chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just so I can plan my next year and a half, is every other post in this thread going to be people kvetching about G1 and G1 designs.
chuckdawg1999 wrote:Just so I can plan my next year and a half, is every other post in this thread going to be people kvetching about G1 and G1 designs.
Leonardo wrote:Take your lips off my pipe!
Skritz wrote:Man, imagine if we got a non-GEEWUN line for Generations. People would still complain.
Rodimus Prime wrote:THUNDERWING! At least voyager class, but preferably leader class (voyager with extra crap would even be acceptable at this point).
Skritz wrote:Man, imagine if we got a non-GEEWUN line for Generations. People would still complain.
Beast Wars was irredeemable any way you turn it, of course. Even had Megatron’s name not been besmirched by the presence of the Pretender, even had the series not spit upon everything that was ever excellent about Transformers, there were no worthwhile characters in the mix. I’m told there’s practically no Usenet discussion at all anymore about BW characters. They failed to capture the imagination and incite the passion that the multi-faceted, compelling, and awe-inspiring G1 characters were capable of. Beast Machines was an amusing side-trip into the back alleys of obscurity, serving only to invalidate Beast Wars further, and with that I have no complaint - but there were certainly no merits of characterization to be found. For all the clamor the Beast-series caused, no sooner were the shows off the air, than the flash in the pan sizzled out. It is a most fitting journey into extinction.
ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder if they still think the same way given the success of the BW mp or did they just move on to hating the movievers.
Skritz wrote:ZeroWolf wrote:I wonder if they still think the same way given the success of the BW mp or did they just move on to hating the movievers.
Considering the fact BW hasn't had a dedicated line whereas the Movie has its own 'Generations' line in the form of Studio Series I'm inclined to unfortunately more and more agree with the G1 purists that ultimately BW wasn't as big a deal as those who grew up on it thought. Its influence on the franchise was more one of style and concepts more than marketable characters and designs.
Skritz wrote:They failed to capture the imagination and incite the passion that the multi-faceted, compelling, and awe-inspiring G1 characters were capable of. and with that I have no complaint - but there were certainly no merits of characterization to be found.
Raksha on Beast Wars, in the late '90. Interesting to see how this was both proven quite wrong yet also so right...because people with such a mentality are those running the brand right now.
Luckily I didn't have a mouth full of drink. I completely agree. G1 had compelling characters? I did however have a mouth full of spite that I spit across the room! Good thing this is a written forum.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:Skritz wrote:They failed to capture the imagination and incite the passion that the multi-faceted, compelling, and awe-inspiring G1 characters were capable of. and with that I have no complaint - but there were certainly no merits of characterization to be found.
Raksha on Beast Wars, in the late '90. Interesting to see how this was both proven quite wrong yet also so right...because people with such a mentality are those running the brand right now.
The highlight bits actually made me spit my drink across the room
That is the most ridiculous load of [rose tinted] shite I've ever read... And I've read Carwash of Doom
Burn wrote:Agamemnon wrote:Let's get back to talking about Burn's mammoth snout flopping...
Well I am Australian. It's kinda what we're known for.
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Deadput wrote:for example they still don't have that live action G1 film that's a literal dream for a lot of people.
Skritz wrote:Deadput wrote:for example they still don't have that live action G1 film that's a literal dream for a lot of people.
Bumblebee is as close as you'll ever get and its still more than anyone who is a fan of other parts of the franchise will get. If you like Beast Wars, the Unicron Trilogy or Animated you are **** out of luck. These series are 100% done and over with. In Animated's case we didn't even get the fourth season!
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
Skritz wrote:Deadput wrote:for example they still don't have that live action G1 film that's a literal dream for a lot of people.
Bumblebee is as close as you'll ever get and its still more than anyone who is a fan of other parts of the franchise will get. If you like Beast Wars, the Unicron Trilogy or Animated you are **** out of luck. These series are 100% done and over with. In Animated's case we didn't even get the fourth season!
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:I wouldn't want any live action film production touching Beast Wars with a ten foot pole!
Va'al wrote:Deadput wrote:Actually I don't know my mother's name is Valerie so is Va'al actually my mother?
Yes. Now go to your room and don't play with yourself.
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