New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation

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Have any of you ever wanted to hear Optimus Prime say an Among Us reference? Well today's your lucky day since Paramount is now marketing to Gen Z in their Rise of the Beasts campaign. They made a short, popular format with that demographic, entitled "when the rideshare is sus". But the good thing is that this short is Stratosphere's transformation. It ends with a joke from Mirage. Honestly, not much more to say, the short was mirrored onto an unlocked youtube clip you can see below.

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Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162542)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:33pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:Have any of you ever wanted to hear Optimus Prime say "When the rideshare is sus"?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162545)
Posted by Fires_Of_Inferno on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:38pm CDT

Cringe aside, why the AI voice?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162546)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 5:39pm CDT

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?

To make it even cringier.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162550)
Posted by Quantum Surge on May 31st, 2023 @ 6:19pm CDT

I agree with the headline. At least Stratosphere is cool. Wonder if he knows Jetfire.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162553)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:04pm CDT

Did Stratosphere cough up another bot's head?

Reminds me of how I once imagined Headmasters aging badly, coughing up decayed body parts of the Nebulons they binary bonded to...

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162555)
Posted by griftimus prime on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:14pm CDT

there always has to be so much chaos

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162556)
Posted by Flashwave on May 31st, 2023 @ 7:53pm CDT

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?

Because it literally only cost them a cup of coffee to have the marketing intern throw this together

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162562)
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on May 31st, 2023 @ 8:05pm CDT

I am excited for Stratosphere lol

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162568)
Posted by william-james88 on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:01pm CDT

Fires_Of_Inferno wrote:Cringe aside, why the AI voice?

It's part of the "short" vibe, like what we see on facebook and tictoc.

https://www.tiktok.com/@jeremylynch?lang=en

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162571)
Posted by Randomhero on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:20pm CDT

Remember the days when you guys didn’t put your opinions in the title of articles? Those were good days… congrats. You’re in the level of tformers.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162572)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on May 31st, 2023 @ 10:29pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:Remember the days when you guys didn’t put your opinions in the title of articles? Those were good days… congrats. You’re in the level of tformers.

Ooooffff...

Well, yeah, I can agree that it's not really professional.
No matter how funny that was.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162577)
Posted by Bumblevivisector on May 31st, 2023 @ 11:47pm CDT

Randomhero wrote:Remember the days when you guys didn’t put your opinions in the title of articles? Those were good days… congrats. You’re in the level of tformers.

If enough of the target demo agrees, even ironically, can't it be declared objectively cringey?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162582)
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:09am CDT

What bothers me is that this movie is set in 1994 when neither "rideshare" or "sus" were terms that existed. "This carpool is sketchy" would be more in-line with the lingo of the time.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162584)
Posted by Easy Tiger on June 1st, 2023 @ 3:55am CDT

Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.

In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162586)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 1st, 2023 @ 4:23am CDT

Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.

In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).

The more you know!

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162590)
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 1st, 2023 @ 10:15am CDT

Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.

In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).

Be that as it may, "sus" has only been part of pop culture lingo for the past few years.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162603)
Posted by Windsweeper on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:03pm CDT

I was glad to hear Stratosphere was appearing in the film until they gave him the stupid moustache.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162606)
Posted by First-Aid on June 1st, 2023 @ 1:08pm CDT

TOO MUCH ENERGON! wrote:
Easy Tiger wrote:Hate to be party-pooper here, but the term "sus" is literally hundreds of years old.

In the UK we even had a law called "the Sus Law" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sus_law that was one of the main causes for the Brixton Race Riots. Basically, if a police officer thought you looked sus, you could be stopped, searched and even arrested. Needless to say, it was repealed in the 1980s (although oddly politicians seem super keen on bringing it back).

Be that as it may, "sus" has only been part of pop culture lingo for the past few years.

Is it just me or is the pop culture lingo just getting lazy? I mean, in the 80's we had entire expressions, phrases, and even entire WORDS dedicated to our pop culture (see Frank Zappa's "Valley Girl"). But this? This is just lazy and kind of sad. RIP English slang

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162621)
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 2:50pm CDT

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We also have a featurette for the soundtrack of the film featuring friend to the site, Jongnik Bontemps, who talks about composing a new score for the Maximals. Check it all out below.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162623)
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 3:06pm CDT

That Stratosphere bit... it got Producer Bay's signature written all over it.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162625)
Posted by TulioDude on June 1st, 2023 @ 4:15pm CDT

This interview is pretty sweet. I'm glad to have Peter Cullen with us.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162633)
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 6:13pm CDT

TulioDude wrote:

This interview is pretty sweet. I'm glad to have Peter Cullen with us.

Don't do this to me Mr. Cullen! How can I resist that gentle, heroic voice? Damn it! Off to ROTB I go!

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162651)
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:00pm CDT

Anyone who has met Peter Cullen knows he loves his fans and is very happy to have contributed to all our lives as Optimus Prime. He takes the opportunity once again to send us his love in the new featurette for Rise of the Beasts which Paramount uploaded to Youtube today, which focuses entirely on him. This is quite novel since in the past, he wasn't as involved with the marketing campaign, and it speaks to the fact that the people working on the Transformers movies now are people who grew up with the brand and understand Peter's contribution. In this short clip, Peter states that this film is similar to the G1 cartoon, for him, since it hits all the same notes, like integrity, dignity and courage.

Also, fun fact, the Brooklyn scenes of Rise of the Beasts were filmed in Montreal, which doubled as that borough, and Montreal just happens to be Peter Cullen's home town (as well as mine).

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162653)
Posted by william-james88 on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:18pm CDT

Western films are included in the sanctions related to Russia at the moment, so Transformers Rise of the Beasts could never have a legitimate release there. However, through a bypass release (aka smuggling), the film will be released in Russia with Russian dubbing. It is not sure if it will be shown in all cities and since this is a bypass release, any revenue it will generate will not be counted towards the global box office for this film. It is due out there June 15th.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162654)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 1st, 2023 @ 8:26pm CDT

Those "sanctions" are stupid and pointless because they serves no true purpose.
One more proof that Russia will keep enjoying the things and the sanctions will only make so that the creators of the things will not receive a dime.

Oh the irony.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162664)
Posted by cloudballoon on June 1st, 2023 @ 9:18pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:In this short clip, Peter states that this film is similar to the G1 cartoon, for him, since it hits all the same notes, like integrity, dignity and courage.

Also, fun fact, the Brooklyn scenes of Rise of the Beasts were filmed in Montreal, which doubled as that borough, and Montreal just happens to be Peter Cullen's home town (as well as mine).

So... according to :HEADHURTS:

Lorenzo di Bonaventura, in ROTB we begin to see how OP grows from a leader with integrity, dignity and courage to a stone cold "Give me your FACE!!" mass murderer? :roll:

I CAN NOT wait to see the aged "GET OFF MY LAWN!!! Boom! Ratatatat!" OP!

I grew up in Montreal, but now in Toronto. Goes back to Montreal & Quebec City every other year or so though!

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162672)
Posted by SkyFire Prime on June 2nd, 2023 @ 5:41am CDT

Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162677)
Posted by Coptur on June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:23am CDT

SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.

funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014. :-?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162684)
Posted by o.supreme on June 2nd, 2023 @ 12:46pm CDT

I actually know some people who have fled the situation, and have sought asylum legally. Great, hard working, very peaceful and respectful. That being said. It is challenging for them to find entertainment in the U.S. in their language, understandably so. I feel like I'm being monitored even if I search anything about it.

I know Netflix has a setting in that language and a *few* movies with subs, but most of the other streaming services dont. As for the dub, dont feel bad. I've seen some of their "dubs", some may be professional, but the bootlegs are literally one guy yelling all the dialogue for all the characters over the original language audio track that you can still clearly hear. It's no way to watch a film.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162688)
Posted by bluecatcinema on June 2nd, 2023 @ 2:56pm CDT

william-james88 wrote:

Even after all these years, Peter's still got it.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162742)
Posted by HappyCappy on June 2nd, 2023 @ 8:13pm CDT

So close to release so close, I can't wait!!! Who is planning to go with their loved ones?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162755)
Posted by SkyFire Prime on June 3rd, 2023 @ 12:00am CDT

Coptur wrote:
SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.

funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014.

Nothing can justify Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and daily attacks on civilians. The United States is by no means perfect, but the whole world can see what's happening in Ukraine and most of us are united in sacrificing to help expel the invaders. I'm sure the mods are on their way.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162872)
Posted by RodimusPrimeUkraine1 on June 5th, 2023 @ 2:20pm CDT

As a Ukrainian by blood, I know a lot of russian. I can confirm that the smuggled russian dub of ROTB is 1:1 EXACTLY the english dub. Very low effort, hilarious how exact the translation is. :lol:

Props to the voice actors for sounding exactly like their english counterparts, especially Airazor. I think they are using some kind of voice filter on her because I hate her voice as much as in the english dub.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162898)
Posted by Coptur on June 6th, 2023 @ 10:51am CDT

SkyFire Prime wrote:
Coptur wrote:
SkyFire Prime wrote:Wow, so apparently attempting to dissuade countries from murdering other countries through sanctions is pointless. Hrmmm.... I don't know about that.

funny how USA's money laundering haven (the Ukraine) has never been sanctioned after bombing the east of the country (Donbas) since 2014.

Nothing can justify Russia's brutal invasion of Ukraine and daily attacks on civilians. The United States is by no means perfect, but the whole world can see what's happening in Ukraine and most of us are united in sacrificing to help expel the invaders. I'm sure the mods are on their way.

You are aware the Ukraine started the war in 2014 by bombing Russians in the east of Ukraine(Donbass) after the CIA backed the colour revolution. I wouldn't believe western propaganda that favour of zelenskys puppet money laundering regime.

the world are being force fed Russia bad/Ukraine good, when it isn't hard to find out the Eastern forces in Ukraine are genuine descendants of WW2 Nazis (Azov) that they do not hide this, yet you're willing to back them because you've been told russia bad.

to coin a phase 'there is more than than meets eye' especially regarding this conflict.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162907)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:37pm CDT

Final trailer:

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162908)
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:41pm CDT

Sweet ever loving mother of Primus.....

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162910)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 1:49pm CDT

Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162911)
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 2:06pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162917)
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:23pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.

All I want from a TF movie

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162920)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:52pm CDT

ZeroWolf wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.

All I want from a TF movie

Ditto.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162921)
Posted by First-Aid on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:55pm CDT

-Kanrabat- wrote:
ZeroWolf wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.

All I want from a TF movie

Ditto.

I'm also okay with the occasional dose of cleavage but not in this type of movie.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162922)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 6th, 2023 @ 4:56pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:I'm also okay with the occasional dose of cleavage but not in this type of movie.

Especially when it's supposed to be "for kids."

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162923)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 6th, 2023 @ 5:01pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.

The thing is, the general landscape of what makes something a "Saturday morning cartoon" has really shifted over the years. Is it a Saturday morning cartoon like how Batman: The Animated Series was, or a Saturday morning cartoon like SpongeBob is?

If I'm being honest, as much as I like SpongeBob, I'd much rather this movie be something closer to the former than the latter.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162966)
Posted by EvasionModeBumblebee on June 7th, 2023 @ 10:31pm CDT

Just got back from seeing ROTB! I’ll have more thoughts on it in the spoiler thread sometime soon, but I really enjoyed it!

I’m not too sure of rankings yet, but I’m currently thinking it’s fighting with ROTF for 3rd place, with DOTM on top followed by 07 in second place.

As a Bayverse fan who didn’t really enjoy the Bumblebee movie, I thought ROTB was great!

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2162999)
Posted by TulioDude on June 8th, 2023 @ 12:16pm CDT

Saw it yesterday. Loved it!

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2163043)
Posted by Emerje on June 9th, 2023 @ 1:59am CDT

Sabrblade wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.
The thing is, the general landscape of what makes something a "Saturday morning cartoon" has really shifted over the years. Is it a Saturday morning cartoon like how Batman: The Animated Series was, or a Saturday morning cartoon like SpongeBob is?

If I'm being honest, as much as I like SpongeBob, I'd much rather this movie be something closer to the former than the latter.

Saturday morning cartoons haven't even been a thing for some 20 years now.

Emerje

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2163048)
Posted by snavej on June 9th, 2023 @ 6:37am CDT

How could Stratosphere's general health have been neglected like that? Surely the Autobots have some medical knowledge? :-?

I mean, they rebuilt Mirage quite quickly didn't they?

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2163065)
Posted by First-Aid on June 9th, 2023 @ 2:33pm CDT

Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.
The thing is, the general landscape of what makes something a "Saturday morning cartoon" has really shifted over the years. Is it a Saturday morning cartoon like how Batman: The Animated Series was, or a Saturday morning cartoon like SpongeBob is?

If I'm being honest, as much as I like SpongeBob, I'd much rather this movie be something closer to the former than the latter.

Saturday morning cartoons haven't even been a thing for some 20 years now.

Emerje

BE QUIET AND GET OFF MY LAWN!

...20 years....i haz the sadz...

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2163066)
Posted by Sabrblade on June 9th, 2023 @ 3:00pm CDT

First-Aid wrote:
Emerje wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
First-Aid wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:Early reports are coming in from fans who have seen it already that this movie is dumb, but not the same kind of immature, gross-out, embarrassed-by-the-source-material kind of dumb of the Bay movies. More like a fun kind of dumb. The right kind of dumb.

These fan reports also agree that Bumblebee was still the better movie in regards to being a movie.

I heard a couple people say this is like a Saturday morning cartoon.

I'm fine with that.
The thing is, the general landscape of what makes something a "Saturday morning cartoon" has really shifted over the years. Is it a Saturday morning cartoon like how Batman: The Animated Series was, or a Saturday morning cartoon like SpongeBob is?

If I'm being honest, as much as I like SpongeBob, I'd much rather this movie be something closer to the former than the latter.

Saturday morning cartoons haven't even been a thing for some 20 years now.

Emerje

BE QUIET AND GET OFF MY LAWN!

...20 years....i haz the sadz...

It's actually been only 9 years.

Re: New Paramount Short for ROTB Shows Stratosphere's Transformation (2163068)
Posted by -Kanrabat- on June 9th, 2023 @ 3:41pm CDT

Sabrblade wrote: It's actually been only 9 years.

It depends on where you are in the world, obviously.

Over here in Quebec, the true Saturday Mornings ended at the very least 25 years ago.

But the GOOD STUFF ended when I was around 10, meaning 36 years ago. Transformers, GI-Joe, Goldorak, Albator, Demetan, Astro Boy, He-Man, were all gone, replaced by some random crap or every single mother effing Disney shows. At least at the same time, Tiny Toons appeared.

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