Can a character who shouted “Give me your face!” really be called a “hero”? To the enemy just before all Edgein go to them? Ask for Optimus Prime.
The Autobot leader definitely got his start as a good robot in Michael Bay’s 2007 live-action film. transformersA common complaint cast against Optimus Prime in that movie was that he sought the all-powerful Allspark to bring the Autobots vs. Decepticons war to the streets of Mission City, endangering countless lives. But that decision was actually made by Josh Duhamel’s Captain Lennox, and as soon as Optimus arrived on the scene, he took possession of the Allspark and tried to keep the fight away from the humans. He even offered to sacrifice his life to fuse with the Allspark and destroy it – that’s exactly what a hero does.
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However, even at that time, there was a point of concern about Optimus Prime’s actions.
For one thing, he allowed Bumblebee to be captured by Sector 7, not wanting to risk losing the Allspark, thus sacrificing him to a shadowy, torture-filled government organization. was informed of the death of comrade Jazz, torn in half By Megatron, his response was “Oh no! Anyway…” Optimus could excuse this by saying he was fighting a war. But the problem is that Optimus is an eternal veteran. bloodshed Oil war for Cybertron everytime in war mode. And that essentially makes some of the things he’s done in the live-action movies war crimes.
in the 2009 sequel Revenge of the Fallen, The Autobots team up with the humans to hunt down all remaining Decepticons on Earth, including the Demolishers, for whom Prime performs headshots at point-blank range. rear He was already incapacitated and posed no threat. This had to violate some sort of Robotics Geneva Convention on POW.
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Throughout the movie, the only thing Optimus seems to care about is killing the Decepticons. Perhaps it will go up in flames of glory with the potential to save Cybertron after the Allspark is lost, and halfway through the movie, he grants his wish to die at Megatron’s hands.
later Revenge of the Fallen, Optimus comes to life in the Matrix of Leadership. Revival is often a tricky business. Sometimes things come back… wrong. Add to that the fact that Optimus his prime was augmented with Decepticon Jetfire parts (supposedly changed sides, but still) and suddenly Optimus is the original Decepticon There are plenty of scenes where Deli becomes his slicer all in the Fallen’s face. Makes more sense.
Optimus will continue down this dark path with its 2011 follow-up dark of the moon, Something inside him broke when he was betrayed by his mentor, Sentinel Prime. In the very same movie, he allows the Decepticons to launch an attack on Chicago, causing 1,300 deaths, proving that the Decepticons are a threat to Earth. Sentinel actually accused Optimus of not prioritizing. More Needs Than Few Needs (Cute, because he was vocalizing Khan’s Wrathof Leonard Nimoy). But it was Optimus who was the real number cruncher in the film’s fate, deciding that over a thousand innocent deaths were an acceptable sacrifice to save the rest of humanity. , one must wonder how much consideration was given to his decision to slaughter his enemies again…
In fact, when leading a counterattack against Chicago, Optimus would not give inspirational speeches like “Save the Earth” or “Let’s honor the sacrifices of those lost here,” but rather, “We will help them.” I will kill all of them.” That’s not entirely accurate, though, because Optimus doesn’t “kill” Megatron in the movie, he inflicts a mortal kombat wound on him by ripping off his head and spine.
Like all movies, the little goodness left in Optimus Prime was whittled away until he was empty. era of extinction, Humans kill several Autobots, and Optimus witnesses Stanley Tucci’s character melting his friend’s corpse into metal to create his own Transformers. I realize that I will never be a living creature.they always machine The parts can be removed or, from their point of view, the corpse can be desecrated for profit. After that, his spirit never missed an opportunity.
At the end of the film, Optimus leaves Earth to search for the creators of Transformers. last knightThe problem is that she turns out to be a kind of dick. Whether human or robot, the spirit takes on many things: war, mutilated corpses of friends, betrayal. But, well, knowing that God exists and that it’s a jerk would be too much for many to handle. But what actually happened was similar to what the Joker did to Harvey Dent. dark Knight. All the OP got was a little push on the edge when he was already hanging in roboheels.
Finally, Bumblebee helped Prime get back to normal, and the OP’s Purple Eye case isn’t really brainwashing, it’s a psychotic episode caused by trauma that’s 100% recurring. We have proved that, if anything, last knight After learning that Earth, “the only place in the universe that people have allowed me to call home”, is actually Unicron, who in Cybertronian religions appears to be their version of demons. , Optimus goes into an even more fragile state of mind.
Unless Optimus gets professional help, he could continue to succumb to demons on a regular basis until he’s put on trial in Space Hague. bumblebee instead of dealing with it.
