Transformers Prime cartoon reviews/comments (spoilers)

[5FDP]

Watched the two eps on Youtube through the Ps3 on the BIG TV worked well

Really?? At 360p?

[Tabias Prime]

Love it.......

[VERT]

Really?? At 360p?

Yeah sure the picture was not clear due to the size of the screen but was WAY more fun than looking at a laptop screen.

[GoktimusPrime]

I haven't read the rest of this thread cos I've only seen ep 1 thus far (I'm about to step out, so I'll watch ep 2 later).

But some of my thoughts so far:

+ The episode more or less picks up where the comic book left off - though apparently some time has passed since Arcee and Cliffjumper arrived on Earth. Not too surprising considering the comic was intentionally written as a prequel to the pilot.

+ This cartoon is very much inspired by the live action movies. Seeing Orci and Kurtzman's names in the credits explains a lot. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, I think Hasbro are seizing the opportunity to create a series that parallels with the movie franchise and ride along with its success, which makes sense. Being written for a younger audience allows young kids who might otherwise not have access to the M rated films (or even if they did, it might not appeal to them as much (not that parts of it even appealed to adults )), are able to enjoy something very similar to the films. In some ways there are elements to this that I prefer over the movies... Jack isn't walking around desperately trying to get laid, and Miko isn't a "trophy girl". And Rafael also helps younger kids to relate too, as many of us were when Transformers came out and would be around the same age as most kids who are currently playing with toys (not that I've ever stopped playing with toys, but ya know... )

+ Is Soundwave a chick? If so, I think that's an interesting move. It allows the Decepticons to also have a female that's also a homage to a G1 character (cos it's not like we had a lot of female Decepticons in G1 to draw on - and even if they did, they'd be pretty obscure... "Esmeral who??" ). Soundwave's a character who's never been overtly macho or "manly" so it's possible to make him female. Of course, they could make Starscream female too... hehehe.

+ I'm happy with the animation quality. It's no Clone Wars, but of course, TF Prime probably doesn't have anywhere near the same budget as Star Wars. There's a lot of nice visual details, such as the battle damage on Cliffjumper, bleeding mech fluid etc. The rendering looks good, I like how the metallic car parts have that shine, and the headlights look cool.

+ Neat references: Cliffjumper often being referred to as "Cliff" (referring to his Japanese G1 name); Jack works at a place called "KO Burgers" (Knockout Burgers) - but of course, KO means something totally different to collectors - and he doesn't even have a uniform when he's at work... what kind of knockoff drive thru is this!?! ; "Robot Fight Club" -- heheh; setting the story in Nebraska is reminiscent of the way that Portland Oregon (presumably) was portrayed in the G1 cartoon - as Thundercracker would say, "Earth's so flat"; and of course, heaps of movie references.

+ The Space Bridge looks COOL! Reminds me of the Space Bridge from the G1 Marvel Comics, only cooler cos it's built inside an asteroid instead of a suspension bridge. Not sure if that asteroid is an enslaved Cybertronian or not though.

[Bartrim]

+ Is Soundwave a chick? If so, I think that's an interesting move. It allows the Decepticons to also have a female that's also a homage to a G1 character (cos it's not like we had a lot of female Decepticons in G1 to draw on - and even if they did, they'd be pretty obscure... "Esmeral who??" ). Soundwave's a character who's never been overtly macho or "manly" so it's possible to make him female. Of course, they could make Starscream female too... hehehe.

No. Why does everyone think Soundwave is a chick? He plays back part of Arcee's dialouge with Cliffjumper.

[1AZRAEL1]

No. Why does everyone think Soundwave is a chick? He plays back part of Arcee's dialouge with Cliffjumper.

We haven't actually heard Soundwave speak yet. Unless he does in part 2, which I haven't watched yet. What we did hear was Arcee like you said.

[Bartrim]

We haven't actually heard Soundwave speak yet. Unless he does in part 2, which I haven't watched yet. What we did hear was Arcee like you said.

Yeah your right. Soundwave could be a girl but that voice that played wasn't his so it isn't confirmed either way yet.

[1AZRAEL1]

It would be interesting if they went that way, but I hope he will be male.

[griffin]

Soundwave could be like Bumblebee - he might not actually speak, or doesn't need to.

I saw episode 2 this morning, and wasn't too impressed with the resolution of Cliffjumper. That face and rage, with Megatron's organically corpse-like face is gonna give kids nightmares.
Still surprised that a death occured so early, in a CG show. I'd still expect that they will re-use the animation model some how, to make the most out of its expense.

Quite a few concepts and terms from WFC, like the name Dark Energon, but also a few conflicting things as well, like what is Dark Energon...

More confusion for the kiddies.
It's as bad as reusing character names in parallel series - too many similar but different concepts will just make it difficult to work out and/or remember what each one is/does for each series. And not just for the kiddies, but us collectors as well.

[Quickstrike]

The character designs are so movie like that I want to vomit when I see them.

Really? I don't think they look very "movie" like, except for Prime and Bumblebee. They don't really have the Movie's aesthetic though.

I like Soundwave's Oscilloscope face.