Farewell childhood memories

There comes a point in everyone's life where we let go off certain childhood memories to make room in our minds for more current, serious and pressing issues. In my case, i've decided not to keep track off my favourite childhood cartoons, and comics such as the ones that you can find in the montage below.

These cartoons and comics used to be my favourites while I was growing up but now that I'm over 30 years of age, a lot of these have either lost meaning to me or in other words... completely makes no sense at all.

Let's begin with Transformers. The cartoons back in the 80s were really cool especially the first Transformers movie. Not to mention the toys and comics. I always remember going through Transformers toy catalogues whenever I got a new Transformers toy. I savoured every last bit of detail in those catalogues and even begged my mother to buy me another everytime we walked past the toy shop when I was like 7 plus years old. Unfortunately she did not buy me toy after toy of Transformers no matter how much I begged :P My parents have always believed that I should earn it by helping them with chores around the house and in the garden. They would always give me pocket money based on how much work I help out with at home. The more work I do, the more money I earn. Eventually I manage to get enough to buy the ones I had my eyes on :) Anyway, that was then...  These days, in my adulthood it has become a burden and even a headache trying to imagine Transformers of different scales existing together in the same universe. It's really tough trying to convince yourself that something the size of a hand gun can transform into a robot several stories high and do battle with another robot which transformed from a truck. Or how about a robot several stories high being able to transform into a large space shuttle that can fit 5 - 6 robots the same height as he is in robot form ? Starting to get a migraine on that one ? haha.. I don't blame you. That's just the tip of the iceberg in the Transformers universe. Wait until you reach the Transformers categories of Pretenders, Headmasters, and Powermasters :P The best way to understand the scale issues would be to do research on this one Transformer... Fortress Maximus.  In the end, the Transformers universe is best left to small kids and teenagers. They have much better imagination and chaos in their heads compared to adults :)

My problem with Gobots was more or less same like Transformers. Scale issues...

Number 2 in my farewell list is Spawn. During my teenage years I felt rejected by most people due to my family background and also because of my mixed-blooded lineage. Spawn was something that I could relate to in a way. It follows the story of Al-Simmons, a soldier who sold his soul to a demon so that he could come back to life to see his wife. Unfortunately for him, there was a catch.. he could come back not as himself but rather as an ugly monster with the task of leading Hell's army to the gates of Heaven. Throughout his new life as Spawn, he took advantage of his Hell given powers to do good and seek redemption by becoming the judge, jury and executioner for criminals who have taken advantage of loop-holes within the justice system. His mentor, Cog has mentioned to him that none of the Hellspawns in existence could ever redeem themselves. Their fate was Hell and damnation. Regardless of those facts, he tried his best against all odds to find redemption. What spoilt it for me is when Al-Simmons believed that God and his Angels were just as bad as Hell and it's Demon. In the end, he turned to the powers of mother-earth to end the war between God and the Devil. On top of that, there came a point in the comic series where God and the Devil were reincarnated into the bodies of small kids. It all got too twisted and sick for me to follow anymore. It was bordering on blasphemy. That's when I called it quits with Spawn.

It didn't take me long to let go of "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe". I followed the cartoon for 1 year and lost interest in the series after that. It was too fantasy for me even as a small kid. On top of that, seeing men in that cartoon wear bird's nest for underwear really killed the show for me. There was no replay / rewatching value for this cartoon series.