Full explanation to follow, but suffice to say that this autograph pretty much guarantees that I’m having a spectacular birthday weekend.

While you’re waiting for an explanation, why not check out the rest of this photo set on my Flickr page?

Before the first images roll on screen in Transformers, two things show exactly what kind of movie it will be. Crediting Michael Bay as director and toy maker Hasbro as a co-production company, the movie states outright that expecting anything more than a big, loud, dumb action flick about giant, warring alien robots is a fool’s errand. Delivering on these promises in full force, Transformers will either be a welcome piece or entertainment or a disappointment, depending on how well you can cope with a very simple fact: no matter how often the famous tagline is attached, there really isn’t more to Transformers than meets the eye.

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