Gingko wrote:Dinobot as number one is an obvious choice. Best transformers character ever.
But five is a number too short. Top ten would have satisfy every body.
in order : Rampage/Depthcharge, Tigatron, Inferno, Cheetor, Rhinox, Waspinator, Black Arachnia, Megatron, Rattrap, Dinobot.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:A Top 5 Worst (or "Least-Good") BW Characters list oughta roll some heads.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:And what's wrong with Tigerhawk? When he first showed up I wanted his toy BADLY as a kid. And then I got mad when he got killed off two episodes later. I wanted more of him. He was epically awesome, darn it!
I wish that similarity had been intentional, but it was a coincidence since Beast Machines had a different creative team from that of Beast Wars who didn't go back and draw that much from Beast Wars when creating Beast Machines. In fact, Tankor-Rhinox's snarling mad attitude that made him sound like he was out of his right mind, when he told the Maximals how he had changed his views towards Megatron's agenda of technological perfection, was all done on Richard Newman's part as Bob Skir had originally intended for that scene to play out with Tankor-Rhinox speaking calmly and in his right mind. Instead, what we got was more like how Rhinox behaved in "Dark Designs" and, even though it went against what was planned for that scene, I'm glad for it.ProtoformXScream wrote:The other thing that intrigued me about Rhinox, was how "Dark Designs seemed to be the template for how (as Tankor)he behaved starting in "Beast Machines - Revelations".
The guy's heart was literally being held and tortured by Megatron. Of course he'd be wanting to kill the guy who held his very fate in the palm of his (Megatron's) hands, especially since Megatron only ever treated him like some kind of animal. And, well, Rampage was insane. A complete psychotic. Hannibal Lecter in robot form.ProtoformXScream wrote:3.Rampage .It's hard not to like a bad guy who used mental and physical tactics so evenly.He was somewhat under-rated in this regard. He openly expressed desire to terminate pretty much half of his team.As much of a lone wolf as Dinobot was, Rampage also had that mindset, albeit in a more Starscream-like treacherous manner.
That only came about after the show was over. Bob Forward meant for the line to refer to the very insult that you mentioned, but fans of the time took it literally and wanted it to mean more than it was meant to. As such, the BotCon fiction of the early 2000s took the line and ran with it, much like how Terrorsaur's line to Cheetor of "Welcome to the dark side!" in "Equal Measures" was interpreted by fans to refer to the Predacon ship itself when it originally wasn't. Hence now we're stuck with "Darksyde" and the Tarantulas having ties to Unicron.ProtoformXScream wrote:Someone mentioned how Megatron referring to him as Unicron's spawn was like saying "son of a bitch". He actually mentioned his and the Tri-Predacus council having other secret origins from some of the Predacon alliance.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
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