Video - Kids React to Old Transformers Vs. New Transformers
Monday, June 1st, 2015 3:12AM CDT
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Some of the kids make great points about the sellable value of the repurposing of the franchise, its appeal to multiple generations, and the effect it could have on the different generations - plus this one: "I think they [G1] could still be cool today, but now that we've been exposed to the movies.. the movies look so different, and that's what we're used to!"
Warning: It'll make a lot of people feel old. For real.
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Posted by lonrac on June 1st, 2015 @ 3:52am CDT
aren't some of those kids too young to have seen the movie, or is the UK rating just higher?
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on June 1st, 2015 @ 3:57am CDT
lonrac wrote:...um......
aren't some of those kids too young to have seen the movie, or is the UK rating just higher?
Lenient parents and DVD's, or downloaded from the internet.
Posted by SW's SilverHammer on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:13am CDT
SKYWARPED_128 wrote:lonrac wrote:...um......
aren't some of those kids too young to have seen the movie, or is the UK rating just higher?
Lenient parents and DVD's, or downloaded from the internet.
Yeah I mean my parents were cool, one of my favorite childhood movie's was goodfellas. It gave me an appreciation for goodfeathers on animaniacs.
Posted by SKYWARPED_128 on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:18am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:lonrac wrote:...um......
aren't some of those kids too young to have seen the movie, or is the UK rating just higher?
Lenient parents and DVD's, or downloaded from the internet.
Yeah I mean my parents were cool, one of my favorite childhood movie's was goodfellas. It gave me an appreciation for goodfeathers on animaniacs.
My parents let me watch Bruce Lee movies when I was 10. I turned out okay...relatively speaking.
Posted by fenrir72 on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:25am CDT
Posted by 1984forever on June 1st, 2015 @ 5:02am CDT
They should have had my 7 year old son up there. He loves the G1 cartoon because I've been watching at least 1 episode a day since 2009 (90% season ONE).
Posted by Nemesis Destron on June 1st, 2015 @ 5:07am CDT
Posted by Desslok2201 on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:18am CDT
Posted by Windsweeper on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:45am CDT
On a related note, I showed my 3 year old nephew and his 4 year old sister some of the first Bay movie.
At that point they'd only watched Rescue Bots which they like.
It was just wonderful to see the awe in their faces. They knew Bumblebee straight away.
I asked them if they liked it and they did. Wouldn't let me turn it off
Posted by Insurgent on June 1st, 2015 @ 6:54am CDT
Desslok2201 wrote:The one little girl says it all.."I don't care (what it is) as long as I'm watching TV" This explains a lot of my questions about prime time TV
She also says "As long as it's good."
For comparisons, they should have used screenshots from the film. Or at least the TV. The marvel character sheets are..... not flattering. Interesting how they showed the DW Prime, and all the kids said that one was better.
I loved the bit where the kid does a double take and asks "Did Megatron just turn into a gun??"
Posted by dragons on June 1st, 2015 @ 8:51am CDT
SW's SilverHammer wrote:SKYWARPED_128 wrote:lonrac wrote:...um......
aren't some of those kids too young to have seen the movie, or is the UK rating just higher?
Lenient parents and DVD's, or downloaded from the internet.
Yeah I mean my parents were cool, one of my favorite childhood movie's was goodfellas. It gave me an appreciation for goodfeathers on animaniacs.
do you watch, play call of duty games and gta littel kids are on there be surprised things they say kids play call of duty but not batte field and halo
adult content
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YSjvVCx88
Posted by Sabrblade on June 1st, 2015 @ 9:04am CDT
Posted by Black Bumblebee on June 1st, 2015 @ 9:40am CDT
Posted by Deadput on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:02am CDT
Their legit horrible people when it comes to stuff like this which is why I only watch their Youtubers react.
And why is this front paged its not news?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:04am CDT
Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Posted by Deadput on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:07am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:08am CDT
Were any of those similar things submitted to the news team?mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
Posted by Deadput on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:14am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Were any of those similar things submitted to the news team?mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
I don't know I never really contributed to this sites news until last year and even then it was mostly for movie related news.
Maybe I'm not remembering things correctly.
What I do know is that the Fine Bros manipulate people to have similar opinions to themselves you can tell their either trying to make G1 look bad or their really crap at researching.
Edit: they did the same thing with my Little Pony on Teens react oh boy how furious I was that day.
Posted by Madeus Prime on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:21am CDT
Posted by Counterpunch on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:36am CDT
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Lol I know for a fact that the Fine Bros try to make old series look bad in comparison to the new ones.
Their legit horrible people when it comes to stuff like this which is why I only watch their Youtubers react.
Yup.
I've watched a few of these before and found them ridiculous. I wasn't surprised at how this played out.
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:17am CDT
mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
Because I say so.
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:20am CDT
Counterpunch wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Lol I know for a fact that the Fine Bros try to make old series look bad in comparison to the new ones.
Their legit horrible people when it comes to stuff like this which is why I only watch their Youtubers react.
Yup.
I've watched a few of these before and found them ridiculous. I wasn't surprised at how this played out.
To be entirely honest, I don't think G1 comes off bad in this video at all.
And all the kids make some really interesting points on the generational difference between then and now, and TRANSFORMERS that TRANSFORM vs the movieverse aesthetics - I dunno, I felt it was very neutral overall, and a good insight into the current target audience of the franchise (movies aside).
The statements about money and remakes! SO ON POINT
Posted by SlyTF1 on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:42am CDT
Posted by TGS1985 on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:55am CDT
Other than that..
Va'al wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
Because I say so.
Not going to lie, while reading this I imagined Va'al's avatar turning into stern face with a red glow.
Posted by Va'al on June 1st, 2015 @ 12:04pm CDT
TGS1985 wrote:Va'al wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Other non-news things are front-paged, like Will's editorials.mirageandjazz1197 wrote:And why is this front paged its not news?
Similar things have not been front paged in the past why now?
Because I say so.
Not going to lie, while reading this I imagined Va'al's avatar turning into stern face with a red glow.
Posted by Killraven on June 1st, 2015 @ 1:36pm CDT
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 1st, 2015 @ 3:00pm CDT
I do agree that they should have used other comparisons, like movie 1 Optimus instead of movie 4, like they did with Bee. And they should look at other media, not just 2. Prime, RiD, and the IDW comics would have made good comparisons too.
Overall, this was good and I liked it. out of
Posted by Killraven on June 1st, 2015 @ 3:08pm CDT
Posted by Emerje on June 1st, 2015 @ 4:52pm CDT
Va'al wrote:Counterpunch wrote:mirageandjazz1197 wrote:Lol I know for a fact that the Fine Bros try to make old series look bad in comparison to the new ones.
Their legit horrible people when it comes to stuff like this which is why I only watch their Youtubers react.
Yup.
I've watched a few of these before and found them ridiculous. I wasn't surprised at how this played out.
To be entirely honest, I don't think G1 comes off bad in this video at all.
And all the kids make some really interesting points on the generational difference between then and now, and TRANSFORMERS that TRANSFORM vs the movieverse aesthetics - I dunno, I felt it was very neutral overall, and a good insight into the current target audience of the franchise (movies aside).
The statements about money and remakes! SO ON POINT
Yep, agreed. I don't think any of their videos are made to make one thing look better than another and I certainly didn't get that out of this video. They never once said anything negative about G1 and even said that our generation loved it when we were kids.
I think what people are forgetting, however, is that these are "reaction videos" so of course they're going to optimize the kids' reactions by comparing character designs that couldn't be any further apart. If anything the kids seemed to really like the G1 look over the movie designs and how they actually looked like they could turn into something. I guess if you went in expecting the worst that's what you'll get, but for me I'd say the kids actually appreciated the originals more than they usually do in these videos.
Emerje
Posted by padfoo on June 1st, 2015 @ 5:39pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 1st, 2015 @ 7:51pm CDT
"Oh yeah, throwback!"
"Transformers... The song's catchy, I like it."
"Okay, this time I like the old one."
"The newer one looks like a viking."
"The new one doesn't look like a car at all."
"And that one actually makes sense." (referring to G1 Optimus)
"They shouldn't even be called Transformers. I mean, look at them, they're just evil-looking robot guys. Back then, they really deserved the name Transformers."
Posted by Deadput on June 1st, 2015 @ 10:22pm CDT
Emerje wrote:
Yep, agreed. I don't think any of their videos are made to make one thing look better than another and I certainly didn't get that out of this video. They never once said anything negative about G1 and even said that our generation loved it when we were kids.
I think what people are forgetting, however, is that these are "reaction videos" so of course they're going to optimize the kids' reactions by comparing character designs that couldn't be any further apart. If anything the kids seemed to really like the G1 look over the movie designs and how they actually looked like they could turn into something. I guess if you went in expecting the worst that's what you'll get, but for me I'd say the kids actually appreciated the originals more than they usually do in these videos.
Emerje
The Finebros are crappy people though. (Bad memories of a email reply that was well offensive)
Posted by Zeedust on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:04pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:05pm CDT
how did we react to watching your parents old shows
compared with the newer ones we watched as a kid
although interesting this doesn't prove anything new
Posted by Killraven on June 1st, 2015 @ 11:09pm CDT
how did we react to watching your parents old shows
compared with the newer ones we watched as a kid
although interesting this doesn't prove anything new
It depends on your generation. In the very early 80's when I was a kid, there weren't many channels or different shows to watch. So we grew up watching EVERYTHING from the 50's on up. Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, Heckel and Jeckel...all of these were 20 years old or more but were still in syndication. That being said, I definately prefered Bravestar or Silverhawks to Heckel and Jeckel
Posted by Doubledealer93 on June 2nd, 2015 @ 1:02am CDT
Posted by MasterSoundBlaster on June 2nd, 2015 @ 3:40am CDT
I was actually surprised at how mature some of their responses were, totally not what I was expecting when you pitch the idea that kids under 13 are gonna watch and compare the '84 cartoon to the modern stuff.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 2nd, 2015 @ 11:20pm CDT
Posted by King Kuuga on June 5th, 2015 @ 8:05pm CDT
Honestly this video was about what I expected. "OH MY GOD THERE WAS A CARTOON?" (speaks to how well the current cartoons hit their market) "Wow the old ones look bad"
But what broke my heart was favoring new Bumblebee over G1 Bumblebee. Although yeah, they should have used animation stills instead of bad comic art.
Oh, and "He (Optimus Prime) would never have a gun!" Kid, he transformed his damn arm into a gun more than once. He has a trailer full of guns. It's not all face-slicing all the time.
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on June 19th, 2015 @ 7:15pm CDT
Posted by Davron on June 24th, 2015 @ 8:41am CDT
Posted by MartianSpyGirl1996 on June 26th, 2015 @ 7:47pm CDT
Killraven wrote:well of coarse they would react that way
how did we react to watching your parents old shows
compared with the newer ones we watched as a kid
although interesting this doesn't prove anything new
It depends on your generation. In the very early 80's when I was a kid, there weren't many channels or different shows to watch. So we grew up watching EVERYTHING from the 50's on up. Tom and Jerry, Scooby Doo, Heckel and Jeckel...all of these were 20 years old or more but were still in syndication. That being said, I definately prefered Bravestar or Silverhawks to Heckel and Jeckel
I grew up with Nickelodeon and Nick@Nite... I loved I Love Lucy, Bewitched, and the Facts of Life just as much as the Angry Beavers, Rocko's Modern Life, and Beast Wars.
Posted by LegendaryAntiHero on June 29th, 2015 @ 8:54pm CDT