It’s always a good time to look back at the utter strangeness of Transformers: The Movie.

The following contains spoilers forTransformers: The Movie.Just thought we should mention it.

The plots catalyst is Unicron: a colossal, globular machine Welles which is capable of devouring entire planets.

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Thats the plot in skeletal outline, anyway.

Take the opening sequence, for example: we see Unicrons outline, floating ominously through space.

Its a cool design, like the Death Star crossed with some kind of rotund insect.

The inside of Unicron is like a futuristic rendering of Dantes Inferno.

Full of color and rich with detail,is a sublime time capsule from a decade of excess.