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News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:53 am

The Ohio Department of Transportation has uploaded a new PSA to the their YouTube account that features G1 Optimus Prime rapping about the virtues of safe driving. The PSA is embedded below, enjoy!

News Credits: 37 · by **SlyTF1** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:58 am

This is how you know you dun crossed the line!!!

News Credits: 1 · by **Galvatron X** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:26 pm

Hahahaha, oh man - that is so bad.

That's a disgrace to Transformers AND RUN DMC!

(The song copied/used is "Sucker MCs" by RUN DMC).

Ehhh, I give 'em credit for using a great, classic song, though.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:29 pm

Terrible .

News Credits: 1 · by **Solrac333** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:20 pm

I couldn't even make it to 10 seconds before I pressed stop.

News Credits: 1 · by **LadyBug** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:48 pm

.... Just why, Ohio? My home state.... just ... no. You just stooped to a new low.

by **Crosshairs** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:05 pm

omega666 wrote:I couldn't even make it to 10 seconds before I pressed stop.

I couldnt make 5! :s

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:17 pm

They just rapped my childhood.

News Credits: 1 · by **Bumblevivisector** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:24 pm

And ironically, there weren't any actual safe driving tips in the song. At least those G2 commercials' rap songs conveyed something about the toys, meaning this makes 1994 look doubly good in hindsight. Now THAT's brutal...

by **cotss2012** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:01 pm

It's obviously just some troll pretending to be the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Successful troll is successful!

News Credits: 5749 · by **El Duque** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:46 pm

cotss2012 wrote:It's obviously just some troll pretending to be the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Successful troll is successful!

Ohio Department of Transportation, which links directly to the Ohio's Transportation YouTube channel.

News Credits: 387 · by **Nekoman** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:25 pm

This comes as no surprise, as it is a known-unknown-known fact that the state of Ohio, sucks.

News Credits: 1 · by **Blozor** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:42 pm

I would be embarrassed seeing this commercial on TV, even if I had no idea what a Transformer is. All they would have to do to raise this from a 0% Rotten to a 100% Fresh status would be getting a decent voice actor who could sound like Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime. That would be entertaining. The guy rapping, though, sounds bored with it.

by **Doubledealer93** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:09 pm

so stupid. i am ashamed to live in ohio now. :SICK:

by **BATTOUSAIXD** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:44 pm

My ears are bleeding now :BOOM:

by **Autobot Megatron** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:45 pm

Why didn't I stop 5 seconds in like some other people? That was horrible. Ohio, I feel sorry for you.
...Wouldn't it had been ironic if Botcon had ended up going there this year?

by **EverythingIsFodder** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:04 pm

Good Lord... if you're producing something that's going on TV, at least try to plan out what you're going to say. Some bored jackwagon's lame free-styling is hardly a responsible use for tax dollars.

But this - this goes past "so bad, it's good," and comes all the way back around to "really bad" again.

- EIF out -

by **Rated X** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:59 pm

So much hate...

I admit it was a little corny, but if it would have been some rock song with guitars you guys would have loved it. Im glad rap/hip hop culture has leaked it's way into the Transformers community little by little. Time to make this hobby unbiased...

by **Autobot Megatron** » Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:20 pm

Rated X wrote:So much hate...

I admit it was a little corny, but if it would have been some rock song with guitars you guys would have loved it. Im glad rap/hip hop culture has leaked it's way into the Transformers community little by little. Time to make this hobby unbiased...

Ya, I admit, I'm not a rap guy. I've never really liked any rap. That being said though, I thought I knew it enough to know that was bad.
I'll trust you're opinion that it was corny, but not horrible. Not to say I'll like it, but I'll trust you.

by **EverythingIsFodder** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 2:19 am

Rated X wrote:So much hate...

I admit it was a little corny, but if it would have been some rock song with guitars you guys would have loved it. Im glad rap/hip hop culture has leaked it's way into the Transformers community little by little. Time to make this hobby unbiased...

Don't get me wrong - I'm not biased against it other music at all. (and that's a serious stereotype to just throw out there like that, by the way) I love the heck outta old-school hip-hop, and if this spot had anything resembling old-school hip-hop, I'd be on it like white on rice. So, maybe if Jam Master Jay's grouchy neighbor who sits on his porch and yells at kids all day was in desperate need of a Red Bull, he might kind of sound like the dude that's "rapping" in this commercial. Of course, it would have also helped if they had made a minimal attempt to match the animation with the words... 15 Million kids on YouTube can do it, I'm sure at least five of them live in Ohio.

Ooh, you know what else would make for a good commercial? Having the audio sound like it was recorded somewhere other than underneath a bathroom sink.

On the other hand, maybe it just needed rock guitars.

- EIF out -

News Credits: 1 · by **LadyBug** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:21 am

Doubledealer93 wrote:so stupid. i am ashamed to live in ohio now.

I am too.... >>;;

by **cotss2012** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 3:53 am

El Duque wrote:
cotss2012 wrote:It's obviously just some troll pretending to be the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Successful troll is successful!

Ohio Department of Transportation, which links directly to the Ohio's Transportation YouTube channel.

So not just a troll, but a troll who knows how to hack into the Ohio Department of Transportation's Youtube channel.

by **Rated X** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 7:48 am

EverythingIsFodder wrote:
Rated X wrote:So much hate...

I admit it was a little corny, but if it would have been some rock song with guitars you guys would have loved it. Im glad rap/hip hop culture has leaked it's way into the Transformers community little by little. Time to make this hobby unbiased...

Don't get me wrong - I'm not biased against it other music at all. (and that's a serious stereotype to just throw out there like that, by the way) I love the heck outta old-school hip-hop, and if this spot had anything resembling old-school hip-hop, I'd be on it like white on rice. So, maybe if Jam Master Jay's grouchy neighbor who sits on his porch and yells at kids all day was in desperate need of a Red Bull, he might kind of sound like the dude that's "rapping" in this commercial. Of course, it would have also helped if they had made a minimal attempt to match the animation with the words... 15 Million kids on YouTube can do it, I'm sure at least five of them live in Ohio.

Ooh, you know what else would make for a good commercial? Having the audio sound like it was recorded somewhere other than underneath a bathroom sink.

On the other hand, maybe it just needed rock guitars.

- EIF out -

I understand where you’re coming from buddy. But you gotta understand it is what it is, a DOT commercial. And from Ohio at that. No disrespect to Ohio. But with the exception of Bone Thugs in Harmony, Ohio is not known for being a urban cultured state. The commercial was designed to relay a message to young, would be drivers. It was not made to compare to serious rap music, nor was it made to sway non-hip hop fans into liking rap music. So all the hate and critiquing it like if it was a real artist is so stupid. It’s a parody of a famous rap song. Does anybody ever critique Weird Al Yankovich’s rap songs ? Also the reason I mentioned a “bias” is because I want to bust a famous myth about Transformers fans. The myth is that all Transformers fans are either geeks or rockers, and that simply is NOT true.

And whats up with all these guys talking about trolls under bridges ? What in the blue hell are you talking about ?

by **DJX Prime** » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:12 am

Wow....that's about a minute of my life I'm never getting back. Are we sure that wasn't written by a middle school principal with a bald spot and no rhythm?