I loved transformers as a kid, but I could never figure out the point of them. I mean, they're robots in disguise, right? They turn into cars and trucks and pistols and boom-boxes and so forth. But the first time they transform back into a robot, the gig is up. People are like, "Hey, that firetruck with the hydro-laser cannon is actually a giant robot in disguse!"
And couldn't the robots themselves recognize the other side, even when transformed, by the distinctive autobot/decepticon stickers plastered all over them? "Be careful Bumblebee! That slammin' ghetto blaster could easily be Soundwave in disguise!" "Starscream, look out, that microscope is actually Perceptor: Autobot science expert!"
And couldn't the robots themselves recognize the other side, even when transformed, by the distinctive autobot/decepticon stickers plastered all over them? "Be careful Bumblebee! That slammin' ghetto blaster could easily be Soundwave in disguise!" "Starscream, look out, that microscope is actually Perceptor: Autobot science expert!"
Blaster was the boombox.
Soundwave was a tape recorder.
And couldn't the robots themselves recognize the other side, even when transformed, by the distinctive autobot/decepticon stickers plastered all over them? "Be careful Bumblebee! That slammin' ghetto blaster could easily be Soundwave in disguise!" "Starscream, look out, that microscope is actually Perceptor: Autobot science expert!"
Blaster was the boombox.
Soundwave was a tape recorder.
See, here's where the cool points I've so carefully accumlated over the decades go right out the window:
Bumblebee, being an Autobot would have no reason to be afraid or wary of Blaster, as he was an Autobot as well. Thus, if he were to be warned of the potential dangers of transforming sound equipment, it would logically be due to the fact it could without warning become the insidiously rythmic Decepticon, Soundwave.
Adamu
Boulder, CO
October 2004
FEB 12, 2005 03:22 PM