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Mykltron wrote:

Chaoslock wrote:

Mykltron wrote:They orıgınally saıd ıt would run for 10 years. I really don,t want ANOTHER reset - thıs unıverse has so much potentıal.

Yup. Too bad the writers are impotent at their job. Any of the universes have a lot of potential when it remains unexplored, and most of the episodes consist of 3-4 main characters finding some Cybertronian MacGuffins on Earth - I wonder when the autobots will find Cybertron itself on the top of a mountain...

LOL! I don't think the other cartoons have more potential. I think the only other good TF cartoon is Beast Wars and that ended nicely (if you don't continue with Beast Machines).

If you ever read about the material for the unproduced season 4 of Animated, you'd know just how much potential that show had (and frankly still has).

Getting back to the subject at hand:

People, these are contradictory panel snippets, taken out of context. By "iteration" and "16 episodes," taken along with "Beast Hunters," most likely all that means is that there will be 16 episodes of "Prime" in season 3 until it gets relabeled "Beast Hunters." Chill. There's no crisis, here. If I remember correctly, the current continuity has a 5-season creative bible already written, with outlines for further continuation beyond that. HASBRO demanded that creative bible before the series was even green-lit. And let's not forget that Hasbro considers the current, very successful game series to be a part of this continuity (albeit forcibly, at times), as well as novels, comics, and other media. You're reacting to essentially zero confirmed information. Let's keep that in mind.

HalfOfMe wrote:Getting back to the subject at hand:

That's practically dead by now?

If I remember correctly, the current continuity has a 5-season creative bible already written, with outlines for further continuation beyond that.

What? It's an outline for the whole continuity (Exodus, WFC, FoC, Exiles, Prime, and Rescue Bots). Hardly just outlining 5 seasons for Prime.

Well, there you go, man. I knew it was massively laid out. Just couldn't remember the specifics. My point was more precisely referring to how far in advance they had plotted Prime. Which I thought was 5 seasons. Either way, it furthers the point that with rights being solely in Hasbro's hands this time around, and having made such a massive investment, it's pretty asinine to go so far with conjecture on this subject.

HalfOfMe wrote:My point was more precisely referring to how far in advance they had plotted Prime. Which I thought was 5 seasons.

Prime is supposed to last 5 years (only half of the decade-long Aligned family). Whether that means 5 seasons or more seasons is anybody's guess.

Well, in regards to the TF: Prime story itself, the bible does have at least four seasons worth of story laid out for the cartoon to adapt.

Sabrblade wrote:Well, in regards to the TF: Prime story itself, the bible does have at least four seasons worth of story laid out for the cartoon to adapt.

Yep. We're set for 4 seasons so far, but if were getting any more is up for debate.

i thoght that prime was doing good like the were saying they do season 4 but any way if they do a beast wars hunters or what ever it called lets see
prime been an
ape check
lion check
mamoth check
bat
whats left for him to be but i hope it be like anime scheme we did 3d and now hd how anime theme hd

leviebaby wrote:i thoght that prime was doing good like the were saying they do season 4 but any way if they do a beast wars hunters or what ever it called lets see

Beast Hunters.

prime been an
ape check
lion check
mamoth check
bat
whats left for him to be but i hope it be like anime scheme we did 3d and now hd how anime theme hd

Who said everyone was turning into beasts? Beast Hunters most likely means they'll have new beast subgroups. Don't expect everyone to reformat. Also, How does reformatting everyone into beasts tie in with how they're robots in disguise? They won't be going out often.

Even if Prime turns to Primal, they don't need to come up with original alts, silly.

And the animation style is CGI. Not anime or "3D."

The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

Surprised to hear that, I thought everyone generally agreed Unicron being Earth was awesome. Sure, it means we don't get to see him actually transform and be himself, but it provides explanation as to why Earth is so significant to the Transformers, and sets up a nice analogy with the machines/order and humans/chaos thing.

YRQRM0 wrote:

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

Surprised to hear that, I thought everyone generally agreed Unicron being Earth was awesome. Sure, it means we don't get to see him actually transform and be himself, but it provides explanation as to why Earth is so significant to the Transformers, and sets up a nice analogy with the machines/order and humans/chaos thing.

It's a break from the norm that Unicron is a giant planet that transforms. Here, he's still a planet, but not the planet you'd expect.

And he doesn't transform.

Hey, if he doesn't like that concept and wants to be a Geewunner, that's his choice. We can't all agree that something is awesome.

YRQRM0 wrote:Surprised to hear that, I thought everyone generally agreed Unicron being Earth was awesome. Sure, it means we don't get to see him actually transform and be himself, but it provides explanation as to why Earth is so significant to the Transformers, and sets up a nice analogy with the machines/order and humans/chaos thing.

This is pretty much how I see it! I think Orci and Kurtzman have done a fantastic job. Are there holes and imperfections? Yes, but nothing is perfect and they've done a great job of minimalizing the holes. Plus like you said, the way Unicron is explained is a great way of making Earth more than just a random planet the Transformers found. It answers the always present "why us?" Plus it gives the series a more impending doom shadow cast over it, that if anytime he awakens, the Earth is in serious peril.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

They aren't writers, they're producers.

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

They aren't writers, they're producers.

They are writers, but in Transformers fiction, they wrote for the films.

They are executive producers for Prime.

PrymeStriker wrote:

Evil_the_Nub wrote:

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:The only thing I'd like would be to sack Kurtzman and Orci as writers. When Gaia Unicorn turned out to actually be the Earth that was it for me. What a load of rubbish. I don't mind the designs etc of Prime, but the writing/storyline is terrible just like everything else they touch.

They aren't writers, they're producers.

They are writers, but in Transformers fiction, they wrote for the films.

They are executive producers for Prime.

That's what I meant, They're producers on Prime.

They messed up Rotfs' story and now Prime in my eyes.

G1 Unicron is a huge planet eater, destroyer of worlds! Despises all life, organic or bio mechanical etc. Then those two muppets screw it up by surrounding him in muck and organic life! As a Decepticon he would surely transformer and flick 'us' all off like ants without a 2nd thought.

It'll be like Captain Planet with elements next knowing them two.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:G1 Unicron is a huge planet eater, destroyer of worlds! Despises all life, organic or bio mechanical etc.

That was G1 Unicron...from the 80s...not 2011.

As a Decepticon he would surely transformer and flick 'us' all off like ants without a 2nd thought.

He's not a Decepticon. He dismissed Megatron and his Decepticons, counting their help as worthless.

And Unicron isn't in some sort of alternate mode where he can just transformer. Matter gravitated towards his lifeless body made a planet. Therefore, he's in "robot mode," technically speaking. He can't transform and flick us off.

Even if he could, I'm pretty sure he's no bigger than the Earth's core, considering he is the Earth's core.

Whatever happened to the new Alined Continuity? Or is everything being rewritten?

Prime Unicron is a Decepticon according to his toy box.

SkyWarpsGhost wrote:Whatever happened to the new Alined Continuity? Or is everything being rewritten?

The Aligned Continuity is Prime, along with Exodus, War for Cybertron, Fall of Cybertron, Exiles, [insert Prime here] and Rescue Bots in a respective timeline.

Nothing's being rewritten. They have a big production bible called the "Binder of Revelation," and the whole continuity has been planned out from the get-go.

Prime Unicron is a Decepticon according to his toy box.

Of course. They gave him a faction to sell the toy.

When have you seen Unicron help the Decepticons fight the Autobots? Unicron is of the faction called "neutral," and lives to rid of all disciples of Primus (Autobots), whether he has the Decepticons' help or not. And if the Decepticons are in his way, he won't hesitate to remove them from the equation.

Though, his toy does also come with optional Blentron symbols.

Sabrblade wrote:Though, his toy does also come with optional Blentron symbols.

Oh yeah, I remember that. Big nerdgasm seeing that. Although, I wouldn't put on either faction symbols if I had Unicron.