I wouldn't be surprised if that's really what the next show will come across as. If it is, I'll probably have little to no interest in it. Not that what I did see of Rescue Bots was actually bad, (Had some good character moments.) but it was just a little too kiddy for me. It was like right on the edge of the "I'm just too old for this." borderline.
We are talking about a franchise that previously had shows were all the problems of a situation were solved in the course of a single episode right? Or had zero continuity to it, or if it did, it only had so for a short number of episodes. And Don't bring up Beast Wars, because people originally hated that series (Truck not Monkey). It had it's own goofy single episodes, and still had dangling plot points that were never fully answered (with people even more upset with it's ultimate conclusion Beast Machines).
Little kids are playing ultra violent games and shooting each other at school. How is a cartoon scaring them away? I think Prime started to suck because the characters ALT modes were goofy looking.
Interesting. I hope it's still in CGI and has the same models/characters/VA's. I'm interested in it but I'm going to just wait and see before I get my hopes up or start complaining about anything.
So......TFA Season 4 in disguise???? Hey, sounds good to me, just glad to have another series coming asap.
This ^^ The CGI looks amazing, and I'm sure if there are any returning characters they will have the same Voice Actors.
This is all bad news to me. I can't imagine this show any more child friendly. My 5 year niece loves it for pete's sake. It took me a season and a half to take TF: Prime seriously. Now they are wanting to make something even more dumbed down. Why don't they just write for Rescue Bots and get it over with.
Give it a few years and wait for everybody to put on their rose colored glasses. On topic: Steve Blum MUST voice Starscream. Or, at least somebody with the same pitch as Blum. I cannot go back to a high pitched whine after this.
I'm totally not liking where this is going, but if it's still CGI (I'm hoping it is still), and its a sequel to TFP (or so they're saying), then MAYBE I'll reconsider it. The idea of it being toned down just because kids get scared of it is really dumb. The replacement for Rescue Bots is supposed to be for them! UGH! Make up your goddamn minds!
More family friendly can mean so many different things that they have told absolutely nothing. There are shows that seem very kid friendly on the surface only to have some pretty big adult things to them when you see it from the eyes of an adult while on the other hand you have kid friendly things that are just how dumb can we make this show. If they want fans on board I think they need to be talking Decepticons. Shows with fun bad guys can make for all around fun shows, but if the bad guys are just defanged, neutered, and incompetent then it could be a dull show.
If the new show is a continuation of Prime, I'll definitely watch at least the first few episodes. I hope it's a good show and has at least some of the same cast/characters. I'd love it if they keep it CGI, since the animation in Prime was one of my favorite things about the show. The new show being a little lighter makes sense if it picks up where Prime ended, with the war over (for the most part, at least) and Cybertron being rebuilt. With their home revived, the 'Bots have a reason to have a level of hope that they never had before. The talk about making the new show "more kid-friendly" has me worried, though. It just seems like people want to file the edges off everything to make it safe for kids. If you want to make a Transformers show and aim it at kids, that's fine--but what's wrong with making another series and aiming it straight at adults? I can't help wondering how much longer it'll be before everything on TV is kid-friendly and we adults are left with nothing at all. (Granted, that's how it is for "kid-friendly" stuff on TV in America--what I've seen of it, at least. On the other hand, Doctor Who is considered by many to be a kids or family show, when most of the time it strikes me as "adult." So, different perspectives, and all that. If the new Transformers show takes that approach, I'm okay with it.) People who watched G1 as kids when it first aired, are watching now as adults--so why not make a series specifically for adults? Make a kid-oriented show, too, I've got no problem with that. But I'd like a show I can watch without cringing at the dialogue or the kind of thing that passes for humor on Spongebob or whatever. (Quick aside--I used to work in a restaurant that had a TV in the dining room, and the TV was always tuned to either the Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon. I was cleaning tables one afternoon when the dining room was empty, and Spongebob was on. I'd never seen it before, so I stopped to watch it for about two minutes. It was so completely stupid that it actually made me angry. It really did fill me with rage. If this is what is being shoved into kids' heads, the future is fucked. Just push the button now, while we still have a shred of dignity left.) Anyway. Y'know what I'd absolutely love? A continuation of Prime that airs on HBO or Showtime or whatever, and is aimed at adult viewers. I'm not saying go crazy with sex and violence, or anything like that. I honestly think Prime got the tone right most of the time. Maybe push it a little bit farther in that direction sometimes, but not too far--don't make it relentlessly bleak and bloody like, say, Battlestar Galactica. But keep it mostly serious with bits of humor to break the tension. And...this is pure fantasy, but the thought of it puts a huge grin on my face--put Malcolm fucking Tucker in charge of Unit-E. Not a similar character. The same actual character. Just think up an excuse to move him from Whitehall to Unit-E. And have Peter Capaldi do the voice. This guy could intimidate Megatron. Imagine the glorious possibilities.... [Censored due to cluster F-bombs, just in case. ] Spoiler * "Fowler, allow me to introduce you to the carrot-and-stick approach. If you mention your fuckin' 'star-spangled shorts' one more fuckin' time, I'll take the fuckin' carrot and shove it up your ass, followed by the stick, followed by an even bigger, rougher carrot." * "Starscream! Put those fuckin' weapons down and back off! You even fuckin' glance in our general direction again, the next sound you hear will be the thump of a gigantic fuckin' harpoon piercing your fuckin' spark! Is that clear, you mincing, prancing, high-heels-wearing PISS-BAG?" * At the end of any conversation with any Decepticon: "Okay. Fuckity-bye!" Heh. Imagining it just makes me happy.
well you have to admit, that for a series based on a toy line, PRIME did kill off a lot of those toys that they were trying to sell, before getting the kids to want the toy... i do think it had way too much death in it. lol death is okay. but killing off characters after 2 minutes of screen time, or after a 30 minute episode, is hardly the best way to market your toys.
And Norris...and Combs...and Ironside...and Mensa... If theres anything Prime did right, it was the voice cast. I'll be sad if this group of VAs is split up.
what was rescue bots for?... that's the kiddie show plain and simple, prime continuation should be the same as prime LAME news!!
