Transformers was BIG at the box office:

Paramount says PG-13 Transformers officially made $22.7 million Friday and $25.9 million Saturday and a projected $18.9 million Sunday from 4,011 North American theaters…the DreamWorks battle of the bots hauled in a hefty $67.6 million this weekend for a 6 1/2 day cume of $152.5 million.

This isn’t any news to me, or anyone of my generation who saw this movie. The fact is, Hasbro brainwashed us as youth and like Jonestown denizens to Kool-Aid we flocked to the overpriced theatres. I saw this movie twice, and I’d see it a third time. Why? Because summer movies are about explosions, hot chicks, and alien robots, and Transformers had all three.  There were even gratuitous hot chicks thrown into battle scenes that had absolutely nothing to do with the plot. Hell, my overwhelming sense of nostalgia even allowed me to toss aside the fact that they changed Megatron from a self propelled gun with a phallic helmet into a fighter jet with a Jack-o-Lantern face. Why? Because Transformers takes you back to a time before you had to pay bills, manage hangovers, and shave your back.

I still have the toys in my basement. Line up ladies…