If you keep yourself informed and into the latest box office blockbusters, then you are no stranger to the Transformers series of movies that have been released. While there are only two installments, you can be assured of more to come in the future. You might not know that these movies were preceded by comics, books and a few animated series. There are many Transformers that you could benefit from knowing in terms of understanding the movies better. Other than Optimus Prime, perhaps the most important to know is the Transformers Megatron.

For the sake of this article, however, I will stick to the finer points of Megatron. This is a hugely important name to know in terms of learning what there is to know about the Transformers.

You see, Megatron like Optimus Prime is a leader. Many consider him through all the mediums of comics, books, television animated series and movies to be the best leader the Decepticons ever had. While its nice to be considered the best, you always have someone who wants your spot. The fact remains that for as long as he lived, Megatron was a brutal and tyrannical leader of the mighty Decepticons.

The Decepticons are from Cybertron, a planet that also saw the creation and evolution of the Autobots. Basically this is a classic good vs. Evil story. The Autobots fought the Decepticons because they refused to reason in any other fashion. Their war spans the whole length of the comics, series, and is now beginning to be retold in part through the movies. Megatron battles for control of the Allspark, or The Matrix as it was known through the comics and television series.

The arch enemy of Megatron is Optimus Prime, who is the leader of the Autobots. Optimus Prime and Megatron began fueding when Megatron betrayed those on Cybertron. This split the planet in two essentially, making every robot choose a side. You were either with Megatron or against him, simply put.

Megatron went to Earth to pillage its natural resources with the help of the other Decepticons after Cybertron was in shambles. He was pursued there by Optimus Prime and his loyal Autobots to thwart this process. That is how the battle moved to Earth in the first place. Cybertron was emptied out of all of its resources and life trying to sustain a war for years, and its revival was directly related to Earth’s destruction. So Megatron set off to pillage our world, and Optimus Prime set out to stop him.

I can only hope that you understand who Megatron is. Much like any Transformer, there is more than meets the eye. There have been glimpses of compassion and loyalty, but for the most part it is brutal leadership by fear and intimidation.

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