We will we ever get another TF show, with the tone and quality as prime ever again bros?
Transformers Prime
Bentley Ortiz
Jeremiah Mitchell
>tone
Sure, it's entirely possible
>quality
why the fuck would you want that
Noah Perry
It's sad that this pile of squandered potential is one of the best TF shows out there...
Christopher Sanders
But it's not? There's plenty of better TF shows.
Ethan Sullivan
I actually do think Prime gets a bad rap on Any Forums and think overall it was really good. However, it really could’ve benefitted from more Transformer characters and a more focused story instead of switching around like it did constantly. I also didn’t care for this version of Optimus or Unicron.
That being said, Prime has the best Arcee, one of the best Megatrons, the best Ratchet, the best human characters (especially Ernie Hudson), and arguably the best fight scenes in the franchise. If it had Animated’s level of story focus it could’ve been a GOAT.
As it stands, Beast Wars is still the best. Rewatched a bunch of episodes the other day, and it still holds up. It also encapsulates everything great about Transformers so perfectly.
Chase Gray
On a purely surface level, Prime is the best. Its bland and soulless, but it doesn't have the glaring flaws of other series.
Sadly outside of Sumdac Sundays you can't have a thread talk about animated without the same people complaining about the animation quality , pacing, or scripting.
Ryder King
This show was shat on from the get go
Jeremiah James
Prime's problem was simple
Kids didn't like it
Hasbro has now attempted to segregate Transformers media across age groups but the stuff aimed at kids aren't serious enough and the stuff aimed at adults are too serious
Cooper Sanders
>Its bland and soulless
How the fuck is it soules? Prime created the entire mythology of the transformers, there was so many minor details and callbacks to the other shows. I can understand why people would find the show bland and boring but not soules.
Jonathan Flores
>Kids didn't like it
I thought it was more of TF:Prime and GIJoe:Renegade were made for Hasbro's channel The Hub, so when that channel bombed so did the shows.
Jeremiah Walker
>Prime created the entire mythology of the transformers,
It just took stuff from a ton of other series and put it in a blender. Just lore alone isn't enough to give a series soul. Something about Prime jsut felt very by the numbers.
Juan Anderson
Prime has its flaws, but I definitely wouldn’t call it soulless or bland. It definitely tried, and had some really great voice casting like Ernie Hudson as the human agent, Jeffrey Combs as Ratchet, Michael Ironside as Ultra Magnus, Steve Blum as Starscream, and Welker back as Megatron (who’s clearly giving it his all), and no one seemed like they were phoning it in.
There were also plenty of great moments throughout the show, the type of moments that only happen if someone behind the scenes cares.
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Noah Turner
>It just took stuff from a ton of other series and put it in a blender.
Well true but it did give a unified version of them. the 13 primes were all original creations besides Prima and the fallen. It also adapted the old Marvel comics Story for Primus and Unicron, Which most shows didint do.
Jackson Kelly
> really could’ve benefitted from more Transformer characters
They were planning to add more characters like IronHide to the show, but they were cut either due to budget like Seas spray, or cut by executives Ie poor IronHide
Eli Roberts
>but they were cut either due to budget like Seas spray
Pissed that he got killed off for that reason within the show. But heard the Bumblebee sequel show retcon'd that death.
Easton Lee
Nah. The show only aired on the Hub in the USA, it did badly worldwide even in countries where it aired in big channels.
The show was frankly just badly written so it didn't appeal to adult nerds outside of core Transfags, while being too dull for kids too. Classic case of trying to have your cake and eat it too.
99% of the lore in the show was not created by Prime, nor for Prime, they were just call backs to the brand bible Hasbro made that they asked the show staff to put in. Said Brand Bible was also used in comics, newer cartoons and even the movies.
Nolan Ortiz
>Prime created the entire mythology of the transformers
you wanna give examples there bud
Tyler Rogers
>but it doesn't have the glaring flaws of other series.
user, Prime is primarily known FOR its glaring flaws.
Joseph Jones
The lore of the 13 primes which gives explanations for triple changers, Combiners and for transformers with beast modes.
It gave us the most detailed lore for Unicron on TV.
Prime shaped majority of TF lore and how it will continue for the future to come
Carson Thomas
>Prime created the entire mythology of the transformers
a mythology so shit other future series choose to ignore it, Optimus Prime being a god is fucking shit
Aaron Hughes
>The lore of the 13 primes which gives explanations for triple changers, Combiners and for transformers with beast modes.
Most of the lore for Prime was pulled from the novel Exodus. Episode three references the book
Connor Gray
the 13 prime already existed prior and for some reason removed Logos Prime from it despite Beast Wars Reborn pretty much confirming he was a member prior and instead made Alpha Trion a member despite previous series just having him be a wise and old Transformer