Ode To Optimus Prime
June 12, 2009
So the second installment in the Transformers revamps is almost upon us. Are you psyched about it? I know I am (IMAX here I come, baby). Back when I was growing up, I was always drawn to the leader figures in the shows I watched and Optimus Prime is the leader I always remember the most fondly. Thanks to the FCC lifting that pesky regulation in the 80’s that prohibited the production of cartoons that promoted toy lines, we all got to witness the first installments of the Transformers animated cartoon series. Oh and how I, as a little girl longing for something with substance, rejoyced watching these robots kick Decepticon tail every week. I even conned my parents into buying me the Optimus Prime toy. They gave me strange looks as I passed up Barbies with frilly dresses for my Mack truck Autobot but they didn’t understand. I think my mother still shakes her head at my hobbies, habits, and addictions but that’s a story for another time.
Optimus Prime, though… what a leader he was. He always looked out for the humans of Earth (something I have to commend the movie makers of today for keeping in his character) and was always ready to put his life on the line to keep his own people safe. When the first Transformers movie came out I was ecstatic! Well… I was ecstatic up until Optimus Prime died in the line of duty. I seriously think the rest of the movie was a bit of a blur to me for years, having to watch Hot Rod take the mantle in this perpetrated production that was supposed to be a passing on of the mantle.
Sorry, Rodimus Prime fans; I seriously have no love for that particular leader in the Transformers franchise.
When the first Transformers movie hit the big screen, I was there on opening night, watching in awe as Optimus Prime re-appeared in all his awesome glory (and good Lord can Steve Jablonsky compose the best music ever, complete with a chorus of angelic singers heralding the way for the best leader in cartoon history). Once that movie hit DVD I watched it over and over (and over) again in a patented addictive fashion. I still have much love for the series’s origins, those wonderful 80’s cartoons of my youth, but to see my childhood favorites get full CG renderings that are awe inspiring in their own right gave me hope for possible 80’s franchises remaking their special creations to enjoy in a whole new light.
But yes, I’ll be going to see Transformers 2 when it hits and I’ll be taking my family with me. I’ll be hoping that Optimus makes it through another movie and hoping to never see Hot Rod hit the big screen. When that time comes, I might have to watch through parted fingers and hope my poor childhood hero doesn’t meet a similar fate again. Just remember, boys and girls, where your fandoms came from, and remember to root for Optimus Prime when he makes his second big screen appearance!
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Thunder Cat Movie!
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Will there be a Thunder Cat movie? Who the hell knows!?
This hype has been circling the Internet for a few years and I, for one, am tired of it. So the next bastard that talks about a Thunder Cat movie is going to die a horrible death! SO SAITH 80sRewind!!
But seriously.. I can’t tell you how many nights I lay wake with my Vulture Man action figure crying real tears for a time dead to me now. Long ago on a planet called 3rd Earth where Mumra, the everliving, ruled creatures of a post-apocalyptic realm.
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Transformers CGI?
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If Transformers is going to be like this then it will be a MUST see:
http://www.itsartmag.com/host-anim/downloads/Citroen.mov
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CV-22 Osprey, F-22, and F-117 Stealth Fighter in Transformers: The Movie
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A-10 as a transformer would be so damn cool. But it would have to be a decepticon.
Also featured in the film will be the A-10 Thunderbolt II, AC-130 and C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster III, MH-53 Pave Low, HH-60 Pave Hawk, MQ-1 Predator unmanned aerial vehicle and Air Force One.
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TRANSFORMERS Teaser Poster
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I'm going to be like a little 7 year old kid when I see the my first car transform!
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CGI test footage of Optimus Prime transforming
May 17, 2006
http://www.blackfilm.com/20060512/features/transformertest_video.shtml
Lookin' great Optimus.. but can your break dance?
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Is the SineWave?
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/86409724@N00/137043602/
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Transformers 2007?
March 23, 2006
This is not a clip from the actual movie.
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Eighties Hi-Fi Transformer
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Funky Fresh robot built entirely from 80's HI-FI stereo components. This bot has got it all: tape decks, reel-to-reel, equalizers, and record players.
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Eighties Hi-Fi Transformer
December 12, 2005
Funky Fresh robot built entirely from 80's HI-FI stereo components. This bot has got it all: tape decks, reel-to-reel, equalizers, and record players.
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