SCI FI Wire provides some less than inspiring news about the vehicle modes that will be used in the live-action Transformers movie: Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, writers of the upcoming Transformers movie, told fans that the movie will take a real-world approach to its depictions of the robots that can change from everyday objects such as cars into futuristic... more
Wired has just released a list of the 50 best robots of all time and done the diservice of listing Optimus Prime, the greatest robot hero of our time, at merely spot #34. This is tragic. Optimus Prime died for our sins1 and all we can do is rank him at meagre #34? In fact, Optimus is even outranked by... more
My morals and values are the direct result of Saturday morning cartoons from the 1980's. "How," you may ask, "is that something to be proud about?" I could answer, but that would lead to a lengthy aside involving John Wayne, Robin Hood and Oedipus Rex. Back to the plot: if Transformers was most loved amongst the above mentioned cartoons, then... more