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by **NightFall** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:03 pm

Looks alright, but I'm already hating the little human girl. I still think the animation could do so much better, especially Prime just doesn't look right, but I think it's going to be ok in the end. Hopefully a decent story line for kids and everyone else. I'm so happy Starscream has a good face, and more happy that none of them, except for Bumblebee, look like they were in the live movie.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:04 pm

The Animated looks interesting, I'm still not sure on the style though. but the Transformation Sequences Aren't bad.

BTW, anybody know who this guy is:
He reminds me if Cybertron Downshift.

by **gogleman374** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:15 pm

Dose anybody understand what they are saying in the theme? I Recognize The parts that were in the G1 Theme.

News Credits: 97 · by **Savage** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:17 pm

Alright, i'm impressed. I do think the animation style comes off as a bit childish at times, but i expected that, considering this has always been a kids' franchise. I'm loving the fact that some of the characters, particularly Arcee, Megs, and Starscream are clearly reminiscent of their G1 counterparts. Best thing about this clip though is Tom Kenny's Starscream. He nails it. Only Chris Latta's clone could do it any better. I'm thrilled.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:25 pm

Sounds to Me, they are saying the same things, only at a different rythm.

Transformers... More Than Meets the eye
Transformers...Robots In Disguise...

Autobots Battle to defeat
the Evil Forces of..
The Decepticons.

...

by **shrapnel_hurts** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 1:37 pm

Whoa, holy mother I think it looks pretty awesome. I just hope the writing's good. And moreso than the Dinobots, it was Starscream's voice that sold me. The audience reaction was great, I felt the same way. I'm a slave to that mean back-stabby little son of a--I mean... seeker. Spongestar Screampants.

by **Cycrolus** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:07 pm

*shivers* Wow allot better than I had thought it would be!

News Credits: 2 · by **partholon** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:29 pm

confirms what i feared. i **** hate that style and it'd be a travasty to waste good scripts on it.

and kids! WTF is the obsession with sticking kids in these things? its just **** dumb! if you have to have humans they should be at least teenagers who have a good reason to be hanging around with cars or military types after them for technology "threat to the nation" types not bleeding junior infants types.

i really had hopes for the first american TF show in decades. what a **** waste :sad:

by **Bobimus_Prime** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 2:50 pm

Anyone wanna take bets on how long it takes for a character to get a tear-drop slide down the side of their head?

Or maybe oversized googly eyes. :shock:

News Credits: 2 · by **Moonbase2** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 3:00 pm

Bobimus_Prime wrote:Anyone wanna take bets on how long it takes for a character to get a tear-drop slide down the side of their head?

Or maybe oversized googly eyes.

Or the big jaw drop!

Or even this: :sad:

by **RODIMUSRULEZ** » Mon Jul 30, 2007 8:15 pm

I like Grimlock!!

News Credits: 2 · by **Cryo Prime** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 8:59 am

ok now i lik eit but i still hate bulkhead, and what the hell is with bubblebee's voice. and then there is always te token kid.

by **Sportimus Prime** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:16 pm

Better angle and sound:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2vjFbm025E&NR=1

News Credits: 4 · by **Briggs** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 2:58 pm

partholon wrote:
and kids! WTF is the obsession with sticking kids in these things? its just **** dumb! if you have to have humans they should be at least teenagers who have a good reason to be hanging around with cars or military types after them for technology "threat to the nation" types not bleeding junior infants types.

I believe the target audience, is 6-11 year olds. So, let's put a 6-11 year old instead of a 16 year old in, ok?

News Credits: 2 · by **Shadowman** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:12 pm

Overcracker wrote:Sounds to Me, they are saying the same things, only at a different rythm.

Transformers... More Than Meets the eye
Transformers...Robots In Disguise...

Autobots Battle to defeat
the Evil Forces of..
The Decepticons.

...

I heard:

Autobots wage their battle to destroy
The evil forces of
The Decepticons.

It's just a remix of the old show theme.

News Credits: 38 · by **TheMuffin** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:16 pm

There are two other lines of lyrics as well but I can't make them out.

by **RatchetMD** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:41 pm

TheMuffin wrote:There are two other lines of lyrics as well but I can't make them out.

One is "More than they appear" and the other one that plays while Prowl is on screen is too difficult to make out. :-?

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:56 pm

Can't make out the third line of the second 'verse', even after playing around with the EQ and removing background noise. I hear:

Transformers
More than meets the eye
Transformers
Robots in disguise
Autobots wage their battle to destroy
(The) evil forces of
The Decepticons

Transformers (Hahahaha!)
More than they appear
Transformers
??Travelling [??? ??] years??
Autobots wage their battle to destroy
(The) evil forces of
The Decepticons

Transformers...
Transformers!

by **RatchetMD** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:02 pm

Right now I'm hearing "Nothing slows them down"

After a few listens I am fairly sure that is it.

News Credits: 33 · by **Glyph** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:05 pm

I'm figuring it'll rhyme with 'appear', whatever it is. I can catch the rhythm of it, just can't quite make out the actual syllables.

by **E107_Theta** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:38 pm

This show is going to be great. This is going to be the first true Transformers show since Beast Wars. The theme song, the transformation sound effect, Bumblebee, Starscream's voice, the dinobots and Arcee make me very, very happy. I had my doubts, but this really looks awesome. I liked the movie and all, but this is the first Transformers show to be completely true to its roots since... G1.

I only have one major gripe: Optimus Prime's voice. WTF. He sounds like the voice would have been better suited to Rodimus Prime. Oh well, can't win 'em all. If Peter Cullen did his voice in this show, my head would have exploded out of fanboy joy.

by **Burnup Prime** » Tue Jul 31, 2007 5:05 pm

BlurPrime wrote:ok i do not like the action figures for this animated series but i love the series already. next summer it is for us real fans we are truelly getting something like g1 that we been wanting for and this is just going to be great. all i can say

Real fans? what's that supposed to mean? I hate G1 and like about everything post-Beast Wars, but i'm still a real fan. you, sir, have offended me

by **demarcusgd** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:15 am

Well alright...

I am really feeling this, one of the complaints I had about the cgi series were that they were so stiff and the action was as well... I like this though! I loved how the crowd popped for Grimlock, Arcee, and Starscream, looks good to me.

by **Night~GONE** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 12:36 am

Just a quote from tfw2005's dead end i really agree with him 100%

Style does not denote age. And from the intricacies shown here, the back log of info put into this shows an adherance to all walks of age. A good writer does not need to resort to gritty shock value to be 'adult.'

Titans had a rape episode among other adult nods, Animaniacs was full of adult humor, and even Foster's or JLU had pure adult implied moments.

Which of those is a direct 'adult' toon not aimed at kids?
Yet are still highly entertaining to adults, while having adult stories within the context of what looks like a simplistic 'child's story'.