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I wonder if they took design cues from a lame devil costume for Cliffumpers head?
Yes, yes, ...what? more hyooman drama? :rolleyes:Quote:
expect heavy metal action, nail-biting suspense, and more human drama than ever.
I do like Ratchet's design though
well at least cliffjumper isn't just a redeco of bumblebee for a change..I'm sure he'll like that...:p:p:p:p
more images here...
http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-...images-170407/
The CGI there looks really 1990s
Ugh, they've combined Bayformers with Animated? Any hopes I had for this series have disappeared. :(
If anyone needed further convincing that all they've done is combine Animated with the movie 'verse, all you have to do is look at those images.
It has Bumblebee ripped straight from the Bay storyboards, and a Megatron that looks almost identical to his Animated (Cybertronian) counterpart.
I'm not feeling this at all...
"Its too clean cut".
That was the first thing into my head.
Ratchet looks okay, cant half tell he is based on his animated counterpart. Not a fan of the shade of Blue on Arcee, but thats just getting nitpicky. :p
I hope this series is okay, if it's not it'll just make me sadder that they canned animated for it.
Further to what I said above, I would have been as happy as a bot in a pile of sloppy energon if they went ahead and made a show based on WFC.
The designs were great and the characters were already developed to a point where it would have been easy to expand on the story.
Also, we already have the toys - Prime and Bumblebee with Megs and Soundwave to come, which is 4 more than we're expecting to get from this pile of crap.
Doesn't make sense to me.
Hmmm... not a fan at all!
I'll wait to see if they look better (in different images), but so far they look awful IMO.
More complaints about early promotional pictures. :(
Did nobody learn the lesson of Animated to wait and watch the show before complaining?
Can't speak for everyone here but I certainly gave Animated a chance. It blew it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
they kinda remind me of robots from the 80's astroboy series that bruton(??) destroyed....
Ha! the front end of Bumblebee looks almost like a VK Commodore. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Tabias Prime
I myself am not over the moon with this incarnation either but I'll see what it's like as the designs IMO are a little better than Animated but I did like the quality of writing that Animated had.
I think this is gonna have to be a wait and see.
This show looks okay guys! Maybe my youth of Beast Wars makes me a bit of a sucker for CG animation but I think I'll give it a chance.
Unless it's the new Armada. That would suck.
Nope ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
With Animated, wasn't a fan of the early character models and wasn't a fan of the finished product either. The thing that drew me into that show was the story and character development - something that had been sorely lacking in previous series. The disappointing aspect was that it became interesting with season 3 and we all know what happened then :(
It's being written by Orci and Kurtzman so I think fans have more than enough reason to be sceptical at this point.
I've always thought that it was kinda funny that Armada (a show that got quite a bit of panning) has the best TF computer game to date. Yes even though I enjoyed War for Cybertron I still prefer the PS2 Armada game.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thanatos
I learnt my lesson with Animated so even though I'm not a fan of the designs (although Ratchet and Cliffjumper intrigue me) I'll wait and see what the actual show is like.
That's what I've been saying since I saw the first Bumblebee pic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Adzma
I'll give it a chance eventualy. I am actual watching Animated now, or more correctly I'm watching %15 of Animated which isin't too bad once you get to the end of series 2. Still wouldn't call myself a fan though.
But then I haven't really enjoyed a TF cartoon since Beast Machines, so will this one actualy change my mind?
Probably not but you never know.
Are they really the writers? I was hoping their input as exec producers was going to be limited to the premise and design aesthetic. I don't think they quite 'dig' transformers enough to be good writers for a show.Quote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Jeff Kline as producer/writer gives me some hope, I liked MIB and Jackie Chan Adventures :o
+1Quote:
Originally Posted by AdzmaCan't speak for everyone here but I certainly gave Animated a chance. It blew it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I gave Animated a chance too before it came out.
Anyway, the show might be great - that's not what (some) people are saying they dislike. We can only judge what we're seeing, and so far (personally) I'm not feeling it. I may like the show, but I think I'll will always dislike these character designs no matter what (they're too close to movie designs, which I don't like at all).
From what I have heard, they will be co-writers as well as executive producers on the series.... so in other words, they will be writing the series ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lint
Do not want!!! :mad::(:pQuote:
Originally Posted by 5FDP
Yay a new tv show! In a year we'll have toys and after three neat seasons it will cancelled without a word leaving us wanting more. (Oh, a expect them keep showing a prototype of Arcee and end up having it delayed until it turns up as a U.S. exclusive product.)
(Yes I'm still sore about Arcee.)
(And Animated.)
those pictures look like something out of a kids storyboard lol
Funnily enough, I haven't watched anything since Beast Wars. Though I did watch the first episode of Galaxy Wars, and didn't watch more. But I am willing to give this a go. I kinda like the design of them.
Blew our minds, that is! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Adzma
The only things that really make or break a series are script, characterisation and voice acting, none of which can be discerned from these images. I'll wait and see.
All that long grass sure is creepy, though.
Both the Animated and Movie franchises were quite successful for Hasbro, so I don't blame them for wanting to combine their aesthetics. IMO it looks a lot better than Don Fig's attempt at blending movie-aesthetics with G1. I'm also glad that Cliffjumper is a whole new design and not a simple repaint/retool. The CGI to me looks too cartoonish and isn't as 'groundbreaking' as Beast Wars was (for its time - remember that BW did win an Emmy Award for best visual effects in an animated television series in 1998).
I don't know, Animated = thumbs up (when i came around) Bayverse-Not so good. To early to tell but doesn't look to bad. I wrote animated off at the start and it's ended up being my favourite line. On the other hand i was psyched for the movie and was brutally disappointed.
So i'll just wait and see
We obviously can't judge the show itself yet so let's settle for first impressions. I'm not sure if I was in the minority but I adored Animated as soon as I saw the first artworks for it. This, on the other hand, looks like Animated infected with a bad case of the B(ay)-Virus. Why couldn't they a) expand on WFC (which is still fresh in most peoples minds) or b) create something new and exciting without creating a confused looking mess?
well Hasbro sometimes says WFC is in the Prime continuity...
Its interesting that people compare this to the relatively recent outrage of the first images of Animated. I thought animated looked bad from that image, but that mainly boiled down to me generally not liking the way the picture was drawn.
I love animated now, have a vast majority of all the figures and yet when I look at that pic it still makes me wann barf.
Having not yet looked at these images, I can say that from the previous pics I saw, I think the combined styles might be ok, but I would have preferred a WFC continuation for sure.
As for 'more human drama' .... I might just have to pass thanks. The 'human drama' from animated, especially in the first season were the definite rubbish episodes.
Anyway, aren't we watching Transformers? I wanna see Transformer drama. If I want human drama, I will watch days of out lives!
No toys planned for this either? Meh, I don't see the point of following at the moment. I am not going to buy Movie toys when they aren't the same ones as the ones in the cartoon... Saves me money though I guess.
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutsman Heavy
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.
^ I agree 100% Kup
Most disappointing part of their promo statement highlighted in case anyone missed it.Quote:
As Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Arcee, Ratchet, and the others "roll out" against Megatron, expect heavy metal action, nail-biting suspense, and more human drama than ever.
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".Quote:
Originally Posted by SamLoi888
Unless by human drama they mean they are actually going to have character development and drama like Beast Wars did. Human drama is inherent in all Transformers titles as Transformers display human emotions. Beast Wars had the most human drama of any Transformers series, despite having no proper humans in it. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by kup
Of course knowing Hasbro they probably mean it's going to have some stupid kid character(s) and plenty of slapstick.
Based on recent historical trends, I am inclined to think that is what they do mean.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord_Zed
I think the new movie 'Splice' is a good analogy for the look of Transformers Prime. Take two things that, on their own, are great but when you combine their genes you end up with something incredibly ****ed up that is gonna end up biting you in the arse.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gutsman Heavy
Having finally had a look at the pics, I quite like the design of Ratchet especially and most of the others. Bumblebee is a tad too movie-esque for my liking. I dig Cliffjumper though.
In the second lot of pics, with the red car, I query the Fraggle playing in the background....