You got the TOUCH...... You got the POWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Well it's been some time ladies and gentlemen, over two years, in fact. But Cat says I should post, so post I shall.
And the topic of today's discussion:
TRANSFORMERS
That's right. Good and Evil. Autobots vs. Decepticons. These things were synonymous when I was a child. Still are as a matter of fact. An entire generation
of children grew up on these shap-changing machines, and at least enough of them became geeks who couldn't let it go for hollywood to make a live-action adaptation. Now I know what you're all thinking - "This is too good to be true, as long as Michael Bay isn't directing it this thing will rock!"
Well he is. But it still will.
Although it will be different from what we remember as children. It has to be made understandable for those who don't know what the hell an energon cube is let alone who currently contains the matrix of leadership. Now I know what you're all thinking - "Impossible! The Prime is always the carrier of the matrix, who in the name of Cybertron doesn't know that?!"
Well Transformer neophytes do exist. So we'll all have to be patient.
As I was saying there will be differences. The exact vehicles that the robots transform into, par example. Bumblebee will no longer be a Volkswagon Bug. The people's Wagon, a car fine-crafted from the mind of Adolf Hitler himself, doesn't want itself associated with war. Ironic. Megatron will be a tank. This is completely understandable since in the cartoon he is a two-story robot who turned into a gun capable of being wielded by a human. No clue what soundwave will be, but since no one uses tape decks these days, he'll probably be a fucking ipod or something.
Now I know what you're all saying - "Fuck this revisionist history! I want the transformers of my youth!"
Get over it. There will be giant robots transforming into cool shit.
Now one thing that must not be fucked with is the cast. Unfortunately, it won't have this stellar line-up from the 1986 cartoon feature film:
BUT.... it will have one holdover, and thus, the reason for this journal entry.
Optimus Prime will be voiced by Peter Cullen, the ORIGINAL VOICE for the character.
I know most of you could give two shits, and that you realize this entry has been mostly tongue-in-cheek. But to a lot of us children-of-the-80s, this guys WAS the 80s. He was in almsot every major cartoon from G.I. Joe, MASK, Ghostbusters and Smurfs to the grandaddy of the them all - Transformers. Hearing anyone else voice the character would just be wrong, and to me, and to a lot of 80s geeks, this rocks.
If you've never heard the big guy, check out Optimus in all his glory from Transformers the Movie, complete with 80s synth-rock soundtrack courtesy of Stan Bush:
And the topic of today's discussion:
TRANSFORMERS
That's right. Good and Evil. Autobots vs. Decepticons. These things were synonymous when I was a child. Still are as a matter of fact. An entire generation
of children grew up on these shap-changing machines, and at least enough of them became geeks who couldn't let it go for hollywood to make a live-action adaptation. Now I know what you're all thinking - "This is too good to be true, as long as Michael Bay isn't directing it this thing will rock!"
Well he is. But it still will.
Although it will be different from what we remember as children. It has to be made understandable for those who don't know what the hell an energon cube is let alone who currently contains the matrix of leadership. Now I know what you're all thinking - "Impossible! The Prime is always the carrier of the matrix, who in the name of Cybertron doesn't know that?!"
Well Transformer neophytes do exist. So we'll all have to be patient.
As I was saying there will be differences. The exact vehicles that the robots transform into, par example. Bumblebee will no longer be a Volkswagon Bug. The people's Wagon, a car fine-crafted from the mind of Adolf Hitler himself, doesn't want itself associated with war. Ironic. Megatron will be a tank. This is completely understandable since in the cartoon he is a two-story robot who turned into a gun capable of being wielded by a human. No clue what soundwave will be, but since no one uses tape decks these days, he'll probably be a fucking ipod or something.
Now I know what you're all saying - "Fuck this revisionist history! I want the transformers of my youth!"
Get over it. There will be giant robots transforming into cool shit.
Now one thing that must not be fucked with is the cast. Unfortunately, it won't have this stellar line-up from the 1986 cartoon feature film:
BUT.... it will have one holdover, and thus, the reason for this journal entry.
Optimus Prime will be voiced by Peter Cullen, the ORIGINAL VOICE for the character.
I know most of you could give two shits, and that you realize this entry has been mostly tongue-in-cheek. But to a lot of us children-of-the-80s, this guys WAS the 80s. He was in almsot every major cartoon from G.I. Joe, MASK, Ghostbusters and Smurfs to the grandaddy of the them all - Transformers. Hearing anyone else voice the character would just be wrong, and to me, and to a lot of 80s geeks, this rocks.
If you've never heard the big guy, check out Optimus in all his glory from Transformers the Movie, complete with 80s synth-rock soundtrack courtesy of Stan Bush: