Combiner Wars animated series by Machinima

[Firestorm]

I have so many mixed feelings about this, that I really don't know what to think anymore.


on the one hand this sounds amazing and has so much potential, on the other I didn't find the Combiner Wars comics all that interesting, so if the series follows those I may not enjoy it too much.

I'm hoping for quality animation, music, storytelling and voice acting. but at the same time when I hear "Web Series" my first thought is.... Cyber Missions.

I'm hoping this does well and prompts Hasbro to try out more series like this, aimed at fans. (like perhaps a MTMTE series.)

until we get some more concrete information I am remaining fearful and cautious

[griffin]

Sounds like the new animated show for Generations could be previewed at NYCC on October 8th, as Machinima are noted as being part of Hasbro's presentation.

[MayzaPrime]

Sounds like the new animated show for Generations could be previewed at NYCC on October 8th, as Machinima are noted as being part of Hasbro's presentation.

Sweet... Cant wait to see this

I hope it is a standalone series and not tied into TFP/RID

[GoktimusPrime]

It'd be really neat if they could tie it in with the G1 continuity family. Like something that is happening after the events of G2 but before Beast Wars (which is easy, cos Beast Wars TFs come from 300 years in the future ); i.e. something that is happening now. Much like the ReGeneration One comics, but hopefully without directly contradicting previous G1/G2 canon. I wasn't a great fan of how ReGen One disregarded/contradicted events from Earth-120185 & G2. I know that Beast Wars followed on from a hodge-podge mix of different G1 & G2 canonical sources, but that's because resources like tfwiki didn't exist. They had to rely on a limited cadre of fan advisors who supplied them with various different canonical material which they didn't have time to go through in their entirety. Now the fandom's much bigger and there's so much more easy online references for writers to refer to for research.

Makes you appreciate how much effort Beast Wars writers went to in doing all that pre-research in a time where the internet and online Transfandom was still in its relative infancy. If only some other people would put in a fraction of the effort/dedication that was poured into Beast Wars...

[MayzaPrime]

Makes you appreciate how much effort Beast Wars writers went to in doing all that pre-research in a time where the internet and online Transfandom was still in its relative infancy. If only some other people would put in a fraction of the effort/dedication that was poured into Beast Wars...

Come on, he research their names atleast

[Bidoofdude]

Hopefully all goes according to plan and it's fantastic.

[GoktimusPrime]

http://www.polygon.com/2015/7/9/8923...-combiner-wars

Hasbro, IDW and Machinima are working together to create a Combiner Wars series. Unlike previous Transformers series, this one is specifically designed for teenage and adult fans.

This has me pensively excited. Hopefully it won't go in the way of Beast Machines and become too dark and brooding. As awesome as dark and mature themes are, audiences also do like to see fun, humour and action. Beast Wars got this balance done right. It will be interesting and exciting to see if a Combiner Wars series might be able to rival or even exceed the story-telling quality of Beast Wars.

[TAAUBlaster]

I wish they would give us some idea of what's happening with it. There was supposed to be a preview at one of the events earlier in the year, but nothing showed except for some basic details.
And They've only just started putting idea's together (according to this thread on TFW.)

I like the idea of a CW mini series, but I'm worried they've left it too late. Titan Returns starts next year, and the writers haven't even finalized stories yet.

And as someone in that thread mentioned, I really hope they actually focus on the combiners and don't just relegate them to second string characters.

[griffin]

I wish they would give us some idea of what's happening with it. There was supposed to be a preview at one of the events earlier in the year, but nothing showed except for some basic details.

Yeah, we had the announcement at SDCC in July, and they promised us something for NYCC in October but just gave us another announcement... and we're still just in the planning stages. By the time something comes out, Combiner Wars as a toyline will be finished (it becomes Titans Returns in June-July).

[Paulbot]

That linked article is from July so nothing new there. In fact, Goktimus did you forget you started a thread about this cartoon already?

When I saw this pop up in the new threads I was hoping we had some news, like footage or even a promo image.