09.20.07
Futurama's Awesome Tribute to the Original Transformers Movie
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s a huge fan of Transformers as a kid growing I was absolutely delighted when Futurama gave a nod to the original Transformers animated movie. Simpsons and Futurama writers are well known for their obscure allusions, and this is about as obscure as they come. It's these references, especially the geek related ones, that made and will make Futurama as beloved as it is. Read More..
07.09.07
Michael Bay's Transformers Made My Inner Child Cry
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In the original 1986 Transformers Animated Film, Megatron kills Optimus Prime. In the 2007 live action version of the Transformers Movie, Optimus is killed by Michael Bay. What could have been one of the best science fiction movies of all time in the right hands is instead the highest budget bad comedy since Evan Almighty. For those of us who grew up with the original Transformers series, it is true that we probably would have settled for nothing short of Cameron-esque perfection for this film, but it is hard to imagine messing up a premise as wickedly cool and straightforward as huge-ass transforming robots from space. Alas, Michael Bay and company have somehow found a way. Read More..
