Botcon 2009 Animating Animated Panel Coverage

Discussion in 'Transformers News and Rumors' started by Sol Fury, May 29, 2009.

  1. Blitz.

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    So in theory the last we would have seen of the dinobots is them flying into the sea... I'm kinda happy they never got any screen time
     
  2. DrillBIT

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    Now at least they have lots of holes for spinoffs to fill out on comic books and hopefully some toys in the Universe line later.
     
  3. caitlindevi

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    Ok SO they've now officially said its over...have they said why?

    If its only over because Hasbro want to run their own series on thier new channel thats kinda lame.

    I assume we will at least get a season 3 dvd release?

    And not saying what will happen to the the toy line suggests one of two things,

    They are making the announcement separately (possibly with anouncement of the last pieces) or even Hasbro haven't fully decided what they're doing with the toy line yet.

    My guess is the latter
     
  4. Coaxial

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    Agreed. Don't you just LOL at the folks who are all like "man, what's wrong - they tied it up PERFECTLY!" I mean like, really... did they? Sigh. :rolleyes: 

    Yeah, well good for you. Plenty of us aren't glad that it failed. Some of us bothered to give it a real chance and watch it grow into one of the best TF incarnations ever offered since the inception of the franchise. I wasn't a fan of the designs at first either, but heck, they grew on me so fast I soon questioned why I ever doubted the look in the first place.
     
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  5. Chris McFeely

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    Yeah, this is really what I want to know. People can make up reasons all they like about how the show didn't do well or the toys didn't sell, but those are totally unproven things, and I really want someone to agressively press Hasbro on this at the panel tomorrow and find out WHY the legs have been cut out from under the line. Yes, it's lifespan has been about the same as a Unicron Trilogy show, but those were specifically *designed* to be that long and had their cartoons produced with that timeframe in mind - Animated has clearly been cut short before it has reached its natural end.
     
  6. SlyTF

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    What the hell, this was a cool looking show, much better than that anime shit, anime is full of bullshit, this new style was somthing new, I dont want shitty block looking TFs, cars are NOT boxes! Every TF show tried to stick with the ususal, this show had the balls and the audacity to try somthing new, thats why its an awesome show. The story line was good the action was awsum the animation was by far the best TF animation. Only a true TF fan would actually give a new series a chance, but arrogant assholes like yourself dont see that, the toyline did sell well, I barely even see animated toys when I go in a store, the shelves are empty as hell, and the only things left is the universe line on clearence for $8.99
     
  7. G1Wheeljack

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    :cry xover 9000 Still, this gives me hope we may see another comic some time in the future, though I would really like a Direct to DVD movie.
     
  8. Beemer

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    This all reminds me of the 2002 Mike Young Productions He-Man... it was an awesome show beloved by the fandom and ended way too soon. ::sigh::

    I think that if I like something, it gets cancelled... must learn to never like anything.
     
  9. dark69

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    well that sux hasbro is so shitty
     
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    Shew! For a minute there I thought Hasbro was going to actually keep an amazing thing going. But no, like everything else they do they can't keep a good thing going.

    Good job Hasbro. Hey while you're at it can you see if you can destroy some more good things out there? You know the wheel's been around for awhile, I think it's time you guys stepped in and f*cked that up too.
     
  11. Bumblebee028

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    Yeah, if you go to my super walmart, they are packed
     
  12. shad445

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    what a disappointment that animated had to end like that. :banghead: 
     
  13. Eric

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    Three out of five. I'm on a roll here. Yeah, I too am pissed that Animated is ending. But they said that Animated will not continue past season 3 IN ANIMATION. That means that the rumor about Blackout and Rodimus getting toy releases could be true...
     
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    What RotF toys didn't we know about? The knowledge about Nightbeat and Stockade II came today, certainly, but that was independent of Botcon...
     
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    Well, I have to say, while that really bums me out, I can't say I'm surprised. But whatever, that's why we have fan fiction...right? :( 

    Deathsaurus? That would've rocked! More Dai Atlas? That would have been even more hard core! :( 

    Brawn = Corey Burton? Yeah, that doesn't surprise me.

    More answers please!
     
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    Animated is over. That's incredibaly unfortunate. Expected, but unfortunate none the less.
     
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    NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY by the allspark NOOOOOOOOO
     
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    If we buy enough DVD's, maybe it will be revived. (See Family Guy)



    Though I doubt that.
     
  19. Rotorstorm

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    Wow, guys are taking this far too seriously and personally.

    It was a cartoon, it was a good cartoon and had terrific writing and was not afraid to take transformers in a new direction rather than trying to emulate the movie style or go back to where it was before the movie. I liked the characterisation and though I didn't like the first images we saw of the show,it grew on me when moving and realised that there was an iconic element to megatron's design that the anime and movie didn't seem to pick up.


    No point hating CN or Hasbro, just be glad that they gave us this gem in the first place. Shame it's all coming to an end without everything sorted out but with any luck we'll either get answers to these plot lines over the weekend or a comic book series tying it all up properly.

    For those who didn't like animated, you're entitled to your opinion but you are not entitled to asshattery and arguing for the sake of it. It doesn't put the rest of the fandom in good light and for some people justifies the notion that fans on the internet bicker and fall under negative stereotypes. It's just not nice and impolite, so, pack it in K? K.

    RIP Transformers animated, all good things must come to an end.

    (I really hope that Wyatt is involved with the next transformers cartoon, whatever it is.)
     
  20. Paxtin

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    Well it was a blast while it lasted.

    I still wish we had gotten a little more closure, But hey, you can't have everything.