![]() Ratchet, for all his cynicism, knows that Prime is a hero, and after seeing him in action, Ultra Magnus himself admitted that Optimus has excellent leadership skills. It's not about glory and destiny, it's about doing the right thing and going to your limit and beyond. ![]() He's had the speeches, he had the moves.but what was he missing? Maybe The Touch?īut since coming to Earth, Optimus has learned the truth about heroism. More than anything, Prime wanted to be a hero. Sentinel Prime sneers at Optimus's lowly repair job, and Supreme Commander Ultra Magnus once held the young officer in low regard. Despite his formidable abilities and skills, not everyone thought so highly of the young Prime. He transforms into a red truck cab that can be fitted with many kinds of " trailer" attachments (most notably one that makes him look like a fire engine) and wields a kick-ass, rocket-propelled, extendable battle axe, as well as multiple arm mounted modifications, including grappler cables, fire extinguishers and bola-whip throwers. Recently, his crew has landed on Earth, adopted jobs as semi-official superheroes and currently live in an abandoned Sumdac Systems warehouse.ĭespite his humble "Bot Next Door" persona, he performs his job with a dedicated seriousness. He is a relatively naive and idealistic young leader, prone to long-winded "inspirational" speeches who leads a small and inexperienced Autobot space bridge maintenance team. And, in fairness, Alan Tudyk has been playing the voice of Optimus Prime on the Paramount+ cartoon Transformers: EarthSpark, and nobody has been mad about that.A washout from the Cybertron Elite Guard, Optimus Prime was reassigned to space bridge repair duty under the supervision of Ratchet. Transformers: One could be awesome and with this amount of talent, there’s good reason to believe it will be great. But why change Prime? Arguably, it’s also odd that Frank Welker isn’t voicing Megatron, but it feels like most fans would agree that Megatron isn’t quite as iconic as Cullen’s voice as Prime. So historically having famous people as the voices of our robots in disguise is fine. In 1986, Transformers: The Movie (you’ve got the touch!) featured Robert Stack as Ultra Magnus, Leonard Nimoy as Galvatron, Judd Nelson as Hot Rodd, and in one of his final performances, Orson Welles as the voice of the planet-eating monster Transformer, Unicron. Now, in the past, the Transformers franchise has certainly never shied away from stunt-casting when it comes to famous voices. Apparently, Transformers: One will be a full reboot, which tells the origin story of Prime and Megatron, which will feature an impressive voice cast including the following: While Chris Hemsworth is obviously great, and wonderful as Thor, replacing Peter Cullen as the voice of Optimus Prime just feels.wrong. The man’s voice is so good - he was always the guy who pulled us into various worlds in countless movie trailers throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s.īut not anymore! The next animated Transformers reboot movie - called Transformers: One - will feature a new actor in the voice role of Optimus Prime: Chris Hemsworth! From the Michael Bay movies to the upcoming Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the voice of Optimus Prime has always been the distinctive, bass-heavy tones of Cullen. The 81-year-old began voicing Optimus Prime in for the original Transformers cartoon and has never stopped since. Since 1984, just one person has played the voice of Autobot leader Optimus Prime: Canadian voice actor Peter Cullen.
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