First off, the Smashing Pumpkins' new CD is being streamed on AOL.

"Transformers" first and foremost aspires to satisfy people who thought highly of it years ago. The screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are becoming veterans at it with Mission: Impossible under their belt and Star Trek in the near future. And for the fans, they should be satisfied by the rock'em, sock'em nature of machines that are more than meets the eye doing battle. But the movie as a whole is a disappointment and it's mostly because of the "primitive" humans as Megatron describes them. After a thrilling opening scene to demonstrate the power of the Decepticons, the film degenerates into a bunch of eBay jokes and awkward one-liners by Shia LeBeouf to gain the affection of the admittedly attractive Megan Fox. Soon, the aliens are fully introduced and finally the movie has some cohesiveness, highlighted by Optimus Prime rallying the troops. But treating humans as though they could be equals in the fight between Autobots and Decepticons is absurd. It contributes heavily toward the muddled final 30 minutes until the situation is resolved and we're left wondering what just happened.

Wild fact of the night: Darius McCrary, Eddie Winslow himself from "Family Matters", voices Jazz.

A little sleep and I'll be on a flight from SJC starting at 6:30 am. I'll update by Wednesday night at the latest...I think.