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Thanks Sabrblade. I'll have to check out the cartoon. It seems like a lot of cartoons that came out in the 90s and even today start out rough and then find their footing as they go along.

I know that Beast Wars started off a little rough for me, but then later on I really loved watching it.

I wish that IDW would try relaunching that as a series, but go back to a new beginning because while their comic mini-series for Beast Wars was good, it relied too much on fans of the show and figures to gain readers. New readers would get los very quickly it seemed.

Royal Lantern wrote:Thanks Sabrblade. I'll have to check out the cartoon. It seems like a lot of cartoons that came out in the 90s and even today start out rough and then find their footing as they go along.

With Animated, most of its fans were hooked by the first episode (since it was actually the first three episodes edited together as a TV movie special). What got most people captivated by it were its fan nods to past series, its voice acting, its Decepticons being super powerful juggernauts, its Optimus not being a boring Mr. Perfect, and more.

Cartoon series: Armada, Energon, Cybertron. Each one was worse then the last.

Comics: Having actually read all of them (and most of them when they first came out) I'm going to be slammed for this but the early IDW stuff up to All Hail Megatron. That was the turning point. Before that there were some good minis like Megatron Origin and the Spotlights but the episodic 6 issue limited series format was boring and the stories just weren't fun. Again it must be said that the vast majority of the Spotlights ruled.

Toyline: Animorphs

Sabrblade wrote:

Royal Lantern wrote:Thanks Sabrblade. I'll have to check out the cartoon. It seems like a lot of cartoons that came out in the 90s and even today start out rough and then find their footing as they go along.

With Animated, most of its fans were hooked by the first episode (since it was actually the first three episodes edited together as a TV movie special). What got most people captivated by it were its fan nods to past series, its voice acting, its Decepticons being super powerful juggernauts, its Optimus not being a boring Mr. Perfect, and more.

Now you saying that has me even more excited to check it out. I love nods to the past and I like the idea of a more dynamic Optimus....plus your heroes are only as good as your villains, so increasing the threat of the Decepticons sounds good to me.