Transformers

i was going to do an entry on the 4th of july, but it didnt feel right.
see, for me the 4th of july didnt really happen until today, because i didnt see transformers until today.
i was surprised at how great it was because i was never that into the toy.
whenever i tried to play with one it always ended taking me 3 hours to make the thing transform.
in all fairness, thats counting how long it took for me to get frustrated, throw it across the room breaking it, and take a nap before asking my parents to buy me a new one.
personally i applaud bays decision to speed up the transformations, allowing more time for robot fighting action.
actually, the middle half was mostly people just talking, but they were usually talking about/with robots, which is the best kind of dialogue.
but i was upset that they decided to kill off my favorite autobot – jazz.
jazz is the black person autobot.
and the only autobot that doesnt make it.
apparently megatron is a racist because he decided to emancipate jazzs legs from the rest of him.
its a pretty emotional scene.
well… i guess i technically didnt realize it had happened until optimus prime showed up near the end holding half of jazz in one hand, and half in the other.
i dont know exactly how the movie ends because i started screaming and the ushers had to escort me from the theater.
transformers is still an awesome movie.
just dont get too attached to jazz.
as if thats possible.



originally posted: Saturday, July 07, 2007