More than meets the eye: Anticipating the release of the Transformers movie – Part 5

I have seen both early trailers for “The Transformers.”

I remember as a child watching the cartoons. I am, as are many my age, waiting with unbridled anticipation for the July 4th release of the movie. I got goosebumps at the glimpse of Optimus Prime in live action. I can hardly wait to hear him speak for the first time, the voice over being done by the same actor from the original cartoons per Internet Movie Data Base.

Do not be surprised to find the first showing of the movie to be filled with late-twenty somethings and early-thirty somethings, bouncing in their seats, hardly able to control themselves and telling their offspring how cool the transformers are. The hush that goes through the crowd as the lights darken and the opening credits begin. The chance to see a movie based on a cartoon from childhood, brings back all those things from our early years and maybe give us a shadow of that hope that little children have-the future being bright and all that.

The only thing that Michael Bay and Spielberg could do to disappoint is drift away from the true nature of the transformers themselves, let the heroes be heroes and the villains be villains. Robots have no place for in betweens or being “Mr. Data.”

“The Transformers” previews have distinct shades of movies such as “Independence Day” in which aliens attack the Earth and leave only a handful of humanity to fight. In this version, it appears that the attack comes because of Man’s intrusion on Mars though we fortunately receive assistance from friendly ‘aliens.’

No matter what the early press has to say, I will most definitely be there on July 4th, bouncing in my seat, telling my nephew how cool the transformers are and that he’s gonna love it!