I haven’t done a fan work in a while. Let’s do something about that tonight.
I haven’t really been drawn to a lot of new Transformers content from official channels. I found EarthSpark kind of boring and the celebrated Skybound comics too brutal, after coming off the uninteresting IDW run as it fell apart. The storyline for the next collectors toyline is both curious and disappointing at the same time, but Age Of The Primes and it’s use of the 13 Primes, the first Cybertronian robots to attain lifeform status, hasn’t been on full display yet. I don’t even know whose doing that one, while all we know about the upcoming kids line, Cyberworld, is that it will exist and replace EarthSpark. There’s not even word on a TV show or who will air it, given the failures of Cartoon Network and later Paramount to treat the franchise properly. Paramount keeps trying to ease back into Bayverse formulas when their only success, Bumblebee, is the only praised live-action offering. Meanwhile, Transformers One had it’s own issues, one of them being how Paramount marketed it. I’d say go back to Discovery but right now they’re still sorting out their nonsense when it comes to animation and their networks…plus either way I can’t watch it since we’re part of the cord cutting generation and none of the Netflix or Paramount+ shows are available outside of paid subscriptions.
Transformers: Dawn Of War is a computer animated series coming from the team of Randal NG and Dr. Smoov, two animators who have mostly done Transformers comedy in the past, but are now trying their hand at a more serious series. Tonight’s video is a combination of the first two episodes, but while rather exposition heavy, sets up their take on the Robots In Disguise. They also have to drop…”that line“. While a new continuity and featuring humans dying, it’s not brutal and violent like the Skybound stories while still keeping the dramatic impact. They seem to be going with my preferred origin of Optimus Prime and Elita-One, from the episode “War Dawn“, rather than the record keeper turned warrior that Simon Furman forced into being. I’m happy about that. Enjoy.
By the way, that’s Dan Gilvezan and Paul Eiding reprising their G1 roles as Bumblebee and Perceptor respectively. Nice get.
BW Media Spotlight 