I know that a lot of people are eagerly anticipating the summer release of Michael Bay's Transformers movie, so I couldn't help but dig around the Net and come up with this gorgeous shot of Optimus Prime. Usually, Michael Bay projects leave no room for apathy: either you really like his movies or you don't. Regardless of how Transformers turns out, it does signal, to some extent, the end of an era, particularly for children of the '80s. Come the 4th of July, we no longer have to wonder how cool it would have been to have a live-action Transformers movie, because for better or worse, we will get to see one. Still, the existence of a live-action Transformers movie is but another indication of the gradual sense of encroachment we feel whenever another previously unmapped section of our imagination is wrenched, sometimes brutally, into reality.
Which is precisely why I'm posting this snarkily self-indulgent Lil Transformers shot, courtesy of Matt Moylan over at Lil Formers. This ought to get the hearts of my geek readership all a-flutter: Autobots team up with the Green Lantern Corps! I would like to extend my thanks to Geek of All Trades for the wonderful link. He sent it over a couple of months ago, and it slipped through the cracks somehow. At any rate, enjoy!
4 comments:
I used to love the transformers cartoon. It's one of those memories engrained in my childhood along with Voltron and He-Man. Makes me nostolgic for the days when I did not have as much worries. ;P
Funny thing: the guy who does the voice over for the intro to Voltron sounds just like Optimus Prime. :-)
That would be Peter Cullen. It's the same guy.
Interestingly, if you go over to the site of the upcoming Transformers movie, there's a link to ten voice-over phrases by Peter Cullen as Optimus Prime, because he's reprising the role for the film, of course.
It's great nostalgia, and goes to show that for all the changes Michael Bay decided to put the movie through, at least they had the decency to get the thing that matters most to fans right.
Thanks Brian! Man, that was classic Prime. :-)
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