Get ready for more Transformers[*].
Paramount Pictures has made a blind script commitment to develop a new feature based on the popular Hasbro brand.
*I would prefer not to.
Continue reading Oh, great. They’re gonna make another Transformers movie.Get ready for more Transformers[*].
Paramount Pictures has made a blind script commitment to develop a new feature based on the popular Hasbro brand.
*I would prefer not to.
Continue reading Oh, great. They’re gonna make another Transformers movie.Hrm. TRANSFORMERS: WAR FOR CYBERTRON might just be the gateway drug for the Transformers that I’ve been looking for for my kids. The anime bit is a good hook. My eldest is starting to get interested in anime, after all.
GeekTyrant thinks that he might mean it, this time: “On the heels of this morning’s clip of the Transformers: The Last KnightSuper Bowl ad, Michael Bay has announced he’s officially leaving the franchise…again.” But they note that Michael Bay LIES because he is a lying LIAR. …Sorry. This franchise annoys me, because every time I see a Michael Bay Transformers film I’m left with the feeling that there is a good movie buried in there. Somewhere. If I squint just the right way.
But the movies rack up the cash, so what do I know? …No, seriously: that’s a potent argument, for me. The last Transformers flick brought in over a billion dollars worldwide while only managing a 18% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes (51% from fans), which argues that it works as entertainment for somebody. A lot of somebodies. I have to acknowledge that.
…Okaayyyy: “Details on the now-in-production Transformers: The Last Knight continue to develop in curious ways. Following recent confirmation that the plot involves both King Arthur and Merlin comes evidence that the storyline features both Adolph Hitler and Sir Winston Churchill as well.” Possibly some suggestion that Anthony Hopkins would be playing Churchill, and apparently there’s alternate-history Nazis winning the Battle for Britain going on? I have to say: if it wasn’t a Transformers movie my ears would be perking up. Anthony Hopkins as Churchill in an alt-history movie sounds rather grand, really.
…to a home movie of my eldest being instructed in the Great Heroes and Villains of the Old Lore.
It’s never too early.
…to their position*:
I feel the same way about Jerry Bruckheimer. Jerry knows what I want to see, and he uses the big ladle to dish it out. And that’s how it should be.
Specifically, the Transformers: 25th Anniversary Matrix Of Leadership Edition [The Complete Series].
So sue me. And watch as we switch out G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra… OK, that wasn’t really intentional. Honest.
Moe Lane
Some might call it “indoctrination.”
Bah. Some are foolish.
Moe Lane
PS: You can watch all of Voltron: Defenders of the Universe on YouTube now.
You’re welcome.
Don’t lie. You want this:
For the ‘kids,’ of course. It’s not available at Amazon, which I find to be a stunningly bad business call; and either Hasbro or I need to have better searching criteria (might be me; no coffee yet). I suppose that I should find out where David Willis got his.
What? No, I don’t collect action figures. But it’s a an archaic-tech robot that transforms into a WWI biplane. I’d buy that.
Moe Lane
Specifically, a very important anniversary.
According to our best estimates, The Transformers #1 hit newsstands (back when they had newsstands!) on May 8, 1984. Exactly 25 years ago today. The cartoon pilot, “More than Meets the Eye, Part 1,” wasn’t due until September 17. There is a commercial which may predate the release of the first comic book on May 8, since it’s an advertisement for the “coming soon” comic book, but we don’t know of any concrete airdate. The toys were reportedly released some time during the summer. For all intents and purposes, May 8 is Transformers‘ birthday.
Yes, I am a heartless bastard.
Moe Lane