I'll admit. I lost count of how many times I've watched the two new Transformers commercials that came out today. You can find them here at IGN:

http://media.movies.ign.com/media/568/568421/vids_1.html

"Destiny" and "Hidden" they're called.

In some of the more crowded online haunts where Transfans spend the day griping, the cynical bemoaning of jaded fans has mood-swung over to the gleeful sputtering of inner children typing as fast as they can. It might last, it might not. For now, I'm enjoying the moment because, in a way, this moment was not available to me for the past two SW movies. I was too inside to enjoy such revelations as part of an audience.

Now I'm not privy to inside knowledge -- I haven't seen how this particular sausage was made, so I can enjoy it wholly.

And yeah, I'm still coming to terms with being this excited about a Michael Bay movie. (Though, I will admit that I enjoyed the Island).

Okay, to fess up, I do have a little bit of inside knowledge, though it has nothing to do with working next door with the folks who are making the amazing visual effects. I'm involved with a licensed Transformers movie tie-in project that I'll probably be able to talk about in April.

More to come. My favorite fanboy post I saw online that pretty much sums it all up:

"Amazing. This movie has all I've ever wanted. Jon Voight, Robots, Sweet Cars, Hot girls, and Optimus Prime"

That's exactly the right attitude.

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