Nope not Gundam, but rather the Transformers movie. And I don't mean the Micheal Bay crap....this is the 1986 animated masterpiece....Staring such
greats as Leonard Nemoy, and Orson Welles (in his last....and greatest movie roll)!
Orson Welles said about his role
"You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy." He elaborated, "I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then
I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen."
Nope not Gundam, but rather the Transformers movie. And I don't mean the Micheal Bay crap....this is the 1986 animated masterpiece....Staring such
greats as Leonard Nemoy, and Orson Welles (in his last....and greatest movie roll)!
Orson Welles said about his role
"You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy." He elaborated, "I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then
I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen."
It took me some time to find this thread again, saw it before bed. So I saw your post which inspired me to relive my childhood, plus I never realized
Orson Welles was in it.
Watching it again after quite some time I was very surprised with the quality of the graphics. Recently I've been watching some old classics
including all the original Transformers cartoons and Voltron. My first impression was "damn, I don't remember those graphics being that crappy." I
certainly didn't feel that way last night.
Secondly.....the storyline! Um, wow! Seeing that movie now from a MUCH different context was kind of mind blowing. Maybe it's just the Conspiracy
Theorist in me but the "Matrix" lighting the "darkest hour". This Matrix is held by the Autobot's (common, useless eaters) who don't know how to
use it, even though it is within them (stores the matrix is his chest).
A sentient planet eating star.....
Autobot's (in service to others)
Megaton (in service to self)
Decepticons Nephilim, etc etc.
I loved when Hotrod opened the "Matrix" to light our darkest hour and breaks to song....."YOU got the touch, YOU got the power....."
Unicorn at the end loses his head and the very next clip is his body exploding. Watch closely because its fast, a metal "shaft" ( flies towards the
screen....Osiris?)