Kurona wrote:That's why Megatron decided to reform at the end of the episode. All he really wanted all this time was for Prime to pull his trigger.
Kurona wrote:That's why Megatron decided to reform at the end of the episode. All he really wanted all this time was for Prime to pull his trigger.
1984forever wrote:You're partly right. Machinima is to blame for not executing this series before it could be seen by anyone.karyuudo wrote:1984forever wrote:Starscream spent so much screen time vomiting I thought I was watching "the Exorcist".
This is the main reason why IDW should lose it'sTransformers license immediately. The IDW comics are responsible for influencing this garbage that we all just watched. I don't care if the Titans are returning to belch for 3 minutes straight or whatever they're coming to do. I just don't care. No sequel please. Just leave it alone.
IDW has nothing to do with this series. If you're going to blame anyone for the way this turned out, focus your attention on Hasbro for the budget and Machinima for their execution of the series.
But I still hold Idw responsible for this mess. Hasbro execs looked at the boards and deduced that adult fans like boring plots and small casts.
Also the Combiners are portrayed as a different faction from Autobot, Decepticon or Camien. Wtf?
TransformableBacon wrote:1984forever wrote:You're partly right. Machinima is to blame for not executing this series before it could be seen by anyone.karyuudo wrote:1984forever wrote:Starscream spent so much screen time vomiting I thought I was watching "the Exorcist".
This is the main reason why IDW should lose it'sTransformers license immediately. The IDW comics are responsible for influencing this garbage that we all just watched. I don't care if the Titans are returning to belch for 3 minutes straight or whatever they're coming to do. I just don't care. No sequel please. Just leave it alone.
IDW has nothing to do with this series. If you're going to blame anyone for the way this turned out, focus your attention on Hasbro for the budget and Machinima for their execution of the series.
But I still hold Idw responsible for this mess. Hasbro execs looked at the boards and deduced that adult fans like boring plots and small casts.
Also the Combiners are portrayed as a different faction from Autobot, Decepticon or Camien. Wtf?
So let me get this straight. IDW had no control over the show. They created the comic books and the Combiner War Arc. Hasbro and Machinima liked it they agreed to make a animation 'adaptation' of the story arc.
Despite Machinima being in full control and all everything that's wrong with the show is to be pointed at IDW? What? For inspiring an animation series? Something they do not have control nor is it their idea in the first place? For Inspiration?!?! That argument is just whack. And your second point clearly states it was Hasbro who made the show the way it is and not IDW. So who's at fault then?
Argh, not to mention the Combiners are never portrayed as being sub-groups consistent of individuals being able to combine into one save for Devastator. Its like they never separate at all.
Sabrblade wrote:That wasn't a pun. Megatron was referring to something he said to Optimus both back in the fourth episode and back further in Optimus's prelude video.DeadCaL wrote:Anyway, I think like alot of people, I enjoyed this mainly because of Megaton. He straight up does a pun about Prime pulling the trigger and just rolls with it.
Mr Skram wrote:That's funny because the way I see it this was waaay more G1 than IDW. The writing and character "development" was so eratic and poorly executed. Bad animation. Etc. Not to mention it's essentially a commercial.
o.supreme wrote:Anyone trying to say this bares any resemblance to the original animated series is about as far off as you can be.
Big Grim wrote:For all the love the G1 cartoon gets, it was poorly written and could be appallingly bad now and then. IDW ain't 100% perfect but it's a damn sight better than the G1 cartoon.
Seconded.o.supreme wrote:Mr Skram wrote:That's funny because the way I see it this was waaay more G1 than IDW. The writing and character "development" was so eratic and poorly executed. Bad animation. Etc. Not to mention it's essentially a commercial.
A Commercial for what? The Combiners which were barely present? or all the characters whose models weren't part of Combiner Wars, or don't exist at all? Anyone trying to say this bares any resemblance to the original animated series is about as far off as you can be.
Kurona wrote:Also sorry if this sounds a bit... dickish or whatever, but this debate isn't exactly gonna get anywhere. Your differing points of view are both valid and come from the fact you're looking for different things and are influenced by different types of nostalgia, that's all.
Kurona wrote:Aye. I think we can at least agree that Machinima CW is worse than both in any case. It's definitely at the bottom for me; edged alongside the likes of Energon but saved from the murkiest depths of Kiss Players.
o.supreme wrote:Kurona wrote:Aye. I think we can at least agree that Machinima CW is worse than both in any case. It's definitely at the bottom for me; edged alongside the likes of Energon but saved from the murkiest depths of Kiss Players.
true enough...I still hope they come to you for a DVD cover.
Anyway...not to blow this way out because I really don't care enough to have a back-and-forth dialogue but...When it comes to the Unicron Trilogy (which is all bad IMHO...but I know it has its fans)..why is Energon often sighted as the worst part? I personally always thought Armada was the worst. Again just a couple of constructive comments would be nice. I am not going to debate, probably wont even respond, but I will read your thoughts with due respect.
Kurona wrote:Though let's not also say that this is on par with the G1 cartoon. The G1 cartoon - barring a few certain offenders such as B.O.T. and Carnage in C-minor - was at the very least a fun, cute little show with enjoyable characters and light-hearted humour that you could smile at for a good twenty minutes. Which is a whole lot more than can be said for this... thing.
o.supreme wrote:That is an opinion and provably untrue.
Kurona wrote:Aye. I think we can at least agree that Machinima CW is worse than both in any case. It's definitely at the bottom for me; edged alongside the likes of Energon but saved from the murkiest depths of Kiss Players.
o.supreme wrote:A Commercial for what? The Combiners which were barely present? or all the characters whose models weren't part of Combiner Wars, or don't exist at all? Anyone trying to say this bares any resemblance to the original animated series is about as far off as you can be.
Stormtalon wrote:I thought I'd watch the whole series before rendering a judgement. I think that was a good call.
Animation: The animation was a little washed out in the color palette, but a move in the right direction. Cel-shaded CGI that kept a G1 aesthetic but gave it an updated feel. Not glossy, shiny the way Transformers: Devastation played it. And not overstaturated candy floss colors like in Robots in Disguise. It's not perfect, but moving that direction.
Story: This was a climax with little or no build up. I read Combiner Wars arc of the IDW comics and it suffers a related problem. In the comics, things are constantly building up for some future payoff. In this way comics are like soap operas which build and build and either disappoint in the payoff or wait too long for us to care about it. In the Machinma series we are at the climax, but we don't know much about anyone or the stakes involved.
This feels very much like episode 12-13 of a thirteen episode season. So we get this epic smackdown and stunning betrayals, but no context to bring the epic-ness or shocking-ness to bear.
Execution: So many missed opportunities. I'll stick to my top two.
1) (4) 10 minute episodes instead of (8) 5-7 minute ones. At least enough to fill the cause & effect structure of a short short story. Micro form storytelling only has time for cause and effect. Too often we'd see cause and have to wait until the next episode to see the effect. For example: Ep. 1 action packed but left you with lots of questions. Ep. 2 lots of talking but leaves you with no connection to the Council about to be attacked. But 1 + 2, we get a strong opening act for a standard 22 minute episode.
2) Take advantage of the medium. A TV show or a movie is what you see is what you get. And constraints of time, budget, etc. means that vital information gets left out. For an example compare reading a book to watching it on the big screen. But online, there are many ways to get needed information to the audience. You could have a background bio series that runs concurrent with the series. To Machinima's credit, they did run trailers that hinted at some main character backstory, but hints were all they were.
Hasbro packed comics along with the Combiner Wars line for this very purpose. So take advantage of the internet. Put up lengthy bios of the characters. Show us where the Machinima series differs from the IDW comics and where they are similar. It can be done for a fraction of the cost and have a tremendous return. It could be text ala blog entries, it could be stop motion comic style, it could be don slapstick using actual toys.
What we got was halfhearted. It's like they original planned it to be a climax of the comic story. Then they wanted it to be a bridge between Combiners and Titans and they changed their minds back to a climax, but now it is a year removed from the Combiner Wars in stores and the comics on shelves.
I would watch a second try with Titans Return, but I hope they put more world-building into it.
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