David Hingtgen

Notable for being (probably) by far the most "mis-transformed for a photo shoot" Transformer ever. ROTF Leader Prime: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/1867/whyprime.jpg

I'll second learning of the Go229 in SWOTL. That game taught me the difference between the B-17F and B-17G, too.

wolfx---Jetfire rocked *because* he was old. Especially when .

Awesome quote from a mocking review: <<<"What is the status of the Transformers at the beginning of the film?" The Autobots have joined the military to hunt down the Decepticons. We're told the Decepticons are "doing things," but they appear to be hiding peacefully when the Autobots show up and brutally murder them. What? Yeah. The Decepticons aren't apparently doing anything, then the Autobots show up, the Decepticons run for their goddamn lives, and the Autobots hunt them down.>>> http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/06/bonus_...faqs.php?page=1

You mean separate from the fact that A third toy would have to be bot-mode only. And a "add-on only pack" is a waste since that's what essentially already is, toy-wise.

"It'll work, it'll work, it'll work". Anyways---any more/good pics of "as seen on screen" Devastator? His coloring is distinctly different from most early pics and the toys. His face is mostly red, not silver, and Overload has lots of white (maybe even mostly white), not all-red.

No Jetfires around here, but did see the new Scouts and Ravage for the first time. I very much liked Ravage in the movie (Zoid fan), but I'm kinda disappointed that the colors of the toy seem off---purple eye, black with lots of pale silver overall? Really looked very gunmetal overall to me on-screen. Plus, the tail doesn't seem removable/swappable. .

Yet another thing we need the local fan-artists to draw...

All the movie-bots would do well to emulate that design---it's more "intricate" than G1, but it's still very clear what it turns into--there's Apache parts all over it. (I saw that a few days ago, but still really like the design)

The more I see of Rottentomatoes, the more I think their measurement system is flawed. It's pass/fail in essence. A movie that ranks an "F" is rated the same as "C+" really. IIRC it's either an A/B movie, or not. If there's a lot of people straddling the C+/B- line, then the numbers get REALLY skewed---I think that's the difference between the first and second movies, Tomato-meter-wise. Same reason such a wide range of movies all have 90%+. The A+ and the B- movies all are ranked equally. People just agree "above average"---not that one movie is "good" and one is "amazing". (I use a lot of Pixar movies as my judgement---there's a good amount of variance in quality, but all are good---that shows at Rottentomatoes)

I don't recall his arms being that buff. He must have talked to Agent One recently.

Warning----something that makes the F-35 look good/cool: http://www.es.northropgrumman.com/solution...eodasvideo.html One step closer to valk cockpits.

Boeing's screwed. The 787 issue isn't minor. It was the wing starting to delaminate at some 30% below the stresses required for certification. You can't "patch" a 30% lack of structural integrity for the wing-to-fuselage connection. ::edit:: More technical explanation with pics: http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/flightbl...ng-th.html#more

Buy Ransack, even though he's not an on-screen character.

As do I.

IMHO the fight scenes were only a bit zoomed out. I could now tell what was going on 50% of the time, instead of 25% of the time. Still needs more zooming-out. Would especially have liked a bit more zooming-out on Devastator's combination scene.

Seems the 787's engine run-up and control check last week was all smoke and mirrors before the Paris Airshow--make it look like they're days away from first flight, when they know darn well that the day after the show is over they're going to announce another modification to do. They knew about this issue in May.

Overall comments: About the same as the first. A bit worse overall probably. IMHO, the bad parts weren't as bad as the first, the good parts weren't as good as the first. More homogenous. Starscream fans will be happy due to him having probably 10x more dialogue and characterization that the first. (though that wouldn't take much). IMHO, there seemed to be fewer (or at least less "dramatic") transformations--especially of those I wanted to see transform! Spoilery comments:

No problems with Grace in that regard---she's older than she looks.

Heh, was wondering who'd post that. (I didn't know if it should go here or in the airplane vs thread) PS---that's about the slowest version of the Hornet around.

It's Namco. They make tons of DLC that no one wants (AC6), and make almost no DLC for stuff people do want (SC4). I'm still waiting for more Nightmare armor parts...

If real----who'd have suspected there'd be a group of Super Flankers in the game. Bet that they're bad guys. Probably invincible too, until the plot allows you to take one down.

Interesting--VFA-131 didn't have the bird-slicers last time I checked.

I'd buy a nice, new, small *TV* version in an instant. I still like the TV version better if for no other reason than a superior transformation/cruiser mode. It actually looks like a ship. DYRL version looks like battroid laying face-down.

8800 series is too low IMHO, GTX260/4870 are a decent step up. Not worth paying for as an upgrade from an 8800, but if you're starting from scratch---worth the extra money. Can they fit in a micro-ATX, or will standard ATX be required for them? (and any possible decent future graphics upgrade)