Rebooting the series
Posted: Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:10 am
How would you do it? Stick with regurgitating the favourites of old? Starting from scratch via new oc's ala Bulkhead, Rattrap, Lockdown etc
Personally, being a fan of the more alien aspects of the Franchise. That is the part I would lean into most. Fill the cast with mold variants. Not as drones/cannon fodder. But as their own characters. Virtually everyone in Transformers has a redeco or retool by this point. I'd highlight that. Scenes of Cybertron filled with Datsun brothers walking around beside the Lambors and Magnus'. All the Optimus Prime variants (including Gilthor, Nemesis Prime, Scourge) coexisting amid the entire squadron of Seekers. Emphasising the mass production of mechanical lifeforms. When distinction comes down to colour palette. Originality isn't a concept they are familiar with. Nor would it lead to conflict.
This also gets rid of the more humanising traits that the Cybertronians have had forced upon them in recent years.
Personally, being a fan of the more alien aspects of the Franchise. That is the part I would lean into most. Fill the cast with mold variants. Not as drones/cannon fodder. But as their own characters. Virtually everyone in Transformers has a redeco or retool by this point. I'd highlight that. Scenes of Cybertron filled with Datsun brothers walking around beside the Lambors and Magnus'. All the Optimus Prime variants (including Gilthor, Nemesis Prime, Scourge) coexisting amid the entire squadron of Seekers. Emphasising the mass production of mechanical lifeforms. When distinction comes down to colour palette. Originality isn't a concept they are familiar with. Nor would it lead to conflict.
This also gets rid of the more humanising traits that the Cybertronians have had forced upon them in recent years.