characters you think? Because if so, I think there are some BIG omissions here.

Whoa, I didn't look at the list in detail. That's a huge muckup! :BOOM:

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720232)
Posted by Deadput on August 23rd, 2015 @ 1:40pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:
Show me where he didn't have development.

Sly I don't think you know what character development is.

I like the movies but even I can see how the robots have no character and only Optimus shows a little bit

But in no way does any of them have development.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720241)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 3:15pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Show me where he didn't have development.

Sly I don't think you know what character development is.

I like the movies but even I can see how the robots have no character and only Optimus shows a little bit

But in no way does any of them have development.

Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Sentinel, and Lockdown all had it. The Fallen had a bit of it and so did Crosshairs, just a tiny bit. You can't tell me none of them had any development.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720242)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on August 23rd, 2015 @ 3:21pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Show me where he didn't have development.

Sly I don't think you know what character development is.

I like the movies but even I can see how the robots have no character and only Optimus shows a little bit

But in no way does any of them have development.

Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Sentinel, and Lockdown all had it. The Fallen had a bit of it and so did Crosshairs, just a tiny bit. You can't tell me none of them had any development.

You're right, their development involved killing or dying.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720243)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 23rd, 2015 @ 3:27pm CDT

SW's SilverHammer wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Show me where he didn't have development.

Sly I don't think you know what character development is.

I like the movies but even I can see how the robots have no character and only Optimus shows a little bit

But in no way does any of them have development.

Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Sentinel, and Lockdown all had it. The Fallen had a bit of it and so did Crosshairs, just a tiny bit. You can't tell me none of them had any development.

You're right, their development involved killing or dying.

what about the fact that optimus' opinions of humans flux all the time and lockdown is immensely dedicated to his creators, or Sentinel had his mission of saving his planet and that was the only goal?

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720244)
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on August 23rd, 2015 @ 3:34pm CDT

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:
SW's SilverHammer wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Show me where he didn't have development.

Sly I don't think you know what character development is.

I like the movies but even I can see how the robots have no character and only Optimus shows a little bit

But in no way does any of them have development.

Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron, Sentinel, and Lockdown all had it. The Fallen had a bit of it and so did Crosshairs, just a tiny bit. You can't tell me none of them had any development.

You're right, their development involved killing or dying.

what about the fact that optimus' opinions of humans flux all the time and lockdown is immensely dedicated to his creators, or Sentinel had his mission of saving his planet and that was the only goal?

How could I forget about those. And then they killed people or died, that's what we call a character arc in the biz : D

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720254)
Posted by william-james88 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 4:11pm CDT

Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720257)
Posted by Burn on August 23rd, 2015 @ 4:18pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

He took off to go beat people up.

Same as he's been doing since the first movie.

Optimus Prime is nothing more than a bully looking to subjugate the Decepticons who are doing nothing more than wanting their race to expand across the galaxy.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720269)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 4:46pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

I'm sure by the end of AOE, Optimus still hates humanity. He just knows it's his duty to protect them, no matter what. After all, the reason the Decepticons came to Earth in the first place was his fault.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720291)
Posted by Deadput on August 23rd, 2015 @ 6:27pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

I'm sure by the end of AOE, Optimus still hates humanity. He just knows it's his duty to protect them, no matter what. After all, the reason the Decepticons came to Earth in the first place was his fault.

Except it was Megatron's fault since he started the war and got to Earth first.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720330)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 9:42pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

I'm sure by the end of AOE, Optimus still hates humanity. He just knows it's his duty to protect them, no matter what. After all, the reason the Decepticons came to Earth in the first place was his fault.

Except it was Megatron's fault since he started the war and got to Earth first.

But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720339)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 23rd, 2015 @ 9:54pm CDT

mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

I'm sure by the end of AOE, Optimus still hates humanity. He just knows it's his duty to protect them, no matter what. After all, the reason the Decepticons came to Earth in the first place was his fault.

Except it was Megatron's fault since he started the war and got to Earth first.

And it was The Fallen's fault for both turning Megatron to the dark side and for building the Great Machine on Earth in the first place, which is what drew the AllSpark to the planet. Optimus never knew of the Star Harvester being on Earth or that the AllSpark would be drawn to it. When he launched it, he shot it into the Alkaris Anomaly, a wormhole in space that has a potentially infinite number of exits, meaning that enters it gets spit out at random into ANY place in the universe. It just so happened that the AllSpark was still drawn to the Great Machine on Earth regardless of where it got spat out.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720341)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 23rd, 2015 @ 9:59pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.

See my previous post right before this one. He did not send it to Earth, he sent it to the Alkaris Anomaly. The AllSpark went to Earth on its own, drawn there by The Fallen's Great Machine.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720351)
Posted by william-james88 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:10pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
william-james88 wrote:Well to be fair, tha autobots started in AOE by not caring about the humans. And at the end, they do. So much so that Optimus then rises to space to take down anyone who would hurt his beloved human friends. Isn't that development?

I'm sure by the end of AOE, Optimus still hates humanity. He just knows it's his duty to protect them, no matter what. After all, the reason the Decepticons came to Earth in the first place was his fault.

Except it was Megatron's fault since he started the war and got to Earth first.
And it was The Fallen's fault for both turning Megatron to the dark side and for building the Great Machine on Earth in the first place, which is what drew the AllSpark to the planet. Optimus never knew of the Star Harvester being on Earth or that the AllSpark would be drawn to it. When he launched it, he shot it into the Alkaris Anomaly, a wormhole in space that has a potentially infinite number of exits, meaning that enters it gets spit out at random into ANY place in the universe. It just so happened that the AllSpark was still drawn to the Great Machine on Earth regardless of where it got spat out.

I watched all the films and I never got that story from them.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720357)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:15pm CDT

It's war, violence can be expected. And in this case, it seems the best way to end a war is to annihilate those threatening said life. Optimus just became more of a warrior than a philosopher in the movies, and to me thats cool. slight tweak to the character

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720359)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:19pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:I watched all the films and I never got that story from them.

That's cuz the movies can't be bothered to go that deep into its own lore, leaving that task to fall to the Movieverse comics and novels instead (back when those were a thing, anyway, in the pre-AOE years).

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720378)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 23rd, 2015 @ 10:53pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.
See my previous post right before this one. He did not send it to Earth, he sent it to the Alkaris Anomaly. The AllSpark went to Earth on its own, drawn there by The Fallen's Great Machine.

I know he didn't sent it to Earth on purpose. But if he hadn't jettisoned it off Cybertron, it never would have found its way to Earth in the first place.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720381)
Posted by Deadput on August 23rd, 2015 @ 11:01pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.
See my previous post right before this one. He did not send it to Earth, he sent it to the Alkaris Anomaly. The AllSpark went to Earth on its own, drawn there by The Fallen's Great Machine.

I know he didn't sent it to Earth on purpose. But if he hadn't jettisoned it off Cybertron, it never would have found its way to Earth in the first place.

Which he did cause of Megatron and the Decepticons which in the movies clearly show they are psychotic and not like G1 or other continuities

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720382)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 23rd, 2015 @ 11:01pm CDT

SlyTF1 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.
See my previous post right before this one. He did not send it to Earth, he sent it to the Alkaris Anomaly. The AllSpark went to Earth on its own, drawn there by The Fallen's Great Machine.

I know he didn't sent it to Earth on purpose. But if he hadn't jettisoned it off Cybertron, it never would have found its way to Earth in the first place.

If he hadn't jettisoned it, Megatron would have seized it and won in the end, and that's a BAD thing.

Re: Optimus Prime chosen as one of the best Movie Characters of all time (1720396)
Posted by SlyTF1 on August 24th, 2015 @ 12:11am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
SlyTF1 wrote:But Optimus sent the Allapsrk to Earth. If he hadn't, Megatron probably would have never even known about Earth.
See my previous post right before this one. He did not send it to Earth, he sent it to the Alkaris Anomaly. The AllSpark went to Earth on its own, drawn there by The Fallen's Great Machine.

I know he didn't sent it to Earth on purpose. But if he hadn't jettisoned it off Cybertron, it never would have found its way to Earth in the first place.
If he hadn't jettisoned it, Megatron would have seized it and won in the end, and that's a BAD thing.

It definitely was The Fallen's fault initially, but Optimus still feels like it's his responsibility for involving the humans, I'm sure. That's my point.

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