Did anybody watch Beast Wars growing up? - Page 2

CookSux · 03-23-2004, 11:15 AM

The funny thing is, is that it wasn't originally meant to be tied in with G1... but constant fanwanks and etc made it go in that direction.

And Beast Machines... it was actually pretty good. I guess you just have to be someone who doesn't just constantly think in the box to appreciate the different directions Bob Skir tried to go in.

redsai4lex · 03-23-2004, 12:00 PM

Beast Wars was too recent to have been watching while i was growing up

I grew up watching the TMNT

**HorseTechie** · 03-23-2004, 12:46 PM

*eyeshift*

I... missed most of that series. But that was cause I was in college then, and I had little time to watch TV (or cartoons). I vaguely remember watching an ep or too here and there, and thout it was an interesting twist.

The scary thing, I prolly watched more of the Beast Machines, than of Beast Wars.

But when I got back into TFs last year, I met up with some local fangrrls, and we pretty much watched the whole first season and part of the second in a weekend TF video marathon!

I also ended up liking Rattrap and Dinobot. And Wassspinator.

Now... I need to get my mitts on the third season. I heard that season has all the best episodes. And (to be as vague as possible) that Dinobot's "confrontation" was kind of like the one between Megatron and Starscream in Armada. Mmm....

MikesPizzaShack · 03-23-2004, 01:22 PM

toy fare mag a yr ago did a huge thing on TF and they did a time line and how things connected and how some story lines like Robots in Disguise(TF 2000 in jap) were not apart of it. i know there was an original BW show in japan. ive seen bootleg tapes of it and in several of them prime and primal were fighting/working/talking together in them. wish i bought them. they had eng sub to....oh well there is always this yr hehehe Wizard World Chicago 04 baby!!!!!

*ZariusTwo* · 03-23-2004, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by HorseTechie

Now... I need to get my mitts on the third season. I heard that season has all the best episodes. And (to be as vague as possible) that Dinobot's "confrontation" was kind of like the one between Megatron and Starscream in Armada. Mmm....

Hmm... if you mean "Nemesis Part 2" then I have to say it's NOTHING like the crappy Aramda episode where Starsream confrotns Megatron

Armada was only great when it began "The Unicron Battles", and had Starscream turn good and sacrifice himself

CookSux · 03-23-2004, 02:37 PM

Sorry, Armada is junk no matter how you look at it. Even the Japanese counterpart with the better stories and animation couldn't save it.

It's true Beast Wars S3 is the best of the bunch with the Nemesis story arc, it was truly well paced and Depth Charge... well I won't spoil it for peopl ewho haven't seen it.

The Japanese have a funny way of tying everything together, while here we just categorize everything as seperate universes. You're talking about the Beast Wars II movie where Convoy comes from an alternate dimension to help out LioConvoy. Oh well

MW8979 · 03-24-2004, 06:52 AM

Armada was trying hard to be G1, except it's not G1. The story arc for that show was alright, but the characters were boring, just lost interest in that show quickly.

03-23-2004, 11:15 AM	#21
CookSux Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sparta Posts: 928	The funny thing is, is that it wasn't originally meant to be tied in with G1... but constant fanwanks and etc made it go in that direction. And Beast Machines... it was actually pretty good. I guess you just have to be someone who doesn't just constantly think in the box to appreciate the different directions Bob Skir tried to go in. __________________ http://http://cooksux.deviantart.com/ http://www.xanga.com/cooksux http://www.myspace.com/cooksux

03-23-2004, 12:00 PM	#22
redsai4lex Stone Warrior Join Date: May 2003 Location: by the TMNT's side Posts: 546	Beast Wars was too recent to have been watching while i was growing up I grew up watching the TMNT __________________

03-23-2004, 01:22 PM	#24
MikesPizzaShack Hench Mutant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 466	toy fare mag a yr ago did a huge thing on TF and they did a time line and how things connected and how some story lines like Robots in Disguise(TF 2000 in jap) were not apart of it. i know there was an original BW show in japan. ive seen bootleg tapes of it and in several of them prime and primal were fighting/working/talking together in them. wish i bought them. they had eng sub to....oh well there is always this yr hehehe Wizard World Chicago 04 baby!!!!! __________________ Hey Check out my Site WWW.TheFanriot.com and our podcast The FanRiot on iTunes!!!! "Welcome to Mikes Pizza Shack! You order the pizza and I eat it."

03-23-2004, 02:37 PM	#26
CookSux Stone Warrior Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Sparta Posts: 928	Sorry, Armada is junk no matter how you look at it. Even the Japanese counterpart with the better stories and animation couldn't save it. It's true Beast Wars S3 is the best of the bunch with the Nemesis story arc, it was truly well paced and Depth Charge... well I won't spoil it for peopl ewho haven't seen it. The Japanese have a funny way of tying everything together, while here we just categorize everything as seperate universes. You're talking about the Beast Wars II movie where Convoy comes from an alternate dimension to help out LioConvoy. Oh well __________________ http://http://cooksux.deviantart.com/ http://www.xanga.com/cooksux http://www.myspace.com/cooksux

03-23-2004, 12:46 PM	#23
HorseTechie Inactive Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Midwest Posts: 5,677	eyeshift I... missed most of that series. But that was cause I was in college then, and I had little time to watch TV (or cartoons). I vaguely remember watching an ep or too here and there, and thout it was an interesting twist. The scary thing, I prolly watched more of the Beast Machines, than of Beast Wars. But when I got back into TFs last year, I met up with some local fangrrls, and we pretty much watched the whole first season and part of the second in a weekend TF video marathon! I also ended up liking Rattrap and Dinobot. And Wassspinator. Now... I need to get my mitts on the third season. I heard that season has all the best episodes. And (to be as vague as possible) that Dinobot's "confrontation" was kind of like the one between Megatron and Starscream in Armada. Mmm....

03-24-2004, 06:52 AM	#27
MW8979 Hench Mutant Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 431	Armada was trying hard to be G1, except it's not G1. The story arc for that show was alright, but the characters were boring, just lost interest in that show quickly.