7.25.2006
Cowabunga Unicron!
I'm glad that I was born when I was. The '80s were a great time to be a kid and be watching lots of cartoons. Thundercats, Voltron, G.I. Joe, He-Man, Snorkels, hell even the Gummy Bears were the hotness. Two cartoons in particular are being remade into movies in the coming year, and I'm so exCited.
First off, we got the Transformers remake. I mean, it's fucking Transformers!!! What's not to love: best good-guy leader of any cartoon - Optimus Prime, no doubt; the toys had holograms on them, which was way cool for like 1984; the Megatron toy turned into a gun, making it at least 3 games in 1; and finally the original Transformers movie. Orson Welles was the voice of Unicron, the transforming-planet that ate other planets. I mean, we are talking about the Citizen Kane of animated movies. If you haven't seen this movie, do so now. Personally, I think the original stands the test of time, but now it's time to try live action Transformers. I'm concerned by the trailer though, because Mars had nothing to do with the Transformers (brush up on history here.) The Transformers were dormant on Earth for 4 million years and then lived on Earth and on Cybotron, their old home planet that became uninhabitable.
So I don't see where Mars fits in... I also think this trailer makes all the Transformers looks evil, which is obviously not the case (see Witwicky Family.) But I'm still excited, especially if this is a preview of whats to come...
The other cartoon-remake-movie is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, due out March 30, 2007, and it looks amazing. When I was 9, I wanted to be Michaelangelo, mainly so I had an excuse to play with nunchuks and eat weird pizza (Fluff and peanutbutter is some tasty pizza). Three live action TMNT movies were made previously (2 of which starred Surreal Life's Corey Feldman as Donatello), but this one is animated, which I think is awesome. If you haven't seen the TMNT comic series that the cartoon was based on, check it out at the link. These comics are awesome; the art is fantastic, and the story, while still humorous, is much darker and more violent. When I saw the trailer I recognized the art work, and sure enough the writers of the original comic, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, wrote this movie... Nuff said.
First off, we got the Transformers remake. I mean, it's fucking Transformers!!! What's not to love: best good-guy leader of any cartoon - Optimus Prime, no doubt; the toys had holograms on them, which was way cool for like 1984; the Megatron toy turned into a gun, making it at least 3 games in 1; and finally the original Transformers movie. Orson Welles was the voice of Unicron, the transforming-planet that ate other planets. I mean, we are talking about the Citizen Kane of animated movies. If you haven't seen this movie, do so now. Personally, I think the original stands the test of time, but now it's time to try live action Transformers. I'm concerned by the trailer though, because Mars had nothing to do with the Transformers (brush up on history here.) The Transformers were dormant on Earth for 4 million years and then lived on Earth and on Cybotron, their old home planet that became uninhabitable.
So I don't see where Mars fits in... I also think this trailer makes all the Transformers looks evil, which is obviously not the case (see Witwicky Family.) But I'm still excited, especially if this is a preview of whats to come...The other cartoon-remake-movie is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, due out March 30, 2007, and it looks amazing. When I was 9, I wanted to be Michaelangelo, mainly so I had an excuse to play with nunchuks and eat weird pizza (Fluff and peanutbutter is some tasty pizza). Three live action TMNT movies were made previously (2 of which starred Surreal Life's Corey Feldman as Donatello), but this one is animated, which I think is awesome. If you haven't seen the TMNT comic series that the cartoon was based on, check it out at the link. These comics are awesome; the art is fantastic, and the story, while still humorous, is much darker and more violent. When I saw the trailer I recognized the art work, and sure enough the writers of the original comic, Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, wrote this movie... Nuff said.
# posted by Cite @ 12:01:00 AM 
