It was delightful to see Sam (Shia LaBeouf) unsuspectingly and casually rub his thumb over the grimy Autobot sigil on the hub of Bumblebee's steering wheel in Michael Bay's 2007 film "Transformers". That image brought back fond memories of some of the toys I played with in my childhood. It hinted ever so nicely at the amazing "techno-magical" being, disguised as a yellow 1976 Chevrolet Camaro. It had wonder, mystery and excitement. Perhaps Joseph Campbell's theory of Collective Memory has something to do with it. "Transformers" is one of the best examples of what fantasy cinema should be -- magical, fun, epic and exciting.
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