The Energon Pub

News Credits: 5749 · Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:09 pm

Can't wait for the Transformers Rescue Bots sneak peek this Saturday 12 - 1 ET on the Hub? Check out the 30 second promo embedded below.

News Credits: 462 · Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:31 pm

That looks AMAZING! Gotta watch it! I gotta watch it!

News Credits: 1 · Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:47 pm

It looks like it'll be cute. Lol. I likely won't be seeing much of it though, considering I don't really watch TV and am really behind with TFP at the moment <.<

News Credits: 7 · Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:54 pm

It's got robot dinosaurs, so I'll at least watch this one episode. But after that I'll probably have to pass.

And it looks to be Flash-animated, ew.

Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:58 pm

...Roll to the Rescue.... *crys* :sad:

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:04 am

I think the animation style is really cute. But it's a kid's show, so what can you expect these days? I'm giving it a chance because of two reasons: Peter Cullen and Steve Blum. It should be a GOOD series.

Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:30 am

LadyBug wrote:I think the animation style is really cute. But it's a kid's show, so what can you expect these days?

Have you seen Chuck and Friends? I was hoping for at least that quality of CGI. Granted, animating robots (more moving parts) with that level of CGI is going to be more expensive. But I'm a little disappointed in the animation style.

In all likelihood, my three-year-old won't care one bit. So, what do I know?

News Credits: 15 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:56 am

This is good. The kiddies get their own series which leaves Prime able to be a bit more grown up. Good work Hasbro.

News Credits: 462 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:56 am

Flash animation, Shmash animation. MLP:FIM looks great in that animation, so this doesn't look that much worse from it either.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:12 am

This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon

News Credits: 462 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:20 am

Dr. Heavy B wrote:This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon

Don't judge a book by it's promo. By that logic, this show could turn out to be great and Fall of Cybertron could turn out to crud.

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:53 am

LadyBug wrote:I think the animation style is really cute. But it's a kid's show, so what can you expect these days? I'm giving it a chance because of two reasons: Peter Cullen and Steve Blum. It should be a GOOD series.

True those are two good reasons, how about a third?

Pervesh Cheena is Blades. You know...Gupta!!

Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:12 am

Awww! How cute!

News Credits: 9 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:24 am

looks pretty cool
i have been more and more tempted to grab some of the figures as i see them on the shelves
so i will give the toon a chance as well

Thu Dec 15, 2011 11:50 am

anyone else notice that ALL of they're faces look the same?

Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:50 pm

Yup, their faces all look like Rescue Roy

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:52 pm

funklizard wrote:
LadyBug wrote:I think the animation style is really cute. But it's a kid's show, so what can you expect these days?

Have you seen Chuck and Friends? I was hoping for at least that quality of CGI. Granted, animating robots (more moving parts) with that level of CGI is going to be more expensive. But I'm a little disappointed in the animation style.

In all likelihood, my three-year-old won't care one bit. So, what do I know?

I haven't. I think they learned after Prime that they can't handle amazing animation, or at least when it comes to CGI; considering how long it takes to produce a single episode in that quality. Maybe Hasbro decided to go about this animation style because of Prime and that they needed something easy to do in between Prime seasons? -shrugs-

Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:01 pm

I wish they would have used a different style of animation. Do not like the flash style.

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 2:39 pm

I'm looking forward to sharing this show with my daughter, who loves the 3 Rescue Bots that she has. I think this younger segment of the Transformers brand is long overdue and it's nice to see brand being handled properly for younger children after all of these years.

I'm a little disappointed in the style/look of the show. I really like the cute, innocent look of the packaging art, the toys themselves, and the way the robots are portrayed in the Rescue Bots books. The show's style looks less pre-school age and looks like they're trying to appeal to younger boys (5 to 8 year olds). I wonder why they chose to take the art style in a very different approach than the style that already exists and seems to be very successful (which I'm basing on how Rescue Bots keep flying off the shelves as well as how many older Transformers I hear are collecting these).

News Credits: 6 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:04 pm

Sabrblade wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon
Don't judge a book by it's promo. By that logic, this show could turn out to be great and Fall of Cybertron could turn out to crud.

Now to make half the site hate me
I LOVED ENERGON!
now let the hatemail come...

News Credits: 3646 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:13 pm

BeastProwl wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon
Don't judge a book by it's promo. By that logic, this show could turn out to be great and Fall of Cybertron could turn out to crud.

Now to make half the site hate me
I LOVED ENERGON!
now let the hatemail come...

I don't think Energon is as bad as people make it out to be. Part of the problem with the fans was a lot of fans watched the Japanese version, Superlink, first then had a really bad opinion of the subpar dubbing in Energon. I know Superlink affected by opinion of Energon greatly, and I don't remember thinking Superlink was bad at all. In fact, I recall thinking it was pretty awesome.

News Credits: 6 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:20 pm

Seibertron wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon
Don't judge a book by it's promo. By that logic, this show could turn out to be great and Fall of Cybertron could turn out to crud.

Now to make half the site hate me
I LOVED ENERGON!
now let the hatemail come...

I don't think Energon is as bad as people make it out to be. Part of the problem with the fans was a lot of fans watched the Japanese version, Superlink, first then had a really bad opinion of the subpar dubbing in Energon. I know Superlink affected by opinion of Energon greatly, and I don't remember thinking Superlink was bad at all. In fact, I recall thinking it was pretty awesome.

The original japanese versions are always better, your right about that!
But you have to wonder.
Rescue bots, TF Prime, and Animated were all made originally in english right?
So, in another country, do they watch their (Possibly horribly) dubbed versions, or do they watch it in english with their subtitles, and think the same thing, that our dubs in our language are better.
TRANSCEPTION

News Credits: 1 · Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:30 pm

Seibertron wrote:
BeastProwl wrote:
Sabrblade wrote:
Dr. Heavy B wrote:This looks like its gonna be crap. But it can't be worse then Energon
Don't judge a book by it's promo. By that logic, this show could turn out to be great and Fall of Cybertron could turn out to crud.

Now to make half the site hate me
I LOVED ENERGON!
now let the hatemail come...

I don't think Energon is as bad as people make it out to be. Part of the problem with the fans was a lot of fans watched the Japanese version, Superlink, first then had a really bad opinion of the subpar dubbing in Energon. I know Superlink affected by opinion of Energon greatly, and I don't remember thinking Superlink was bad at all. In fact, I recall thinking it was pretty awesome.

Its not just the dubbing (although hearing "uhh" every 3 damn seconds got annoying by episode 2) but some of the B.S. "logic" like driving in space, RUNNING (not driving) from a collapsing tower, and the Idea that combining durring battle is a good idea when you are taking two autobots out of battle and replacing them with one...

Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:56 pm

I'm not a fan of the animation right now, but I wasn't originally a fan of Animated or to a lesser extent, the movies, and now I love them. It'll just have to grow on me. Voice acting's great, as expected, and it has a robot dinosaur. I'm sold. Is anyone else ever so slightly hopeful that these dinos end up being Dinobots, even if they're only in one episode. A Rescue Bots Grimlock would be awesome, don't you agree? :KREMZEEK: