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Scored entertainment-first on WhatSphere's content-balance model 4

Its director stated on the record that "i thought about the story as Cain and Abel — an epic, biblical tragedy about a brotherhood torn apart, I referenced Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments as inspira…" 1. Its director stated on the record that "the relationship between these two characters is very human and brotherly, I thought about my own relationship with my brother, I wanted the audience to fall i…" 2. Its writer stated on the record that "our mantra was Stand By Me with robots, We wanted to write a story where the characters would be interesting even if they weren't robots" 3. Taken together, the content-balance model places it entertainment-first at 9 of 100 4.

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    Creator statementdirector: "I thought about the story as Cain and Abel — an epic, biblical tragedy about a brotherhood torn apart. I referenced Ben-Hur and The Ten Commandments as inspirations: I like those older epics that exp…"The Credits / motionpictures.org, September 2024 source ↗
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    Creator statementdirector: "The relationship between these two characters is very human and brotherly. I thought about my own relationship with my brother. I wanted the audience to fall in love with the relationship first, so t…"Art U News, September 2024 source ↗
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    Creator statementwriter: "Our mantra was Stand By Me with robots. We wanted to write a story where the characters would be interesting even if they weren't robots."The Credits / motionpictures.org, September 2024 source ↗
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    Content balanceAdvocacy 9 of 100, tier entertainment-first.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Synopsis

The untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends bonded like brothers who changed the fate of Cybertron forever.

Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceYoung Men
Targeted

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
90
Young Women
57
Older Men
43
Older Women
10
Advocacy9
Entertainment

Audience Representation

LGBTQ+
0

Where to Watch (US)

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Advocacy Over Time in Animation

The average advocacy score of Animation titles by release year, with this title marked. Higher is more advocacy-driven.

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Average advocacy score of Animation titles by release year
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201213
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201544
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201857
201969
202048
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This title (2024)91

This title (2024): advocacy 9 · explore Animation

Cast & Crew

Josh Cooley (director) · Christopher Batty (director)