More Than Meets The Eye

While watching +Transformers+ last night, I can't help but smile to myself in the cinema.

Even though the story is ridiculously-outrageously silly (various transportation vehicles evolving from micro-organism descended from outer space, with the good ones protecting our earth from the bad ones), seeing our childhood "heroes" in action on the big screen brings back the memories of childhood - when we believe that such robots exists and they fight fiercely against one another. That these robots can react to humans the same way we do to one another.

My heart skips a beat whenever I see our heroic Autobots risking their "lives" to protect the humans. Even more so when the machines come alive. And of course, that familiar transforming sound. At one point, I thought I was falling in love with the voice of Optimus Prime :)

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Even though our childhood heroes and favourite cartoon characters are pretty uncool, weird, and even silly in their ways (Smurfs, He-man Masters of the Universe...), they are still very close to our hearts. I mean the 80s kid heart. Somehow seeing them on the big screen is so... comforting. I think you'd know what I mean if you are an 80s kid like me and have some favourite cartoon characters you followed religiously when you were young.

Anyway, I just want to say that I feel good when the good guys from the 80s are still saving the world in this day and age :)

Oh, and you should watch Transformers. Most defnitely.

Nevermind the silly irrelevent storyline. The CGI graphics are impeccable.

"More than meets the eye"