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It's about time: Transformers G1 Thoughts
5 years ago
After owning this series for about two years, I finally watched the final episode of the 1984 Transformers cartoon. (Plus a friggin' awesome movie in between two seasons.) Here are my overall thoughts on this show:
Season 1 was without a doubt the best in the series. It did a good job with introducing the main characters, side characters, and world building. I almost immediately became a fan of various Autobots and Decepticons (My favorite being the cowardly Starscream).
Season 2 was also pretty good despite the few bumpy moments. There were a few episodes that had a small drop in quality but nothing terrible. Also with this season came the series main issue that I felt severely damaged it in the end: Introducing new characters to sell more toys. Arielbots, Stunticons, etc., these new characters weren't bad. They at least had time given to them for us to know their character and personalities.
Season 3 introduces Rodimus Prime as the new Autobot leader, and as a leader, Rodimus was a very mixed bag. It really feels as if the writers couldn't decide whether Rodimus should be doubtful of his leadership or be confident in it. Heck, in one episode, Rodimus goes into depression and doubt over being the wielder of the Matrix of Leadership, realizes how important his responsibilities are, and promises to be the leader the Autobots need. Then a few episodes later, Rodimus acts like a jerk and doesn't want the Matrix anymore. Basically, if the writers were more confident in Rodimus and actually were consistent with how he should act, I think he would have lasted longer instead of them bringing Optimus Prime back. Which leads us to the worst season:
Season 4 had a few cool moments (For example: The Touch playing when Optimus uses the Matrix on Galvatron, Scorponok was pretty cool), but overall, it was a complete mess. Bringing Optimus back opened a few continuity errors with previous episodes, but that was forgiving. What wasn't forgiving was how rushed the introduction of the Headmasters and Targetmasters were. I can see the potential of these new characters, but they needed more than two episodes to introduce them. But other than the Head and Targetmasters, you also had Scorponok, and Fortress Maximus as well: All in two episodes! There was way too much going on that I honestly didn't care anymore and was just waiting for the episodes to end.
So yeah, those are my thoughts. I overall loved this cartoon and can easily see myself watching it again and again. I'll probably skip out on the final season though.
And to quote Optimus Prime: "'Til all are one!"
Season 1 was without a doubt the best in the series. It did a good job with introducing the main characters, side characters, and world building. I almost immediately became a fan of various Autobots and Decepticons (My favorite being the cowardly Starscream).
Season 2 was also pretty good despite the few bumpy moments. There were a few episodes that had a small drop in quality but nothing terrible. Also with this season came the series main issue that I felt severely damaged it in the end: Introducing new characters to sell more toys. Arielbots, Stunticons, etc., these new characters weren't bad. They at least had time given to them for us to know their character and personalities.
Season 3 introduces Rodimus Prime as the new Autobot leader, and as a leader, Rodimus was a very mixed bag. It really feels as if the writers couldn't decide whether Rodimus should be doubtful of his leadership or be confident in it. Heck, in one episode, Rodimus goes into depression and doubt over being the wielder of the Matrix of Leadership, realizes how important his responsibilities are, and promises to be the leader the Autobots need. Then a few episodes later, Rodimus acts like a jerk and doesn't want the Matrix anymore. Basically, if the writers were more confident in Rodimus and actually were consistent with how he should act, I think he would have lasted longer instead of them bringing Optimus Prime back. Which leads us to the worst season:
Season 4 had a few cool moments (For example: The Touch playing when Optimus uses the Matrix on Galvatron, Scorponok was pretty cool), but overall, it was a complete mess. Bringing Optimus back opened a few continuity errors with previous episodes, but that was forgiving. What wasn't forgiving was how rushed the introduction of the Headmasters and Targetmasters were. I can see the potential of these new characters, but they needed more than two episodes to introduce them. But other than the Head and Targetmasters, you also had Scorponok, and Fortress Maximus as well: All in two episodes! There was way too much going on that I honestly didn't care anymore and was just waiting for the episodes to end.
So yeah, those are my thoughts. I overall loved this cartoon and can easily see myself watching it again and again. I'll probably skip out on the final season though.
And to quote Optimus Prime: "'Til all are one!"
