The Uncomfortable Legacy of Optimus Prime's Apology Tour The Transformers franchise has always been about rebirth and redemption.
However, its latest attempt at apologizing for a past misstep feels more like a desperate rehashing of old wounds.
The short film "Optimus Prime: Awakening" is the latest installment in Paramount's summer marketing wave, designed to make amends for the 1986 movie that killed off the beloved Autobot leader.