Best news of the day: A Transformers live-action movie will be released in 2007, according to this story. The movie will be directed by Michael Bay (The Rock, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon) and Steven Spielberg will executive produce. Go here for the Transformers Web site.

There’s only one problem with this: It’s preying on my nostalgic tendencies, which is exactly the reason I broke down and bought one of the Transformers seasons on DVD. In reality, I think I’ve watched about two episodes. The cartoon is never as good as it was when you were a kid. Yet it never fails when I browse DVDs: I see the Transformers series or G.I. Joe (“And knowing is half the battle”) and I just have to have them, although I flinch at the cost. We pay the price for nostalgia, I suppose.

On that note, anybody remember the wannabe Gobots? Weak.

Check out Del (feat. Unicron, named after a Transformers character, which is actually just Del with his voice sped up) on Worldwide. I thought I had a Souls of Mischief freestyle with an Optimus Prime reference. You’ll have to settle for probably one of the best hip-hop B-sides, Undisputed Champs (feat. Q-Tip and Pep Love).

Del — Worldwide
Del — The Undisputed Champs