A question to everyone who is using the Transformers Toy Database on Transformers-Universe.com. I’ve recently done a bit of redesign there, making it possible for figures to be part of not just one, but multiple[…]
The Real G1 Movie: Five Faces of Darkness
It was the year 1986 and after two seasons of watching the adventures of Optimus Prime and his Autobots taking on Megatron for control of the Earth’s resources, there came the animated movie. And let’s[…]
Great Character Arcs: Cheetor (Beast Wars)
To this very day I consider Cheetor from Beast Wars the best-developed character in the history of the entire franchise. Across three seasons of Beast Wars and two seasons of Beast Machines we saw him[…]
Missed Opportunities: Punch / Counterpunch
Every once in a while you wonder what might have been. What great story-telling or character-development opportunities briefly teased at your imagination, but then failed to materialize. Today we are looking at one such opportunity.[…]
Dark of the Moon: Out of the Dark, Into the Light
Seeing as I’ve already dealt with Revenge of the Fallen and Age of Extinction, as well as explaining why I think the original 2007 Transformers movie was pretty good and doesn’t really need to be[…]
Great Character Arcs: Megatron (IDW)
When it comes to Star Trek movies there is no beating Star Trek II – The Wrath of Khan, but the one movie that came very, very close for me was Star Trek VI –[…]
I Still Love the 2007 Transformers Movie
The Transformers live-action movies directed by Michael Bay have polarized the fandom in an extreme manner. These days it seems you either consider Michael Bay the rapist of your childhood and devil incarnate or the[…]
Revenge of the Fallen: It could have been great!
After the first live-action movie featuring the Transformers performed well and got relatively positive reviews (for a summer action blockbuster), a sequel was quickly green-lit and put into production. Unfortunately said production fell right into the[…]
Robots in Disguise 2015 – Season 1 Reviewed
The first season of the new Robots in Disguise series is history, so it’s time to take a look back. Despite being a sort-of sequel to Transformers: Prime, this new series differs a lot from[…]
Age of Extinction: A different take on the story
First off, let us not start into another discussion on Michael Bay and whether or not he raped our childhood or saved the Transformers or is the devil incarnate or whatever. Personally I am not[…]