For the 40th anniversary of Transformers the movie could shush a film be made or a mini comic book series?

 

0% chance

 

How come ?

 

We barely get Transformers films that try anything new, let alone a whole alternate universe where characters the general public do know are actually flipped in their moralities. We just got our first animated film and the latest live-action movie was last year. I just don't believe Transformers are that popular right now.

 

Not in the cinemas. Just online.

 

Still. We get less cartoons too.

 

Transformers is popular enough to warrant a production, but Shattered Glass isn’t. At best, it’s a good excuse for a toy redeco, but as a fiction, it’s pretty niche.

 

Right now? Very unlikely they'd do a Transformers anything on Netflix. They've got their deal with Paramount (and Paramount+, a competing platform), the Netflix shows were... a thing... but I don't think they were seen to be very successful.

On top of that, Shattered glass has popularity IN the fandom, but it isn't well known outside of it, AND it would require new fans to already have an understanding of the universe to get the most out of the concept (as its a 'reversal' of things).

Never say never, but it wouldn't be one of the first dozen or so things I'd bet on.

 

I think a Shattered Glass anything would have to be placed into a show similar to Marvel's What If, were the normal world is established first, to a degree, with some variances, before leading into Shattered Glass. It's not something that would make sense to outside/non-fan viewers, as you'd have to have pre hand knowledge of the original/true versions of the characters to understand the point of Shattered Glass.

 

Comic book series or tpb? Sure, as a supplementary or side series to a more major ongoing work. But a full series? Pretty impossible.

The biggest thing is that, as has been said repeatedly, Shattered Glass is something that basically requires pre-existing fandom and familiarity. The Netflix show was made not just to appeal to existing fans, but to try and draw in new people who had maybe lapsed on the Transformers fandom, who had only been aware of or involved in one aspect of the franchise (say, for instance, the Bayverse films) or who had never seen a Transformers show before but liked sci-fi or the idea intrigued them.

Shattered Glass only works if you already know Transformers to get what all the mirror universe versions of the characters represent. Evil mirror genocidal Autobot Leader Optimus Prime is just a generic comic booky villain without the context of what normal Optimus is actually like. Starscream being undyingly loyal to Megatron has nothing to make it fun or funny unless you're already aware of the fact that Starscream is such a legendary backstabbing, power-hungry rank-climber that he is literally the trope namer for his character archetype.

Maybe someone could write a fun Shattered Glass tale that works for people who aren't in on the joke, but missing out on said joke neuters the intended impact that whole story is meant to provide.

it's why mirror universes only exist within the broader scope of the fiction that births them. Star Trek regularly visited its mirror universe across several series and some books, but they never made a whole TV series out of just that universe and its stories because because it's not self-sustaining. A twisted mirror needs something to cast a reflection of for it to have any value.

 

1.9%

 

So if they did a new animated series thing it would be most likely Be on Paramount platform?

 

Animated? zero.

Comic? eh maybe a bit if lip service.

 

Right now? That would be a safe bet, but maybe not a certainty (I could see them going back to Nickelodeon - Earthspark episodes air there a little while after on Paramount+, or even Hasbro uploading a show directly to Youtube). In a few years things might be very different though.

 

A legacy was in discussion as a sequel to war for Cybertron but it did not fit with Netflix mandates at the time and Hasbro did not shop it to other platforms as to keep their good relationship with Netflix but why have their deal with paramount then ?

 

I don't know if I understand what you're asking, please try to structure your sentences a little clearer moving forward.

You're asking if a legacy show potentially in development with Netflix, and then they purposefully shelved it? That's what we've been told, yes.

Why then did they go with Paramount? Hasbro already had a relationship with Paramount via the movies, and Nickelodeon (a paramount company) on other shows. I'm guessing they wanted to still do a show to promote a toyline, and Paramount presumably made them a good deal to put it on Paramount+ before airing on Nickelodeon. I can't speak to what the feelings from Hasbro were as to whether this would have any impact on their relationship with Netflix.

 

Why would they try to pitch a serious with Netflix when they all ready had a relationship with Paramount ? Would this effort there relationship with both ?

 

I think a Transformers-Skibidi Toilet crossover would be more likely than a Netflix Shattered Glass. I am being serious.

You might as well have a crossover between Skibidi Toilet and Transformers called Skibidi Toilet Transformers: Rippled Pee. I think that is the level of likelihood of a mainstream Netflix Shattered Glass.

 

Thanks, like I said, I can't speak to how Hasbro views those relationships internally, but it's probably to their advantage to have relationships with multiple outlets (makes them less vulnerable if that media platform says no or doesn't want to support the show). Whether one platform takes issue if Hasbro works with another, I can't say, but I don't think it's been a huge issue for kids shows?

I had thought the legacy show was supposed to be aimed at a younger audience, but yes, it seems that Netflix was interested in shows aimed at a slightly older audience (I can't say why, maybe they get more viewership?). If anything, I think it helps to have two platforms interested in different kinds of shows from Hasbro, so they can both occupy their own niche?

 

At this point I think a Shattered Glass film is statistically more probable then us getting another solid, well-written series or film.