Transformers: more crudeness than I’d rather have meet the eyes or ears.

Excuse me while I let out a depressing sigh. Do you get disappointed with modern remakes of movies and TV shows you grew up with? Recently they’ve been awful. I’m not even talking about the story lines. I’m talking about how crude they are. They’re being bastardized by today’s in your face sexual culture, over the top language, and stupid locker room humor. Let me give you a couple of examples.

I just saw the movie Transformers. I had to see it you know. I grew up in the 80’s watching the cartoon, reading the comics, and playing with the action figures. Suffice it to say, I don’t think I could take my kids to see the modern rendition of Transformers. It was filled with cursing, and talk about masturbation and pornography, and half naked girls. It’s another example of Hollywood ruining something that was originally intended to be family friendly. It makes me sick! (Not to mention the story line sucked, and the Transformers other than Optimus Prime and Bumblebee were mostly unrecognizable, but that’s beside the point!)

Let’s look at another example: The Dukes of Hazard. At the time the TV show existed it was a little edgy sure. You had Daisy Duke with her short shorts but it was nothing compared to the modern day rendition that featured girls making out with other girls (the equivalent of soft-core pornography), Daisy Duke doing a strip tease, and cursing, more locker room humor, and smoking pot. In fact at least one of the original cast members spoke out against the movie.

Ben Jones, who played Cooter Davenport in the original series, criticized the movie for its emphasis on sexual content, suggesting that the original series was more family oriented and not as sexualized. He called for fans of the TV series to boycott the movie “unless they clean it up before the August 5th release date…”

To read his comments in full click here.

I’m getting real sick of the Hollywood elite on the left coast and the mainstream media pushing their values (or lack of values) down the throats of normal Americans like you and I. Our families don’t deserve to be subjected to this especially when it’s packaged in a box intended for children. Don’t even tell me that Transformers isn’t aimed at kids. How does a toy company like Hasbro get away with promoting this stuff? Will consumers please speak up and do something about this? I’m really not trying to overreact, it’s just that this sort of stuff goes over the line. I’ve heard from a lot of parents and families who feel the same way as I do.

It’s really too bad that Transformers had to have this junk in it. The action and special effects were cool and I’m a sci-fi adventure geek. I’m cringing at the fact that one of my all time favorite TV shows (Get Smart) which is due to be made into a movie soon will be just as crude as these others that come out recently. Here’s hoping I’m wrong.