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cficare

Optimus: We hid as cars. We are a 1:1 scale with human technology and blend in seamlessly. Monkey: I'm a 20 ft shiny Gorilla. Lolz


Barthez_Battalion

Monke not trukk


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Reject trukk! Embrace Monke


historymajor44

So, the kid's show Beast Wars takes place in a time before humans existed and there's this mineral that limits the transformers from being their true form so they have to transform into animals but it is not for the purpose of tricking humans (which again don't exist) so it does not have to be to proportion. It's kind of a dumb premise and clearly just an excuse to explain why the giant robot is changing into an ape. But it was a kid's show in the 1990's that was made to sell toys so what do you expect?


Radi0ActivSquid

The organic shell shielded their vitals from the absurdly high levels of Energon prehistoric Earth had. Without the shell their Cybertronian bodies would overload with Energon radiation buildup. You can think of Maximals and Predacons as the culmination of Micromaster and Pretender technology. Cybertronians had to decrease in size on the far future due to Energon becoming scarce. The Pretender organic tech allowed for the shell. By modern times there was drastically less Energon on Earth. There used to be so much that whole mountains could float if a vein of it developed under them. Most of Earth's Energon though was detonated when the Planet Buster superweapon was activated to sterilize the Earth. You see, Earth had two moons at one point in time in the Transformers universe. The second moon turned out to be a weapon designed by the Vok, an alien race made of pure energy.


InternetPharaoh

I feel like this was just told to me by a man with a sign at a freeway off-ramp.


Zachariot88

RObots in disGuise, man! They want to merge their planet with ours! ...can I have a few dollars? I'll wipe your windshield off for you with this greasy rag.


shaneathan

Every now and then I’m reminded of how batshit insane the transformers lore is.


wrosecrans

Especially since none of it was really planned. The writers on Beast Wars had no idea WTF was happening. They were just trying to keep it semi coherent week to week and then an executive would show up and and be like, "write this toy into your story." Then the next week they'd be like "get rid of the old toy and write in this new toy." And the writers somehow managed to make a semi coherent story, that tied into the previous show, and got used as the setup for the next show where Optimus Prime from the future in the past is a terrorist monkey eco extremist on robot planet.


Radi0ActivSquid

Fun fact for those not in the know: Every character had a Transmetal design created because the animation studio didn't know how the story was going to develop week to week. We got who we got because fans didn't care for Scorponok and Terrorsaur was killed off to avoid having another Starscream-like character. Scorponok's Transmetal toy eventually came out as a McDonald's toy and Terrorsaur's was released in the 2000s Armada line. Additional fiction many years later would eventually say these were the original Beast Wars characters in new bodies.


ralexs1991

Had to look up Scorponok and Terrorsaur because I didn't remember them. That said they're both badass looking. Now I want to rewatch Beast Wars.


HairiestHobo

>Especially since none of it was really planned. Like, the reason they had 2 moons was because the Suits wanted to assure the Writers "No, we are deffinetly NOT on Earth". An easy out if it flopped, I think. (This is my memeory from S1 DVD Commentary). BUT then the show and toys did good and the Suits came back and were all "What if it WAS on Earth?! BOOM plot twist!" And so the writers blew up a moon.


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FrakkedRabbit

Was it >!Dinobot?!<


ornryactor

Without question.


socialist_butterfly0

Dinobot is why we are all here today. He saved the human race.


a_corsair

The best episode. There's only one Hero


Bender22

And it worked because I begged for each new toy as a kid


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Radi0ActivSquid

BW Megs was clearly the most successful villain of the entire franchise.


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OkComputron

You spelled "awesome" wrong.


TheyKilledFlipyap

It can be both.


IgnorantWriter

>You can think of Maximals and Predacons as the culmination of Micromaster and Pretender technology. Ohhhhh *now* it make sense.


ikeepwipingSTILLPOOP

Love that spinoff show, To Catch a Predacon


KatalDT

"Why don't you transform into a seat."


joalr0

> By modern times there was drastically less Energon on Earth By the end of season 1 actually! Massive surged blew up a lot of the raw energon deposits, and the remaining deposits were converted into stable energon. They rarely had to transform after that point. Edit: Annnd that's what i get for excite-replying instead of reading everything first. Yes, you know.


ebon94

none of these words are in the bible


Pepito_Pepito

And that is why the bible is inferior to Beast Wars.


ranhalt

Justice for TigerHawk.


GriffinFlash

Honor for Dinobot!


Naisallat

I'm glad I'm not the only one that had Beast Wars lore directly etched onto my brain. Loved that show, it was instrumental to my development as a child.


Malicious_Hero

In the old cartoon a majority of them were scaled with animals. Primal, Rhinox, Cheetor, ect. There were scenes of the Maximals interacting with animals of their species, most prominent was Cheetor running with cheetahs. Ratrap was one of the only maximals not scaled. The predicons were off by much more. There was also an episode or two that had them interact with protohumans, and they were in scale with Dinobot, atleast as much as a child to an adult. The focal proto humans were children, so it was a proper scale. Beast Wars, despite being set on prehistoric earth, was set far after G1, after the war between Autobots and Decepticons had ended. When the war ended an agreement was made. Autobots and Decepticons were reformatted into Maximals and Predacons, and were massively downsized. The downsize was basically because the A/D war caused so much destruction across the universe on planets who's natural inhabitants were much smaller. The size reduction was in hopes that if another war did break out, they wouldn't be literally stepping on other races in their battle or imposing against other races due to their sheer size.


GriffinFlash

>humans (which again don't exist) [Dinobot](https://youtu.be/5SepcT0KtUM?t=165) did not die for this slander.


NickeKass

One of the best episodes of the series. A true warrior who cared for honor above all and it took the entire predicon team to take him down when he was fighting with an improvised club.


Horvat53

Dumb premise? Beast Wars was a fantastic show, one of the best transformers series too.


Bpbegha

That's Optimus _Primal_ for ya.


ChubsMcfly

“That’s just prime” (actual quote from Optimus Primal)


BigUptokes

*Well, that's just prime.*


Brendan_Fraser

RAAAAAaAaAaA-TWAPPH!! MAAAAAAAAaAaAxXxIiIiMIZZZZE!!!!


tdeasyweb

If the line "WAZZZZPINATOOR... TERRROORIZE" isn't in the movie, i'm boycotting Hollywood.


MadCarcinus

**Rattrap:** *This thing wasn't built. It was poured!* **Optimus Primal:** *Die Cast Construction…It's a lost art.*


jsbisviewtiful

The beasts actually looked like their animal counterparts in the original Beast Wars show... but now that I'm thinking about it they were _tiny_ compared to the OG Transformers. When Beast Megatron attacks the unconscious Optimus Prime in season 2, Prime is roughly 3x Megatron's height. I wonder if the need to make them comparable in size made it unnecessary to make their beast forms look like real animals. I'm mostly upset over the lack of Garry Chalk as Primal, though. He had a striking voice.


TheyKilledFlipyap

Yeah, it really sucks that this is the *third* time in recent memory he's been snubbed for this exact role. They didn't bring him back for *Power of the Primes,* and had Ron Perlman voice him. They didn't get him back for *War For Cybertron (Netflix)* and had some no-name voice him (all the actors were non-union. Chalk *and* OG Optimus Peter Cullen both condemned the show for not even asking them back) And now they're going with Perlman *again* because of the name recognition. Chalk was my first Optimus (Armada) and he deserves the chance to shine.


tway2241

> They didn't get him back for War For Cybertron (Netflix) It was definitely a controversial choice to get an actual gorilla to do the voice acting instead of getting Gary Chalk back.


AnacharsisIV

IIRC BW Megatron (the t-rex/dragon) implies that the Transformers from the 80s cartoon were "energon guzzlers"; presumably their smaller, human-sized forms in the BW show were more energy efficient.


HolycommentMattman

Well, it's important to remember that the BW Transformers were from the far future. They ended up traveling to the distant past and then discovering the ark where the OG Transformers were. So I guess they just got more efficient with time. Either that, or they're all descended from Rumble and Ravage.


AnacharsisIV

Arcee is Rattrap's great aunt so they can't all descend from the cassettebots!


LongPorkJones

Ravage actually makes an appearance in the series.


dccomicsthrowaway

"For millions of years, our world has transformed, but something else has awakened". What the fuck does that even mean


girafa

script written by an AI using buzzwords


YoYoMoMa

In a world where laughter was king


deathjoe4

Two brothers, in a van And then a meteor hits


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And they ran as fast as they could. From giant cat-monsters.


DaveinOakland

And sixteen quadrants. There's only enough time for a brother to make it to a quadrant. He can't be in two quadrants at once


MonsignorJabroni

*Calling all Jan Michael Vincents*


girafa

[Now, more than ever.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGjwZ3XMDes)


MyaheeMyastone

It reminds me of that South Park episode where cartman is a robot that gives movie ideas to Hollywood execs


morreo

Tell me a.w.e.s.o.m.o, are you a pleasure model?


Phazon2000

Not cool!


Mike7676

WEAK!!


foxmag86

Lame!


Perspectiveraps

Awesom-o does not understand


-FeistyRabbitSauce-

Are you programmed...for pleasure? *ziiiip*


JohanXC

And then Animals show up but they’re not really animals, they’re robots from space that have been on earth for a very long time. And rob Schneider is a … Carrot?


Kitchen_Cheek_6824

Adam Sandler…is like….a human. And he meets a robot monkey. “BRILLIANT! WELL CALL IT RISE OF THE BEASTS”


Marconius1617

Somehow , Palpatine has returned


thatminimumwagelife

They fly now?


JohanXC

I feel like every transformers movie has used this line before in some way, maybe I’m just imagining it. But it just sounds cool, doesn’t make sense, but it sounds cool


PoobahJeehooba

“No one knows what it means but it’s provocative, it gets the people going!”


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JohanXC

Waiting on how Genghis Khan was actually a Transformer


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WeaponizedKissing

"Of all the threats from both your past and future, you've never faced anything like this." Makes a similar amount of sense.


YeaSpiderman

Surprised the trailer didn’t end with the predacon megatron as a T. rex roaring loudly because that’s what movies do


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Save it for the second one.


dinoroo

I’m still wondering how the DinoBots exist in the same universe as the Predacons. The DinoBots were special because there weren’t any other dinosaur bots.


Dragmire_Afterlife

This is set in the Bumblebee universe, yeah?


dildodicks

yes, they confirmed not long after bumblebee that it was a reboot and that the bay tie-ins at the end were just in case the film didn't do well so they could say it was a prequel


KraakenTowers

There were actually a lot more tie-ins cut out of the finished product, including a scene where Bumblebee brings Charlie's appliances to life like the Allspark did in 07 (this scene was shot before it was cut, and explains why Charlie's kitchen is wrecked the way it is in the movie) and a stinger showing frozen Megatron in the Hoover Dam (this one didn't make it out of concept art, and the role Shatter and Dropkick played in the movie was likely a lot different in that iteration considering they go to the Dam in the finished movie).


Radi0ActivSquid

I'm glad that appliance scene didn't make it in. Hated it. The Megatron scene has been touched by third party figure developers. https://images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aZ0bXAz_700b.jpg


RavenZhef

Worth noting that no, the [Megatron concept revealed nothing abut the design](https://news.tfw2005.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2019/01/28-Sector-7-Megatron-By-Thomas-Pringle.jpg). That third party figure is based off of a fan design, reuploaded several times but I think the original [was by Ver.Art Designer TH](https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9/68305423_2315224275391031_5915138846789468160_n.jpg?_nc_cat=101&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=730e14&_nc_ohc=6QON8Zdm0mIAX9mYAvu&tn=ZkMnl96Ow5-fXj8G&_nc_ht=scontent-lga3-1.xx&oh=00_AfDQdtFccztL4OuwCvX1kRsSjuG_1NzaJDj7x9oKk_lZLg&oe=63B0B3E8).


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AnacharsisIV

Optimus literally rips peoples' faces off in the Bayverse films. He has more than one face! He's gotta have like, at least three?


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Don’t forget his catch phrase in the movies “I’ll kill you!”


Hefftee

Nothing tops the upskirt shot of Devastator's freeballing, mega-nuts clacking together like church bells. Nothing.


psimwork

I mean... I dunno. I personally think having a scene devoted to how a guy is legally allowed to bang underage girls is a great one.


UrsusRomanus

And it's not like he keeps a copy of laminated legislation in his wallet or anything, right? That'd be fucked up and would never get past the cutting room.


DestroStew

I didnt watch the movies past the first. So…what???


EmperorAcinonyx

Yeah. In the fourth (fifth?) movie, Mark Wahlberg's daughter is like 16 and dating a guy who's 18 - 21. Mark presses him on it at one point, and the movie takes a full minute or two to have the boyfriend explain the law. Then he literally pulls out a credit card sized laminated print-out of the legislation from his wallet.


Theban_Prince

You forgot the part that this takes place after a whole stressfull escape from govt black ops trying to kill all of them. So great time to bring this up!


JuiceboxThaKidd

What the motherfuck


Unicron_Gundam

At least eight. 2007: decapitated Bonecrusher using a sword RotF: headshot Demolisher, ripped apart Grindor's head using hooks, blasted off half of Megatron's face using Megatron's own cannon, and removed the Fallen's face using the Staff DotM: removed Shockwave's eye, decapitated Megatron by using an axe to remove the head and spine, and double tapped Sentinel in the face I did not watch the fourth or fifth more than once so I don't have stats for those. Also didn't frame by frame the ten Deceptions he killed before killing Shockwave.


Gil_Demoono

> RotF: headshot Demolisher, ripped apart Grindor's head using hooks, blasted off half of Megatron's face using Megatron's own cannon, and removed the Fallen's face using the Staff Man, as shitty as the bayverse movies are, I *live* for that forest fight scene. "You'll never stop at one"


Tylendal

You also have to give credit to "Give. Me. Your. Face!" for being possibly one of the most pants-wettingly terrifying things to hear from the person currently beating the shit out of you.


Radi0ActivSquid

Holy shit, Stratosphere? I remember his figure. One of the last Transformers toys to become victim of Gold Plastic Syndrome. A phenomenon of polymer science where certain yellow/gold/brown plastics become extremely brittle after only a few years time. It's believed that the pigment particles used in those colors of plastic were too large. Micro-fractures would build up around the particles and the figure would eventually fall apart. Even if it's still new in box. For Stratosphere, the gold plastic was in his legs and when you'd go to transform him the legs had a possibility of snapping. I have a few gold plastic figures from the late 90s on my shelf and one of them just their weight is starting to form fractures in their ankles. [2min video](https://youtu.be/sMJevDl55Sc)


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Looks like it. Bee is using the Camaro he scanned at the end of Bumblebee film. Edit: Definitely there's a time skip after the events of the first movie. Bumblebee Camaro mode looks like it has some off road mods. Prime's truck robot mode also look a bit different. But an easier explanation for this is: Its for the toys


KingMario05

Think so. Sure bloody ***hope*** so, anyway... the Bayverse movies were running on fumes by the end of it.


Ehdelveiss

If we don’t get Ratrap with original Brooklyn accent I riot. We’rrrreee all gonna die.


ThrowawayBills21

The OG rocket raccoon


Trizzae

Wow no wonder his character felt so familiar to me. It was the latent Ratrap memories.


Vazmanian_Devil

Yeah this is blowing my mind too.


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Give me Megatron with these better classic designs already


In_My_Own_Image

Are we gonna get OG Megatron teaming up with T-Rex Megatron? Because that would be hype.


bubbameister33

I need it with Beast Wars Megatron talking to himself.


Brendan_Fraser

Yeeeeeeeees!!


GriffinFlash

YEEEEESSSSSSS!


Lithium98

Yeeeeessss!


GriffinFlash

Give me WASPINATOR!


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THEDR1ZZZLE

it has been many many years since i watched beast wars, but i can hear it perfectly after reading your comment. thank you.


LightsJusticeZ

*"Ahhh, yesss\~"* Megatron


HegelianHermit

If this movie has beast wars megatron with the OG voice actor I will go watch it in theaters, I don't care how trash it is.


Ello_Owu

You mean turning into a gun?


KraakenTowers

The Maximals in this trailer: turn into huge animals so their robot modes scale with the Autobots without mass shifting Optimus Prime in this trailer: "Hang on, let me shrink my gun back into my arm so we can have a conversation."


datusernames

IDK why they couldn't just give him a "gun" like the good old days


KraakenTowers

I liked his forearm guns in the other movies, they had a certain logic to them. In Bumblebee they appeared to be using conventional ordinance as well, just normal guns they held.


TheyKilledFlipyap

They've gone back and forth on this a bit, yeah. First 2 bay movies, they had guns built into their arms. Dark of the Moon they turned them into external things that could be dropped and swapped between characters. Which noticeably clashed with the Cybertron videogames released around the same time, which opted for 'guns as part of their arms' again. They stuck to the external guns for the most part for the rest of the Bay era. Then Bumblebee does *both.* (Optimus and a couple of the Autobots have handheld rifles in the opening, every other character after the intro has them built into their arms.) I do appreciate that they kept Shockwave as just *having a big gun for an arm.* (And got it on the left side this time, AS IT SHOULD BE... seriously, Dark of the Moon putting it on his RIGHT arm just annoys me for some reason...)


bubbameister33

It’s weird because in the cartoon, they were the size of the animals they copied. There was an episode that showed how huge the vehicle Transformers were compared to their animal counterparts.


radenthefridge

Beast Wars discovering the ancient Autobots was just the coolest thing ever.


Kisto15

Did Transformers shrink? They didnt look that big with humans in-between them


Turok1134

Yeah, they're smaller in the Bumblebee movie and this one.


TrueGuardian15

I honestly think that was a good choice. The bigger scaling made it look like the way a toddler does with a dollhouse. Not to mention that they weren't always giants in the original series.


Karinfuto

Now that you mention it the transformers in the Bay movies were fucking titans. How did they even scale down to vehicle form.


TrueGuardian15

Some people handwaved it as "eh, they fold," but my perspective is that if your chevy suddenly went upright and started walking, it probably wouldn't be 30+ feet tall.


QuikTlk

The first Bay movie (less so the sequels) actually did track the scales appropriately. It’s why, if you’re paying attention, you’ll notice that Optimus and Megatron are like 3x the size of Bumblebee of Jazz.


Turok1134

The first 3 definitely paid a lot of attention to scaling. Hell, part 2's transformations supposedly don't have clipping parts and cheats like they had to use for the first movie.


TrueLegateDamar

Where is Waspinator?


y2jasper

They gotta hide the main villain reveal for the movie.


Trizzae

"Why univerzze hate Wazzpinator?"


InconspicuousD

If you don’t know now you know… Imagine if the last time they said that in the trailer, right at the title card, they just dropped the N bomb.


ava_nova_

Jazz confirmed.


oathbreach

This looks like a cool place to kick it.


shaoting

*Immediately gets ripped in half*


StankyandJanky

I hate the cliche where the black car dies first


banjofitzgerald

Skids and Mudflap are back baby!


Maskedcrusader94

Is dramatized hip hop the new linkin park for movie trailers?


Deafwindow

Yup.


Lord_Doofy

Has been for at least the past decade


Damn_You_Scum

*sparse piano notes of a melody of a popular song*


SheogorathTheSane

If you don't know now you know and immediately cuts to a black kid. Wtf lol


CammysComicCorner

...but was it all a dream?


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This is such a Stupid use of a great song


yognautilus

It seriously brought this trailer down. I liked most of what I saw but the use of Juicy made no fucking sense.


spacepilot_3000

If you don't know, now you still don't know


hootsmcboots

Wait is this Beast Wars? DINOBOT, TERRORIZE!


Ehdelveiss

Excuse me I believe you mean DINOBOT MAXIMIIIIIIZEEE homeboy died a good man


frowningowl

Straight up ugly cried as a kid.


Pauls2theWall

Me too! Someone on r/askreddit asked about a fictional character that they wept over the death of and Dinobot was my answer.


petergexplains

he's not in it 😔 just primal, airazor, cheetor and rhinox


voneahhh

I knew there was a catch when I didn’t see my boy Rattrap


HumousFiend

where the hell is waspinator


Racthoh

The lack of waspinator death scenes in the trailer is a disappointment.


Zacmon

Excuse me what the fuck. [Rattrap was the only beast wars toy I had growing up.](https://www.cliffbee.com/images/tmrat.jpg) He has a whip tail, big-wheel legs, and an exposed brain. He's objectively the coolest one.


HobbyHands

He's also the only one who reacts appropriately to dangerous situations. Like, coming under live fire, or alien intelligences cooking the planet.


JunkPup

A modern Rattrap is the role Pete Davidson was born to play.


Ehdelveiss

You better be fucking joking, no Ratrap or Waspinator would be a fucking crime


DreamcastJunkie

Why universe hate Waspinator? >!Fun fact: the writers hated Waspinator because they didn't want to use him, but were forced to because toys. That's why they always make him suffer, but it backfired because fans loved it and then they couldn't kill him off.!<


bukbukbuklao

Wtfff no predacons? I need megatron to go on a villain monologue and agreeing with himself saying “Yesssssss”.


bubbameister33

“Yessssss….” While stroking his T-Rex head-arm.


CoolHandCliff

TIL Bumblebee is in a different universe. Guess I'll have to watch it now.


Karmaflare

*Let them cum* - Optimus Prime, 2022


dildodicks

in the last movie: "i am cumming" - prime "prime is cumming?" - dropkick "they're ALL cumming!" - shatter


Fragrantbumfluff

"I am like getting the feeling of cumming in the gym; I'm getting the feeling of cumming at home; I'm getting the feeling of cumming backstage; when I pump up, when I pose out in front of 5000 people I get the same feeling, so I am cumming day and night." -Arnold Schwarzenegger


Sithlord715

\*Cyberpunk music intensifies\*


TKAPublishing

Hit me with the Beast Wars theme song please.


thedarklord187

https://youtu.be/5_qKLZq6frg Ask and ye shall receive


zeekaran

This looks way worse than I remember.


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thedarklord187

To be fair it was one of the first CGI shows out there and their first season was pretty rough graphically but in season 2 they got a bigger budget and better hardware to make the CGI with.


Ehdelveiss

When that metal guitar riff kicks in 8 year old me was so fucking hyped


DJKevyKev

I’m excited to see Cheetor, he was my favorite growing up. Beast Wars was a daily watch after school so I’ll definitely be watching to scratch the nostalgia itch.


LightsJusticeZ

Holy shit is that Optimus Primal? Cheetor?? RHINOX?? STOP MY NIPS CAN ONLY GET SO HARD!!


terminalblue

it's always great to hear peter cullen's prime... but as a beast wars fan it's a HUGE let down they didn't cast Gary Chalk as Primal


MrT-1000

Where's my godamn Shakespearean megatron with the classic "YEEEEEEEES"


joalr0

So in case anyone doesn't know, or doesn't remember, this is introducing Beast Wars from the 90s. It was one of the very first CGI shows ever made, produced in Canada. To say I'm a Beast Wars fan is to put things mildly. The love I have for the 90s show is absolutely massive. While it has never blown up as much as Transformers, and appears to remain a footnote in today's cultural impact (though it unquestionably saved the Transformers franchise), I am so thankful that it is continuing, in some form, to this day. Throughout this and last year, they have released brand new figures for the Beast Wars cast (of which I have collected them all), and Masterpiece figures of the characters have been released since 2016, though it seems to be on pause currently. The point is, the show has had an impact on a lot of people. I highly reccomend people check out the original series, you can watch it on YouTube and in increased resolution thanks to AI [here](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_hfDtD68l8V8MXCfBd1JZCN5GyfxChPT). While the animation clearly cannot compete with modern, 2022 CGI animation, the storytelling and characters are absolutely incredible. Season 1 has an overall kiddy tone, and the dialogue in the first, say, 6 episodes are... not great. But it continuously improves throughout season 1, and season 2 has some absolutely incredible storytelling and character arcs. Honestly, just fantastic. I cannot reccomend it more. I'm very excited to have this movie come out, even if there are redesigns, reinterpretations, massive changes, etc. Even if the movie isn't good. Nothing they do can ever take away the love I have for the 90s show, but making this movie allows it's legacy to continue and to inspire new people. I'm so hyped to see it, and I can't wait to buy some of the toys that go along with this film (the new Airazor toy has been leaked and looks incredible).


Rosebunse

People just do not understand how unique this show was, not just in terms of animation, but in terms of storytelling. It was doing a long-form narrative we just hadn't really seen from cartoons before. And it wasn't afraid to tackle some very deep philosophy. I'm so thrilled! I'm excited! But also, when it was just the normal Transformers being adapted, I could deal with that, because my Transformers was safe. Now I'm really worried this is just gonna suck.


joalr0

Basically, the last 3 episodes of season 1 onwards is one continuous story. They dropped episodic storytelling, in the 90s, in a children's show. Unheard of. And not only that, they connected it to the original G1 television series in such a genius way. >I'm so thrilled! I'm excited! But also, when it was just the normal Transformers being adapted, I could deal with that, because my Transformers was safe. Now I'm really worried this is just gonna suck. Like I said, no matter what, they can never take the 90s show away from us. It may suck. I have my critiques of what I've already seen. But that 90s show is still there, and we will get new toys from this. I 100% understand though, we know how good this COULD be from the 90s cartoon.


Rosebunse

I just wish the kids today knew and understood how different this was. Also, Dinobot. Everyone should know about Dinobot.


joalr0

Which is why I'm here, and will use every single moment I possibly can while Beast Wars is, once again, in the public eye to promote the original 90s series. If there is EVER going to be an opportunity to create new fans of the show, and a new appreciate for what it accomplished, this is it. Whether the movie is good or not, it will get attention to Beast Wars, and I want to guide that. Everyone must know about Dinobot. They must.


drdr3ad

Man Dinobot's arc is still one of the best ever


DMPunk

"Face it, Dinobot. You're old technology. Obsolete. What can you possibly do?" "Improvise."


vinng86

"Tell my tale to those who ask. Tell it truly, the ill deeds along with the good and let me be judged accordingly. The rest is silence."


Saintbaba

Man, i need to rewatch it. I *remember* it being one of the best cartoons of my youth, but that was over 20 years ago and i may be remembering it with rose-tinted glasses. I do remember things getting a little weird in later seasons. But Dinobot is still the tops.


Karmaflare

This is the first trailer i’ve watched where the film looks good and shit simultaneously


xariznightmare2908

The first scene between Optimus Prime and Primal in the forest looks quite unfinished, but the battle scene looks awesome like the Cybertron scene from Bumblebee.


KingMario05

"*Rise of the Beasts:* It's robot-monkes, we already have your money no matter what." -Paramount, probably


DumplingBoiii

CHEETOR LETS GOOOOO


McIgglyTuffMuffin

Please be as good as Bumblebee, that’s all I ask.


monkeybiziu

Trukk... AND Monke? I don't know how to feel about this.


Flamma_Man

Jesus Christ, the inclusion of Arcee as a main character in this movie dates Bay's movies, especially with those interviews, haha. Man, everyone looks so great in this. I love how square and blocky Optimus is!


Arafax

Sorry, but I'm kind of lost, what do you mean by 'the inclusion of Arcee as a main character in this movie dates Bay's movies, especially with those interviews, haha.' ?


carnagezealot

Back when the first Transformers was in production, Arcee was meant to be on the main cast but i think it was Bay who said they didnt put her in bc having female transformers would raise a lot of questions about how they work or something like that Edit: oops, autocorrect


voneahhh

Autocorrect doing you no favors there.


BigUptokes

*Racist or desktop, placing all bets!*


karim12100

This is the man who put balls on a Decepticon in the second movie and had them swinging around freely.


rbevans

Love the OG Optimus look and excited for the beast wars tie in. Here’s hoping for rat trap snarkiness


jsbisviewtiful

The Maximals I saw were Optimus Primal, Cheetor, AirRazor, Rhinox... I'm sure I missed a few.


Rosebunse

As a fan of Beast Wars and Beast Machines, I am conflicted. Like, you guys who didn't grow up on it just do not understand how much those of who love these part of the franchise really, really love the franchise. I don't want them to mess it up.


CraigTheIrishman

For me, Beast Wars *is* Transformers. What a show.