Sometimes that smaller scale is more entertaining than a realistic portrayal of warfare. Said smaller scale is even one of the reasons this Bumblebee movie is drawing in so much more critical acclaim than all of the previous five films put together,Salacious_Monk wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I'm afraid I must disagree as in my view (your milage will vary) both of those series are superior to G1 toon. The G1 toon was just a toy commercial where you bad characters appearing for no reason (hey Astrotrain where did you come from! And the protectorbots! At least the aerialbots, stunticons, combaticons and technobots got an introduction)
In terms of story, yes, the stories of the two series are OK. Some of the G1 stories are not well-written.
But if you have too few characters (like in Beast Wars and Armada), the WAR between autobots and decepticons will be just like a feud between two small gangs...
And it's not like the G1 cartoon always had every single Autobot and Decepticon go into every single battle in every single episode.