I watched the Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen on DVD last Sunday (sadly, I didn’t make it in full screen, and who the hell is The Fallen anyway?), and I was like, Hell Yeah!
This Witwickey boy named Sam, and his gf Mikaela was trapped between wars of the robots (Autobots and Decepticons). I remember the name of Witwickey, and that is Spike, the little boy who clings with Bumblebee, and Mikaela, yes she’s hot, but where’s her part in the originals? I know, I know… like Titanic—can you imagine how boring it could be if Jack and Rose wasn’t there, who will watch a sunken ship for two hours?
Though the storyline is not that…hmmm… feisty, the ‘sci-fi’ is damn good. Raised the roof!!
I am a great fan of the Transformers G1 from its first episode till the producers killed Optimus Prime on the fourth movie (at least I think it was). I’m so angry that time, and I think that day was the first time I said the word P***** Ina! Damn it! For all these years, Prime and Megatron fought drastically since the beginning and that so-called movie of which made Ultra Magnus fucked his chance to be a leader and the protagonist died in one single blow because of that stupid Hot Rod a.k.a. Rodimus Prime. And in his deathbed he said something like ‘Do not grieve. Soon I will be with the Matrix’. Oh my god, he’s going to die. But wait the rule is if he does not turn gray, he’s okay. However moments later, he passed away, dramatically, and turned GRAY with whining robots on the side. Waaahh!! Now this is really make young ladies cry—nerds alike cry even more. The producers thought the results will be exceptional to have Prime be dead. They didn’t know how popular the leader of the Autobots really is. Some kids walkout in the movie theater after first twenty minutes of the movie when Prime passed over his leadership. Well, if I was there, I’ll bust a cap on that screen. Since then, I stopped watching the Transformers even after they resurrect Prime in some episodes.
They killed him again in the sequel live action movie. There’s this scene that Optimus was ganged up, and I’m expecting the worse. When he was flipped to the air, dropped at the ground, I said, ‘Don’t you dare tell me he’s dead?’ and that Sam boy shouted ‘Optimus!’ then I realized he is officially dead (What’s with the shout? No one calls him Optimus, it should be Prime. They are like Chinese, given name should come second). I want to leave my seat and off that player. ‘This is ridiculous,’ I said to myself (bear with me guys, I’m not the only one finding that part frustrating). My friend told me he’ll be revive and join with Jetfire, and I said, ‘Oh great genius, now you spoil the movie. What’s with the joining? Jetfire is an old machine Blackbird—how did that happen?—a scrap with a cane that supposed to be a Valkyrie Jet fighter. If they dare debunked Prime again, I swear to god I’m gonna kill the maker of the story line, and I’m not going to be imaginative. I’m just gonna shoot them on the back of the head in broad day light and embrace the punishment!’ and she said, ‘Is he really that stupid? Prime is not a humanist, he’s just stupid.’ I was shocked hearing that, then I said, ‘No. He’s just pretentious.’
I remember when I was in gradeschool I have a classmate who has a big crush on Optimus Prime. I am a crazed fanatic, but she’s crazier than I am. She has this huge poster na nakadikit sa ceiling, a numerous assembled Prime robots in the cabinet, and a collection of videos of Transformers (BetaMax). And I, all I have was stickers. How can you fantasize a robot? All he had was a covered mouth-face and a horn-like antenna. But she said, ‘Mabait kasi s’ya.’ Nyeeee!
Every December 25, 1986 to 1989, networks used to aired cartoon movies like; Voltron the Movie, Transformers the Movie, GI Joe the Movie for viewers to watch. Now, you have to download in the internet or go to Quiapo to find a DVD. Franchising too was also ‘hit’ today, the made a re-make of those cartoons to real live action. Few weeks ago, GI Joe was on the big screen, few months ago, Astroboy, before that, Dragon Ball, and before before that, I think the first animated ever made to a movie, about twenty years ago, the rival of Ghostbuster on ABS CBN is the pizza lover Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on IBC—not that I hate mutants but I kinda like Slimer’s gang. I’m like ‘wow’ kulang na lang is Challenge of the Gobots (remember that kids, the battle of the six robots, three on the con side and three on pro side? No? Okay, I’ll give you a hint; robots with expressive aura and fingernails). How about Superfriends (that’s JLA to you)? How that Wonder Twins transforms in the middle of the battle to screw things up along with their monkey sidekick, while Robin the boy wonder pisses me off when saying his ‘surprise’ gestures, and how Aquaman unite with the dolphins using telepathic ek ek. The Care Bears (hahaha), Rainbow Bright, and that crazy clan of dwarves with one female Smurfs. I missed those days. But the real thing for me was Prime and his subordinates. I can communicate and mingle with everybody regards to them. Nothing compares to that. More than fifteen years since I saw them again and I still like the old ones, though the drawings are kinda crappy kahit na may new versions emerged on some network. I am 32 years old, and like me, halos lahat ng ka-age ko is an aficionado. Bringing back that old cartoon show felt like a kid again. Excited and jumpy. ‘Starscream you asshole!’ I always say… but kahit na sa cartoons na yan ako nagsimula magsalita ng bad words, I won’t regret it. Because having that experience is the most treasure thing of all as I could grow old and watch the Transformers and be nine again. Amen…
