Optimus Prime or Megatron

Who's the man?

  • Optimus Prime

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  • Megatron

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Are those anything like GI Joe or Johnny West action figures? (they are not dolls!)
 
Optimus is a big overblown jerk. He's a hypocritical preacher who imposes his views on every other transformer and on ALL OF EARTH. Anyone who disagrees gets their heads blasted off by him and his posse. It's a mob-ruled system that he runs.

Megatron gets my vote.
 
I used to have a MASSIVE collection of the old school Transformers, Thundercats, He-man, and other 80's cartoon action figures! Those seemed like the golden years of cartoons to me. One of the best Optimus Prime vs. Megatron moments was during the animated movie when Optimus pulls out the light-saber type axe and Megatron pulls out the flail; legendary stuff.

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The original Megatron, and any other cartoon voiced by Frank Welker (look him up).





Wait a minute, this is the Busse forum. WTF am I doing posting here?
 
I have to say, I grew up with the Transformers and I vastly prefer the new design of Optimus. The original, drawn concept of him WAS as a long-nosed semi, and he only became a cabover when they realized it'd make the toy easier to design. Peterbuilt 379 is absolutely the epitome--to me--of a representation of Detroit steel, and analogous to the America of the 80s that I was brought up to believe in: noble, hardworking, and a voracious consumer of fossil fuels! :D

Cabovers always represented (in my mind) the sort of creeping Japanese-ism that was taking place at that time, arguing for less excess and more efficiency. Still pisses me off--I'm a REAL capitalist, and that means that if I have the money to do something then I can do it and to HELL with your more Eco-friendly, nimble cabover trucks with their smaller engines! Does a semi need to be able to do 100mph on the highway carrying a full load? No. But isn't it cool when it can? Yes, yes it is. :mad:

Edit to add: no, it is NOT lost on me, the irony that Transformers' roots are Japanese, both as an original concept and as far as the animation itself. That still doesn't mean I have to like cabover trucks...
 
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