Remembering the 80s cartoons – Part 1

This is a great topic to write about. I believe that cartoons of the ’80s were the greatest ever. I was born in 1980 so my earliest memories are actually of watching cartoons during the middle and late ’80s. Today’s cartoons, which are mostly replaced now by computer animation, seem inferior to those of the ’80s. There was something special about a cartoon drawn by hand that computer animation is missing.

Transformers (now a blockbuster motion picture) really set the standard for action heroes with the battle between the Autobots and Decepticons. Every little boy (and maybe even some girls) owned Transformer toys. I had several Autobot toys that actually transformed back and forth between the car and the Autobot. I can remember the commercials that used to air for the action figures: always had that slogan, “Transformers…More than meets the eye.” It was an awesome cartoon.

Thundercats was yet another adventurous cartoon of the battle between good and evil. Once again, I owned the action figures for this cartoon as well. What boy wouldn’t run around the house pretending to be a character? Today’s cartoons lack the thrill and I rarely ever see a kid pretending to be an action hero. This is because there are no good action heroes for a kid to idolize anymore!

The ’80s were a great time to be a kid because we had some awesome cartoons to excite our imaginations. I often think back to these cartoons and I wish kids today had similar experiences to look back on when they grow up.

Movie reviews: The Transformers (2007) – Part 9

I have watched some of the golden age transformers, to beasties, to the most recent Transformers cybertron (this one goes on). So it’s safe to say I’m a relatively big fan. So obviously I looked forward to a huge blockbuster on my favorite cartoon I watched as a kid (and watch bits and pieces now i must admit). It was most entertaining indeed. I laughed at the jokes referencing the classic saying “more than meets the eye”. Indeed it was a great ‘effort’ at reviving a good child orinted story. I say effort due to the fact it was entertaing…..just that. Almost like Spiderman 3, good movie over all and funny but horrible some changes to the story I didn’t approve of. Or a couple questions left un-answered. One un-answered question would be the confusing line (out of context I don’t have photographic memory yea know) Optimus Prime “We will stay on earth”……So basically that kid changed his plans to stay. But without him they’d leave HOW? Would they scan an earth spaceship and blast off for a 1 in 10 chance of leaving the atmosphere. Or the fact that the only name I recognized was Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscreem, and 1 or 2 other decepticons (the other names were probably from the golden age and thats why I don’t remember). The only thing I find odd in transformers in general is that names are never consistent for most of the characters, rather the whole character besides the name is presented. An example would be Bumble Bee (Cheetor, Hot shot, ext…). But the worst part was when they showed Megatron as a more physically stronger than his rival Optimus. These two entities have always been equals except for the couple exceptions of Megatron turns into Galvatron. But over all goof 2 thumbs up.