Images of Transformers: Prime characters

Remember when this forum raged about Animated and then looked silly afterwards?

Good times.

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Originally Posted by 5FDP

It's being written by Orci and Kurtzman so I think fans have more than enough reason to be sceptical at this point.

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They may be writing something or other , but their main job will be executive producing. Besides, without the influence of Michael Bay, they wrote the critically acclaimed Star Trek.

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Originally Posted by kup

I don't buy that. I think Hasbro is just trying to shoe horn it in for marketing purposes - I don't think Hasbro's marketing or it's more administrative departments fully understand their own brands beyond the commercial aspects. The developers who are the people who created the game have said that War for Cybertron is G1 and when you play the game, everything points to that.

It may not be exactly within any pre-existing G1 continuity like Sunbow, Marvel, DW or IDW but it is certainly within it's own take on a 'pre-Earth' G1 continuity.

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Well, the WFC Exodus book is based on Hasbro's own Transformers "bible", which serves as backstory for Prime and presumably future Transformers series. The game doesn't fit in too well into this, but there you go, it's just a game with a bare minimum of storyline and characterisation.

From Hasbro's perspective, Exodus/their bible is the pre-Earth storyline for this new franchise, with the game being the mass market media to represent it.

As for whatever High Moon Studios and Activision think - they say what is needed to sell the game to the millions of people who aren't really Transformers fans (in the sense that you and me are fans) but remember "the cartoon from the 80s". So they've said a load of rubbish in videos, podcasts and interviews about it being the prequel to the Sunbow cartoon, which is of course, totally untrue.

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Originally Posted by SamLoi888

Most disappointing part of their promo statement highlighted in case anyone missed it.

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Originally Posted by kup

More evidence that the Hasbro corporate staff have no freaking clue. I am sure that kids watch Transformers because Transformers are in it, not primarily to watch "More Human Drama".

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I think you people are taking that a little too literally.

The way I read human drama is a marketing buzzword for "more complex and developed stories/characterisation" or something to that effect. Saying "more robot drama than ever before!" doesn't make any sense.

I actually disliked the drawing style of animated and still do, I like the look of Ratchet but not sure on the others yet in this new series. The storyline in Animated wasn't to bad but I still find that style of cartoon not to my taste and I dislike watching it and don't think I look silly because of my opinion and dislike in general of that series. I must admit a little more of an open minded view by people until they watch some of the new and upcoming series would be nice but if they dislike the designs then it doesn't mean they are going to look silly because that is their opinion;)

Knowing that exodus book is intended to possibly be based on Prime seires makes a bit more sense. AFter reading it, I thought it was supposed to run with WFC, but mute Bumblebee and Ninja Prowl made little sense when comparing to the game.

I guess if it's based on hasbros bible, mute bumblebee and ninja prowl is the future. Bugger.

Nevertheless, I will still watch the cartoon and reserve major judgement for that.

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Originally Posted by FFN

They may be writing something or other , but their main job will be executive producing. Besides, without the influence of Michael Bay, they wrote the critically acclaimed Star Trek.

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And the critically panned Mission: Impossible 3 ;)

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Originally Posted by FFN

I think you people are taking that a little too literally.

The way I read human drama is a marketing buzzword for "more complex and developed stories/characterisation" or something to that effect. Saying "more robot drama than ever before!" doesn't make any sense.

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I'd bet 100 dollars you are wrong and it's referring to lame humans they will be inserting into the story.

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Originally Posted by FFN

Remember when this forum raged about Animated and then looked silly afterwards?

Good times.

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I think it would be foolish to completely write off Prime without first watching it, however, you have to admit that it's a different kettle of fish when compared to Animated - a series that was very much its own thing stylistically. Animated's aesthetic was very much an acquired taste (as said previously, I think it's great), but at least it stood apart from the crowd. Can the same be said of Prime?

I don't see how this new series could have anything to do with WFC as wouldn't every characters alt mode be the same as in the G1 comics/cartoon? It's certainly a curious one. :p

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Originally Posted by FFN

Remember when this forum raged about Animated and then looked silly afterwards?

Good times.

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A lot of people here and in the fandom as a whole still don't like Animated. Keep in mind that Animated only became more consistently good from Season 3 onwards and that's where a lot of the 'liking' comes from. The first Season IMO was very bad and the second season was spotty at best.

I think that its very silly to state that all the people who disliked Animated were somehow 'converted' after watching it. I still see consistent comments from the same people when commenting on the show.

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Originally Posted by Tetsuwan Convoy

Knowing that exodus book is intended to possibly be based on Prime seires makes a bit more sense. AFter reading it, I thought it was supposed to run with WFC, but mute Bumblebee and Ninja Prowl made little sense when comparing to the game.

I guess if it's based on hasbros bible, mute bumblebee and ninja prowl is the future. Bugger.

Nevertheless, I will still watch the cartoon and reserve major judgement for that.

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I think Exodus is meant to be TF:Prime but was also artificially shoe horned into WFC because Hasbro wanted it to.

I am now dreading this mute Bumblebee. It sucked in the movie and I don't see how it's not going to suck now.

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Originally Posted by kup

I am now dreading this mute Bumblebee. It sucked in the movie and I don't see how it's not going to suck now.

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I concur with that statement 100%

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Originally Posted by kup

I think that its very silly to state that all the people who disliked Animated were somehow 'converted' after watching it. I still see consistent comments from the same people when commenting on the show.

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Check, I've watched a bit of Animated It gets better around series 3, but I wouldn't say it's thrilled me, I still don't dig the designs and have no desire to collect the toys.

I'm also still entirely bewildered by something I can only describe as Lugnut Mania.:D

As for Bumblbee the days of him being the slightly unsure of himself everyman TF are gone, he's now been recast as either Silent Warrior or Fiesty Warrior.