RID cartoon possibly ending next year

[Paulbot]

I'm not surprised it's a short series but hopefully the overall series comes to a good finish. I've still got the second half of season 1 to catch up on.

I thought RID was a pretty accessible and fun cartoon, with enough in it for adult fans to enjoy as well as the kids. The Decepticon designs have a lot of puns and silliness but were very creative.

Presumably there'll be some other attempt to tie in to TF5 and it will be interesting to see the other ventures (like the Combiner Wars cartoon) come along.

[UltraMarginal]

I find this news fairly disappointing.
I am 75% of the way through the box set for season 1. I'm enjoying it, it is pretty light hearted and not as complex as TF: Prime but it's pretty well written and quite entertaining.
I have slowed down watching the DVD's as I found I was pumping through them and I'd be left with nothing to watch if I didn't slow down.

It is a constant source of frustration that Transformers shows and other similar shows seem to constantly be cut short of their initial run expectations, not because the show is necessarily doing poorly but for some other non specific nondirect reason.

The art is different but I like it, the voice acting is exemplary and the writing is subtle enough to reference a lot from other worlds of the transformers.

[SMHFConvoy]

I didn't find the end of season 1 particularly satisfying. If they have an ending planned out that makes sense I'll be happy.

[DELTAprime]

When I read the article this morning I didn't post it here because it felt like TFW is taking pride in the fact it's ending and they are the one's reporting it.

Hasbro will certainly try to replace it, I just hope they don't do a TFCU tie in because I hate the Bayverse and their characterisation of many of the characters, not to mention killing beloved characters at the drop of a hat.

[CaminusPrime]

I know it won't happen but I hope they continue the prime continuity with something else. Really needing a clone wars equalivent for transformers in my opinion where we just stick with the one show over a long period of time instead of changing every 2-3 seasons

I would be all for finishing RID15 and starting a new story in the continuity. Rid always seemed like it was just a filler for something else I mean they've essentially just recapture the prisoners and go home. And even then they had the fallen who they defeated already so what more could possibly go on after the mission is complete.

But it sounds like we're getting something new entirely, hope it's good and doesn't get ruined by some latter change of mind

[SMHFConvoy]

If it does end I think it will -as others have already said- be replaced by something that will build on the current continuity.

I think what really let down season 1 was that Prime had an arc that mostly happened off screen and what was shown wasn't enough but maybe the show had been put on notice at that moment and the production team had to get things moving quickly.

[GoktimusPrime]

I'm mostly disappointed by RiD, so I'm not that sad to see it go. The one thing I really did like about it was that Optimus Prime and Megatron are not the leaders in this show! That is by far the best thing about this series. I love that they didn't resort to bringing Megatron back, and Optimus was held off and even then, did not resume command. I would've preferred it if Optimus didn't return, but other than that, I really like this idea. I also find the idea of the Decepticons being reduced to directionless thugs to be an interesting one. Not so keen about it's execution though.

Overall, while there are a few things about this show that I like, there are a lot more that I don't. But I won't bore you all with a 500 word essay about it.

[griffin]

This has surfaced, relating to a new partnership between Hasbro and a digital release platform, suggesting that the RID cartoon could be continuing as a digital only release cartoon (which I think netflix has various exclusive shows that don't get released to TV, at least for a while). If true, this could explain why it was leaked by a show writer, that they were currently working on season 4, while the TV episodes look to only be two seasons (with the second season only being 13 episodes).

Considering a lot of young kids are now being "babysat" by digital devices/pads and content downloaded onto them by their parents, this would be a reasonable direction for Hasbro to release cartoons, that otherwise get screwed over by the major networks... who are known to air episodes at inconsistent times or periods (in America), cut up episodes to fit in more advertising or kids content (in Australia), or force the early end of a cartoon series for the marketing of "new" content to their customers (by Hasbro, with Animated).
If this is true, or happens eventually anyway, we might actually see longer Transformers series if they prove popular (like Animated), as the natural progression of the show will dictate its end, rather than the Networks, Retailers, or Hasbro launching its own cable TV channel (the HUB, which killed off Animated early).

[SMHFConvoy]

A lot of media outlets are going digital and it's rumored that Netflix will loose some of it's shows like Arrow and The Flash because Warners is looking at setting up streaming services

[Firestorm]

I am just expecting some RiD shorts similar to the Cyclone ones released a while ago from this new digital platform.
but remembering that "Season4" tweet, you've now got my hopes up.
I am really enjoying RiD and don't want to see it end on a shortened second season.
so I really hope this is true and we'll be getting a continuation in some form.