Transformers Herecy

By now I'm sure you've seen the teaser trailer for the upcoming Transformers movie. (If you haven't seen it yet, you can see it from the movie's official site, linked above.) As a huge Transformers fan, I have a lot of worries about this movie. First of which is the fact that it's being directed by that idiot Michael Bay. My other worry is how faithful the story will be kept to the original American storyline.

Granted, the Transformers storyline has always been in a non-static state - America, Europe, and Japan each have their own storylines for the "G1" era. The G1 era is further changed by each regions' comic book line. But regardless, I would really prefer that the movie doesn't go too far from the "norm" of the American G1 era, but I doubt that will happen. Bumblebee has always been a VW Beetle, but he's a freaking Chevy Camaro in the movie! Well, at least Starscream is a F22 Raptor.


The original Transformers movie took chances too. Hell, they killed off every fan's favorite hero, Optimus Prime, within the first 30 minutes! Now that sucked, especially since they changed the American cartoon to reflect the changes from the movie - it turned from cool to very lame instantly. Very, very lame. Hopefully a new box set DVD will be released when the new movie comes closer to release.

Till then, I'll just enjoy the episodes that I've downloaded. Here's the intro to the American cartoon - just for that warm feeling retro stuff gives. Enjoy. =D

Must get!

There are some things that a game collector would really want to get, and there are some things that a game collector really has to get. It's no secret that I really love Shadow of the Colossus. I still have yet to beat all 16 colossi in normal time attack as well as the hard mode. I'm planning on getting around to those soon.

I normally don't like statues, or large figurines, but I think in this case I'll make an exception just because it's from this game. What I like most about this figurine is that the Wanderer is standing in front of the colossus with his head tilted all the way up to look at his adversary. Really cool, in my opinion.

The thing that is holding me back from getting one is the price - US$88 not including shipping and handling from overseas! If only I knew a place here in Orange County that sells them. Although I would think the price would be jacked up to $120 or so. =
A gamer could still wish though.