i tried…
i really tried…
i tried to watch those… and not think of them as stepping on the face of the original transformers cartoons and spinning like chun did in the sf the animated movie…
i ended up wanting to take a sword and slicing my guts out…
:shake:
Ok seriously. Like what makes G1, Beast Wars, Armada, and now this, Animated, so fucking different from one another that people like yourself, are saying things like this.
Like I’m not making the connection here. New generation of kids, new opportunity to pump a toy line into the market, new tv show with a currently popular artstyle. Please fucking tell me what this show is doing differently that the others have not? Is it the writing? Shit seems on par with the other shows to me. Is it the animation? There’s a lot of neat tricks like bumblebee half transforming to ride on rails. Is it because it’s a different take on the mythos? Like how many of you guys really thought that transforming into animals made sense?
I just don’t get it.
well of course you dont get it…
youre not me… its just my opinion…
but what makes it different for me is the seriousness of it all… in G1 and beast wars there was a feeling that it had a serious tone… it was a bit dark sometimes with characters dying and sacrificing themselves… to me its like comparing batman the animated series to teen titans(or even the batman)…
you may not see it as that big of a stretch…
but like i said…
youre not me…
and thats just how i see it…
Oh dude that’s all I wanted to know. And I totally see where you are coming from. I do miss that ‘dark edge’ from the other shows. A lot sometimes. However, these Autobots can barely do shit against one decepticon so every fight is a life or death situation. Unlike all the old shows where they just traded blows.
Anyone buy those Star Wars-Transformers toys? They’ve grown on me in the sense that I can see some good kitbashing potential out of them.
True, HERE’s hoping the 2nd part will be a good finish for Season 1.
To be honest, it’s not so much the designs in TFA that bother me, but rather the blatant shortcuts they take in the animation. The G1 show hasn’t aged well in that sense, but that was 1984-87. There’s almost no excuse for that now.
TFA, what a shitty cartoon this is. even my lil brothers didn’t like it, and they aint even half as critical about shit like this as i am.
on a side note, that custom blades really looks fucking nice. not such a big devestator fan, i like the robot itself. but the custom one just doesn’t do it for me. its detailed, but still has too many differences with the original design. and what about that neck?
That’s the thing about kitbashing, sometimes it’s a completely faithful and cartoon accurate approach, or it’s a refreshing update. If you didn’t like the custom Devastator because it was “too different” from the original design, then you shouldn’t even like Blades. Hell, the differences are far more obvious in him than in Devs.
I don’t like the show because of how ridiculous and overused the animation style is in itself. Coming from someone who watches japanese anime on a regular basis, the quality of TFA is piss-poor, and that’s the standard when it comes to American animation. It’s lazy, and we use this style because it’s so quick and cheap to produce.
To be fair, I didn’t like Ebergon/Armada/RID because of the really childish dialouge and the large involvement by the human teenagers. I know G1 had it too but at least Spike and Sparkplug were somewhat compitent. Plus they didn’t whine as much.
For me, Beast Wars is still the best because it focused almost all of it’s story on Predacons and Maximals. I didn’t start to loose interest until they introduced those primates and the children, but that shit changed really fast when they…
they… sniff they killed Dinobot. :crybaby:
^-- yeah… that too…
these new ones make me feel like im watchin pokemon… childish dialog, episodes having a feel like theyre trying to teach a moral value(friends son watches armada they were teaching ironhide(who is a teen in the cartoon ;_; ) how to be a team player… i kicked her son in the butt… he knew what was up), the WAY exaggerated body parts when theyre doing a motion or yelling or other goofy shit like that…
in my opinion…
beast was is the tops for me as well…
Custom Classics Megatron with an MP twist
This is perhaps the most cartoon accurate G1 Megs toy I’ve ever seen.
beast wars is in a whole other league…
hey! I stumbled upon this at the HJU forums.
its from the Transformers Song Universe set (that cd collection that sold for an ungodly amount a while back, all the themes and vocal songs and I think instrumental music as well, all the japanese series up to Galaxy Force.
Ive always liked the Transformers BGM so this is pretty awesome.
http://rapidshare.com/files/101141680/TRSU.part01.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101142605/TRSU.part02.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101144357/TRSU.part03.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101145014/TRSU.part04.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101148137/TRSU.part05.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101148976/TRSU.part06.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101152486/TRSU.part07.rar
http://rapidshare.com/files/101181716/TRSU.part08.rar
They say shit and damn in that one right? I won’t view the movie any other way. I only know of the uncut greatness that is the Transformers Movie.
Yea, that special edition DVD also has the old Takara Transformers commercials and the Scramble City ep (with nerd commentary).
More good news on the Universe (Classics 2.0) front: Silverbolt
This could mean a Superion toy in the future that’s actually done right.
~
Also, just got home from my work and found that my MP Megatron from TFSource was waiting for me.
SMB: I remembered you asked how their packing is. It’s very efficient.
Anyway, I took some pics so you can get a good idea of well they do it.
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/IMG_1525.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/IMG_1526.jpg
Styrofoam sheets at the top and bottom of the box, cardboard sleeve, and bubble wrap.
More pics of Ptitvite’s Custom Devastator
Let me know if you can’t view these for some reason.
I can’t view them because I don’t have an account on the forum. 
I linked them to my Photobucket account:
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachment6php.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachment4php.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachment3php.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachment2php.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachment1php.jpg
http://i87.photobucket.com/albums/k144/striderec/attachmentphp.jpg
Holy crap, those are nice. Thanks for the upload!