Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 6:16PM CDT

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They're here on Earth, they're robots, and they're the characters we've loved for over 25 years. The Transformers tradition continues with the latest Cartoon series, Transformers: Prime. Courtesy of IGN, we get the first footage of Transformers: Prime. From this video, you can see that this cartoon will likely be set on Earth in the future, and will be very similar to CGI of Transformers Beast Wars and Beast Machines. Check out Bumblebee, and a couple of Decepticons in the video embed below or at IGN! Transformers: Prime is set for television in the Fall on the Hub!

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Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101849)
Posted by Burn on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:25pm CDT

Now THAT i'm liking!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101854)
Posted by CybertronHotShot on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:30pm CDT

Nice animation. I wonder if Bumblebee will speaking .

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101856)
Posted by LOST Cybertronian on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:32pm CDT

That is looking pretty awesome!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101860)
Posted by sabrigami on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:48pm CDT

It looked alright. The animation did look a little stiff though. But with the clip being so short, it's a bit hard to say for sure. Can't wait to see more :KREMZEEK:

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101861)
Posted by griftimus prime on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:48pm CDT

not impressed. hopefully the next trailer will make it look better. or at least i hope we get a nice toy line out of it.

plus half the video was nothing.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101862)
Posted by Stixx on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:52pm CDT

The "Drone" Bots are very WFCish, while BB is most Movie. I guess they threw in WFC, G1, Movie and Animated in a blender and took what was off the top for each character. I am not sure how this will all flow, the designs are all very different and abstract in a continuity and from the other designs in there.

Stixx

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101867)
Posted by Galvatron X on July 22nd, 2010 @ 6:56pm CDT

It's a really short clip and it's hard to make a final decision, but I'm liking what I'm seeing thus far. I'm so glad they went with CGI.

Oh, and they're using the original "transformation noise". That's a HUGE plus in my book.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101870)
Posted by Trikeboy on July 22nd, 2010 @ 7:02pm CDT

Remember this is a very roughly made clip. So far I am liking what I am seeing. They need to speed up the transformation sound. The designs from Comic Con look amazing. Optimus Prime and Megatron look badass, Arcee is a nice looking blue motorcycle, Ratchet looks cool but the best thing is, Cliffjumper is not a Bumblebee repaint. He is more of a 70's style muscle car with bullhorns on the front in vehicle mode.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101874)
Posted by Midnight_Fox on July 22nd, 2010 @ 7:28pm CDT

sabrigami wrote:It looked alright. The animation did look a little stiff though. But with the clip being so short, it's a bit hard to say for sure. Can't wait to see more

It says WIP at the beginning, so I doubt this is what it'll look like when broadcast.

BB's design looks much better as CGI than the 2d preview we got. Let's hope the same is true of the Prime look we've seen.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101876)
Posted by Autobot032 on July 22nd, 2010 @ 7:30pm CDT

I'm impressed, really. I thought it looked and sounded great, and it's just a rough cut.

I like the look and feel of it. It's flashy, it has style, and it's colorful.

However, I think the fact that it's stylized will be a problem for some folks. I'm just waiting for the complaints to start rolling in.

I'm starting to see that not only can't you please everyone, it's not worth it to try. Put in a good effort and if it's not enough for them, screw it.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101877)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 22nd, 2010 @ 7:31pm CDT

Midnight_Fox wrote:
BB's design looks much better as CGI than the 2d preview we got. Let's hope the same is true of the Prime look we've seen.

http://www.tfw2005.com/comic-con/Transf ... 040675.jpg

It is true!!

I'm really feeling this mix of styles! I'm hoping for a toyline now!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101878)
Posted by MYoung23 on July 22nd, 2010 @ 7:35pm CDT

The character designs blow Animated out of the water.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101889)
Posted by Name_Violation on July 22nd, 2010 @ 8:52pm CDT

not really fan of movie designs, but this looks like it has potential

then again i didn't watch animated till the last episode of season 2 and ended up loving it.

I'll hold out and give it a fair chance

by why's there gotta be humans in it

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101897)
Posted by Zetatron on July 22nd, 2010 @ 9:21pm CDT

Looks more like a proof of concept than a trailer, but it's more than we've gotten since they first announced they were doing a new series. Between this and the character sketches they released it looks like it should be pretty good.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101900)
Posted by Mindmaster on July 22nd, 2010 @ 9:24pm CDT

O_O

Better than Animated, Beast Wars, the Movies, and the Unicron Trilogy COMBINED!!!! :BOOM:

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101928)
Posted by ChrisRiss on July 22nd, 2010 @ 10:02pm CDT

I'm really excited for this after seeing the character designs, but the fact that they are coming out with another series, and they still haven't released season three of animated on dvd yet makes me sad.
Either way I will watch this as soon as it comes out, it looks really good.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101935)
Posted by shortround on July 22nd, 2010 @ 10:33pm CDT

It will be interesting to see what happens with this whole thing I'm not sure right now but who knows were it will go.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101946)
Posted by SlyTF1 on July 22nd, 2010 @ 11:06pm CDT

That was freking awesome!!! I expected this show to look like utter crap! Cant wait!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101947)
Posted by Great Atlas on July 22nd, 2010 @ 11:13pm CDT

I'm liking what I see so far! I'm sure this series will be pretty cool

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101954)
Posted by God Magnus on July 22nd, 2010 @ 11:36pm CDT

Blurrz wrote:From this video, you can see that this cartoon will likely be set on Earth in the future...

Yes, because bridges are very futuristic.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101964)
Posted by Blurrz on July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:22am CDT

God Magnus wrote:
Blurrz wrote:From this video, you can see that this cartoon will likely be set on Earth in the future...

Yes, because bridges are very futuristic.

I mean by season chronology.. they might start off at CYBERTRON and end up at EARTH.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101968)
Posted by leokearon on July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:43am CDT

I hope it would be a bit longer, and some dialogue would have been nice

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101970)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:48am CDT

Looks pretty awesome for a WIP.

Me like.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101972)
Posted by God Magnus on July 23rd, 2010 @ 12:51am CDT

Blurrz wrote:
God Magnus wrote:
Blurrz wrote:From this video, you can see that this cartoon will likely be set on Earth in the future...

Yes, because bridges are very futuristic.

I mean by season chronology.. they might start off at CYBERTRON and end up at EARTH.

Just having some fun with semantics.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101983)
Posted by Chaoslock on July 23rd, 2010 @ 1:44am CDT

So, two decepticons walk peacefully, one sees a coin on the ground, tries to pick it up, when Bumblebee comes, crying "MIIINE!" and mugs them.

Typical Bayformers

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1101986)
Posted by Elita One on July 23rd, 2010 @ 2:03am CDT

Burn wrote:Now THAT i'm liking!

And you said it would be crap when the va cast was announced. Hmmm how opinions change huh Burn? My opinion? Looks real nice from the tiny amount of footage out there atm.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102010)
Posted by Dead Metal on July 23rd, 2010 @ 4:07am CDT

Chaoslock wrote:So, two decepticons walk peacefully, one sees a coin on the ground, tries to pick it up, when Bumblebee comes, crying "MIIINE!" and mugs them.

Typical Bayformers

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102019)
Posted by Burn on July 23rd, 2010 @ 4:28am CDT

Elita One wrote:
Burn wrote:Now THAT i'm liking!

And you said it would be crap when the va cast was announced. Hmmm how opinions change huh Burn? My opinion? Looks real nice from the tiny amount of footage out there atm.

Opinions can change yes, and I think you'll find that even though i've said "I don't like" along the way, i've also said that i'll wait until I see the final thing.

Unlike some, I try to keep an open mind and give things a chance and NEVER write anything off completely until i've seen the final product.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102044)
Posted by Mykltron on July 23rd, 2010 @ 5:36am CDT

If the entire thing is animated in that style it'll be nice to look at. Let's hope the script and story are as good.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102046)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 23rd, 2010 @ 5:37am CDT

I really wish this trailer showed more. I'm more impressed with the character art than the trailer at this point lol!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102058)
Posted by Jetstreamx on July 23rd, 2010 @ 6:13am CDT

Today was the first I've every seen of this (Thanks to my ever wonderful girlfriend <3)

I'm upset that we're getting more bayformers. The designs are vomit inducing. Oh well, last time I hated the designs, the show kicked so much butt. I'll hope this one surprises me the same way.

I'll just still hate the designs. Cept Ratchet. He's boss.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102060)
Posted by Jesterhead on July 23rd, 2010 @ 6:20am CDT

These designs don't scream bayformer to me. Sure, optimus has a similar chest and head, and BB is a straight copy, but other than that, these seem like unique designs. Unlike bayformers, they are quite a bit "chunkier", and no insectoid face (luckily).

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102061)
Posted by Heavy B on July 23rd, 2010 @ 6:21am CDT

was that a cylon?

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102075)
Posted by genozaur on July 23rd, 2010 @ 7:04am CDT

HOLY SHIT dude this is what i have been dreaming of seeing since beast war/beastmachiens ended

JESUS EFFING CHRIST SHIT ON A STICK THIS IS GONNA FOCKING ROCK HARD

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102087)
Posted by Requiem Prime on July 23rd, 2010 @ 7:26am CDT

sabrigami wrote:It looked alright. The animation did look a little stiff though. But with the clip being so short, it's a bit hard to say for sure. Can't wait to see more

I agree, I hope the transformations are a bit faster and natural in the final.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102143)
Posted by Zombie Starscream on July 23rd, 2010 @ 9:30am CDT

Wow, this was good :grin:

I have yet to see the other designs (the Tfw2005 .gif link didn't work) but hopefully they will be just as awesome.
I only hope that the story is good, and that Hasbro shows the espisodes on it's site (for those of us who don't have working Tvs)

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102181)
Posted by Joetx on July 23rd, 2010 @ 10:45am CDT

1. Bumblebee (presumably) looks like the movie version. Yuck.

2. The 'Con looks like a Cylon.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102200)
Posted by Larsgoes2hell on July 23rd, 2010 @ 11:23am CDT

this is sad. maybe im one of the only people who thought they were getting it right on the last animated series. just from the look of it the toys will look alot like the recent movies. :SICK:

i will watch but were the ratings really that bad on the last series it was awesome.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102300)
Posted by Convotron on July 23rd, 2010 @ 3:52pm CDT

Zetatron wrote:Looks more like a proof of concept than a trailer, but it's more than we've gotten since they first announced they were doing a new series. Between this and the character sketches they released it looks like it should be pretty good.

It's not a full fledged trailer, it's a teaser that uses a work in progress animation test sequence for its footage.

Simply at face value, I like the prospects for this series more than TFA when I first saw promo information for it. However, I ended up loving TFA once I began to watch it. I hope the opposite doesn't happen with Prime.

The single thing I didn't like was the slowed down transformation sound effect. It just sounds odd to me.

I like BB's design, though I would rather see WFC styled designs for a TF cartoon...perhaps the next one down the road.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102387)
Posted by Cryosis Prime on July 23rd, 2010 @ 8:43pm CDT

That's quite... shiny. Reserving judgement.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102608)
Posted by NightFall on July 24th, 2010 @ 10:40am CDT

I don't like the movie designs, because I don't think they matched their characters. I hate how Bay's movie influence is interfering with Transformers so much, but besides all that, nice computer animation. Too soon to say it's epic.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102642)
Posted by Solrac333 on July 24th, 2010 @ 11:44am CDT

"will be very similar to CGI of Transformers Beast Wars and Beast Machines"

I hope not. It should be BETTER!

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102644)
Posted by Delicon on July 24th, 2010 @ 11:45am CDT

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Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102669)
Posted by Covenant on July 24th, 2010 @ 12:38pm CDT

Looks nice. I'm not really over the top excited, but I don't feel any irk toward it. I'm sure it'll do fine, and at least we'll get some new TF tv-time.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1102683)
Posted by Black Bumblebee on July 24th, 2010 @ 1:15pm CDT

Animation I can take or leave. What "I" want to see, is some of the writing. The writing, for me, is what makes a show worth loving.

Give me a reason to like the characters, and I will by association, like the toys.

Give me Michael Bay, or Unicron Trilogy, and I will avoid the toys.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1103715)
Posted by AutobotTrainer on July 26th, 2010 @ 1:00pm CDT

I'm giving a reserved "Yes". I want to see more, which is a good thing.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1104614)
Posted by Grimloque on July 28th, 2010 @ 2:12am CDT

I'm a little disappointed that Prime is taking its cue from Michael Bay on Bumblebee's design* rather than getting back to the more human G1-style character most recently seen in War for Cybertron. I also wonder if he will talk. If so, I hope the producers have called Johnny Yong Bosch. Speaking of humans, it will also be interesting to see how they are portrayed in Prime. The less "Clone Wars" the better, IMO.

* Yeah, I also realize that Megatron is a jet and Arcee is a motorcycle. A blue motorcycle at that, which I don't think is an improvement on Bay.

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1104838)
Posted by syphonn on July 28th, 2010 @ 11:06am CDT

I hope the bulk of the Decepticons aren't mindless drones

Re: Transformers Prime TV Trailer - Teaser (1108293)
Posted by MaverickPrime on August 3rd, 2010 @ 12:14pm CDT

wow it looks badass!!!
just one question: WHERE ARE BUMBLEBEE'S HORNS??? :BANG_HEAD: