OptimusMegatron878 wrote:I apologize in advance if this question has already discussed, but I am very frustrated as an older long time fan and collector. Why is Hasbro recently ONLY releasing 10 minute Transformers series, instead of the original format was full 30 minure episodes? I know Hasbro is in the business of selling toys, but the 10 minutes does not in my opinion, does not lend to solid storytelling. Will the next Transformer series War for Cybertron: Seize also be just 10 minute episodes?
Remember those classic 30 minute episodes were only 22 minutes without adds, so half of 22 is 11. The reason why they are 11 minutes is because CN reasons that kids are dumb, so they write to that level of competency mostly with mind numbing comedies that kids can only handle 11 minuets at a time, before their brain explodes, or they lose interest.
This unfortunately doesn't work well for Transformers, even a kid friendly version such as Cyberverse, because you can very clearly tell many of the stories are cut into 2 parts (meant to be full 22 minute episodes). Also there is a paradigm shift going on. Kids are watching media more on their mobile devices now, than actually on cable or satellite TV. Cyberverse airs only one single time per week, some ungodly time on Saturday morning before most of the world is awake, while Teen Titans Go! plays in 3-4 hour blocks!! (not kidding).
In the past this was basically a death sentence for any other decent TV show, but if enough kids watch Transformers on their devices it may get picked up for another season, if not, it will go away and be a mere footnote if anything, in animation history.
Flashwave wrote:I tried to watch this, turns out I'm "Not Crew"
I'd wear that as a badge of honor
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