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Transformers (Animated) The Movie (1986)

  • Transformers (Animated) The Movie (1986)

    For an animated movie aimed at kids, "Transformers" has a crazy-high body count. Early drafts of the script featured even more deaths. The biggest on-screen RIP that still rocks kids' souls? Optimus Prime. The debate over whether or not to kill Prime caused "steaming arguments" among the filmmakers, according to screenwriter Ron Friedman -- who was violently against killing this "father figure" and "icon."
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    Transformers (Animated) The Movie (1986)

    For an animated movie aimed at kids, "Transformers" has a crazy-high body count. Early drafts of the script featured even more deaths. The biggest on-screen RIP that still rocks kids' souls? Optimus Prime. The debate over whether or not to kill Prime caused "steaming arguments" among the filmmakers, according to screenwriter Ron Friedman -- who was violently against killing this "father figure" and "icon."