Transformers are back!

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Is this nostalgic or what… The Transformers were the shit back in the 80′s.

Anyway, Lore from Wired ‘s got a humourous take on the whole thing.  Basically if the new Transformers movie takes off, we can all expect Hollywood to dig in to the whole toy chest of Generation X 80′s kid pop culture and bring out other movies.

Like say… Bionic Six, Sabre Rider and the Star Sherrifs, Brave Star (That American Indian Guy with the Horse that packs a shotgun -a lso Eye of the eagle, ear of the wolf, etc. etc.), Thundercats…

My mind is reeling, I so miss being a kid in the 80′s :)

At last, the Transformers have a movie. Well, they had a movie before, but they finally have a live-action movie.

The Transformers themselves won’t be live-action of course. No
amount of nostalgia justifies an action movie with guys in plastic
robot outfits. But these days “live action” means “less than 85 percent
CGI,” so our transforming friends will be animated characters
interacting with human beings, just like that one video where Paula
Abdul dances with MC Skat Kat. Exactly like that.

Assuming the Transformers movie makes a ton of money, we’re going to
see a scramble in Hollywood as producers snap up the rights to any and
all toys from the ’80s to turn them into action-packed, PG-13 special
effects retro-ganzas. I’m going to outline a few possibilities, so that
once the movies get made I can file a nuisance suit and get paid off.

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