2. ‘Toon Titans
Around the same time that the comic book was created, a cartoon TV show was developed based on the newly minted toys.
The series’ premise shifted several plot elements about Cybertron and the Transformers’ arrival on Earth, with the Autobots searching for new energy sources and crashing on our planet after a serious Decepticon attack.
The series also introduced human friends for the Autobots in the form of Spike Witwicky, whose younger brother Buster would befriend the ‘bots in the comic series and was originally intended to replace him, before Spike’s introduction forced continuity changes.
Spike’s father was Sparkplug Witwicky – and the surname has carried through several incarnations of the TF stories, all the way through to the current blockbusters.
The cartoon series would be the launching point for the Transformers’ first assault on cinema screens.
But who could the filmmakers possibly approach to do the masterful, booming voice of the bad guy?
Brian Blessed! No...
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Desperation
Jun 17th 2009, 14:41
Interesting feature,. this. I enjoyed reading it. Not much else i can say really apart from thank you so much for reminding me how awseometastic the original animated movie was. I'm going to be watching that DVD tonight. Oh and while i'm here: if Shia does have to choose between Transformers 3 and Indy 5, he should choose Transformers. I'm of the opinion that Indy 5 shouldn't be made anyway as it wouldn't be "Indiana Jones and the MacGuffin" it would be "Mutt Williams (and his decrepit old father Indiana Jones) and the MacGuffin", which would be BAD.
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