Step inside the pitch meeting that led to Transformers! [Video]

From Ryan George / Screen Rant:

Transformers has been a super huge brand for decades and always a popular product on toy shelves everywhere. The idea of having Michael Bay make a feature-length commercial for them filled with cool cars, military stuff, pretty girls and explosions seemed like a no-brainer! And a no-brainer it definitely was.

Transformers does raise some questions though. Like what are the odds that Sam Witwicky would be car-shopping on the very same day a shapeshifting car robot was looking for him? Why did that robot attack the soldiers a second time if they didn’t have any data? Why is Mikaela eating at Burger King? Why does Megatron have the random ability of etching coordinates into tiny pieces of glass? How is Megatron speaking English? Why did the soldiers think it would be a good idea to go hide the Allspark in a densely-populated city?

To answer all these questions and more, step inside the Pitch Meeting that led to Transformers! It’ll be super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[Screen Rant]



See Mars Like Never Before! NASA’s Perseverance Rover Sends New Video and Images of the Red Planet

NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover safely touched down on the Red Planet on Feb. 18. So what will the robotic scientist “see” on her descent and what will she do next? Join mission experts for update about the rover – the biggest, heaviest, cleanest, and most sophisticated six-wheeled robot ever launched into space – including imagery it captured and its mission to explore Mars.

Navigate the Mars landscape in 3D from the perspective of the Perseverance rover:

Some stills of the descent footage and of Mars itself:

[NASA]

THE END: Daft Punk Splits After 28 Years (1993-2021)

Geekdom loves Daft Punk, so it’s with a lot of sadness that we learned this morning that the French band is officially calling it quits after 28 years of collaboration. Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo are leaving their robot helmets behind and going their seperate ways starting today. Here’s the annoucement video they’ve posted on social media this morning:

Part of the journey is the end. Thank you for everything, guys. You will be missed.

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