It took many years for the Transformers to feature a live action movie unlike other 1980's cartoons, IE The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(My favorite was always Donatello by the way), and for obvious reasons. How even were you going to make a giant Bumblebee? (I hope all my readers visually pictured a giant bee...Jerry Seinfeld will get all the royalties for that visualization.) So, finally, fans were promised a Transformers movie and the hype was high. And why not? Peter Cullen, the voice actor whom originally played Optimus Prime in the 1980's cartoon was returning. The core group of Autobots and Deceptions were returning! Everything seemed promising. Then the movie came out....And I'm fairly sure Megan Fox got more screen time than Optimus....There's something inherently wrong with that.(Which goes against the male grain) The action scenes were great, but the human story was just the worst thing ever, and it's highlighted by one of my least favorite actors, Mr. Shia Labeouf. He's just such a terrible actor(See: Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls, Indiana Jones). This is highlighted more so in the sequel, Revenge of the Fallen. Firstly, Michael Bay begins to just go against the Cybertronian grid all together, and starts making up stuff. He adds a character who only exists in one very small continuity....the Fallen...It's so very lame. They added the great former Decepticon now highly decorated Autobot scientist, Jetfire...But turned him into a geriatric ol' geezer. Can robots even age? Point is, the entire series has been a monumental disappointment since the getco, and I have no doubt that the third installment, which hits screen this summer, will also disappoint substantially.
There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination. It is an area we call the Twilight Zone. The series ran from 1959 to 1964 in an age of television when everything was heavily censored. Rod Serling was an individual who lead the way into breaking the barriers of what was allowed and wasn't allowed on tv. And we're not talking about nudity or of anything of the sorts, we're talking about rhetorical discussions used in the context of the "Twilight Zone." Rod Serling himself wrote most of the episodes which varied from topic to topic whether making commentary on inner beauty or on the communist scare of the 1950's. This was a brilliant program that stands the tests of time to this day, and cultivates the mind to think outside of the box. I know that Mr. Serling is a creative inspiration for me to this day, because if there's anything I want my creative writing to be able to do, it's to cultivate other's minds. The Twilight Zone usually airs for 24 straight hours on the 4th of July and New Years on the Scifi(Syfy) channel, and I recommend unfamilar viewers to watch. Because you never know when you yourself will be making a stop into....the Twilight Zone.
Next topic, Gamefreak and Nintendo Studios released yet another installment into the wildly successful Pokemon franchise. Pokemon Black and White. Pokemon is such a wildly successful franchise, it's Nintendo's second highest selling franchise behind that of Mario, their mascot. This is considered the 5th generation(First being Red and Blue, Second being Gold and Silver, third being Ruby and Sapphire, and 4th being Diamond and Pearl) of Pokemon games and fans are left thinking, "Really?" or, "Shit yeah!" The game sold extremely well, becoming one of the most successful games released on the Nintendo DS, and reviews were exceedingly high. All reviews for the games averaged around a 9.0 out of 10, which is phenomenal. Long time players have said playing this game is like playing the original Red and Blue, and that series clearly went back to it's roots. That in itself is pretty cool. I bought White, played the crap out of it, and it was addicting, and cultivating as ever. I hated the designs of the actual Pokemon at first, but I warmed up on them as I played the game. And they're actually quite good. I recommend these games to everyone.
And finally, I leave a question to the readers of the blog. You don't have to answer it since it'll demonstrate how few readers I actually have. BUT. Who'd win in a fight? Han Solo or Indiana Jones? (With no weapons.)
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