On this date in 1984, the very first issue of Transformers from Marvel Comics hit newstands. Toys would not arrive until summer, and the first episode of the animated series wouldn’t premeire until September.

So where were you on May 8, 1984? When did you first experience Transformers? Who your favorite Transformer? Respond in the comment section!

USA Today has the first image from Iron Man 2. Just a regular day at the office for Tony Stark.

In addition to Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man/Tony Stark and Don Cheadle replacing Terrence Howard as Jim Rhodes, the cast also includes Mickey Rourke as Whiplash, Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Sam Rockwell as Justin Hammer.

Iron Man 2 opens May 7, 2010. You have 52 weeks to get in line for tickets.

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Source: LA Times

Kyle Reese and the T-101 sent back to protect Edward Furlong had it at August 29th 1997. By the movie version of continuity Sarah Connor ultimately lived to see this day without an attack but as Kristina Lokenator and Arnie #3 showed up, Judgement Day would still take place on July 25th 2004. Then comes what’s had geeks real exited for the past 2 years, the event of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which ignores the 2004 Judgment Day, but also ignores the original 1997 date and once again pushes Judgment Day back to April 21st, 2011, which is only two years from today. Get that bomb shelter stocked with canned goods!

It’s a well thought out date, to be sure. With the events of the first episode taking place in September 2007, this gives the show more than enough time to come to a reasonable conclusion, be canceled, or again postpone Judgment Day by April 2011. This has already been suggested by a number of things. The April 2011 Skynet was Andy Good’s Turk. Andy’s out of the picture, and the Turk has taken a drastically different course. Derek is a stranger to Jesse who has lived a number of things differently than he has, and though she refuses to give him a date for when her Judgment Day is, it seems plainly obvious that it’s not the day Derek and Kyle remember as seen in the season 1 finale.
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