Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset
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Seibertron.com moderator Supreme Convoy has posted a review of Shout! Factory's Transformers – Beast Wars: Complete Series DVD Boxset. Read his thoughts on the set below.
I have the previous Shout Factory release of the The Complete Transformers: Generation One Matrix boxset and GI Joe and it’s one of the gems of my DVD collection. Once I learned that Shout Factory was doing a Beast Wars: The Complete Series set, I was ecstatic. Shout Factory sold them during BotCon and I had to buy a set. I didn’t buy Rhino’s boxsets years ago so I can’t compare the releases’ quality.
I watched the first two episodes to see the quality and it’s perfect. The video isn’t as crisp as I’d like but it’s watchable. The audio is fantastic, which I think the series hinges on. All the voice acting, music, and sound effects sound amazing. The animation holds up really well considering where technology was at in CGI animation for television.
The bonus features are:
-Maximize! Creating a New Breed of Transformers Featurette
-Remembering The Spark Featurette
-Original Making of Beast Wars featurette
-Original Character Models
-Art Gallerys
There doesn’t seem to be a lot of bonus features for Beast Wars. Then I realized that there are only eight discs compared to the Generation One boxset with 16 discs, which makes sense given its size and number of episodes.
Remember The Spark documentary is the most interesting of the bunch. Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio talk about creating the Beast Wars mythology. It’s quite interesting to learn about how Forward and DiTillio didn’t know much about Transformers mythology and using old Transformers newsgroups to pull information. “The Great War” that was mentioned wasn’t originally the war between Autobots and Decepticons. Hasbro wasn’t even sure when/where the series took place so Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio made the world very vague and could change it as the series went on.
One of the other bonus features is the original character models, which shows Mainframe’s first attempt in animating the characters. It’s quite cool to see how they went from crude deisgns into the designs we all know and love.
The boxset also includes a small reprint of Transformers: Timeline’s Dawn of Future's Past comic, which takes place before the Beast Wars series where Megatron steals the Golden Disk and the Maximals chasing after him. It’s a fun comic.
I watched Beast Wars when it aired but there are a few episodes I still haven’t seen. I can’t wait to discover them over the summer. It’s a great series and a wonderful release for $50. I hope that this boxset does well enough so Shout Factory can release more Transformers sets.
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Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252221)
Posted by LiKwid on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:16am CDT
Posted by LiKwid on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:16am CDT
How does this stack up to the season 1 set? Will the season 2 set be relased the same was Sea 1? Ugggh I wish I would have known about the complete series..I would have held off on the Season 1 set..
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252227)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:22am CDT
Judging by how Shout packaged the boxset, Season One is in it's own DVD case while Season Two & Three share one case.
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:22am CDT
LiKwid wrote:How does this stack up to the season 1 set? Will the season 2 set be relased the same was Sea 1? Ugggh I wish I would have known about the complete series..I would have held off on the Season 1 set..
Judging by how Shout packaged the boxset, Season One is in it's own DVD case while Season Two & Three share one case.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252229)
Posted by LiKwid on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:29am CDT
Posted by LiKwid on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:29am CDT
Ah so it's like g1 then with season 3&4..I can live with that 
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252231)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:32am CDT
Looks like the Forward & DiTillio footage was from the Rhino release because at the end of the video, it's copyrighted by Rhino and Madman Entertainment.
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:32am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Those special features are way more than anything Rhino ever gave us with their Beast Wars DVDs. Though, it must be confessed that those original character models were actually carried over from the Rhino DVD release of Beast Wars season 2. And, I'd be willing to bet that the Forward/DiTillio interviews were also carried over from the Rhino season 1 DVD set (unless it was one interview with the two of them together, instead of two interviews with one for each like what Rhino did).
Looks like the Forward & DiTillio footage was from the Rhino release because at the end of the video, it's copyrighted by Rhino and Madman Entertainment.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252256)
Posted by Flux Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:13am CDT
Posted by Flux Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:13am CDT
I was actually hoping to see if the picture quality on these was superior in any way to the Rhino releases. I own those and I'm tempted by new shiny sets. However if there isn't anything I haven't seen before or improved picture, then buying them again is a waste. However, with Beast Wars being my favorite TF show, I am tickled pink that it's available again for sale.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252275)
Posted by xyl360 on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:18am CDT
Posted by xyl360 on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:18am CDT
I have both sets, the picture quality is identical between the two (which look just like it did when it aired originally, at least to me, and unfortunately that was before widescreen/HD became the norm for television). A nice little bonus is that at the end of some of the episodes it does show the original credits from the broadcast which was a split screen of credits on the right and animation from the show on the left, something none of the episodes in the Rhino release had.
The interviews with Bob and Larry are indeed the ones from the Rhino releases, but there are some new interviews with other parts of the creation team/Hasbro in both "Maximize! Creating A New Breed Of Transformer" and the "Rembembering The Spark Featurette". The original "Making Of Beast Wars" is nice to have because it wasn't included in the Rhino releases and I believe it was only available in Canada (I had seen it previously on Youtube).
I like the way the set is put together, but it would have been nice to have more bonus stuff and I too would have loved it if they would have included or even re-animated the "Theft of the Golden Disc" video, especially since it's considered to be canon now.
I like the DVD labels in this set much better, as they are images of "The Sounds of Earth" overlaid with images of characters from the show.
Either way, for $50 you can't go wrong, especially if you don't own the original Rhino releases.
The interviews with Bob and Larry are indeed the ones from the Rhino releases, but there are some new interviews with other parts of the creation team/Hasbro in both "Maximize! Creating A New Breed Of Transformer" and the "Rembembering The Spark Featurette". The original "Making Of Beast Wars" is nice to have because it wasn't included in the Rhino releases and I believe it was only available in Canada (I had seen it previously on Youtube).
I like the way the set is put together, but it would have been nice to have more bonus stuff and I too would have loved it if they would have included or even re-animated the "Theft of the Golden Disc" video, especially since it's considered to be canon now.
I like the DVD labels in this set much better, as they are images of "The Sounds of Earth" overlaid with images of characters from the show.
Either way, for $50 you can't go wrong, especially if you don't own the original Rhino releases.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252281)
Posted by Master Renegade on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:41am CDT
Posted by Master Renegade on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:41am CDT
Have they fixed the episode order in Season 1? Or have they still screwed up the sequence of episodes 9 and 11 by putting "The Probe" before "A Better Mousetrap?"
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252304)
Posted by Kingpun on July 4th, 2011 @ 8:09am CDT
Posted by Kingpun on July 4th, 2011 @ 8:09am CDT
I also just bought Season 1 when I saw it in the store and there was no sign of a complete series set. The Season 2&3 set there is barcoded and ready to be sold individually, so I'm hoping to see it available soon. I hope they plan on getting it out there.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252359)
Posted by Sabrblade on July 4th, 2011 @ 9:48am CDT
...Also something none of my VHS tapes of recorded TV episodes had. I don't remember the Beast Wars end credits being like that. 
Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Posted by Sabrblade on July 4th, 2011 @ 9:48am CDT
xyl360 wrote:A nice little bonus is that at the end of some of the episodes it does show the original credits from the broadcast which was a split screen of credits on the right and animation from the show on the left, something none of the episodes in the Rhino release had.
...Also something none of my VHS tapes of recorded TV episodes had. I don't remember the Beast Wars end credits being like that. Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252365)
Posted by Heavy B on July 4th, 2011 @ 9:57am CDT
Posted by Heavy B on July 4th, 2011 @ 9:57am CDT
does this set:
A) Have the original longer season 1 opening
B) Have the original season 3 opening that isn't basicly a copy/paste of season 2
A) Have the original longer season 1 opening
B) Have the original season 3 opening that isn't basicly a copy/paste of season 2
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252367)
Posted by prowl123 on July 4th, 2011 @ 10:00am CDT
Posted by prowl123 on July 4th, 2011 @ 10:00am CDT
You have the same laptop as me.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252428)
Posted by Cyberstrike on July 4th, 2011 @ 11:49am CDT
I'm really disappointed by the special features. The originanl featurette and the comic are the only good things (and the comic is OK at best) in this set. The rest are 2 crappy new featurettes, a bunch of 3D computer character models, and a bunch of character art on characters that never made into the series.
Combined with the same picture and sound quailty as the Rhino versions, no deleted scene, no animatic of Nemesis pt. 2, no bumpers, no audio commentaries, and no Beast Wars commercials. It's not worth paying more than $40 for.
I'm glad I've won mine in contest (and I got mine for free) because the special features are real disappointment and simply put they alone are NOT worth the price for this set. If I didn't already have all 3 of the Rhino sets I might think this is a good deal.
Posted by Cyberstrike on July 4th, 2011 @ 11:49am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:This looks to be the superior release over the Rhino DVDs. Great review, Supreme Convoy.Those special features are way more than anything Rhino ever gave us with their Beast Wars DVDs. Though, it must be confessed that those original character models were actually carried over from the Rhino DVD release of Beast Wars season 2. And, I'd be willing to bet that the Forward/DiTillio interviews were also carried over from the Rhino season 1 DVD set (unless it was one interview with the two of them together, instead of two interviews with one for each like what Rhino did).
The season 1 featurette is terrible. The second one isn't much better but it at least has the Forward/DiTillo interviews from the Rhino set intercut. The original one filmed back in 90s during the making season 1 is the best of the bunch.Though, two special features that the Rhino DVDs had that Shout! Factory appearently did not carry over would be the deleted scene from "Nemesis Part 2" and the full animatic of the same episode.
Those should have been included.All these new special features and the included comic make this set a winner for me. I'm gonna be double dipping on this, efen though's still got the Rhino releases.
I'm really disappointed by the special features. The originanl featurette and the comic are the only good things (and the comic is OK at best) in this set. The rest are 2 crappy new featurettes, a bunch of 3D computer character models, and a bunch of character art on characters that never made into the series.
Combined with the same picture and sound quailty as the Rhino versions, no deleted scene, no animatic of Nemesis pt. 2, no bumpers, no audio commentaries, and no Beast Wars commercials. It's not worth paying more than $40 for.
I'm glad I've won mine in contest (and I got mine for free) because the special features are real disappointment and simply put they alone are NOT worth the price for this set. If I didn't already have all 3 of the Rhino sets I might think this is a good deal.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252459)
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 12:53pm CDT
Makes sense.
Season one was 26 eps.
Seasons two and three were 13 eps each, adding up to 26.
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 12:53pm CDT
Supreme Convoy wrote:LiKwid wrote:How does this stack up to the season 1 set? Will the season 2 set be relased the same was Sea 1? Ugggh I wish I would have known about the complete series..I would have held off on the Season 1 set..
Judging by how Shout packaged the boxset, Season One is in it's own DVD case while Season Two & Three share one case.
Makes sense.
Season one was 26 eps.
Seasons two and three were 13 eps each, adding up to 26.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252467)
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 1:06pm CDT
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 1:06pm CDT
Does Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset have the best quality from previous Rhino releases of Beast Wars Seasons 1, 2, and 3?
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252535)
Posted by BATTOUSAIXD on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:33pm CDT
Posted by BATTOUSAIXD on July 4th, 2011 @ 2:33pm CDT
Are these the same people that released the ones available at Target or Wal-Mart? I saw season one for twenty bucks and wanted to buy it, but if these are better quality I'll just get this whole set.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252559)
Posted by BluePhirePB on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:01pm CDT
Posted by BluePhirePB on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:01pm CDT
I hope they release Season 2 and 3 soon. I only bought Season 1 individual.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252578)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:39pm CDT
"A Better Mousetrap" is before "The Probe" on this set.
No commercial bumpers.
I didn't realize there was a longer Season One intro. The episodes on Season One have the shorter intro (didn't go through all of them so there could be one random episode with an extended opening). Season Two and Three have their own openings.
I've given up hope for commentaries for Transformers and GI Joe as there hasn't been any for the previous DVDs. It would be nice but I'm not expecting them. Especially with potential future releases like Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise, etc as they don't seem to screaming for commentaries.
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 3:39pm CDT
Master Renegade wrote:Have they fixed the episode order in Season 1? Or have they still screwed up the sequence of episodes 9 and 11 by putting "The Probe" before "A Better Mousetrap?"
"A Better Mousetrap" is before "The Probe" on this set.
Sabrblade wrote:Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
No commercial bumpers.
Dr. Heavy B wrote:does this set:
A) Have the original longer season 1 opening
B) Have the original season 3 opening that isn't basicly a copy/paste of season 2
I didn't realize there was a longer Season One intro. The episodes on Season One have the shorter intro (didn't go through all of them so there could be one random episode with an extended opening). Season Two and Three have their own openings.
Cyberstrike wrote:I'm really disappointed by the special features. The originanl featurette and the comic are the only good things (and the comic is OK at best) in this set. The rest are 2 crappy new featurettes, a bunch of 3D computer character models, and a bunch of character art on characters that never made into the series.
Combined with the same picture and sound quailty as the Rhino versions, no deleted scene, no animatic of Nemesis pt. 2, no bumpers, no audio commentaries, and no Beast Wars commercials. It's not worth paying more than $40 for.
I've given up hope for commentaries for Transformers and GI Joe as there hasn't been any for the previous DVDs. It would be nice but I'm not expecting them. Especially with potential future releases like Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise, etc as they don't seem to screaming for commentaries.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252600)
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:19pm CDT
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:19pm CDT
Does Beast Wars The Complete Series DVD Box Set have the best quality by Shout! Factory than Rhino had the worst quality of all three seasons? If Beast Wars Complete Series DVD Boxset does well, which Transformers shows will Shout! Factory release? would shout! release beast machines, armada, energon, robots in disguise, beast wars 2, beast wars neo?
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252606)
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:34pm CDT
Actually the original Beast Machines DVD release has commentaries on S1Ep3 and S2Ep12-13, so you never know. I imagine it's more about cost (gotta pay for people's time) than that there's nothing to comment on…
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:34pm CDT
Supreme Convoy wrote:I've given up hope for commentaries for Transformers and GI Joe as there hasn't been any for the previous DVDs. It would be nice but I'm not expecting them. Especially with potential future releases like Beast Machines, Robots in Disguise, etc as they don't seem to screaming for commentaries.
Actually the original Beast Machines DVD release has commentaries on S1Ep3 and S2Ep12-13, so you never know. I imagine it's more about cost (gotta pay for people's time) than that there's nothing to comment on…
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252610)
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:50pm CDT
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Posted by Supreme Convoy on July 4th, 2011 @ 4:50pm CDT
NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Actually the original Beast Machines DVD release has commentaries on S1Ep3 and S2Ep12-13, so you never know. I imagine it's more about cost (gotta pay for people's time) than that there's nothing to comment on…
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252614)
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:00pm CDT
Posted by jmodlin210 on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:00pm CDT
the boxset for beast wars complete series set has great quality by Shout! Factory than Rhino.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252630)
Posted by Galvatron X on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:26pm CDT
Awww, the original show had that stuff? It's disappointing they didn't put that into this set.
Oh well, I bought it and I'm psyched with it! No more Youtube episodes! This is easily one of my top-5 cartoons ever...and I didn't even grow up with Beast Wars. I was 20-23 when this show was out, and completely missed it when it was new.
Posted by Galvatron X on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:26pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Awww, the original show had that stuff? It's disappointing they didn't put that into this set.
Oh well, I bought it and I'm psyched with it! No more Youtube episodes! This is easily one of my top-5 cartoons ever...and I didn't even grow up with Beast Wars. I was 20-23 when this show was out, and completely missed it when it was new.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252634)
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:31pm CDT
Man, I watched Beast Wars religiously on its original airings and I totally don't remember it even having bumpers. Were they animated like the G1 ones or just the Beast Wars logo from the opening sequence with a voice over?
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 5:31pm CDT
Galvatron X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Awww, the original show had that stuff? It's disappointing they didn't put that into this set. Oh well, I bought it and I'm psyched with it! This is easily one of my top-5 cartoons ever...and I didn't even grow up with Beast Wars. I was 20-23 when this show was out.
Man, I watched Beast Wars religiously on its original airings and I totally don't remember it even having bumpers. Were they animated like the G1 ones or just the Beast Wars logo from the opening sequence with a voice over?
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252649)
Posted by Master Renegade on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:18pm CDT
I believe what he was asking was if Season 3 had it's opening sequence from the broadcast run of the series, which had at the beginning some original, not recycled from the first episode, footage of Axalon and the Pred ship before they crashed. Or does it have the same opening sequence that was on the Rhino sets, which did not have that original animation at the beginning?
Posted by Master Renegade on July 4th, 2011 @ 6:18pm CDT
Supreme Convoy wrote:Dr. Heavy B wrote:does this set:
A) Have the original longer season 1 opening
B) Have the original season 3 opening that isn't basicly a copy/paste of season 2
I didn't realize there was a longer Season One intro. The episodes on Season One have the shorter intro (didn't go through all of them so there could be one random episode with an extended opening). Season Two and Three have their own openings.
I believe what he was asking was if Season 3 had it's opening sequence from the broadcast run of the series, which had at the beginning some original, not recycled from the first episode, footage of Axalon and the Pred ship before they crashed. Or does it have the same opening sequence that was on the Rhino sets, which did not have that original animation at the beginning?
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1252667)
Posted by Gandalf on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:04pm CDT
Posted by Gandalf on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:04pm CDT
No interviews with the voice cast? That's a massive disappointment for me. Did the Rhino release have anything?
I'll get this anyway, but I'm admittedly less enthused now.
I'll get this anyway, but I'm admittedly less enthused now.
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Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:10pm CDT
The Rhino set had interviews with Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio and a film Bob Forward made as a kid with Season 1. Season 2 had nada. Season 3 and the animatic from Nemesis, Part 2 and a low-res version of the deleted scene (Meg's spark).
In addition to the aforementioned commentaries on three episodes, beast machines also had interviews with Marv Wolfman, Robert M Skir, David Kaye and Susan Blu
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:10pm CDT
Gandalf wrote:No interviews with the voice cast? That's a massive disappointment for me. Did the Rhino release have anything?
The Rhino set had interviews with Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio and a film Bob Forward made as a kid with Season 1. Season 2 had nada. Season 3 and the animatic from Nemesis, Part 2 and a low-res version of the deleted scene (Meg's spark).
In addition to the aforementioned commentaries on three episodes, beast machines also had interviews with Marv Wolfman, Robert M Skir, David Kaye and Susan Blu
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Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:18pm CDT
Actually I do remember the first one now, I can hear Gary Chalk's voice in my head. it was just a voice over with the logo though I think.
But was the second one? It was Optimal Optimus and Cheetor, but was it also just a voice-over or just clips from that dialogue. obviously the first part: "More exciting action. […] With your favorite 3D Transformers." was an announcer…
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 4th, 2011 @ 7:18pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Actually I do remember the first one now, I can hear Gary Chalk's voice in my head. it was just a voice over with the logo though I think.
But was the second one? It was Optimal Optimus and Cheetor, but was it also just a voice-over or just clips from that dialogue. obviously the first part: "More exciting action. […] With your favorite 3D Transformers." was an announcer…
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Posted by Sabrblade on July 4th, 2011 @ 10:28pm CDT
Here's the correct season 3 intro:
And here's the wrong one used by the Rhino DVDs:
Though, the 20th Anniversary DVD release of the 1986 G1 movie by Sony had at least two different audio commentary tracks. But, again, that was Sony instead of Shout!.
They're on my recorded VHS tapes, though.
Also, while searching on YouTube, I found the reason why there exists both a long and a short version of the season 1 intro. The long version was created for reruns becuase the first-run broadcast of season 1 was part of a programming block that required its theme song run time be cut in half. What was this programming block, you say? Well, those who grew up on Beast Wars, brace yourselves for nostalgia!
Posted by Sabrblade on July 4th, 2011 @ 10:28pm CDT
Bummer. I liked those. They were simple, yet had a certain charm to them.Supreme Convoy wrote:No commercial bumpers.
(*puts on professor's glasses and speaks in a Harvard accent*) Back when the season 1 episodes first aired on TV, the opening sequence was the typical 30-second long version used on most of the DVD releases. But when season 1 aired in reruns on other stations, a different, 1-minute long version aired instead. (*switches back to normal persona*) Personally, I liked this longer one better.Supreme Convoy wrote:I didn't realize there was a longer Season One intro.
I think what Dr. Heavy B was specifically asking is if the season 3 intro was the correct one, instead of the one that borrows some footage from the season 2 intro.Supreme Convoy wrote:Season Two and Three have their own openings.
Here's the correct season 3 intro:
And here's the wrong one used by the Rhino DVDs:
However, that Beast Machines set was released by Rhino instead of Shout! Factory. So, there's no telling what Shout! would do.Supreme Convoy wrote:NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Actually the original Beast Machines DVD release has commentaries on S1Ep3 and S2Ep12-13, so you never know. I imagine it's more about cost (gotta pay for people's time) than that there's nothing to comment on…
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Though, the 20th Anniversary DVD release of the 1986 G1 movie by Sony had at least two different audio commentary tracks. But, again, that was Sony instead of Shout!.
I'm trying to find them on YouTube, but no one's got them.NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Galvatron X wrote:Sabrblade wrote:
Also, does this set include the commercial bumpers? That was something missing from the Rhino sets that I do like and miss.
"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Awww, the original show had that stuff? It's disappointing they didn't put that into this set. Oh well, I bought it and I'm psyched with it! This is easily one of my top-5 cartoons ever...and I didn't even grow up with Beast Wars. I was 20-23 when this show was out.
Man, I watched Beast Wars religiously on its original airings and I totally don't remember it even having bumpers. Were they animated like the G1 ones or just the Beast Wars logo from the opening sequence with a voice over?
They're on my recorded VHS tapes, though.
Season 2 had the original character models that were carried over into this new Shout! Factory set.NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Gandalf wrote:No interviews with the voice cast? That's a massive disappointment for me. Did the Rhino release have anything?
The Rhino set had interviews with Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio and a film Bob Forward made as a kid with Season 1. Season 2 had nada. Season 3 and the animatic from Nemesis, Part 2 and a low-res version of the deleted scene (Meg's spark).
The second one was a closing montage of season 1 clips that played at the end of every episode (even the post-season 1 episodes) right before the final commercial break before the end credits.NemesisMonkeySupreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:"Beast Wars! We'll be right back."
"Beast Wars! We're back."
"Beast Wars! More exciting action. Maximize! With your favorite 3D Transformers. Prime jets, on! Whoa, cool. On the next exciting adventure of 'Beast Wars', with 3D action!"
Actually I do remember the first one now, I can hear Gary Chalk's voice in my head. it was just a voice over with the logo though I think.
But was the second one? It was Optimal Optimus and Cheetor, but was it also just a voice-over or just clips from that dialogue. obviously the first part: "More exciting action. […] With your favorite 3D Transformers." was an announcer…
Also, while searching on YouTube, I found the reason why there exists both a long and a short version of the season 1 intro. The long version was created for reruns becuase the first-run broadcast of season 1 was part of a programming block that required its theme song run time be cut in half. What was this programming block, you say? Well, those who grew up on Beast Wars, brace yourselves for nostalgia!
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1253344)
Posted by Cthulhunicron on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:25pm CDT
Posted by Cthulhunicron on July 5th, 2011 @ 9:25pm CDT
When do seasons 2 and 3 become available on DVD?
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1253946)
Posted by Sodan-1 on July 6th, 2011 @ 6:50pm CDT
Posted by Sodan-1 on July 6th, 2011 @ 6:50pm CDT
Can this boxset be purchased from anywhere except Shout! Factory's own website? Just tried to order it but they won't ship to my country.
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1253962)
Posted by #1 Signal Lancer fan on July 6th, 2011 @ 7:10pm CDT
Posted by #1 Signal Lancer fan on July 6th, 2011 @ 7:10pm CDT
Please tell me this DVD will be released in stores!
Re: Seibertron.com Reviews: Shout! Factory's Beast Wars: The Complete Series DVD Boxset (1253981)
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 6th, 2011 @ 7:51pm CDT
Interesting. I wonder if that was a market by market thing because I know at least for the first season in Bozeman, MT it was Reboot followed by Beast Wars and then the Saturday morning block of cartoons began -- they were kind of the red-headed step-children, at least at first. I think Reboot was at 6am, possibly 5am. All I know is I had classes all week and worked and it was a pure love of those shows that got me up that early…
Posted by NemesisMonkeySupreme on July 6th, 2011 @ 7:51pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Also, while searching on YouTube, I found the reason why there exists both a long and a short version of the season 1 intro. The long version was created for reruns becuase the first-run broadcast of season 1 was part of a programming block that required its theme song run time be cut in half. What was this programming block, you say? Well, those who grew up on Beast Wars, brace yourselves for nostalgia!
Interesting. I wonder if that was a market by market thing because I know at least for the first season in Bozeman, MT it was Reboot followed by Beast Wars and then the Saturday morning block of cartoons began -- they were kind of the red-headed step-children, at least at first. I think Reboot was at 6am, possibly 5am. All I know is I had classes all week and worked and it was a pure love of those shows that got me up that early…
