It’s no plucking chicken, but Saturday Night Live raised a few eyebrows this week when a new cast member made the mother of all mistakes. Read the rest of this entry »
 Archive for the 'Transformers' CategoryTyrese Gibson drops into Chandler’s Atomic ComicsJuly 17th, 2009, 2:23 pm by Jayson Peters Tyrese Gibson Tyrese Gibson, aka Sgt. Epps in Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, will sign autographs and promote his new comic-book creation Mayhem! 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at Atomic Comics, 3155 W. Chandler Blvd., Chandler. You can get more information on this surprise event at the store’s Web site. Talk about a true Renaissance man: actor, R&B singer-songwriter, rapper, model, MTV VJ and now comic book mogul. The book is about a gun-slinging vigilante who bears a striking resemblance to Gibson. Read the rest of this entry » A Laurentian fixationJuly 8th, 2009, 12:01 am by Jayson PetersStar Trek and Transformers screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman seem to have a thing for someone called Laurence. Read the rest of this entry » Prime time: Optimus does Dave’s Top TenJuly 7th, 2009, 9:43 pm by Jayson Peters
CBS has posted Monday’s Top Ten List, read by Autobots leader Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen), on its YouTube channel. ‘Transformers’ brothas — more than meets the eye?June 24th, 2009, 9:48 pm by Jayson Peters
I haven’t seen the movie yet, but an Associated Press story goes into a lot of detail exploring the issue. The characters are called Skids and Mudflap. One is voiced by a black man, the other voiced by a white man. Kids interviewed seem to like the characters. Academic types who haven’t even seen the movie pretty much condemn them as inappropriate. I seem to remember the robots in the original Transformers cartoon in the ’80s having speech patterns that seemed out of place for alien beings that looked like tractor trailers. Then again, they learned everything they knew about Earth from a scan of our media. Then again, it was just a cartoon. Atomic Comics in Mesa holds ‘Transformers’ contestJune 16th, 2009, 8:20 pm by Jayson Peters
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens June 24, and to celebrate Atomic Comics in Mesa is hosting a costume and “robotic dance move” contest 6 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 19. The prize pack includes a screening pass, movie T-shirt, comic book and Atomic Comics gift card. The store’s address is 1120 S. Country Club Drive, No. 105, on the northwest corner of Southern Avenue and Country Club. Transform and roll out! Bad DVDs: Invasion of the Title SnatchersMay 28th, 2008, 12:20 am by Jayson PetersThey say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery … and they’re wrong. I discovered these doppelgängers while surfing Netflix recently. They popped up as recommendations in “Sci-Fi & Fantasy” under the “New Releases” category. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! These have got to be some of the most shameless non-pron (I think …) rip-offs in the history of film — right down to the cover design. AVP (2004, sequel in ‘07) vs. AVH (2007)
TRANSFORMERS 2 release date!September 28th, 2007, 10:30 am by Scott Kirchhofer
More Than Meets…Darth Vader!September 4th, 2007, 9:22 am by Scott Kirchhofer
This is one of the coolest toys I’ve seen in a while. Combining Star Wars and Transformers is like mashing together two of my best childhood toy memories into one piece of glorious plastic. Hasbro has sold toys like this before, but this one is new and looks way better than the rest. You might think $49.99 is a bit much to spend on this beauty, but that was before I told you that it comes with “two awesome battle modes with electronic lights-and-sounds excitement!” Yes! It also comes with a Darth Vader pilot mini figure, two TIE fighter mini vehicles and three stormtrooper mini figures. This is a must buy for fans and collectors, and I’m pretty sure it doesn’t contain lead paint or magnets you could inhale or swallow.
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Alien vs. Hunter: “An interplanetary hunter tracks the galaxy’s most deadly creature to Earth, where predator and prey square off in a battle to the death — with humanity caught in the middle of the terrible conflict. When a team of commandos is sent to investigate a series of mysterious incidents, they stumble upon the clash between these dangerous aliens and must run for their lives. William Katt and Dedee Pfeiffer star in this exciting sci-fi action film.” [
