This 'Transformers' Phenomenon

Hate to do it, but need to chime in on this Transformers thing that has everyone all hot and bothered to the tune of over $200 million in five days ($214m through Monday). Now I know that, as humans, we are imperfect. Chief among those imperfections is the willingness to return to movie theaters for a sequel en masse, even if it is a follow-up to an average movie. This held true with a certain pirate-based franchise in its third installment, and a couple of movies about a matrix. There are, of course, cases where a sequel is better than the first and deserves the financial gains, but those instances are rare at best.

So imagine my dismay with humankind when a ROBOT-based movie nearly shattered box office records. The prospect of watching robots murder each other is very tempting, but worse than pandering to the robot sympathizers (now dubbed pro-bots), those who flocked to the theaters have helped keep this man in business! You should be ashamed!