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News Credits: 12 · by **Evil Eye** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:35 pm

Nemesis Maximo wrote:They should just hire Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio to write it and call it a day. Have them create a follow up to Season 3 that can replace *shudder* Beast Machines.

Well, this post aged poorly.

For real, I'd rather BW characters/concepts got grafted into the new movieverse continuity than attempt to make a "Beast Wars movie". I'd also rather they went with purely mechanical animals as opposed to trying to go with "realistic" alt modes.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:38 pm

Simply put, Beast Wars as it was, could not be replicated today. It would more than likely be bastardised akin to the Japanese dub of Season One, Teen Titans GO!, Thundercats Roar! etc

Better to leave it with it's prestige and respect in place.

by **Nemesis Maximo** » Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:43 am

Black Hat wrote:
Nemesis Maximo wrote:They should just hire Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio to write it and call it a day. Have them create a follow up to Season 3 that can replace *shudder* Beast Machines.

Well, this post aged poorly.

Ya know, I was thinking this exact thing when the news broke.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Wed Jun 12, 2019 10:10 pm

I would be very interrested in a Beast Wars movie.I'm already made peace with the fact that, no adaptation is going to be a 100% transition.
If peolpe are wondering how this would fit the previous movies,they already have set a precedent for Transformers fighting in pre-historic times.

We saw the g1 versions of these characters remade time and time again,it would be neat to acknowledge the other versions of the series that have been made over the years

Website · by **STngAR** » Sun Jun 16, 2019 12:20 am

So I got a little excited when I saw the title of this post but as I read all 4 pages my brain feels like .... :HEADHURTS:

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Sun Jun 16, 2019 8:48 pm

STngAR wrote:So I got a little excited when I saw the title of this post but as I read all 4 pages my brain feels like ....

Never give up hope!It can always happen! :MAXIMAL:

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:23 am

Fan art by DeviantArt user TGping

http://fav.me/dduwggh

I imagine if the Beast Wars characters are used,their translation for movies will be something along these lines.
I would be okay with that.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 10:29 am

I feel like you might be a little optimistic about this movie :lol:

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:11 am

If that’s optimism, then this project really is doomed. >:oP

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:21 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:If that’s optimism, then this project really is doomed.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:32 am

I'd have thought since the Bumblebee movie, people would embrace a more streamlined design aesthetic. Not over-designed 'skittles-on-a-page just for the sake of it' approach of Bayformers.

For example, don't get me wrong that is a nice image BUT, why does T-Rex Megatron have bat wings on his head?

To re-iterate, the entire idea behind Beast Wars is that it is a legacy series. The evolution of the Cybertronian race.

If this is what the Autobots/Decepticons of Bumblebee look like, it stands to reason their technology will visually appear even simpler in their descendants.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:35 am

AllNewSuperRobot wrote::lol:

For example, don't get me wrong that is a nice image BUT, why does T-Rex Megatron have bat wings on his head?

Because of the original toy.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:40 am

That was a Mutant Mask, still not Bat wings.

This is the closest a Megatron has come to having that in his design and they are still Not Wings. This being in spite of the fact that particular design both transforms into a bat and already has wing kibble as part of his design.

To me the image is more inspired by anime, Guyver in particular, than anything beyond a superficial association with Beast Wars.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:45 am

Is that one of the robots from the Sonic Saturday morning cartoon show?

I think it's a bit foolhardy to imagine that they'd stick to that level of accuracy regarding bot form. In no way is that saying you can't be optimistic, just make sure you don't get your feelings hurt when reality shows itself (if it ever does, still unlikely we'll get a beast wars movie. All depends on how the next two movies go I reckon)

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:48 am

I'm more hopeful the film doesn't see the light of day. Since it is only being made to cash in on the brand name.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 11:55 am

Don't forget as well AllNew, Bee is still supposed to act as prequel to TF 07,so those simpler designs don't end up so simple :lol:

I don't think we're getting the classic storyline on the big screen, which is probably the best outcome. Instead it'll be a movie where robots turn into animals with a title of Beast Wars :lol:

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:01 pm

They still say 'prequel' even though it clearly isn't.

It isn't just the "classic" storyline though. It is the entire concept behind the show. To just throw the superficial aspect of it onscreen, without context, would have been like putting in Picard, Sisco & Janeway into Star Trek '09.

News Credits: 1350 · by **ZeroWolf** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 12:07 pm

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:They still say 'prequel' even though it clearly isn't.

It isn't just the "classic" storyline though. It is the entire concept behind the show. To just throw the superficial aspect of it onscreen, without context, would have been like putting in Picard, Sisco & Janeway into Star Trek '09.

Don't give them ideas!

Besides there wasn't anything in Bee that wouldn't have worked in 07, not that the bay films really kept themselves to continuity what with each film making more and more plot holes. It'll be Bee 2 that breaks continuity.

News Credits: 7 · by **TulioDude** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:15 pm

I just to want to stir some discussion in movie forum.
Having an Beast Wars adaptation,doesn't mean they have to squeeze the whole series into movies,because it's not a case of choosing this or nothing at all.

News Credits: 6 · by **AllNewSuperRobot** » Mon Jun 29, 2020 3:24 pm

The best case scenario for Beast Wars is the continuation of the Masterpiece Line and anniversary re-releases of the show.

Beast Wars isn't malleable like G1. G1 was so bare bones the only real staples were basically voice overs and visual cues. So it could be redesigned into anything IE Sunbow to Bayformers.

Beast Wars was a product of a different time with a different ethos. Lightning in a bottle. That it would be a mistake for lesser creatives to try to replicate, simply to fleece that brand name for the sake of nostalgia.