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Man... that looks crap... that style is fine for dexters laborotory but come on... transformers need to have a more 'realistic' style.. why do they always have to gimmick the shite out of it?

I didnt like this style with clone wars either.

Hey someone should take all of this threads entries.. good and bad and send them as a petition to whoever is making this crap to stop making this crap and make a proper transformers series instead.

I used to actually make time and watch the original series's coz i thought they were cool. the only way im going to watch this series is if my computors broke and there's nothing else to watch on t.v.

why hasbro..... WHY?????

This don't look good..........

Okay, I can handle this. I try to be positive. I always do. I... I... *shudder* ...I will be interested to see what it looks like in motion. And I'm hopeful that we'll get good stories to go along with this. I think the writing will be pretty critical in how good it turns out... and... and... um... I remember a lot of people weren't happy with the designs for the Timm-verse Batman, and...

Hey, here's a happy thought! If the toys look like this, a lot of us will have a chance to catch up on our collections, getting the older figures we want. Oh, happy day! =D

Seriously, though... I'm a little shocked they're offering this to the new audience the movie will be bringing in. The only real positive thought I have is, what if Hasbro has dual lines? What if they ran a younger skewing cartoon toy... and also did figures based on the IDW-verse stuff?

Yeah, I know it won't happen. Again, trying to be positive and grasping at straws. ;_;

yeah make this a 'family friendly' version for the kiddies and give us a harder edged realistic looking transformers animation.

Say hello to Ren, Stimpy and Spongebob, Prime.

Cartoon Network must be stopped... No matter the cost.


No srsly

WTF is all I have to say. That not transformers that is crapformers if they wanted destroy the franchise they picked a really good way to do it.

Optimus looks like he was designed by a five year old.

i'm going to watch the first ep of it, but if i don't like it im sticking with the comics

Windracer wrote:Well, I can't say I'm surprised considering this is Cartoon Network we're talking about here. I figured the designs were gonna look like ass. :SICK:

Gimme back my anime Transformers plz. >_>;


EDIT: And in hindsight I can't help but laugh in the general direction of all those folks who constantly glitched and moaned for a TF series made in a Western country because they couldn't stand the Japanese series'... Well, you guys got what you wanted. Happy now?

i was just going to say this...you thought the anime-like TF series were kiddy, wait until you see this (judging from the type of art).

Roboto750 wrote:

Devil Gundam wrote:What the hell happened to Optimus Prime's proportions?

Good question! His head is freakin' huge!

I'll wait to see some more pics before I pass my final judgement, but this is bad, even for concept art (if that's even what it is). Plus, what the heck is up with the ultra lame "animated" title? Weren't the TF series always animated? Maybe we're just supposed to forget all about them.

What will it take to get a decent TF show on the air again? Let's just hope the writing is excellent. Maybe there is hope yet.

yes...im sure the writting will be excelent...did you even read the scan? quote:

"transformers animated joins the kid-friendly lineup at CN"

I guess to make sure people dont think this might be a adult swim cartoon and actually aimed at teens-adults, instead of toddlers-6 year olds

"...with each of the 26 episodes presented as a standalone storyline featuring everyday heroes who do good deeds that triumph over evil."

sigh

omg, we should kill the ppl responsible for this crap.

Its joining the 'kid-friendly' lineup at CN...ah hell wasnt I a kid back in the 80s..yes I was and I enjoyed my bots a lot!

Damn You Hasbrooo!!!! You and your efforts to crappify every version of Transformers!! Give me RID anyday! The least you could do is make it violent so it shows up at ADULT SWIM!

Windracer wrote:EDIT: And in hindsight I can't help but laugh in the general direction of all those folks who constantly glitched and moaned for a TF series made in a Western country because they couldn't stand the Japanese series'... Well, you guys got what you wanted. Happy now?

I'd still take this over the crap that was Armada, Energon and Cybertron. Those shows weren't too bad but I couldn't stand the foolishness that they contained. This show may be aimed at kids but at least they are advertising it to be such from the get go and not throwing in stupid crap like the previous shows did.

Either way I'll wait to give my total judgement of it. If the stories are good I can stand some less then perfect animation.

Worse case... I re-watch Beast Wars and save some money not buying the toys for this show.

Phategod1 wrote:Why are you guys dissing the hell out of the cartoon network they've had some good stuff over the year Samurai Jack, The Justice League, the JLU, Adult Swims, Robot Chicken, Boondocks, Toonami's broadcasting od Samurai Champloo, Cowboy Beebop, Big O, and a list of positives. But in my defense of The CN dont get it twisted this looks like SHIZNIT.

most of what you said is from the adult swim part of CN, this is clearly...not going to be

and anime like bebop or samurai shampoo werent MADE for CN now were they

It's official. Transformers is the new embarrassment in the vein of Star Wars / Lucas.

im reserving any judgement til later. I'm not sure how anyone can extrapolate that the toys are going to be garbage and even 'non transformable' from a single image which looks like a quick promo pic (and thats what it MUST be right?). Think of the movie, when the first images leaked people were saying the same things, ugh, how can that become a car etc, and now fans are rather lapping up the movie toys.

IT BURNS!! IT BURRRRNNNNNNSSS!!!

I give up... American animation is truly dead. We ruled the world once back in the 80s with cool shows... but never again. I'm not one giving to swearing, anyone who knows me on these boards knows this, but my god those cheap ass mother truckers need to have what is left of their genetalia removed with a slow moving rusty razor blade for this design.

I think a small part of me just died just now.

Raymon wrote:omg, we should kill the ppl responsible for this crap.

DING DING DING DING DING! You have officially gone TOO FAR. Time to turn off the PC and go for a walk. Seriously.

EDIT: Black Bumblebee, that goes double for you.

I remember seeing statues and figurines of Batman Animated and Justice League characters. I thought they looked like hell and the proportions were all over the place. And yet, on screen, they looked great- full of character and, most importantly, easy to animate in exciting and frenetic action sequences. Whether TF:A will be of the same calibre as Justice League is up in the air, but we'll find out in a few months, won't we?

-Nick

I think by kid friendly they meant kids draw it. It looks like it will be a rehash of G1 cartoons. Every episode ending in "Decepticons Retreeeaaat!" "I will be avenged"

WTF!!!!

I look and I laugh. I read these comments and I laugh. Guys, it's just a cartoon...aimed at kids!!! You really didn't think you were going to get an ADULT version of Transformers did you? Not one version has ever been adult. Look at some of the early episodes of Beast Wars, a vast majority of them were aimed at kids. It was only towards the tail end of the first season and the following seasons that the more intricate plots were introduced and some adult humor thrown in, once they realized that "Hey, we've been noticed by an actual community of fans!". Get real guys, if you want "realistic" Transformers aimed towards adults, stick to the comics.