Filling the gaps in childhood
At that time , children in elementary and junior high schools in the city were the first generation of only children in China. You had no siblings, and your growth occurred almost at the same time as the popularization of television.
Compared with today's children, everyone's information has not yet "exploded", and the main media contacted were television and radio. At that time, newspapers and magazines were poorly printed, suitable for children to read, and children loved to read. Very little. Neither books nor magazines can meet your needs. This society has become too fast, many things are confusing even adults, and no one will come to tell you.
"Journey to the West", which is replayed every summer, will tether you to the TV. You kind of reluctantly watch these familiar episodes over and over again, counting on good new cartoons to save you.
Americans first wanted to send "Transformers" to Chinese TV stations, especially CCTV. The two sides had contact with each other. "This film is beaten and killed, and it is not good for the growth of young people." At that time, TV workers mainly thought about social influence. CCTV's children's programs, in addition to "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck" for a week and a half hours, were "Tangrams", which taught children to handcraft and sing.
So the Americans found Shanghai TV. At that time, Shanghai TV had very good dubbing actors. They had dubbed and dubbed films such as "Growing Pains" and "Detective Hunter" in those years. With their joint efforts, the above-translated version of "Transformers" has become a classic.
Mr. Lei Changxi, who dubbed Optimus Prime, the leader of the Autobots, also played Shen Gongbao in "Fengshen Bang". Optimus Prime's voice is majestic, Megatron's voice is proud, everyone has their own characteristics. "Sonic" has a unique sound with a buzzing effect, and it has become the object of many children's imitation.
Although some stations broadcast children's shows every day, only one episode a week is "Transformers." In some local TV stations, you have to endure long advertisements before the animation starts. At that time, the concept of TV station time was not as strong as it is now. At the most outrageous time, you had to endure an overall delay of half an hour for the program.
But you have to wait, it's not a DVD player, you can't fast forward or slow down, and in order to see every process of Optimus Prime's transformation, you will endure not going to the toilet during the show. It's a pity to miss it, this is not the Internet age, you can't find the resources you need.
Give Dream a Ladder
A Transformer, even a mediocre Decepticon warrior, has become a part of your life dream.
In those days when every child had a Transformers dream, "China Children's Daily" once published a paper model drawing similar to Transformers, as long as you glue cardboard and cut out and insert them together, you can have a decent And cheap robot buddies. Many children from disadvantaged backgrounds received psychological compensation in that issue of the newspaper.
After 1992, when other animated heroes replaced your Transformers, you were saddened, watching today's kids go crazy with blue cats, you scoffed, and your heart beat with Transformers. You wait silently for their second- and third-generation cartoons and live-action movies. You were ecstatic when you heard that the film had been put into production.
When you get a job, get a salary, have some spare money, and accidentally pass by a toy store, you buy the Optimus Prime you want and fulfill your childhood dream.
Will you have a similar experience as an adult? no. Childhood is precious and perfect. This time is spent in the company of Transformers. This is what Transformers means to this generation.
Tang Yong Industrial Cold War Freedom The political fable of
Transformers
If you want to recall the US and international situation in the 1980s, you should re-watch "Transformers", and pay attention to the US version, "Big Brother Optimus Prime" as the protagonist of the first Generation stories. This part of the story, almost entirely depicting that era, the Cold War, America's great strength, industrial strength, the struggle for freedom and dictatorship, is an educational film for Americans.
The darling of America's golden age
Despite the Japanese idea of transforming robots, the recognized Hasbro company "Transformers" was born in 1984. In 1984, the handsome and tall Ronald Reagan was president, and world oil prices dropped from a high of $35 a barrel to $27 a barrel. The economic development of the United States is in a golden age. This "country on wheels" has regained its momentum among Western countries.
The Soviet Union, which has been in competition all the time, has had a very difficult life in recent years, and it has become increasingly difficult to afford it economically.
The United States is pursuing its own "Star Wars Project", and their industrial strength is the first in the world. Despite the advent of environmentalism, neither global warming nor air and water pollution are as serious as they are today.
Americans in 1984 were still addicted to their own power. They hosted the 1984 Summer Olympics, which the Soviet Union boycotted for political reasons.
This is the beginning of Transformers: "A distant planet, the struggle between good and evil, three million years of grudges, and a devastated battlefield. In the end, both groups of robots believe that a new living space should be opened up."
Blue VS Red America VS Soviet Union
The strong national power appeared in the United States during the Reagan era, and there was a reintroduction of classic American concepts such as individualism and freedom. Optimus Prime's motto is the very American "Liberty is everyone's right". He is gentle, pays attention to justice and justice, has one and only one girlfriend, has a decent style, and is a moral role model for the American middle class.
In addition to thinking, Americans have given their national identity to the right representative of the Autobots, and the Autobots without exception have clear and pure blue eyes, which is the Anglo-Saxon style of the early immigrants to the United States.
The Decepticons as opponents, without exception, used red, the color that represents bloodshed and sex. This color is also the representative color of the US rival, the Soviet Union.
The big villain Megatron is another way of thinking, he is not simply destroying everything (in fact, after he was reborn as Galvatron, he once teamed up with the Autobots to deal with the terrorists who really wanted to destroy everything- Cosmic Emperor), but believes that the world can be more orderly and better under his rule. For this purpose, he kills innocent people indiscriminately and will do whatever it takes.
Megatron once had a classic monologue, expressing his intention to control the earth: "Hello, earthlings. I am Megatron. I am the leader of the Decepticons, the ruler of the earth. Flesh and blood creatures, don't be afraid, you There's a new leader. The Autobots are useless to you." The
Americans' message: Only under a dictatorship can there be a frenzied fight for leadership. But not under the free system. Those who don't believe in this evil are all educated by Optimus Prime in the cartoons.
The one who once challenged Optimus Prime was the head of the robotic dinosaur "Grimlock" - this simple-minded guy was later saved by Optimus Prime at the cost of his life. , so being a leader does not depend on strength, but requires more social responsibility.
A Pacifist Attitude
If it were all about politics and alluding to the Cold War, "Transformers" would be a movie version of "Road to Serfdom." In fact, most of the above coincidences are unintentional disclosures. If there is intentional propaganda, what the creator wants to express is more of a pacifist attitude.
In the more than ten years after the Vietnam War, the American people did not want to fight. In "Transformers", the Autobots were basically civilian equipment: Optimus Prime is the most common container truck in the United States and forms the blood of the American economy. A wasp is a beetle, a tin is a van cargo bun...
Decepticons are mostly guns, fighter jets and other lethal weapons. The exception is the digger, this batch of dump trucks, cranes and bulldozers are also villains. It's not surprising that if there is a day and night construction site near your home, or you are unfortunate enough to become a nailer, you will also hate these kinds of equipment to death.
Transformers into China
In 1987, Hasbro "sent" Transformers to China, which was actually just an expedient measure to open up the Chinese market. Shanghai Audio-Visual Archive and Shanghai TV station jointly translated and produced the American version of the first to third seasons, with a total of 95 episodes of cartoons. At first, only a few episodes were piloted on TV stations in Beijing and other big cities, and it was not officially broadcast on national TV stations until the end of 1987.
In 1987, the Transformers toys produced by Hasbro authorized Guangzhou Baiyunshan Toy Factory began to appear in major shopping malls across the country, and children had new goals to pursue. Cheng Kai, who is now working in mobile phone design in Shanghai, was born in the late 1970s. He remembers hearing from his classmates at that time that there was an incident in Shanghai Hualian Commercial Building where the counter collapsed in order to grab toys.
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