Episode 1 of Transformers Earthspark Available Online

That flashback sequence was very very basic. The animation was very minimalistic, with mostly shots of stilled images staying put or sliding across the screen, with only a handful of shots that were properly animated fully. It reminded me a lot of how Filmation cartoons of the 1970s were animated, like Star Trek: The Animated Series. Most of it also looked to be completely traced over from certain shots of the G1 cartoon and movie, rather than completely original animation.

It should also probably be pointed out that in no way can this show actually serve as a sequel to the G1 cartoon. The details don't match up at all. The Autobots and Decepticons came to Earth not aboard the Ark and Nemesis four million years ago, but through the space bridge in 1984. The events of TFTM seemingly never happened either, as Megatron is still Megatron and the war apparently ended when Optimus made the decision to destroy the space bridge, as it was the Transformers' only way back to Cybertron. Meaning there were no space-worthy guys like Omega Supreme, Astrotrain, Sky Lynx, etc. in the Earth-based war. Elita One was also apparently part of the Earth-based Autobots, when her G1 cartoon episode made it abundantly clear that she and the other female Autobots missed the boat on that one.

I only bring all this up because, as soon as the first trailer that showed our first glimpse of this flashback went online, the Internet exploded with people jumping up and down saying "IT'S A SEQUEL TO THE G1 CARTOON!!!"

So it's bad. Got it.
Designs are obviously AI generated, Elita's headcrest is off center in both the show and the deluxe figure, and Soundwave's crotchplate is also is visor for some reason, not a mistake a human would make twice and if so, it's inexcusable.
I don't care whose fault it is, if it's the investors' fault for rushing them, so be it. The human protagonists are bland, boring, and obnoxious, but we haven't had likeable HUMAN protagonists (Sari doesn't count) since Cybertron (2005). Mo Malto's design is terrible, her eyes and head are too big and her proportions are off as in many shots she looks bigger than her brother.
This show also has no idea what continuity is as we're shown the kids in the 84 animation style from when the Earth War started even though it's clearly the 21st century.
Alan Tudyk is wasted and his voice direction is terrible, but that's not his fault. This show is written for 6 yo's after all, despite Prime and Animated appealing to the same age demographic this show claims to. It's a damn shame because He's the most original Optimus voice since Garry. It's nice to see someone not trying so hard to be Peter, but since Jon is a user here, this'll just get ridiculed, even though HE'S the one accepting the work and putting Peter out of a job alongside Jake. Jon's a phenomenal G1 Starscream, so he could just voice the characters of voice actors long since passed.
It's honestly a shame how you all just sit back and ignore what's so blatantly wrong with this show, the designs, the story, the art style, just because it's "a kids show" when other shows with the same demographics were so much more mature. It's this kind of fence sitting and pussyfooting that gets these shows made, and we're all the worse for it.
This show is a nothing burger and will continue to be so.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote::???:

1. Soundwave isn't even in this episode.

2. Elita's head crest off centre is a criticism of what, really? Aside from anal retention..

3. If they haven't had a human protagonist you have liked since 2005. That doesn't sound like a problem with the show either.

4. The Sunbow animation was a call back. But the story it was telling was new. There is no confusion if you actually listened during the scene.

5. I didn't see any issue with any of the voices? No one else who has watched it has said otherwise either. Which everyone did when WFC debuted.

I don't think anyone is blatantly ignoring anything with this show. Just not hopping on a bandwagon of irrational hate. It's been one episode, get a grip.

1. Soundwave doesn't need to be in the episode for my point to be true, read what I wrote.

2.Its a tell that these designs weren't an err of a human being as it was made several times and hasn't been corrected, attesting to the laziness

3.Sari isn't a human, and Jack was nothing, Miko is an idiot and almost gets herself killed constantly, Raph exists, Danny and Russel exist. Coby, Bud, and Lori provided something every episode, Coby even building his own mech to help fight.

4. The animation has nothing to do with it, I'm referring to the Mom having the kids with her during the war despite the war being in 1984 AS STATED BY THE FATHER making the kids roughly 38 years old.

5.The direction is bland and stale, Of course Union voice actors like Garry, Peter, David getting the shaft once again, with the exception of Nolan North who is also given terrible direction.

And lastly, there's no irrational hate, it is a bland, stale, forced attempt to put out a transformers show with no new concepts because the investors are pushy and greedy.

Not a bad start, all things considered. I've definitely going to be watching the second half.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

84everfan wrote:

Yes it does. To critique someone that hasn't yet appeared in a full episode, is a redundant point to make. That's judging something you haven't seen. Which is asinine.



No, just anal retention. I could point and laugh at the real example of that being virtually episode of Sunbow.



Again, these are your problems. These are favourite characters to people that actually go into these shows to enjoy them.



Did she state that she had kids in 1984, the inciting year of the war and that the war only lasted a year? I must have missed that line...



Based on half a dozen voices from a relatively dialogue light pilot episode? That's reaching, at best.


No new concepts? So you didn't actually watch the episode. Or take note of the subtitle??

...Ok

I can't critique the DESIGN of a character that hasn't been in an episode yet even though that DESIGN HAS BEEN RELEASED ONLINE?!?!?

SUNBOW'S ANIMATION ERRORS DIDN'T APPEAR ON THE TOYS. NOR DID ANIMATED'S!!! SO many things point to the designs being AI generated, the proportions, the sizes, EVERYTHING. At LEAST Wyatt's designs had a style and purpose, but the PROPORTIONS on Earthspark's DON'T.

Danny and Russel are nobody's favorite characters, and just because people like characters doesn't mean they're good characters. You don't think Jar Jar was a bad character? EVERYTHING HAS A FANBASE, THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOOD.

Maybe don't draw your main characters in the art style of the time period used to illustrate said time period, then get mad at me for thinking you screwed up continuity.

"Based on half a dozen voices from a relatively dialogue light pilot episode? That's reaching, at best."
If I pull my pants down on your dinner table and squat over your plate, what do you think is going to come out? A Prime Rib? We have had Five shows since Prime that has TERRIBLE voice acting with the exception of RID (from a VA perspective) It's time to wise up and notice when you've been had, stop giving them money, stop giving them viewership.
AND NO, THERE AREN'T ANY NEW CONCEPTS, THEY'VE BEEN USING THE ALLSPARK FOR FIVE GODDAMN YEARS, AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME MEGATRON'S BEEN AN AUTOBOT, AND EVEN THEN, DON'T INTRODUCE GENOCIDE INTO YOUR CHILDREN'S SHOW IF THE MAIN ANTAGONIST DOESN'T SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES. IT'S A BAD LESSON. YOU THINK JEFFREY DAHMER WAS REDEEMABLE? MEGATRON CAN SLAUGHTER INNOCENTS FOR MILLIONS OF YEARS, BUT JEFFREY DAHMER CAN'T WALK FREE?

IDIOT.

First-Aid wrote:Not worth signing up for paramount Plus for. In addition, internet is too unreliable out here in rural areas for good streaming (includes cellular signals, which are often 3G out here). Unfortunately, the 25% of the American population in rural America that can't get good internet without paying tons to Viasat or Hughesnet doesn't matter to these companies. Starlink is the final answer to that, but it's a very slow rollout. If I want to see it, I'll have to hope for some kind of DVD release.

Pirate it. Don't give them the satisfaction of buying a DVD. This is the only way they learn, and you won't have to worry about viruses if you use Brave which I'm using as I type this. Completely safe, pirating from companies that don't put in the effort or the money we know they all have is ALWAYS morally correct.

AllNewSuperRobot wrote:

First-Aid wrote:I'm lost. Time to stop, methinks.

Indeed. As mentioned to me before, these kind of people tend to pop up out of the woodwork whenever a new show launches. Sad really.

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84everfan wrote:

First-Aid wrote:Not worth signing up for paramount Plus for. In addition, internet is too unreliable out here in rural areas for good streaming (includes cellular signals, which are often 3G out here). Unfortunately, the 25% of the American population in rural America that can't get good internet without paying tons to Viasat or Hughesnet doesn't matter to these companies. Starlink is the final answer to that, but it's a very slow rollout. If I want to see it, I'll have to hope for some kind of DVD release.

Pirate it. Don't give them the satisfaction of buying a DVD. This is the only way they learn, and you won't have to worry about viruses if you use Brave which I'm using as I type this. Completely safe, pirating from companies that don't put in the effort or the money we know they all have is ALWAYS morally correct.

The issue is the lack of internet, as I said. I'd have to find someone to do it for me. The best internet speeds we get in most cases as far out as I am from any civilization is 12-14 mps at a cost of $150-200 a month.

First-Aid wrote:

84everfan wrote:

First-Aid wrote:
The issue is the lack of internet, as I said. I'd have to find someone to do it for me. The best internet speeds we get in most cases as far out as I am from any civilization is 12-14 mps at a cost of $150-200 a month.

Fair enough, but if you ever do get the opportunity, don't give them the satisfaction of using their methods of viewing, they've done nothing to earn our trust.

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