TF rant
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TF rant
Posted by abasi Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:50 pm
I was watching Transformers Prime the other day and I saw something that I should be used to by now. It was the episode with Skyquake just like all the other times, SQ looked the same way he did before he scanned the jet. Shouldnt his robot form changed just a little, all the previous TF cartoons did the same thing G1 did it in the first episode, Beast Wars did the same thing and the same with Cybertron. At least Animated did a good job with the different Earth and Cybertron modes
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Re: TF rant
Posted by Jelze Bunnycat Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:22 pm
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Actually, some earlier shows did have different Cybertronian robot modes. Beast Wars Megatron's was shown in the first episode, albeit in the shadow. And Armada's Cybertron Modes were in full view in the first episode as well. Optimus Prime even had windows there!
While I do agree it's a bit baffling, you have to think about it design-wise. Those Cybertronian forms would only be featured in one episode at the most, would the cost of making a brand new model justify its appearance?
While I do agree it's a bit baffling, you have to think about it design-wise. Those Cybertronian forms would only be featured in one episode at the most, would the cost of making a brand new model justify its appearance?
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- TR Galvatron right arm (the gun one)
- CW Brake-Neck/UW Wildrider, CW Offroad
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Re: TF rant
Posted by SlyTF1 Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:26 pm
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abasi wrote:I was watching Transformers Prime the other day and I saw something that I should be used to by now. It was the episode with Skyquake just like all the other times, SQ looked the same way he did before he scanned the jet. Shouldnt his robot form changed just a little, all the previous TF cartoons did the same thing G1 did it in the first episode, Beast Wars did the same thing and the same with Cybertron. At least Animated did a good job with the different Earth and Cybertron modes
The production team got lazy.
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Re: TF rant
Posted by Twitchythe3rd Sun Feb 20, 2011 4:31 pm
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It's a cost-cutting measure. With Prime being CGI, making new character models for each and every new member of the cast would get expensive.
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Re: TF rant
Posted by OptiMagnus Sun Feb 20, 2011 8:01 pm
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SlyTF1 wrote:abasi wrote:I was watching Transformers Prime the other day and I saw something that I should be used to by now. It was the episode with Skyquake just like all the other times, SQ looked the same way he did before he scanned the jet. Shouldnt his robot form changed just a little, all the previous TF cartoons did the same thing G1 did it in the first episode, Beast Wars did the same thing and the same with Cybertron. At least Animated did a good job with the different Earth and Cybertron modes
The production team got lazy.
Pretty much.
Really, the CGI models are a lot of work, so you can't blame them really.
The only continuities I can think of that actually had Cybertronian to Earth modes were Animated and the 2007 movie.
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