Comments | the_s_guy: Sometimes, it doesn't pay to examine a hobby too closely

the_s_guy

Sometimes, it doesn't pay to examine a hobby too closely

Nov 09, 2008 03:01

Especially when the fiction associated with that hobby was aimed at ten-year-olds and slapped together haphazardly back in the 80s, which then became the mythos-core for a quarter-century of more fiction aimed at ten-year-olds ( Read more... )

hamsterwheeling, speculation, hobbies-transformers

Comments 6

lunatron November 8 2008, 20:06:17 UTC

There are some implications that Transformers also 'sleep.' In a few cases, they are shown to dream.

the_s_guy November 10 2008, 05:56:34 UTC

Yup. Presumably it's not an exact 1-1 correlation to human biological processes, but there seem to be at least some parallels.

tainry November 9 2008, 07:11:40 UTC

::pondering::

ironbite November 10 2008, 01:39:07 UTC

NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERD!

the_s_guy November 10 2008, 05:58:27 UTC

This is possibly the second or third-nerdiest thing I have dreamed up. In relation to Transformers, anyway. Not counting toy designs.

horsetechie November 10 2008, 16:06:18 UTC

Aye, yes, if they were making a wicked cool sci-fi for adults, I'm sure the TFs would have been created differently. ;p

But alas... you know how the toy market (back then) thinks of kids. That kids like seeing things that they can relate with. You show them something monsterous looking, or weird, or unfamiliar like.. they either get scared of it, or they don't show interest. *heh*

(fortunately for me, the notion that a car that turns into a robot is a really cool idea to my 2.5 year old *hee*)