I really like TF Prime as the "new G1." Written by Americans, animated by Japanese... and honestly, compared to the G1 cartoon the writing on TF Prime really is so much better and far less campy than the G1 'toon. Having said that, I still consider Beast Wars to be a superior show.

I really wish Hasbro would go back to developing the TOYS first and then have the cartoon adapt itself to the toyline instead of co-developing toys and cartoon together. I really do not like this current format of co-development. I can forgive it for the live action films, but beyond that I just don't see it as being necessary at all.

I'd like to see TF Prime continue too. I'm sick of seeing Hasbro just throw away and reboot continuities all the time. I can understand taking a hiatus during the next film, but I'd like to see them continue TF Prime after the movie, and I reckon they could if they really wanted to. BH has a clean cut ending, but isn't dead ended like Beast Machines. If it were up to me, I'd start the series being say 10 years after BH ended. The kids are now young adults and spearheading Unit E, which has grown into a global special task force hunting down rogue abandoned Vehicons - kinda like N.E.S.T., but with just Ratchet as the sole Autobot member of the team. Captain Jack Darby is the team leader who answers to General William Fowler, and Mrs. June Fowler is the team's chief medical officer (who in turn has helped Ratchet learn a great deal about human medical science). Miko would have returned to Japan a long time ago after her exchange study in the US had finished and would be the head of a Unit E branch stationed in Japan that looks after the Asian region. They could even have that annoying kid from TF Go! (but as a young adult) also being a member of her team. You'd have at least the first ep or two focusing on just this little story arc, before creating an excuse to bring more Transformers to Earth. I would NOT introduce Megatron - he should just stay dead. But perhaps Shockwave or even Starscream could return. This would then prompt Optimus Prime and other Autobots to follow suite, beginning a new saga on Earth but this time with humanity being better prepared and more suited as allies to fight alongside the Autobots.

I've always liked the idea of an Autobot-human alliance, the problem w/ the way it was done in the live action films was that it focused too much on the humans and detracted from attention of the Transformers as characters (thus the Transformers ended up being more like accessories for the humans ). But it could work well if done right. Heck, Rescue Bots strikes a better balance between Autobots and humans working together than the films!