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Transformers Prime Predacons Rising DVD Giveaway

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Optimus Prime Transformers Prime Beast Hunters Predacons RisingOn Tuesday October 8th the movie Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising will be available to purchase. I received a Blu-ray/DVD copy to watch and review. I wrote an early review of the movie but wanted to go into a little more detail and hopefully, not give away any spoilers. Haven’t heard about the show or the movie, here’s the trailer.

The movie takes place after the events of the series finale of Transformers Prime. The Autobots are now on a Cybertron that is beginning to be rebuilt. Optimus and the crew are just beginning that rebuilding process after they revived the planet’s core. The movie explores some themes that I hadn’t thought that a Transformers franchise would explore and they do something so very interesting with Megatron that you have to watch it to get the full effect. He’s bigger, badder and meaner than ever but something happens to him that I never thought I’d see.

Predaking is still around, nursing his wounds from the battle with Megatron in the series finale. But there are other predacons around and we see how they all interact with each other.

Optimus goes on a quest to find somethign that he hid from Megatron during the Great War. Bumblebee shows more of his mettle. The other bots are part of the story but sort of take a smaller role in deference to Bumblebee, Prime, Megatron and Predaking. It was a very compelling story.

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Review – Transformers Prime – Beast Hunters – Predacons Rising

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I was sent an advanced copy of Transformers Prime: Beast Hunters: Predacons Rising to watch and review. Opinions are 100% my own.

This Emmy Award-Winning, Ground-Breaking series comes to a stunning and spectacular conclusion in this 90 minute epilogue movie. To say that I liked it would be an understatement. It was fantastic. Here is the trailer.

The action picks up shortly after the events of the series finale. The Autobots are on a newly restored but not rebuilt Cybertron sans Ratchet who stayed with the humans on Earth. Starscream and Shockwave are on the loose along with an injured Predaking. Knock Out and many vehicons are prisoners. Megatron lies dead at the bottom of the ocean. Prime determines that it is time to search for the Allspark which he sent into deep space near the end of the Great War to keep it from Megatron. Unicron revives Megatron to serve as his physical vessel to exact revenge on Primus and this is where the story begins.

I won’t go into particulars of the movie at this time because it doesn’t come out for another couple of weeks (October 8th, mark your calendar). I will say that I watched it twice on the same day and it was satisfying and hit the emotional notes in the right places. Transformers Prime definitely has been the absolute best Transformers series ever to be put on the air. It took into consideration all that came before it and ushers in a new era of Transformers storytelling like never before. This DVD is a must for any fan.

I also liked the special feature of a behind the scenes look at the team at Polygon Studios in Japan. The way that the American and Japanese teams worked together certainly helped make this a truly special series.