From: kendrick@bermuda.io.com (Kendrick Kerwin Chua)
Subject: Re: Essay: What Is It About The Transformers?
Date: 1997/11/25
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Guys-

Just wanted to pop on and throw around a viewpoint or two...

Transformers are fiction. By definition, this means that they are a
temporary escape from whatever reality we choose to live in. When we turn
off the TV or put down the toy, we will continue to deal with things like
death, taxes, busy signals, hurricanes, birth control, food poisoning, and
Adam Sandler. No matter how deeply you bury yourself in a fiction like
Transformers, you will never completely get away from these realities of a
human existence, whether they are good or bad.

As a singular entity, Transformers is not a religion. You cannot blaspheme
it. Transformers is not politics. You cannot be a traitor to it.
Transformers is not sacred. You cannot desecrate it. Transformers is not
science. You cannot measure it or give it standards. Transformers is not
dead. You cannot expect it to stop changing as long as there is a
continuing fiction... or a continuing business need.

Above all else, Transformers is a way to have fun. No matter what you like
or don't like, Transformers should bring a smile to your face and a drain
to your wallet. If you don't get any joy out of buying the toys or
watching the show, then you need to find another way to have fun.


[ I've snipped the rest of the post, as it's very un-nice -- Steve-o. ]