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Ohio Department of Transportation PSA features Rapping G1 Optimus Prime

Posted by El Duque Dec 15, 2011 at 10:54am CST 45,617 views
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!

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Comment by SlyTF1 Dec 15, 2011
This is how you know you dun crossed the line!!!
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Comment by Galvatron X Dec 15, 2011
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.
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Comment by Solrac333 Dec 15, 2011
I couldn't even make it to 10 seconds before I pressed stop.
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Comment by LadyBug Dec 15, 2011
.... Just why, Ohio? My home state.... just ... no. You just stooped to a new low.
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Comment by Crosshairs Dec 15, 2011
omega666 wrote:I couldn't even make it to 10 seconds before I pressed stop.


I couldnt make 5! :s
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Comment by Chaoslock Dec 15, 2011
They just rapped my childhood.
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Comment by Bumblevivisector Dec 15, 2011
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...
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Comment by cotss2012 Dec 15, 2011
It's obviously just some troll pretending to be the Ohio Department of Transportation.

Successful troll is successful!
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Comment by El Duque Dec 15, 2011
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.
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Comment by Nekoman Dec 15, 2011
This comes as no surprise, as it is a known-unknown-known fact that the state of Ohio, sucks.
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Comment by Blozor Dec 15, 2011
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.
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Comment by Doubledealer93 Dec 15, 2011
so stupid. i am ashamed to live in ohio now. :SICK:
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Comment by BATTOUSAIXD Dec 15, 2011
My ears are bleeding now :BOOM:
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Comment by Autobot Megatron Dec 15, 2011
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?
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Comment by EverythingIsFodder Dec 15, 2011
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 -
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Comment by Rated X Dec 15, 2011
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...
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Comment by Autobot Megatron Dec 15, 2011
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.
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Comment by EverythingIsFodder Dec 16, 2011
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 -
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Comment by LadyBug Dec 16, 2011
Doubledealer93 wrote:so stupid. i am ashamed to live in ohio now. :SICK:


I am too.... >>;;
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