The Energon Pub

WTF? They said they were getting rid of those smacktarded anime subspace flashing-background transformations. Damn it!

And the loli with the jetpack? Oh hell, no.

1337W422102 wrote:WTF? They said they were getting rid of those smacktarded anime subspace flashing-background transformations. Damn it!

And the loli with the jetpack? Oh hell, no.

I think they might only use those scenes once in the first ep. Then the rest of the time they may jsut use the spinning thing.

Honestly I don't mind the cut scenes, they're like what? 3-4 seconds as opposed to the 10-12 second anime ones?

it's hard just getting past the horrible designs. i just don't get it....they didn't seem to screw up grimlocks look(thank god) but why screw up everyone elses?

kimmer wrote:it's hard just getting past the horrible designs. i just don't get it....they didn't seem to screw up grimlocks look(thank god) but why screw up everyone elses?

Because Hasbro knew they would have had a full scale mutiny if they did.

Hmm, pretty sure i saw Swoop in there too.
Looks like all the Dino's are getting in on the action.

Thing that bothers me is the fact that (and its most noticeable with Ratchets transform) that Square blocky machine style edges just puff out and become round 'organic' looking shapes. Especially in the arms/legs.

Interesting angle though, implying that the Autobots are just repair bots. Its always been said that they were the 'peacefull' transformers but never the details of it. What did they do all day? Did they have a function or just lay around writing poetry?

For once, I heard Starscream actually sounding like Starscream!

Maybe in Tom Kenny we finally have a real successor to the late, great Chris Latta...

regarding the "anime transformations" ....that looked to me like it was simply footage from the opening credit sequence...maybe i'm wrong, hope i'm wrong but yeah

G1 was riddled with children, and it didn't suck. So whats with all the "omg, not a human child!"

That **** is annoyingly retarded.

Viral wrote:G1 was riddled with children, and it didn't suck. So whats with all the "omg, not a human child!"

That **** is annoyingly retarded.

riddled? yeah..wow.....spike and chip....all those 2 young people....man..thats overkill

but the difference there is that they werent a 5yr old girl with a tricycle that turns into a jetpack...lol

If I were simply hearing about it rather than actually seeing it I probably would be pretty excited, because all the G1 (and apparently, pre-BW) aspects sound really great. But then seeing it animated, and with the character designs done in that annoying, sharply-angled faux anime style, it looks extremely disappointing. I can understand the need to simplify and stylize when you're making an action-oriented series; the recent He-Man series managed to do that just fine. But there comes a point where you've gone too far with the simplification and it just looks lazy, and this looks as if it's gone well over that line. It's sad that 20 years after the original series, with all the advancements made in the field of animation, the new series features even less detail and the transformation sequences are even less believable (and I say this as someone who is well aware of the inconsistent and often poor quality of the original series).

Fananga wrote:Thing that bothers me is the fact that (and its most noticeable with Ratchets transform) that Square blocky machine style edges just puff out and become round 'organic' looking shapes. Especially in the arms/legs.

I noticed that too. It looks like they're inflating their limbs.

Hmm... Not much I can say at this point, except that a) I adore Screamer's new voice, and b) The art style just doesn't hit it off with me. I've found styles similar to that interesting with other series, but with Transformers, it doesn't seem right for some reason.

Have to wait and see how she goes...

The toys have that Armada/cartoonish look, but they don't look to bad, and realy thats about all I care about.

Ratchet has a real cool transformation, but for the most part I didn't like what I saw. I know we've been told "NO Stock Transformations", but anytime I see that Japanesse quick strippie backround, all I think of is repeditive stock, and I loose intrest.

Some of the Decepticons seemed alright, but realy I can't tell yet. That kid with the fire coming out of the back of her head I can already tell is going to be annoying.

Overall, it looks like they could have a real good series here, but I just don't see them realy pushing to make it so. I think with alittle more effort and less reliance on the design style done in other series by this company(TEEN TITANS, BEN10) this could be something cool.

Still, I don't see them going for that extra mile, and feel this series will go the way of all the other series since the beast era!

Still, I'll watch if I should be awake at 6am(you know it's going there), and like with RID, and The Unicron Trilogy, I'm going to focus more on the toys than the episodes.

I'm trying, folks. I want to like it...I still hate the style, but I'll try. *scowl*

Y'know. I don't think anyon should judge posters anymore. :p Cause this show looks pretty sweet. Optimus is really confusing... He can't make up his mind on what body to use.

Ok, now I am intrigued. Still not happy about the odd-shaped bodies, but it looks like it could be an interesting series. I shall be watching for this.

Moonbase2 wrote:I'm trying, folks. I want to like it...I still hate the style, but I'll try. *scowl*

Yes?

Skowl wrote:

Moonbase2 wrote:I'm trying, folks. I want to like it...I still hate the style, but I'll try. *scowl*

Yes?

I don't see what the deal is about the stock transformations. Every series has them, even G1. It saves on money to use the same animation as often as possible. It'll be more of a matter of how they use them that will determine how irritating they will be, though.

I like it. The animation is already better than Armada.

Wheeljack35 wrote:Here are two images from the trailer

After seeing Ratchet in motion I actually like his design. As long as they keep him around I'll watch.

Skowl wrote:

Moonbase2 wrote:I'm trying, folks. I want to like it...I still hate the style, but I'll try. *scowl*

Yes?

Oh, how ya doing? I was looking for you, ya know.

Nemesis Cyberplex wrote:I don't see what the deal is about the stock transformations. Every series has them, even G1. It saves on money to use the same animation as often as possible. It'll be more of a matter of how they use them that will determine how irritating they will be, though.

yeah but G1 never made a huge production out of their transformations...no fancy weird backgrounds, no characters posing and no stopping the show cold for 10-20 seconds to show off the "cool" transformations.....back then (and in beast wars too) they simply just changed

looks good, to teen titanish

Yes!! The Dinobots!!!!

I hope Prime uses his face plate more than his mouth.

Starscream looks and sounds awesome.

While I won't buy the toys, I'll definetly watch the show.

Looks like it be another one of those cases where I watch it for the non main characters or bad guys since main cast doesn't interest me much on the good side. And what the heck a 5 year old girl now, guess they really take the aiming for younger audiences seriously.