Ironically the toys I played with as a kid are experiencing a comeback of sorts...Star Wars, G.I. Joe, Justice League Super Heroes and Transformers. Star Wars, Justice League and G.I. Joe never really went away and Transformer is fueled by the success of last year's very well done summer block buster.Maxim loves the new movie, and so we decided to pick up the original full length animated movie from 1986. I couldn't have been prepared for how brutal this movie was. The plot was impossible to follow, some of the characters were impossible to understand and Optimus Prime gets killed off half way through the movie. The main reason kids loved Transformers and now he's dead!
Did I mention the soundtrack...the theme song is sung by a knock off band that sounds like Stryper and Weird Al Yankovic's song "Dare To Be Stupid" even makes an appearance during one of the fight scenes.
There were scenes where Steph and I would look at each other and be completely confused with what was going on. You could totally tell it was Hollywood trying to make some quick money off of the TV series...and it probably worked.
With that said, Maxim loved it. I have a feeling I will have to sit through parts of it again before we have to take it back to the rental store...the saving grace of the movie was that the disc was scratched and we got to skip through about 20 minutes of boredom.
3 comments:
They don't make cartoons like they used to..Super Friends Ruled. Green Lantern...now there's a super hero with power. The carbon footprint from his ring was environmentally friendly. He was "green" before "green" was popular. He was way ahead of his time.
Brent
well, cuz, i guess this proves you weren't a real Transformers kid. That movie is possibly the greatest of all time, including the soundtrack.
You got the TOUCH! You got the POWER!! words of inspiration.
Plus, how can you argue a project that got Orson Welles involved as the voice of an entire planet??
Your generation cutoff line must be right around the Transformers line, cause thats right where mine began. :)
Check this out: 10 best things about Transformers Movie
Bah Weep Grana Weep Mini Bomp!!
Learn it and Live it!
Aaron, I followed the link you posted, and I would say those are the 10 worst things about the T-former movie.
By the way the universial "I come in peace statement, "Bah Weep Grana Weep Mini Bomp"...completely random, and mindless compared to the brilliant tongue of Star Wars' Jawas..."eeeee, teee, deee!".
You are right I was a bit removed from the Optimus Prime Generation.
G
Now that is how you speak
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