TF Animated General Discussion

[GoktimusPrime]

I like how Animated expanded on the idea from the movie about human technology being reverse engineered from Megatron - but it feels a bit more sinister here with all these people living in this Asimov society surrounded by robots all spawned from Megatron (at least technologically). That final line with the professor praying for forgiveness was really cool as it does lend a dark underpinning tone to the series. I'm hoping that this will have repurcussions in upcoming eps...

"I just hate it when these things turn evil and attack all humans!"

[kup]

It would not be so bad if they actually emphasised on that story arc more than the Super hero plot. My favorite parts of Animated plot wise were the very start and the end with the Starscream battle and the Professor with the Megatron head.

If they had gotten rid of the middle part with the nanotech bug monster and the Super hero parts (fire rescue, park, ceremony) I would have a much higher opinion of the plot despite my issues with the animation. I found that middle part so dull (and it was a huge portion of the story) that it ruined it for me.

It has been repeatedly said that the regular episodes will focus more on the Super Hero aspects than the Decepticons or progressing story arcs and that is my main issue when it comes to the plot pacing of the show. I honestly hope that this is inaccurate but the plot of this premiere episode clearly points that they are heading in that direction.

Although the dark aspects of the show do have a lot of potential it is very hard to take them seriously when the following scene will likely involve a smiling car or a kid that looks like Timmy from Fairly Odd Parents:
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[GoktimusPrime]

It certainly is very different from the G1 comics where humans largely feared the Transformers and the US government and military even formed special divisions to hunt them down (I.I.I. and R.A.A.T.) - most humans were unaware of the the distinction between Autobots and Decepticons... even Spiderman and G.I. Joe were initially wary of all Transformers and attacked Autobots when they first encountered them (although I think that G.I.Joe were damn lucky that Superion got recalled by Blaster... he would've seriously kicked the crap out of them if that fight had been allowed to continue! ;D) - although it was neat how the humans eventually became allies of the Autobots, it was an arduous process and they were never publicly decorated heroes. It was more like the movie where they formed an alliance of convenience against a common foe (Decepticons) but we never saw parades or ceremonies for them. If they did, you'd know that there would be anti-Transformer terrorists like Circuit Breaker going after them.


I.I.I. ("Triple-I"; Intelligence and Information Institute), the original Sector Seven, but with way more power since they have their own top secret division of the U.S. military known as the R.A.A.T. (Rapid Anti-Robot Assault Team). That scene where Agent Simmons was staring down the barrel of Captain Lennox's gun - that would never have happened with Colonel Walter Barnett!!

[kup]

I have just watched the next episode of Animated. I have to say that I enjoyed it much more than the first although the very start of it was stupid with the Archer character. Thankfully that only lasted for a couple of minutes.

Although it still had very kiddy elements and the TFs are continually regarded as celebrity heroes by the overall human community (robot paparatzis chasing them), the plot was overall better handled.

*Spoilers*



It focused on Megatron becoming concious and using the limited resources that were avaliable to him (due to his lack of body) to seek out the Allspark and destroy the Autobots. The focus was mainly on this and that's why the show felt more enjoyable despite the secondary plot of Sari's slumber party with the autobots and teaching them how to play Twister (yes, you heard right).

Prowl's character development was nicely done and well executed. From being a generic ninja with attitude, he is becoming a bit of a Beachcomber with his admiration and respect of nature. He has developed depth of character which also help to give the show also more depth and quality in its storytelling.

The show became more enjoyable when I went into a mindset that I was watching more of a Super Hero Team show than Transformers. In fact, several scenes reminded me more of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in the way that the 'Bots interacted with one another.

Looks like this show has the potential for me to enjoy if I go into a similar mindset that I did with Beast Machines, as in treat it as its own show rather than part of the Transformers franchise. Its more Super Hero team than Transformers anyway and that is how I will watch it.

This show its definetly falling into the Beast Machines category of 'good show, but doesn't feel like Transformers' but it is definitely reaching a higher quality than the recent Japanese cartoons.

I am so glad that the Angry Archer crap only lasted less than 5 mins
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[liegeprime]

I just watched it ( 2nd episode) on youtube.... angry archer indeeed, a ripoff of DC's green arrow (do I hear lawsuit ringing, hehehehe), good thing its less than 5 min as you said kup. Having watched this 2nd episode makes me want the toys even more... can't wait! I'm more interested in the toys than the show anyway.

[Gutsman Heavy]

I think it was great that they dedicated most of the episode to fleshing out Prowl, in the "movie" he got neglected and I found him boring as hell, but now he's really sprung up as a character, I had no interest in getting his figure but now I do, so I guess it succeeded as a toy ad

[kup]

Yeah, there is a definite higher level of quality in the script of this new episode than the 'movie' one. Its less generic and its good to see that they are fleshing out a character that originally had the potential to be the most boring and annoying if not developed.

Some things still annoy me like how Prowl's room looks like a Samurai dojo when he is supposed to be an Alien with little knowledge of Earth culture but this is very minor. The Sari slumber party thing was also unsettling but it didn't dominate the core of the overall plot although it served to provided the setting and circumstances which is why I could deal with it.

A nice episode overall and a head above the first 'movie' one. Still not enough to change my mind about the series or collecting toys but definitly a step in the right direction. I hope that they continue to concentrate more on Transformers aspects than Super hero ones for future episodes.
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