Transformers: The live action movie!

I just happened to learn from Sci Fi Weekly that a live action movie based on Transformers is being considered! For those who don't remember, Transformers were robots in diguise! There were toys and a cartoon of them that ran from 1984 to 1986. Classic! Not like the cheap overrated stuff they have on now! And who could forget that there was an animated movie of the Transformers made in 1986. I actually have it on both VHS and DVD format! It was such a sad movie because as those who remember it, Optimus Prime died!!! The great leader of the Autobots....DEAD! It was the first time my childhood hero died and it was such a growing up experience!
Back to the live action movie. As we all know.....the jump from cartoon/video to live action doesn't always work! How many movies have been made of our favorite cartoon characters and video games? Most of them are just too damn crappy! Anybody remember the live action movie of He-Man? It was called Masters of the Universe, and starred Dolph Lundren as He-Man. We all know how great an actor he is now! It was a bad movie! However the only good thing about it was it gave Courtney Cox and Robert Duncan McNeil their break into the show business. I'm sure you are asking yourselfs who the latter is...this Robert Duncan McNeil? Well, if you are a Star Trek fan....you know who he is. As for Courtney Cox....I'm sure you know her from the little show called Friends and the Scream Trilogy!
And does anybody remember that the first great video game, Super Mario Bros. was made into a movie starring Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper! That was even a more extraordinarly bad movie! It just didn't make any sense!
Then there was Street Fighter, the movie! It starred Jean Cluade van Dam! Right there you know it's a great quality film! It was so bad, that it was the last movie Raul Julia was in since he died right after it! The one bright spot in that movie was that Asian chick that stars in ER now!
However, there a few...and just a few....movies made from cartoons and video games that are good. One example that I can think of is Mortal Kombat. That had the right amount of story, action, and music that really made it decent. However, they had to screw up the francise by making Mortal Kombat Annihilation!

Anyway, I hope they don't screw up Transformers by making a live action movie out of it! It's our heritage that they are screwing up! Can anybody else tell me what other movies they have made out of cartoons/video games?

BTW....I'd like to see if they can make a live action movie out the Smurfs!!!! Now that would something!