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Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:

Sabrblade wrote:

njb902 wrote:id like to see a show/comic of the transition from autobot/decepricon to maximal/predicon.

The BotCon "Descent into Evil" story was set in a time period very much like that... except for the notion that its author insists that it takes place in a different continuity.

Though, a story like that would have to be handled very carefully since the Beast Wars cartoon doesn't directly follow on after either the G1 cartoon or the Marvel comics. Rather, what we know as "Generation 1" to them is a vague history wrapped in myth and legend, with bits and aspects taken from both, favoring neither over the other.

Which comes from the way they had to research, the fanbase basically not remembering stuff correctly and believing the comics and cartoon to take place in the same universe. After all that was before DVDs, trades, and wikis became widely available.

Yet, to this day, so many are adamant about Beast Wars being in the G1 cartoon continuity.

While this is certainly true for the Japanese dubs of each (FSRLTF and BWSLTF), the English-language Beast Wars cartoon is set in A G1 continuity that is neither the G1 cartoon nor the G1 comics, but a unique one that borrows little elements from both.

Yes, by accident. Mainframe wanted to tie it into the cartoon canon, but had to rely on information given to them by fans, who then provided them with information from both the cartoon and the comics. Which then lead to the show being set in a weird hybrid of the two.

Dead Metal wrote:Yes, by accident. Mainframe wanted to tie it into the cartoon canon, but had to rely on information given to them by fans, who then provided them with information from both the cartoon and the comics. Which then lead to the show being set in a weird hybrid of the two.

I think most of the G1 info they got came form Ben Yee.

Though, at first, Mainframe wanted to make it its own, non-G1 series, with the only clue of it ever being related to any previous Transformers material was a vague mention of something called the "Great War".

It was later in season 1 that elements started being put in to tie back to G1, but the original plan was to make it its own unrelated series. Though, I gotta wonder what it would have been like if Beast Wars really had been carried out as its own continuity family without anything to do with G1. What sort of directions it would have gone without all the callbacks or references, and being something complete autonomous from G1

Sabrblade wrote:

Dead Metal wrote:Yes, by accident. Mainframe wanted to tie it into the cartoon canon, but had to rely on information given to them by fans, who then provided them with information from both the cartoon and the comics. Which then lead to the show being set in a weird hybrid of the two.

I think most of the G1 info they got came form Ben Yee.

Though, at first, Mainframe wanted to make it its own, non-G1 series, with the only clue of it ever being related to any previous Transformers material was a vague mention of something called the "Great War".

It was later in season 1 that elements started being put in to tie back to G1, but the original plan was to make it its own unrelated series. Though, I gotta wonder what it would have been like if Beast Wars really had been carried out as its own continuity family without anything to do with G1. What sort of directions it would have gone without all the callbacks or references, and being something complete autonomous from G1

I don't want to know what it would be like.
It would take away a large portion of why the show is so good. Its History, Beast Wars and Beast Machines are currently the only shows with a sense of history and real mythology. Since it's a completely different set of characters in a different time and with different technology, but with references to the its past, which we the audience have witnessed "first hand" (well those who've seen/ read G1 before).
Taking that away would harm the show and make it less interesting.