Transformers is a 2007 American science fiction action film based on
the Transformers toy line. The film, which combines computer animation
with live action, is directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven
Spielberg. It stars Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, a teenager involved
in a war between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons, two
factions of alien robots that can disguise themselves by transforming
into everyday machinery. The Decepticons desire control of the
AllSpark, the object that created their robotic race, with the
intention of using it to build an army by giving life to the machines
of Earth. Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Jon Voight, Anthony
Anderson and John Turturro also star, while actors Peter Cullen and
Hugo Weaving voice Optimus Prime and Megatron, respectively.
Transformers was a box-office success, despite mixed critical reaction.
Two sequels have been released: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen in
2009 and Transformers: Dark of the Moon in 2011.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
324:
Roman Emperor Constantine the Great defeated colleague Licinius in the
Battle of Adrianople.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Adrianople_%28324%29>
1608:
French explorer Samuel de Champlain founded Quebec City , considered to
be the first European-built city in non-Spanish North America.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City>
1940:
World War II: The British Navy attacked the French fleet, fearing that
the ships would fall into German hands after the armistice between
those two nations.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Mers-el-K%C3%A9bir>
1970:
The Troubles: The British Army imposed the Falls Curfew on Belfast,
Northern Ireland, which only resulted in greater Irish republican
resistance.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falls_Curfew>
2005:
Same-sex marriage became legal in Spain.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_Spain>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
amenity (n):
1. Pleasantness; the quality of being nice or agreeable.
2. (chiefly in plural) An advantageous feature
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amenity>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I will have poetry in my life. And adventure. And love. Love above all.
No... not the artful postures of love, not playful and poetical games
of love for the amusement of an evening, but love that... overthrows
life. Unbiddable, ungovernable — like a riot in the heart, and nothing
to be done, come ruin or rapture. Love — like there has never been in a
play.
--Tom Stoppard
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