December 29, 2006
Transformers the Movie!
Transformers, as a toy and a TV series, have been around since 1984. As such, geeks born in the early 80s will be very excited about the upcoming live-action movie featuring those “Robots in Disguise.” I was never “in” to Transformers if only because I didn’t watch a lot of TV. Perhaps if there were a live-action movie featuring them in my youth (I wasn’t too interested in the animated movie of the animated series I had never seen) I would have been as excited as I was about toys from Ghostbusters and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Alas, my kids-toy buying days are all but over so I have merely the movie itself to be excited about.* And quite excited I am, from what I’ve seen so far. The guys making this movie are not regular old hollywood-types**… they’re mega-geeks.
Watch the Transformers trailer
*Unless, of course, they make some of those “executive” toys out of shiny metal and sell them in small, silk-lined robot coffins. Maybe I’d even put a couple on my desk.
**Not that so-called “hollywood-types” are inherently bad. I’m referring to the countless failed movie adaptations as a result of very little experience with what they’re adapting.
