As a child growing up the late 1980s and early 1990s, there was a trio of favourite cartoon shows which aired on American television networks after school and on Saturday mornings The Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Transformers. As is probably still the case with children shows today, there was plenty of marketing synergy at work. You would watch the show for an half and hour, only to be followed by an obsessive need to own the toys, comics and any other expensive, officially licensed product. Lest we overlook the obvious, there were movies to see as well.
There were of course other popular shows than the three mentioned above, but for me (and my little sister!), they represented the holy trinity of fantastical adventures, memorably one-dimensional characters and the sort of humour any kid could enjoy. Who needed to do homework when characters like Egon, Ray,...
There were of course other popular shows than the three mentioned above, but for me (and my little sister!), they represented the holy trinity of fantastical adventures, memorably one-dimensional characters and the sort of humour any kid could enjoy. Who needed to do homework when characters like Egon, Ray,...
- 3/16/2013
- by Edgar Chaput
- SoundOnSight
Oh sweet cartoon nostalgia! Simultaneously revealing things we never saw in our cartoons way back when and reminding us of the things we did but wish we hadn’t. The 25th Anniversary release of Transformers: The Complete First Season almost manages to drown out the bitter with the sweet, but there still remains a few glaring issues with our old friends the Autobots and their adventures on Earth. Virtually hitting the 6 hour marker with episodic content, the 16 chapters in the fight against Megatron and the Decepticons are a vividly colored blast from the past with a shiny new package, some meager extras and a big Autobot magnet.
Cybertron flourished with a peaceful technological utopia where the life forms known as the Autobots, a sentient race of machines, existed in harmony. Until Megatron came on the scene. Seceding from the rest of his Autobot kind, he launched a civil war...
Cybertron flourished with a peaceful technological utopia where the life forms known as the Autobots, a sentient race of machines, existed in harmony. Until Megatron came on the scene. Seceding from the rest of his Autobot kind, he launched a civil war...
- 6/19/2009
- by Lex Walker
- JustPressPlay.net
The Transformers: The Complete First Seasonshout Factory Home ENTERTAINMENT1984-85/General Audiences/6 HoursNow Available . List Price $29.99Has it really been twenty-five years since 'The Transformers' hit the scene? Man I feel old. I was actually into the 'Go-Bots' toys for a (very) brief period before this far more interesting story of alien robots waging war on Earth came to my attention in the fall of 1984. The animation was what one would expect from Marvel/Sunbow productions who had previously done great work on shows like 'Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends'. Basically 'The Transformers' animated series and comic books were created for the sole purpose of selling Hasbro's new toy line, but try telling us kids that. The writers came up with such likable characters and interesting stories that the line between fiction and reality would often be blurred for a ten-year-old. The character of heroic Autobot leader...
- 6/17/2009
- LRMonline.com
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