Transformers there... transforming here...

*This is not a spoiler*

It was drizzling and an old man was fishing by the harbour. His rod (the fishing version), caught something and he turned around to hallow to his friend that he caught something. As he struggles to control his catch, he turned around and shouted…”It’s a big one!” Soon, we can see the water level rising and wooden bridge by the harbour was uprooted, chaos was approaching. That’s when the word appeared in most of the viewers’ mind at that time… the word was “Godzilla”.

Having built up to much hype, Godzilla turned out to be one of the flop of the century.

The same kind of hype was tagging along with the current blockbusters, Transformers. But you know what happened? As I walked into the cinema last Friday, Jules told me she was feeling sleepy and she hoped she will not fall asleep. She came out telling me that she doesn’t mind watching it again.

It was like living the days of my childhood again and being the zewt that I am, I went and read up a lot about the film. Here are 7 things you may or may not know about the current blockbuster:

7……
It was G.I. Joe which was supposed to make the big screen. But the producer negotiated to have Transformers instead. Hmmm… I think G.I. Joe would be cool too… Cooooobraa!!!!

6……
Transfomers’ slogan “Their War, Our World” was actually the original slogan for Alien vs Predator. AVP changed it last minute to “Whoever wins… we lose”. Didn’t know Transformers is a copy-cat eh?

5……
Many have known this point… the voice of Optimus Prime is played by Peter Cullen, the original voice in the cartoon series. But Frank Welker, the original voice of Megatron, has aged too much to take on the role again. So Hugo Weaving a.k.a. Agent Smith from the Matrix trilogy took on Megatron’s voice.

4……
Michael Bay, the director originally turned down the offer to direct the movie branding it “a stupid toy movie”. What the… a stupid toy movie?????

3……
Many said that Bumblebee is supposed to be a beetle. The reason why Bumblebee appears as a Camaro instead of a Volkswagen Beetle is because the director wanted to avoid comparison with Herbie the Love Bug. What the… what Love bug????

2……
Megatron transforms into an “interstellar jet” instead of a gun for Starscream because the toyline distributor refuse to make gun for any of the characters. So yeah, the reason why Megatron didn’t transform into a gun is because a toy company said so. Oppss… did I just spoil the movie for you? Ok… no more spoilers ok? Promise!

And the number 1 thing you may or may not know about Transformers….

The sequel will be out in 2009 and will feature the planet-sized robot, Unicron. So start the countdown!

See, no spoilers right? Those are some facts which you will not get from watching the movie. Anyway, for those who have not watch the movie… don’t get your ass off the seat too soon… there are some scenes in between the credits. Don’t say I didn’t tell you…

Closer to home, the city of Kuala Lumpur also made some transformations yesterday. The clean air in KL has transformed into… hazy air once again. Yup… the haze is back and make a wild guess who is the culprit. Altogether now… IN…DO…NE…SIA!!!

Our neighbour who supply us with cheap construction worker, cheap maids, phantom voters migrants, criminals have again deliver its annual gift to us. Here begins the annual process of Malaysia-demand-apology-Indon-say-sorry-Malaysian-die-they-no-worry.

Grass anyone?... oh, I mean cleaner air, anyone?