Transformers: Prime Trailer Online!

Ok I actualy feel a lot better about this show now. It is sowing some potential. The lack of detail is probably due to a limited budget, considering it is a NEW show. Not to mention it takes hours to render a minute worth of computer animated objects. [size=150][/size]

Now that's more like it, a clip with some real meat in it. I'm not as worried about the animation as I was before. It seems to be okay (reminds me a lot of BW). All that remains to be seen is if the writing is good. That's what matters most (TFA is proof of that). Humans still look kinda lame though.

sabrigami wrote:Now that's more like it, a clip with some real meat in it. I'm not as worried about the animation as I was before. It seems to be okay (reminds me a lot of BW). All that remains to be seen is if the writing is good. That's what matters most (TFA is proof of that). Humans still look kinda lame though.

I thought TFA was badly written. It is not like the quality writing you get from the Marvel Production cartoons (X-Men, G.I. JOe, or Transformers).

Ok, that's much better than the last clip. This looks like it has some polish to it.

Looks not bad. Can't really make any assumptions just yet anyway; gota see the actual episodes and decide. Other than that, audio sounds dece, Visuals are def cool, some people complaining about it being crappy, well.... cybertron... armada.... animated.. that was some pretty crappy bot design, all either rigid as hell, or like figures made outa silly putty. Sure primes mouth is kinda lame, but I'd take this over those other shows if the storytelling is good, and the action isn't daft.
One thing they definitely need to get back into these shows though, is showcasing awesome ways the bots transform while doing other things like firing, or jumping or somthing, as well as bringing back the G1 robotic sound distortion in all the bots' voices.

That reminds me... where's the box set for season three of animated. Before buying this thing, I need to finish buying the old one.

Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:
I thought TFA was badly written. It is not like the quality writing you get from the Marvel Production cartoons (X-Men, G.I. JOe, or Transformers).

did you just say that the writing in the original Gijoe and Transformers was superior to TFA?

that is just silly, as much as I love the original 80s cartoons, the writing was a complete mixed bag, sometimes good, often times awful.

TFA and Beastwars are much better, I can understand your xmen example, that was a very well written show, but the original Gijoe series was unwatchable at times.

I appreciate the asesthetics of this, actually. The best part though, to my estimation, is that Cliffjumper looks to be getting a lot of screen time (and seeing better renders of him makes me want a toy of him).

Lousy_Autobot_Lover wrote:

sabrigami wrote:Now that's more like it, a clip with some real meat in it. I'm not as worried about the animation as I was before. It seems to be okay (reminds me a lot of BW). All that remains to be seen is if the writing is good. That's what matters most (TFA is proof of that). Humans still look kinda lame though.

I thought TFA was badly written. It is not like the quality writing you get from the Marvel Production cartoons (X-Men, G.I. JOe, or Transformers).

Wait, you think the original G1 series had good writing?

We should be so lucky to get X-men type writing, if that was the case, Transformers would be elevated to a whole new level of insanely awesome. But yea, the G1 writing was def all over the place like 2 cousins at a redneck banquet.

I'm confused, so Transformers Prime is only 5 episodes long TOTAL?

Or is the opening episode broken down into 5 parts?

terrible. its amazing how well beast wars still holds up.

Looks pretty cool!

I don't really like all those goofy-ass faces (especially Prime's), but I'm sure I'll get used to it.


...and they're using the G1 "transforming sound"! That's a huge plus in my book.

Energon Is My Drug wrote:Looks pretty cool!

I don't really like all those goofy-ass faces (especially Prime's), but I'm sure I'll get used to it.


...and they're using the G1 "transforming sound"! That's a huge plus in my book.

I kinda agree there. The transforming sound is pretty neat. But something about the actual animation of the transformation looks a little weird. Maybe that's just me though...

IT LOOKS SO STUPID! And I'd be the last one to ever say that somthing Transformers looks stupid. It looks like one of those horrible ass CG shows that I hate. Like that new Ironman. It's just...no, you just don't do it! You had better have some big ass explosions, and those kids NEED to die early on in the show! If they don't, I'll jump through the damn screen and blow their heads off myself!

sabrigami wrote:

Energon Is My Drug wrote:Looks pretty cool!

I don't really like all those goofy-ass faces (especially Prime's), but I'm sure I'll get used to it.


...and they're using the G1 "transforming sound"! That's a huge plus in my book.

I kinda agree there. The transforming sound is pretty neat. But something about the actual animation of the transformation looks a little weird. Maybe that's just me though...

It's not just you. The transforming seems bland and a little too quick...

You know, after seeing this trailer, Prime's mouth doesn't look that bad. I guess the quality of the previous video was not that good. I liked how Starscream smirked a bit. Would've been nice to have Chris Latta as his voice. And I would've LOVED to see Megatron speaking as well.

SlyTF1 wrote:IT LOOKS SO STUPID! And I'd be the last one to ever say that somthing Transformers looks stupid. It looks like one of those horrible ass CG shows that I hate. Like that new Ironman. It's just...no, you just don't do it! You had better have some big ass explosions, and those kids NEED to die early on in the show! If they don't, I'll jump through the damn screen and blow their heads off myself!

HAHahaha... dude, do it. They always gota stick kids in it, so frustrating. What about a soldier who actually has connections to special military weapons, opening the Transformers to different technology.
Man that Ironman theme song couldn't sound any gayer.

MINDVVIPE wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:IT LOOKS SO STUPID! And I'd be the last one to ever say that somthing Transformers looks stupid. It looks like one of those horrible ass CG shows that I hate. Like that new Ironman. It's just...no, you just don't do it! You had better have some big ass explosions, and those kids NEED to die early on in the show! If they don't, I'll jump through the damn screen and blow their heads off myself!

HAHahaha... dude, do it. They always gota stick kids in it, so frustrating. What about a soldier who actually has connections to special military weapons, opening the Transformers to different technology.
Man that Ironman theme song couldn't sound any gayer.

couldn't agree more mate I haven't even heard the kids talk and all ready I want them dead

MINDVVIPE wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:IT LOOKS SO STUPID! And I'd be the last one to ever say that somthing Transformers looks stupid. It looks like one of those horrible ass CG shows that I hate. Like that new Ironman. It's just...no, you just don't do it! You had better have some big ass explosions, and those kids NEED to die early on in the show! If they don't, I'll jump through the damn screen and blow their heads off myself!

HAHahaha... dude, do it. They always gota stick kids in it, so frustrating. What about a soldier who actually has connections to special military weapons, opening the Transformers to different technology.
Man that Ironman theme song couldn't sound any gayer.

That's exactly what I wanted for a TF cartoon. Soldiers who had connections to the military and the government. Why in the name of ass, of all people would giant transforming robots, whose whole history is war itself, choose to hang out with a bunch of kids? I can understand them with Sari in TFA because she wasn't fully human, but every other kid can just suck my ass.

hopefully down the road we'll see one where they join up with some human soldiers instead of a bunch of children

I'm depressed now. I hate crappy half hour CGI. This looks like ass. Guess i'll have to wait and watch it before i totally condemn it but i'm pretty ambivalent about it to say the least.

any news on when and where or even if this will air in canada?

i'd guess YTV since they've aired all the TF series since Beast Wars but yeah, be nice to know for sure. but boy oh boy is it nice to hear Cullen on a cartoon TF show again. sure the live action movies sorta killed the uber excitement since we're used to hearing him do the role again but yeah....tres cool.

So Transformers Prime is only a 5 part mini series?

SlyTF1 wrote:
That's exactly what I wanted for a TF cartoon. Soldiers who had connections to the military and the government. Why in the name of ass, of all people would giant transforming robots, whose whole history is war itself, choose to hang out with a bunch of kids? I can understand them with Sari in TFA because she wasn't fully human, but every other kid can just suck my ass.

So, what you are saying here... is that you want children to perform analingus on you?

comicstar100 wrote:So Transformers Prime is only a 5 part mini series?

no, it premieres with a 5 part mini-series eventually following with the full on series. no different than the 3 part mini-series that kick started GI or the 5 part one for the original G.I. Joe.

I don't like Prime's face.

NuclearConvoy wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:
That's exactly what I wanted for a TF cartoon. Soldiers who had connections to the military and the government. Why in the name of ass, of all people would giant transforming robots, whose whole history is war itself, choose to hang out with a bunch of kids? I can understand them with Sari in TFA because she wasn't fully human, but every other kid can just suck my ass.

So, what you are saying here... is that you want children to perform analingus on you?

Thats not what I'm saying at all.

SlyTF1 wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:
That's exactly what I wanted for a TF cartoon. Soldiers who had connections to the military and the government. Why in the name of ass, of all people would giant transforming robots, whose whole history is war itself, choose to hang out with a bunch of kids? I can understand them with Sari in TFA because she wasn't fully human, but every other kid can just suck my ass.

So, what you are saying here... is that you want children to perform analingus on you?

Thats not what I'm saying at all.

A) It's called humour
B) You should really choose better expressions

NuclearConvoy wrote:

SlyTF1 wrote:
That's exactly what I wanted for a TF cartoon. Soldiers who had connections to the military and the government. Why in the name of ass, of all people would giant transforming robots, whose whole history is war itself, choose to hang out with a bunch of kids? I can understand them with Sari in TFA because she wasn't fully human, but every other kid can just suck my ass.

So, what you are saying here... is that you want children to perform analingus on you?

hahaha...... anal

The only reason I could not watch Animated was cause of the faces. I just could not get over how odd they looked to me. Now I see that Prime is going to have faces that kind of look like Animated, so that makes me disappointed. I'll give it a try tho, I have to.

CGI doesn't look too bad. I like the closeup on Prime in truck mode with the mud & dirt spray, and the reflections in Cliffjumper's face on his closeup. Lighting and shadows look good too. But I don't really like the faces much (which I don't think look like Animated at all) including the human ones.

Still not liking Starscream's design, even now that we've seen it in motion.

Also, in the other video, the Decepticon troopers already look completely non-threatening & ineffectual, after Arcee runs at them for thirty seconds while they fire ineffectually and then she no doubt proceeds to kick their arse.

Still, hopefully the writing will be good like Animated or Beast Wars. It seems like they're spending some cash in it to get some good talent, so hopefully they hired some good writers too.

It looks good to me. If it comes out in the UK, I'm sure I'll watch it. Starscream looks very strange, though.

Dammit...why must it be CG graphics ??? I hate CG graphics !!! I wanted a cartoon !!!

Looks pretty cool! And I think I've figured out what the series is about. At 0:48, Cliffjumper is seen standing in front of a series of blue crystals....energon anyone? So it looks like they discover Energon on Earth, Megatron finds this out, and suddenly Earth is once again stuck in the middle of a war of giant robots.

I'm sorry, but the more I watch it the more I begin to hate how it looks. I'm usually never dissapinted with Transformers! Its very rare. I cant believe I'm saying this but...they done f*ked them up! They screwed up Transformers! They're ruined for ever! There is no hope! There is no hope!

I really hope this crap isn't rendered to it's fullest. They still have about a month, maybe they can get it all done by then, because the CG looks like turd. I'm sorry, but it does. The sky is the same color in every clip, the backgrounds have no tecture at all, the kids look annoying as all hell, I mean, please for once, can we not have kids in Transformers? Whats the point? Whats the freaking problem with having adults as the main humans? Im 15 and I'm sick of kids getting the spotlight in TF shows! Would it kill your busines to just have one show with the military? Just one series! Fix it, Hasbro! GI joe ain't got no damn kids! Why does Transformers need kids? "Oh, we're trying to appeal to the children" Oh, so thats why you allow a movie with robot balls and masterbation jokes to promote your toyline? I see how it is. Its ok as long as it's not directly made by you.

Really, I wish someone would listen to what we are saying, write this down! Store it somewhere where it won't be destroyed. PLEASE MAKE A TRANSFORMERS SHOW WITH NO CHILDREN CHARACTERS.

Sari in Animated was Ok. I applaud them for that, they sort of had the military at times, they had a police officer as one of the main humans, that is also good, but please stop making these dumbass child characters that appeal to different emotions in children. Please. Kids don't care about emotion, or connections or "more human drama than effar" all they want is for stuff to simply blow up. So stop sending us these dumbass kids all the got damn time!

That was my rant. I am sorry if I offended you, Hasbro. But please...make the shit work! Fix it, Hasbro! FIX IT!

Oh, look, another new franchise extension, another person claiming Transformers are ruined forever. Next we'll be hearing the opinions of the "true fans".

NuclearConvoy wrote:Oh, look, another new franchise extension, another person claiming Transformers are ruined forever. Next we'll be hearing the opinions of the "true fans".

A) It's called humor
B) Yeah, I wasnt totaly serious.

I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

syphonn wrote:I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

Have you ever checked out the later Japanese series?

NuclearConvoy wrote:

syphonn wrote:I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

Have you ever checked out the later Japanese series?

No, the last series I saw in its entirety was Beast Wars. Are the ones you referred any good?

syphonn wrote:

NuclearConvoy wrote:

syphonn wrote:I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

Have you ever checked out the later Japanese series?

No, the last series I saw in its entirety was Beast Wars. Are the ones you referred any good?

Headmasters, Masterforce and Victory all avoid rehashing Optimus (Convoy) and Megatron (though Masterforce does use the Powermaster Prime body for Ginrai, he is very much NOT Optimus). They came out before Beast Wars. Also, IMO, most of the Japanese series do a decent job of making the various Convoys not feel like a rehashed exactly the same as before Optimus Prime clone, but you may have different opinions.

To be honest, without a faceplate, Optimus remind's me a bit "Red Tornado" from "Batman: The Brave and The Bold"

syphonn wrote:I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

"Transformers" isn't right "Transformers" without Optimus and Megatron. It's like an Ice-tea on a cold winter day.

Red 50 wrote:

syphonn wrote:I'd like to see a Transformers cartoon that does not reuse Optimus, Megatron etc.

"Transformers" isn't right "Transformers" without Optimus and Megatron. It's like an Ice-tea on a cold winter day.

Star Saber, Deathsaurus, Overlord, Ginrai and Dai Atlas would have words with thee