I had the honor to meet Peter Cullen yesterday at Orlando Megacon, it was truly amazing to have a couple of minutes and chat with him, really humble guy, a true hero and role model to many of us! I hope he stays healthy for many years to come! 💯
Best part of all the films was the first time he said "my name is Optimus Prime". Sat in silence in cinema suddenly feeling like the ten year old I used to be. Chills. That moment made me smile more than any other.
Two years later, but I totally agree. I didn't like his introduction in the cartoon in fact: "We're Autobots, we're from Cybertron", that's it? I know it's a cartoon for kids, but that's an introduction? What is Cybertron anyway? Is it a planet? A state in the US? A different dimension? Who, or what are the Autobots? Is that a race, a faction, a cult? It could be whatever you'd think. Bayformers may be bad movies (or good, or best ever, opinions count, you know), but really his introduction nailed it. "My name is Optimus Prime. We're autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron". Now you have all the info you need, Cybertron is a planet, no doubt, he said it, they are robotic organisms, they are living robots basically. We know exactly, what they are. And that's, what I really like about the first Bayformers movie.
I think it was the "Let the humans die..." bit from Age of Extinction. Prime would NEVER say that. He SHOULD never say that! Optimus Prime values all life, even Megatron's. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, but he knows that if nobody opposes Megatron and the Decepticons, they'll kill millions to get what they want.
I think it might be the line from Age of Extinction after Optimus watches Ratchet and Leadfoot be murdered by humans. It's the line where he says, "Autobots... I have sworn to never kill humans. But when I find out who's behind this... he's going to _die_ ."
Optimus Prime/ aka Convoy has remained the blueprint for the Best part of Men. Honesty, Honor, Dignity, Courage, Compassion, Justice. The uncorruptable part of man that so many aspire to become. OP was a Marine, A Father and a Good Man. LEGEND and an inspiration to all Men and Boys.
Well if they ever were to find someone to fill the role Gary Chalk would be a perfect fit for the role thanks to his work with Beast Wars and the Unicron trilogy, but that's if Cullen would want to pass down the role.
@@cvlprime64 I'd rather take Gary than some VA doing a Cullen impression because you can never replicate another person's style the same way they did. Chalk has made the role his own before and I feel he could do that again
Peter Cullen has always been one of my favorite heroes... Not only for bringing Optimus and Ironhide to life but keeping them honorable and all the other characters he has done, Thank You from the bottom of my heart brother...🔺🔺🔺
His net worth is $6 million. Now that isn’t a small amount to most, but for Peter Cullen I don’t think that’s nearly enough. How much money has been made for the Transformer movie... billions!! He’s behind the main character, Optimus Prime and he doesn’t even 1% of what Transformers franchise has made and that’s not right.
Stix N' Stones *jumps on a roof of car full of ppl, causing a giant explosion that destroyed another few trucks too full of people * 10 mins later "I promised to never kill humans, but I'll have to break that promise"
Movie Optimus is an Optimus that has become disillusioned with his moral code. He's been betrayed by megatron, sentinel and the humans he swore to protect. He's cold. He's bitter. He's tired.
And Cullen based his portrayal on his brother' Larry's character....his brother was a USMC officer & Vietnam combat veteran. www.military.com/video/off-duty/movies/peter-cullen-explains-how-his-marine-vet-brother-inspired-optimus-prime/3813872158001
I only watched the movies because of action and entertainment value lol. I refuse to watch The Last Knight because of how shitty it is and how out of character Optimus was acting. Currently doing a rewrite on a fanfiction of Age of Extinction without that "I'll Kill You" line. It doesn't fit Optimus's character at all. Age of Extinction somewhat provided a plausible excuse as to why Optimus acted that way. The intention of my Age of Extinction rewrite is to take Optimus through a character arc where he goes back to the Optimus we know and love "be strong enough to be gentle" in a believable way and tone down his bloodthirsty lines, if I'm able to. The biggest out of character moment for Optimus in ROTF personally, other than "give me your face" was right before he shoots Demolishor in the face, he says "any last words?", its just so out of character.
@@leonf1111 Which is exactly what Peter was talking about in this video, that he "won", that he didn't have to say "that" again, right? So "I will kill you" echoing throughout the whole Bayformers series is definitely a "one time" thing, right? Right.
IMS, he turned down voicing Prime in the Robot Chicken sketch where he has cancer, because he didn't want to do a role that basically just made fun of the character.
IronClaw3000 There are other lines I felt that’s also out of character for Optimus Prime but idk this one just stand out the most for me. (if that made sense xD)
Moshi Mic Stands out yeah, but then again only Megatron seemed the most in character in these movies and even then he seemed evil because he's evil not to rebuild Cybertron. Hope the Bumblebee movie atleast makes future Transformers movies be more like characters then just props for the humans to use. :/
I got a feeling that line is gonna be one of the following: -"Give me your face." -"We will kill them all." -"Let the humans die." -"RAAAAH I WILL KILL YOU" (could be from anything)
I wonder if it's the "GIVE ME YOUR FACE" line from Revenge of the Fallen. Optimus Prime has been many things, but bloodthirsty isn't quite one of them. I mean, I'd love to see a Shattered Glass Transformers cartoon, and I know a lot of us would want to see Peter Cullen voicing evil Optimus Prime, but hearing this, I'm okay if it doesn't happen. If Cullen doesn't want to do it, then good on him for sticking to his morals. Optimus Prime certainly would be proud.
Could be. Could also be "lets find out" or even "Please" Prime begging for mercy is completely out of character.Also "but when I find out who's behind this, he's going to die." Not Prime either.
Reality Rejection Service no way, it had to be something truly out of character. Like foul language or somehow being rude or something along those lines
1 line is forever etched in my memory...Optimus Prime arrives on Earth, faces Megatron and says, "One shall stand, one shall fall." I AM AND FOREVER WILL BE AN AUTOBOT! The mark of the slave, when Optimus' name was Orion Pax.
I also read somewhere, a very long time ago, the Autobot symbol was the face of Prima, the first Prime. This was before The Covenant of Primus, when the Autobot origin was a created slave race of the Quintesons.
Would you believe before the outcry of fans to have Cullen Reprise the role of Optimus for the live action movies they were going to Have Tom Hanks voice Optimus Prime?
GhostbustersFan77 I think i watch a behind the scene of TF1 video where Bay said that he did planned for Optimus to be voiced by Peter again, saying that "It wouldn't be the same without him" or something, Which i agree to. Fun fact, the news of him revoicing Optimus got so much reaction, that its a Trope maker for TVtropes page 'And the Fandom Rejoiced', originally known as 'Cue Cullen'.
That would have been a huge mistake to have tom Hanks come in and do a legend's voice to Optimus Prime. As much as I love Tom Hanks it would have been a huge mistake.
@@Hodaris_Darlin That's not the thing though. The director wanted him to sound deeper, because Optimus is a giant robot, the original tone from the cartoon wouldn't be (according to the director Michael Bay) good enough.
Kinda wanna cry how they ruined my childhood cartoon by making it a third party product placement platform. I wish I wasn't in this timeline. There could've been a timeline where there wouldve been awesome transformers live action movies with humans being in the periphery instead of being the main focus like they originally was.
What was the line???? Does anybody know?? I mean, it couldn't possibly be that bad. But he says he won't repeat it, so it had to be bad language or something
I just wonder if Peter Cullen has ever seen his brother Larry in his dreams or even had seen a ghost of his brother Larry in real life. Honestly. Who knows what Peter Cullen is experiencing in his dreams or in real life? Honestly, no one knows because Peter Cullen never told anyone about them....
To the real fans, someone has been impersonating both Peter, and his deceased brother Larry,.. Please help The real Peter Cullen know this! Someone is using their pictures, and being very disrespectful!
Jett Pesson he has voiced the character for decades. He knows what the character is about. The Optimus Prime in the animated series would never say, "I'll kill you." You have no idea wtf you're talking about.
Jett Pesson if anything, you're actually the one who's full of himself lol you think you know better than the dude who voiced the character since '84? Fucking edgelords on TH-cam. Go make some shitty videos m8.
If I were writing a Transformers script, and Peter Cullen said that Optimus was acting completely out of character, _I would immediately start over._
Apparently Micheal Bay didn't listen
@@thevampirecielphantomhive2342 cause he is a idiot
Or let Peter improvise how he would feel Optimus Prime would act in the situation(s)
I had the honor to meet Peter Cullen yesterday at Orlando Megacon, it was truly amazing to have a couple of minutes and chat with him, really humble guy, a true hero and role model to many of us! I hope he stays healthy for many years to come! 💯
Best part of all the films was the first time he said "my name is Optimus Prime".
Sat in silence in cinema suddenly feeling like the ten year old I used to be. Chills. That moment made me smile more than any other.
"Are you Samuel James Witwicky...descendant of Archibald Witwicky?".................."Yes"..........."My name is OPTIMUS PRIME"....hair raising!
Two years later, but I totally agree. I didn't like his introduction in the cartoon in fact: "We're Autobots, we're from Cybertron", that's it? I know it's a cartoon for kids, but that's an introduction? What is Cybertron anyway? Is it a planet? A state in the US? A different dimension? Who, or what are the Autobots? Is that a race, a faction, a cult? It could be whatever you'd think.
Bayformers may be bad movies (or good, or best ever, opinions count, you know), but really his introduction nailed it. "My name is Optimus Prime. We're autonomous robotic organisms from the planet Cybertron". Now you have all the info you need, Cybertron is a planet, no doubt, he said it, they are robotic organisms, they are living robots basically. We know exactly, what they are. And that's, what I really like about the first Bayformers movie.
I think it was the "Let the humans die..." bit from Age of Extinction.
Prime would NEVER say that. He SHOULD never say that!
Optimus Prime values all life, even Megatron's. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, but he knows that if nobody opposes Megatron and the Decepticons, they'll kill millions to get what they want.
I agree
It could also be the "We'll kill them all" line from Dark side of the moon
he never said anything like that
I think it might be the line from Age of Extinction after Optimus watches Ratchet and Leadfoot be murdered by humans. It's the line where he says, "Autobots... I have sworn to never kill humans. But when I find out who's behind this... he's going to _die_ ."
I thought it was the "I will kill you" line (or something similar)
Optimus Prime/ aka Convoy has remained the blueprint for the Best part of Men. Honesty, Honor, Dignity, Courage, Compassion, Justice. The uncorruptable part of man that so many aspire to become. OP was a Marine, A Father and a Good Man. LEGEND and an inspiration to all Men and Boys.
Even when he's talking normally, you can hear the edges of Prime's voice sometimes.
It's just a few shades off of how Optimus Prime sounds in Transformers: Prime, just a tad higher and with a slightly smoother flow.
Jesus! This turned so toxic so fast!
Hence why I love people so much. :(
John Doe lmao are you okay there? Take a walk, breathe some air..
Jon Ericson I agree with you
You can NEVER replace Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, they are one. When Peter is gone, then and only then will Optimus be!
A New Hero Must Rise!
Arise, Rodimus Pri-hold up! 😡😡😡
Well if they ever were to find someone to fill the role Gary Chalk would be a perfect fit for the role thanks to his work with Beast Wars and the Unicron trilogy, but that's if Cullen would want to pass down the role.
@@cvlprime64 I'd rather take Gary than some VA doing a Cullen impression because you can never replicate another person's style the same way they did. Chalk has made the role his own before and I feel he could do that again
Peter Cullen has always been one of my favorite heroes... Not only for bringing Optimus and Ironhide to life but keeping them honorable and all the other characters he has done, Thank You from the bottom of my heart brother...🔺🔺🔺
Thank you Peter "Optimus Prime" Cullen, for and continue to be, a father figure to many of us!..my inner child cannot thank you enough! 🙌
Optimus prime is a legend, and this is the man who helped him become one.
you just gotta love this guy
close your eyes.... and just listen... you'll feel optimus
His net worth is $6 million. Now that isn’t a small amount to most, but for Peter Cullen I don’t think that’s nearly enough. How much money has been made for the Transformer movie... billions!! He’s behind the main character, Optimus Prime and he doesn’t even 1% of what Transformers franchise has made and that’s not right.
marter1987 ,,seriously dude ?
Peter Cullen seems like such a wholesome guy.
Honestly, Peter Cullen is one of my heros. Along with Mr. Rogers, James Roberts and Bob Budiansky.
Optimus is the father figure that everyone looks up to.
Optimus in the movies rips Deceptions' faces off & kills humans...
Justa Person Sometimes I wonder what it would be like if G1/prime Optimus and Movie Optimus met... It wouldn't end well
Stix N' Stones *jumps on a roof of car full of ppl, causing a giant explosion that destroyed another few trucks too full of people *
10 mins later
"I promised to never kill humans, but I'll have to break that promise"
If u think characters in movies are role models u need to get out more. Just saying.
Movie Optimus is an Optimus that has become disillusioned with his moral code. He's been betrayed by megatron, sentinel and the humans he swore to protect.
He's cold. He's bitter. He's tired.
We got ourselves a G oner.
Jk, love G1 Optimus and all others, even of they have their flaws...
If Leadership has a Voice. It’s Yours sir.
That voice... The one that I remember when I was a young boy... Give me chills i feel like i am a 7 year old boy again.. Thanks you sir..
What an absolute FUCKING legend.
Man, it’s so nice to see Peter taking his roll so personally. That, and he acknowledged the fact that the Movie-veurse Optimus is pretty dam OOC.
And Cullen based his portrayal on his brother' Larry's character....his brother was a USMC officer & Vietnam combat veteran. www.military.com/video/off-duty/movies/peter-cullen-explains-how-his-marine-vet-brother-inspired-optimus-prime/3813872158001
Cyber Searcher That's precisely why I refuse to watch the movies.
I only watched the movies because of action and entertainment value lol. I refuse to watch The Last Knight because of how shitty it is and how out of character Optimus was acting. Currently doing a rewrite on a fanfiction of Age of Extinction without that "I'll Kill You" line. It doesn't fit Optimus's character at all. Age of Extinction somewhat provided a plausible excuse as to why Optimus acted that way. The intention of my Age of Extinction rewrite is to take Optimus through a character arc where he goes back to the Optimus we know and love "be strong enough to be gentle" in a believable way and tone down his bloodthirsty lines, if I'm able to.
The biggest out of character moment for Optimus in ROTF personally, other than "give me your face" was right before he shoots Demolishor in the face, he says "any last words?", its just so out of character.
Exactly.
Optimus Prime's Champion.
The guy asking the question sounds like "comic book guy" from the Simpsons.
He is talking about when Optimus says " I'll Kill You"!!!
i thought it was the "Give me your face"
Yep and they made him say it a bunch of times, that's what bothered me
Yeah, that sounds very unlike Prime!
@@leonf1111 Which is exactly what Peter was talking about in this video, that he "won", that he didn't have to say "that" again, right? So "I will kill you" echoing throughout the whole Bayformers series is definitely a "one time" thing, right? Right.
Wait how did you know
he is legend
When hearing Peter say all this, it makes me feel really sick to the pit of my stomach, how the movies came out and how they made prime out to be..
Hopefully the reboot will have Prime return to his morals like in G1 or TFP.
agree and the what hey did to Megatron still upsets me they should had went with galvatron for the movie if they was gonna fuck up Megatron like that
Transformers Prime is the best show that Peter Cullen voiced Optimus Prime on.
@@michaelmahabir213 that would be G1. Prime is second best.
IMS, he turned down voicing Prime in the Robot Chicken sketch where he has cancer, because he didn't want to do a role that basically just made fun of the character.
I thought this was for Age of Extinction, where he was to say "..promised to never kill a human, but they will die."
IronClaw3000 Exact same thing i was thinking
IronClaw3000 Pretty sure it’s “I have sworn to never kill humans. But when I find out who’s behind this, he’s going to die.” But I’m just saying xD.
Moshi Mic
Yeah that's the one I think he didn't want to say.
IronClaw3000 There are other lines I felt that’s also out of character for Optimus Prime but idk this one just stand out the most for me. (if that made sense xD)
Moshi Mic
Stands out yeah, but then again only Megatron seemed the most in character in these movies and even then he seemed evil because he's evil not to rebuild Cybertron.
Hope the Bumblebee movie atleast makes future Transformers movies be more like characters then just props for the humans to use. :/
I got a feeling that line is gonna be one of the following:
-"Give me your face."
-"We will kill them all."
-"Let the humans die."
-"RAAAAH I WILL KILL YOU" (could be from anything)
I wonder if it's the "GIVE ME YOUR FACE" line from Revenge of the Fallen. Optimus Prime has been many things, but bloodthirsty isn't quite one of them.
I mean, I'd love to see a Shattered Glass Transformers cartoon, and I know a lot of us would want to see Peter Cullen voicing evil Optimus Prime, but hearing this, I'm okay if it doesn't happen. If Cullen doesn't want to do it, then good on him for sticking to his morals. Optimus Prime certainly would be proud.
Could be. Could also be "lets find out" or even "Please" Prime begging for mercy is completely out of character.Also
"but when I find out who's behind this, he's going to die." Not Prime either.
Reality Rejection Service no way, it had to be something truly out of character. Like foul language or somehow being rude or something along those lines
Lindsay Jackson "You fucking metal bastard"
I’d have Gary Chalk voice Shattered Glass Optimus.
Yeah, I am pretty sure it is either this or "YOU DIE"
It’s probably the “He’s going to die” line from Age of Extinction.
1 line is forever etched in my memory...Optimus Prime arrives on Earth, faces Megatron and says, "One shall stand, one shall fall." I AM AND FOREVER WILL BE AN AUTOBOT! The mark of the slave, when Optimus' name was Orion Pax.
I also read somewhere, a very long time ago, the Autobot symbol was the face of Prima, the first Prime. This was before The Covenant of Primus, when the Autobot origin was a created slave race of the Quintesons.
I bet its "give me your face"
Stevey McSkibbins or I'll kill you all?
I think he said that
My face is tired... :)
JustJanthin I was thinking the same
Or "defend my family....or die"
I say it when he says I'll kill you!
They should make him an extra in some scenes for extra credit. And let him speak a common voice
Would you believe before the outcry of fans to have Cullen Reprise the role of Optimus for the live action movies they were going to Have Tom Hanks voice Optimus Prime?
The rage must have been palatable. Even Micheal Bay was probably scared.
Micheal Bay received Death Threats while filming the first Transformers movie. Not just for Voice casting.
GhostbustersFan77 I think i watch a behind the scene of TF1 video where Bay said that he did planned for Optimus to be voiced by Peter again, saying that "It wouldn't be the same without him" or something, Which i agree to.
Fun fact, the news of him revoicing Optimus got so much reaction, that its a Trope maker for TVtropes page 'And the Fandom Rejoiced', originally known as 'Cue Cullen'.
Eeewww what? Was some of the outcry from tom himself bc I can se him getting angry too!
That would have been a huge mistake to have tom Hanks come in and do a legend's voice to Optimus Prime. As much as I love Tom Hanks it would have been a huge mistake.
“Give me your face” and “I’ll kill you” are so NOT Optimus Prime. One of those was probably the line he was referring to.
By now, all of you know he sounded different then, than he does the past 5-10 years, right?
Yeah, It's much deeper and wiser. Still the best voice ever!
Septimus - Prime Yes, people's voices tend to get deeper the older they get, even women's.
@@Hodaris_Darlin That's not the thing though. The director wanted him to sound deeper, because Optimus is a giant robot, the original tone from the cartoon wouldn't be (according to the director Michael Bay) good enough.
Of course, voices change over time, but it is still easily recognized
Autobots! Roll out!
I am Optimus Prime
I think he was talking about either "give me your face" or "i rise you fall"
my guess is "give me your face!"
Oh man there are so many out of character moments in those movies. If I had to pick one though I'd bet it was "kill them all" in the third movie
Kinda wanna cry how they ruined my childhood cartoon by making it a third party product placement platform. I wish I wasn't in this timeline. There could've been a timeline where there wouldve been awesome transformers live action movies with humans being in the periphery instead of being the main focus like they originally was.
KNO Yeah, Michael Bay doesn't & never did have a clue as to what he's doing. He's a fucking tool.
Shut the fuck up you worthless bag of waste sitting on your couch complaining about someone else's accomplishments! 🤬🤬🤬
I bet it's "WE WILL KILL THEM ALL" from Dark of the Moon
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Yay Optimus beats Megatron!
Dude looks like Robert Downy Jrs dad.
Iv got a lot of meat and potato pies from pimbletes junction st helens mersey side
What the hell
It's also his biggest paycheck by far....call me a cynic if you will but thems the facts!
What was the line???? Does anybody know?? I mean, it couldn't possibly be that bad. But he says he won't repeat it, so it had to be bad language or something
Why are my post being blocked?
I just wonder if Peter Cullen has ever seen his brother Larry in his dreams or even had seen a ghost of his brother Larry in real life. Honestly. Who knows what Peter Cullen is experiencing in his dreams or in real life? Honestly, no one knows because Peter Cullen never told anyone about them....
In the benining gin
Who are the 32 losers that disliked this video???
To the real fans, someone has been impersonating both Peter, and his deceased brother Larry,.. Please help The real Peter Cullen know this! Someone is using their pictures, and being very disrespectful!
Dude is full of himself lol. Just SAY THE LINE LIKE PRIME SAID IT!
Jett Pesson he has voiced the character for decades. He knows what the character is about. The Optimus Prime in the animated series would never say, "I'll kill you." You have no idea wtf you're talking about.
wockytix meh
Jett Pesson if anything, you're actually the one who's full of himself lol you think you know better than the dude who voiced the character since '84?
Fucking edgelords on TH-cam. Go make some shitty videos m8.
Meh
Mini Em Official no u