This past Tuesday I went to Best Buy and picked up the Transformers Movie on DVD. I got the 2 disk special edition with the two Robot Heroes characters packaged with the DVDs. I also got the limited edition Megatron Lithograph that they had with it as well. I can’t believe how many separate promotions were done for this movie. Target had the special edition in a transforming CD cover. They also had a prequel comic packaged as well. For the non special edition they had a promo where if you bought the BumbleBee: Evolution of a Hero Two pack you got some sort of discount. Walmart had a pretty decent promo as well and so did many other places.

I have to say that I’ve seen the movie twice in the theater and now I am a bit spoiled as to what the experience is going to be in my own home on the 27 incher. But my friend Andy just got a sweet TV and sound system that would totally rock this movie. He put in a great system and even built a component area for his TV and sound system so that it looks like it is part of the room, not just hanging out in an entertainment center. He probably used a concealable plasma stand to hang the TV so that it totally blends to the wall but at the same time is well mounted and secure. We’ll have to let him borrow the movie to see how he likes it with his sound system and TV.

My friend Ryan is getting the Transformers Movie on HD and he also has a great sound system and TV. I can’t imagine how awesome the movie is going to look in HD on an HD DVD player and an HD tv. I think my little TV might be HD but we have no HD peripherals attached to it so it might as well be a regular TV. There are also many Easter eggs that are on the DVD so far including deleted scenes and other items. One is for a fake commercial for a Transformers Alternators character with Michael Bay’s head. Another is of Michael Bay being ripped out of a car by Megatron. It think it is funny that he can poke fun at himself especially at all the fan hate that was spewed his way. All in all the movie turned out to be a good one and has made a ton of money. And the 2nd movie is already slated for 2009. Once the release date is known I’ll be putting up a countdown clock.

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Transformers DVD

I bought tickets to the Transformers Movie charity screening event on June 28th. They came in the mail yesterday. They are awesome!

I cannot wait to go.

I submitted the news to Seibertron.com and was frontpaged.

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I Got My Tickets!!!

Why is Optimus Prime Crying?

Today I moved my desk at work. I packed up my Alternators and subsequently all of Optimus Prime’s troops, his friends. Prime was left all by himself.

Optimus Prime: Where the heck did everyone go?

All of his troops were gone and so were the Decepticons.

Optimus Prime: I’m stationed in a new location, my troops are gone, but then so are the Decepticons. Better hang onto my blaster for good measure.

Yep, Optimus is my only transformer to be allowed at my new “temporary” desk. I should be in this new location for a couple of months before we all move up to the 3rd floor. I’ve got Christine and Jim in front of me, Dave to my right and Mike to my left. Should be an interesting couple of months. We are all going to be working closely together.

I also picked Optimus Prime as the Photo-A-Day today because today I got a ton of new news from the world of Transformers. I wrote all about it on BenSpark 2: Electric Boogaloo. So what do you think of my attempt to make Optimus Prime cry oil tears?

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Photo-A-Day #749 04/27/07

I saw some of the latest Transformers Movie trailers, or rather TV spots that will begin airing soon. One is titled “Hidden” and the other titled “Destiny”. In the destiny one we see Sam Witwicky picking out his first new car. And in this spot we clearly see him picking out Bumblebee as a Camaro but it is parked next to a yellow car of familiar make and model. Clearly a nod to fans. And also saying that this isn’t your father’s Transformers. The Transformer’s movie is shaping up too be pretty fantastic and I cannot wait to see it on June 28th at BotCon 2007.

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The Latest Transformers Trailers

Today Allison and I started the day with some bacon, egg and cheese English muffins that I made. They were very tasty. I felt like making breakfast this weekend so on Friday when I got home from my trip I stopped at the store and got the supplies needed. I also added to Allison’s reserves of Limeade. She loves the stuff. Simply Limeade is the best because there is no high fructose corn syrup.

In the afternoon I got an e-mail message from The Transformers Collector’s Club. The registration form and brochure for BotCon 2007 had just come out. I immediately filled out my Registration form and faxed it in. There is a great feature this year which is an early screening of the Transformers Live action movie. You know, the one I’ve been counting down to for over 2 years now. Well, I will get to see the movie 6 days early as long as my registration was one of the first ones to make it in. Also this year the collector’s set is an all Decepticon one which will include the rest of the seekers. That will be pretty sweet. And I signed up for the top package so I will be getting a bonus figure as well as admission to the awards dinner on Saturday night. I hope that my friends Ryan and Don can make it to the convention too. It will be nice to go to this thing with friends. This will also be the first Botcon I will have gone to since 2003.

Tonight Allison and I went with Jenn to see Ellis Paul at the Common Fence in Portsmouth, RI. We had never been to this venue before but were eager to check it out.

The Common Fence Point Community Hall was very close to Evelyn’s Drive In. I figured that we would have a nice dinner there before the show but they do not open until this coming Monday. Oh well, we drove a little ways further to the Stone Bridge Restaurant in Tiverton, RI. The food at the Stone Bridge was good. They had a selection of seafood and Italian dishes and the view was very nice. We watched the sunset through the windows. I went outside and across the street to get the Photo-A-Day picture and a couple other pictures.

Sunset in Tiverton.

A ship on th water in Tiverton, RI.

Then we headed over to the Common Fence Point Community Hall. The place was already packed at 7:20pm. A little inside knowledge that we will keep for next visit is that the doors open at 7:00pm and you can bring your own food and drinks to the hall. We will know for our next trip. The Common Fence Point Community Hall was a very nice little place, there were tables through the middle of the room and folding chairs all around the outer edges. We sat by the back wall. As we were waiting for the show to begin we saw a friend of mine from College, Stevie D and his wife Kristen. We had seen them at a previous Ellis Paul show back in January of 2004. It was nice to talk with them and catch up a bit. We’ll probably see them in another 3 years at some other Ellis Paul show.

The show was very good. Flynn opened the show and he was really on his game tonight. I really enjoyed his music this evening and his story about meeting Cher gets better and better. Flynn has a great way of storytelling and is very enjoyable to watch.

After Flynn was done there was a short intermission and Ellis took to the stage. He played many of the songs that we have come to know and love over the years and he introduced us to two new songs. I do not know the name of the songs but one was probably called Summertime and the other had to do with wabi sabi. Wabi Sabi basically means treasuring those things that change in our lifetime and grow old and become more wonderful. I am paraphrasing but I think that was the gist.

After the show we bought Essentials which is a two disc set of Ellis‘ music. Then we got in line and got that CD signed by Ellis and Jenn took our picture with Ellis.

I also took a few pictures during the show. Only once did I forget and let the flash go off. The rest of the time I tried to capture Ellis and Flynn when they were not moving, so I have tuning pictures.

Flynn tuning his guitar.

Ellis tuning his Guitar.

Ellis and Flynn singing “Let it Be”.

Allison and I with Ellis Paul

I linked to both Ellis and Flynn’s MySpace pages, there you can hear many of the songs from the show including Summertime from Ellis and White from Flynn.

and one of the biggest happy surprises from the show was that Ellis is writing a children’s album. We are very excited about that one.

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Photo-A-Day #722 03/31/07