ASF Episode #13 – Talented Enthusiasts

Matt and special return guest Morgan Pielli take the opportunity of Chris’ European vacation to geek out about those robots that’re more than meet the eye: The Transformers!

(With some attempts of justification by talking about character design reflecting personality and the difficulties of trying to write worthwhile stories for essentially unchanging franchise properties. Additionally, they fall into the fanboy trap of bitching about the Michael Bay movies, but only briefly.)

Autobots, hyperlink and geek out:

Morgan Pielli (http://www NULL.morganpielli NULL.com/) (The Expert on Polymorph Machines)

Jon Chad (http://studentpages NULL.scad NULL.edu/~jchadu20/) (Cartoonist Commentator)

Harlan Ellison (http://harlanellison NULL.com/quoteentry NULL.htm) (Fear his fury!)

Neill Blomkamp’s Citroën C4 commercial (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/watch?v=YELV9T9j-Mk&feature=related) (Amazing Transformer short)

Stan Bush’s “The Touch” (http://en NULL.wikipedia NULL.org/wiki/The_Touch_%28Stan_Bush_song%29) (It’s special.)

Smurfette Syndrome (http://thatguywiththeglasses NULL.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/16616-the-smurfette-principle) (This is why she doesn’t have a catchphrase.)

Transformers: The Wiki (http://transformers NULL.wikia NULL.com/wiki/Main_Page) (Scroll down to see all the different series.)

Red Letter Media guy (http://www NULL.youtube NULL.com/user/RedLetterMedia#p/u/1/FxKtZmQgxrI) (Very thorough, and vaguely creepy.)

Radio Lab (http://www NULL.wnyc NULL.org/shows/radiolab/) (Podcast.)

(http://recordings NULL.talkshoe NULL.com/TC-65758/TS-352606 NULL.mp3)

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