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The Dictator

posted 11 years ago by almighty_cinder
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I was just watching Thief in the Night, one of the season 3 episodes that features Carbomya and was noticing how similar it is to Sacha Baron Cohen's movie The Dictator. Wadiya and Carbombya are on the north-eastern tip of Africa, both have large oil reserves, Abdul Fakkadi and Hafez Aladeen have almost the exact same design aside from the color of their jacket and Aladeen's beard is thicker.

http://tfwiki.net/mediawiki/images2/thumb/7/76/Fakkadi.jpg/300px-Fakka di.jpg
http://forums.watchuseek.com/attachments/f2/742011d1340214768-tracking -celebrities-what-watches-they-wearing-lets-keep-going-dictator-sasha- baron-cohen-merrick.jpg

So yeah, for me, The Dictator is now in continuity with the live action Transformers movies. If Spike can be renamed Sam to sound less silly, the Carbombya can be renamed Wadiya.

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[–] Norse_Sage 11 years ago

I've been watching some old school GI transformers cartoon as of late, first time in YEARS.

I've actually found season three to be the most enjoyable by far, in no small part because of the humor. And the lines. Dear god, the lines. The exchange between Fakkadi/Aladeen when they discuss the sheer cost of keeping the two Decepticons supplied with Energon... priceless.

"Thief in the Night" is pure gold, and I think it if anything is more relevant today than it was when it came out, but there is no way they could get away with that today. Just the sign, by the border to Carbombya, which states there are 4000 people living there and 10.000 camels!

I would love if they could make "The Dictator" formally in continuity with "Transformers", like is the case with "Friday the 13" (2009). They need to sort out a cameo for TF5.

Tesla was robbed!