SeekerInAFakeMoustache wrote:I agree with Emperor Primacron.
My problems with BM are largely stylistic. I really did not like the idea that, for all the characters' talk of balance, organics were unequivocally good (the worst they could be was over-emotional) while machines were evil (the best they could be was tortured and conflicted). This is a series where the machines are sentient beings, and changing their origins doesn't change that, nor does it justify forcing them to adopt a new form (again, the characters talked about choice, but only practiced their preaching with three characters out of an ENTIRE PLANET). I thought there was a bit too much melodrama, and some of the imagry that was supposed to be spooky and trippy was just... well... ridiculous (I'm thinking of the melting robot-headed flowers and rubber-necked airplanes).
My final verdict? Beast Machines is competent, but it's not my cup of tea.
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Like when Rattrap was making that portable scanner and Blackarachnia asked, "But will it make them techno-organic?" meaning that the Transformers on Cybertron have no choice BUT to become techo-organic. . What's gonna happen should the organic bits over time? if Transformers can get older, weaker, sicker and die off, I don't see any benefits in a balance if that's the case.
SeekerInAFakeMoustache wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Like when Rattrap was making that portable scanner and Blackarachnia asked, "But will it make them techno-organic?" meaning that the Transformers on Cybertron have no choice BUT to become techo-organic. . What's gonna happen should the organic bits over time? if Transformers can get older, weaker, sicker and die off, I don't see any benefits in a balance if that's the case.
Good point, that. It'd be a tad bit counterproductive if, after all that effort, the organic bits died and rotted away after a few years, leaving nothing but machinery.
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
Cyberstrike wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
If you think about it the whole Blackarcahica/Silverbolt relationship was a reverse of what it was in Beast Wars.
In BW we had the noble Silverbolt as the hero trying to redeem a villain and he ultimately succeeds. In BM we have Blackarahnia in the hero role and Silverbolt as the villain.
Besides BW took the whole Blackarachnia "redemption of the bad girl" to it's conclusion.
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Cyberstrike wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
If you think about it the whole Blackarcahica/Silverbolt relationship was a reverse of what it was in Beast Wars.
In BW we had the noble Silverbolt as the hero trying to redeem a villain and he ultimately succeeds. In BM we have Blackarahnia in the hero role and Silverbolt as the villain.
Besides BW took the whole Blackarachnia "redemption of the bad girl" to it's conclusion.
But she was not all goodie two shoes in BW. She still had alot of bad girl in her. Sorta like a wild crazy girl turning religious.
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:And on Startrek, the Borg could not survive without their organic parts. Could see the same happen here, perhaps.
Alex Kingdom wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Cyberstrike wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
If you think about it the whole Blackarcahica/Silverbolt relationship was a reverse of what it was in Beast Wars.
In BW we had the noble Silverbolt as the hero trying to redeem a villain and he ultimately succeeds. In BM we have Blackarahnia in the hero role and Silverbolt as the villain.
Besides BW took the whole Blackarachnia "redemption of the bad girl" to it's conclusion.
But she was not all goodie two shoes in BW. She still had alot of bad girl in her. Sorta like a wild crazy girl turning religious.
True but things got a hell of a lot more serious in Beast Machines, the whole planet was bent on the destruction of the Maximals, Black Arachnia had to drop the bad girl act and start acting like a hero to survive. Personally I though it was a interesting twist in BA's character to switch position with Silverbolt. In Silverbolts absence I think BA took on some of his attributes, because she missed him, because she loved him, maybe they over did it a little but I found it rather fitting and ironic.
Yours AK
Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Alex Kingdom wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Cyberstrike wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
If you think about it the whole Blackarcahica/Silverbolt relationship was a reverse of what it was in Beast Wars.
In BW we had the noble Silverbolt as the hero trying to redeem a villain and he ultimately succeeds. In BM we have Blackarahnia in the hero role and Silverbolt as the villain.
Besides BW took the whole Blackarachnia "redemption of the bad girl" to it's conclusion.
But she was not all goodie two shoes in BW. She still had alot of bad girl in her. Sorta like a wild crazy girl turning religious.
True but things got a hell of a lot more serious in Beast Machines, the whole planet was bent on the destruction of the Maximals, Black Arachnia had to drop the bad girl act and start acting like a hero to survive. Personally I though it was a interesting twist in BA's character to switch position with Silverbolt. In Silverbolts absence I think BA took on some of his attributes, because she missed him, because she loved him, maybe they over did it a little but I found it rather fitting and ironic.
Yours AK
Still, she became rather boring and dull. The events in Beast Wars were pretty serious, with Megatron trying to reivent history and all.
Duke of Luns wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Alex Kingdom wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:Cyberstrike wrote:Emperor Primacron the 1st wrote:1: Turning Blackarachnia into a whiney, anorexic good girl. She was always "Waaaaah, Silverbolt, waaaah!" or talking about honor, freedom and goodness.....this is Blackarachnia were are talking about here
If you think about it the whole Blackarcahica/Silverbolt relationship was a reverse of what it was in Beast Wars.
In BW we had the noble Silverbolt as the hero trying to redeem a villain and he ultimately succeeds. In BM we have Blackarahnia in the hero role and Silverbolt as the villain.
Besides BW took the whole Blackarachnia "redemption of the bad girl" to it's conclusion.
But she was not all goodie two shoes in BW. She still had alot of bad girl in her. Sorta like a wild crazy girl turning religious.
True but things got a hell of a lot more serious in Beast Machines, the whole planet was bent on the destruction of the Maximals, Black Arachnia had to drop the bad girl act and start acting like a hero to survive. Personally I though it was a interesting twist in BA's character to switch position with Silverbolt. In Silverbolts absence I think BA took on some of his attributes, because she missed him, because she loved him, maybe they over did it a little but I found it rather fitting and ironic.
Yours AK
Still, she became rather boring and dull. The events in Beast Wars were pretty serious, with Megatron trying to reivent history and all.
But before they left Earth, Black Arachnia did get the Predacon shell program disabled, so maybe her "inherent good" personality traits surfaced. And even though her TM2 form was barely used in Beast Wars, you could say those particular habits were present when she was a TM2. She didn't seem to evil then.
BlueFlame wrote:Actually, the animation in BM is leaps and bounds ahead of BW. Maybe you mean you didn't like the style as much?
Looking back at some of the episodes, I see this to be indeed correct, I retract my previous statement regarding the animation of BM (back on... page two or something)FlameStrike wrote:BlueFlame wrote:Actually, the animation in BM is leaps and bounds ahead of BW. Maybe you mean you didn't like the style as much?
Not when you consider that the details in Wars were modeled into the characters and locations and they were only painted on in Machines. To me that's a step down in quality. There were other factors that put it a step or three behind Wars as well, but that was the big one.
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