Geek In the Pink

Friday, January 12, 2007

To continue the childhood flashback

I was discussing the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movie with my brother over dinner, and also the new live-action Transformers movie, and he got all excited about this trip down memory lane, showing off his knowledge of the original Transformers: The Movie from 1986. I don't know how many of you remember this movie, but it was pretty cool for its day. Well, I bought it for the Boy for Christmas and before long it was out, and the whole family was in the living room watching it. Oh. My. God. First of all, there are some high-class names in this movie: Leonard Nimoy, Orson Welle, Judd Nelson...Very cool. Some of this movie..hella cheezey. No question. The music is so unbelievabley 80s power ballad stuff that we all wanted to die. The best part, though, was that my brother almost remembered the whole thing word for word: including the music. His girlfriend didn't know what to do with him. The rest of us just laughed. Still, I got a toast from my brother, thanking me for bringing the movie back into his life. My work here is done.

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3 Comments:

  • At 9:34 AM , Blogger Likestrek said...

    I too own the Transformers movie and still enjoy it. I recieved season one volume one of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe for Christmas so I've been induging in that...

     
  • At 8:36 PM , Blogger An Illegal-Size Paper Production said...

    I need to get the 20th Anniversary DVD as I have the older one that doesn't have all the spiffy extra features and I love extra features. But I think the film is cool even in this day. How many other storied franchises kill off the main hero?

    What did you find cheesey? I don't remember the film being cheesey, but you're probably right. Looking back at things, you can always find cheesiness.

    By the way, your brother is very lucky to have you as a sister.

     
  • At 5:11 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Yay, movies from childhood, yay! *Flight of the Navigator* was on TV on New Years, and my mom was deeply amused, and slightly disturbed, that I still remembered much of the dialogue. (Riiiiiiice-a-Roni! The San Francisco treat! Ding ding!)

     

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