Let him watch it, don't overwhelm him with info and bits and pieces.

He is getting over the culture shock of Animal Transformers which is something that a lot of people had issues with at first. Some just take longer to get over it or realize that if you analyze it properly, Beast Wars is not really introducing anything radically new that wasn't already present in G1 such as Beast Modes and realistic 'organic' disguises.

Very little that wasn't already present for year in G1 is introduced in Beast Wars, all that Beast Wars does is expand them.

Soundwarp, they are not animals, they are robots no different to G1 Predacons, Dinobots, etc. You must have already seen the episode in which Cheetor tells Tarantulas that his 'flesh' isn't real but synthetic. You burn the 'flesh' right of one and you get a robotic animal.

People often complain about the following 'BW elements' but don't realize that they are already part of G1:

- Beast modes? Present in G1
- Robots using organic substances as fuel? Present in G1
- Organic looking Beast modes? Again Present in G1.
- Mixture of organic and robotic Beast modes? Yet again present in G1.