I`m slightly ok with this, as long as they cater to the fandom, instead, of other types of people. But I do have a few ideas for a Transformers cartoon reboot, that I honestly hope sound better then some of the crap we get nowadays:

1. Different Continuity- This is a reboot of the franchise, not mainly based off G1, but instead using concepts from everything in the Transformers IP, ranging from Beast Wars, Victory, GO!, etc. 

2. Original Voice Cast- Do I really need to explain this? Like, get everyone who`s been a voice in the franchise, like the two most obvious, Peter Cullen, and Frank Welker; voicing their respective characters, but also including some YouTubers who`s had experience voicing in the franchise, like Matthew Patrick, and Jon Bailey (*not doing his Prime voice mind you*)

3. Toying with the Multiverse concept- This is exactly what it sounds like, but my versions of our favorite characters are different from previous versions, but still voiced by their actors, and using the power of Deus Ex Machina (a different version of the Matrix), allows my version of Prime to speak with his previous incarnations, allowing him to learn how to become a better leader, kind of like the 2009 Star Trek films, but slightly better as the Matrixis still given by Primus

4. Slightly more adult themed- This is mainly more for the adult fans of the franchise, not without the usual stuff you`d find from adult oriented cartoons like Family Guy, or The Simpsons, but it will be *slightly gorey*, not to the extent of Mortal Kombat though

Anyways, it *might* have 12 seasons:

Seasons 1-2 will be Beast Wars themed, and ends with Primal hooking up to a stasis locked Prime to try and find out who Unicron is (Anything related to Unicron was deleted from the archives, as a bit of a mystery in this continuity, also Primal heard the name from a data disk he found earlier in Season 2)

Seasons 3-6 will be based off Classic Transformers, and takes place on Cybertron, and is the origin of my versions of Optimus Prime and Megatron (who`s origin will be based off the 2005 IDW comics mainly, and Prime`s origin will be based off the American G1 Cartoon, with a little bit of the Aligned series and 2005 IDW comics, plus Dreamwave with how Orion becomes Optimus Prime)

Seasons 7-8 will end the Beast Wars storyline from the first 2 seasons, but instead of both factions leaving Prehistoric Earth, they stay and secretly continue thier fight

Seasons 9-12 ends the mainline series with both Autobots and Decepticons meeting the Maximals and Predacons with both Megatrons conniving to destroy each other, only then they accidently awaken a new Transformer, which turns out to be a sleeping Galvatron with his Sweeps, and in the season 12 finale, the Sweeps begin awakening Unicron, which sends ripples throughout the Transformers Multiverse, creating a new version of Unicron named Unicron Ultima, which then leads into a animated movie, which finally ends the series

The characters in this series will be the ones we all know and love, with some characters who may have only appeared in comics, like Nyx, or from the toyline, like Star Convoy, oh and Clobber from Cyberverse will not replace Lugnut, instead it`d be like a sibling style relationship, like Sideswipe and Sunstreaker from the G1 cartoon

 

Considering they couldn't handle one movie every few years well, this seems like a huge mess. On top of all the shows in development, how can there be any congruity here? At some point that confuses kids when one they like one iteration of something but another is randomly different. Flooding the airwaves and screens with content doesn't seem to be the way to solve our quality problem. It's like they thought it was a quantity problem. Yikes.

Can we just get one, good, actual TransFormers movie first and then worry about expanding from there? No mute super warrior muscle car Bumblebees, no over actors, less cliches, and recognizable characters and character designs. Do that one time for one full film and then we will have confidence you might be able to handle 4. Thanks.

 

And do you know from who those movies were?

 

Transformers media is a mess.  Why should I have any confidence in this project?  I keep saying Hasbro is reckless with its IP and this is a shining example.  They should be anal about how their properties are handled.  Michael Bay completely made Transformers a joke.

 

I hope to god by "diverse voices" they mean diverse takes on Transformers, as apposed to they hired someone who wasn't white and are proud of their amazing achievement. Unique ideas are what this franchise needs, the race of the person directing the movie doesn't matter.

 

I could see them doing a movie about Minicons, and how they're pursued by both Sector 7 and a few 'Cons.
Or perhaps about a Transformer SpaceKnight.
Or maybe delve into the Technorganic concept.

Why so?

Wouldn't it end up confusing newcomers if each film was its own entirely canon?

Since they're likely continuing off Bumblebee, I speculate 1988-onward, late 80s/early 90s.

Agreed there.

 

I'm really afraid this will end up like Star Wars. I want Transformers to get out of the habit of pumping out safe, formulaic, nostalgia-reliant rubbish, not lean into it harder.

 

It just sounds boring to me.

 

What so about it?

 

Reminds me of Amazon Prime Movies kind of a thing. We'll see how it goes I guess. Would be interesting to see what a mostly online Transformers live action movie is like. Miss when Transformers wasn't afraid to get serious though without being boring. Hopefully something soon will break the recent trend and actually draw more people in than just geewun transformers fans.

 

Micheal bay is the reason i became a fan of transformers in 2007 when i was 5.. and i know im not the only one he had that affect on. Hes the reason my buddy wanted and bought a camaro, and why besides fast n furious im into cars today. I know to someone who was a older fan already he probably had a negative affect, but to me and alot of young fans it was a positive one.

 

Really well put. I think people need to be a bit more mindful of the fact that what G1 was to them is what the Michael Bay movies were to others. You can like or dislike any media as you please while realizing that there are plenty of people who feel the opposite, and in this case it brought them into the franchise as a fan. And by definition of it being a blockbuster movie that makes it more likely to be a given fan's entry point in modern times.

 

So three new transformers film?

 

I don\'t care how many we get. I just want them to be good. 

 

I mean, these newer DC movies are kinda doing that and nobody really seems to mind (Shazam, WW84, etc.). If these movies all just take the basic premise of “there’s robots in a war, some of them on earth” and tell their own story branching off from that, I feel like they’ll end up being able to do a lot more interesting things with it. Plus, a rigid, structured continuity is one of those things that only hardcore fans really care about - mainstream audiences couldn’t give a shit, and honestly if they feel like they don’t have to see the other movies leading up to it, I feel like that would incentivize mainstream audiences further since they can just jump in wherever.

 

I grew up in the Bay Era as well. G1 is my absolute favorite but the Bay Verse is where I got my love for the franchise. Like it or not, It did bring in tons of new fans and is why we're even getting new movies to begin with. I'm just proud to be a fan as I simply love the brand in all it's shapes and forms.

 

"Blaster" standalone.

 

You referring to the Sequel trilogy?

Technically four

Shazam and WW'88 are part of the DCEU.

 

I mean sure, OFFICIALLY they are, but it’s also kept super vague enough to where it doesn’t REALLY matter whether or not they are. Plus it’s very obvious that they wanted to distance themselves as far as possible from the Zack Snyder style and move in a different direction. So yeah they’re DCEU but DC doesn’t seem to concerned with continuity, especially since if WW84 was SOLIDLY in the DCEU then that would have some unbelievably terrifying implications - you mean to tell me the entire world went crazy because of wish magic back in the 80’s and no one ever mentions it in the other movies? You ever wonder why in Shazam they only ever talk about Superman in vague praises without mentioning anything he did from the previous movies? It’s because they want to exist in a universe with A Superman, just not necessarily Zack’s somewhat cynical take on the character. I mean sure there’s

Spoiler

The Superman appearance at the end of that movie, but since we never actually see who’s in the suit it means nothing, and just because it’s the same suit STILL means nothing - the CW used that Superman costume for TWO different Superman shows completely unconnected to the DCEU and nobody seems to mind

All I’m saying is I think the mainstream audience doesn’t really give THAT much of a shit about continuity - look at the Bay films, yes they’re TECHNICALLY in continuity but every single film basically just starts from scratch and makes up a bunch of new shit so audiences didn’t have to see the other ones to “get it”. Now you get someone actually talented making those movies and it’s a different story.

 

I think that's his point. They technically are if you want them to be, but there's really nothing beholding them tonally or plot wise that mandates explicit DCEU connections.

You can enjoy WW and WW84 without ever touching BvS, you can enjoy Shazam without ever seeing another DC movie.

Not everything needs to be as tightly woven as Marvel and certainly Transformers doesn't need to be.