Which series do you consider to be "canon?" (cartoon and/or comic)
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2012 11:30 am
Transformers history is a wacky thing. In the 1980's it seemed pretty simple as there was only the one show, although the Marvel comic definitely had some major differences. Beast Wars followed in the mid to late 90's and actually did a nice job creating new characters and backstory while staying pretty darn true to the G1 80's incarnations. Since then though, there have been a lot of different "Transformers Universes" and even when you're talking about something like the G1-verse, the Japanese cartoons and Dreamwave and IDW comics have spun that lore on its head at times.
My question is, in your own opinion, what Transformers cartoons or comics do you think represent the "real story" or the "primary universe?"
For me, as a child of G1, I still consider the old Sunbow cartoon to be the definitive source of what is "true and real" about Transformers. Sure, some aspects may seem a little goofy looking back now but for me the G1 cartoon is the real thing, along with Beast Wars because it stayed pretty true to that story and direction. I enjoyed the Marvel comic as well but between the 2 different writers and the fact that they had to tapdance around the animated movie, I felt the storyline spun into too many different directions at times.
When I see the modern stuff, even the stuff based on G1, I sometimes feel they take way too many liberties on it. For instance, since when is Galvatron a totally different Transformer from Megatron? There are a lot more, but that's just one example.
Discuss.
My question is, in your own opinion, what Transformers cartoons or comics do you think represent the "real story" or the "primary universe?"
For me, as a child of G1, I still consider the old Sunbow cartoon to be the definitive source of what is "true and real" about Transformers. Sure, some aspects may seem a little goofy looking back now but for me the G1 cartoon is the real thing, along with Beast Wars because it stayed pretty true to that story and direction. I enjoyed the Marvel comic as well but between the 2 different writers and the fact that they had to tapdance around the animated movie, I felt the storyline spun into too many different directions at times.
When I see the modern stuff, even the stuff based on G1, I sometimes feel they take way too many liberties on it. For instance, since when is Galvatron a totally different Transformer from Megatron? There are a lot more, but that's just one example.
Discuss.