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Episode 58: 5 Benefits from the Michael Bay Transformers Movies!

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Channel: Near Mint Condition · 2017 · Film & Animation

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We’ve made no secret of the fact that we’re not fans of the “live-action” Transformers film series brought to us by Michael Bay (the Bayformers films).  But Transformers fandom has *hugely* benefitted from them!  How? We break it down into a list of five things.  Enjoy.

Cheat Sheet
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* “Robots in Disguise” - https://youtu.be/IdomPNUzyEM?t=10m58s
*  The “black Autobot” was Jazz from the first film - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jazz_(Movie)
* Transformers Classics - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Classics
* Peter Cullen - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Peter_Cullen
* Frank Welker - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Frank_Welker
* The “aligned” continuity - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Aligned_continuity_family
    * Now, I’ll own up to the fact that everything I’ve read after we recorded this episode indicates that the movies were not intended to be part of the Aligned continuity.  But I understood at the time that Hasbro intended the movies to be the backbone of the aligned continuity, and that their intent just didn’t make it past the first non-movie thing they allowed someone to put out.  Maybe my understanding was wrong, but I’m willing to bet that was part of the original intent.
* Transformers: Prime - http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Transformers:_Prime_(franchise)
* Transformers Rifftrax - http://www.rifftrax.com/transformers


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Special Thanks To
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* 2Mello - Intro Music
* Veilbreak - Outtro Music
* Character designs by Tommy Pfeiffer & Omar Valdivieso
* Logo by Heather Plunkett

Near Mint Condition is Rob Fox, Dan Hancock, Tina Plunkett, Omar Valdivieso, & Andrew Ortwein.  

Originally released July 6, 2017.

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