Transformers

I went and saw Transformers this weekend expecting the worse, but hoping for the best. "Transformers" is the first movie this year to not only live up to the hype, but to surpass it by leaps and bounds. I walked out of the theater feeling strangely satisfied, something I don’t expect out of a Michael Bay film. It was original enough to separate itself from the Transformers most of us grew up with, but it also did enough to stay true to its roots. There have only been a small number of films that I’ve been to where the audience applauded and Transformers was one of them. Don’t wait for the DVD because this film is worth the price of admission. The plot of the movie is fairly simple: two opposing robot/alien forces are searching for the same artifact from their home world.  The Transformers featured in the move are Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Jazz, Starscream, Ironhide, Ratchet, Bonecrusher, and Megatron. My only complaint is that Starscream wasn’t introduced into the movie sooner. However, I’m a bit biased because Starscream was always my favorite Transformer from the cartoon. That is, until they killed him off in the animated movie… On a side note, I was surprised to learn that if you go to the movies before noon it’s only $5. It’s nice to know that matinee prices aren’t quite yet a thing of the past. Not sure if they all do that, but AMC theaters do. 

 

Last week, I was doing some random forum hopping and just reading whatever caught my eye. I went into the Browser Based Games forum and read about a game called Ogame. About five minutes later I found myself hooked (along with many other 2o2p members) on this game. If you get a chance, check it out.