Video Review - Transformers: The Covenant of Primus
Tuesday, December 10th, 2013 4:59pm CST
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Posted by ? Sentinel ? Prime on December 10th, 2013 @ 5:00pm CST
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Posted by Va'al on December 10th, 2013 @ 6:48pm CST
CMBcheetor wrote:Does it have the passages from Beast Wars?![]()
This is just for the Aligned continuity: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron videogames, Exodus, Exiles and Retribution novels, Prime TV series, Fall of Cybertron, Rage of the Dinobots and Beast Hunters comics. So no, no Beast Wars this time!

Posted by Asepticon on December 10th, 2013 @ 7:16pm CST
Posted by ? Sentinel ? Prime on December 10th, 2013 @ 10:25pm CST
Posted by Sabrblade on December 10th, 2013 @ 10:39pm CST
Unless it's some new adaptation, why would the Beast Era happen in the Aligned Continuity?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well the Beast Era hasnt happened yet in the series timeline, so I dont see how that would work without major spoilers.
Posted by Asepticon on December 10th, 2013 @ 11:30pm CST

Posted by xyl360 on December 11th, 2013 @ 2:06am CST
Asepticon wrote:No Beast Wars related stuff? Bumber. I do wish it were comparable to the COP in the show that it was first referenced.
That's what I was hoping for when it was first announced. Instead, it's that aligned/comics 13/Cybertron is a giant robot god/Unicron is a giant robot devil (and brother of giant robot god) stuff that I never really got into.
I wonder if the third parties will do one proper (that's actually a cassette recorder within instead of a book):

The cover of the box does look pretty much the same though:
Posted by Sabrblade on December 11th, 2013 @ 7:48am CST
But why?Asepticon wrote:Well it would have the prophesy about the Beast Wars I guess is what I meant.
Posted by ? Sentinel ? Prime on December 11th, 2013 @ 7:57am CST
Speaking of, would anyone who has read it in full be so kind as to give a full spoiler summary here please?
Thank you kindly.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 11th, 2013 @ 8:13am CST
Isn't the fact that they remade the Predacons to be as far and different from the Beast Wars iteration as possible sort of a clue that there might not be a Beast Era analog?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well given Aligned's mandate is to be a kind of "All-Star" panoply of past continuity, it'd be amiss for a Beast Era analog NOT to occur.
Posted by Asepticon on December 11th, 2013 @ 8:59am CST
Posted by Asepticon on December 11th, 2013 @ 9:07am CST
Sabrblade wrote:Isn't the fact that they remade the Predacons to be as far and different from the Beast Wars iteration as possible sort of a clue that there might not be a Beast Era analog?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well given Aligned's mandate is to be a kind of "All-Star" panoply of past continuity, it'd be amiss for a Beast Era analog NOT to occur.
Not at all. That could have been the onset of the beast era.
Posted by Sabrblade on December 11th, 2013 @ 11:41am CST
But the Predacons of the Aligned Continuity were an ancient race of non-transforming Cybertronian dragons who all died and went extinct in the Great Cataclysm prior to the age of standard Cybertronians (who would become the Autobots and Decepticons).Asepticon wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Isn't the fact that they remade the Predacons to be as far and different from the Beast Wars iteration as possible sort of a clue that there might not be a Beast Era analog?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well given Aligned's mandate is to be a kind of "All-Star" panoply of past continuity, it'd be amiss for a Beast Era analog NOT to occur.
Not at all. That could have been the onset of the beast era.
The Predacons of the Beast Era, however, were the future descendants of the Decepticons who were normal, ordinary Cybertronians at human size. Only a select few actually turned into animals (because of their scanning them on other worlds), while the mass population had standard Cybertronian altmodes.
There's also a difference between insignia designs.

Posted by Dead Metal on December 11th, 2013 @ 1:28pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:But the Predacons of the Aligned Continuity were an ancient race of non-transforming Cybertronian dragons who all died and went extinct in the Great Cataclysm prior to the age of standard Cybertronians (who would become the Autobots and Decepticons).Asepticon wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Isn't the fact that they remade the Predacons to be as far and different from the Beast Wars iteration as possible sort of a clue that there might not be a Beast Era analog?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well given Aligned's mandate is to be a kind of "All-Star" panoply of past continuity, it'd be amiss for a Beast Era analog NOT to occur.
Not at all. That could have been the onset of the beast era.
The Predacons of the Beast Era, however, were the future descendants of the Decepticons who were normal, ordinary Cybertronians at human size. Only a select few actually turned into animals (because of their scanning them on other worlds), while the mass population had standard Cybertronian altmodes.
There's also a difference between insignia designs.
No, I think you're not really getting what he means, I believe he means the prophecies that where mentioned and kinda a big deal in BW.
The ones that Megatron and Primal quote to each other while they battle. You know the "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, bla bla bla And you shall know that my name is MEGATRON!"
That stuff, which I believe will be in this, since it's been now established that the Megatron from the Covenant is Megatronus, AKA The Fallen. IT would make sense, since that was part of the reason for the 13 retcon to include Megatronus Prime as being The Fallen's original name.
Posted by ? Sentinel ? Prime on December 11th, 2013 @ 2:02pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Isn't the fact that they remade the Predacons to be as far and different from the Beast Wars iteration as possible sort of a clue that there might not be a Beast Era analog?Ω Sentinel ζ Prime wrote:Well given Aligned's mandate is to be a kind of "All-Star" panoply of past continuity, it'd be amiss for a Beast Era analog NOT to occur.
No more as far and different than the Beast Era Predacons were from the Original Ones.
In any case Optimus is the Thirteen Prime.
Could anyone with the book pleas explain to me how that works?
Posted by Asepticon on December 11th, 2013 @ 2:35pm CST
Posted by ? Sentinel ? Prime on December 11th, 2013 @ 3:11pm CST
A question, does it explain how Optimus is the Thirteenth Prime?