Monday, June 06, 2005
You know, I was in kind of a bleh-y mood after a ridiculous 12 hour shift at work, and so I wasn't going to write about how my brother won a $1000 scholarship, or how I bought a William Shatner vs Aliens paintball movie, or how Jenn watched The Secret of The Magical Girl Pants or whatever the fuck that movie is called.

But then I read a little tiny news article about the Transformers live-action movie that is being made, and discovered that it's being directed by Michael Bay. And the slow rage began to build.

Don't get me wrong, The Rock was a great movie. But I have this awful feeling the storyline and characters are going to be neglected in terms of big explosions and car chases. Not that those are bad things to have in a TF movie, they would just be bad to have in a Michael Bay fashion.

Read more gibberish/ranting about the Transformers movie.
As one of the holiest of memories from my childhood, the Transformers keep popping up in my life...and desecrating those fond memories. First there was the interesting but ultimately horrible TV CG cartoon Beasties, and the sequel series that was even worse, Beast Machines. THEN, there was the gigantic load of crap known as Armada. Dreamwave put out a decent Transformers comic for a while, but sadly they went under and the comic is no more.

When I heard they were making this movie, I was overjoyed. Then came the fears that they would ruin it, that it would be all changed and "modernized" and stuff. Prime example? (har har) Soundwave is a casette player. But IMMEDIATELY people starting saying that it'd be stupid to have a casette player, that he would be a discman or *shudder* an iPod. Megatron is a tank, which is alright, since that's not only a decent modification to his original form, but he's been a tank in tons of other TF continuities.

I can't even really explain these fears, but I just pray they don't mess it up. Give me a badass Megatron, a robotic Soundwave, an evil and awesome Starscream. Match them off with Optimus, Ratchet, Bumblebee, Jazz and Ironhide. The Dinobots maybe. Or the Constructicons.

PLEASE DON'T LET THEM FUCK UP THIS MOVIE!!

On a somewhat related note, I saw a trailer for the new Legend of Zelda game, which I've been greatly looking forward to. Apparently, you can turn into a Werewolf. Which begs the question: WHY? WHY!!! WHY ALL THESE STUPID GIMMICKS??

Let's recap:
- Ocarina of Time - no gimmicks, just a regular, fantastic game!
- Majora's Mask - masks. lame.
- Wind Waker - THE STUPID BOAT/SAILING AROUND FOR HOURS. RETARDED
- Four Swords - four of you? makes for annoying puzzles. better off with one Link, the others just got in the way.
- Minnish Cap - shrinking. annoying.

I don't see why Nintendo feels the need to have you transform all the time! I don't want to be able to wear masks and transform into different things. I don't want to split into four of me. I don't want to shrink, I don't want to be a sailor, and I most definitely do not want to be a freaking wolf.

At least I still have Kingdom Hearts 2 to look forward to.


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