Plundering the past

As I grow older I get to watch the movie industry try to target my generation by taking the toys and cartoons we loved and attempting to breathe new life into the franchise.

I have learned of a new attempt and can't help but be both impressed and worried. Fellow children of the 80's I present my latest find
. It's either going to be amazing or gut wrenchingly bad. If you are a massive fan of the Transformers comics and cartoons you can be sure that it won't be what you want it to be, but everyone else will likely think it's funky. With Michael Bay at the helm and Dreamworks on the effects it will be dripping with CG and explosions so who knows. The website has little else beyond some wallpaper and a teaster trailer. Well there is the highly entertaining message board where fervent nerd-on-nerd battles rage with random statements of dismay and outrage based on assumptions and conjecture.

I personally can't wait for the rest of my youth to be plundered for the mass market movie monster. They've already taken a run at most of the popular stuff as well as the bottom of the barrel so with the barrel scraped almost dry maybe we can look forward to such greats as Snorks - The Movie and the Thundercats live action movie. Who knows, maybe even we'll see a Slinky movie in the near future where our dear ubiquitous coil of steel conquers evil and gets the girl.

Slinky Hooooooooo!