The Energon Pub

[Starscream is lord]

Um, is it bad that I enjoyed this? The show looks decent, the fight scene was a little cool (I'm ticked off that Thundercracker didn't use his null rays though), and the voice acting is good. Overall, I'd watch this. It's definitely no Prime or Animated, but at least it ain't RID15 or Energon

Nope. I kinda like it too. Cybverse>Engeron and all Cyberverse characters>Engeron Ironhide and Kicker.

[Lore Keeper]

Just another typical Children's cartoon in this day and age.

Might as well wait for the afterlife or whatever for a chance to have a perfect Transformers show.

What did you expect hasbro make cartoon for adults and say forget what hasbro toys are made for LITTLE KIDS when you read news of transformers cartoon expect it to be for little kids not adults trapsnfromers rid is aimed for little gridlock talcing wheels acting if he was truck you adult transformers stick with past crap this stuff if hasbro was to make toys for for adults only and cartoons they will be out business years ago

Umm... what?

[Sabrblade]

New clip:

[o.supreme]

umm...if there was an option to mute only BB dialogue, this might be somewhat tolerable. Also I dont know if I should think *yay for innovation* in making the actual transforming sound different for Windblade and BB, or should I just think Windblades transformation sound is off...

I mean I don't know exactly what the first instance of a Transformer not using any variant of the classic Transformers sound effect is... The one off the cuff would be the Autobot Pretenders in Masterforce, but it probably occurred before that...

*edit* well I know Autobot City & Unicron in TFTM was a special case, I dont think they could have pulled that off...

[Sabrblade]

I'll give Bee this. It is kind of impressive that all those different radio clip voices are being done by the same single person.

[WreckerJack]

Here we have the second clip from the new Transformers Cyberverse animated series. The upcoming show is yet to air on Cartoon Network this September. In this clip we follow Bumblebee and Windblade on a mission to check out a scouting ship. According to Cartoon Network's YouTube Bumblebee has lost his memory. If fact, the episode this clip if from is entitled 'Memory'. A big thank you to Survivefan23 for finding this clip for us. Have a look and tell us what you think will happen on the message boards.

Realizing that Bumblebee's memory is in bad shape, Windblade must resort to extreme measures to try and help fix her friend.

[Burn]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

[Bumblevivisector]

I keep hoping this new show's best foot simply isn't being put forward for whatever reason.

Still need to catch up on RID S3, but even knowing Cyberverse is starting next month isn't making that seem all too urgent anymore.

[ZeroWolf]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

I really hate that practice -_-

[angtre]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

[Burn]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

If I hadn't seen the first clip, I'd be right along there with you.
But I suspect I'm not missing anything.
But hey, there's always someone else on YouTube to help us out!

[Kyleor]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

You're missing a low effort, low quality animation show.

Fingers crossed after this show gets axed they go back to putting the time into making something worth watching and re-watching.

[Randomhero]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

You're missing a low effort, low quality animation show.

Fingers crossed after this show gets axed they go back to putting the time into making something worth watching and re-watching.

Quality like Thundercats roar?

[Nexus Knight]

While not entirely possible how it is shown here (I think), I do actually appreciate the wings sliding back. It would make sense for a mechanical species with large parts in the back that spread to develop a way to allow said parts to retract some way, as it would make some basic things (i.e. walking, running, going to doorways, etc.) easier. How it is done here... makes little sense. Maybe I am not seeing how it is done proper, but anyways! Nice to see this addressed, even if it may just be a way for animators to save a buck.

You're missing a low effort, low quality animation show.

Fingers crossed after this show gets axed they go back to putting the time into making something worth watching and re-watching.

Animation withstanding (looks like something out of a video game), what else is low quality? The writing seems at least decent and the voice acting is alright.

[angtre]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

If I hadn't seen the first clip, I'd be right along there with you.
But I suspect I'm not missing anything.
But hey, there's always someone else on YouTube to help us out!

Thank you.
And now I'm finally able to.. criticize it.

[ZeroWolf]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

You're missing a low effort, low quality animation show.

Fingers crossed after this show gets axed they go back to putting the time into making something worth watching and re-watching.

Actually I'm expecting this to be a hit with the "target" audience. Enough of a hit for a couple of seasons at least.

What we need is either someone brave enough to try a new direction or the whole market to shift away from this style. As a business in can't blame hasbro for chasing after money, it's their purpose after all.

[Randomhero]

FYI, that video has geoblocking.

Probably I'm not missing much given the first clip released, still this pisses me off a lot.

You're missing a low effort, low quality animation show.

Fingers crossed after this show gets axed they go back to putting the time into making something worth watching and re-watching.

Actually I'm expecting this to be a hit with the "target" audience. Enough of a hit for a couple of seasons at least.

What we need is either someone brave enough to try a new direction or the whole market to shift away from this style. As a business in can't blame hasbro for chasing after money, it's their purpose after all.

I’m there with you. I don’t mind what we’re seeing. It’s aimed at a younger audience and it looks like it’s going to be a fun series. I’d really love to hear what kids are going to think and not the kids who have parents that come on here and say how their kid hates it and says it for babies because their parents have been telling them it looks like that so they can come here and use their own opinion that they’ve convinced their child that they have.

The animation is unique, the designs are very stylized which I’m on board for.

Wanna throw a fit about bumblee not talking in a cartoon? Okay go ahead but it’s been a characteristic of his for over a decade now and it’s something that’s been cemented in a modern bumblebee. He was in one cartoon 25 years ago for 2 seasons and had only a handful episodes that he starred in and was forgotten for almost 20 years until he was revived in 2006 with a new classics toy.

[Sabrblade]

Analogy: Armada's cartoon started off rather poorly with unfinished/error-ridden animation, badly-translated scripts, and rushed acting, and yet it was a rousing successful hit with its target audience of children.

[Randomhero]

Analogy: Armada's cartoon started off rather poorly with unfinished/error-ridden animation, badly-translated scripts, and rushed acting, and yet it was a rousing successful hit with its target audience of children.

The cartoon animation awful through out. About half was quality animation BUT it revived the brand. There are plenty of people in the fandom that will say the unicron trilogy brought them back or introduced them to transformers.

I think this is what Hasbro is trying to do with Cybetverse and I hope it does. I don’t know if I’ll tune into it not because I don’t think it looks good I already said I’m for it but I’m just not into cartoons. I don’t watch cartoons anymore. I read comics and collect CHUG but even now I’m considering retiring from collecting. I feel power of the Primes has given my collection every character I wanted to complete my collection.

[Bumblevivisector]

Wanna throw a fit about bumblee not talking in a cartoon? Okay go ahead but it’s been a characteristic of his for over a decade now and it’s something that’s been cemented in a modern bumblebee. He was in one cartoon 25 years ago for 2 seasons and had only a handful episodes that he starred in and was forgotten for almost 20 years until he was revived in 2006 with a new classics toy.

His cobbled-together radio speak is an effective homage to Bay-Bee, but in the two clips we've seen, I just didn't think it was executed all that well. That Spit-Cup thing in 'Kaujudo: ______ of the Duel Masters' that spoke in internet memes had a slightly more amusing vocal pattern than Bee has exhibited here. Maybe it's just that conveying character beats through this speech pattern takes too long for two short clips, but amnesiac-Bee's just alternating between lame and bland so far.

I do genuinely like the animation style for being different, but there's also a certain blandness to it. Hopefully kids will find this show memorable, but what I've seen so far just reminds me of Michael Moorcock's theory that the end goal of all art is to achieve 'The Condition of Muzak'. To keep things fresh, the next leg of the franchise may need to take the risk of a Beast-Wars-level sharp turn.

Or this show might get interesting...but the theme of a major character questing to regain lost memories kind of implies retreading familiar territory.

[KVO Prime]

They've really gotten down to bare bones here. Remember when G1 started out and there were tons of characters? Slowly they whittled the cast down until their last two beloved stars: Bumblebee and Windblade. I love the Takara Legends Windblade headmaster toy.. such a great design. Why make her look stupid? And Bumblebee omg... they're really playing the amnesia trope? and making him look like a stubborn obstinate child is not helping, is it? I just can't figure out the audience for this show other than extremely young kids...

I miss you Transformers: Prime...
I miss you Beast Wars...

[Randomhero]

They've really gotten down to bare bones here. Remember when G1 started out and there were tons of characters? Slowly they whittled the cast down until their last two beloved stars: Bumblebee and Windblade. I love the Takara Legends Windblade headmaster toy.. such a great design. Why make her look stupid? And Bumblebee omg... they're really playing the amnesia trope? and making him look like a stubborn obstinate child is not helping, is it? I just can't figure out the audience for this show other than extremely young kids...

I miss you Transformers: Prime...
I miss you Beast Wars...

He’s the introduction character. He’s learning about himself as you’re learning about him and the transformers. That’s why we get humans in the cartoons. We got spike and the transformers told him(us) about them and what they are. Same with every cartoon we’ve gotten, you have to have that character that needs to be there to introduce the transformers to. For what we’ve seen so far bumblebee is going to be that character in this show and giving him amnesia is a way to introduce the transformers to the audience.

[ZeroWolf]

It's also worth noting that the target audience probably won't be all too familiar with the amnesia trope as older watchers will be. They won't be too bothered by it.

That said, there is plenty of time for the writing in this series to surprise us all, especially once they've done all the basic setup.

[The Lonely Cracker]

I feared this bullsh*t ever since it was announced.

[YoungPrime]

Wow....so lazy and predictable!

They might as well call Bee, "Bumble-Angelo"!