Animation is not awful.

Bumblebee sucks.
Windblade's wings disappear, but BB's car doors don't?
Thundercracker is an idiot who doesn't have any weapons? Also, why is he the same size as BB?

Looks to be more of the same crap as RiD. Pass.

 

Yeah, the wing thing bothered me as well. For one, I can't tell where she'd be storing them. Are they segmented so she can fold them into a kind of backbag? Do they go into the same subspace as Prime's trailer?

I can see an in-universe reason for them disappearing; it'd be more convenient for fliers when they have to go about their daily routine but I'm still not fond of this change because, well, I like it when characters have their alt. mode parts visible in some way. Optimus Prime has his grill, stacks and wheels, for example.

 

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Shows promise.

I just hate when BB doesn't talk. I guess this is how kids today know him, but talking TV is a gimmick that got old even with Wreck-Gar. Using clips, especially fake made up ones, is worse.
Do we really need a show where the protagonist ALWAYS does this?
Is this just how kids talk nowadays, anyway???
I'm going to go be old over here, now....

 

That's a good point. Although his car doors aren't as essential as wings would be to a flier, they would still be inconvenient in battle and the glass would make them easily breakable. It'd only make sense that he'd be able to fold them up and be a bit nonsensical if he can't.

For that matter, why did Windblade extend her wings during the battle? I suppose it could just be because she might need to use them and so wanted to be prepared.

 

He talked in RID. I know it's not the same continuity as Cyberverse but it was the preceeding series so young kids do know of least one Bumblebee who doesn't use the radio gimmick.

 

Added 50 screencaps on the main story:

Transformers Cyberverse First Footage - Transformers News - TFW2005

 

I made peace a long time ago that these shows are made for children, and I happen to be engaged by them. When they DO throw us a show catering to us, it's Combiner Wars. This is leaps and bounds above CW, so that's a plus. All in all, I think my daughter will love this show.

 

I wonder if Bumblebee losing his memory is purposely done to keep it in line with his spin-off film with his memory core damaged?

 

I’ll start by saying that the animation is better than the Prime Wars Trilogy and I did watch all of that. Though, maybe like the first two legs, I should wait for this to wrap up and watch it in a single sitting, since the run time will probably be close to two hours for the first season.

Though, I would also prefer that the MacGuffin not be the AllSpark. Let’s make progress away from that, please. Doesn’t have to be the matrix or any new macguffin, either.

But, this also probably isn’t the time for that. Instead, revising the continuity is due for next year.

Here’s the thing, though—

Wreck Gar moves his lips when he talks!  

Of course, Wreck Gar is similar to Wheelie, in some instances, in that he can clearly talk but that he chooses to have a highly effected and ostentatious style of enunciating, announcing instead that he’s a bit of dick.

Bumblebee not moving his mouth at all has us crashing into the uncanny valley.

I also would’ve liked to hear a little more snarling and a bit of banter from Thundercracker.

But, mostly, I hope the actress voicing Windblade gets better direction, since I rarely will blame the talent and not the studio.

I’ve seen Memento, but, unlike that, obviously Cityspeaker Windblade is gunna climb into Bumblebutt’s brain, kinda like something Mairghread Scott has done before...  

The seekers are actually really big RC model airplanes!  

 

There goes my headcanon that jetformers' wings have hyper-sensitive neurons and pain receptors so the TF is careful with them because they're a vital part of their alt-mode, and are therefore a crippling weakpoint in combat...

 

What happened to making cartoons good?

 

Jesus Christ this looks terrible. The animation quality has gotten worse and worse since Prime. And oh look, Bees back to using a radio instead of his voice....how original.

 

2/3 of what Cartoon Network puts out combined with the ADHDHDHDHDHDHD of kids nowadays. You about have to make something look like an app to keep their interest.

 

I kinda like it. Not 'collect the line like it' but it looks like a fun series. However Winblades face reminds me of Jig-saw from the Saw movies. "Bumblebee, let's play a game."

 

I don't care for Bumblebee talking by radio again, but I think a lot of people here need to realize something - at this point thanks to the movies more people have watched or grown up with Radiobee than ever watched or read any of his speaking appearances. Hasbro is not making this show for us, they're making the show for all the kids who have no idea about speaking Bee. Accurate or not, I assume Hasbro's thought process is that those kids would have the same reaction to a talking Bee that we have to Radiobee. And yes, I know he was talking just recently in RiD. But this is clearly being timed with the new movie.

Anyways, I like the designs for the most part, the voice work is good,and the animation is mostly good, except the limbs seem disconnected at times. Bumblebee's personality is striking me as a little to "10 - 12 year old kid insert" for my tastes, but not to the point I hate it so far. I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

lol at this thread.

 

He is quite annoying. He's like animated BumbleBee merged with WreckGar. I think he will become less 'silly' as the show progresses and his PTSD.. I mean memories return.

 

Oh no, BB uses the radio to talk. That is so annoying, I really liked him in Animated and RID2015. He seems a bit autistic here to be honest.

 

Kill it! Kill it with tox-en based fire!