Just watched Beast Wars - should I watch Beast Machines?

[Hursticon]

Hahah, yeah, he was one of the characters I was referring to when I said that some of the characters did evolve well. In fact, I think he was the best developed character in the show.

Wish the bloody music evolved; I haven't watched the show in years and I can still hear that oh so repeated tune in my head!

[Autocon]

Beast Machines went to slow to move the story forward. Alot like those soap shows that drag lingering looks for 15 seconds. It was more dogged in that the maximals were never on the front foot, always trying to run away.

Need to rewatch them I suppose

[kup]

In my view Beast Machines is totally worth watching. However I would try not to expect a 'Transformers' cartoon and try to judge it by it's own merits as it is totally different to anything that existed before (or after) in the way plot, factions and characters are handled.

Also try to have a more 'flexible' mind frame when it comes to continuity from Beast Wars to Beast Machines. As Gok mentioned, character development from one series to the next is not logical and several character personalities are drastically changed. I think that the most 'logical' character progression is Cheetor but everyone else seems to get considerable and sudden personality revamps.

Some of the BW and G1 continuity is a bit misinterpreted or misunderstood this time around. It is clear that the writers for BM did not do their research as well as Larry DiTillio and Bob Forward had done for Beast Wars. Without too many spoilers, you will see odd things on Cybertron that do not make much sense continuity wise like the multiple use of a prominent G1 character design as a 'generic cybertronian' or statues of a G1 character holding objects that were prominent in the previous series but make no sense for this character to hold them.

In short, try to go into Beast Machines with a neutral 'fresh' perspective without expectations. Evaluate the series on it's own merits and you may come out enjoying it as it is still well written in a unique 'UnTransformers' sort of way.

[aaron2]

Its not that bad....can be watchable Go for it.....