‘Transformers One’: Considering Violence as the Answer

I’m not a big Transformers guy like my friend Jive. He loves it. He had me front and center for Transformers One when it dropped. Even though, I only know a bit here and there about Transformers. Through all the different Transformer shows, reboots, and movies, the one thing that always peaked my interest is the backstory between Optimus Prime and Megatron. Who were they before they became the leaders of two warring factions (Autobots and Decepticons)? Transformers One answered this question for me in the best way by showing that before differing ideologies steered their paths. Megatron was a mining bot named D-16 that kept his head down, worked hard and followed the system. Optimus Prime was a mining bot named Orion Pax that kept dreaming big, breaking protocol, and pushing to do more. D-16 and Orion Pax were polar opposites, but they were friends. Transformers One: A Story About Day Ones Twenty-four years ago, I was sitting in math class when our teacher Mr. Rhymer introduced a new student. Beside him stood a dark-skinned Black kid that was entirely reserved. “This is Elvis.” Mr. Rhymer said, “are you serious?” A student shouted from the back of the class in disbelief of a Jamaican kid having that name. “Omar!”, Mr. Rhymer shouted, not in anger but as to say, at least try to act like you have some decorum. “Sorry!” I shouted back. Fast forward and a few days later Elvis joins the indoor track team and is the starting of our 4×400 relay. I was anchor leg. We had lost so ma…