{"id":705,"date":"2011-08-09T17:00:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-09T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=705"},"modified":"2011-10-27T08:27:30","modified_gmt":"2011-10-27T14:27:30","slug":"episode-33-flint-dille-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=705","title":{"rendered":"Episode 33: Flint Dille Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3202\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-705-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep33.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep33.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep33.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep33.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=705-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep33.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep33.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><div id=\"attachment_706\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/flint-dille.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-706\" title=\"It's Flint Dille!\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/flint-dille-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"It's Flint Dille!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/flint-dille-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/flint-dille.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-706\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The man who killed Optimus Prime!<\/p><\/div><br \/>\nTo commemorate the 25th anniversary of Transformers The Movie, we spoke with cartoon and video game writer Flint Dille about his work over the years, with such properties as Buck Rogers, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Transformers, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters. It was a lot of fun and he had a lot of great stories about Vin Diesel, Gary Gygax, Orson Welles, Robert Stack, and Chris Latta.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics discussed:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe Rodimus Prime controversy SOLVED!<br \/>\nThe girls of GI Joe<br \/>\nHow come we&#8217;ve never seen Don Bluth and Flint Dille at the same time in the same place?<br \/>\nThe League of Extraordinary Gentlemen with AWESOME NAMES!<br \/>\nFrank Miller and the death of Optimus Prime<br \/>\nUnicron &#8211; Orson Welles&#8217; swan song<br \/>\nChris Latta &#8211; We miss him!<br \/>\nMegatron&#8217;s mullet<br \/>\nKnowing is half the battle!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_709\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-709\" class=\"size-full wp-image-709\" title=\"Eau De Cobra\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/eau-de-cobra.jpg\" alt=\"Eau De Cobra\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/eau-de-cobra.jpg 500w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/eau-de-cobra-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-709\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Children of the 80s will immediately recognize this type face<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_710\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-710\" class=\"size-full wp-image-710\" title=\"Transformers The Movie\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tftm.jpg\" alt=\"Transformers The Movie\" width=\"450\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tftm.jpg 450w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/tftm-300x160.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transforming the summer of 1986!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To commemorate the 25th anniversary of Transformers The Movie, we spoke with cartoon and video game writer Flint Dille about his work over the years, with such properties as Buck Rogers, Dungeons &amp; Dragons, Transformers, GI Joe, and Ghostbusters. 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