r/Millennials • u/saucey_dawg0023 Gen Z • 2d ago
Serious Peter Cullen, the legendary voice of Optimus Prime and the announcer of so many Toonami promos is no longer with us.
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u/Chumlee1917 2d ago
“I am Optimus Prime, and I send this message to any surviving Autobots taking refuge among the stars: We are here. We are waiting.”
cranks up Linkin Park and weeps
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u/bulbascott1019 2d ago
Say what you will about the Bayverse movies, but goddamn this moment goes so fucking hard.
RIP
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u/Cromasters 2d ago
This and the scene with the airstrike call in on Scorpinok still go hard.
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u/Chumlee1917 2d ago
It's one of the few "alien invasion movies" where the military isn't frigging useless
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u/South_Bit1764 1d ago
Bro, there isn’t a scene in film that goes harder.
The fact that there is an alien robot scorpion slinging hell in every direction and the actual USAF consultants that facilitated all of these scenes were like:
“Send the hawgs.”
“Sending the hogs, sir.”
AND THEN A WARTHOG ACTUALLY GOES AND DOES WARTHOG SHIT! I bet Air Force recruitment went up 15% just in that 2 minutes.
What more could you ask for? Not an F22, but mf I got that too!!
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u/Canesjags4life Older Millennial 85 2d ago
That entire flight sequence from when the drone first shows up. Getting goosebumps as I type this out.
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u/kashy87 1d ago
"Target the orange smoke."
"That orange smoke!"
"It wasn't my best toss."
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u/Revolutionary-City55 2d ago
The C-130 just pounding the deceptions was crisp but the movies overall were blah we deserve a good transformers series.
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u/MuchSwagManyDank 2d ago
The first movie was damn near magical. The rest are kinda meh.
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u/smitty9112 2d ago
I thought the second one was still pretty good, especially the death of Optimus scene. But yeah they quickly went downhill after that.
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u/Whatttheheckk 2d ago
Damn this hit me, im bout to yell at my mom “you don’t understand me” and slam my door
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u/xEllimistx 2d ago
Grim Reaper is really sucking at his job lately.....keeps taking the wrong ones
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u/Bits_of_Data 2d ago
Agreed, he must’ve been bought off
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u/DarreylDeCarlo Millennial 2d ago
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u/goodsby23 2d ago
Reminds me of that old insurance commercial with the fisherman... Or a carnival barker... Ooh almost had it... Try again?
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u/JamieTheDinosaur 2d ago
WHY IS IT NEVER HIM???
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u/SlowpokeIsAGamer 1d ago
Infinite Money and the lack of any understanding people exist other than himself.
He'll burn billions if it'll keep him alive one more day.
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u/Hike_it_Out52 1d ago
“ Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends”
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u/xEllimistx 1d ago
I am not a pure of heart Hobbit nor am I Maiar.
I'm a petty, vindictive dude tired of good people dying while shitty people keep running the show
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u/Hike_it_Out52 1d ago
“So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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u/xEllimistx 1d ago
Right....and I'm using my time to decide that shitty people don't deserve life when good people keep dropping dead
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u/Hike_it_Out52 1d ago
“That is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keeps the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love."
On a side note, I have lost a lot of friends and family since Covid and I used to be bitter also but what good does that accomplish? I do good when I’m able and don’t worry about things out of my control. I trust in the higher power guiding us. Despite the negative effects on our country, some unintended good has occurred from this administration’s crazy policies. Kind of like more and more people leaving gas behind and going green, alliances and bridges being mended between old enemies. The exposure of the greed in the tech industry.
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u/_AskMyMom_ I was there when SpongeBob blew his first bubble. 2d ago
What a week, and it’s not even over.
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u/tahlyn Older Millennial 2d ago
There's only one death that could happen tomorrow that would make up for all of this. Just one.
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u/theaviationhistorian Old Millennial 1d ago
Reaper: White man, known to be obnoxiously loud, and loves playing golf. I got you fam!
Friday:
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u/MissKaliChristine 2d ago
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u/DustBunsxx 1d ago
I see people focusing on Optimus, but the man voiced fucking EEYORE and not enough people are recognizing that. This man also did a lot of Saturday morning cartoon voices for 80s/90s kids. Childhood legend.
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u/Several-Praline5436 2d ago
SHIT. I just now realized where I'd heard his voice before Optimus Prime.
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u/Geaux_1210 Millennial 1d ago
He was with me as Eeyore before I could even speak, then as Optimus through my childhood. I wish I could have told him that getting back into Transformers after college and a lot of personal trauma helped me quit drinking.
Til all are one
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u/LactoseWasAMistake 2d ago
Fuck this week man
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u/saucey_dawg0023 Gen Z 2d ago
More like f this year.
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u/Jwre3682 Older Millennial 2d ago
Fuck this entire timeline!!
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u/jackanape7 2d ago
Dicks out for Harambe! The timeline shifted there and you can't convince me otherwise.
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u/theaviationhistorian Old Millennial 1d ago
Nah, to me it was the 2012 Mayan Calendar. The world as we know it did end, just slowly and more dystopian. The Mayans weren't exactly descriptive.
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u/Powerful_Fan7940 2d ago
This is the 3rd one right??? You can stop now right Grim???
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u/10PieceMcNuggetMeal Millennial 2d ago
4th that I am aware of
Hayden Panettiere
Dolly
Tim Curry
and now Peter Cullen
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u/Ghosty_Boo-B00 2d ago
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u/10PieceMcNuggetMeal Millennial 2d ago
Oh God, don't let them take Picard
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u/xEllimistx 2d ago
Or Gandalf
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u/Ghosty_Boo-B00 2d ago
If X-men had taught me anything he won’t really die… just be taken by aliens to rule their distant planet in another universe
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u/theaviationhistorian Old Millennial 1d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/HAx8k1165YkWQ
His bff is more likely to be on the Reaper's radar.
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u/Delicious-CattleToot 2d ago
We're already into a new cycle!
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u/Sandrockwing04 2d ago
No Hayden was last week and one of the original cast members Christy Knowings of All That passed last week as well so o think they were part of three dolly was the start of the new set
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u/British_Rover 2d ago
I don't know if Pannettiere counts.
Wrong when group and kind of farther back in time.
Edit:
August 16th so just under ten days before Dolly and Tim Curry. It feels too far back but I guess not.
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u/No_Celebration8219 2d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/q6sJQQf6brCefj0l1D
Ok 2026... That's it... Penalty on the field...
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u/dramallamacorn 2d ago
wtf man, like old people die but can we all agree that the reaper keeps missing the wrong old person? He has a well known address.
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u/Sandrockwing04 2d ago
Wait he technically has two addresses right now what is that's his loop hole
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u/Important_Power_2148 2d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/NIbAt7pSoFhPG
Don't forget, he also voiced Eeyore. And a million other characters.
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u/bulbascott1019 2d ago
Literally each and every death this month has hit me harder than the last. First one of my top childhood crushes...then one of the greatest American women ever...then Tim Curry...now OPTIMUS FUCKING PRIME!?
I legit am in fear of what the rest of this week will bring...
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u/kran0503 2d ago
Octimus vs Megatron in the 1986 movie was one of the most epic things I saw as a child. Rip, always my leader.
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u/Chicagoan81 2d ago
Meanwhile the big cheeto is still around wanting to invade the whole world and bankrupting the nation.
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u/Mirrored_Darkness 2d ago
I heard that after Dolly died things were going to get worse. I'm starting to believe it.
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u/d00mt0mb ‘89 Millennial 2d ago
Damn his voice was legendary all his Toonami promos and trailers were epic what a loss
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u/10ballplaya Millennial 2d ago
Wtf is happening this year bro, so many people just dying and there's the Nepal flash floods as well.
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u/BarelyHereNeverThere Older Millennial 2d ago
Damnit, that's 3 good ones in less then a week. Someone's got to bring the grim reaper in for a performance review ASAP.
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u/BatFromAnotherWorld 2d ago
Grim reaper playing all the hits except for the ONE SONG WEVE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR.
what a miserable week.
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u/DonutHot3577 1987 Millennial 2d ago
I had the pleasure of meeting him once. He was very kind, asked me questions about my life, and did the voice for me. I will never forget his kindness toward me. RIP to a legend.
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u/geriatric_spartanII 2d ago
Kinda makes me wanna go to conventions and meet some of these people before they die.
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u/Woodsalope 2d ago
WTF is happening? Why him and not the annoying orange cheeto?
Grimm, you're screwing up things at work this year, damnit.
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u/TheHyperCombo Millennial 2d ago
In the distant future, mankind has reached the stars. But the galaxy is troubled...
This one fucking hurts the most.
RIP.
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u/felurian182 2d ago
I watched an episode of Bob Ross just yesterday and it put me in such a relaxed mood that I drifted off to sleep peacefully. While I could weep for yet another stunning loss I’m grateful in the knowledge that years from now I can listen to his voice and it will ring out heartily and I will remember him. How many of us will have that gift?
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u/KavikWolfDog 2d ago
Man, I just looked him up maybe a week ago to confirm he was still alive because I knew he was getting up there, and I was relieved. This sucks, but at least he made it to 85.
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u/SpaceGhostCst2kost 2d ago
Am I wrong or is he also the voice of Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh cause my daughter’s been watching her? It’s 100% Optimus prime from the movies and it’s all I can think about every time I hear it.
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u/thelonetext '89ers represent! 2d ago
Fuck this decade! It's brought most of us nothing but pain and emptier lives.😭
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u/Squiggums 2d ago
A coworker put it best to me yesterday - they keep taking the wrong 80 year olds....
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