Friday, July 15, 2022

The Girl Who Loved Coincidences

The Hybrid Technologies building from the Transformers episode "The Girl Who Loved Powerglide" (1985):


The Stark/Avengers Tower from Marvel Avengers Assemble (2012), and later films:


(Yes, that's what it's called here, probably because of the other Avengers.)

One of these buildings is the headquarters of a high-tech corporation under attack by aliens in a Marvel production, and the other is, um...

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  1. That explains how Tony was able to get real estate in downtown Manhattan.

    "Skyscraper for sale. Only one owner. Some laser damage. Central heating and air. Machine lab-friendly."

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  2. This is an impressive catch! I had a VHS edition that had The girl Who Loved Powerglide and Call of the Primitives. Have a strong memory of pretending to hate the ending of the Girl Who Loved Powerglide (Powerglide opens up his chest to reveal a glowing, stylised pink heart). Secretly (of course) I loved it.

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    1. I had the very same VHS! It was nostalgia for that old tape that had me track down the episode to watch again. I discovered that Hasbro has put some of the old episodes online, including this one.

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