The year was 1987. I was 10 years old. My family and I were moving to another city. For me this was a life changing event because it meant my whole world was being turned upside down. I’d likely never see my old friends again. I’d have to make new ones. New house, new city, […]

The main protagonist of Transformers: The Movie is not Optimus Prime (the Autobot Leader), but rather a newcomer: a young Autobot named Hot Rod. He is brash, cocky and impulsive, and is appropriately voiced by a bad boy member of the ’80s Brat Pack, Judd Nelson. Hot Rod experiences personal growth both figuratively and literally […]

”Kremzeeeeekkk!” It was July 1986, I was nine years old, and school was out for the summer. This was during the golden age for the Transformers franchise in the 1980s. The funnier-than-usual “Kremzeek” episode had just finished airing, and it featured Prime, Blaster, and Bumblebee trying to stop a pesky little energy life-form named Kremzeek […]