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Website · by **Varia31** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:02 pm

If this is indeed Bumblebee in the new upcoming show, then that must mean that everyone else is going to more or less look like their movieverse counterparts (possibly). I hope this show will be good, I didn't care much for Animated, is was okay, but is was far from the best. After seeing TFA, I thought a better idea would've been a cartoon based on the movie, not necessarily plot wise, but robot designs from the movie made into cartoon versions, and a bit of a darker tone to the show itself. Of course, not so dark that kids can't watch it, but like Batman: The Animated Series kind of seriousness.

News Credits: 8 · by **Megatron Wolf** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:09 pm

Isnt WFC the prequel to the new show? Last i check BB looks more like Classics BB than Movie BB. I really hope the new show isnt going to use the movie look, im getting really sick of it. New show is suppose to mean new look with only a few things kept the same to keep the continuity of the characters. And if WFC is a prequel i can only imagine how they are going to justify such a radical change from how they look on cybertron to how they look on earth earth.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:14 pm

Megatron Wolf wrote:Isnt WFC the prequel to the new show? Last i check BB looks more like Classics BB than Movie BB. I really hope the new show isnt going to use the movie look, im getting really sick of it. New show is suppose to mean new look with only a few things kept the same to keep the continuity of the characters. And if WFC is a prequel i can only imagine how they are going to justify such a radical change from how they look on cybertron to how they look on earth earth.

According to WFCs makers, WFC will use designs to be able to be an arch-story, a "universal" what-happened-before-Earth story.

by **Shadowstream** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:17 pm

Three words people: Grain of salt.

Besides, Bumblebee isn't the only character in that image. Does anyone have any thoughts on the other things we see here, hmm?

News Credits: 17 · by **cannonfodder4000** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:24 pm

i think this is the updated movie bumblebee they talked about before

by **oldskooltf** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:31 pm

I would love a cartoon set in the movie-verse like Clone Wars bridging the storyline between movies. Or just a cartoonized version of the movies or something like that.

I don't mind the design of the Bumblebee pictured here. I agree that Camaro > VW Beetle. One of the only problems I had with BayFormers was the unexplained choices of colors for Ironhide, Ratchet, and Sideswipe. I mean, I've heard the red color excuse, but they made Rampage red, why not Ironhide and Sideswipe? And I loved characters like Blackout and Barricade that the movie-verse brought out.

I'm very interested to see how this Transformers: Prime turns out. As long as the storyline is comparable to Transformers: Animated, then I'll be ok with design choices that might not be my first choice.

This wouldn't be the first cartoon inspired by the movie-verse. Afterall, TF:Animated used the allspark (although it looked different), cybertronian Megatron looked kinda inspired by movieverse Megs, and it had Blackout (although only one episode). And they reverse engineered Megatron to get modern technology, which is mentioned in TF1 movie.

by **Doubledealer93** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:33 pm

i have a feeling i wont like this new show. :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 7 · by **Dragonslayer** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 2:37 pm

Interesting. Definitely got the bug thing going for him.

I'll reserve judgment until I see the whole thing, but IMO this looks a little too detailed and advanced for a kid's show (though I doubt that's the exact version that'll be in the show).

News Credits: 5 · by **Rodimus2006** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:40 pm

Looks like one of my theories on Prime is sounding more and more real by the minute.

A Movie-Based Cartoon about a NEST Team also I bet money General Fowler is a NEST Team commander and I bet this will take place either during Revenge or sometime after the ending of Revenge.

On why it is called Prime that is cause of the Dynasty or the Primes as we seen in Revenge we will get more on that mythology and what it is about and why it is so important.

Now more than ever Im convinced this is a movie-verse toon espically the way BB looks like a sleeker version of his movie self.

I told everyone on my Theory on prime that this is a Movie Based version cartoon also look at who is over this also I knew then it would be also.

Prime will be a movie-base cartoon it will be in CGI similar to Cybertron I bet also done in 3-D CGI.

I was right about Transformers Animated lets see if i can make it 2 or 2 and get it right on Prime.

My Guess on Airdate October/November this year currently on Kids Discovery which is 179 on Dish Network.

Look I dont really care about it being a movie-verse cartoon look we all knew it was going to be with the guys behind it lets just hope they can make it make sense give us a good story and decent characters and make it fit in with the movie-verse.

Also there is a plus to this sense this is going to be movie verse that means no dorkey kids will be in it.

News Credits: 7 · by **Noideaforaname** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 3:56 pm

BB looks... meh. And kinda out of place with flat 2D characters.

Speaking of which, one is apparently "My Little Pony", but what is the dog from?

by **decepticonblitz77** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:00 pm

its obviously just stylized, simplified, michael bay, camaro bumblebee. idk what the point of all the conjecture is. btw, the face is just a slimmer stylized replica of movie bee, just like the rest of his body

by **Poyguimogul** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:10 pm

Hmm.. If the new Transformers : Prime looks like this..
Then I'm waiting for the My Little Pony Show...
It looks more exciting.

by **icenemesis** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:18 pm

hey i just thought of some thing if it is off the movieverse that could mean we could get some detail on some of the characters that we barely got to see (soundwave sideswipe ect). or some of the characters that we wish we saw (lockdown, dirge, thrust, breakaway...ect). So this might actually be good.

by **decepticonblitz77** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:21 pm

icenemesis wrote:hey i just thought of some thing if it is off the movieverse that could mean we could get some detail on some of the characters that we barely got to see (soundwave sideswipe ect). or some of the characters that we wish we saw (lockdown, dirge, thrust, breakaway...ect). So this might actually be good.

i so hope youre right.

by **Jetstorm92210** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 4:41 pm

Could he atleast have his horns, please? :???:

News Credits: 1 · by **YRQRM0** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:39 pm

I am a little disappointed that it stays with the movie design, but I understand for the younger generation it will be much cooler to see him this way, and they wouldn't understand why he would be different.
I'm more concerned about how cartoony it looks. Looks too "Animated", too animated. I don't mind 2d animation certainly, but I was hoping they'd be drawn in a more realistic style like Armada, rather then like caricatures with exageratted chins/arms like animated...

News Credits: 11 · by **kirbenvost** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:50 pm

Shadowstream wrote:Three words people: Grain of salt.

I...kinda wish people would stop saying that. It's an extremely over-used phrase. I don't think I go a week without seeing it in a TF news story. :BANG_HEAD:

by **SoundwavePrime** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:06 pm

awsome but kind of odd ill just wait to see him in the show or in toys

News Credits: 668 · by **Autobot032** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:10 pm

Weren't we told, several times, that the new cartoon would be tied into the movieverse?

I could've sworn it was one of the news tidbits released at both Botcon, and SDCC.

Either way, I like the design. He looks really, really cool there.

It kinda makes sense, in a way, to continue using the movie designs...

2011 ain't that far away, and we have the Hunt For The Decepticons line coming, sooo....

by **Heckfire** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:31 pm

Bayformer or not, he actually has a FACE! That's good enough for me, dammit...it may be OK for Decepticons to look like skinned Imagineering experiments, but these are Autobots, dagnabbit!

...I'm way more upset about that awful "Disney-XD" looking MLP up there. Yuck.

http://www.youtube.com/user/pr0w1 · by **pr0wl** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:19 pm

WHAT is my little pony doing in the same AREA as bumblebee ?!
The cartoon dog looks okay, I like cartoons that look oldschool.
Transformers prime will probably be the only show I watch on the hub. Or maybe they'll make an indiana jones show or a marvel show since hasbro makes the toys for them. Hopefully these transformers will have robot enemies(ooh professor princess,how scary. I'm a little disappointed that that really was the end for animated. They couldve at least brought prowl back at the end. This show looks cool and people should give it a chance. I bet the toys will be awesome. You gotta admit a curvy bot mode means a sleek alt mode. The entire transformers animated line is my witness.

by **mechabooks** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:48 pm

No matter what, somebody isn't going to like it. At least he's yellow!

Like GEEWUN on Facebook · by **GEEWUN** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:00 pm

My world is cold. My world is of of hate. My life is cold......

THIS MAKES ME SOOOOO MAD!!!!!!

News Credits: 402 · by **Mkall** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:53 pm

Like Transformers Animated, I will wait until the final product before making judgement. How many people bashed Animated simply due to the art style and then ended up liking it?

by **Rated X** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:21 pm

It's not too late to scrap this design and keep him original. It looks way too animated. Or maybe just scrap Michael Bay instead and give the final movie to someone else with better ideas...

Just my opinion...