I agree and also part of buying the toys also was because i saw them on the show i don't wanna see a 100 different toys of the same five generic toys as on the show, what made the 80's show so awsome was its wide character base. and the fact you didn't have to see optimus in every single episode spouting the same ol' hero crap was always a relief when getting to see the other characters develope. And for the love of god can we please give bumblebee a voice and bring back Dan Gilvezan to voice him. this stupid r2d2 noise is killing his character give him his personality back PLEEAASE!!!!
A fact which is conveniently forgotten by those who wish to see no issues with their favorite series and nothing but issues with the ones they dislike. Frankly I've liked bits of everything ( had some issues with RB but I like the story well enough). Come at me Hasbro. Gimme the next thing!
You do relieze that Marty Isenberg the man who was head writer of Animated wrote some episodes for Prime as well right? Wouldn't that mean by that logic make him automatically medicore then? Also I'm getting the feeling that you're biased against anything that isn't BW or TFA related. Nothing wrong in thinking BW and TFA are better written because a lot of people say it is for good reason. However we can't say that the other series flawed as they are don't have good points to them. For example RID brought some pretty likelbe characters and Scourge is credited to be the one responsible for brining back the Decepticons. Armada's second half actually turned out very well written,the movies helped made the franchise relevent again just to name a few examples.
I really hope the next series is a sequel. I'm tired of seeing reboots. Let's have continuous Transformers series for once. I would love to see Marty Isenberg to the writing staff. He did great on BM and Animated. His Prime episodes are some of my favorites as well.
Transformers Prime has won many more awards during its first year on TV than Beast Wars and Transformers Animated did during their combined runs on TV Of the six awards Transformers Prime netted during its first year on TV was the award for Outstanding Writing in Animation, which was awarded to Nicole Dubuc, Duane Capizzi, Marsha F. Griffin, Steven Melching and Joseph Kuhr. These guys and gal know what they’re doing and how to write. They’ve been writing for many years and have written for shows some here say have better writers than Transformers Prime You may not like Transformers Prime, and that’s fine, but you cannot deny that more than enough do love it, and these people awarded the program 11 awards during its first two years on television. While some may feel these awards mean nothing, they do matter—everyone loves a winner. And Hasbro does too, if the Transformers Prime crew carries over to the next series, I’m sure their accomplishments as a team will have gotten them their. While you and others want Transformers to go back in time, back to storytelling familiar with Beast Wars and the like, Hasbro wants to reinvent the show, taking it where it’s never been before; hence, to constant reboots. I would love to see the franchise follow in Star Trek’s footsteps, creating stories that take place in one universe, further developing the story as a whole, but that has never been Hasbro’s style. Hasbro wants a different show, introducing new ideas. Look at Transformers Rescue Bots, which was developed by the same people doing Transformers Prime. I for one hope Hasbro has had enough rebooting the franchise and is willing to lock itself down with the current fiction and move the story forward.
Look, regardless of who screwed things up ... (whether it was Orci and Kurtzman, or Jeff Kline, or their bosses, or the head writer they hired, Duane Capizzi, who is ALSO one of the 4 "show runners" along with the 3 previously mentioned; or some combination thereof, which we'll most likely never discover or be able to deduce) (hint: it's not the fault of guest writers or the VAs) ... none of it changes my opinion on the end product quality of the writing. It's a common complaint, and I want it fixed for the next series rather than continued. I don't want it incrementally improved. ...You know what? I withdraw my complaint. I forgot what this brand was, and I was expecting too much. I ignored the precedence that shows that quality writing in the brand is an anomaly. I'll just continue to do what I did for the movies, and just ignore them when I hear they're terrible. What are you doing, son? Half of your post you spend impotently trying to convince me how awards validate anything. The other half you spend mistaking me for the person I replied to, AND using the logical fallacy of older = inferior.
Great points!!! I am not a fan of the movies or the RID and AEC but, I don't ignore their huge positive impact on the franchise as a whole. For me Prime is the best Transformer show to date but, I understand how others may feel differently and that's fine, there is plenty of room for everyone in this franchise. could not agree more with your thought provoking and fact based reply, the forum needs more people like yourself, great job .
I wouldn't mind it if most people working on Prime would continue to work on something new - I just want the product to be good/fun, and Prime is definitely not it for me. As somebody who has worked on multiple projects, good and bad, often with the same people, I've quickly found out (but it doesn't take a genius to figure that out) the problem is oftentimes not with the skills of the team itself, but with decisions made by people in leading roles, or guidelines given from 'above'. In short: I can dislike this show's aesthetic, but that doesn't mean the artists working on it are bad at their job. It's just somebody made a decision on what route to take, and I simply don't agree with that. As has been pointed out, some of the people working on Prime worked on Animated as well. It's not like they replaced an entire team with others. In a creative environment, working with freelancers often, or with people you have a lasting connection with, is common. So yeah, I don't mind. I just hope the next show is better/more to my liking.
why are people talking like Jeff Kline hasn't said Prime's team's working on the next series before? In a previous interview, he said that. Jeff Kline Interview - Beast Hunters Series Hints, New Characters & The Next TV Series - Transformers News - TFW2005 Edit: looking at the comments, it seems people were distracted by a trailer in the same post.
