{"id":955,"date":"2011-10-25T19:53:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T01:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=955"},"modified":"2011-10-25T21:11:43","modified_gmt":"2011-10-26T03:11:43","slug":"episode-44-the-transformers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=955","title":{"rendered":"Episode 44: The Transformers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9811\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-955-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep44.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep44.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep44.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep44.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=955-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep44.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep44.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_957\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-957\" title=\"The Optimus Prime puppet from the so-called &quot;Season 5&quot;\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/puppetprime-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"The Optimus Prime puppet from the so-called &quot;Season 5&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/puppetprime-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/puppetprime.jpg 349w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-957\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&quot;Are Kup and Hot Rod gonna be alright, Uncle Prime?&quot; &quot;Kup and Hot Rod are gonna be just fine, Li&#39;l Tommy.&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>How has it taken 44 episodes to get to this?! Ben and I sit down with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geekcastradio.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">TFG1 Mike<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/authenticgeek247.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">JT from Saskatoon<\/a> to talk about robots that turn into cars, planes, and boomboxes. Yes, it&#8217;s The Transformers. At last, this day has come!<\/p>\n<p>I know that it&#8217;s not great storytelling. Heck, the show can barely go an episode without contradicting itself. But when it comes to creating iconic characters by the seat of its pants, nothing&#8230; I mean, NOTHING tops G1 Transformers. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Hot Rod, Starscream, Jazz, Soundwave, Grimlock, Ironhide, Cyclonus, Kup, and many, many more.<\/p>\n<p>Today, we make fun of G1 a lot, but it&#8217;s all out of love.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Topics Discussed<\/strong><br \/>\nGET THAT CRAP OUT OF MY ROBOT SHOW!!!<br \/>\nOptimus Prime: Death and Resurrection<br \/>\nThe immaculate conception of Spike Witwicky<br \/>\nRobots with souls<br \/>\nGay love Autobots<br \/>\n<em>Of Mice And Dinobots<\/em><br \/>\n&#8220;No one&#8217;s ever really disabled as long as they have COURAGE!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Don&#8217;t sneak up on me, Tommy!&#8221;<br \/>\nDaniel cries like a baby<br \/>\nRodimus listens to old Cure albums and cuts himself<br \/>\nThe birth of AKOM<br \/>\nToy-accurate Ultra Magnus makes us cry<br \/>\nTargetmaster contortionists<br \/>\nNinja consultants<br \/>\nA life support system that you wear into battle<br \/>\nPutting dead giant robots into wooden caskets<br \/>\nThe F*@!ING CYBERNETIC SPACE CUBE!!!<br \/>\nThe Go-Bots movie SUCKS!!!!!!!!!1111oneoneone<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_960\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"size-full wp-image-960\" title=\"Grimlock! Shhh!\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grimlock_shhh.jpg\" alt=\"Grimlock! Shhh!\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grimlock_shhh.jpg 480w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/grimlock_shhh-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Proof that Rodimus is a terrible leader. Optimus would NEVER have taken Grimlock along on a spy mission.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_961\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-961\" class=\"size-full wp-image-961\" title=\"Daniel jumps down Arcee's empty neck!!\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/arcee_danny.jpg\" alt=\"Daniel jumps down Arcee's empty neck!!\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/arcee_danny.jpg 480w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/arcee_danny-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And Mike Blanchard wants an explanation for why I think that this is a terrible episode. Isn&#39;t it obvious?!??!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_962\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/deadprime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"size-full wp-image-962\" title=\"The dying and rising Optimus Prime\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/deadprime.jpg\" alt=\"The dying and rising Optimus Prime\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/deadprime.jpg 480w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/deadprime-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Here&#39;s the guy I pray to every Sunday!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/_XTnxlIqSI4\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/bq1_6D9QS9Y\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How has it taken 44 episodes to get to this?! Ben and I sit down with TFG1 Mike and JT from Saskatoon to talk about robots that turn into cars, planes, and boomboxes. Yes, it&#8217;s The Transformers. At last, this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=955\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[30,10,6,39,19,7,13],"class_list":["post-955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast","tag-80s-animation","tag-akom","tag-bad-animation","tag-giant-robots","tag-good-animation","tag-marvel","tag-sunbow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=955"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":974,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/955\/revisions\/974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}