I agree with what Sky Shadow said. One really annoying thing about the Bay films is that it's too much about the humans -- Sam is always the protagonist, the Autobots are essentially Sam's accessories and the Decepticons have sweet bugger all characterisation and are treated as nothing more than set pieces. I understand the need to have a human in the story for the audience to empathise with -- but that's it. The human doesn't need to become the main character.
And yeah, Beast Machines is actually a well written story. It's just doesn't fit into the overall Transformers lore very comfortably. The main problem with the ending isn't that it's poorly written, but because it created a "dead end" for the G1 continuity family. But if you look at Beast Machines as a story in its own right, it's not too badly written. I quite liked how BM obscured the line between the concepts of "good" and "evil" and it was more about two conflicting causes, both of whom considered themselves as righteous.
Bring on proper stories with consistent plotlines that are driven by character development!!!Originally Posted by theheretic
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