TRANSFORMERS ONE: First Trailer Officially Launches This Thursday...In Outer Space!

@bkmeijer1 - I agree but you gotta sell the movie too

@StSteven - thanks for these info.

Id admit that although i did read a lot on TF lore a long time ago, i have forgotten a lot of it so this film is something ill look forward to.

@StSteven - that sounds interesting it is indeed a good sign for TF fans to get a good initial reaction.

Ive been waiting for something like this in series form, the last series i enjoyed was TF Prime. But if this movie treatment works, the future is good for TF. Been waiting for somethung like this, a focus on cybertron and no humans involved.

@StSteven - thanks man. Will do.

Are the netflix TF shows any good? Just heard of them way back. And how would you compare that to other media out there?

@vectorsigma - Yeah, the Netflix shows were good. The best thing about them was the associated toys and the animation. The cons were that due to budgetary constraints (I'm assuming) there weren't a whole lot of characters, especially for the parts that take place on Cybertron. Once they leave Cybertron it makes more sense but Cybertron itself seemed pretty empty. But considering the state that the planet is in at the time I suppose that can be excused. I think that for me the thing that bothered me the most was the pacing. Like it feels like they were trying to take 8 or 9 minutes of footage and stretch it out into 11 minutes per episode (it I remember the episode length correctly) due to the kind of quasi-unnatural delays in the dialogue ad action. But maybe that's just my take.

As far as other TF media out there, aside from the comics I mentioned above, the TF (and GI Joe) licenses are now at Image under Robert Kirkman's Skybound label and were just launched about 8 months ago and are part of their new "Energon Universe". I haven't read them yet (I have the Vol. 1 graphic novel on order) but they're getting really good reviews from the fans, although the art that I've seen so far still falls short of what was in the IDW series I identified. Hasbro opted to not release a new animated series for their current "adult collector" line which is unfortunate but understandable given the expansive nature of the line. Basically they decided to do a multiversal thing (because all the cool kids are doing it it seems) so they are doing updated versions of characters from every of their lines since G1, meaning G1, G2, BW, BM, the AEC trilogy, TF:Aimated, TF:Prime, etc. Even GoBots, Rock Lords, and Rescue Bots. So trying to have something of a cohesive story on a reasonable budget for all that mess was probably pretty prohibitive.

The only other current media that they have (aside from a new FPS game coming out called "Reactivate") is the cartoon for their "Earthspark" line which is on Paramount+/Nickelodeon/YouTube. I've watched a few episodes and it's pretty good so far but I haven't had time to watch much. It's based on the toy like for the younger fans but not as young as Rescue Bots. The animation and action are pretty good and the story has an interesting premise which is that the War is over and many of the TFs (like OP and Megs) are now on the same side but there 'Cons who don't want to go along with this are are causing trouble. Add to that that there are a new generation of TF being "born" on Earth and are essentially like kids as well (hence the "Earthspark" title).

Anyhow, that's all that comes to mind right now (probably WAY more than you asked for). Feel free to hit me up if you have any other questions. Always glad to talk TFs 😊.

@StSteven - wow man, just saw the trailer and your description was on point! The animation looks great!

The light approach with the humor is good, i just hope it will be balanced when megatron goes to the dark side.