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6 Random Transformers Facts I Learned from TFWiki.net

How much do you know about Transformers? How much do you really know? In all honesty, I don’t know that much, but I know a user-updated wiki site that does! That site is Read more…

July 3rd, 2009 by GT | No Comments »

“Roll For It”

Tranformers cartoons are, for the most part, rather on the formulaic side. Megatron, with his maniacal laughing and diabolical scheming, is always up to something and Optimus Prime, his opposite number is always there to stop him. It’s a tried and trusted formula that riles up the kids and gets them pestering their parents for new toys. In fact, there’s an entire branch of Read more…

July 2nd, 2009 by GT | No Comments »

Onslaught (2008)

Transformers Universe Onslaught (2008)Law enforcement has, indeed, reached new extremes. Ours is a world in which the police re-commission military armoured personnel carriers for their own means, badging them up as “Special Weapons and Tactics Team” vehicles, without much consternation from the law-abiding public. But imagine a world in which Read more…

July 1st, 2009 by GT | 1 Comment »

“Spotlight Ultra Magnus”

“Spotlight Ultra Magnus” provides two things: a glib exploration of Ultra Magnus’s reinvented character, and a generous feeding of writer Simon Furman’s sapling new Transformers universe.

The story itself focuses its narrow spotlight beam on just three Read more…

June 30th, 2009 by GT | No Comments »

Walking with Dynamite

Just what is it that gets kidults excited about Dinosaurs? Huge, hulking, fearsome beasts that would either swallow you up whole or trample over you to get to a bamboo shoot. Of course, that’s a rather shallow generalisation since dinosaurs come in all shapes and sizes. But it’s the really big ones that seem to capture the imagination. But if they’re so monsterous, how is it that no one seems to be scared of them? Maybe it Read more…

June 29th, 2009 by GT | 2 Comments »

11 Most Popular Articles of June 2009

In reverse order, the 11 most popular articles of June, 2009;

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen Starscream11. “Lost in Space (Part 4)”
10. “Lost in Space (Part 3)”
9. Ransack
8. Demolishor
7. “Alliance”
6. “Training Day”
5. “Reign of Starscream”
4. Sideways (2009)
3. Sideswipe (2009)
2. Starscream (2009)
1. Transformers comics on the iPhone

What was your favourite article from this month? Leave a comment below to share your thoughts!

June 26th, 2009 by GT | 1 Comment »

“Twilight’s Last Gleaming”

After eight issues of treading lightly and skipping gingerly in and out of the events depicted in the Transformers (2007) film, Titan Magazines, fueled no doubt by strong sales, puts on its Read more…

June 25th, 2009 by GT | No Comments »

Ransack

Assuming the form of a WW1 German military biplane, Ransack is almost a century out of place when compared to the more contemporary vehicle modes chosen by his Decepticon friends. The biplane mode is actually a first in the Read more…

June 24th, 2009 by GT | 1 Comment »

“Scorpion Sting”

Scorponok resurfaces in Qatar in “Scorpion Sting” but it’s the return of Stewart “Staz” Johnson that is the highlight of this Read more…

June 23rd, 2009 by GT | No Comments »

What the British Press thought of Transformers Revenge of the Fallen

Transformers Revenge of the Fallen opened nationwide in UK cinemas on Friday, 19 June 2009. Here is a selection of Read more…

June 22nd, 2009 by GT | 1 Comment »