G1 Season 1 & 2 Vs. Season 3 Characters

Optimus Convoy · 09-12-2008, 03:46 AM

Did any of you guys thought that the main characters for Season 3 like Ultra Magnus, Galvatron, Hot Rod, Kup, Arcee, Sky Lynx, Springer, Blurr, Cyclonus, Scourge, Metroplex, Trypticon and Wheelie was a good as some of the characters from season 1 and 2 not including Optimus Prime and Megatron?

Xenon · 09-12-2008, 04:39 AM

To be honest I always prefered the cast from Season 1. Wasn't too keen on some of characters introduced in Season 2, characters such as Seaspray & Warpath had the most annoying voices ever and the entire show just seemed a bit more kiddie (or maybe I was just getting older?) but it picked up in Season 3... So although I prefere the Season 1 lot, Season 3's characters wern't bad either.

Magnus' Mate · 09-12-2008, 07:31 AM

Season 3 had better crafted characters, more depth, better characterisation etc. Honestly, we knew more about Kup from one episode than we did some poor nobody like Trailbreaker after 65 episodes (nothing against TB, I love him, but them's the facts).

Season 3 was able to achieve this by focusing more on a core group of characters that recurred in most if not all eps.

Having said that, most of the characters from season 1 were more iconic/better remembered etc.

Takara_destron · 09-12-2008, 07:43 AM

^^^^^
Agreed.

TRANS+CRAZY · 09-12-2008, 08:30 AM

I don't know... there were quite a few characters from Seasons 1 and 2 that I would care less about. Seaspray, Warpath, Powerglide, Cosmos, Huffer, and Gears were all rather annoying. With the exception of those characters, I liked the cast in all seasons of G1.

Switchblade · 09-12-2008, 09:06 AM

I actually much prefer the season 3 cast to the characters from seasons 1 and 2. Mostly for the reasons Magnus' Mate listed.

solitudinal · 09-12-2008, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Xenon

Wasn't too keen on some of characters introduced in Season 2, characters such as Seaspray & Warpath had the most annoying voices ever

You mean the "glub glub glub" quality of Seaspray's voice and the "whaaam! baaaAAaaam!" of Warpath?

Grimlock_13 · 09-12-2008, 12:38 PM

No. I hated the new characters as a kid. I've warmed up to them as an adult but I still think the season 1 & 2 characters were stronger overall. Now I'm talking MAIN characters, not 2nd or 3rd teir ones like Trailbreaker or Cosmos. In Season 3 Hot Rod/ Rodimus Prime had so much potential (no pun intended ugh) to be one of the deepest and meaningful characters in the entire G1 run but it was wasted. I really wish Season 4 would have happened and that they DIDN'T RESSURECT OPTIMUS PRIME.

Elvin Pena · 09-12-2008, 12:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Grimlock_13

No. I hated the new characters as a kid. I've warmed up to them as an adult but I still think the season 1 & 2 characters were stronger overall.

This, though I've not warmed up to them as much as you may have.

Gingerchris · 09-12-2008, 12:59 PM

When I picked up season three on DVD I struggled to enjoy it. Far too much space stuff and everyone could fly and the damn Quintessons took away a lot of the villain role the Decepticons once had.
That said, I would've actually quite liked it if the Decepticons had continued to be downtrodden and became a bit more of a 'grey area' evil where their plans and attacks were driven by the need to survive, making the Autobots the oppressors by always defeating them.

I'm definitely a season one and two kinda guy though.