While the trailers didn't necessarily give me ultra-high hopes, I'll be watching at least an episode today because I'm weak/eager for more Transformers
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Transformers: War for Cybertron - Netflix Series Trailer
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God I'm so excited to watch this later. Please spoil me on one thing--
does Ultra Magnus die?
I don't think I've watched a Transformers show since Armada.
I've enjoyed the War for Cybertron game from High Moon, but that has no relation to this right?
And I've been hearing this leads into Beast Wars? I loved Beast Wars as a kid, so I am interested in checking this out if true.
I've enjoyed the War for Cybertron game from High Moon, but that has no relation to this right?
And I've been hearing this leads into Beast Wars? I loved Beast Wars as a kid, so I am interested in checking this out if true.
I'm very confused by this one. Some models are very clearly taken from the games and some are inspired by G1. Just choose one, damn it!
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I think this is the first time they ever worked with him. Are you confusing him for Vic Mignona?
I'm not a parent myself, so it is absolutely not something I can speak with total authority about. It's hard to judge what is appropriate in this since the material is dealing with robots, so I'd take a look at a couple episodes to decide for yourself.
Yes. He is very important to the story though.
Not into Beast Wars directly, but the third season/'part' is a Beast Wars/WFC time-travel mashup, from what we know so far.
That's a little disappointing--although the teasers made me suspect as much. Magnus is pretty much my favorite Autobot, but I'm still excited to watch this, hope he at least gets some good hits in lol.
All the designs are taken from the War for Cybertron Siege toyline.
Enjoying the show. Perhaps a little too slow though.
Finished the first two episodes, it's very slow to start but it feels like we're dealing with a younger Optimus Prime and Crew. The Animation is really good. It definitely has potential to be something great like Dragon Prince or Clone Wars
That's cool.
Yeah, I'll give this a watch if it actually leads into seeing Optimus Primal again
A well known cosplayer/reporter (I think she does reporting for anime blogs) had a situation with him where at a party he aided her in getting drunk, took her back to her room and then had sex with her without consent as she was too drunk to say yes to it. She was talking about it in relation to Vic and how apparently Todd told him(Vic) about the encounter and Vic hinted that he wanted her to do the same for him. At the time she did not name Todd, but apparently he's known for being very much the type to hit on people, and people guessed who it was and outed him
Todd then used his own history of being assault to try to clear his name. Last was heard he'd gotten the same lawyers as Vic, but not sure if that case went anywhere.
Really good dialogue, like how the show makes both Optimus and Megatron into people who fought for noble reasons, but ended up allowing the violence to go out of hand because they were both too stubborn to admit they took bad decisions.
But I do think the animation is nothing special. I was hoping for at least ONE standout fight scene like the ones in Prime. Definitely something I think Earthrise needs to address.
But I do think the animation is nothing special. I was hoping for at least ONE standout fight scene like the ones in Prime. Definitely something I think Earthrise needs to address.
Just stumbled on this thread. Wow. No idea this was a thing. After Transformers Prime(excellent animated show)I wanted more. The animation after that I didn't like. Forgot the name. Robots in disguise or something.
Sad its only 6 episodes. But still for something I had no idea was a thing better than nothing. Like what I saw in the trailer.
Sad its only 6 episodes. But still for something I had no idea was a thing better than nothing. Like what I saw in the trailer.
There's gonna be two more parts to this. This was just part one.
We initially heard part 2 (Earthrise) was coming this fall, though we have had no concrete word since then.
At least there is more coming so it shouldn't matter. And this looks a little darker than the last Transformers animation. I like.
You know what this reminds me? That two issue ar in the IDW ongoing called "Chaos Theory". Where it's just Optimus and Megatron discussing their conflicting ideologies. Really good stuff too btw.
Just finished, bit short, but pretty good. Been collecting the Siege and Earthrise toys so it's a fun treat to see them realized in CG form. Course there's model reuse/recolor but eh, I don't expect crowds to look to unique in Transformers, save for colors lol. I would recommend binging it all in one go since it's about the length of a two hour movie. Overall, if you liked the opening scene of Bumblebee, you'll get some enjoyment out of this.
I would LOVE a mini-series about Megatron's backstory that we see in IDW 2005. A worker with an ideology to improve the lives of his people, but ultimately succumbing to violence.
You should really checkout Cyberverse if you're looking for something with more length to it. It takes a few episodes to get its footing, but it's a solid show with some fun character interactions. Even though it's geared towards kids, it's not just some "peddle the toys" kind of show. And best part is each episode is 10 minutes so it's incredibly digestible.
Watched the first 3 episodes. I like it, but I wish it weren't so relentlessly dire. I respect that they want to tell a more serious story, and I certainly don't want a constant stream of corny one-liners, but some moments of levity would go a long way in making the overall tone more palatable.
It also bothers me that nearly every Decepticon speaks with the same raspy hiss. I know it's a cartoon, but it makes them feel like a bunch of generic, indistinguishable bad guys.
It also bothers me that nearly every Decepticon speaks with the same raspy hiss. I know it's a cartoon, but it makes them feel like a bunch of generic, indistinguishable bad guys.
Watched the whole thing. Gotta admit I don't really know who this is for. It's too slow and talky for most kids, but it's too simplistic and repetitive for adults. Very little action, most of the good action scenes are in the last two eps, and a surprising amount of them have already been shown in trailers. I don't think emulating so many of the G1 voices was a great idea, as since nobody's quite nailing their impressions it's more distracting than anything else, especially Optimus and Starscream. There's a strange muted quality to a lot of the sound. Soundwave's voice and the laser blasts in particular lack punch and feel very anemic.
I was surprised to see that
It's not bad, but they probably only needed four eps to tell what story is here, which is a classic Netflix original show problem. It's a little weird how hard they lean into Jetfire's storyline, but I suppose if this had come out last year as originally planned he would have been the biggest most expensive figure in the line aside from Omega Supreme, so they want to push him hard.
Hell of a lot better than the Machinima stuff, but that's not a high bar. Maybe it'll find its feet more solidly in Earthrise.
I was surprised to see that
they actually used Soundblaster in a US show. I also noticed his toy, which I got for $15 on clearance in April, is now going for $70-80, so I guess he was well received.
It's not bad, but they probably only needed four eps to tell what story is here, which is a classic Netflix original show problem. It's a little weird how hard they lean into Jetfire's storyline, but I suppose if this had come out last year as originally planned he would have been the biggest most expensive figure in the line aside from Omega Supreme, so they want to push him hard.
Hell of a lot better than the Machinima stuff, but that's not a high bar. Maybe it'll find its feet more solidly in Earthrise.
I'll check it out. And I watched the first 2 episodes of this series. I really like it. It does start slow. And some of the sound effects sound weird, but love the dark gritty tone.
Thought it was pretty good for what it was. Optimus' voice is distracting me tho.
also, I'm not too into transformers so what's the actual backstory on why the war even began, were prime/megatron/ultra magnus all part of the same group? Wish we got a flashback lol
also, I'm not too into transformers so what's the actual backstory on why the war even began, were prime/megatron/ultra magnus all part of the same group? Wish we got a flashback lol
This was pretty bad, to be honest. Whilst the animation was a lot better than the trailers made it look, and the backgrounds were actually really nice, it has a lot of problems.
The story is dull. It's just the same old pre-Gen-1 stuff rehashed in an uninteresting way. The dialogue is pretty dreadful. The heavy use of generics isn't good, especially having random Decepticon soldiers strolling around in Prowl/Jazz/Bluestreak style robot forms. There's no weight or impact of any of the deaths as we're never given any real reason to care about the characters beyond "these are characters that you already know from the franchise". The voices are okay, but when you're up against some of the GOAT voice actors who made the original characters what they are, it just doesn't compare.
I haven't been able to watch yet, but responses seem pretty decent so far. Not going to go in expecting too much, but I'll be happy if it's a coherent story.
I still wish someday they'd do animated adaptations of the IDW comics, but I doubt that will ever happen.
I still wish someday they'd do animated adaptations of the IDW comics, but I doubt that will ever happen.
They literally modeled the toys into this show. The characters in the show have the holes and tab slots even accurately to the toy, and the holes for the weapons to slot into even lol. The ratchet joints and all from the toys are modeled and replicated here.
Padding used in the pacing was for budget reasons I am guessing. If it is well received then maybe there is hope for part 2 and three. Needs some comedy to break up the tension though
Two episodes in, and I'm enjoying it, but it's not amazing.
The animation when they're fighting seems weirdly sluggish. Otherwise, it looks beautiful. Dialogue is kinda rough too. Not awful, just not inspiring.
I'll finish this season and probably enjoy myself, but it's not amazing as I mentioned.
The animation when they're fighting seems weirdly sluggish. Otherwise, it looks beautiful. Dialogue is kinda rough too. Not awful, just not inspiring.
I'll finish this season and probably enjoy myself, but it's not amazing as I mentioned.
It's decent. There's some nods to IDW and the excellent lore there, but it's set against a story that is mostly original G1 with a few of the generics replaced by generics that happened to be in the toyline, like Skythread, Cog and Barricade. I like how there's not just one character who changes allegiance, and there's several good reasons. I was also surprised to see so many female characters, with Elita having a pretty large role. The two best ones are nowhere to be seen though (Nautica and Windblade).
Is it however two hours of toy commercial through and through.
Is it however two hours of toy commercial through and through.
It's extremely mediocre and rough for sure, but I'm starved for Transformers content so I'm still enjoying it lol. I feel like a better score would have gone a long way toward making this less boring, as much as I like the bleak feeling the show tries to go for. Either way, I'm really looking forward to the other two parts!
Got excited at first expecting live-action like the movies, oh well. The original cartoons were fun and I'll rewatch other stuff from my childhood but I don't think I'm the target audience for this.
I know a lot of lore from the IDW comics and the war on cyberton games, so I enjoyed it.
I would expect someone with even half the knowledge tobe lost throughput.
I would expect someone with even half the knowledge tobe lost throughput.
I've only watched the 80's Transformers Movie/Cartoon... and Beast Wars.... Maybe I'm being forgetful/mixing something up, so help me with something.
Didn't all the characters get their automobile models after landing on earth? Interacting/probing our vehicles. Does this show take place after they leave earth or something? Someone mentioned that this seemed like a younger Optimus, so I'm kind of confused. Or were they like fuck it, this is what audience is used to regarding character models.
Enjoyed it, but do think it was a bit slow overall. Kinda expect more action and excitement from Transformers. I mean I understand they are trying to make it more adult here for older fans but at the same time I think most of us older fans understand that Transformers is kinda dumb and we are here for robots fighting and transforming. Seriously we don't see any autobots transformer except Optimsus till near the final 2 episodes. It's odd to say I want more shoot bang, but in a way it really did need to move a bit quicker and perhaps a bit less exposition on everything.
I mean, even if it was "live action", all the Transformers would have still been CGI. Not sure what the difference would be.
I've only watched the first episode so far, so I'll give it a bit more time. It's no Prime for sure.