The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

I just realized why this show's Megatron is so great. We've had it all wrong about who it is he's like. It's not BW Megatron or Cy-Kill that he's reminiscent of, it's this Megatron:

[Kurona]

I just realized why this show's Megatron is so great. We've had it all wrong about who it is he's like. It's not BW Megatron or Cy-Kill that he's reminiscent of, it's this Megatron:

Damn, he even done the David Kaye "Yesss" at the beginning

[o.supreme]

I just realized why this show's Megatron is so great. We've had it all wrong about who it is he's like. It's not BW Megatron or Cy-Kill that he's reminiscent of, it's this Megatron:

or this one:

https://youtu.be/xFgTJrRyXXU

[Tyrannacon]

...and I'd probably kneel and swear my fealty to him and what not.

Then again, I do have my man crush for Megatron and this is the reason why I am saying this, my obsession and fanboyism.

[Sabrblade]

Thinking even more about this CW Megatron and that Universal Studios Megatron and other vocalized Megatrons in general (meaning ones with auditory voices, so no comic- or prose-only Megatrons), I got to thinking that these two Megatrons might be among the top 5 of the most "vocally entertaining" Megatrons of all time.

Chronologically, I'd consider the five to be Beast Era Megatron, Animated Megatron, Prime Megatron (at least from season 2 onward), Universal Studios Megatron, and Machinima Combiner Wars Megatron.

[Kurona]

Ah yes, the greatest transformers characters. Optimus Prime, Soundwave, BW Dinobot, Guy Who Put On A Movie Megatron Costume At Universal Studios

[Kurona]

Sadly featuring exactly 0 Mistress of Flame hammer dinks but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPHdZoU9OR4

[Sabrblade]

Devastator sounds like a David Kaye impression in that.

[o.supreme]

Devastator sounds like a David Kaye impression in that.

Fun fact --Devastator's dialogue is all direct quotes from Apocalypse in the 1990's X-Men animated series. Apocalypse was voiced by David Kaye in the 2000-2003 series X-Men Evolution

[Sigma Magnus]

[Evil Eye]

Sadly featuring exactly 0 Mistress of Flame hammer dinks but

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPHdZoU9OR4

They say you can't polish a turd, but Freddery somehow alchemically transformed one into gold.

"HI I'M WINDBLADE"

[Theshruggles]

...and I'd probably kneel and swear my fealty to him and what not.

Then again, I do have my man crush for Megatron and this is the reason why I am saying this, my obsession and fanboyism.

I personally don't like the Combiner Wars show, but Megatron and his pure sass is enough for me to watch alone. The main redeeming quality IMO.

[Sabrblade]

TWO sequel series have just been announced: "Titans Return" and "Power of the Primes" - http://www.superherohype.com/news/386613-machinima-and-hasbro-announce-two-more-transformers-prime-wars-series

Following the conclusion of Transformers: Combiner Wars, Machinima and Hasbro, Inc. have announced today that they will join forces to develop Titans Return and Power of the Primes, the final two installments of the animated Prime Wars trilogy. Since launching the trilogy’s first installment in August 2016, Transformers: Combiner Wars, has garnered more than 120 million global views on a wide variety of platforms, including go90 (United States), SkyQ (U.K.), AMC Iberia (Spain and Portugal), Sohu (China), and YouTube (rest of world).

“The global fan base has really embraced this vision of the Transformers,” said Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein, “and we are thrilled to be working closely with Hasbro developing the next two installments of the series.”


“Transformers has always been fueled by the brand’s rich, compelling characters and storylines, and Transformers: Combiner Wars tapped into that lore to offer fans a truly unique and new digital-first story for the franchise” said Stephen Davis, Chief Content Officer of Hasbro. “Following the success of the first series, we are excited to announce this continued collaboration with Machinima and believe Transformers fans will be thrilled to see the story continue to unfold.”

The first sequel, Transformers: Titans Return, will take the action of the series to new ‘heights,’ and feature return appearances from many fan-favorite Transformers characters as well as introduce new Autobots and Decepticons. Set in the period following the excitement of Transformers: Combiner Wars, the depleted forces of Cybertron and a broken Council of Worlds must now face-off against a new threat that is larger than anything that has come before.

Transformers Combiner Wars Executive Producer and Showrunner Eric Calderon is returning to oversee the development of the final two installments.

[o.supreme]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umDr0mPuyQc

Seriously though...This series is universally disliked. One of the very few things I'd say 90% + of the fandom agree on. Why make a sequel? The ONLY positive comments here I read came in relation to the efforts of some of the voice actors. The positive comments on Youtube also came from followers of said VA's who support anything they do no matter how horrid.

[Decepticon Stryker]

Well... Time for a swan-dive off the roof of the Burj Khalifa.

In all seriousness though, fans "embraced this version" really? Now, I admit, I loved the designs and voice acting and that's pretty much it; but I so did not embrace this. I think this might be worse than Energon since they actually transformed in that. We only get like, five by transformations. The combiners didn't even combine! But they're giving Machinima another shot!? Although there is a chance these two will be better, I highly doubt it. In going to stop now so that my train if thought doesn't derail and turn into an hour long rant. "Embraced"? Really?

[Sabrblade]

“The global fan base has really embraced this vision of the Transformers,”

Replace "global fan base" with "Facebook community" and there might be some truth there.

“Transformers has always been fueled by the brand’s rich, compelling characters and storylines, and Transformers: Combiner Wars tapped into that lore to offer fans a truly unique and new digital-first story for the franchise”

[King Kuuga]

“The global fan base has really embraced this vision of the Transformers,” said Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein

“Transformers has always been fueled by the brand’s rich, compelling characters and storylines,

Oh wait you were serious, let me laugh harder.

and Transformers: Combiner Wars tapped into that lore to offer fans a truly unique and new digital-first story for the franchise”

Technically true.

"...we... believe Transformers fans will be thrilled to see the story continue to unfold.”

Apparently you weren't paying attention to uh.... ANY of the feedback from CW.

The first sequel, Transformers: Titans Return, will take the action of the series to new ‘heights,’

Someone thinks this is funny. Someone honestly thinks this is funny.

and feature return appearances from many fan-favorite Transformers characters

HI I'M WINDBLADE



I'm willing to be proven wrong, but right now the best way to watch this will probably be with large quantities of alcohol.

[Sigma Magnus]

I'm guessing this was planned from the get-go, so we were getting this no matter how bad CW was. I just hope they learn from their mistakes...

[Big Grim]

Set in the period following the excitement of Transformers: Combiner Wars

Excitement? Surely they mean general apathy??

[o.supreme]

“The global fan base has really embraced this vision of the Transformers,” said Machinima CEO Chad Gutstein

replace "embraced" with simply "watched". I guess next time we vote by not watching. They probably saw simply the number of views on Go90, Youtube, and various other sites, and complete ignored comments & feedback. I mean, like a train-wreck, or a Crash in a car race, sure you want to watch, but if simply watching equates to more of this, I guess I'm going to have to do something I've never done before, completely ignore and not watch a Transformers animated series.

[Kurona]

There is one piece of interesting news here - we found out the final instalment in Prime Wars is called "Power of the Primes".

Absolutely no friggin' clue what gimmick that could be though. Then again, not like the name Titans Return would immediately make you think Headmasters.

[D-Maximal_Primal]

Several different Seibertronians have sent us word that Machinima has officially announced two sequels to the Transformers: Combiner Wars series that ran throughout the months of August and September. These 2 sequels are to be titled 'Titans Return', as we figured it would, and the third series is to be titled 'Power of the Primes', which may be a clue as to what the third part of the Primes Wars Trilogy is to be titled. You can check out the press release HERE and catch a brief look as to what the articles says below from a press release sent to us!

MACHINIMA AND HASBRO ANNOUNCE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FINAL TWO CHAPTERS OF HIT TRANSFORMERS ANIMATED SERIES THE PRIME WARS SAGA

‘TITANS RETURN’ AND ‘POWER OF THE PRIMES’ WOULD FOLLOW THE GLOBAL SUCCESS OF ‘COMBINER WARS,’ WHICH GARNERED 122 MILLION GLOBALLY

Following the massive worldwide interest in Transformers: Combiner Wars, Machinima, the first Many2Many programming service focused on fandom and gamer culture, and Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS), a global play and entertainment company, announced today that they will join forces to develop Titans Return and Power of the Primes, the final two installments of the animated Prime Wars trilogy. Since launching the trilogy’s first installment in August 2016, Transformers: Combiner Wars, has garnered more than 122 million global views on a wide variety of platforms, including go90 (United States), SkyQ (U.K.), AMC Iberia (Spain and Portugal), Sohu (China), and YouTube (rest of world).
The first sequel, The Titans Return, will take the action of the series to new “heights,” and feature return appearances from many fan-favorite Transformers characters as well as introduce a new set of Autobots and Decepticons. Set in the period following the excitement of The Combiner Wars, the depleted forces of Cybertron and a broken Council of Worlds must now face-off against a new threat that is larger than anything that has come before.

Combiner Wars Executive Producer and Showrunner Eric Calderon is returning to oversee the development of the final two installments.

[bluecatcinema]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Titans in action.

[o.supreme]

There is one piece of interesting news here - we found out the final instalment in Prime Wars is called "Power of the Primes".

Absolutely no friggin' clue what gimmick that could be though. Then again, not like the name Titans Return would immediately make you think Headmasters.

An off the cuff guess...probably a toy line focusing on the 13 primes. Many have never had an official toy representation, this might be Hasbro's way of introducing them. If that were the case though, that would kind of kill, or make very difficult the idea of the next line being beast Themed, what with the hinting of Onyx Prime in the IDW TF comic, aside from a figure of him himself. But a toy line consisting of all, or mostly primes would sure get cumbersome one would think...but who knows.

One thing is for sure, Machimina's Titans Return will show very few Titans if at all, and Power of the Primes will have almost no Primes appear, if they are consistent that is...

[o.supreme]

I'm looking forward to seeing the Titans in action.

What Metroplex' arm wasn't enough for you?