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- Feb 22, 2024
I’ve wanted a Peter Weller Optimus for years, would really fit the more ruthless iterations like Coptimus. He’s up there in years so it’d probably be a once-off but I think he’d be great, that way Peter Cullen’s Optimus can be pivoted back to robot space dad and the audience who likes antihero Optimus can still have their fun.Probably an unpopular take, but I think the best non-Peter Optimus voices are when the VA just does something entirely different and doesn't try to be Peter. David Kaye is my favorite non-Peter Optimus and it's because while he kept some of the vibes, he allowed his Optimus to be his own person with his own voice rather than an impression. Brian Tyree Henry killed it as Megs in TFOne for similar reasons, and we wouldn't have gotten gems like Jeff Combs as Ratchet and Jeff Bennett as Prowl if we didn't allow the VAs to spread their wings a bit and do something different.
“Into the Prime-verse.”
Or a G2-style action hero Optimus voiced by Stallone or Arnold, that would be kino.
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