Considering the context, Optimus was completely justified in saying this line
>>155665150Tell it to Zod's snapped neck
>>155665261ZOD deserved that though, he literally said hed destroy everything everything.peace was always an option.
>>155665150he didn't even kill them all, just the one guy as a save
I think theres so much human slapstick and ADHD editing that people find the plots hard to follow. The transformers themselves have straightforward autobot vs decepticon motives. And its a war. They want to kill each other and take opportunities to do it.
>>155665150Nope. Optimus never wants to vengefully kill anyone. He will only end lives when truly necessary for immediate defense of others, and prefers solving things peacefully whenever possible.
>>155665458it's interesting the only true war crime he commits is against the autobot traitor, sentinel
>>155665261I get that reference.
>>155665687Before you kill your enemies kill the traitor firstThe worst circle of hell is reserved for them for a reaosn
Is it truly a war crime if your enemies are quite literally scum of the earth and would do the same unto you, 10x worse and have proven themselves as untrustworthy megalomaniacal terrorists that even cannibalize their own
>>155665150I think it's more the way he phrases it. Like I'm not anti kill but you kind of also don't want to make your hero sound elated at the idea. "one shall stand. One shall fall." Is pretty final while still coming off as more somberly resigned.
