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ever, like : “Megatron must be
stopped, no matter the cost” and
the quote that makes the hairs
on the back of my neck stand up
“One shall stand, one shall fall”
which is used in the new movies
but just doesn’t carry the same
weight and meaning that the
cartoon version did. That version
is full of highs and lows, loss and
hope, and by the end you feel like
it is, to coin a Doctor Who phrase

be teaching him lessons about

you have been on the journey with

“a fixed point in time” and to me

right and wrong, about being

these characters, side-by-side and

Transformers is just that, for I am

loyal and following through on

been left emotionally exhausted.

a Generation One baby, I was there

promises made, dealing with

when it all kicked off and I loved it.

loss and renewed hope.

My daughter is nearly 16 now
and she’s a chip off the old

As I said before, the new

If you are a true Transformers

block. Even now she will still ask

Transformers films are good, they

geek you will have seen 1986’s

to borrow my Generation One

deliver on the blockbusting action

Transformers The Movie, one

and 1986 cartoon movie DVDs

sequences, the daredevil antics

of the most epic and classic

because she also prefers them

you expect from the good guys

cartoon movies ever made.

over the newer films. I am glad

versus the evil guys, however I

It crams so much into its 144

that Transformers is spanning

find I have to switch my brain off

minutes they could have just

the generations as it deserves to,

to watch these epic films. “And

made a season out of it. This

but I honestly believe something

why is that?” I hear you ask. Well

movie is what Transformers in

has been lost in translation.

these new films feel a bit shallow

its current genre should still

- all about the special effects and

aspire to be - action-packed and

So on July the 10th as you queue

less about the adventure these

featuring so many character

up for the visual feast that is

robotic aliens are on. They are,

deaths it would give George R.R

Age Of Extinction there will be

after all, trying to integrate into a

Martin a run for his money, ideally

a 10-year-old boy who is also

race that are unforgiving, quick to

with a stunning soundtrack of

queuing up and thumbing the

judge and all too eager to backstab

synth and full-on rock-pop.

switch on his brain to off. You will

them; talk about a challenge!

know if it’s me mind you, as you’ll
This is the movie that has for me

Wooooahhhh calm down mate! It’s

one of the best fight scenes ever

“need, need, got, got, need”.

a film about robots from space!

as Optimus takes on Megatron

Yes, yes it is, but that 10-year-old

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hear me saying under my breath

in its final bout. If nothing else,

boy is looking at these robots as

these scenes give us some of the

his heroes. They’re supposed to

most awesome quotes of any film

Transformers Special Edition

By Doug Reynolds

The GameOn Magazine