Images of Transformers: Prime characters

[FFN]

A lot of people here and in the fandom as a whole still don't like Animated. Keep in mind that Animated only became more consistently good from Season 3 onwards and that's where a lot of the 'liking' comes from. The first Season IMO was very bad and the second season was spotty at best.

I think that its very silly to state that all the people who disliked Animated were somehow 'converted' after watching it. I still see consistent comments from the same people when commenting on the show.

The level of bile, anger and hatred spewed forth by practically all forums upon sight of the first images of Animated was an embarrassing period for this fandom. And then, as it turns out, Animated didn't deserve that initial reaction at all, regardless of what you think of it now. It was never as bad as you imagined.

The point is pre-judging a series before you have more concrete information and context is illogical.

[kup]

The level of bile, anger and hatred spewed forth by practically all forums upon sight of the first images of Animated was an embarrassing period for this fandom. And then, as it turns out, Animated didn't deserve that initial reaction at all, regardless of what you think of it now. It was never as bad as you imagined.

The point is pre-judging a series before you have more concrete information and context is illogical.

The first season is every bit as bad as I imagined it, perhaps worse.

[GoktimusPrime]

Yeah but it might not have been. I believe FFN is merely advocating that people ought not to pass judgement on a series until after they've watched it. If after watching it you think it's crap, then fine. Shows don't always meet our expectations -- after watching three Seasons of Beast Wars I thought Beast Machines would rock (even though I knew they'd changed writers). And while I did enjoy Beast Machines, it certainly did not meet my expectations.

[kup]

Yeah but it might not have been. I believe FFN is merely advocating that people ought not to pass judgement on a series until after they've watched it. If after watching it you think it's crap, then fine. Shows don't always meet our expectations -- after watching three Seasons of Beast Wars I thought Beast Machines would rock (even though I knew they'd changed writers). And while I did enjoy Beast Machines, it certainly did not meet my expectations.

But I don't think anyone on this thread has passed final judgement on the new show nor showing irrational hatred towards it. We are all merely commenting on what has been shown to us so far not the show itself. Everyone despite the views being positive or negative have been well composed and reasonable. The most 'charged' posts on this thread happen to be from the person accusing us of it only that they happen to lean towards the other extreme of the equation.

[5FDP]

All I will say is – being judgemental is the right of all sentient beings

As you were

[SGB]

Wow, the designs are quite sucktacular.

[Lord_Zed]

While I also don't think anyone has written the series off, FFN does have a point. Us old TF fans do get stuck in our ways and tend to be skeptical of these new Transformer series. I remember being skeptical of the merits of Beast Wars cartoon back when it first came out.

[Lint]

All I will say is – being judgemental is the right of all sentient beings

Wisest words i've read all day!


FFN there are still a couple of people I cannot convince to watch Animated to this day, despite my continued insistence that it is worth watching. The images/cartoon style still are that offensive.

[1AZRAEL1]

FFN there are still a couple of people I cannot convince to watch Animated to this day, despite my continued insistence that it is worth watching. The images/cartoon style still are that offensive.

I would probably be one of those. I have no real interest in watching Animated. But I can honestly say I will give Prime a go and watch the show to make my own opinion. Not going to judge it on what little we have seen of it. I haven't watched any Transformers show since Beast Wars, even though I have the Beast Machines series. I did see a few episodes of RID, but was turned off it by the animation. Probably the same reason I was turned off animated.

[GoktimusPrime]

FFN there are still a couple of people I cannot convince to watch Animated to this day, despite my continued insistence that it is worth watching. The images/cartoon style still are that offensive.

There are still people who refuse to watch Beast Wars despite the fact it's the only Transformers TV series to win an Emmy Award and was extremely popular with fans and is widely considered by fans to be one of the best stories ever written for Transformers. Some people just can't get past the fact the organic alt mode thing.

Likewise some people really dislike the live action movies and Animated because they can't get past the unorthodox designs. I'm not a huge fan of Animated's designs either TBH, but I was able to get past it and allowed myself to watch the show and judge it accordingly. I didn't like Season 1 very much, Season 2 was hit and miss, and I enjoyed Season 3 (so Animated got cancelled just as I was starting to like it -- and of course, my favourite season of Animated is the only one that's NOT available on DVD! ).

But hey... some people just won't allow themselves to watch something just because they don't like the aesthetic designs, no matter how often people tell them that it's good and that they should see it.