Oh, and I'm curious what they'll do with Grimlock. Do you think he'll do his standard "ME GRIMLOCK" speech or do you think he'll be like the more articulate RID Grimlock?
@Zapper - That would be so cool if they got John Moschitta for Blurr! He's a legend as far as commercials and voicework goes. And his story of how he picked up his special talent is quite interesting. I had the luck of meeting him at Botcon. He ran into my friend and me in the lobby and complimented the Tailgate costume we made. Also we talked about how neither one of us has figured out how to use smartphones yet. Super nice fella.
@LadyMoondancer - A Hulk complex for Grimlock would be a refreshing take, actually! I liked green RID Grimlock's character quite a bit, but I also understand fans wanting the original caveman voice. Doing two voices depending on altmode would be pretty cool.
And yeah, I've been reading the IDW comics for a while now. I still have some catching up to do with ex-RID and Till All Are One and there's a few mini-series I haven't read yet but for the most part I'm up to date with Lost Light. I'm actually glad they're starting fresh with the comics. I've felt for a while the both of the main titles have been suffering from serious season rot. (That's what it's called, yes? I've heard the term used for later Friendship Is Magic episodes and I can definitely see it here, too.)
Yeah, I agree that it's annoying when all the female TFs are stick-thin. And also short, have you noticed that? They're always short.
Yeah, I agree that it's annoying when all the female TFs are stick-thin. And also short, have you noticed that? They're always short.
That's why Windblade's size annoys me. She is a jet! There is no need for sexual dimorphism in a species that has no sex. And it's simply weird when a car guy is bigger than a jet lady. It's like the designers have Napoleon complex.
Whining about TFA again... I loved how the Cons had all those flyers because it made them look imposing. Megatron rightfully dwarved Optimus and it made him look more scary that way.
Another wish of mine: give Soundwave back his minions. I don't want a single Laserbeak drone, I want the brats and the cat. They don't have to be cassettes.
Yeah, when I first saw Wheeljack I was like "Uhhhhh." LOL. (Hee hee, "space wizard robo beards." It's true though. LOOKIN AT YOU ALPHA TRION.)
That's true, RID did have more diversity than usual for its female bots. I really wish they'd made a toy of Glowstrike, she had a great design.
Wheeljack was given a handlebar "beard" instead of his "mask" in TFA but this new beard design is overkill because there are random bits in it.
I love how they just gave Shockwave a mini shockwave face on his head. Now he's got two eyes. His description reminds me of Beast Wars Tarantulas :lol:
What is that supposed to be...
What is that supposed to be...
Shockwave. :)
A walking gun turret that will stroll up and shoot you, lol.
Is it too much to hope that Soundwave also turns into something weird? Get back to your roots, Soundwave. We all know you started as a lamp post.
A walking gun turret that will stroll up and shoot you, lol.
Is it too much to hope that Soundwave also turns into something weird? Get back to your roots, Soundwave. We all know you started as a lamp post.
His original job was to guide the worthy to Narnia. ;)
I know, right? My bank account is the real victim in the Transformers' war. :lol:
Hasbro revealed the new theme song / intro and a short clip from an episode at SDCC!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pnyma2p-Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBwkFg9mbGU
Spoilers from clip:SpoilerI am sooo happy they went with the "Megatron and Optimus used to be friends" origin story. I've always felt Megatron starting off good and becoming corrupted was more interesting than him just being another warlord who always wanted to rule the world.
It sounds like Megatron started off as a gladiator (he says "I used to fight in front of you, now I will fight for you").
Ratchet looks so SASSY in the background, LOL!
I love Starscream's face design.
The ending part with Bumblebee cheering, "WOOO, MEGATRON!" slays me. :lol: I'm just sitting here imagining Windblade's face. "We've got a long way to go . . ."
I hope this show has TONS of flashbacks to Cybertron.
The animation is by Boulder Media, which is an Irish company I believe. I like it better than RID2015, which was animated by Polygon Pictures.
So apparently Travis Knight announced at SDCC that the jet in the Bumblebee movie is not Starscream but . . . Blitzwing?!
I gotta be honest, I am so disappointed. Why make him look so much like Starscream if he's not Starscream? Thinking I might skip the movie.
So apparently Travis Knight announced at SDCC that the jet in the Bumblebee movie is not Starscream but . . . Blitzwing?!
I gotta be honest, I am so disappointed. Why make him look so much like Starscream if he's not Starscream? Thinking I might skip the movie.
Whuh? :blink: But he doesn't look anything like Blitzwing.
So apparently Travis Knight announced at SDCC that the jet in the Bumblebee movie is not Starscream but . . . Blitzwing?!
I gotta be honest, I am so disappointed. Why make him look so much like Starscream if he's not Starscream? Thinking I might skip the movie.
Whuh? :blink: But he doesn't look anything like Blitzwing.
Yeah, not a bit of purple on him . . . Maybe Knight was just trolling? I'm grasping at straws now, lol.
I honestly don't get Lindsay Ellis because she seems to be a TF fan and realizes the Bay films are horrible and crap on TF, but she still can enjoy them and fangirl them? I am all for enjoying movies that are "so bad it's good" but after 5 films there is a point reached where I am like "end this. Reboot this from scratch".
I am not hot on human/robot but I like it when the focus is on a girl who appreciates the TFs because that is where my self-insertion comes in. I could never relate to a bad person like Sam whose goal in life was to become famous and have a hot gf, not to actually bond with cool alien robots. They wrote him like he was ashamed of Bumblebee. It was tough to watch. Like a man kicking his dog.
Oh boy. I pray to the cartoon gods that they give it a good airtime. Pleeeease.
I can't stop staring... Optimus Prime has curvy thighs! He's a ROBOT!!!! Oh why....
I can't stop staring... Optimus Prime has curvy thighs! He's a ROBOT!!!! Oh why....
I can't stop staring... Optimus Prime has curvy thighs! He's a ROBOT!!!! Oh why....
Because the thighs don't lie.
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This human is in awe of Optimus' curves. (Aw, I miss Transformers Prime.)
Wow, so at least in this clip Windblade is a damsel in distress loser who just let's TC take her sword as if she was glued to the ground. What a change from the RID Windblade who was super competent and arrogant. Can I have that one back?
Bee doesn't annoy me here. He's that Bay version who just plays radio clips and he seems brainless. I chuckled :lol:
WOO!! I just watched the first two episodes and I'm really digging this series.SpoilerI am surprised but very happy that they referenced Windblade being a city-speaker, which ties into her IDW comic book abilities. (A cityspeaker is a bot who can communicate with metrotitans--which are the city-formers like Metroplex. Their thoughts are so alien and complex that your average Cybertronian can't talk with them.)
Bumblebee's "talking through radio" thing . . . is still kind of annoying! But overall I really enjoyed the episodes and at least he talks normally in his own head. I don't know what it is about this version of Windblade, but I got invested in her as a character very quickly. (And felt for her, having to deal with amnesiac Bumblebee, lol.)
My favorite moment was her saying, "I'll use this to do a cortical psychic patch!" and then pulling out WHATEVER THAT WAS. LOL.
One thing I think the show does especially well is show how incredibly fast the jets are. They just SCREAM across the screen.
I also noticed the jets (including Windblade) have a slightly higher pitched Transformation sound, like they are living at a slightly faster pace than car-bots.
Yeah, its not the greatest show I've ever seen. I feel its a major step down from RiD15 which was, far more entertaining and cohesive. Geeze, even Rescue Bots has its act together.
Soundwave's voice is unfitting.
Soundwave's voice is unfitting.
So weird they have a Peter Cullen soundalike but they skimp out on Soundwave's vocalizer effect. Especially when he looks so much like G1.
I have little Starscream, who also half-transforms. Sooo lazy, Hasbro! The larger toys do fully transform.
That said, I admit that I'm kind of addicted to making his wings spin around and around. (But yeah, they pop off of Starscream a lot too.)
Did anyone else think that Cube was going to have a horrifying Functionist twist? Like "the Cybertronians THOUGHT the cubes were powered by AI, but actually they were THE SPARKS OF POLITICAL DISSENTERS." Hmm, might be time to write another fanfic . . .
My problem is that with all that Bee/Windblade interaction I am starting to ship them... I partially blame the writers. Windblade is that cool upper class girl who laughs about Bee's dumb jokes and ditches the bully clique to hang with his dorky self. Their friendship is a romcom trope. "He makes me laugh!"
I will say tho... I think it's legit funny they had a "you are not like the othergirlsjets" in this episode. They really hammered that message home that Windblade was not like Starscream even tho she - gasp - can fly like him :lol:
I will say tho... I think it's legit funny they had a "you are not like the othergirlsjets" in this episode. They really hammered that message home that Windblade was not like Starscream even tho she - gasp - can fly like him :lol:
I will say tho... I think it's legit funny they had a "you are not like the othergirlsjets" in this episode. They really hammered that message home that Windblade was not like Starscream even tho she - gasp - can fly like him :lol:
LOL, that line yeah! I was like "WOW Bumblebee, you can't just say that . . . Not all jets are the same, mmkay . . . shaking my head . . . "
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"It is time, once again, to contend with racism"
What in the fresh hell is this?! Lmao!
Btw "groundpounder" is such a dirty word. Starscream is a potty mouth and I can't believe this show is for little boys. It's obviously for older women :cool:
I don't like Optimus' voice either. He's trying too hard to sound like Peter Cullen, and somehow it's especially weird for an Optimus Prime with lips.
Also, real Peter Cullen emoted when he was playing Optimus. He could sound happy, angry, discouraged, or like he'd found "a booby trap that captures real boobies." :P The current Optimus sounds generically "epic".
I saw in an earlier post that someone other than Peter Cullen is voicing Optimus? That is just wrong x.x
I saw in an earlier post that someone other than Peter Cullen is voicing Optimus? That is just wrong x.x
I saw in an earlier post that someone other than Peter Cullen is voicing Optimus? That is just wrong x.x
He only voiced Optimus Prime in G1, and in the live action movies. :)
So, the Maccadam's episode. First, REALLY happy to see Maccadams Old Oil House getting a spotlight. Second,SpoilerSoundwave dancing, accompanied by two Seeker backup dancers, is everything I ever wanted from this world.
Also, Maccadam is apparently based on Alchemist Prime (one of the thirteen legendary Primes.). From TFwiki:
"Student of the elemental structure of the natural world, aided in this by his Lenses, which allowed him to see further and deeper than anyone, in both material and spiritual senses; fond of the occasional tipple, with some claiming that he still walks Cybertron in the form of a humble bartender."
What is with the bumblebee shaped mountain?