Hey Hollywood, What About the Rest of My Childhood?

Published by Jeff Leins on: July 1st, 2009

Right now, as I type this Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is nearing one kagillion dollars at the worldwide box office, a total so large it has gone into made up numbers.  At this point it’s fairly well documented that I wasn’t a fan of the sequel, so I won’t reiterate how there was no story and most of the critics got it right.

But Transformers got me thinking about how I used to take Soundwave in the tub with me and, while surrounded by bubbles, dive bomb the rubber ducky.  Then, after I finished reminiscing about last weekend, I reflected further back to my childhood.  Those were the good times before I had responsibilities and other things I procrastinate.  However, now that 80’s adaptations are successful in theaters, Hollywood will milk that cash cow dry until we’re all sick of hearing about the toys we used to throw out our siblings.

I’ve compiled a random list of everything I could remember after years of drinking and rotting my brain with modern television.  Then I researched the latest news on how a movie studio will take that memory and squeeze the joy out of it.  After looking over the list, I wish I had gone outside and maybe, I don’t know, read a book or two.  As you’ll see, I’m clearly an 80s kid, so I apologize to you in advance if I missed one of your favorites.  However, I will not accept Care Bears as a viable option because no one liked them. Also I had to leave off comic books because otherwise this list would be huge.

If anything this will be a bittersweet trip down memory lane.  Thundercats, ho!
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