The show exists only to sell toys, right?
This is not directed at you personally, Fiero, so I hope you don't take it that way.
But it is to every crappy TF show apologist who's said the same thing over the years regarding everything from Beast Machines (since everything prior to that happened before my INTERNET arrival and the revival of my interest in TF media) to Prime: the various Transformer cartoons certainly exist with the exclusive purpose of selling toys, but that's no excuse to allow it to be any definition of crappy. I don't care if it sells a billion toys: if it looks stupid, or has crappy VAs, has no plot to speak of, or never advances the mythos in any meaningful way, or any permutation or combination of the above, I will bitch loudly and proudly.
This is because, as a TF nerd, I expect my personal preferences be catered to in every minor detail and reserve the right of taking offense when they are not. Nothing is exempt from my often anal-retentive scrutiny, as the purpose of such media is to validate my appreciation for the 25+ years of Transformer continuity, whether I buy zero, one, a few, most, or all the toys featured therein is irrelevant to me. You may believe this to be a ridiculous standard, and I would agree...but no more so than the idea that anyone over the age of 10 ever buys a toy or watches cartoons for their own enjoyment.
Granted, I'm one of the least nit-picky of fans. In fact, I disassociated myself from the outright fandom well over five years ago. But I reserve the right to not like what I don't like. You could sit me down to a presentation of Shakespeare's MacBeth, but if it's being performed by a troupe of midget Lapplanders in blackface who got dropped off a short bus, I'm outta there. Regardless of the production quality, the intense level of writing, the scenery and backgrounds, and the sheer effort put into it, it's still going to look retarded.
Transformers deserves better than that, and so do I.
