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New transformers
« on: Dec 26, 2007, 07:25:05 PM »
is on right now.  Prime is a pussy in this version.  I do not approve.

This show is only barely above fan fiction.  I should write a spec script for it. 
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Re: New transformers
« Reply #1 on: Dec 26, 2007, 11:27:58 PM »
This is easily the best TF fiction we've gotten in almost 10 years.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #2 on: Dec 26, 2007, 11:32:15 PM »
It's not great, but it's better then Unicron Trilogy. Plus the transforming sound is back. That alone gives it a few bonus points.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #3 on: Dec 27, 2007, 01:21:37 AM »
I rank this show #2 or #3.

G1 being first and RiD trying to retain its spot.  Time will tell.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #4 on: Dec 27, 2007, 07:58:31 PM »
Beast Wars #1 all-time TF show in Book of Emerid.
....There is no #2 or #3. Only Beast Wars.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #5 on: Dec 27, 2007, 08:01:33 PM »
Robots with laser guns and missles that transform into organic animals.

Say it a few times out loud. 

It doesn't make any sense.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #6 on: Dec 28, 2007, 09:34:16 AM »
Aliens who speak english is just as bad.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #7 on: Dec 28, 2007, 09:54:34 AM »
IDE, take a moment and think outside the box.
Would you rather be a voice actor, and voice a Transformer that turns into a Semi, or a tranformer that tears things apart as a rampaging gorilla? Or kickass Velociraptor?

I don't want it to be easy, I want it to be right.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #8 on: Dec 28, 2007, 01:19:25 PM »
If I had no prior knowledge of any character I would choose gorilla or dinosaur but I would want to be a mecha gorilla with a laser canon on each shoulder and not some gorilla that looked like ya know, a gorilla.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #9 on: Dec 28, 2007, 02:36:46 PM »
Beast Wars rose above its silly premise and turned into a memorable show.  Animated also has something to prove, and i look forward so seeing them do it. Transformers are bigger now  than ever and they wont throw that away.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #10 on: Dec 29, 2007, 12:03:08 AM »
Does this come out on CN or what?

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #11 on: Dec 29, 2007, 01:08:47 AM »
yeah

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #12 on: Dec 29, 2007, 01:10:46 AM »
What time?  Is it part of a block?

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #13 on: Dec 29, 2007, 01:13:31 AM »
I think 10:30 but I'm not sure.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #14 on: Dec 29, 2007, 11:37:40 AM »
IDE, take a moment and think outside the box.
Would you rather be a voice actor, and voice a Transformer that turns into a Semi, or a tranformer that tears things apart as a rampaging gorilla? Or kickass Velociraptor?

The Semi. As a Semi I could easly put both the Gorilla and the Raptor under my tires. And in Robot mode I'd tower over them both. So it's no contest.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #15 on: Dec 29, 2007, 01:33:09 PM »
Good point.  I was picturing my mecha gorilla being the size of mighty joe young.  If I had to choose between regular size gorilla and semi I'd pick semi too.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #16 on: Dec 30, 2007, 12:16:15 AM »
Aliens who speak english is just as bad.

I don't know if this is a joke or not.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #17 on: Dec 30, 2007, 03:20:29 PM »
From what I heard it's on Saturdays on Toonami...  Should be a hit since all thats on there now are Naruto, One Piece, and BO-bo-BOBOBO?.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #18 on: Dec 30, 2007, 11:42:22 PM »
Aliens who speak english is just as bad.

They've learned Earth's languages through the World Wide Web.

Beast Wars was good because it had an uncommon yet not off-putting animation that was of a quality that made it instantly captivating.  It was good because it was well-written, despite some really ridiculous episode premises.  It was good because it was capably and convincingly acted out by a who's who assortment of period voice actors.  It was good because it had a toy line behind it that was more complementary to the series than any other before it, and possibly since.

Animated may have all that, but the art style is pretty jarring from what I've seen thus far...I'll know better if I see it Saturday.  But anything would be an improvement over the last several shows.
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Re: New transformers
« Reply #19 on: Dec 31, 2007, 01:49:52 AM »
Yeah, I'm not saying it's a bad show or anything, but I find the look of it pretty hideous.  Even if I still had CN, I don't think I'd watch this.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #20 on: Jan 01, 2008, 05:14:04 PM »
The problem visually for me is that they went with Paul Dini's art style, if not him exactly. (I think that was the guy, I could totally be wrong.) Paul Dini is the same guy who did Batman Beyond and Batman TAS (the later seasons, like 4+ I think), and also the Superman Cartoon.
His art style worked for those, I think, because....at heart they're comic book characters and visually they were still instantly recognizable as Batman and Superman. You're very used to seeing comic book characters in different art styles and even kiddified, in a manner of speaking.

Transformers....Really they've only done them one way: big, blocky, and mechanical looking. Lots of squares and tubes, I suppose. Beast Wars was different with the CGI and beast concept, but past season 1 you can really see them go back to that "mechanical" style of Transformers.
Beast Machines was a sort of a different matter, but it kept the same principle. The bad guy's all had that mechanical look, while the heroes were organic. Hard edges and squares versus smooth lines and curves, I guess.

The problem with this particular art style is not just the fact the bots and cons look.....kiddified, is the best way to put it I guess, but it just seems to lack the "mechanical" nature I'm used to. That and the proportions on some of these guys is just crazy weird. I know, talking about proportions when referring to Transformers is awfully subjective, but this new show just takes it to a new level, especially with the kiddified art style.

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Re: New transformers
« Reply #21 on: Jan 01, 2008, 11:20:37 PM »
Paul Dini's art style? 



I understand, even though if I disagree.  Bruce Timm's artwork did a great job of adapting comic book characters to suitable animation models without making them goofy.  Had he done Transformers, I believe they'd be more along the lines of what Floro Dery did in the original series.

But this series was intended to reflect more of the style of such stuff as the Teen Titans show.  I'm not a fan of this move, but, having dealt with the lack of quality TF shows since Beast Wars ended, it doesn't bother me.
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Re: New transformers
« Reply #22 on: Jan 02, 2008, 05:09:51 AM »
I've never cared for the whole Bruce Timm style myself.  At least how it translated into animation (as I'm not familiar with it any other way).  I actually found it a little grating at times, but was able to overlook it due to the high quality of "Batman", etc.  By the time Justice League started showing, I started wishing they'd go with different designs.