transformers – Moe Lane

Chris Hemsworth to do Transformers/GI JOE, apparently because we are all sinners who deserve it.

I like the GeekTyrant site a lot, not least because they’re even more easygoing on popcorn movies than I am. So when they say this about the news that Chris Hemsworth is in talks to be in the Transformers/GI JOE live-action crossover:

All I can say to Hemsworth is, don’t do it! Run as far away from this project as possible because it’s going to end up being another crap G.I. Joe and Transformers movie! He should go make another Extraction movie instead!

Oh, great. They’re gonna make another Transformers movie.

Huzzah.

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.

The TRANSFORMERS: WAR FOR CYBERTRON Trilogy Netflix trailer.

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.

Quote of the Day, Michael Bay Taunts Us All About Transformers edition.

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.

So, I wonder how bizarre the Transformers franchise is getti…

…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.

And now, let me subject you…

…to a home movie of my eldest being instructed in the Great Heroes and Villains of the Old Lore.

It’s never too early.

There is a certain logic…

…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.

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Movie of the week: …OK, so it’s the complete Transformers.

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

I believe that you need to teach children the classics early.

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.

A Transformer… from archaic-tech robot to WWI-era biplane.

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