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I've watched the 5 episode pilot for the show and that's it, but I just don't see it being very good. The script was pretty ham-fisted, trying to cram in obvious references, the characters aren't all that interesting, and the premise is pretty basic. Does it like, get a lot better, or is the quality roughly the same all the way through the first season? I guess I'm expecting a lot for a series that seems to be banking on its existing fanbase, but it doesn't seem like it has much to stand on its own for the first 5 episodes.

So... is the quality the same all the way through the first season or what?

Just like any T.V. show, it has its hits and misses, but I believe this series has more hits than misses.

I think you should give it more then five episodes for any series. It took me a little while to get through the first five too. I still feel that Prime thus far is the strongest and best series there is. But I could be biased.

LOST Cybertronian wrote:Just like any T.V. show, it has its hits and misses, but I believe this series has more hits than misses.

I guess, but comparatively, are the first 5 episodes worse on average than the rest of the season? Or on average is it about the same level of quality (or lack thereof)?

It gets better... a LOT better. Like pants-crappingly awesome.

Besides, what TF series has ever had a great first five episodes? Maybe Beast Machines, but nothing else.

LadyBug wrote:I think you should give it more then five episodes for any series. It took me a little while to get through the first five too. I still feel that Prime thus far is the strongest and best series there is. But I could be biased.

I'll give that Transformers Prime, from what I saw, at least looks like it might end up better than Animated, but I didn't care for that either. Let's be honest, most Transformers series aren't all that great, with Beast Wars being probably the only standout that I saw. Of course, I only saw the original series, Masterforce, Beast Wars, Animated, the movies and that's pretty much it.

cotss2012 wrote:It gets better... a LOT better. Like pants-crappingly awesome.

Besides, what TF series has ever had a great first five episodes? Maybe Beast Machines, but nothing else.

Which is why I am asking if the rest of the episodes are better or not. I don't feel like investing time into something that doesn't have a lot of hope.

Mostly I'm trying to get an opinion from someone trying to be as unbiased as possible. I feel that Transformers series get banked too much on the concept and they don't put effort anywhere else in the production or script. I think a much better story can be told on the premise, but I find that no one demands the effort to really pull it off.

Does Transformers Prime put more effort than the pretty bland attempt in the first 5 episodes? That's what I'm curious about.

Watch "Predatory" and "Partners". If those don't hook you, then you're probably in the wrong fandom.

FWIW,at the very least TF Prime isn't a toddler friendly cartoon like Animated was.

At the very least TF Prime's main targeted audience is teenagers & adults.

Animated while a fun cartoon,had too much sillyness & slap stick over the top toddler humor for my taste.

TF Prime appears to be using season one to flesh out the characters & story arcs/plots. season 2 some fans assume with be more action based like beastmachines season 1 & 2 was.

Prime starts slow. But after a while I noticed I didn't want to stop watching and at the end I was bummed out because I have to wait for season 2.