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“Battle of the Rock Lords,” and LIME COKE!

There wasn't a new article to kick off the week yesterday, but I hope the fact that this one is 55,000 words makes up for it. Here's my review of "The Battle of the Rock Lords," a Go-Bots movie that introduces a whole new legion of rocky characters and long-tongued fur-covered dragon cuties. You're probably associating that "Go-Bots" connection with crap, but it really wasn't a bad little flick. I collected the Rock Lords toys, and this was the only way to see 'em animated. Not sure if that was worth the full-blown 90 minute treatment, but whatever, I'm still glad it's out there. Definitely worth picking up. And by the way...


This new Coke WID LIMA shit is fantastic. I got used to the phony lemon flavoring (actually prefer it over the original, non-fruitified version), but the lime is sooo much better. Way more natural. Besides, everyone loves limes. Admit it, you eat limes. Raw. You cut them in half and chomp on the skin, letting the heavenly acids flow forth like a river of sour. Now you can have that wonderful feeling and tack Coca Cola on top. Who could ask for anything more? I doubt it'll be around forever -- regular Coke, lemon Coke, lime Coke -- something's gotta give. Buy it while you can. Drink it while it's lime.

Posted by Matt on 01/27/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 190 comments

You can pass on ideas for the producer of the live-action Transformers movie here:
http://www.donmurphy.net/board/forumdisplay.php?s=20adede1b7e489a8cb1151d7d685daa6&forumid=8

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 01/27/2004 6:13 PM

That Lime Diet Coke is…okay. I tried it, and it just seems a bit odd to me. Too limey.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 01/27/2004 6:28 PM

I’m ashamed to admit that I owned several Go-Bots in my youth. Actually, I had quite a few "Rock Lords" villians, like the dinosaur looking guy and the white mer-man with huge breasts. I never seemed to know what they were, until now. Surprisingly, they’re some of the few toys that survived my childhood.

Chestnuts roasted by Evan @ 01/27/2004 6:28 PM

Actually, I collect Go Bots along side my Transformers collection.

In many cases, the old Go Bot toys beat the snot out the Transformers, at least in the minicar scale.

See, in Japan Go Bots had a much better show called Machine Robo. It was popular enough that these days they have a sequel to it called Machine Robo Rescue with cel shaded CGI robots and such. (Which is probably why the newest Transformers cartoon, known as Energon in the US, or Super Link in Japan does the same thing, but has a bit more mature of a storyline than Machine Robo Rescue does..)

Don’t hate the Gobots. Hate how Tonka took some kickass robot toys and made them suck via an awful ass cartoon show.

Chestnuts roasted by Bloodcat @ 01/27/2004 6:54 PM

you think go-bots looks like it was drawn like the toys? Have you seen Transformers Armada? Megatron actually has the little levers that shoot his hands out drawn on him. others too.

Chestnuts roasted by jesse @ 01/27/2004 6:56 PM

I had the silver rock guy, looked like a turd.

I had a blue dude too who was plastic, I think he was from He-Man though.

Diet Coke with Lime is much better than Lemon, still doesn’t beat regular Diet and Diet with Cherry.

Chestnuts roasted by Pookie @ 01/27/2004 7:05 PM

Transformers live action movie??? First I find out that Johnny Depp is going to play Wonka, then I find out that there’s going to be a live action Garfield movie, and now this? I’m depressed :(

You know they’re going to ruin it.

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 01/27/2004 7:13 PM

sup

Chestnuts roasted by Kalvano @ 01/27/2004 7:29 PM

Hey now, Depp just got an Oscar nomination. Woohoo!

Chestnuts roasted by Welsh Rabbit @ 01/27/2004 7:56 PM

I dunno, I’ve never been a Johnny Depp fan. I always thought that the first movie he’d be in with the word "Pirates" in the title would be a little different.

In hindsite, I wish to retract that statement, and I apologize to any Depp fans reading this. I’m sure he’s an excellent actor, I don’t remember what movies of his I’ve seen, although I still don’t think he’ll make a good Wonka, but I think the reason for that is that I’m both a fan of Gene Wilder and Marilyn Manson. So now that I’ve babbled and taken up space on Matt’s blog, I’ve decided that I will at least give Depp as Wonka a chance.

Chestnuts roasted by Skitzo from stupid5pin.com @ 01/27/2004 8:08 PM

I think that now would be a good time to say that…

I FUCKING HATE GO-BOTS!!!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by NATE!!!!!!!! @ 01/27/2004 8:24 PM

Matt — Nice! Got the Narlies in there and everything. I was never a fan of Transformers as a kid, and I don’t think I own any of the official robots (I have a small green robot that turns into a car, but I’m pretty sure it’s not a Transformers brand one), but I’ve got a handful of the Narlies, because blue rhinos with grey fur and yellow horns just can’t be topped. Narlihog’s due to show up in an upcoming piece I’m working on, actually. :)

And you meant 5500 words, right? 55K is like novel length…

Oh, and give the lime Tostitos another try. They’re awesome for dipping. ;)

Chestnuts roasted by Wes @ 01/27/2004 8:29 PM

TheMatt, I love Molten, who first posted the Jem link ;) But thanks for trying. As for a live action Transformers movie… I have no idea how the hell that will ever work. We will see. As for Johnny, I don’t know how he’ll turn out as Wonka but he was the greatest pirate I’ve ever seen…

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 01/27/2004 8:29 PM

I meant 55,000!

And good to see you on here again, Wes…it’s been a while!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 01/27/2004 8:30 PM

Man so much excitement for me in the Blog. First I could care less about the Peeps maker, I never liked those. But I found out you can buy Gremlins toys. I got to have Brain in my office at work. Then a Transformers live action movie, man the transformers better not look like they’re the power ranger robots. I’d kill someone.

Chestnuts roasted by Spiffy McKracken @ 01/27/2004 8:39 PM

I thought that the educational robot was called 2-XL (get it? To excel?)

Chestnuts roasted by JG! @ 01/27/2004 9:01 PM

They shoud make a live action Jem movie. She IS truly outrageous.

Chestnuts roasted by Killer Duck @ 01/27/2004 9:02 PM

The movie is set in the G1 Era, so obviously the will look more or less the same as the old days, though Megatron will be a problem since they won’t able to make a toy of him if he turns into a gun (US toy laws and all).

Optimus Prime’s movie design will most likely be based off this, Masterpiece Convoy aka 20th Anniversary Optimus Prime:

http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act173/
http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act170/
http://tfkenkon.com/collection/act172/

Transformers beats GoBots to death and leaves their carcasses rusting in a ditch.

Chestnuts roasted by FFN @ 01/27/2004 9:19 PM

First off, I didn’t recognize it at first, but as I read Matt’s review, I slowly began to realize I’d seen these characters before. I don’t remember having seen the movie, but I know my sisters and I watched "The Go-Bots" on a regular basis. I think we may even have had some of the toys, which were easier to find in southern New Jersey than the far-more-popular (and pricier) Transformers.

There was at least one Go-Bots Happy Meal for McDonald’s in the mid-80s. We had the toys for years. I distinctly recall finding hours (or at least minutes) of enjoyment in transforming and re-forming a small, blue-and-gray jet-plane thing.

I’ve seen the Diet Coke with Lime at the Acme grocery store where I work. I’m not a fan of Diet Coke or Pepsi – both taste like a few bubbles floating around in liquid Sweet n’ Low – so it’s unlikely I’ll be indulging in green citrus Coke unless they come out with a sugared version.

However, I do like lime Tostitos. I’m not a chips fan in general, but I like the heady combination of salt and sour.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 01/27/2004 9:28 PM

When it comes to the Transformers movie it has a positive and a negative going for it.

Positive
Tom DeSanto: htp://imdb.com/name/nm0220892/

Negative (When it comes to comic adaptations)
Don Murphy: http://imdb.com/name/nm0006613/

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 01/27/2004 9:36 PM

Tom DeSanto is an avid fan and will most likely at least write the story.

Don Murphy made Double Dragon, but is nice enough to listen to what the fans think on his message board I posted above.

Chestnuts roasted by ME @ 01/27/2004 9:39 PM

Thanks to this review, I now know what those unknown toys in my foot locker are: 1 Rock Lord and 3 Rock Narlies…

Chestnuts roasted by Rewolf J @ 01/27/2004 10:05 PM

Just to let everybody know,Go-Bots are still around,but as a pre-school Transformers line.

Does anybody remember this Go-Bots magazine they had back in the day,like the G.I. Joe and He-Man ones that had posters,letters from kids and such? I’ll admit I read that,only becuase I had a mild interest in Go-Bots. One thing I remember from that mag was they said Go-Bots don’t die when injured,they self-repair or somesuch,so no going out in a blaze of glory for Leader-1 like Optimus Prime.

Chestnuts roasted by Overlord @ 01/27/2004 10:17 PM

The new upcoming Transformers: Superlink/Energon show is fairly violent. Autobots die left, right and center.
Some poor guy is blown to bits by Tidal Wave and his severed arm lands in front of Hot Shot. Not sure if they will edit that sort of thing out in the US version.

Excellent animation and story pacing, though.

Watch for Energon on the Cartoon Network on the 31st of January.

Chestnuts roasted by FFN @ 01/27/2004 10:37 PM

Diet Coke w/ lime is my second fave soda. Can’t beat Diet Dr Pepper

Chestnuts roasted by lain @ 01/27/2004 11:38 PM

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