sabrigami wrote:They don't deserve a look like that. Then again, this is Bayverse. Since when does he do what we wish he would
Then again, this is Bayverse, not G1. It's a reboot, with a few nice homages, but it is not the same continuity, not the same designs. Since when does he owe you anything?
He doesn't, you know, but I just thought I'd ask for clarity.
I think people seem to forget that this isn't G1, and that's why so many things are different and new from what we've seen before.
I think people were mindscrewed when he went with a G1 vibe for the second film, and that's why it wasn't embraced by fans and critics, yet it found a large international audience and a large box office take.
I think people should be careful what they wish for. Ya'll want G1 so badly? You might just get it, and it's going to suck, really really badly in the finished product. We'll just get reissues of Classics/Universe/Generations molds (and why wouldn't Hasbro? It's a money saver!), we'll get really stupid stories with really stupid villain plots, etc.
Is the Bayverse perfect? Nope. I'm one of the first to tell you that.
Is it better than it could've been? Absolutely. I can't even believe the miracles that've been pulled off at this point.
And I will laugh, when in another 10 years people will look back on all of this fondly, and I think fans will come to embrace this old coot of a bot. We haven't seen him animated yet, he might just surprise you. What if we ended up with a Scrooge McDuck, with a heart of gold? Think about that for a second. I know plenty of people who would fall in love with the idea of that.
I think too many of you are too close to this. You need to take a step back, look at it through a few other sets of eyes, then come back and see the whole picture. There's a lot more to see here than you're willing to admit.
I was addicted to Animated. I was too close to it, got sucked in, and when it failed, I got my rage out and posted like a jerk (more than usual, I should clarify), and I decried Hasbro, etc. Well, we turned out to be lucky. TakaraTomy is picking up the ball that Hasbro dropped and we're still getting the missing pieces for our collection. The show's currently being aired in Japan, which means we might get a full series DVD set in the end, and because of all of that, I'm finally becoming content. I realize that Animated wasn't going to last forever, but we're all better for it having existed, period.
And you should realize that the same goes for Bayverse. If these movies hadn't worked out, we'd never see another big screen adventure for our robotic heroes, and we'd still be geeks and nothing but. Now? Geek is chic, the audiences have embraced our heroes and now get why we love these guys. The money made off of these helps to ensure we have TFs for the future.
We should be grateful and look at this with positive, not rose colored glasses. Because we really do need to be grateful. What if they had been unwatched DTV movies with no budget and no care? Yeah, there's something to mull over.
We got danged lucky. And we should recognize that.
NOTE: Realize that I am not a perfect Christian, nor do I profess to be. I apologize if anyone's ever offended by me, I'm not perfect. Don't hold my posts and opinions against other Christians.
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Anyone want to throw in a Decepticon? Because I have no Decepticons on my mind right now. 
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