So call me a nerd (or preferably call me awesome), but I really really like campy movies. Not a big fan of simply bad movies, but truly awful movies are quite entertaining. Back in high school I made a bit of tradition of watching late night original Sci Fi channel movies, which were utterly, spectacularly, terrible. Haven't had the time or the social confidence to be doing that so much since I got to college, though.
So when I was cruising around YouTube, watching a compilation of the best 80's cartoon shows (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3ayJ27RxU8&feature=related), I was delighted to find that some enterprising soul had uploaded the entire original Transformers movie. This, mind you, was not the recent live-action Transformers movie (which, considering the massive budget and cool effects, was surprisingly campy itself), but the 80's animated classic. This movie is notable in several ways. First of all, I remember watching it repeatedly when I was but a wee one, and thinking it was the coolest thing ever. Secondly, voices are provided by Eric Idle, Leonard Nimroy, Peter Cullen, Judd Nelson, and the great Orson Welles. Thirdly, this movie has the best synth-heavy 80's soundtrack this side of Flash Gordon (which I cannot recommend highly enough). Fourthly, it is a cartoon about robots fighting each other. A perfect recipe for a wonderfully terrible movie. Do watch it, you won't regret it. Or at least check out that little video given earlier, and revel in the glory of He-Man, the Thundercats, Inspector Gadget, and all the rest.
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Flash Gordon! That was a good night. As I recall we made so many mozzarella sticks.
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