25th Anniversary of the original Transformers Movie in Australia

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Originally Posted by griffin

- Robert Stack (from Unsolved Mysteries) as Ultra Magnus,

That show used to scare the damn bajeebas outa me! Always found it rather ironic that Mr Stack; once the harbinger of fear and sleep deprivation - voiced the noble and courageous Magnus.

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Originally Posted by canofwhoopass_87

That show used to scare the damn bajeebas outa me! Always found it rather ironic that Mr Stack; once the harbinger of fear and sleep deprivation - voiced the noble and courageous Magnus.

I reckon the harbinger of fear and sleep deprivation in Transformers The Movie would have to be none other than Orson Welles (Unicron). On October 30, 1938 Orson Welles narrated the radio broadcast of H. G. Wells' The War of the Worlds. This radio broadcast was done in the form of simulated news bulletin with only a disclaimer made at the beginning of the broadcast letting listeners know that this was a fictitious broadcast - but there were no further disclaimers throughout the play and it ran with no commercial breaks - so listeners who tuned in later and missed the disclaimer actually thought it was a real news bulletin and that North America was _actually_ under attack by Martians!

Newspapers reported that panic ensued, with people across the Northeastern United States and Canada fleeing their homes. Some people called CBS, newspapers or the police in confusion over the realism of the news bulletins. Some claimed they could smell poison gas or see flashes of lightning in the distance.

Within one month, newspapers had published 12,500 articles about the broadcast and its impact. Adolf Hitler cited the panic, as Richard J. Hand writes, as "evidence of the decadence and corrupt condition of democracy."

Many listeners sued the network for "mental anguish" and "personal injury." All suits were dismissed, except for a claim for a pair of black mens shoes (size 9B) by a Massachusetts man who spent his shoe money to escape the Martians. Welles insisted the man be paid.

It is sometimes said the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was received with skepticism by the American public, as a consequence of the radio performance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_War...radio_drama%29

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Within one month, newspapers had published 12,500 articles about the broadcast and its impact. Adolf Hitler cited the panic, as Richard J. Hand writes, as "evidence of the decadence and corrupt condition of democracy."

What did Adolf know of democracy?

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

Many listeners sued the network for "mental anguish" and "personal injury." All suits were dismissed, except for a claim for a pair of black mens shoes (size 9B) by a Massachusetts man who spent his shoe money to escape the Martians. Welles insisted the man be paid.

I think Welles takes the mantle then