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Transformers: Genesis actually. Years ago I was reading philosophy and watching daytime cartoons and out of this unlikely combination I told myself a story as an effort to explore the concepts I was reading about. As a result, this is not your average fanfic. It is set a long, looooong time ago in Cybertron's Golden Age. There are absolutely NO humans mentioned (except in the forward, which briefly speculates on if South Park's creators had made the old Transformers show). Expect to be entertained and maybe even challenged. The worst you can say is it was worth everything you paid...

A live-action film of Transformers will open in U.S. theaters July 4, 2007, DreamWorks Pictures, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro, Inc. announced Wednesday. Steven Spielberg will produce and Michael Bay will direct the script from Alex Kurzman and Roberto Orci, Zap2it.com reported. Kurzman and Orci are the writers on Bay's new feature the Island and on Tom Cruise's upcoming Mission: Impossible III. The wildly popular Transformer robots were introduced in 1984 and have been adapted for several cartoon programs, toy lines comic books and an animated feature film. Under the direction of Michael Bay and with Steven Spielberg executive producing, we...

Independence Day for Transformers By Joal Ryan 2 hours, 56 minutes ago Optimus Prime has a prime release date: The Fourth of July. Transformers, the long-planned, live-action movie based on the robot-morphing cartoon, comic and toy franchise, will roll into theaters July 4, 2007, DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures announced Wednesday. Michael Bay (The Island, The Rock) will direct; Steven Spielberg will executive produce. Children of the 1980s likely will be champing at the tie-in lunchbox. "The diehard fans will like it as long as it stays true to Transformers roots and doesn't stray too far from the ideals that we...

Paris Air Show: Lockheed Martin Skunk Works details Morphing UAV progress The Lockheed Martin Skunk Works Advanced Development Programs (ADP) 'Morphing' unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is three weeks away from achieving its first flight, according to Frank Cappuccio, vice-president and general manager of Skunk Works ADP. Morphing technology promises to revolutionise the way UAVs and their combat equivalents, unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs), integrate combat missions with long-loitering intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) duties. It is also central to ADP's work on the US Navy's (USN's) Multi-Purpose UAV (MPUAV) programme. ADP signed a contract for MPUAV with the Defense Advanced...