The Culmination of Shakespearean Villainy in The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

This essay examines the Shakespearean-inspired rise and fall of Starscream, one of the many robots killed off in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie. Originally released with the intent to market toys to children, Hasbro saw death in the film as a practical approach to write off characters of discontinued toys. This essay examines […]