I saw Transformers today. I went in expecting to barely tolerate it and I was really pleasantly surprised. The robot characters were pretty well done, and the humans were almost good too.

I’ll happily admit that I got pretty choked up when Optimus Prime was introduced. Lots of old memories and feelings came flooding back, mostly connected to his death in the 80′s movie. I was too young when it was in theaters, but I watched a whole lot of reruns and VHS a few years later, and I was asking for an Optimus Prime toy before I could properly pronounce his name. Odimus Pry could, to my mother’s frustration, potentially refer to Optimus or Rodimus.

Michael Bay’s movie did justice to my Transformers memories, and that gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside. It kept surprisingly close to canon and closed in a way that could either open it up for a sequel or simply tie it in as an alternate opening for the mythology. I do hope to see a sequel, perhaps with Leonard Nimoy returning to reprise his role as Galvatron. If not, I’ll still be adding this one to my DVD collection.

P.S. Ratatouille is awesome. See it. SEE IT.