Optimus with style!

Now, all of you from the late 80's era, would recall the most talked about cartoon, the Transformers. Back then, this was the only reason why we wanted to go home on time. Not to play games, not to play sports or go for tuition, it was just to catch the Transformers in action. It started with the Autobots, then Decepticons and expanded on from there. It was a simple story line and it really captivated all of us till today. Who would have thought that a movie would be made. Well, we all know the Transformers movie, but this one was in real life. For the first time, we could see Optimus Prime in the flesh... or steel as you may call it.

He's lost a bit of his old self, as you can see from these pictures. The original cartoon, he had a trailer, which does not make an appearance. He's of a different make, the carton version was a flat front truck whereas the movie there is a protruding engine bay. He's got flames airbrushed to his outer shell. Now, that's what I call Optimus with style!

Bumblebee is no longer the VW Beetle that we were all so fond of. Of all the Autobots, Bumblebee was the closest one to Spike, the human connection. He's now a Camaro. Talk about V8 muscle car power. I remembered that Bumblebee was more of a sneeker, he was small and agile and could spy on the Decepticons. Now with a V8, he won't be sneeking up on anybody cause they'd hear the roar 10 miles away. Vrooom vrooom.

Megatron is no longer a small handgun. Guess the producers thought that it didn't make sense. If he was the size of a gun, he'd be a lot like a midget to a human. Did anyone noticed that whenever Megatron fires a shot as a gun, when he transforms back into a bot, he seems wasted or totally... ahem... well sorta like a guy's who's just finished his deed. Know what I mean?

Starscream on the other hand, I would say has the best 'update' for the film. He was probably an F15 Eagle back then. Now to make things contemporary, he's an F22 Raptor, the most elite and advanced fighter jet in the USAF. Geez, no wonder they had to make Megatron turn into an alien spacecraft. Otherwise, he'd get his ass whooped by Starscream who's always on the prowl waiting for the opportunity to take over.

So will the film screwed the whole generation of Transformer lovers out there or have they made it likeable to the public. I know a lot of cartoon or comic characters that have gone up to the big screen were a big let down to fans. The argument is that dollar sense makes more sense. And here's the big cliche, "Autobots, transform and roll out!"