You're missing the point entirely. He most likely didn't grow up with G1.

No. He wasn't.
Peter doesn't emote. He uses the character's position as a means to get across his message in a strong manner.
I don't give a fuck who came first. I love Cullen's Prime, but Chalk's Optimus Primal is untouchable and easily beats out G1 Prime. The only thing that keeps Chalk from being The Optimus Prime is that I admire his Primal, and Primal isn't a Prime.

And there's the difference. Chalk wasn't Prime, he was Primal. Not the original, but a successor.

Not to 90s-00's kids like me.


Two words: Unicron Trilogy

I never said he was THE Prime, now did I?

Shame those pictures are so blurry, I was hoping to see some more of the suits. :I

No but you missed the point of my comment. Sure Chalk was Optimus Prime at one point, but I think it's weird that someone remembers him as Optimus Prime instead of Optimus Primal.

Which leads me to believe the guy googled Chalk's name and misread Optimus Primal as Optimus Prime. I could be wrong of course, but it’s still weird.

I understand, but it's also not too weird, either, though. He had a run as Prime for a good 4-5ish years, so it's not too surprising to see people also associate him with Prime.

Indeed. technically, I think he was Optimus Prime longer than he was Optimus Primal. He definitely has more episodes representing Prime over Primal, for sure.

But I understand why it might come strange to kids who grew up on Beast Wars. It'd be like saying David Kaye is the voice of Optimus Prime...which he was for three seasons of Animated. But I associate him as Beast Megatron, personally.

Gary Chalk? Cool. Loved him in Tf as Prime, good to see another known actor added to this. :)