Mkdlmr wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well the WFC trilogy was very underwhelming, so I can't blame them. The story, directing and voice performances were all subpar. We just got some good toys out of it.
You're not wrong... It was pretty underwhelming... Feels like the last good series was Prime? I'm not hopeful for Earthspark.
I am. For one thing, it's actually allowing Optimus Prime to frigging sass again. It promises to be a punchier show that doesn't take itself too seriously, which I think is something
badly needed in stuff aimed at older fans.
Mkdlmr wrote:I did like the WFC's portrayal of Megatron as somewhat introspective [spoilers] where he talked to his dead foe's head and had a PTSD-like flashback at one point.
It felt like it could have been sooo much better with a bigger budget.
I think they could have done better with the budget they had, they just needed to use it better. Granted, I've only seen SIEGE. But based on that...
On the story side of things, it needed to be more accessible. SIEGE assumes you've already seen the original G1 cartoon
and have a familiarity with the IDW stuff, and that in general you're already an invested fan. It does very little to truly introduce you to the world and the war and get you hooked based on its own merits. Given the ineptitude shown with the Prime Wars machinima, Hasbro should proooobably have found people to replace DeSanto and the Rooster Teeth chuckleheads
On the action side of things, Polygon Pictures needed to watch
Cybertron as a course on doing dynamic, nimble action with blocky, chonky bodies.
Of course, it might also have been better to do "Wings of Honor but better and more scope" than yet another new G1 'verse (that goes for the comics too).
Mkdlmr wrote:I mean, I consider the intro cinematics for the War and Fall of Cybertron games and intro the Bumblebee movie to be the best Transformers "movies". I'd love to see more of that. :-\
Those are largely just action sequences with a small modicum of narration, aren't they? I don't think that would actually make a good full series or film.