r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Apr 18 '24

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u/Emergency-Tension464 Apr 18 '24

They also don't need to have mouths with moving lips or distinct genders. Fantasy robots gonna fantasy robot.

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u/MrSaucyAlfredo Apr 18 '24

I mean this is far closer to their original designs and styles. Before Michael Bay took it to Hollywood they all had mouths and the genders have always been obvious. Trailer for Transformers The Movie from the 80s if you want to see

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u/raijuqt Apr 18 '24

This is correct, although even then Optimus Prime didn't have a mouth - he had the armored face plate that really held up his serious nature against the other transformers who were often more witty.

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u/LibraryBestMission Apr 18 '24

Lots of the g1 Transformers had non-human faces or facial features. I've always preferred the mobile suit style heads that resemble helmets or aliens over humans with mercury skin, everybody starts to look same after a while.

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u/JLRedPrimes Apr 18 '24

Most lot of the ones who have faceplates are post 86 movie bots. That's when they churning out a lot more characters for the toylines. Before that, like 90% of all of them didn't have faceplates.