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Apparantly, "Transformers: Armada" going to be on Cartoon Network's Toonami. This is definitely a good sign. At least for me. Because A) Beast Mashines, made for Fox, was nowhere near as good as Beast Wars, and B) Robots in Disguise is on very early in the morning when I am getting my much-needed sleep. I have faith that a series made for Toonami will be at least quasi-decent, and I'll be fully conscious when it's on.
And it's going to be with a new He-Man series. *shrug*
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Doesn't say whether it's CGI or normal animation.
I too was dissapointed with Beast Machines. I've never been one of those "OpTImSUS pRime IS A TRUCK not A MOnkey!" sort of people. In fact, I thought Beast Wars was an excellent series, and the Transmetal line of Transformers some of the best they have ever done. They were the perfect combination of cool to look at, fun to transform, and poseable. too much nowadays they sacrifice one at the expense of another (even as far back as TMII Dragon Megs. You can't argue that he's a seriously cool looking toy, but transforming him takes the better part of a weekend. Same with Fire Convoy/RID Optimus Prime).
As to the Armada designs, I keep flip flopping between "They look really cool! Optimus is like Star Convoy" and "They look like late G1 stuff, and about as poseable".
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Armada is supposed to be in Cell animation not CGI. There was a small preview of it at the Toyfare.
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Cool! Looking forward to a decent showing. "Robots in Disguise" is pretty decent, but the only times I got to see it was when they were showing it in the afternoons. Now it's like they gave up.
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Robots in Disguise? Decent? Its the worst Transformer series yet! I remember the original Transformers.
Transformers looks good in computer animation, and in the original cartoonistry, but transformers in ANIME?!!!!!
Sucked big time. Optimus Prime was supposed to be a semi, not a fire truck. And when since do characters yell the name of their attacks and moves when they do them?
No, I like the pre-predacon era, and pre-maximal.
The time when it was just plain old Decepticons Vs. plain old Autobots, with a few con and bot thrown in for fun. (like Constructicons, Dinobots, Aerialbots, Insecticons...)
And when Megatron was a gun instead of a t-rex.
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Oh and, by the way, the one in Beast Machines and Beast Wars is not Optimus Prime, but "Optimus Primal" okay... very punny...
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I've so lost touch with Transformers. Like Legos, it's nothing more than a distant memory of my childhood. And, like giving my Legos to my cousin, I really regret taking apart all of my Transformer toys.
I only got to see one episode of Beast Machines (I suppose that was it; it was on FOX). The problem is that it always came on about the time I headed out for class. I was getting into Robots in Disguise. It used to come on the half-hour before Trading Spaces. But, for reason the local FOX affiliate dumped it. Maybe I'll actually be able to follow this one (since Cartoon Network doesn't make radical schedule changes).
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New He-Man!?!?!?!?!?!?
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Is a new "He-Man" cartoon really a good thing? I mean, it could spawn more trouble than it's worth. Do we really need another "Masters of the Universe" live-action movie? Do we really need to resurrect "She-Ra?"
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quote: Optimus Prime was supposed to be a semi, not a fire truck.
To use a common TF newsgroup and forum quote.
"OPTmuS Pr!mE 1s a TRuk n0T a M0nk3Y!"
quote: Sucked big time. Optimus Prime was supposed to be a semi, not a fire truck. And when since do characters yell the name of their attacks and moves when they do them?
You never read the comic, did you? "I, Cliff Jumper will make you pay with my glass-gas gun!"
quote: Transformers looks good in computer animation, and in the original cartoonistry, but transformers in ANIME?!!!!!
You mean like the movie pretty much was?
quote: The time when it was just plain old Decepticons Vs. plain old Autobots, with a few con and bot thrown in for fun. (like Constructicons, Dinobots, Aerialbots, Insecticons...)
And Stunticons, Protectobots, Combaticons, Predacons, Horrorcons, Technobots, and so on (and we're not even going to touch the various "...masters".
quote: And when Megatron was a gun instead of a t-rex.
Megatron hasn't been a T-Rex for about 5 years now. And has been shit pretty much since he stopped being a T-Rex. Although to be fair, i haven't actually seen Megatron/Gigatron/RID one in action.
quote: Robots in Disguise? Decent? Its the worst Transformer series yet! I remember the original Transformers.
Bully for you. Do you not also remember that is was often really, really bad?
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Apparently, I've missed out on a lot in the Transformers universe.
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Apparently, that is because you do not remember it.
The two names for Megatron were Megatron and Galvatron, where did "Gigatron" come from?
The original transformers series was no worse than the stuff they have on now, and was in many respects better. I liked Soundwave, the first Decepticon to sneak into the Autobot base. (just transform into a tape recorder, and let the kid pick you up on his way there...)
Starscream has been immitated by many later Decepticons (particularly "Terror-Soar")
And now, with the Beast Machines thing, and all this talk of "sparks." and what-not... Okay, when was the last time you saw a machine being mystical? Ahh well, not that it matters...
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The original Transformers series was, sometimes, quite awful. But I love to watch it.
Later Transformers series are also quite awful, with the added bonus that they keep changing the characters away from the things that made the show fun in the first place. Quite frankly, in my eyes, Optimus will always be a truck, not a monkey.
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