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Transformers Kingdom (Beast Wars) first impressions
4 years ago
Spoilers, obviously
So Netflix is doing Beast Wars huh
I'm gonna have it open whilst I type this and just ramble first impression notes
- Voices are fucked. Especially Beast Megatron. He sounds like Scorponok.
- BW Megatron just being a massive simp totally fits his character tho
- Blackarachnia and Airazor ain't bad tho tbh
- Most of the personalities seem on point too but there's a few things I don't like
- Tigatron is somewhat too gung-ho for a pacifist. Also he sounds like Dinobot.
- Rattrap is wayyy too unprofessional for an infiltrator
- They actually did things with Airazor tho which is nice.
- I like how they took Nyx's arc from the comic and gave it to Airazor.
- G1 Megatron telling BW Megatron to change his name is glorious
- G1 Megatron being able to read the golden disk and just predict everything is great
- Blackarachnia seems to have Inherited some traits from her Animated counterpart, which is nice.
- Blackarachnia and Starscream teaming up is a nice reference. Also Dinobot calling Starscream a ghost.
- I like the detail of the Beast Modes being needed to deal with the rougher terrain. Imo it works better than the original "they act as radiation suits"
- Kinda odd they didn't bring in the Beast Wars-ified G1 characters then, but I guess it's for cost reasons. Would've liked to see Magnaboss tho.
- Is that Mu on the far-shot of Earth? There's no continent east of New Zealand!
- Dinobot having betrayed Megatron before is a nice detail, especially given how he's let off with it due to numbers. Dinobot's betrayal in the original series was pretty tame compared to all the shit Terrorsaur and Tarantulas got up to.
- There's only one moon, but I guess it makes sense given the fact the Vok don't really have time to appear
- Man the all spark does some funky stuff huh, everyone really b tripping.
- Cheetor doesn't get much to do but at least he isn't as obnoxious as in the original show. The comic still handles him better tho.
- Bruh why is Prime naming Bumblebee as his successor they've only known each other for like a week
- Optimus getting called out on his dumbfuckery in Siege is great. Fuck this Optimus Prime lmao
- Optimus Prime casually defending the old fascist government is a little h m m
- The Beast Modes are actually pretty well animated, but they don't appear that often. I'd totally be up for a remaster of the original series in this style. But bring the old VAs back for christ's sake.
- Awww Blackarachnia has a crush on Arcee and holy shit the fandom is gonna make some nasty fanart aren't they
- Starscream saying he's suffered millions of years of abuse is kinda sad tbh.
- Dinobot totally just paraphrased his most famous quotes and ehhhh it feels kinda forced.
- Matrix Corruption is back. Idk whether that's an obscure reference to that one G1 S3 episode or not.
- Airazor just called Soundwave a tape deck despite the fact he isn't one in this series huh.
- Dinobot fucking killed Ravage holy shit, my boy can't catch a break can he. He didn't even go out like a badass this time.
- Holy shit he killed Soundwave too what a chad.
- Dinobot giving G1 Megatron combat tips is great lmao
- Holy shit Dinobot got fucking annihilated by BW Megatron, he wasn't even that brutal in the original show.
- Dinobot and Rattrap still use their nicknames for each other which doesn't really make sense?
- The little acceptance moment for Dinobot is cute but his death immediately after isn't nearly as impactful as the original. Optimus Prime is like thanks for the matrix ok bye lol
- Why doesn't Airazor know what the allspark is like bruh that's the reason you came to earth lmao
- Optimus Primal still swings through trees. Which Gorillas don't do. The original series did this too tbh
- Blackarachnia telling Starscream to get his shit together is p interesting.
- lmao the allspark ain't having any of Prime's bs
- Ngl I'm kinda sad at how much BW Megatron is being shafted here. They took one of the most interesting characters of the original show and turned him into a one-note butt monkey.
- I forgot to mention it earlier but the origin for the Maximals and Predacons in this seems kinda similar to Beast Wars Uprising
- Ghosts are a thing now huh that's weird
- Ayyyy multiverse shoutout
- Rhinox gets shafted yet again huh, it's Beast Wars Season 3 all over again.
- G1 Megatron actually did the "It's over Prime" line better than the 1986 movie. Less generic, more spooky
- Elita-1 here with the centrist takes, "lol just let the nazis win because then there won't be any fighting". This is gonna be some 5d chess shit isn't it
- OPTIMUS PRIME FUCKING GOES ALONG WITH IT TOO LMAO WHAT if this actually works I stg
- it did and all b r u h
- wait this is only episode 4 why does this feel like the climax. And what happened to galvatron. Please don't lazily tack on a two-episode arc
- Rhinox helping pilot the Ark is a nice call back to the Nemesis plot from the original show.
- Unicron's VA is still the second best version of him and I will stand by this
- Unicron being able to reach through the timeline is great. I think he might actually be my favourite version in a while.
- I like how S H O O K E T H Starscream is by Unicron
- Also Starscream going mad over the Golden Disk reminds me of the original Dinobot. The two of them being similar also reminds me of Armada
- O fuck they're revisiting the Nemesis arc I would like to retract my previous comment about episodes 5 and 6 being tacked on.
- Wait Soundwave's back??? And Ravage too???
- Lmao Optimus Primal calls BW Megatron out over being generic as fuck.
- oop Scorponok is a generic now. Tbh in the original show he was pretty boring so idc
- Last Autobot time baybeeeeee
- Airazor's new weapons are definitely better.
- Yep, Armada Starscream's back
- oop darth vader moment
- Damn the Last Autobot is a full-on kaiju
- my boy just fuckin uppercutted the Nemesis
- YOOOO BLACKARACHNIA KISSED AIRAZOR
- no but actually Airazor was like, the original gay rep in the franchise so we stan
- Galvatron still hasn't appeared yet bro wtf there's one episode left. Nemesis Prime too - is this gonna be like Earthrise again
- How is Starscream suddenly the most interesting character.
- Bumblebee also calling Optimus Prime out on being a massive dumbass in Siege
- Well, I knew Elita-1 was dead. Still pretty sad seeing her body be found tho.
- oh shit Galvatron's back
- Nemesis Prime too!
- Honestly destroying Unicron is probably a better idea than restoring Cybertron. As the BW cast demonstrates, the dead Cybertron is still liveable to an extent, but it sure as hell won't be if Unicron fuckin vores it.
- Nemesis prime is some demon shit. Reminds me of Armada again. The VA is actually better as Nemesis, imo
- Eh Optimus Primal makes a good case for not killing Unicron. BW Megatron seems to agree.
- Why do I feel like they're gonna turn Bumblebee into Rodimus
- I've just realised Scourge and Cyclonus got completely shafted huh
- Oop lord of the rings dead army time. Little bit of a cop out but eh
- Nice to see they merged the movieverse and BM Allspark concepts
- Ending seems kinda sudden tbh. The original BW was the same tbh but at least we then got Machines to expand on it.
- Megatron you dumb shit stop implying you'll start shit lmao
- Unicron's coming oh fuck
So Netflix is doing Beast Wars huh
I'm gonna have it open whilst I type this and just ramble first impression notes
- Voices are fucked. Especially Beast Megatron. He sounds like Scorponok.
- BW Megatron just being a massive simp totally fits his character tho
- Blackarachnia and Airazor ain't bad tho tbh
- Most of the personalities seem on point too but there's a few things I don't like
- Tigatron is somewhat too gung-ho for a pacifist. Also he sounds like Dinobot.
- Rattrap is wayyy too unprofessional for an infiltrator
- They actually did things with Airazor tho which is nice.
- I like how they took Nyx's arc from the comic and gave it to Airazor.
- G1 Megatron telling BW Megatron to change his name is glorious
- G1 Megatron being able to read the golden disk and just predict everything is great
- Blackarachnia seems to have Inherited some traits from her Animated counterpart, which is nice.
- Blackarachnia and Starscream teaming up is a nice reference. Also Dinobot calling Starscream a ghost.
- I like the detail of the Beast Modes being needed to deal with the rougher terrain. Imo it works better than the original "they act as radiation suits"
- Kinda odd they didn't bring in the Beast Wars-ified G1 characters then, but I guess it's for cost reasons. Would've liked to see Magnaboss tho.
- Is that Mu on the far-shot of Earth? There's no continent east of New Zealand!
- Dinobot having betrayed Megatron before is a nice detail, especially given how he's let off with it due to numbers. Dinobot's betrayal in the original series was pretty tame compared to all the shit Terrorsaur and Tarantulas got up to.
- There's only one moon, but I guess it makes sense given the fact the Vok don't really have time to appear
- Man the all spark does some funky stuff huh, everyone really b tripping.
- Cheetor doesn't get much to do but at least he isn't as obnoxious as in the original show. The comic still handles him better tho.
- Bruh why is Prime naming Bumblebee as his successor they've only known each other for like a week
- Optimus getting called out on his dumbfuckery in Siege is great. Fuck this Optimus Prime lmao
- Optimus Prime casually defending the old fascist government is a little h m m
- The Beast Modes are actually pretty well animated, but they don't appear that often. I'd totally be up for a remaster of the original series in this style. But bring the old VAs back for christ's sake.
- Awww Blackarachnia has a crush on Arcee and holy shit the fandom is gonna make some nasty fanart aren't they
- Starscream saying he's suffered millions of years of abuse is kinda sad tbh.
- Dinobot totally just paraphrased his most famous quotes and ehhhh it feels kinda forced.
- Matrix Corruption is back. Idk whether that's an obscure reference to that one G1 S3 episode or not.
- Airazor just called Soundwave a tape deck despite the fact he isn't one in this series huh.
- Dinobot fucking killed Ravage holy shit, my boy can't catch a break can he. He didn't even go out like a badass this time.
- Holy shit he killed Soundwave too what a chad.
- Dinobot giving G1 Megatron combat tips is great lmao
- Holy shit Dinobot got fucking annihilated by BW Megatron, he wasn't even that brutal in the original show.
- Dinobot and Rattrap still use their nicknames for each other which doesn't really make sense?
- The little acceptance moment for Dinobot is cute but his death immediately after isn't nearly as impactful as the original. Optimus Prime is like thanks for the matrix ok bye lol
- Why doesn't Airazor know what the allspark is like bruh that's the reason you came to earth lmao
- Optimus Primal still swings through trees. Which Gorillas don't do. The original series did this too tbh
- Blackarachnia telling Starscream to get his shit together is p interesting.
- lmao the allspark ain't having any of Prime's bs
- Ngl I'm kinda sad at how much BW Megatron is being shafted here. They took one of the most interesting characters of the original show and turned him into a one-note butt monkey.
- I forgot to mention it earlier but the origin for the Maximals and Predacons in this seems kinda similar to Beast Wars Uprising
- Ghosts are a thing now huh that's weird
- Ayyyy multiverse shoutout
- Rhinox gets shafted yet again huh, it's Beast Wars Season 3 all over again.
- G1 Megatron actually did the "It's over Prime" line better than the 1986 movie. Less generic, more spooky
- Elita-1 here with the centrist takes, "lol just let the nazis win because then there won't be any fighting". This is gonna be some 5d chess shit isn't it
- OPTIMUS PRIME FUCKING GOES ALONG WITH IT TOO LMAO WHAT if this actually works I stg
- it did and all b r u h
- wait this is only episode 4 why does this feel like the climax. And what happened to galvatron. Please don't lazily tack on a two-episode arc
- Rhinox helping pilot the Ark is a nice call back to the Nemesis plot from the original show.
- Unicron's VA is still the second best version of him and I will stand by this
- Unicron being able to reach through the timeline is great. I think he might actually be my favourite version in a while.
- I like how S H O O K E T H Starscream is by Unicron
- Also Starscream going mad over the Golden Disk reminds me of the original Dinobot. The two of them being similar also reminds me of Armada
- O fuck they're revisiting the Nemesis arc I would like to retract my previous comment about episodes 5 and 6 being tacked on.
- Wait Soundwave's back??? And Ravage too???
- Lmao Optimus Primal calls BW Megatron out over being generic as fuck.
- oop Scorponok is a generic now. Tbh in the original show he was pretty boring so idc
- Last Autobot time baybeeeeee
- Airazor's new weapons are definitely better.
- Yep, Armada Starscream's back
- oop darth vader moment
- Damn the Last Autobot is a full-on kaiju
- my boy just fuckin uppercutted the Nemesis
- YOOOO BLACKARACHNIA KISSED AIRAZOR
- no but actually Airazor was like, the original gay rep in the franchise so we stan
- Galvatron still hasn't appeared yet bro wtf there's one episode left. Nemesis Prime too - is this gonna be like Earthrise again
- How is Starscream suddenly the most interesting character.
- Bumblebee also calling Optimus Prime out on being a massive dumbass in Siege
- Well, I knew Elita-1 was dead. Still pretty sad seeing her body be found tho.
- oh shit Galvatron's back
- Nemesis Prime too!
- Honestly destroying Unicron is probably a better idea than restoring Cybertron. As the BW cast demonstrates, the dead Cybertron is still liveable to an extent, but it sure as hell won't be if Unicron fuckin vores it.
- Nemesis prime is some demon shit. Reminds me of Armada again. The VA is actually better as Nemesis, imo
- Eh Optimus Primal makes a good case for not killing Unicron. BW Megatron seems to agree.
- Why do I feel like they're gonna turn Bumblebee into Rodimus
- I've just realised Scourge and Cyclonus got completely shafted huh
- Oop lord of the rings dead army time. Little bit of a cop out but eh
- Nice to see they merged the movieverse and BM Allspark concepts
- Ending seems kinda sudden tbh. The original BW was the same tbh but at least we then got Machines to expand on it.
- Megatron you dumb shit stop implying you'll start shit lmao
- Unicron's coming oh fuck
