tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post8444173288337811828..comments2023-09-09T04:03:00.560-05:00Comments on The Fortress of Soliloquy: Top 5 Worst Transformers Ideas EverUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-22699245085574048492007-07-22T07:48:00.000-05:002007-07-22T07:48:00.000-05:00What about Headmasters? Not only did the body tran...What about Headmasters? Not only did the body transform but the head did, too. I think that's what made me grow up and move on.Woody!https://www.blogger.com/profile/18278331401731521715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-45721185005776564202007-07-20T12:04:00.000-05:002007-07-20T12:04:00.000-05:00How can you not include the utterly inane "Pretend...How can you not include the utterly inane "Pretenders" line, which for reasons that elude me are based on the principle that the best place to hide robot warriors is _inside_ of heavily armored humans?Simon (formerly Johnny Sorrow)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08429628635241033885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-54669966740048976992007-07-19T11:23:00.000-05:002007-07-19T11:23:00.000-05:00Hey Tom, Despite how it may appear, I have a serio...Hey Tom, <BR/><BR/>Despite how it may appear, I have a serious question for you regarding the Transformers. To whit: why do the Autobots and Decepticons hate each other?<BR/><BR/>Being a child of the Cold War, I completely understand why GI Joe are the good guys and why Cobra are the bad. Heck, I even understand why He-Man and Skeletor hate each other. But I don't get why two very scientifically advanced races of sentient robots want to destroy each other. <BR/><BR/>Now I freely confess that my knowledge of Transfandom is lacking. As a girl, I watched the cartoons on weekday afternoons, but I never saw the movie, and so when the series "jumped" from present day with Optimus to the future with a bunch of retards I'd never heard of, well... I stopped watching, and never really had the urge to get back into the fandom after that. <BR/><BR/>My initial inclination is to assume that "Autobot" and "Decepticon" are basically militant ideologies; give the Republicans and the Democrats energy weapons and they're almost as likely to start shooting at each other during a session of congress. <BR/><BR/>But then I realized, there seems to be no political drive to either of these groups. The Decepticons, when they aren't fighting the Autobots for no real tactical gain, seem to engage in what amounts to piracy: stealing energy and other natural resources to either construct new 'cons or escape Earth. The 'bots, on the other hand, tend to just sit around chillaxin' in the Ark, until and unless there is some Decepticon plot that needs thwarting. <BR/><BR/>So is it a subtle satire? Are the Decepticons slash-and-burn developers intent on raping the land? Are the Autobots eco-friendly stoners?<BR/><BR/>And if they are, why for Eris' sake are we being taught a lesson in ecology and Gaia reverence by ROBOTS?<BR/><BR/>As I said, I am perplexed. I would appreciate you addressing this at some point during your Transformers week. <BR/><BR/>Thank you.<BR/><BR/>(Verification word: skcdr, which I'm pretty sure is the sound of an Insecticon transforming.)Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-77811659756457852652007-07-19T01:08:00.000-05:002007-07-19T01:08:00.000-05:00I caught less than a half-dozen episodes of the Be...I caught less than a half-dozen episodes of the Beast Machines show. I kept trying to figure out how they could fuck up Silverbolt and freaking Rhinox. But they did. Plus they added a plant. I don't think it turned into anything. I think it was just a roboplant. Plus Cheetor as leader? SERIOUSLY? He didn't even get a "I must mature into leadership" thing like Hot Rod did in the movie. It was just Optimus has turned into a freaky priest, know I will be leader...<BR/><BR/>BAH!LurkerWithouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03540770911478925992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13848504.post-3198109259449338982007-07-18T03:13:00.000-05:002007-07-18T03:13:00.000-05:00The friggin' space-cube. I still hear people brin...The friggin' space-cube. I still hear people bring that up as the reason they couldn't get into Transformers as a kid. My own brother to this day can't watch an episode without making those silly sound effects.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com