Unpopular transformers opinions

Discussion in 'Transformers General Discussion' started by mn_128875, Dec 30, 2019.

  1. Blam320

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    It certainly feels that way.
     
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    Animated is underrated.
     
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    By who??? It's probably tied with Beast Wars for the title of most beloved TF show here.
     
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    Really? Because most of the discussion around here revolves around G1, how great everything was back then, and why we need to bring as much of it back as possible, such as a modern reboot or continuation.
     
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    I guess you see what you want to see, but every time we discuss best TF shows, with or without a poll, Animated and Beast Wars always vie for the top spot. Maybe if you could shed some of the G1 hate, you'd see some of the positive things we occasionally discuss here.

    Or maybe things have shifted drastically in the last couple years. But I doubt it.
     
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    - Beast Wars is boring.
    - Fembots are pointless.
    - Transformers having "relationships" is ridiculous.
    - Bumblebee is a flat character with no real personality.
    - Starscream should have been blown away by Megatron long ago, he's too weak-minded/willed to do anything meaningful in his pitiful existence.
    - Optimus Prime acts/sounds too much like a grandpa, and should have the same sort of support role as Kup.
    - Wheelie is a robot Jar-Jar ... and I like both!
     
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    Yes really. I see 100 times the "hate" and childish name calling "geewuner" than I'll see a single post that rants about the original G1 being the best/better. I can't even recall last time I've seen a single member state as much, but the hate posts? those I see EVERY day, sometimes 3-4, even 5 times.

    The most I've seen lately, is someone stating a fact, that you can bash the 80s G1 all you want, but that it was the beginning, without it, TFs wouldn't exist, which is true.

    Even your post post here, you don't even realize that it's about not how great it is, but that people want a new version, a proper sequel, that's not saying that the G1 shouldn't be messed with if it was "so perfect".

    And every series that re-tells the story, that it's a new OP and Megs, IS a reboot and I guess people are blind to that? How many times will a series start with two ship fighting and crashing into the earth can you do?

    But what I've seen is the Beast Wars being sent by God and needs to be redone and the series (toys) redone, every day almost. And while I did enjoy the series for what it is, I was never a big fan of the toys or the concept, but the toys did bring a lot of features, most had great articulation (mainly ball joints, but still), and the few I have are those that stood out. Beast Machine, the cartoon's story was bad to me, but the toys being more mechanical (and left the organic gimmick in part, at least for the predacons/decepticons) were better for me.
     
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    Exactly if I say that I like prime more than g1 some people would say: f**k you you’re ******ed, go kill yourself , you’re not a true fan, etc. one person even sent death threats to people for not liking g1 as much
     
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    Bumblebee was a wasted remake of the first Beyformers movie. Some of the scenes were identical to that train wreck. IE. Bots wrecking the house, meteor bots crashing into parking lots...etc. After the first 4 minutes the movie should have rolled final credits.
     
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    I really dislike Bumblebee's nickname of "Bee." Bumble is much more endearing, and doubles as a reference to his original Japanese name.
     
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    Before anyone saids anything. There are no male bots. Never understood why fembots have to be overlyanthropomorphic. The males in most continuities look genderless and only sound like men. Why can’t the same be for fembots?
     
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    No male bot......but they refer to each other as “he”.....likewise for the females

    The males look Genderless? How?
    The strait blocky look is the basic look of the male gender

    from the very first introduction of characters like Elita one,Comea Arcee they are called “Female Autobots”
     
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    No they don’t look like males. You only said that because they hyper-sexualized and overlyhumanized the females. If they haven’t done that, then you wouldn’t equate boxy with being male. The ones that look like men are from the LA movies and the aligned continuity. The transformers don’t look masculine or feminine. G1 Bumblebee and g1 Sunstreak look genderless. Not all of us had associated boxy with male transformers. The boxy look is gender neutral looking. There is nothing masculine looking about the boxy look. G1 Bluestreak is boxy, but he looks like a girl with that cute bob cut with the pretty bow on it and have bigger boobs and wider hips then Arcee. Maybe I should refer him to a her. I think is silly to associate boxy with masculinity, but maybe none of that would happen if they haven’t overlyhumanized the girls.

    Also are they calling each other he’s in their language? Maybe they using the singular they in their tongue.

    Bluestreak is rocking that bob
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    New waifu acquired.
     
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    I liked RiD 2015.

    Also, I'd love to have more Transformers that took a break from the war and make more media with lower stakes. Honestly some of my favorite moments in the franchise involved the small, most mundane things, just Transformers having fun. From G1, Optimus Prime and the boys playing basketball, the Autobots having a snowball fight or playing football with the Dinobots, Hoist and Co., trying to make a movie, the Autobots watching a soap opera and groaning when it was interrupted by the news, the Decepticons getting drunk on energon, or in Animated with Sari having a sleepover with the autobots or taking them trick or treating, Bulkhead learning how to be an artist, Bumblebee trying to be a wrestler or loving video games, or Sari giving Ratchet anger management lessons. I would honest to god love to see an entire show of just shit like that

    And lastly, "Prime" needs to go back to being a rank. Making it some sort of mighty/divine leader diminishes Optimus more than anything, they always make him this mighty, larger-than-life being who has to be serious and wise over everything. I miss the times of G1 or Animated where he was still allowed to crack jokes and have fun
     
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    Most people don't even recognize the gender of their pets, much less a walking toaster.
    Robots having genders is unimaginative storytelling.

    Bluestreak? Nah.
    Ironhide is rocking some DDD's in that frontal compartment. Makes ol' Bluey look flat chested. If you search for the red bot in Google images, a lot of results look like it's ready to shake the money-maker. Who's ready to slip some energon singles into that skimpy gray thong? :rolleyes: 
     
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    1.) I put Beast Machines up with both Beast Wars and Animated as the best Transformers series. We will unfortunately never get a show as ambitious or "complete" as Beast Machines was. The quality of the show was consistent and all of the plot lines were wrapped up as the show never faced cancellation.
    2.) I am perfectly happy with Transformers Animated's finale and thought it ended perfectly. While I would like more Animated material and it is a shame the show was cancelled, I feel as though they completed Optimus Prime's character arc (which I've always found to be the center of the show) and despite the loose ends I feel they gave the main cast a satisfying conclusion.
    3.) Galvatron>Megatron. This is definitely a biased opinion given that Galvatron is my favorite character but I find everything about him to be more appealing than Megatron (whom I am also a big fan of).
     
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    1. Transformers with masks, speakers, or faceplates look cooler than Transformers with mouths. Mouthed faces tend to look very samey, but faceplates look a lot more distinct and creative. Also, mouths on robots have never made much sense to me, even within the realm of humanization. Like, noses make sense because they might need to detect scents. And eyes are cameras. But mouths wouldn't work with metal. Speakers do the same job fine.

    2. Movieverse Bumblebee's design is better than G1 Bee (minus the altmode, I prefer the VW to the Camaro). Movie 1-5 Bee does look a bit creepy, but I like that general layout of those features better. The big eyes, the speaker instead of a mouth. And his antenna emulates the horns, but makes more sense with his name ('Bumblebee' having horns is a bit weird, come to think of it). I feel like Travis Knight's design is the "definitive"" Bumblebee...they took that layout of features and make it not creepy and more visually appealing.
     
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    Kiss Players fans should be the exception to Rule 1.
     
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    Beast Machines is fan freaking tastic.

    Fan. Freaking. Tastic.
     
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