tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post9057263519079173989..comments2023-07-08T09:03:12.108-07:00Comments on Blackrock's Toybox: Celebrating The 25th Anniversary of Transformers: The MovieMark Baker-Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-54612719456476636542011-08-08T06:58:24.101-07:002011-08-08T06:58:24.101-07:00I have a five-year-old, so a while back I picked u...I have a five-year-old, so a while back I picked up the original Transformers movie - in no small part as a protest against the current films. And despite the death of Optimus Prime and a certain level of pervasive cheesiness (mainly in the form of Eighties Power Ballads - they're everywhere!), I've really enjoyed rewatching it. (And re-rewatching it... and re-re-rewatching... did I mention that there was a five-year-old involved in this?)<br><br>For one thing, it's pretty obvious that they went all-out when they produced it. The voice talent is an amazing list; the movie is (IMHO) quite a bit better scripted than its modern successors; and even the cheesy eighties power ballads were cutting edge for the time.<br><br>So yeah, the movie holds up surprisingly well.Michael Mockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233321050691782148noreply@blogger.com