Machinima Prime Wars Trilogy episodes privatized on YouTube and removed from Tumblr
Monday, January 21st, 2019 12:23PM CST
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Machinima privatized ALL their videos, including the Machinima Prelude to Combiner Wars, Combiner Wars, Titans Return, and Power of the Primes web series'. The Combiner Wars series can still be viewed on a playlist on Hasbro's YouTube channel, as well as a bonus on a Target exclusive version of The Last Knight Blu Ray.
How about Tumblr, you ask? Well, the Prime Wars Trilogy Tumblr blog, housing the episodes for view outside of the US, has been deleted for some time. This means the Prelude to Combiner Wars, Titans Return, and Power of the Primes have no "official" means to view them.
These shows were known for not being liked, so this may not be unfortunate news to many, but it is still worth mentioning. So, thoughts on this news? Tell us in the Pub forums below!
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Posted by Nemesis Maximo on January 21st, 2019 @ 12:58pm CST
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Posted by Sabrblade on January 21st, 2019 @ 1:39pm CST
Posted by angtre on January 21st, 2019 @ 2:06pm CST
Posted by Randomhero on January 21st, 2019 @ 3:45pm CST
Nemesis Maximo wrote:Kinda odd that Hasbro would allow them to privatize even the TF shows, what with them wanting to reach as much of an audience as possible.
It’s a series by machinema. They technically own it. All thier stuff is gone with the purchase
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on January 21st, 2019 @ 4:33pm CST
Randomhero wrote:Nemesis Maximo wrote:Kinda odd that Hasbro would allow them to privatize even the TF shows, what with them wanting to reach as much of an audience as possible.
It’s a seri4s by mashinema. They technically own it. All thier stuff is gone with the purchase
I get that Machinima produced it, but Hasbro owns Transformers. It seems to me that Hasbro could have said “no way Jose” to Machinima privatizing the TF videos. Even if they are God-awful.
Posted by Randomhero on January 21st, 2019 @ 6:56pm CST
Nemesis Maximo wrote:Randomhero wrote:Nemesis Maximo wrote:Kinda odd that Hasbro would allow them to privatize even the TF shows, what with them wanting to reach as much of an audience as possible.
It’s a seri4s by mashinema. They technically own it. All thier stuff is gone with the purchase
I get that Machinima produced it, but Hasbro owns Transformers. It seems to me that Hasbro could have said “no way Jose” to Machinima privatizing the TF videos. Even if they are God-awful.
So? Marvel Studios owns the rights to Hulk but they don’t own the rights to make a Hulk sequel. That’s why he’s always a costar in the movies since the first one came out. It’s very possible it’s a situation like that where yes Hasbro owns transformers but they don’t own this show becuase it was licensed out to Machinema.
They own the license but they more than likely don’t own that show as a whole. There’s a reason this trilogy was never released physically except for CW as a bonus feature on Last Knight and no, it’s not because grown men in their 30s and 40s hated it and complained about it on the internet.
This also just happened. It’s very possible it will be uploaded to hasbros channel if they have the series in their library but chances are it was an exclusive in their contract to be a machinema exclusive and while it’s been taken off Machinema isn’t gone as a whole.
Posted by TFanPage101 on January 21st, 2019 @ 11:38pm CST
Yeah, the machinima show isn't great, but I'll miss it.
Posted by Big Grim on January 22nd, 2019 @ 6:44am CST
Posted by o.supreme on January 22nd, 2019 @ 11:49am CST
Posted by Emerje on February 5th, 2019 @ 10:29pm CST
Apparently this has been a long time in coming. In 2016 Machinima was bought by Warner Bros. Digital Networks which was in turn bought by AT&T in 2018. This past December AT&T began a restructuring process that reorganized many of their media outlets under their own Otter Media (Crunchyroll, VRV, Rooster Teeth, Fullscreen Media, Gunpowder & Sky, and Hello Sunshine) while Machinima is being absorbed into Fullscreen. As a result 81 of Machinima's 100 employees have been laid off as part of an overall 10% reduction in AT&T staff.
Fullscreen calls their work "high-intensity marketing for the social-first generation" which probably does describe the Transformers Prime Wars animations fairly accurately. Most likely once they've ironed out new license agreements we'll see Machinima's videos return online in one way or another, but for now everything is up in the air. Whether or not we see a War for Cybertron animated trilogy has yet to be seen.
So what do you think? Is this a crushing blow to Transformers animations or no great loss in disposable media? Sound off in the Energon Pub forums below!
Posted by Colt on February 5th, 2019 @ 11:47pm CST
Posted by Nemesis Maximo on February 5th, 2019 @ 11:57pm CST
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on March 8th, 2019 @ 4:02pm CST
Posted by o.supreme on March 8th, 2019 @ 4:14pm CST
seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not. Still holding out hope that one of the special retailer releases of BB will have TR & PotP as an extra feature.
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on March 8th, 2019 @ 4:37pm CST
o.supreme wrote:https://gfycat.com/discreteglisteningdamselfly
seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not. Still holding out hope that one of the special retailer releases of BB will have TR & PotP as an extra feature.
Oh good you went with a futurama reference also
Posted by Sabrblade on March 8th, 2019 @ 7:35pm CST
I mean, as far as online accessibility goes, it's not like all three aren't readily findable and easily watchable on the likes of KimCartoon, WatchCartoonOnline, and others of their ilk. Sure, they're unofficial sources, but the shows are still out there for anyone to find and watch in this Internet day and age.o.supreme wrote:seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not.
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on March 8th, 2019 @ 8:04pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:I mean, as far as online accessibility goes, it's not like all three aren't readily findable and easily watchable on the likes of KimCartoon, WatchCartoonOnline, and others of their ilk. Sure, they're unofficial sources, but the shows are still out there for anyone to find and watch in this Internet day and age.o.supreme wrote:seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not.
I prefer official sources
Posted by Sabrblade on March 8th, 2019 @ 10:56pm CST
Sure, but sometimes one must make do with what's available.TrypticonCarne wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I mean, as far as online accessibility goes, it's not like all three aren't readily findable and easily watchable on the likes of KimCartoon, WatchCartoonOnline, and others of their ilk. Sure, they're unofficial sources, but the shows are still out there for anyone to find and watch in this Internet day and age.o.supreme wrote:seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not.
I prefer official sources
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on March 8th, 2019 @ 11:25pm CST
Sabrblade wrote:Sure, but sometimes one must make do with what's available.TrypticonCarne wrote:Sabrblade wrote:I mean, as far as online accessibility goes, it's not like all three aren't readily findable and easily watchable on the likes of KimCartoon, WatchCartoonOnline, and others of their ilk. Sure, they're unofficial sources, but the shows are still out there for anyone to find and watch in this Internet day and age.o.supreme wrote:seriously though...I am glad, as terrible as this is, i'd rather have it accessible than not.
I prefer official sources
you think they will make a news story about this being available now or let it fade out?
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on March 9th, 2019 @ 5:40pm CST
With the Machinima closedown, it looked as though the only way to watch any part of the cartoon was to order the Bonus version of The Last Knight and watch Combiner Wars there. But now, Rooster Teeth has picked up the reins and is now airing the entire trilogy. The trilogy encompasses the Combiner Wars, Titans Return, and Power of the Primes cartoons, and features the main characters of Windblade, Megatron, Optimus Prime, Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime, and more. Rooster Teeth even includes all the preludes to Combiner Wars as well.
If you are a member of Rooster Teeth, you can watch the entire series unhindered by adds. And even if you are a casual viewer, you can still watch the series, albeit with some ads thrown in there too.
It is also worth noting that Rooster Teeth is the company where the upcoming new Netflix series is being produced.
Let us know what you think of this new Prime Wars series development below!
Posted by Randomhero on March 9th, 2019 @ 6:26pm CST
Posted by Nexus Knight on March 9th, 2019 @ 11:37pm CST
Randomhero wrote:As much as I feel rooster teeth has lost what made them who they are and feel they’re just a dumpster I have been wanting to rewatch Power of the Primes again
Of course they are a dumpster! They got the Prime Wars Trilogy dumped on them.
Posted by Emperor Omega on March 14th, 2019 @ 8:23am CDT
I've tried to watch several episodes of the Prime War Trilogy on Rooster Teeth & it won't play.
Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?
Posted by Sabrblade on March 14th, 2019 @ 3:28pm CDT
For me, I tried playing Starscream's CW Prelude (arguably the best thing to come out of this trilogy) awhile back, and only the first bit of it would load and play.Emperor Omega wrote:That's odd.
I've tried to watch several episodes of the Prime War Trilogy on Rooster Teeth & it won't play.
Does anyone else have this problem, or is it just me?