Peter Cullen Explains Why He Was "Sickened" While Recording For The Bumblebee Movie

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  • During a panel Peter Cullen explains why he didn't like recoridng lines for Optimus Prime in the Bumblebee Movie. Source: Minute • Transformers Q&A with ...
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  • @ComodinCam
    @ComodinCam  Před 3 lety +1187

    Imagine voicing a character for over 30+ years and being told to impersonate someone impersonating you - share your thoughts!

    • @phinyx7505
      @phinyx7505 Před 3 lety +29

      That's retarded

    • @labronthesuperninjayasin2203
      @labronthesuperninjayasin2203 Před 3 lety +18

      Me personally I don't think its a big deal no offense to Peter Cullen

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +5

      Labronthesuperninja Yasin there’s also the fact that he and Frank Welker will have a panel at pulsecon

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +17

      hemnair75 I think you’re being a little harsh on it. But I do agree. If we count all the times he’s voiced prime, it’s not really 30 years. Also you left out the aligned continuity stuff

    • @GhostGamer25
      @GhostGamer25 Před 3 lety +4

      Pissed off

  • @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r
    @Eva01-jy2qu7pu9r Před 3 lety +2380

    That’s really sad how Peter Cullen was treated on set. He deserves respect for bringing Optimus to life for 30+ years.

  • @omegamaximus1727
    @omegamaximus1727 Před 3 lety +2035

    Peter Cullen to me will always be “THE” voice of Optimus Prime.

  • @Rumbletheimp2
    @Rumbletheimp2 Před 3 lety +762

    I freakin love how peter Cullen deeply cares about Prime and how he’s voiced.

    • @davidhatcher7016
      @davidhatcher7016 Před 3 lety +9

      Agreed

    • @guywithaface887
      @guywithaface887 Před 3 lety +37

      Other voice actors: it's just a voice.
      Peter: This is my child, no one will disrespect him.

    • @hattanalshutaifi4587
      @hattanalshutaifi4587 Před 3 lety +25

      Because he associates the voice of Prime so closely with his (now deceased) elder brother, and because he knows what an icon the character is to children and fans around the world, Cullen takes the role very seriously and personally

  • @michaelmahabir213
    @michaelmahabir213 Před 3 lety +2034

    Say what you want about the Bayformers, but having Peter Cullen voice Optimus Prime was the best thing out of them.

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +112

      If it wasn’t for the Transformers movies we would have never hear him as Optimus Prime again

    • @matthewgaudet4064
      @matthewgaudet4064 Před 3 lety +61

      He wouldn't even have been cast for the film if not for Michael Bay.

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +17

      geetha u
      Well that’s your opinion
      I heard by a lot of fans that the first 3 were better than 4 and 5

    • @ParadoxicWasHere
      @ParadoxicWasHere Před 3 lety +5

      @@doomjoltfromflordia4069 Personally for me it's B,1,3,4,5,2

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +1

      BlackLightParadox
      Well at least your ranking

  • @kevtronprime5182
    @kevtronprime5182 Před 3 lety +1281

    How dare they disrespect Peter that way. That's messed up. An icon like him deserves better. Give him the Optimus solo film

    • @ultimateslinger9857
      @ultimateslinger9857 Před 3 lety +39

      I’d rather have that than a bumblebee movie sequel

    • @ForJustice-bl6rs
      @ForJustice-bl6rs Před 3 lety +11

      No we need a full out Transformers reboot.

    • @bin8350
      @bin8350 Před 3 lety +20

      @@ForJustice-bl6rs we already have a full on reboot with
      Bumblebee and its sequel
      A transformers film
      A beast wars film (hell yeah)
      A cybertron prequel in scripting
      And an Optimus film yet to be green lit but everything's ready and everything wants to do it

    • @ultimateslinger9857
      @ultimateslinger9857 Před 3 lety +2

      I agree with both of y’all

    • @digitoxsynth1905
      @digitoxsynth1905 Před 3 lety +6

      Finally, someone mentions it. Peter Cullen did indeed want to do an Optimus Prime stand alone film before going, give him the shit he wants.

  • @mikecollins9569
    @mikecollins9569 Před 3 lety +739

    Peter Cullen will always be optimus prime and Frank welker will always be megatron to me

  • @afzalhakimbinzairini956
    @afzalhakimbinzairini956 Před 3 lety +126

    As much I love the Bumblebee movie, this still sickened me because this is Peter Cullen. The legendary voice of Optimus Prime. He deserved treated better. Peter Cullen is my all time favourite voice actor of all time. They better treated Peter Cullen better in the next Transformers movie if they decided to voiced Optimus Prime properly.

  • @doomslayerprime9749
    @doomslayerprime9749 Před 3 lety +160

    It really Pisses me off that they did my boy Peter Cullen ( the OG Optimus) both he and Frank Welker deserve more love

    • @titanstudios2683
      @titanstudios2683 Před 3 lety

      No Frank Welker Megatron please

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +9

      Cybertronus studios
      What why?

    • @DiamondNuts
      @DiamondNuts Před 2 lety

      @@titanstudios2683 ok I see where your getting at here and I agree with you in a way Hugo Weaving did a amazing job as megatron it fit so well for him because of how vicious he looked and acted and is better for the bayverse but in G1 and other animations Frank does a better job

    • @tylerturner8362
      @tylerturner8362 Před rokem

      Right I agreee

    • @jayjay86443
      @jayjay86443 Před rokem

      Frank Welker is ex Union leader. He _could_ have smacked the crap out of Michael Bay to get his role back, but nah, he doesn't waste time or energy with contractors like that.
      It's only when Scooby Doo is involved he has a major problem.

  • @Lolpy.
    @Lolpy. Před 3 lety +117

    How can you not have Cullen voice Prime? He is the Optimus Prime! I don’t even know who could even replace him.

  • @sissei798
    @sissei798 Před 3 lety +92

    Wow, didn't expect that coming from the Bumblebee movie. Hope he gets treated better in the future.

  • @omegamaximus1727
    @omegamaximus1727 Před 3 lety +65

    #RespectPeterCullen

  • @baddabing4494
    @baddabing4494 Před 3 lety +217

    They probably think he's just disposable because he's just a voice actor, which is insulting to me as a consumer of his art, let alone to him as a working professional.

    • @xmarksthespot1372
      @xmarksthespot1372 Před 3 lety +8

      I know what you mean It's sad how many people take others for granted tho.
      I'm grateful we even still have stuff like voice actors and artist because in truth without any of that stuff we wouldn't have anything.

    • @chj2
      @chj2 Před 3 lety +4

      It's even double insulting how Peter was treated especially since he made Optimus famous and embodied him for 3+ decades.

    • @davidhatcher7016
      @davidhatcher7016 Před 3 lety

      Yes

    • @IAmInfinitus208
      @IAmInfinitus208 Před 2 lety +3

      Voice actors almost all the time get shafted by companies. Check Billy West's stories, an example for why they don't get enough respect.

    • @megatronusorionpax4900
      @megatronusorionpax4900 Před rokem

      And I feel like that's how some ppl who say they are fans of Transformers feel about Peter too which is so disheartening

  • @Scarred_S_Games
    @Scarred_S_Games Před 3 lety +195

    First off: HOW DARE THEY DISRESPECT THE MAN THAT VOICES MY FIRST FAVORITE AUTOBOT!!
    Secondly: HOW DARE THEY!!

  • @NerdiconPrime
    @NerdiconPrime Před 3 lety +190

    I think the takeaway here is that it was bad practice to bring peter on after already having another actor do the voice. Not to say anything bad towards Jon Bailey. Paramount and Rooster Teeth just don’t have or want to pay him because he’s unionised

    • @UnrealNeoBat
      @UnrealNeoBat Před 3 lety +3

      Shouldn't Netflix or Hasbro have the final say in the show? At least that stunt wasn't pulled as the movie did.

    • @NerdiconPrime
      @NerdiconPrime Před 3 lety +11

      Darth Night Killer Netflix is just the distribution platform they don’t hire the VAs for siege that’s by Rooster Teeth, Hasbro in this instance should have stepped in with RT to provide the talent and more than likely (speculation here) brought in the VA for prime from cyberverse as he may have been more cost effective than Peter.

    • @UnrealNeoBat
      @UnrealNeoBat Před 3 lety +2

      @@NerdiconPrime They could've brought in him to play prime in Transformers Animated instead of Kaye.

    • @truexenith8596
      @truexenith8596 Před 3 lety +4

      @@UnrealNeoBat
      Hs voice wouldn't work for Animated Prime

    • @twistedgaming9185
      @twistedgaming9185 Před 3 lety

      @@NerdiconPrime Jake Foushee DID voice Opitimus in the Siege cartoon.

  • @N-GinAndTonicTM
    @N-GinAndTonicTM Před 3 lety +46

    The difference between Cullen's Optimus' over all these years and all the imitations all comes down to the inflictions he can convey.
    His Optimus can get angry, happy, neutral, destructive, nurturing, dad-like ect ect.
    When his Optimus gets angry, that visceral growl and roar he does is unmatched. Particularly his work on TFP and it's fight scenes.

  • @Futurevoiceactor
    @Futurevoiceactor Před 3 lety +126

    Mel Blanc would never have been treated like that, so Cullen and Welker should not have been

    • @RealFanOfSteel
      @RealFanOfSteel Před 3 lety +3

      Or Kevin Conroy.

    • @Futurevoiceactor
      @Futurevoiceactor Před 3 lety +5

      @@RealFanOfSteel Damn straight, Rob9309! Conroy, Hammill, Kath Soucie, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, David Warner, Tony Jay, Malcolm McDowell, Tim Curry, Jason Marsden, Will Friedle, June Foray, Bill Scott, Paul Frees, Corey Burton, Lorenzo Music, Gregg Berger, John Stephenson, Robert Stack, Buster Jones, Michael Bell, None of them and all the many others we idolize. Another set of injustices was Casey Kasem and season three of the OG Transformers, and Charlie Adler's dispute with Warner Brothers.

    • @RealFanOfSteel
      @RealFanOfSteel Před 3 lety +1

      @@Futurevoiceactor indeed!

  • @bumble_24bee34
    @bumble_24bee34 Před 3 lety +1321

    Atleast Michael bay knew how to treat an icon

    • @omegamaximus1727
      @omegamaximus1727 Před 3 lety +195

      That is one good part I would say for Michael Bay.

    • @tonymata8070
      @tonymata8070 Před 3 lety +90

      That at least I can agree with.

    • @bradleyrenfroe2776
      @bradleyrenfroe2776 Před 3 lety +114

      That is really saying something. Lorenzo never wanted Peter Cullen in The First Place.

    • @wolfgang6442
      @wolfgang6442 Před 3 lety +20

      Yeah for sure

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +139

      Paramount: WHY WASTE YOUR LIFE WITH PETER CULLEN AS OPTIMUS PRIME
      Michael Bay: Thats a question you should ask yourself

  • @dawritersroom01
    @dawritersroom01 Před 3 lety +78

    Remember back when other people playing Optimus Prime (Gary Chalk and David Kaye) actually brought something new to the table, rather than just a Cullen impersonation?
    I remember those days

  • @TheLazyEyebrow
    @TheLazyEyebrow Před 3 lety +47

    Dang, i can only imagine how Jon must feel about that 'not naming names, but yeah, that Optimus voice was awful'
    One of your favourite voice actors tells you that one of you don't understand how to do one of your favourite voices. Wouldn't exactly feel great to hear

  • @dan200tf6
    @dan200tf6 Před 3 lety +590

    Man as much as I love the Bumblebee movie this really sickens me as well just over all disgust me on how bad this amazing iconic voice actor Peter the man himself was/is treated. I was wondering why Jon Baily was doing the voice for Optimus during the promotion for the film and I just thought he wanted to do the voice for Optimus Prime again as a little fun gag, but no they just treated Peter like dirt and I'm tired of these big studios doing this to many iconic actors and voice actors. I really hope Hasbro and Paramount get their act together and start becoming a company with good treatment. Wouldn't be surprised if Lorenzo was the one behind this nonsense.

    • @tonymata8070
      @tonymata8070 Před 3 lety +8

      If Lorenzo was behind this kerfuffle I'm genuinely pissed off and honestly Paramount and Hasbro shouldn't do this again.

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +1

      Fodimus Prime how do you know?

    • @wayneshobbygallery
      @wayneshobbygallery Před 3 lety +6

      @@geethau4676 Yup, you're right. No way a fellow fan & his crew would do something like that to a legend

    • @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002
      @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 Před 3 lety +5

      What about Dylan's voice as Bumblebee??

    • @dan200tf6
      @dan200tf6 Před 3 lety +5

      @@kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 he did a really good job and his voice gave me some Transformers Prime Bumblebee vibes which I love

  • @ZippyKnightgamingYT4898
    @ZippyKnightgamingYT4898 Před 3 lety +15

    Peter cullen is my favorite optimus prime voice actor. That is why i respect him. Hes a legend.

  • @blueink-2230
    @blueink-2230 Před 3 lety +24

    Ya know this kind of makes Peter looks even more awesome seeing as he did all of that in 1 day

  • @nicholashortonjustice4rebe378

    Peter Cullen & Gary Chalk are the 2 Optimus Prime Voices that I Grew-up with

  • @benimusprime3960
    @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +208

    Here’s my takeaway from this. I’m torn. On the one hand, I think Peter having to mimic Jon wasn’t a good idea. But we shouldn’t blame this on Travis Knight, because maybe he wanted Peter to go full blown prime and I guess he wasn’t able to do that considering the budget. Also those cybertron scenes were added in during reshoots. Not only did they have to spend the money on the special effects, but they had to pay everyone else i.e. John Cena, Haylee Steinfeld, etc. and I’d say the same for Jake Tillman, because like you said with Jon Bailey, it’s not his fault. He was just doing his job and we shouldn’t blame him for it. Besides he’s still very young, he’ll improve. And I think Peter Cullen. Frank welker and hasbro have made piece since they both are going to be in a panel at pulsecon.

    • @Bobert2020
      @Bobert2020 Před 3 lety +13

      I still think that this is Travis Knights fault. He could have at least tried to respect him a bit better, maybe apologise is he didn't agree with it and explain why and I would understand him.

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +27

      Roberto Perez maybe he did apologize and explained it to him. Besides, he’s a fan of transformers. He respects these characters and actors. We should also note that we weren’t there when this happened, so it’s hard to tell who said what and who’s to blame.

    • @Bobert2020
      @Bobert2020 Před 3 lety +5

      @@benimusprime3960 yeah. Unless we now who it was, the director will probably be blamed even if he didn't do anything

    • @khoadao3071
      @khoadao3071 Před 3 lety +11

      @@Bobert2020 I think he did. That's why they added Peter eventually. If not they just need to be like those A-holes at Netflix and not do that at all. Why did they have to bother inviting and paying him knowing he would still be salty about it

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +3

      Khoa Dao in the original cut of the film Peter Cullen was still in there. In the original cut he was just an Optimus prime hologram.

  • @sarlon51
    @sarlon51 Před 3 lety +23

    I honestly think they brought Peter Cullen in just to have his name on the credits.

  • @felixcuthbert2719
    @felixcuthbert2719 Před 3 lety +9

    Peter Cullen needs a "Prime" movie set around Optimus. It would be the next best thing to a Knighthood, which is deserves just as well, for all the years of Optimism he has given to the world.

  • @tobster1745
    @tobster1745 Před 3 lety +447

    No offence, Jon Baileys Optimus isn’t good. He tries to imitate Peter Cullens voice and just does not do it well. He tries to be to deep and doesn’t have that slight growl in his voice like Cullen does. Don’t get me wrong, he does many other voices very very well, he just can’t do Prime. And now hearing and watching this video, it upsets me to know how they treated Peter. Telling him to mimic someone else who is mimicking him, whom doesn’t do Optimus’ voice justice hurts. Peter should and is the one true voice of Optimus Prime.

    • @MindYaBizz_Whiz
      @MindYaBizz_Whiz Před 3 lety +26

      Tobster yeah, he doesn’t have the heaviness in his voice for prime.

    • @mr_nobody_000
      @mr_nobody_000 Před 3 lety +24

      i agree he kinda totes himself on doing a solid impersonation of prime but he sounds so hallow and flat

    • @3deeRaven
      @3deeRaven Před 3 lety +27

      Peter definitely said he didn't like the guy's acting. He said it clearly. he said it was all wrong.didn't hold the vowels and all that stuff no one can replace peter

    • @spinyjustspiny3289
      @spinyjustspiny3289 Před 3 lety +11

      And then they just started undercutting him entirely under the guise of wanting to pass the torch on, when the reality is that they don't wanna give him business because he's in a union.

    • @grimlock8155
      @grimlock8155 Před 3 lety +2

      Jon Bailey will see what happens if he did get on my bad side... **CUES THE SCARY MUSIC**
      He will see what Darker Cullen does and will do to all of us...
      he will see what feelings I had completely compressed and squeezed into a bottle when my brother Larry told me to be strong enough to be gentle...

  • @DaSoto21500
    @DaSoto21500 Před 3 lety +24

    Cmon now man, why would they disrespect the ONE AND ONLY OPTIMUS PRIME! This is the man himself, how could you ever have anyone take on the role, I’m sure the other guy did his best, but Peter Cullen’s voice is iconic and irreplaceable

  • @sammymamudi2988
    @sammymamudi2988 Před 3 lety +14

    I'll treat Peter like the legend he is if I ever did a transformers movie

  • @joandarc441
    @joandarc441 Před 3 lety +4

    Every voice actors or actresses from video games,Anime,Cartoon
    deserves more respect from there work it's hard being a voice actor too

  • @ds222
    @ds222 Před 3 lety +70

    Poor Jon Bailey.. He's such a Peter Cullen fan. He's been doing it for years when he used to do toy reviews. I bet this is heartbreaking to him.

  • @Jaimetron1
    @Jaimetron1 Před 3 lety +174

    This movie had a tighter budget. Peter Cullen probably costs a fortune as he's probably one of the biggest voice actors out there, so they probably thought we'll give the other guy a chance and we'll just pay Peter Cullen for one day to cut costs. Simple as that. Objectively I can't tell that the Prime voice is out of sync with his mask moving either. Just as in sync as the original cartoon. What we get is a more younger sounding 80s G1 Optimus Prime.

    • @felipenavarro5340
      @felipenavarro5340 Před 3 lety +6

      Rewatch g1 then come back

    • @kgaventura13
      @kgaventura13 Před 3 lety +41

      Doesnt mean you have to disrespect the guy who's brought the character to life for so long.

    • @great-wall-of-nowhere9377
      @great-wall-of-nowhere9377 Před 3 lety +14

      @@kgaventura13 either way what's done is done, the film's been out for over 2 years. We can only hope that in the next Knight TF film the budget will be bigger to fully give Peter Cullen the respect he should have gotten.

    • @unstoppableExodia
      @unstoppableExodia Před 3 lety +20

      @@great-wall-of-nowhere9377 Yeah I am reasonably sure Travis knight would have wanted peter and Cullen to voice Optimus entirely. The suits at paramount imposed a lower budget after Michael bays last one underperformed

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před 3 lety +10

      I know that the Bumblebee movie was on a tight budget, but that doesn't give Travis Knight & the rest of the people who worked on the Bumblebee movie the right to treat Peter Cullen like garbage. They all owe the LEGEND (Peter Cullen) an apology.

  • @docproc144
    @docproc144 Před rokem +3

    Peter has said that his brother was kind of his inspiration for Prime’s voice and character, so it makes sense that Peter would care about how Optimus sounds and acts. His brother was in the military I believe and before he went to audition for the part his brother asked what character he was auditioning for. Peter said, “Well I’m playing a truck.” His brother said, “A truck?” And Peter said, “Yeah but he’s a hero, he’s a hero truck.” And his brother calmly responded, “Peter, if you’re gonna be a hero, be strong enough to be gentle.” And Peter has said that has really stuck with him his entire life. And his brother’s voice and words were how he found the sound for Optimus.

  • @Rain_blackrose_HxA
    @Rain_blackrose_HxA Před 3 lety +26

    Its disrespectful to even have Optimus in it if it ain't voiced by the true leader of the autobots

  • @Draconicus702
    @Draconicus702 Před 3 lety +21

    4:19 wait, Blitzwing was wearing a battle mask?.. i just thought that was his face.

  • @mechasenpai951
    @mechasenpai951 Před 3 lety +43

    Peter Cullen(My Dad) doesn't deserve to get treated like scrap. Peter Cullen is Optimus Prime & no one can never replace him. Till All Are One!

    • @AmberTheFangirl
      @AmberTheFangirl Před 3 lety +2

      Is he rlly your dad??

    • @The_Wosh
      @The_Wosh Před 3 lety +1

      @@AmberTheFangirl no

    • @MandoDin
      @MandoDin Před 3 lety +1

      @@AmberTheFangirl Nope

    • @epixzplayz5486
      @epixzplayz5486 Před 3 lety

      u forget ur own dad, then u thinks peter cullen is ur father

    • @mechasenpai951
      @mechasenpai951 Před 3 lety +1

      @@epixzplayz5486 My dad abandon me in my childhood, he's never been there for me when I needed him, I never got to know him, he's no where to be found, & drugs messed my dad up pretty bad. That's why I call Peter Cullen my real dad, he truly loves his character, he loves being Optimus Prime, well actually he is Optimus Prime.

  • @Roadblock213
    @Roadblock213 Před 3 lety +38

    I don't know what a hole at Hasbro said lets try and replace Peter Cullen with some one else to voice optimus prime but it needs to stop i didn't even know about the bumblebee thing and then Netflix replaced him in WFCS

    • @Roadblock213
      @Roadblock213 Před 3 lety

      I agree this needs to change soon

    • @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002
      @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 Před 3 lety

      Welp, once again and again
      I'm the only one that enjoys Garry Chalk's voice as Optimus more.

    • @spinyjustspiny3289
      @spinyjustspiny3289 Před 3 lety +2

      Union-busting. Peter Cullen is part of an actor's union, and thus if they hired him they would have to abide by practices that ensure his rights as an actor are fully protected lest they face legal action. No one on Hasbro or Paramount's end wants to deal with that nor the prices that his work would entail, so they just hire other people instead and aggressively pretend it's not happening.

    • @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002
      @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 Před 3 lety

      @@spinyjustspiny3289 I heard that there's gonna be an Optimus Prime spinoff, I wonder who could voice Orion Pax if Cullen voices Optimus?? I think I'll pick Cam Clarke or maybe the guy who voices Bumblebee in the War for Cybertron video game.

    • @Roadblock213
      @Roadblock213 Před 3 lety

      @@kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 there's soppesd to be a solo movie for him but its not set in stone yet

  • @AtreiusLux
    @AtreiusLux Před 3 lety +2

    Just let Peter Cullen BE Prime, he put a lot of love into that character literally from day one! He loves playing Optimus and he loves the fans.

  • @mr.irrelevant8826
    @mr.irrelevant8826 Před 3 lety +2

    He’s the goat when it comes to Optimus prime i hope he lives till 100

  • @awesomeperson531
    @awesomeperson531 Před 3 lety +6

    I love Jon’s Prime impression, but Peter will always have the touch

  • @phinyx7505
    @phinyx7505 Před 3 lety +349

    If Michael bay did it right, and the director for bumblebee didn't there's a problem

    • @doomjoltfromflordia4069
      @doomjoltfromflordia4069 Před 3 lety +34

      MICHAEL BAY DID NOTHING WRONG

    • @Spinworth
      @Spinworth Před 3 lety +39

      No, he didn't. Cullen had to audition 8x before almost loosing the role to Liam Neeson, he (Peter) also stated that he hated doing lines that didn feel like Optimus Prime, but he had to for the "big guys". Look it up

    • @MrJlee93
      @MrJlee93 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Spinworth but which is worse, Auditioning many times like lots of actors who got famous or having to impersonate someone impersonate upi?

    • @givemeasniff788
      @givemeasniff788 Před 3 lety +20

      @@geethau4676 if Travis kight is such a hard core fan why did he make Blitzing a seeker?

    • @mrg466
      @mrg466 Před 3 lety +5

      Michael Bay, did it right? What the hell are you talking about?! Bay messed up the whole Transformer world!

  • @Nebulisreconx
    @Nebulisreconx Před 3 lety +9

    As an armature voice actor, and long time fan of Peter Cullen, and O-Prime, yeah, I couldn't help but feel like there was no gravitas to what he was saying. The pacing we had grown accustomed to in the previous live action movies, when it came to his speech patterns were gone. Everything he said felt like he was trying to hurry up and say it. Didn't know this was the case though, damn. Cheep bastards.

  • @tmtmcclaskie807
    @tmtmcclaskie807 Před 3 lety +1

    This was at GalaxyCon Richmond 2020 last year. My best friend and I were in the audience for this panel. We had a photo op with Cullen and Welker after the panel. It was great.

  • @everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773

    That..sickening feel when Michael Bay of all people treat Cullen with respect vs The Directors from Bumblebee.

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před 3 lety +11

      "Can't imagine anyone else being Optimus." -Michael Bay
      Even Michael Bay thinks that Peter Cullen is the definitive Optimus.

  • @leanmeangreenbeanmachine3347

    I thought I was just imagining things but Optimus Prime in Bumblebee never sounded right to me

  • @tylertichoc7330
    @tylertichoc7330 Před 2 lety +1

    "He's more human than you'll ever be!"
    Truer words have never been spoken.

  • @SiiiSkull
    @SiiiSkull Před 3 lety

    Thanks for sticking up for Peter Cullen he’s and legend, and so are you comodin cam!

  • @ra1lgunz268
    @ra1lgunz268 Před 3 lety +11

    I've always felt that something is off about optimuses voice in this movie.

  • @PhelesDragon
    @PhelesDragon Před 3 lety +4

    I literally just rewatched Bumblebee for the first time a couple days ago, and I honestly noticed something was weird about Ops voice then.

  • @trapperjohn6089
    @trapperjohn6089 Před 3 lety +2

    I was shocked that Peter and Frank weren’t in the Netflix series. It was like imposter Optimus and Megatron.

  • @HarishBabuM
    @HarishBabuM Před 3 lety +1

    Peter Cullen not only "voiced" Optimus Prime, he defined Optimus Prime

  • @omegamaximus1727
    @omegamaximus1727 Před 3 lety +59

    I want Peter Cullen to voice Optimus Prime in Transformers Earthrise because I don’t like Jake Foushee’s Optimus Prime voice. My second choice for the Transformers Earthrise Optimus Prime is David Kaye who voiced Optimus Prime in Transformers Animated . My third choice is Roger Craig Smith.

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +6

      I think they’ll keep Jake Foushee. Especially since this show has a smaller budget (although I think they’ll have a bigger budget this time but who knows). Maybe Jake will see the criticisms and he’ll improve.

    • @omegamaximus1727
      @omegamaximus1727 Před 3 lety

      You misspelled Cyberverse.

    • @titanstudios2683
      @titanstudios2683 Před 3 lety +3

      I like Jake foushee as Optimus prime in my unpopular opinion

    • @Phantom19913
      @Phantom19913 Před 3 lety +3

      Gary Chalk would also be a good choice.

    • @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002
      @kinnikuman-devilman_fan_2002 Před 3 lety +2

      @@Phantom19913 Agreed since nobody likes his Optimus voice, what a bunch of haters.

  • @terrellwilliams3919
    @terrellwilliams3919 Před 3 lety +53

    That guy he was talking about was Jon Bailey.... idk why it hurts hearing Peter say that about Jon :,(

    • @dan200tf6
      @dan200tf6 Před 3 lety +20

      Hope Jon comes out and apologizes or at least make a statement regarding this situation. It'll really annoy and sicken me if he doesn't considering he's actually a big Transformers fan himself.

    • @ilikeapples1824
      @ilikeapples1824 Před 3 lety +32

      @@dan200tf6 he shouldn't have to "apologize" for something that he has no control over, we should blame the person whose idea this was,

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +12

      I’d say the same with Jake Tillman. Both him and Jon were just doing their jobs. They had no control over the situation

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety

      Red Knight I think he should’ve made that more clear

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety

      AleytiaSworddancer as well as Jake Tillman. People who already didn’t like him are gonna not like him even more even though it’s not his fault

  • @martinelsaiyan7181
    @martinelsaiyan7181 Před 3 lety +1

    Peter Cullen has always been and will always be Optimus Prime's best voice.

  • @Bunny23723
    @Bunny23723 Před 3 lety +28

    Mr. Cullen and Mr. Welker deserve respect. Hasbro/Paramount can do better than this, being that they make tons of money.:/

  • @jackytran4885
    @jackytran4885 Před 3 lety +16

    Peter cullen voiced by as Optimus prime/Orion pax with super man

  • @Hikuro2pnt0
    @Hikuro2pnt0 Před 3 lety +3

    Now THIS video kind of sickens me as well. I know Jon, him and I worked together and talked often in our early days a ton. We would talk about projects we'd wanna work on together, or what we were up too, or just goofing around. Jon does a good Optimus Prime, he does a lot of good voices for various characters and a lot of you know that. But Peter has met Jon before, Jon even did his impression of Optimus FOR Peter at a Botcon and Peter was blown away.
    Now in films, when you're doing these kind of movies, you gotta model off of someone, and if you got somebody who can do a decent job you can model off t hat person. Peter has done multiple TF projects since 07 now, live action, animated, you name it. His price for being in such a small role for a film might of been to high to use for the number of months it was taking to do the animation, we don't know. But it is NOT uncommon in the industry to work this way. Peter even did it when he started working on the Bayformer projects voicing Ironhide and he wasn't even going to be the character.

  • @solomonhopkins
    @solomonhopkins Před 3 lety +2

    Peter Cullen was the announcer for toonami back in the day

  • @FnafKing-dp6ks
    @FnafKing-dp6ks Před 2 lety

    Every time i here peters voice as optimus always makes me smile

  • @sunflowers-in-tulips6705
    @sunflowers-in-tulips6705 Před 3 lety +9

    Damn that sucks :/ Peter Cullen is a legend and he deserves so much better! I really like The Bumblebee movie but that sucks!

  • @Hello_World_not_taken
    @Hello_World_not_taken Před 3 lety +4

    It’s like making Tom Kenny do an impression of someone else doing spongebob
    (Semi-bad example, since the guy is a VA whiz, but you see what I’m saying)

  • @kagemaru259
    @kagemaru259 Před 2 lety +1

    Without Peter Cullen, there IS no Optimus Prime.

    • @cubehipster7160
      @cubehipster7160 Před 2 lety

      The transformers franchise will end when he passes.

  • @vassa1972
    @vassa1972 Před 3 lety +2

    Mr Cullen has and will always be Optimus Prime to me and Yes I would like to see a movie for octimus prime next too

    • @TheJimMcC
      @TheJimMcC Před 3 lety

      I mean... he hasn’t though. Like I get it, this was a kinda scummy move on the part of the studio, but Optimus has had many great and varied takes from voice actors like Gary Chalk and David Kaye

  • @regulardudesrankingchannel5871

    Atleast the bay movies treated him right

    • @tovolume
      @tovolume Před 3 lety +1

      But not the entire movie series

    • @onlycoldbones4107
      @onlycoldbones4107 Před 3 lety +2

      ...Michael Bay made Peter audition for Prime twice, and actually wanted Liam Neison in the beginning

    • @DistanceNsVeterans
      @DistanceNsVeterans Před 2 lety +2

      @@onlycoldbones4107 lucky bay chosen right

  • @JoshEastham
    @JoshEastham Před 3 lety +12

    John Bailey is good! Bless him he was probably really happy to do it, shame Peter got treated badly too

  • @nutso310
    @nutso310 Před rokem

    Dude we cannot lose him ever

  • @xX-moonthew0lfie-Xx2009

    I love ya voice my dude! Its very smooth.
    Not in a creepy way!!!
    Btw i really love the bumblebee movie!

  • @yerxiong123
    @yerxiong123 Před 3 lety +3

    I hope one day peter and Garry could do prime and primal together on the big screen.

  • @alumlovescake
    @alumlovescake Před 3 lety +31

    They treat celebrities who can't even speak properly and have no acting knowledge better then actual voice actord

  • @dexm2010
    @dexm2010 Před 3 lety +1

    It is going to be a really sad day when Peter Cullen eventually leaves this world (I know he's getting older, but hopefully that will still be a long, long time from now).

  • @taladiv3415
    @taladiv3415 Před rokem +1

    8:55 That's just excellent!

  • @deidragregerson4610
    @deidragregerson4610 Před 3 lety +5

    In all honesty, I liked the voice of Optimus in The Bumblebee movie. I may not like the way Peter was treated, but the voice was interesting to say the least. It sounds like what a Cybertronian would sound like on another world, instead of their home world. But this is just my opinion.

  • @RamWorkz
    @RamWorkz Před 3 lety +4

    Considering the Producer is usually the one who makes these decisions and the top billed Producer was Lorenzo Di Bonaventura I'm not surprised. That dude really couldn't give a damn about the franchise outside of the money. He's the one who said a Prime movie had no potential and couldn't be done.

  • @pascaldrummen
    @pascaldrummen Před 3 lety +2

    Just rewatched the scenes were optimus speaks. On the surface it sounds like Prime, but It amazes me how much off it truely is. It truely is the difference between what gives a character the soul and the weight, and in teh way Peter critisizes his colleague, it truely shows the mastery he has in his craft, an the deep understanding of what makes this character. The tempo is off, Primes slower way of talking gives him both more strength and seriousness. Amazing how a voice can enhance the charactertraits.

  • @jane_robloxasafe
    @jane_robloxasafe Před 2 lety

    Without Peter Cullen we never see him as optimus prime he need deserve better time for rest of his life to taking break in future

  • @vincenthorn4767
    @vincenthorn4767 Před 3 lety +4

    RIP out there optics

  • @dinoknight1252
    @dinoknight1252 Před 3 lety +16

    While Bumblebee is still one of my favourite movies, I have to agree that the way Peter Cullen was treated was wrong on so many levels. I hope he never has to go through that again during the production of future Transformers movies and TV series. I also hope other actors and voice actors who bring the Transformers characters to life don't experience the same thing too.

  • @BrotherDerrick3X
    @BrotherDerrick3X Před 3 lety +1

    This July, Peter Cullen will be 80.

  • @terabitez3374
    @terabitez3374 Před 2 lety +1

    He still did a beautiful job with bumblebee but this really hurts man

  • @richardhalligan7900
    @richardhalligan7900 Před 3 lety +4

    The way I see it. Either Hire Peter to do Optimus' voice or dont. I can understand if they asked Peter to coach the voice actor to do Primes voice because you want to give Prime a different voice like in most of the cartoons when Peter wasnt used

  • @BladedBishop
    @BladedBishop Před 3 lety +7

    What's wrong with these producers for Transformers. Keep Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime as well as Frank Welker as Megatron. Give rose to the legends while they are still here and capable to do the voice work for the house they helped build.

  • @jakesheets3434
    @jakesheets3434 Před 3 lety

    I remember this I was in the audience watching at GalaxyCon

  • @xinhua5111
    @xinhua5111 Před 2 lety +1

    I never imagined a respected men like Peter Cullen to shed tears😔😭😭
    There isn't anyone else than Peter Cullen voicing Prime in my heart!! Others (trying to replace Peter Cullen 😒) are plain FREAKS IN MY EYES!! 😡

  • @GalvatronStudios
    @GalvatronStudios Před 3 lety +8

    And ya’ll told me Transformers was becoming great again
    Tell that to me again now that you know Peter Cullen wasn’t happy about what he said

  • @damonknight2494
    @damonknight2494 Před 3 lety +4

    i think your wrong about this he said they animated it to the other VA's timing the fact that they did a double-take and asked peter to voice boss bot proves there wasn't any disrespect when it comes with the director now that's not saying there wasn't any off-screen modeling by the studio they could have not paid peter but saying the staff was disrespecting peter is bull since studio and filming are completely different

  • @kennethfang9
    @kennethfang9 Před 3 lety +2

    Peter Cullen is my optimus prime

  • @mrron9
    @mrron9 Před 3 lety

    Yooooo! I was sleeping on Peter Cullen being the voice for the "Red Robeast" on the original Voltron series! 🤯

  • @apex2000
    @apex2000 Před 3 lety +5

    I always thought Jon Bailey was overrated when came to doing Optimus voice.

  • @patwaters-actormoviereviewer

    This reminds me of the “Buzz lightyear of Star Command” pilot where they recorded the episode with Patrick Warburton then at the eleventh hour Pixar had to bring back Tim Allen to redub buzz’s dialogue for all the VHS & DVD releases.

  • @GarfaGarfGarf
    @GarfaGarfGarf Před 3 lety

    Well I can't unsee that...

  • @zemox2534
    @zemox2534 Před 3 lety +4

    Wow. I have no words. You bring in an iconic actor like Cullen and you ask him to impersonate someone who was impersonating him for a stupid commercial. Bloody hell. So much disrespect.

  • @shealupkes
    @shealupkes Před 3 lety +4

    I love jon Bailey, he's a great guy and has a wonderful peter Cullen impersonation, but until his last breath peter is the only optimus prime

  • @frederickallgood7592
    @frederickallgood7592 Před 3 lety

    One day I will by the whole collection

  • @joeramsay6269
    @joeramsay6269 Před rokem

    Peter Cullen is my favorite voice actor

  • @chadderbug7587
    @chadderbug7587 Před 3 lety +5

    And people thought that other guy was good? *Blasphemy*

  • @tonymata8070
    @tonymata8070 Před 3 lety +8

    Lorenzo better not show his face again if he had anything to do with it. 😡

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety +1

      I doubt this was his doing. But if it was, then that sucks

    • @tonymata8070
      @tonymata8070 Před 3 lety +2

      @@benimusprime3960 I mean Avi Arad did some bad stuff with the Spider-Man franchise, so I wouldn't put it past on this greedy f#@%.

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety

      Tony Mata oh I know, but Lorenzo never went to that level of greed (as far as I know)

    • @tonymata8070
      @tonymata8070 Před 3 lety

      @@benimusprime3960 Lots of shady stuff in Hollywood and it gets me sick to my stomach.

    • @benimusprime3960
      @benimusprime3960 Před 3 lety

      Tony Mata that is true

  • @tonyvang7648
    @tonyvang7648 Před 3 lety

    Ouuu that screenshot of prime @ 5:22. God damn love it

  • @guhmuhfuh
    @guhmuhfuh Před rokem

    notice how cullen isn't even mad at the way he was treated, he was mad a the the final product of the movie and how the voicework turned out.

  • @ShartimusPrime
    @ShartimusPrime Před 3 lety +19

    I doubt anyone actually told Peter to impersonate Jon's Prime. I think he just felt that way after hearing how good Jon sounded. Also, scratch tracking is common. Why pay $50,000 for a clip that will be tossed? They used Jon's Prime simply as a place holder.

    • @NotTobiFr
      @NotTobiFr Před 3 lety +1

      You doubt it, but It may be true

    • @summy8163
      @summy8163 Před 3 lety +1

      Shurtimus i can tell its not his voice button in the begining it is not his voice
      I know what u did u director
      U are the worst person u even kill the voice of optimus prime come on

    • @hunterlangley8287
      @hunterlangley8287 Před 3 lety +1

      Gotta disagree with you Shart. Got nothing but love and respect for your stuff, but Peter Cullen deserves more respect than this. It's not the first time he's been disrespected.

    • @ShartimusPrime
      @ShartimusPrime Před 3 lety +2

      @@hunterlangley8287 But he gets offended by a lot. Including my username . . .
      Thanks for watching btw!