The Energon Pub

[Oilspill]

I just watched it (downloaded it since I'm not aware of it being shown in Australia any time soon).... and goddamn, that show is just made of awesome.

Starscream was brilliant. His voice is great and for once he's intimidating and threatening as well as being his usual scheming, power-hungry, backstabbing self. Watching him effortlessly (almost) beat five Autobots was so much fun. I'm actually scared for the Autobots when a Decepticon shows up now, which is just how I want to feel. One thing I didn't love about G1 and BW was that the Decepticons were kind of bumbling/incompetent/impotent. They rarely felt like a real threat to the Autobots. That's all changed now, and I love it!

I was undecided about buying the animated toys, and was not going to get them if the show was no good (or too 'kiddie'). But now there's no question about it. Bring on TF:A!

"Don't try to deceive a Decepticon, Autobot. We are the masters of deception!"

[Norcinu]

Being another Australian I had to download the show as well, and just, wow. I am just so glad we've gotten something new smacked into our faces.

I may be highly against the majority of the designs of the show and the voices are new also, but I must say, I can get used to it. The story of it all and the characters, just perfect for me. I may of not been around to properly appreciate G1, but I can see this becoming a favourite.

I was practically enjoying this more than Bay's movie. Sure he had all the flashy CGI and pew-pew action and it was in cinemas and everything, this has character and plot and watching it makes me truly feel like a kid. And no plot holes so far, so good. *Fingers crossed*

Besides, I'm sure these toys will be more fun to play with than the movie line XD

[Autobot032]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055335/

John Moschitta (Jr. as he's mentioned here) will be reprising his role as Blurr?

Susan Blu as Arcee?

Corey Burton as Shockwave?

Lance Henriksen was a shocker. Still is.

And..."Weird" Al Yankovic as Wreck-FRIGGIN'-Gar.

*head a'splodes with joy*

And regardless of where you stand on the sequel issue, whoever they picked to play Magnus, did a darn fine job of aping Robert Stack's take on it. In fact, I was a little shocked when I heard the voice. Intentional? Unintentional? I don't know, but it was a nice, familiar voice.

[Chaoslock]

The animation is really interesting, the characters are semi-crap, but there are good points why I like it better than anything since BM:
- no 10-minutes-of-show-i-wanna-sell-toys transformations
- the background is better than the actual characters
- battle damages!!!

[Oilspill]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055335/

John Moschitta (Jr. as he's mentioned here) will be reprising his role as Blurr?
...
And..."Weird" Al Yankovic as Wreck-FRIGGIN'-Gar.

*head a'splodes with joy*

Hah, interesting. First I'd heard of that. I must say Blurr & Wreck-Gar were some of my least favourite characters from G1, but Weird Al is cool (and would suit Wreck-Gar well) and I have faith that they can write good characters in Animated. I'm really looking forward to the stories they have to tell now, with the appearance of more Decepticons and the Dinobots and Constructicons.

Also Ultra Magnus was sending reinforcements. I wonder if that will be Blurr and Arcee, the Dinobots or someone else?

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055335/

John Moschitta (Jr. as he's mentioned here) will be reprising his role as Blurr?

Susan Blu as Arcee?

Corey Burton as Shockwave?

Lance Henriksen was a shocker. Still is.

And..."Weird" Al Yankovic as Wreck-FRIGGIN'-Gar.

*head a'splodes with joy*

Many G1 voices but I wonder why they went with Weird" Al for WreckGar???I know he did a song for G1 but why a as a voice actor now???

[X3ROhour]

HA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I KNEW IT!

i knew it was gonna be good and you nay sayers were gonna be sooooo wrong.

the first episode was great!

I was thourghly impressed!
awesome!

not 1 complaint.
all those other cartoons with their pokemon, yugioh, screaming matches and no writing or character or flavor are so blown out of the water.
best show since beasts!

[Dcyfah]

I have always been a G1 fan and have never really taken to any of the series since those good old days. In my opinion the characters since then have been severely lacking in depth and personality.
I think the movie was a step in the right direction for the franchise and I definitely think that TF: Animated will bring back a lot of old fans.
The fact that the episodes are not overcrowded with characters helps immensely as we get the chance to see each ones strengths and weaknesses and I guess we get to fall in love with our favorites all over again.
The two biggest examples of this, I would say, is Optimus Prime and Starscream. Obviously we are going to see Optimus Primes journey as he turns into the great leader he was back in the G1 days, and everyone else seems to agree that Starscream was the stand out of the first episode and has already developed a solid character, and as BigRed said

I'm actually scared for the Autobots when a Decepticon shows up now, which is just how I want to feel.

All in all I can see myself being a huge fan of the series and the only thing that I REALLY disliked was "The name's BLITZWING insect, remember it, cause it's the last thing you'll hear before I... express my self in song???" I mean really, was that necessary?

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

HA

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

I KNEW IT!

i knew it was gonna be good and you nay sayers were gonna be sooooo wrong.

the first episode was great!

I was thourghly impressed!
awesome!
best show since beasts!

For me the jury still out on this show.I did like this episode and the story a bit but the animation is still hurting the show.

I will say this....the story sofar has givven the show a "stay of execution" for me.I gave up on Cybertron after 1 episode and Energon after 2.And the Animated special was like 3 episodes rolled up into 1 so its doing better then the last 2 TF shows in my eyes.

I'll give it 3 more episodes before I pass final judgment.

[Autobot032]

I'm still shocked that it's done by Cartoon Network Studios.
I know I had heard that somewhere else before, a long while back. Still, it shocks me. A US made TF series after a decade of Japanimegottacatchemall that nearly ruined the shows for a lot of fans is nothing short of a miracle, and a welcome one at that.

With it being under control of WB now...I wonder what will happen to the DVDs, etc?

I know the rest of the Bay trilogy will be handled via Dreamworks/Paramount (they all signed on for that), but this one...this one confuses me.

Not to mention, where did CN get the clearances to use the old G! footage from War Dawn and More Than Meets The Eye Part 1? Last I heard the rights to that were in limbo since Sony sold off their Sony Wonder department.

[Unicron Singularity]

Begun, the Chin Wars has, yeeeesssssss

It'll prolly take ages before it shows up in CN here in Norway =/

[NuclearConvoy]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1055335/

John Moschitta (Jr. as he's mentioned here) will be reprising his role as Blurr?
...
And..."Weird" Al Yankovic as Wreck-FRIGGIN'-Gar.

*head a'splodes with joy*

Hah, interesting. First I'd heard of that. I must say Blurr & Wreck-Gar were some of my least favourite characters from G1, but Weird Al is cool (and would suit Wreck-Gar well) and I have faith that they can write good characters in Animated. I'm really looking forward to the stories they have to tell now, with the appearance of more Decepticons and the Dinobots and Constructicons.

Also Ultra Magnus was sending reinforcements. I wonder if that will be Blurr and Arcee, the Dinobots or someone else?

Jazz and Sentinel Prime, at the least, are part of the Elite Guard sent to Earth.

The Dinobots are, once again, built on Earth in this serires (and will debut in Eisode 6, only three weeks away!)

[Nemesis Cyberplex]

I know this has no real bearing on anything, & from my understanding they already have the first 2 seasons mostly done, but I just hope somewhere in there they have an episode where they either do some time-traveling or some dimension-hopping & visit other known TF Universes. Honestly, I don't really care if it's G1, Beast Wars, Armada, one of the comic universes, whatever....but something of the sort would be interesting.

[barricade2218]

The story wasn't half bad and the new look isn't either. Good characters, storyline and style. I didn't care for the all white eyes on alot of the humans- it was zombie-like. Myself I like the more realistic transformers( RID, Beastwars, etc) as opposed to the childlike animation used in this series, but that won't stop me from collecting the toys.

[Nemesis Cyberplex]

I just noticed this, had to respond.

Not to mention, where did CN get the clearances to use the old G! footage from War Dawn and More Than Meets The Eye Part 1? Last I heard the rights to that were in limbo since Sony sold off their Sony Wonder department.

The ability to distribute the series via DVD is up in limbo, but the rights to the series belongs to Hasbro. It'd be kinda sad if they didn't have the rights to show their own property when they wanted to.

[Jeysie]

Corey Burton as Shockwave?

I originally groaned when I heard this a while back, as the voice he gave Shockwave in the original series was incredibly dorky. But after hearing him do Megatron and Ratchet here, maybe ol' One-Eye will get the badass voice he deserves, too. (And maybe he'll actually be able to hit something to go along with it... )

[Justicity]

Ok, when in the episode did Prime die/nearly die? I don't remember it at all!

How could you miss it?????He turned grey and every thing.It was right after he defeeted Starscream.That little girl brought him back.

Here watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTk7XhNjFTM

I know it's a late reply, but I just want to say sorry.
I only watched the first 6 parts (on youtube) thinking that was it, 6 parts of ten minuets each, 60 minuets, with advert breaks that adds up to an hour & a half. Didn't realise it was 90mins without adds.
So yea, I found parts 7, 8, and 9, realised my stupid mistake, and came back here to correct my post, only to find you'd told me about the last 3 parts anyway XD
Thanks & Sorry.

[Kryptoniteking]

I'd love to have a sit down 1 on 1 conversation with Kryptoniteking to explore his inner psyche to understand how he actually works, you are THAT intriguing (odd) of a person that I want to do that.

Unless, all that garbage you spout off is actually your personal, non professional ad non important opinion, then it's ok.

What a very "professional" statement. So, really what you're "implying" is that you think those of us that don't like the show are lower than you? I guess you've decided to proclaim yourself a "professional critic"? If so, I could say the same thing about your "intriguing (odd)" psyche and ponder "all that garbage that you spout off".

So what if you like the show! That's your EFFED-UP opinion... Right? I think it sucks... THATS my EFFED-UP opinion and there are others that have watched the show that share that opinion. This show (in my opinion) sucks right up there with RiD, Energon, Armada, Cybertron, and Beast Machines (yes, I said Beast Machines).

I gave the show a shot... An honest shot... It bored me. Believe me I wanted to like this show but I can't accept it as "cool". Just because we've all been so hard-up for a new animated series I'm just supposed to jump on the bandwagon and be a good little fanboy?

You know what... I'm mouthing off... I'd better quit before someone writes another "non-professional" response.

This fanboy is out on the TFs until the next movie sequel.

[Jeysie]

Just because we've all been so hard-up for a new animated series I'm just supposed to jump on the bandwagon and be a good little fanboy?

I dunno, I like the show because I actually, well, like it. Considering that the animation style made me think it would be really kiddie, I was pleasantly surprised to find it wasn't.

[Tekka]

I originally groaned when I heard this a while back, as the voice he gave Shockwave in the original series was incredibly dorky. But after hearing him do Megatron and Ratchet here, maybe ol' One-Eye will get the badass voice he deserves, too. (And maybe he'll actually be able to hit something to go along with it... )

I actually liked Shockwave's old voice... And to be honest, after seeing Dr. Smoov's parody I've come to enjoy the idea that he's really kinda useless even though he thinks he's a badass. It's just really funny.

Though I'm not expecting him to be firing aimlessly at Arcee, while shouting "BITCH!", any time soon.

That would have me rolling in the aisles though.

[Sabrblade]

That's your opinion. If I saw Shockwave screamin' that I'd be all -> -> -> -> -> -> .

[Tekka]

That's your opinion. If I saw Shockwave screamin' that I'd be all -> -> -> -> -> -> .

It is my opinion. Thanks for reminding me, I might have forgotten.

[Pyrostrata]

Begun, the Chin Wars has, yeeeesssssss

LOL! True that! LOL!

[Jeysie]

I actually liked Shockwave's old voice... And to be honest, after seeing Dr. Smoov's parody I've come to enjoy the idea that he's really kinda useless even though he thinks he's a badass. It's just really funny.

Though I'm not expecting him to be firing aimlessly at Arcee, while shouting "BITCH!", any time soon.

That would have me rolling in the aisles though.

Hee! Yeah, I've seen that parody too, and I am fond of G1 Shockwave in a weird sort of way.

Still would be nice to have a *screen* version of Shockwave that more matches his tech specs, though. Much as I love all the many GeekBots, it'd be cool to have at least one ruthless brainy Con in the roster.

[Solrac333]

I'd love to have a sit down 1 on 1 conversation with Kryptoniteking to explore his inner psyche to understand how he actually works, you are THAT intriguing (odd) of a person that I want to do that.

Unless, all that garbage you spout off is actually your personal, non professional ad non important opinion, then it's ok.

What a very "professional" statement. So, really what you're "implying" is that you think those of us that don't like the show are lower than you? I guess you've decided to proclaim yourself a "professional critic"? If so, I could say the same thing about your "intriguing (odd)" psyche and ponder "all that garbage that you spout off".

So what if you like the show! That's your EFFED-UP opinion... Right? I think it sucks... THATS my EFFED-UP opinion and there are others that have watched the show that share that opinion. This show (in my opinion) sucks right up there with RiD, Energon, Armada, Cybertron, and Beast Machines (yes, I said Beast Machines).

I gave the show a shot... An honest shot... It bored me. Believe me I wanted to like this show but I can't accept it as "cool". Just because we've all been so hard-up for a new animated series I'm just supposed to jump on the bandwagon and be a good little fanboy?

You know what... I'm mouthing off... I'd better quit before someone writes another "non-professional" response.

This fanboy is out on the TFs until the next movie sequel.

Again, I totaly agree with you. Slap the word Transformers and suddenly fanboys just eat it up. I would also add Beast Wars. The show was called BEAST WARS and then "transformers" in really small print. Like it was just slapped on there. I tried to like it but I was bored and wanted to change the channel. My wife fell asleep. I did like Starscream and Megatron but that's not enough for me to continue with this show. Bay did a better job rebooting TF.