Overall thoughts on the series:
-It was good!
-I really like how the series places the Autobots and Maximals in equal moral grounds.The narrative doesn't place one above the other.
-I like the dichotomy between the first meeting of the crews.The Decepticons have a conversation with the Predacons,while the Autobots and Maximals have a small tussle.
-Starscream best moments in this trilogy are in Kingdom
-The voices for the Beast Wars characters are good.After getting used with David Kaye's smooth Megatron voice for a long time,the new voice for Beast Megatron jumped out at me,but the new voice is fine.
You can tell that with him and Dinobot they were trying to mimic the manneirisms of the original characters.For the most part, it worked.Shoutout for Rhinox,for me his voice sounded nearly identical to the original.
-I think they did the best they could with Dinobot.They did want to recreate his arc from Beast Wars while having a six episode restraint,they did have to focus a lot to get him here in time,but it worked.His fight against Decepticons and Predacons was awesome.The quiet moment with the Matrix was a nice touch and he did get a nice sendoff with Primal watching.
-I kinda expected that Beast Megatron was plotting something behind the Decepticons back,but it was a surprise to see that his respect and admiration is genuine.The original Beast Wars series left room for this interpretation of the character.
-I'm suprised that Deseeus didn't appear.We never learn what were their intentions.
-Nemesis Prime was mostly saved for the ending,but hearing the other characters talking about him,building up to his appearance,helped to give a big presence.
-Having Megatron defy Galvatron was an interesting touch.He was trying to a help collective cause,while also fighting for his own motivations.
-Cybertron being saved,but having a few surviors,with a peace between factions that,while Unicron has plans of his own,would be a cool setting for a new story.
Whifflefire wrote:My biggest disappointment with Kingdom is the confirmation that the Cybertron-based cast were all killed, thus rendering half of Earthrise kind of pointless. I had a theory that with the introduction of time-travel, the Autobots might have found a way to return to their time just before the apparent deaths of Elita and Co. and rescue them, since their plot ended on a cliffhanger. With their fates kind of ambiguous, it would have been a brilliant way to resolve that ending and the trilogy with all of the characters reuniting. The series had been really good at not wasting its cast, that it chose 'total annihilation' as the end of this part of the story is an underwhelming and unfortunate conclusion.
Ultimately, I enjoyed the WFC Trilogy. It had great ideas and brought together many different parts of the franchise's lore in interesting ways, even if it was let down a bit by the voice acting and structure. But overall a solid entry into Transformers history in support of one of the greatest toylines we've ever had. 'B' for the trilogy at whole and B+ for Kingdom itself.
I have been wondering about this too,if at some point it was an idea they considered during the planning stages.
It could been a more wholesome ending if they did this,but in the end,I didn't hate the the execution.The absence of these characters gives greater weight to state of Cybertron.
Razorbeast88 wrote:I liked the little joke about how he wouldve made a terrible Maximal, if only because it seems like the humor that Dinobot enjoys
Thats how he interacted with rattrap in the beast wars series, even up to his death in code of hero
Yeah Dinobot was a standout.
I watched this series with my family and my sister has never seen Beast Wars,so I asked if she thought the series made a good job with introducing the Maximals and Predacons and she said yes.I though this too.They made a good job connecting the different casts.
Dinobot was her favorite.
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