>>7971920>I'm not saying the G1 film was much different than any 80's media from my perspectiveYou could, though. For an animated film of the time? It's schlock and rightfully bombed when put against things that weren't just merch driven toy commercials.
But for TV animation making a break into the big screen? Holy shit, they actually TRIED to make an effort. It didn't just look or sound like something you could already watch on Saturday morning. There was an attempt to tell a story that didn't feel like it was just a decompressed 22 minute story. They got real bands to perform actual songs (and it wasn't a musical). They did celebrity casting. They actually (error ridden as it may be) stepped up the animation quality.
You compare it to the contempories: He-Man and She-Ra: Secret of the Sword was just five episodes of the show edited together. Go-Bots: Challenge of the Rock Lords was made to be a theatrical film but you'd be forgiven for thinking it wasn't. Heck, even the "kill them off to make room for more toys" thing wasn't a Hasbro mandate as much as it was the writers seeing a chance to raise the stakes in a way the saturday morning format wouldn't let them.
But yeah. Just compare these two trailers and you see why people overblow the 86 movie:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zD-A6RtDpaghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_25RK5GbJIc 