A new Beast Wars Line

[VERT]

If they ever did a new BW it would never be as good as the original show. No way could they ever match it. Best to leave it unless it could be as good as the original.

I would not call Generations a filler line. I think the filler line is Powercore combiners. Just where does all that fit in. Not movie, not Classic. Dont know what to do with them.

[Tetsuwan Convoy]

Dont know what to do with them.

Leave them in the shops

[Sharky]

I would not call Generations a filler line. I think the filler line is Powercore combiners. Just where does all that fit in. Not movie, not Classic. Dont know what to do with them.

stick em in a box at the back of the cupboard.........well thats what i did with mine

[GoktimusPrime]

I agree with SharkyMcShark. Beast Wars succeeded as a toy line first, then succeeded as a TV show. Remember that the Transformers franchise was on its deathbed by the end of G2 in 1995. When Hasbro (Kenner) launched Beast Wars in 1996 it revitalised the TF franchise and impressive sales figures of the toys prompted HasKen to commission the production of an animated series from Mainframe.

Furthermore, the performance of a new Beast Wars or Beast Wars inspired series wouldn't affect the original Beast Wars. For example, the live action movie franchise is clearly inspired by G1 -- and some G1 fans don't like it. But it doesn't lessen G1 in their eyes. Now one might argue that this may be because movieverse is a different reality from G1 hence the two can be regarded separately; but look at Beast Machines. It occurs in the same overall continuity as G1, G2 and BW and was widely disliked by many fans, yet it doesn't mean that people who dislike BM therefore now dislike G1, G2 and BW. Many fans who don't like BM just disregard it. Likewise some fans disregard the live action films. If there is a new BW series and some fans don't like it, then they'll simply disregard it, but they won't start disliking the original franchise because of it.

Now the thing is... if they give us a new BW series, what will it be like? Will it simply be a rehash of the original characters in a new continuity, an entirely new continuity, or will they attempt to continue or add onto the existing BW/BM canon?

I really hope for the latter. One thing that a lot of fans might like is an alternate ending to Beast Wars -- i.e. pick up where Season 3 finished and ignore Beast Machines (much like how Superman Returns continued from Superman II but ignored Superman III and IV). Or possibly continue from Beast Machines and try to salvage the canonical nightmare that it left in its wake! That would be a bloody hard task (which is why nobody's really tried it -- ya know, aside from taking characters on off world adventures in Universe 1.0 ) but if done well it might be cool. Maybe?

[Ode to a Grasshopper]

I really hope for the latter. One thing that a lot of fans might like is an alternate ending to Beast Wars -- i.e. pick up where Season 3 finished and ignore Beast Machines (much like how Superman Returns continued from Superman II but ignored Superman III and IV). Or possibly continue from Beast Machines and try to salvage the canonical nightmare that it left in its wake! That would be a bloody hard task (which is why nobody's really tried it -- ya know, aside from taking characters on off world adventures in Universe 1.0 ) but if done well it might be cool. Maybe?

I agree, except for the hard part.
"And then he woke up, and it was all just a bad dream."

[Sky Shadow]

Animated meets Beast Wars. *Shudders*

Shudders of joy, that is!

[1orion2many]

I disagree with you Gok, I had no interest in the Beast Wars toys until I saw the show. I honestly didn't even think they were Transformers until I saw the show to confirm it. The sales may have only been impressive compared to the G2 sales but I don't think they would have been hard to beat. I think they saw an interest in the toys and decided the best form of advertising was using a series based on the BW figures to drive sales.

[Autocon]

i remember being in primary school and seeing beast wars stacked on top of ech other fuzors tigatron everything piled high lol i didnt know what it was all about. The show wasnt on tv at the time. when i wachted the show it got me interested. and thus empty wallet ensured for years

[Sky Shadow]

i remember being in primary school and seeing beast wars stacked on top of ech other fuzors tigatron everything piled high

What country were you in? We didn't get Tigatron here.

[griffin]

He might be referring to the Transmetal Tigerhawk, which could be reguarded as a fuzor (in both form and by plot-wise).