1) Competent Decepticons other than Megatron.

IE: Little of the 'I am a tyrannical genius yet somehow i continually select morons to do my bidding'.

2) Human casualties. Maybe a human body count.

3) Autobots and Decepticons who aren't so sure about their cause.

4) No Galvatron/Unicron.

 

I want something that follows in the path of Beast Wars and Animated. References to past series would be great as well. Also like in Animated, I want core humans to be there for a reason. Not doing something that would make them targets, risking the Autobots to get them out of trouble.

If the series goes on for awhile, I would Starscream tries to make his own army to defeat Megatron. Like Animated Starscream had in mind, expect this time do a Vehicon tribute.

 

I'll third intelligent storytelling and I'll raise it with proper character development. Trailbreaker...or I should say Trailcutter making a guest appearance would be awesome as well.

 

Sixshot.

 

I'm with whoever said bring back a BW character or two. Animated did well with waspy and blackarachnia. Putting a couple pretenders like bludgeon and thunderwing in was an excellent suggestion as well.

Good writing and a good accompanying toyline are obligatory. And starscream doing the usual backstabbery and soundwave getting a vocoder voice.

 

AND decent acting both vocally and visually.

 

Homages, cameos, good animation, good character design, and an overarching plot that moves along with suspense and a sense of purpose.

 

less annoying human main characters, but it doesn't look like we are gonna get that lucky. good plot would be nice

also if unicron and primus show up, I don't want them to be gods. I'd also be very happy if being a prime is a rank rather than a seperate race or whatever they are calling it. No original 13 primes.

 

I don't have any grand expectations because I just want to enjoy it for what it is, but one thing that would please me is if they utilized more obscure characters.

 

2) I am not too sure we will see that in this show given that the entire network is for the kiddies but who knows? Maybe it'll be implied in a news segment or something else clever that will go over children's heads.

 

-As little Beast Era stuff as possible. The movie style does not work with animals. And I also don't like Beast modes in the first place.
-Some combining. Whether it be Prime and a buddy of his, or a full on combiner, I want some smaller robots to mash together into a big one.

 

Autobots: Wheeljack, Ironhide, Prowl, Jazz, Mirage, Trailbreaker (cutter), Hound, Ultra Magnus, Inferno

Decepticons: Thundercracker, Skywarp, Shockwave, Blitzwing

That's essentially my permanent wish list for every new series, though.

 

If the plot calls for a certain type of character, and they already have someone fitting that description in G1, why not use them? It'll bring a sense of history and continuity to things.

I also don't see the harm in background homages like they did in Animated. The plot didn't hinge on them, and if you didn't recognise them, it didn't detract from it.

 

They worked just fine for Insecticon and Scorponok. This isn't exactly movie style anyway...

 

I like this post, especially the "sense of history" bit. I mean, aren't we finally at a point in this fandom at which we can acknowledge its long and well liked history of success? I think so. I was just thinking earlier today about how a relatively obscure guy like, say, Windcharger could drop in on the scene in 84, establish that his character is unique and powers rather compelling for fiction, then virtually disappear from future versions of the show? I mean, a guy with ADD and a really amazing ability to control magnetic material, all of which was established in 1984, doesn't that make for some rather compelling material for some fiction now even more so than then?

 

I dont care I just want to see it now.

 

Before you guys go nuts with characters, try to remember this show is CGI. They can't just throw characters on screen like they could for Animated. Especially if Prime's toyline is just another notch in the current Gold Box line instead of its own toyline, which is pretty likely.

Plus we already know Cybertron's a bloody wasteland, so that limits options a bit.

Yeah, that is so, so not happening. They'll have built-in blasters though!

Given Hasbro's fetish for the Thirteen, I'd say you'll get your wish, but I wish you weren't, because I honestly find all that cosmic malarkey to be so, so boring. Keep the characters grounded, I say.

Bing, bam, boom, right on. Keep those expectations grounded, folks, it'll help you make it through the 4-6 years of what may not be what you're looking for in a Transformers show once the slam-bam of Cullen and Welker wears off. (and for some of you, it will)

 

- Good characterization and at least some degree of development for the main characters throughout the series.
- Some logical reason for the human kids to be hanging around the TFs. Something more akin to Sari, who played an important role, than G1 Spike, who was just...around, for no clear reason.
- No Unicron/Primus stuff. I think the TF franchise still needs another series or two without touching on those concepts before using them again. Even the Matrix and/or Allspark could use a rest.
- One thing I liked in Animated was the Decepticons being a very serious threat and the Autobots having to exploit mental flaws and work as a team to even defeat a single 'Con. My preference would be for the Decepticons to generally be stronger than the Autobots but, after RotF, I'll settle for the factions being equally powerful.

 

Transformers.