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I just finished an article for this on my website. I'd appreciate if you could all check it out and tell me what you think:
http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/20 ... ool-or-ne/

Title says it all. Both have their strong points, G1 primarily with the more well rounded characters and nostalgia factor and the new Bay movies with the amazing visuals... but which do you find yourself liking?

As a child of the eighties, I am genetically programmed to love G1!

Amazing visuals? Well, if you like sharp edges.

I'm actually trying to find the episodes of the old shows on YouTube so I can compare the two. Probably aren't too comparable though.

Chaoslock wrote:Amazing visuals? Well, if you like sharp edges.

Whether you liked the new designs or not (which admittedly I was not too fond of at first)... you have to admit that they are impressively animated on screen and of course, if Michael Bay is good for one (albeit the only) thing, it's making things go boom on screen.

I'd safely say the generation one 1986 movie was far superior than the micheal bay TF Movies.

Personally,I felt the 1986 TF Movie had better written dialogue,better story arcs,better robot designs. more 3-d personas. less annoying humans. most important the 1986 movie was from a robots point of view & not from a humans point of view. the intended viewer age level for the 1986 TF Movie felt like it was for older teenagers & adults. the back ground music was awesome. for the most part they had a talented cast of writters,voice actors & animators.

I think the micheal bay TF movies were awful. because #1,the dialogue was horrible,it felt like something spoken from 6o years ago. another failure was the all ages theme,it's never a good thing to mix toddler comedy with serious violence,the end result is always cheesy. i felt like 90%+ of the human cast was the most talentless & annoying i've ever had the dis-pleasure of seeing. having the humans get more screen time & more speaking lines than the robots was another failure in my book. shia le bouf didn't deserve to be in these TF movies,he ruined all the scenes he was in because he can't act out emotions properly,he either under acts or over acts in the wrong scenes. 90% of the robots didn't even receive 1D persona's. while the CGI Robots designs were cutting edge advanced they were still ugly. at the very least the 1986 TF Movies had better robots designs that were more beautiful to see.

Part 2 of the Debate is up:

6 Reasons Why the Original Transformers Cartoon is Better than the Movies.

http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/20 ... ew-part-2/

I like G1 better. I don't hate the TF movies, though I wasn't impressed either.

MightyMagnus78 wrote:As a child of the eighties, I am genetically programmed to love G1!

This. The reason why this forum is here in the first place.

I live the movies, Bay did some awesome work (IMO!), but Galvatron calmly blasting Screamer to ashes is just, wel... Everything 1986 should be.

Eh, I find both versions to be about the same in overall quality, even if in different regards. It's hard for me to decide.