Animated not reflecting the style of the Movie?

[1orion2many]

yeah, Armada trilogy copied G1 in the Unicron respect.

Now, instead of trying to blow up a monster planet in every series, we'll be seeing both factions dukin it out for a box/cube

Thats why RID rocks, so unique

OMG I agree with roller, RID Rocks.

[Lord_Zed]

I prefer the difference in styles, since I dislike the Movie designs quite a bit.

Also, it gives us greater variety to choose from. Movie toys for people who like 'real' robots, Animated for cartoony styles, and Universe for nostalgia.

I'm the oppisite, I like the Movie designs and dislike the Animated ones for the most part, G1 is toony enough for me. I agree with you though that diversity is a good thing though. I recall when Armada was out it was a choice of unispiring TF's ore more uninspiring TF's!

What Hasbro does with there toons doesn't really bother me as I haven't really got much from a TFcartoon since Beast Wars. Though I will agree with Roller to some exent Car Robots was amusing, in it's native tounge at least.

Originaly posted by Loophole
I personally dont mind the cartoony styling of Animated its different and i like cartoony looking stuff hell i have Daffy Duck tattood to my arm. btw i like cartoons.

I like cartoons to, though toy cartoons get a bit sameish after a while. Daffy Duck rocks! I wrote and essay about Daffy Duck, Buggs Buny and the Transformers at Uni once, I really love the old Tex Avery cartoons where Daffy Duck is straight jacket insane! Although Chuck Jones's ones are awesome to.

[GoktimusPrime]

I really like how the movie made the Transformers so other-worldly. I can't think of any other TF continuity that's done that quite so well. Budiansky comes close, but the movie is better IMO.

[Robzy]

I really dislike the movie designs... and at first I wasn't so keen on the Animated ones - but now i love em! I'm also impressed by how they've managed to make cartoony toys that actually transform!

Overall, I agree that Animated is a breath of fresh air!

[loophole]

I really love the old Tex Avery cartoons where Daffy Duck is straight jacket insane! Although Chuck Jones's ones are awesome to.

Crazy insane Daffy is the best

And on the point of this actual thread. I like the movie designs because of how different and how thats how they probally look like if they did come to Earth my biggest problem not so much with the movie cast but most of the movie toys there head mould/ designs just arent that appealing i know there alien robots but i still like to see eyes and mouth

[GoktimusPrime]

I like the movie designs because of how different and how thats how they probally look like if they did come to Earth

Not only that, but it's more like how Transformers would look if they were from an alien world and if they existed in real life. The reason why more traditional TF designs are unrealistic in real life compared to the movie designs would include:

1/ Why would alien robots completely unrelated to humans happen to have unnecessary human-like features, such as a humanlike face with nose, mouth, teeth etc. - the movie Transformers have mouthes, but they don't look like human mouthes!
2/ Traditional TF designs really restrict movement. Anyone who's ever done TF cosplay would know this. Animators and comic artists cheat by morphing and dislocating parts to do things like make TFs cross their arms. This would not work in a photorealistic setting, so designs had to be changed to make their bodies more streamlined.

[MV75]

I prefer the animated type of look (g1, unicron trilogy, etc). I like the look of them looking like they are dressed and not half naked with their alien robot parts showing and wearing high heels.

[springah]

Yeah but there's nothing to say that a non-Cartoon Networky TF series wouldn't be marketable...

This is why youre not in the industry, Gok. Theres much more to it than the fans point of view.

[springah]

1/ Why would alien robots completely unrelated to humans happen to have unnecessary human-like features, such as a humanlike face with nose, mouth, teeth etc. - the movie Transformers have mouthes, but they don't look like human mouthes!

Like accents in their voices? Agreed with the rest tho.. still ugly..

[GoktimusPrime]

This is why youre not in the industry, Gok. Theres much more to it than the fans point of view.

When I spoke to Eric Siebernaler about this issue he did concede that the style of Animated is "divergent" (that's the word he used) from the standard/orthodox style of Transformers. He said that Hasbro initially wanted Animated to completely unrelated to the movie but others thought that Transformers should incorporate elements of the movie. That faction won a slight victory toward the end of the conceptual development stage when they were able to introduce the AllSpark into the story - something that's obviously from the movie. But Animated is largely not influenced by the movie because it was Hasbro's initial decision for it to be so. Eric didn't say that basing the follow-up cartoon on the movie would be a bad idea per se, but merely that it simply wasn't Hasbro's decision.

Like accents in their voices?

They learned Earth's languages through the internet. I'm grateful they're not talking in 13375p34|<! Seriously though, when acquiring a language of course they're going to have an accent - it's impossible to speak a language without an accent. As machines they would be able to acquire languages quickly without having an alien accent as would happen with organic aliens (e.g. Yoda).