Really? Have you watched the CG TV series that get aired nowadays? I think you're having a distorted perception of what "today's standards" are on TV, or mistakenly using movie standards.

 

It reminds me of BEAST MACHINES! It even has drones!! And that series was really popular!   So my question..when to we get to see what happened where G1 left off on "The Rebirth" or even Beast Machines? Can we get back to the best established continuity please? Are we just going to continue to see people re-launching the same concept over and over? It's fun to dream. I'll give the new show a chance but it's not looking good IMO.

 

Umm. Yes. Yes it is.


KIDS. CARTOON.

 

Never. Over and done. Get used to the idea - it's been done with for 15 years now, and that ain't changing.

 

Quite, and Nolan's cinematographer Wally Pfister said Nolan is a big Bay fan. Filmmakers are never as pendantic as the fan bases.

Besides, if you want G1 then watch the Japanese cartoons, read the comics, honestly, there's far more G1 than anything else out there, hell the first phase of this continuity (WFC) was completely G1 in aesthetic, now let's see something new (Arcee, Cliffjumper, Soundwave, all fresh takes on their appearances).

 

Decent fight scene  .

 

Damn, the Eradicons have to be the best design from this show, hands down. Shame it's wasted on cannon fodder; the head design alone would have been a perfect fit for Soundwave. Maybe even the body as well.

Indeed. Not even Resolute was THAT violent.

QFT.

 

Ok first impressions.

I really hope thats not final footage because it looks very unfinished.

The characters seem to be floating ontop of the environment, theres no depth of field and everything seem just a little to crisp and sharp even when things should be out of focus a little.

I dissagree with the comments about the characters having no weight though. While undoubtable they need to have more weight about them what they have animated into them is hidden by over used shakey-cam effect.

But I think my biggest problem is with current look the charcters themselves.
They're just too damn shiney and texture less. Its looking like early machinewars without the background detail (based on that clip and the previous clip we've seen) and that was all 9 years ago.

I'm really hoping that this is not from final footage and they'll surprise us today with a final product which looks much better. I want to like this show damnit I like the designs for the autobots and megatron but the rest i just don't like

 

that sucked. Not only the CGI is bad, but it seems that even in this continuty the autobots are unstoppable killing machines and again we will see lot of decepticons clones.   the autobot fighting style especially arcee's is exorbitant

 

Textures are lacking...it still boggles the mind how 14 years later Beast Wars STILL blows everythign else CGI on tv out of the water.

 

Yeah I agree. But I wondered how many pages of bitching (by animation experts) I'd have to weed through before I saw it  

No, he just wanted to use the word, "Sub-Par"

 

If they're gonna tear Decepticons apart like this in the show, I can't wait  

 

It looks pretty good! I can't wait to see how it'll look when the animation/lighting/etc are completely finished.

 

 

The only good Decepticon is a dead Decepticon.

Are people really still asking this kind of stuff, after like 15 years or so of new continuities and start overs? REALLY??

This is how this franchise works. If you don't know or can't accept this by now I don't know what to tell you.

 

Beast Wars characters didn't move that fluidly either if you think about it, so I won't fault TF Prime for that. The character is really going to have to come from the voice acting and the stories. I'm still cautiously optimistic about this series, but it rather seems rushed and more of a movie cash-in than a proper TV show.

I mean, we still haven't heard of the toyline, and I'm worried this show will suffer the same lack of marketing pull that hurt Animated. If Hasbro is going to have a TV show with a toyline, they shouldn't do it half-heartedly.

 

That looks radical.


BB's eyes are pretty frickin weird though. Bring on Transformers Prime.

 

Beast Era: Pupils
Animated: Chins
Prime: Eyebrows

Loved Bumblebee's surprised face when the giant energon mining drill was coming at him in the end.

 

The 'Hasbro Studios' fireworks bit makes me think "Disney."

The cartoon makes me think 'Playstation 2."

 

That unfinished test footage I hope. I think I'll just stick to the new Avengers cartoon.

 

The music reminds me of Mass Effect 2's theme, which is a very good thing.

Well, any doubts I had about the animation and action are dashed, so let's see if the plot and voice acting will live up to expectations.