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Has this been posted elsewhere for discussion here? I just watched this and it made me very nostalgic. These guys did a great job. They interviewed several people and used a lot of archival material to put this together. (Do they post here?)

I'm a latecomer to appreciating TFA. I wasn't aware of it when it came out. But I've come to realize how much it really was driven by the singular vision of Derick J Wyatt. (RIP). And a lot of love from the other collaborators.

As an occasional collector starting way back in G1, I have an affection for Transformers. But I've never been satisfied with any particular Transformers media. Even the most well-done takes will have me occasionally cringe or thinking I'd do it another way. And I'm talking going back to me being a kid.

With one exception.

TFA is the only take where I don't have any disputes. I just like what Derrick Wyatt and the others were doing. They kept some lore, ignored others, and were lovingly constantly shuffling a basket full of Easter Eggs in a playful tone. It's all very light and mostly tongue-in-cheek. But every character develops. Every character has an arc. Which is much more cohesive storytelling than most of the more self-serious takes.

 

The video was indeed really informative, and arguably the best part was explaining the inconsistencies between Marty and Derrick’s ideas/plans/etc for Season 4. The commissioned artwork was also amazing to look at, and makes me wish Animated got a bigger budget even as good as it already looked.