March 17, 2001

• I am sitting here watching the transformers.....

  
  

  Now anyone who has grown up in the 80s will know full well what i am talking about - "AUtobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of ....the Decepticons!" The endless battle between good and evil, these gigantic robots waging war with each other for Energon crystals to gain power.

  
  

  It has been ages since i last set eyes on the transformers - the latest incarnation of the transformers is Beast Wars! when i was a kid, i faithfully followed the cartoon series from the robots' battle on earth all the way to space. and the little feminist in me always wondered, Why on earth are all the robots male???? WHere were all the girl robots? bear in mind this was a 6-year old wondering why. I think my wish was finally granted with Arcee! totally female, PINK and CURVACEOUS for heaven's sake....There were a few others, but not many, such that I can't remember their names.

  
  

  so anyway, my point is that..whoo hoo! it is quite funny to see on retrospect what silly stereotypes i was exposed to. if i had it my way now, my female transformers would be deep-blue steel-chrome, gun-toting and wonderfully professional and intense characters. please...NO PINK.

  
  

  still, whatever i say, these old cartoons of the 80s are much more intelligent than the cartoons of today...Johnny Bravo? the Power puff girls? my goodness, most of them rely on inane visual gags and cuteness factors to market themselves. the associated merchandise, like dolls, is nothing like the sophistication of the transformer toys for example. playing with those were a bit like playing with a puzzle. for all the the 80s were painful to remember and embarrassing in many ways (cold war, big shoulder pads and even bigger hair..) there was a lot more intelligence behind things then than now. the stupidity of the 90s has manifested itself in a certain prominent personality....(who for reasons of keeping debates down to the minimum, shall remain anonymous)

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