A Random Topics Thread Where I Can Post Whatever I like Whenever I Gain Opportunity Or I Reeeally Feel Like Sharing It Upon The Internet

What happened to this guy when people stopped using cassettes?

Now that I see hipsters with Walkmen is he a threat to world peace again?

   :-) 

A Transformers Thread would be nice, but would invite some disagreements/confusions...
There is a MyLittlePony Thread already, but not a Transformers one, and these two things would in the 80's have been as much opposites as Commodore and Spectrum... such memories... pfui (!)...
Soundwave...The only Transformer I actually have -some coincidence, "CloudyMountains"...!
With regards to him, and his Cassettes - Ravage, Buzzsaw, Lazerbeak, Rumble, Frenzy - ... in the awful remakes - "Bayformers" as they are called in Fandom - Frenzy at least simply turned into a miniature version of Soundwave (a Portable Stereo System) and was able to access...well, WIFI and everything.
...After that first film, for myself I dared not watch the rest, and simply "hoped" (preferred) that with the next series of films, if any, that they get a Director who actually cares about Transformers, rather than simply seeing any Robot as a thing to just "blow up"...
...My, my, that was a very long answer, was it not?

   :-) 

A Transformers Thread would be nice, but would invite some disagreements/confusions...
There is a MyLittlePony Thread already, but not a Transformers one, and these two things would in the 80's have been as much opposites as Commodore and Spectrum... such memories... pfui (!)...
Soundwave...The only Transformer I actually have -some coincidence, "CloudyMountains"...!
With regards to him, and his Cassettes - Ravage, Buzzsaw, Lazerbeak, Rumble, Frenzy - ... in the awful remakes - "Bayformers" as they are called in Fandom - Frenzy at least simply turned into a miniature version of Soundwave (a Portable Stereo System) and was able to access...well, WIFI and everything.
...After that first film, for myself I dared not watch the rest, and simply "hoped" (preferred) that with the next series of films, if any, that they get a Director who actually cares about Transformers, rather than simply seeing any Robot as a thing to just "blow up"...
...My, my, that was a very long answer, was it not?

Bayformers really does demonstrate that Bay had no clue of what material he was dealing with. I never saw Rescue Bots. The last I saw of any animated Transformers was the series with the Headmasters in it from the original run.

Disambiguating Cynosure said:

because it did not take itself too seriously... unlike the current Transformers series, with big shoulders + tiny heads and waists.

Megatron isn't a gun. That's enough for me. Starscream doesn't have the great voice acting either. Then they made them look like they were American Football players with corsets on. Shameful.

There's some stuff in the cartoons that could be pretty high concept. Wasted on B.S.U.!

I actually missed your reply DC. Sorry if it seemed like I ignored your reply.

Starfleet is something you'd enjoy going on your taste in Transformers, Gundam, and Japanese stuff. It was originally Japanese, but was dubbed into English. It has a much harder edge than the Gerry Anderson stuff (Stingray was awful, imo!).

They have all the episodes on YouTube, last I checked anyway.

Starbuck said:

I always thought Transformers and My Little Pony were overrated - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Biker Mice From Mars and Thundercats were all the rage for me!

I wasn't too keen on TMHT, Biker Mice was pretty good though, as for Thundercats, yeah, it was great. The new episodes weren't a let down either, they took the old stuff and made it very Manga-ish. A bit more edgy too. Grune was a favourite in the old show.

Is your name after the Battlestar Galactica character?

I always thought Transformers and My Little Pony were overrated - Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, Biker Mice From Mars and Thundercats were all the rage for me!

...With regards to "Starfleet", I recall the Theme Tune a bit, but made never to watch the show because... um, I was probably too busy with School and witj watching all of those others listed, Sorry...!

Cloudy Mountains said:

spoken like someone who actually gets Transformers!

ありがとう! (Thanks!) ( 3 Days ago... wow, I really have trouble daring to Log On nowadays....)

I am a sissy-girl, but a huge "Fan". Or was, until "Bayformers" came along. As you say...

Cloudy Mountains said:

I could go on, and on.

...it is certainly tempting to start a Thread as if to balance the old "My Little Pony" Thread...

I have all of the UK Transformers Comics from around Issue 80 onwards. Checking the Internet, the last Issue was 332 and I recall how abrupt that was. And I have a lot of US Transformers Comics, and learned Art Styles from them...

Bayformers Movie 1 is interesting upon DVD, to hear Micheal Bay's own commentary, where he admits that he knows nothing about Transformers, and was surprised during his own filming of the (awful) film, that some of the Actors themselves were greater Fans of Transformers than he was.

Transformers Rescue Bots was really good - simple, though - because it did not take itself too seriously... unlike the current Transformers series, with big shoulders + tiny heads and waists.

...Another long waffle! But, well, that is "progress"... Bring on a Director who is not obsessed with B.S.U. (Blow Stuff/Sh** Up), please... 

(I might have spelt Bay's name wrong, but I must Post this or it will disappear!)

BTW DC do you remember Starfleet (X-Bomber)?

It was a puppet show but was much darker than the Gerry Anderson stuff. Some insane battles. Puppets on fire, a big Gundam type robot, and an awesome electro type soundtrack. I've got all the episodes on my PC, I go back to them from time to time.

https://youtu.be/fALC5EZCXn0

After I'd seen Starfleet, Thunderbirds, Terrahawks, and Stingray all paled in comparison.

Lol, I only watched the first one too. Tripe of the highest order.

NO Energon plundering, I remember Megatron siding with a Middle Eastern dictator and then double crossing him for the Energon.

NO guy who was Cobra Commander doing Starscream's voice.

NO Megatron being a gun.

I could go on, and on. Bayformers may have had explosions but it didn't have a planet sized robot, that ate planets for Energon.

I've got all of the cartoons on avi. Transformers the Movie was great. Unicron was badass.

Hey Soundwave is probably one of the best toys. You could have had Ultra Magnus, he was ***. Got killed in minutes after Prime died!

It wasn't a long answer, it was spoken like someone who actually gets Transformers!

Good to see you back around BTW!