Transformers references in other media

[griffin]

This came up on a google search for the recent Transformers plushies - a Northern NSW healthcare organisation having an annual conference that they call Transformers, with this year's being Transformers 4 (https://www.thecentrehki.com.au/events/transformers-2019/) (their fourth annual conference - and Transformers 3 was last year's (https://www.thecentrehki.com.au/transformers-2018/)).
Looking over their websites, there is no reference of the name in Transformers font or altered Autobot symbol, being authorised or licensed by Hasbro... and they aren't listed on their partner pages.

[GoktimusPrime]

Trivia Q: Identify which movie or TV show this screen shot comes from
https://i.ibb.co/Drf5sSW/temp.jpg

[KELPIE]

Flight of the Navigator

[GoktimusPrime]

Flight of the Navigator
Winner winner chicken dinner! :)

[KELPIE]

Winner winner chicken dinner! :)

Yay :)

[Sinnertwin]

One of the coolest ads ever with famous cars such as The Batmobile and Ecto-1 has been made by Walmart. One of the cars is Bumblebee from the new movie.

https://youtu.be/oGrSw7wK4no

That's a ripper of an ad.
The General jumping over the store or through a wall would have been icing on the cake

[BigTransformerTrev]

On �The Good Place� they had a cube and one of the characters said �Oh! Like the Allspark on Transformers!�

[BigTransformerTrev]

Episode of SVU. They need a kid to leave the room so the detective says �Hey Sammy, how about you show me those Transformers you got for Christmas�

[BigTransformerTrev]

Listening to a podcast from a few weeks ago and they were talking about all the changes that had been proposed for the 2019 Oscars and of those which had been kept and which had been scrapped.

The speaker talked about how the category 'Most Popular Movie' had been proposed and then quickly scrapped, saying "People didn't like it. Would it have meant that an Oscar went to, say, a Transformers movie".

So on the one hand he was saying Transformer movies were extremely popular, on the other hand inferred they were undeserving of an Oscar. Up to the individual whether they agree or disagree I guess.

[BigTransformerTrev]

Transformers references in both episodes of 'The Good Place' this week.

The first episode they were going to escape from the fake Bad Place to the real Good Place in a magical vehicle and one guy says 'I hope it's Optimus Prime. If it is I call left nipple! That's like calling shotgun when your in Optimus Prime'.


In the second episode the head of The Bad Place is talking to a subordinate and is spraying on deodorant. He throws it to his subordinate and says 'It's called Transformers, here try it. The smell replicates the feeling you get watching a Transformers movie'.

[Paulbot]

"How do you smell loud and confusing?"

There's been several more TF references in later episodes too but no spoilers from me for those watching on free-to-air.

[1AZRAEL1]

Watching an episode of American Dad where Stan goes to jail, and in the shower scene another inmate walks passed with an Autobot logo tattooed on his arm.

[griffin]

One of the episodes of Big Bang last night (I think the TV guide said that it was the season 11 first episode), Sheldon tells Amy (something like), him being at an event and not being the center of attention is like having Optimus Prime at your place and not being asked to transform into a truck.
I was channel surfing, so I wasn't really paying attention to it, so it caught me by surprise.

[BigTransformerTrev]

One of the episodes of Big Bang last night (I think the TV guide said that it was the season 11 first episode), Sheldon tells Amy (something like), him being at an event and not being the center of attention is like having Optimus Prime at your place and not being asked to transform into a truck.
I was channel surfing, so I wasn't really paying attention to it, so it caught me by surprise.

Post #169 (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=575628&postcount=169) mate ;)

But then I put up the reference made in 'The Mr. Hell Show' and then 18 months later forgot and put the same reference up again so I'm much worse, I can't even remember what I put up, let alone what others have :p

[Paulbot]

Post #169 (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=575628&postcount=169) mate ;)

But then I put up the reference made in 'The Mr. Hell Show' and then 18 months later forgot and put the same reference up again so I'm much worse, I can't even remember what I put up, let alone what others have :p

And of course with so much TV these days people get to things at different times. Like your recent post about The Good Place with the jokes that I posted here over a year ago (Post #185 (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=580474&postcount=185)).

It's worth anyone sharing anything they've seen as nobody can remember everything :)

[BigTransformerTrev]

And of course with so much TV these days people get to things at different times. Like your recent post about The Good Place with the jokes that I posted here over a year ago (Post #185 (http://www.otca.com.au/boards/showpost.php?p=580474&postcount=185)).

It's worth anyone sharing anything they've seen as nobody can remember everything :)

Ha! Well there ya go. Double guilty Trev. Can't remember what I put up OR what others put up :p:o

I'm kinda glad I didn't remember that as I'm watching it on free-to-air so don't want any spoilers

[griffin]

Posted over on TFW (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/03/21/transfofmers-g1-ultra-magnus-spotted-in-stranger-things-season-3-trailer-385672), the appearance of a Gen1 Ultra Magnus toy in a promo video for the 3rd season of the Netflix show Stranger Things (set in the 1980s). They have a link to the youtube video and screen-grabs in case the video is taken down.

[GoktimusPrime]

Heh, that's neat... although damn those mistransformed arms!

G1 Galvatron appeared in an episode of Doctor Who (I think it was storyboarded by Andrew Wildman too) and the toy was mistransformed, but it was being handled by Clara Oswald who was just fidgeting with it on the kitchen bench rather than properly playing with it.

[snaketales]

I rewatched Ground Zero (Australian film, 1987) recently and spotted Colin Friels' son had a Transformers poster in his bedroom.

[griffin]

Heh, that's neat... although damn those mistransformed arms!

G1 Galvatron appeared in an episode of Doctor Who (I think it was storyboarded by Andrew Wildman too) and the toy was mistransformed, but it was being handled by Clara Oswald who was just fidgeting with it on the kitchen bench rather than properly playing with it.


(photos of my TV screen from last year... I probably could have looked for a better quality image online, but this was easier)

http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/e984.jpg

[KELPIE]

I'm wondering if I missed that episode or if I was totally oblivious to Galvatron just sitting there.... :confused:

[BigTransformerTrev]

On Mad as Hell they we�re talking about Jackie Lambie and saying how powerful she is. The interviewee character said �She practically is the Prime Minister, in fact practically the Optimus Prime Minister�

[M-bot]

Posted over on TFW (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/03/21/transfofmers-g1-ultra-magnus-spotted-in-stranger-things-season-3-trailer-385672), the appearance of a Gen1 Ultra Magnus toy in a promo video for the 3rd season of the Netflix show Stranger Things (set in the 1980s). They have a link to the youtube video and screen-grabs in case the video is taken down.

The scene in question happens in the first episode. Which is set in 1985... a small oops that probably only matters to TF fans.

I�ve seen some people say that it appears that UM is remote controlled, but my read of the scene was that the toy was placed on a remote controlled vehicle or something.

[BigTransformerTrev]

On an Indigenous Affairs TV ad from the NT there are a bunch of boys hanging out on the street and one of them is wearing an Autobot T-Shirt

[griffin]

The classic movie that started all of these "Transformers sightings in other media" back in the early years of the online fandom in the 90s, is on tonight... Leon the Professional (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9on:_The_Professional), is on channel 32 at 9.15pm.
This is the movie that has a hitman reluctantly take in a 12 year old girl, who loves watching Transformers cartoons.

[BigTransformerTrev]

On My Little Pony Twilight Sparkle was looking through a box of her old stuff from when younger and found a toy and went �(Gasp) My G1 Starswirl Action Figure!�

[Paulbot]

I was watching American Dad tonight (Cops and Rogers, s6 ep14) and they used The Touch for a montage scene. It�s an old episode but didn�t come up with a search.

And I recently saw the stage musical version of Mean Girls. Those that know that movie might remember the Plastics performing in sexy Santa costumes at a talent show. Well that�s in the musical too but is preceeded by two other talent show acts, one of which is two guys wearing transforming (movie) Optimus Prime and Bumblebee costumes.

Might be the closest Transformers gets to the Broadway stage. Presumably the Paramount connection of the films lets them do this. (Unless you count walking to Times Square and get a photo with one of the few street performers in unofficial Optimus and Bumblebee costumes).

[griffin]

The TV guide says that one of the eleven episodes of the Simpsons that are on free-to-air tonight (yes, eleven episodes in one night), is the halloween episode that has a Transformers story to it.
It is the 9.30pm episode on channel 73 (7-Mate).
(most of the Simpsons marathon are halloween episodes)

[Ravagecat]

Starscream Spotted in Topgun!

I noticed this for the first time last weekend when I was giving my oldest (13) son his monthly dose of:"Dad's 80's Nostalgia"

I can honestly say I've seen this movie at least a half dozen times since it was released but had never noticed before that Goose gives his kid a Starscream toy when he meets up with his Missus (Meg Ryan) at the airport. You also see Starscream in a later scene sitting on top of the Piano when they are singing Great Balls Of Fire!

Images on links Below:

Image 1 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1rSwtCeIWTdJJ9D7XdTnbKSG4mZlbdRWY)
Image 2 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ctXj9Y-48Tp4ZHOIJMlZp4-LWBHmqUV_)
Image 3 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1Kd01Jqu1DKVkfQokQcDhR-PrtMOQ-g_u)
Image 4 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1nA2rnjgrWhGWB0NWxrWNUPLoa9-arVuA)
Image 5 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1uHEOjXquxlfNqALIZqv62Aro70p36juC)
Image 6 (https://drive.google.com/open?id=1lkVzJdpzh3vYQRY8Izm8T3sDXkoxky5Q)

I am more inclined to think it was used as prop because it turns into a Jet (albeit aF15 not F14 like they are flying in the movie though) and not because its a transformer. The Prop Master probably said, "hey get me a toy jet for the father meets son/wife scene" and because Topgun was released in 1986 right in the middle of the Transformers hype Starscream would of been readily available on toy shelves!

[High_Q]

Starscream Spotted in Topgun!

Didn't know that. Interesting! :D

[Autocon]

Probably been mentioned before but brooklyn 9 9 has an episode where jake talks about the tfs.

[griffin]

The Detroit Thanksgiving Day parade with inflatable floats, had Optimus Prime held by a dozen or so people (https://news.tfw2005.com/2019/11/29/optimus-prime-float-returns-to-americas-thanksgiving-parade-in-detroit-401408) dressed up in Movie Optimus costumes and silver faces... which was the same as last year's parade (https://news.tfw2005.com/2018/11/22/g1-optimus-prime-giant-float-in-the-detroit-thanksgiving-parade-377180).

[griffin]

The current season of Hells Kitchen showing on TV at the moment (probably channel 74) is season 11 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%27s_Kitchen_(American_season_11)), which has in the opening credits, "kitchen-bots" attacking the contestants, with a background that looks a little Cybertron-ish.
This season was done in 2013, so a little bit of time after the 2009 Transformers Movie which gave us Kitchen-bots... but the intro could have been inspired by the Transformers movie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5MZGZBUFTE

[BigTransformerTrev]

In Teen Titans Raven says 'this will lead to Autonomous Labour' and Beast Boys responds 'You mean the leader of the Transformers?'

[Dan]

In the movie Just Mercy, set in the late 80s early 90s, a kid is seen playing with G1 Starscream.

[griffin]

Looks like Bumblebee will make a cameo in the TMNT 2 Movie.... sort of. As a costume at a costume party (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/bumblebee-will-cameo-in-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-2-182950/).

This 2016 Movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Out_of_the_Shadows) was on last night, and the "Bumblebee" shows up as someone in a Halloween street parade, but it started out as a humvee type vehicle, transforming into the human wearing a Movie Bumblebee mask and costume, complete with the original transforming sound. Having the sound impressed me most, but I can understand why they couldn't have the costume transform into a camaro, as it would be promoting a movie franchise of a rival movie company.
Michael Bay was a producer, but I wonder if he was the one who had it included, or if the Director did it as a nod to his employer (Bay's company).

It wasn't a scene with Megan Fox's character though, which would have looked a little weird.

[BigTransformerTrev]

https://youtu.be/Vp3G7FH4oHs

In the new Harley Quinn cartoon Sy, who is an old half-robot bloke in a motorised wheelchair, talks about how the CIA changed him due to the influence of a massively popular toyline from 1984. He then transforms, rather gruesomely, into a car.

Link here
(https://youtu.be/Vp3G7FH4oHs)
WARNING - Coarse Language (not suitable for children)

[Paulbot]

I saw the move Just Mercy today. Set in 1989, when we first meet Brie Larson�s character her son is playing with a G1 Starscream. He�s playing with it like a generic jet toy but a few shots later you can see he�s somewhat transforming it.

[griffin]

A UK insurance company have managed to get the CGI Bumblebee from the Bumblebee movie in their latest commercial, and it is a REALLY GOOD commercial....


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q6mv1c-2NNM

[DELTAprime]

I saw that last night. I feel sorry for Bee.

[DELTAprime]

So WWE seems to have taken an Optimus Prime Peterbilt and painted it to promote Becky Lynch.

https://twitter.com/WWEUniverse/status/1239706235429060612?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5 Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1239707156196270081&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fcomicbook.com%2Fwwe%2F2020%2 F03%2F17%2Fwwe-becky-lynch-truck-monday-night-raw%2F

[griffin]

One of the episodes of Lego Masters this week (first or second episode) showed us one of the contestants' toy room... full of 80s action figures, including Transformers.
It was a very nice room, with all four walls full of toys, and a sofa in the middle to just sit there and enjoy the view (probably a TV there too, but the toys would be too distracting).

Tonight's episode of Hard Quiz has a contestant who is a fan of Mazda cars, and he showed photos of the different Mazda cars he's owned, including a white one that was painted with red/blue stripes and had Martini logos... similar to Gen1 Jazz, but not exactly like that toy's deco though (wrong sort of car too, but would look fairly similar though).

[griffin]

Just noting that the movie Ted 2 is on tv tonight on 9Go at 9.30pm.
This one features Hasbro in the plot and parts were filmed at the NYCC in 2014 so you'll see the actual Transformers display at the Hasbro exhibit.
It's interesting to have Mark Wahlberg in this film dealing with the Hasbro company, in between staring in his two Transformers movies.

[Unicran]

Show called Garage Gold on channel 94 (9Life) tonight had G1 Swoop toy.

The guys remove �rubbish� from people�s garage free of charge & get to keep anything of value.

[UltraMarginal]

One of the episodes of Lego Masters this week (first or second episode) showed us one of the contestants' toy room... full of 80s action figures, including Transformers.
It was a very nice room, with all four walls full of toys, and a sofa in the middle to just sit there and enjoy the view (probably a TV there too, but the toys would be too distracting).

Tonight's episode of Hard Quiz has a contestant who is a fan of Mazda cars, and he showed photos of the different Mazda cars he's owned, including a white one that was painted with red/blue stripes and had Martini logos... similar to Gen1 Jazz, but not exactly like that toy's deco though (wrong sort of car too, but would look fairly similar though).

There is a 'G1' sticker kit for the Alternators Jazz. available from Toy Hax.

[Omega Metro]

Ozark Season 3. Marty�s 80 year old therapist arrives in a bright yellow McLaren..... �It�s not a car. It�s a transformer,� :D

[Krayt]

One of the episodes of Lego Masters this week (first or second episode) showed us one of the contestants' toy room... full of 80s action figures, including Transformers.
It was a very nice room, with all four walls full of toys, and a sofa in the middle to just sit there and enjoy the view (probably a TV there too, but the toys would be too distracting).


Just heard an interview with this guy... he thinks he has about 4000 toys.

Found my "official" DB with my TF collection on the weekend and updated it yesterday.... 4100ish.... Man i wish i had a "room" instead of " many boxes to store away from sight"

[SharkyMcShark]

I don't know if anyone enjoys The Weekly Planet podcast like I do, but they've done a lot of Transformers content recently. Caravan of Garbage is a show they do where they watch a movie (or read a comic book or play a game) every week and then talk about it for 15 - 20 minutes.

They're both childhood G1 fans, so there's a good deal of fan humour in there (it's not just LOL MOVIE IS BADD)

Transformers
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0KYzeqUurk)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Qgp7cj98zE)
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJKSUCqfBTo)

Bonus video they did on the strangest Transformers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRY4i7p2230)

[miles_prower]

In the first season of the Australian tv show "Wanted", in one of the scenes in the background is a collection of Transformers, including Combiner Wars, Energon, Year of the Snake and Generations as well as several others.

https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-0/p180x540/12711247_908179859297740_1616173050961606817_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=htn3nj071-AAX9l64Tz&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&_nc_tp=6&oh=b7ebb8836839cfdbc307e2801887f70f&oe=5F49AD28

On a side note, this is actually from my collection, my brother was part of the set design and asked to use my figures. Though I was only allowed to use Hasbro figures, no Takara Tomy or 3P. I gave roughly 100 figures of different series to let them use, and apparently people on the set wanted to buy them. :)

[Dimi194]

In the first season of the Australian tv show "Wanted", in one of the scenes in the background is a collection of Transformers, including Combiner Wars, Energon, Year of the Snake and Generations as well as several others.

https://scontent.fbne5-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-0/p180x540/12711247_908179859297740_1616173050961606817_o.jpg ?_nc_cat=101&_nc_sid=825194&_nc_ohc=htn3nj071-AAX9l64Tz&_nc_ht=scontent.fbne5-1.fna&_nc_tp=6&oh=b7ebb8836839cfdbc307e2801887f70f&oe=5F49AD28

On a side note, this is actually from my collection, my brother was part of the set design and asked to use my figures. Though I was only allowed to use Hasbro figures, no Takara Tomy or 3P. I gave roughly 100 figures of different series to let them use, and apparently people on the set wanted to buy them. :)

That's so cool!!!!

[griffin]

Is that this show?
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanted_(2016_Australian_TV_series))
If so, which episode?

[High_Q]

... my brother was part of the set design and asked to use my figures. Though I was only allowed to use Hasbro figures, no Takara Tomy or 3P.

Why was the display restricted to Hasbro only? I can understand not wanting to promote bootlegs and IP infringing products, but no Takara Tomy?

[miles_prower]

That is the show Griffin, sadly I haven't seen it so I can't say, but I know that it's season 1. I was rather surprised to see it wasn't posted in this thread yet.

High Q, it's about getting permission from companies to use certain products. A few companies had said no to including there products, but when the production asked Hasbro, they agreed. So I let them hire my Hasbro figures, and I do mean hire, I was compensated for them using them.

From what I've heard, the show is pretty decent and I still find it funny that people wanted to buy my figures when my brother brought them in. From what I was told, they wanted to create a "Nerds" bedroom for that scene.

[Jaxius._]

Had a rerun of Everyone Loves Raymond playing in the background the other day (might have been over a week ago feel like i'm losing track cos of isolation)
Anyway had RID01 Prime and Magnus and of course i noticed that of all things, it's really the little things haha

[High_Q]

High Q, it's about getting permission from companies to use certain products. A few companies had said no to including there products, but when the production asked Hasbro, they agreed.

That's very informative. Learn something new everyday. :)

[Skyfire]

"Optamus primed" geddit geddit? :) Check out the top shelf. Clipping from a local Perth community newspaper (Southern Gazette 30/7/20).

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50178644937_729aca21b7_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2js7EWD)

[snaketales]

"Optamus primed" geddit geddit? :) Check out the top shelf. Clipping from a local Perth community newspaper (Southern Gazette 30/7/20).

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50178644937_729aca21b7_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2js7EWD)

Yeah that was mine . Reused it from a different paper last year . It was a finalist for best headline in last years WA media awards

[SharkyMcShark]

Another Caravan of Garbage, this time for Age of Extinction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ve0TFbbUD9U)

Next week, TLK.

(just again, these guys are Transformers fans its not just randoms going LOL MOVIE IS SHIT) (which it bloody is)

[Skyfire]

Another TF themed headline from the Southern Gazette (17/9/20). Some journo there must be a TF fan.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50355299657_79809bcfca_h.jpg (https://flic.kr/p/2jHJ5eF)

[griffin]

Another TF themed headline from the Southern Gazette (17/9/20). Some journo there must be a TF fan.


Scroll up two posts (#307) to see who is the person doing those headlines.

[snaketales]

Another TF themed headline from the Southern Gazette (17/9/20). Some journo there must be a TF fan.


Guilty as charged (thanks Griffin!) :cool:

[Skyfire]

Ha Ha! That's great. Snaketales is secretly pushing TF through the newspapers. The resistance lives! Meanwhile his editor has no idea... (journos in disguise):D

[snaketales]

Ha Ha! That's great. Snaketales is secretly pushing TF through the newspapers. The resistance lives! Meanwhile his editor has no idea... (journos in disguise):D

Oh trust me, they're very much aware of my interests ;)

[griffin]

Oh trust me, they're very much aware of my interests ;)

Lemme guess, you have TFs toys at your cubical? :P

[snaketales]

Lemme guess, you have TFs toys at your cubical? :P

Perhaps ... :o
Plus the copious amounts of deliveries I used to get until we moved

[High_Q]

In the fifth season episode "Cartoon Feud" of Teen Titans Go!, the Titans and the Scooby Gang were kidnapped by villain Control Freak to compete in the game Family Feud. The losing team was supposed to have their TV series cancelled. In the course of the game, Frank Welker and Megatron were mentioned.

[griffin]

This was probably mentioned back in 2017, but I only just saw the new Power Rangers Movie last night on TV... a yellow/black Camaro is crushed while the Zords are fighting Goldar, and the red ranger says, "Sorry Bumblebee".
It was probably the main highlight for me in that disappointing movie.

On TV tonight, they had the 1986 movie, Flight of the Navigator, which had a scene where the boy was brought to his room at NASA and it was filled with toys, including a Transformers toy in its mint box (I think it was Skywarp). It is funny how those sorts of things, even just for a fraction of a second, stand out like a bright flashing light to a long time fan.

[G1Optimal]

This was probably mentioned back in 2017, but I only just saw the new Power Rangers Movie last night on TV... a yellow/black Camaro is crushed while the Zords are fighting Goldar, and the red ranger says, "Sorry Bumblebee".
It was probably the main highlight for me in that disappointing movie.


Theres a rumour going around that there was a connection with hasbro buyout of power ranger

[DELTAprime]

In the remaster of Need For Speed Hot Pursuit (Which was the third game with that name) there is an achievement for winning a race with an '07 Camaro with Bumblebee's paint job that references Bee.

https://i.imgur.com/AsIehIE.png

[Justice for Ironhide]

I dont know if this has been mentioned or not, but a part of optimus prime can be seen stuck to a wall in alt-mode in an assasins creed game (came across this in an insta post).
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQOcbxirTZMOY1JAmtb8v-pY2pixmof4YXi4A&usqp=CAU

[High_Q]

I dont know if this has been mentioned or not, but a part of optimus prime can be seen stuck to a wall in alt-mode in an assasins creed game

Ha, that's funny. Never seen this reference before. I wonder if this is just part of a wall, or performs some other function in the gameplay.

[DELTAprime]

IIRC the original AC was heavily outsourced to get it out on time so some of the art might not have been historically accurate.

Ubi set up their massive internal support infrastructure because of having to outsource one too many games.

[griffin]

The governor of California held a press-conference yesterday outside Universal Studios in Los Angeles, to announce that the state was now dropping most of its covid restrictions... and some of the Universal Studios characters there to support him included Bumblebee and Optimus Prime... and "Optimus" even spoke to the Governor at the start of the announcements.
I saw it on The Late Show last night, but there are some copies on youtube, like this one but it has some annoying ads at the start (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYVAA0hTWiM).

[DELTAprime]

When you said Optimus spoke to the guy I didn't expect it to actually sound like Optimus.

Also, ads? What ads? Just use UBlock Origin and the ads are gone.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublock-origin/cjpalhdlnbpafiamejdnhcphjbkeiagm

[griffin]

I already use an ad blocker for websites, but keep getting websites that won't let me see it if I don't turn off the ad blocker.

[griffin]

Another sorta related thing...

Today on TV I saw the start of the 1972 version of Treasure Island (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treasure_Island_(1972_live-action_film)), which had Orson Welles as Long John Silver, and Lionel Stander as the Billy Bones (at the start of the movie).
Obsessed fans of the 1986 Transformers movie will recognise those two actors as the voices of Unicron and Kup (respectively), and the character of Billy Bones was a constant story teller, who quite often sounded like Kup (another story teller).
It was really surreal when Lionel's character first shows up and starts talking, and I could close my eyes and see Kup talking.

[griffin]

Hasbro are sponsoring another race car in America (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/07/02/transformers-x-dawson-racing-transformers-lmp3-race-car-436692).

[Paulbot]

Watching HYBPA? last night I saw a new TV commercial for Paramount+ the newly rebranded version of 10 All Access coming soon.

First thing in the ad is a clip of Optimus Prime, with another clip of Prime from Age of Extinction later in the ad, amongst all the other Paramount-owned movies and TV that will be on the platform.

Clip here:


https://youtu.be/lHGoPgNIgw8

[DELTAprime]

^ Ah man. I really hope I don't have to sign up to Paramount+ in the future for the new Star Trek series. I'm happy watching them on Amazon Prime and Netflix.

[Ravagecat]

Hasbro are sponsoring another race car in America (https://news.tfw2005.com/2021/07/02/transformers-x-dawson-racing-transformers-lmp3-race-car-436692).

Cool :cool:

[DELTAprime]

I don't watch it myself but apparently, Rick and Morty used Cybertronian script in the latest episode.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/latest-rick-and-morty-episode-has-cybertronian-text/46133/

[griffin]

The Hard Quiz episode this week had a question about the Periodic Table with the answer being The Transfermium Wars (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transfermium_Wars), and the host (Tom) commented that it sounded like a bad Michael Bay movie... obviously referring to the Transformers movies.

[griffin]

On today's episode of The Chaser (quiz show on 7), there was the question, "which robot movie franchise had the fifth movie titled The Last Knight", and the Chaser didn't know (she guessed Terminator). The contestants almost got it wrong too, but at the last second one of them remembered "Transformers".

[DELTAprime]

Nvidia has an AI project called Transformer Megatron.

We all know Nvidia is evil, but naming your AI project after the lead villain of a franchise is rather on the nose.

https://nv-adlr.github.io/MegatronLM

[DELTAprime]

This is just sad. But it is a Transformers reference in other media. Gene Simmons performing a parody of The Touch in a TAB ad.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sujINWZ0WBY

[griffin]

This is just sad. But it is a Transformers reference in other media. Gene Simmons performing a parody of The Touch in a TAB ad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sujINWZ0WBY

I just saw that on Seibertron earlier this evening, and came on here to post it.

He totally butchered the song... :(

[DELTAprime]

Oh, we can insert videos. I didn't realise that. The more you know.

[Seraphim Prime]

This is just sad. But it is a Transformers reference in other media. Gene Simmons performing a parody of The Touch in a TAB ad.

I'm not a fan of most gambling ads, but that one is particular cringe. A very static Gene Simmons, poor vocals in general, the one headbanging fan

ugh

[snaketales]

Not mine, but I did let it go through

https://i.imgur.com/zV401OB.jpg

[Sinnertwin]

I'm not a fan of most gambling ads, but that one is particular cringe. A very static Gene Simmons, poor vocals in general, the one headbanging fan

ugh

Gene would sell his first born and bury him in a KISS coffin if the price was right.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Not mine, but I did let it go through

https://i.imgur.com/zV401OB.jpg
**Golf clap sound effects**

That is appreciated

[BigTransformerTrev]

So I'm doing a competition on my Radio Show of THE GREATEST 100 SONGS OF ALL TIME!

Being a Transformers nut I've liberally seeded a few songs from the 1986, 2007 & 2009 Transformer Movies in the list of songs to vote for ;)


If you wish to tip the top songs count in the TF's favour visit The Greatest 100 Songs of All Time (http://www.bigangrytrev.com/vote-for-the-greatest-100-songs-of-all-time/) and vote by leaving your picks in the comments section :)

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

So I'm doing a competition on my Radio Show of THE GREATEST 100 SONGS OF ALL TIME!

Being a Transformers nut I've liberally seeded a few songs from the 1986, 2007 & 2009 Transformer Movies in the list of songs to vote for ;)


If you wish to tip the top songs count in the TF's favour visit The Greatest 100 Songs of All Time (http://www.bigangrytrev.com/vote-for-the-greatest-100-songs-of-all-time/) and vote by leaving your picks in the comments section :)

Aiiaght, ya got me to have a look.
That's a rather eclectic selection of songs and looking through the list brought on the following reactions.:

Confused wha? - Smooth Criminal (but not the MJ one???)
Raised eyebrow - Barbie Girl
Self-chuckle - Holdin out for a hero
Nostalgia - Slice of Heaven (footrot flats baybyyyyy)
Agreeing nod - 19-2000
There's a song called that confusion - My Boobs are OK
Vocal chuckle - Instruments of Destruction
The Gurge - The regurgitator song thats there.
Ah, there it is - the Touch
My Karaoke Song - The Love Shack
I had the CD single of that! - White town.



Consider me slightly amused.
Thanks Trev!:D
(didn't vote though, coz lazy)

[BigTransformerTrev]

I'll copy and paste into my blog on your behalf ;)

A bit under two weeks left to vote for anyone else who wants to see the TF songs go to the top!

1.Visit: www.bigangrytrev.com

2. Click the appropriate link

3. Read the list of 110 songs by 110 different artists

4. Scroll (and scroll and scroll!) down to the comments box and pop in:
-Songs from the list you want to vote for
-Songs from the list you want to vote out
-A suggestion of a song that you think should have made the top 100 list


Aiiaght, ya got me to have a look.
That's a rather eclectic selection of songs and looking through the list brought on the following reactions.:

Confused wha? - Smooth Criminal (but not the MJ one???)
Raised eyebrow - Barbie Girl
Self-chuckle - Holdin out for a hero
Nostalgia - Slice of Heaven (footrot flats baybyyyyy)
Agreeing nod - 19-2000
There's a song called that confusion - My Boobs are OK
Vocal chuckle - Instruments of Destruction
The Gurge - The regurgitator song thats there.
Ah, there it is - the Touch
My Karaoke Song - The Love Shack
I had the CD single of that! - White town.



Consider me slightly amused.
Thanks Trev!:D
(didn't vote though, coz lazy)

[KELPIE]

I dunno about that list Trev.

Was that just a random playlist you were listening to on the day? :P

[BigTransformerTrev]

I dunno about that list Trev.

Was that just a random playlist you were listening to on the day? :P

Don't like it, don't vote then.


Everybody else, there are a few hours left to vote! Right now I can say there is a certain TF song that is currently sharing the No #1 spot with a few other songs but its certainly not the TF song you would expect ;)

Instructions on how to vote below :)





1.Visit: www.bigangrytrev.com

2. Click the appropriate link

3. Read the list of 110 songs by 110 different artists

4. Scroll (and scroll and scroll!) down to the comments box and pop in:
-Songs from the list you want to vote for
-Songs from the list you want to vote out
-A suggestion of a song that you think should have made the top 100 list

[Paulbot]

Voted!

[BigTransformerTrev]

Voted!


Cheers Paul mate :)

I might actually ask your advice on how you do the Ozformer Awards, as the way I've done the voting system isnt very user friendly, so for next year I think it would be better to do something like you do.


Voting closed. We start working our way through the Greatest 100 tonight from 6pm on The Big DJ Trev Show on krrfm (http://krrfm.org.au/) :)

[griffin]

A new TV commercial in the UK is using the Movie Optimus Prime from AOE and TLK... several years after those movies, to sell insurance. (not Peter Cullen though)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IumBxGc_vEk

[griffin]

Something Paulbot reshared on facebook from two years ago (https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2521285774777964) - a Victorian government video clip about a clean energy transformer on a truck, and comparing it to the robotic Transformers.

[Paulbot]

I haven't caught up on it yet, but last nights "Space Invaders" show (the hoarding/clean up show) on channel 9 included a Transformers collector.

Should be available on the 9 catch up apps.

[DELTAprime]

So spoilers for the Chip and Dale movie in this article. There are apparently two cameos from Transformers in the new Chip and Dale movie.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformer-cameos-in-disneys-new-chip-and-dale-movie/46914/

[KELPIE]

So spoilers for the Chip and Dale movie in this article. There are apparently two cameos from Transformers in the new Chip and Dale movie.

https://www.seibertron.com/transformers/news/transformer-cameos-in-disneys-new-chip-and-dale-movie/46914/

Just saw this movie - It's pretty good for the easter eggs alone. Recommend.

[Skyfire]

She's not a TF fan. (https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/i-hate-imaginary-play-how-do-i-get-through-it/101225410) Poor Boulder...

[snaketales]

Not a proper reference, but the name of one of the actors in Black Adam is Quintessa

[griffin]

In the latest episode of Family Guy one of Megs friends calls her Megan because that's her name and Meg says "Actually my name is short for something else". They flashback to her birth and Peter changes the name on her birth certificate from Megan to Megatron.

This showed up on last week's episode of Hard Quiz, as one of the contestants had as their special subject "Family Guy". One of the questions was asking what Meg was short for, and they showed a shot of her birth certificate with "atron" scribbled after the "Meg".

[DELTAprime]

Since this is not licensed by Hasbro, but rather by Western Star I think it belongs here.

SCS, the makers of European Truck Sim 2 and American Truck Sim has just released the Western Star 5700XE.

Why does this matter for Transformers? Because in 4th and 5th Bay movies Optimus was a Western Star 5700XE. On top of the regular paint jobs and accessories for the 5700XE, Western Star has licensed the Optimus Prime upgrades for the 5700XE. So you can drive an officially licensed Optimus Prime in American Truck Sim.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcZCFgSkIyo

[DELTAprime]

Adam Savage has shown off a 3D-printed metal head sculpt of Optimus Primal from ROTB that Paramount commissioned, made by Joel Telling.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DviGCPms9go

[KELPIE]

Not really sure if this belongs here... but this seemed the right place for it.

Screen Junkies did an "Honest Trailer" for the original '86 animated movie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ub12DkmRUnI

[DELTAprime]

Linus Tech Tips's video for today has the Robosen Optimus Prime in today's video.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5e3ALqgpaA

[griffin]

On tonight at 10pm on SBS channel 31, a documentary on cartoons, with episode 2 (After these Messages) noting Transformers in the description.
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/tv-series/stay-tooned

The episode is about consumerism (cartoons selling stuff), so it could be talking about cartoons like Transformers that were just 20 minute commercials... or maybe the merchandise that was created to cash in on cartoons.

[griffin]

I signed up to SBS on demand, and have started watching the episode, and it talks about the commercials during cartoons that aimed to sell stuff to kids... but they do talk a bit about Transformers, as the 80s are featured.

[BigTransformerTrev]

They had Will Anderson on the 'Will & Woody' radio show on Thursday. They were discussing the Barbie movie. Will Anderson said Barbie needed a stronger male than Ken to compliment her and that he would like to see her dating Optimus Prime in the next movie. He said that could spawn another 45 movies :D

[Skyfire]

I'm watching an animation series called Zhen Hun Jie. In episode 5 of season 1 (https://youtu.be/znLb2mWC1NM?list=PLf7E7-PhvbzfNaG5Hc22626_bdB30gONY&t=151), the clueless protagonist is trying to summon the powerful guardian spirit in her. She references She-Ra, Pokemon, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and finishes with "Transform!"

Later, in the episode, she kills Optimus Prime (https://youtu.be/znLb2mWC1NM?list=PLf7E7-PhvbzfNaG5Hc22626_bdB30gONY&t=583) (just kidding, yuk yuk.)

[Paulbot]

Saw an ad for tonight’s episode of Desert Masters. Contestants having to make a desert inspired by a movie, one contestant was inspired by Transformers and the host/judge commenting “this better bumble-be good”.

[snaketales]

I might have got a bit carried away rewriting this article for PerthNow:

An army of transformers is being rolled out to help Western Power fight outages ahead of “potential extreme weather conditions” over summer.

Western Power hopes it’s got the touch with improvements to 70 distribution transformers in the South West Interconnected System, including 43 in the Perth and Peel region.

Distribution transformers convert the high voltage used in power lines to a lower voltage that is suitable for residential use and are a vital part of the electricity grid, helping to light households’ darkest hour.

[Seraphim Prime]

I might have got a bit carried away rewriting this article for PerthNow:

An army of transformers is being rolled out to help Western Power fight outages ahead of “potential extreme weather conditions” over summer.

Western Power hopes it’s got the touch with improvements to 70 distribution transformers in the South West Interconnected System, including 43 in the Perth and Peel region.

Distribution transformers convert the high voltage used in power lines to a lower voltage that is suitable for residential use and are a vital part of the electricity grid, helping to light households’ darkest hour.

I knew you had it in ya, kid!

[DELTAprime]

Paramount Plus add featuring Bayverse Optimus and Scourge.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMPWsSFqAUU

[DELTAprime]

Toy Galaxy/Secret Galaxy did a video on Robots in Disguise 2001. Outside of G1 and Beast Wars, RID and TFA are still my favourite Transformers series.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKuMxw_wjaw

[snaketales]

Kinda works with the theme song

https://i.imgur.com/mfelmW6.jpg

[snaketales]

Run, it's DotM Laserbeak!!!

https://i.imgur.com/DF8p6sn.jpg

[Paulbot]

The new Australian spin off of Death in Paradise called Return to Paradise (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/return-to-paradise) premiered on ABC last week.

In the first episode one of the characters, a former school teacher, reminded one of the cops who a former student of her about his "G1 Optimus Prime" toy.

[snaketales]

My contribution to the lifestyle pages in one of our papers

https://i.imgur.com/MMY4yrE.jpg

Also had to correct reviewer's claim Cullen and Hemsworth were the only people to ever voice Optimus

[BigTransformerTrev]

My contribution to the lifestyle pages in one of our papers

https://i.imgur.com/MMY4yrE.jpg

Also had to correct reviewer's claim Cullen and Hemsworth were the only people to ever voice Optimus

Which newspaper was this mate? If you wrote it I might pick up a copy :)

In other media references, my Transformers collection was featured on The Project on Channel 10 last night:

https://www.bigangrytrev.com/video-trev-the-transformatorium-on-national-tv/

[snaketales]

Which newspaper was this mate? If you wrote it I might pick up a copy :)

In other media references, my Transformers collection was featured on The Project on Channel 10 last night:

https://www.bigangrytrev.com/video-trev-the-transformatorium-on-national-tv/

Hello TV personality :)
This was in our Mandurah paper. Different sub-editors handle different papers, so there may be different headlines across our titles.
The reviewer was Ben O'Shea, you should be able to find it online on our sites. Try The West Australian or PerthNow.
He gave it 3/5.

[BigTransformerTrev]

I’ll be on ABC Radio National tomorrow morning (09/11) on ‘Life Matters’ at 9.25am talking about adult collecting & Transformers 🙂

[DELTAprime]

So YouTube recommended me this clip from a TV show. I have no idea what the show is, but it's a good clip. lol

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Zwpof79Yik8

[BigTransformerTrev]

Saw some SS toys on a shelf in the background of the show ‘Ghosts’ and saw some Rescuebots (like the T-Rex Prime) sitting on a table in ‘2 1/2 Men’