20 August 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: FACEPALM, geektube

Oh, how the mighty have fallen… Let’s face it. The economy is in shambles, business are filing bankruptcy daily, and the unemployment rate is at a record high! As Bumblebee finds out first hand, even the Autobots are prone to unemployment. Now that Sam Witwicky has grew up to become an ungrateful douche, he fired Bumblebee as his guardian to pursue a “normal” life. Also, with the Decepticons and “The Fallen” defeated, there is just not much to do for an unemployed Autobot.
As with humans, when your financial circumstances become dire, many move into one of the oldest profession. Sales.

Bumblebee is found working at a local Chevrolet dealership, trying to promote the new Chevy Camaro line. The once proud Auto warrior has become nothing more than walking billboard, forced to transform in front of potential customers to entice them to purchase a car. Maybe he should have turned into a Toyota instead. He might make better commission.

13 August 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: Eye Candy, This is Epic!

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It was raining… the day I saw him…
The grey one had killed his yellow friend…
… he wanted REVENGE.

Thanks to Twitter friend, The @GreatWhiteSnark, for showing me this little gem. This 3 panel ‘Transformers’ art piece was done by digital artist, Andrew Ley (artist location listed as Masnchester, Amsterdam, Canberra). It is quite a stunning piece featuring a grim glimpse of a battle scene between Optimus Prime and Megatron. Unfortunately, Bumblebee has already become a casualty of war by the hands of the leader of the Decepticons. The brilliant color selection and design style by Andrew Ley definitely puts ‘Bayformers’ to shame. It kind of reminds me of the conceptual art for ‘The Iron Giant’.

You can find Andrew Ley’s other work at Concept Art.

Source: ‘The Transformers’ by Andrew Ley (high resolution version here)
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4 August 2009 Eric Kwun | Posted in: BREAKING!, FACEPALM

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Russia Today reports that a 14 years old tyke from China was such a huge fan of Transformers that he drank gasoline for 5 years to become a “valiant fighter” like Optimus Prime. He first became a fanatic of the Transformers animation series when he was 9 and this is when his gasoline dietary regiment first started. There is currently no details regarding the volume of gasoline he consumed on a daily basis or whether he drank the generic unleaded fuel or the good stuff.

Silly boy… you can’t become like Optimus Prime by drinking gasoline. You need to get Energon! They explain that in the first episode buddy.

Source: @bonniegrrl

On a side note, even if this worked, I can’t afford this program at $3.99 a gallon.