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CommissarMega posted:Transformers Prime is just good TV all-around, and not just something for Transformers nerds. The first season can get somewhat iffy, but after that, even the humans get cool. I dunno, I disliked Prime quite a bit. Animated and Beast Wars all the way
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Beast Wars was pretty drat good. Its CGI has aged horribly, but the storytelling is as solid as you can possibly expect. Maybe not Steven Universe good, but definitely Gargoyles good.
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Oct 9, 2015 04:28
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Beast Wars smacks the poo poo out of Steven Universe and I will fight you to the death over childrens cartoons.
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Oct 9, 2015 04:40
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Serperoth posted:Just a heads up, the linked pic is a pretty big spoiler. It's pretty great, but you might want your first contact to be in another way. That Article I Just Linked posted:In the real world, Mark Twain did not know Jules Verne personally. However, he also never had the distinction of fighting a giant mechanical cat from space,[citation needed] so make what you will of the story.
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Oct 9, 2015 04:42
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wiegieman posted:The TF Wiki mostly avoids the Wookipedia Problem by being very self aware. their article on Kiss Players is gold, just because it is pretty much them going "what the gently caress is this, what the gently caress is even happenin"
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Oct 9, 2015 04:43
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I never watched Beast Wars much because it came on too early in the morning. I did watch the old G1 cartoon on VHS tapes though, and I feel like there's a weird sort of mystique to how utterly bizarre the whole premise of the show is, and how arbitrary all the design decisions are, because they've all been decided in retrospect by writers in order to justify toys that already existed. And in between all of that, there's all sorts of immediately contradictory details.
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Oct 9, 2015 04:48
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SlothfulCobra posted:I never watched Beast Wars much because it came on too early in the morning. So, you're going to expect me to believe Cobra HISS tanks were only pink to match the toys, not because Cobra Commander was not only declaring war on G.I Joe, but breast cancer too? Seriously?
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Oct 9, 2015 05:05
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Cooked Auto posted:
The Transformers fandom can be pretty self aware: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/To_sell_toys
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Oct 9, 2015 05:08
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That's kind of impressive in a really weird obsessive way.
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CommissarMega posted:Transformers Prime is just good TV all-around, and not just something for Transformers nerds. The first season can get somewhat iffy, but after that, even the humans get cool. From what I can glean from the fandom(and his wiki page) Prime also has the most competent Starscream. Too bad his robo form has
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Oct 9, 2015 05:31
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Onmi posted:I dunno, I disliked Prime quite a bit. Animated and Beast Wars all the way I have to admit, I couldn't get into Animated because Prime's V/A wasn't Peter Cullen, and he seemed... 'younger' for lack of a better word. Beast Wars was awesome though. PhazonLink posted:Prime also has the most competent Starscream. Too bad his robo form has Holy poo poo, yeah. I know Steve Blum's been in everything, but if he's famous for a role other than Spike, it should be Starscream. I'm not kidding, Starscream is bloody amazing in Prime, and somehow manages to swing between the wheedling sycophant we all know and love, to a genuine threat at times.Also, I think Prime Soundwave's the scariest Decepticon, next to Megatron,
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Oct 9, 2015 05:48
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CommissarMega posted:Holy poo poo, yeah. I know Steve Blum's been in everything, but if he's famous for a role other than Spike, it should be Starscream. I'm not kidding, Starscream is bloody amazing in Prime, and somehow manages to swing between the wheedling sycophant we all know and love, to a genuine threat at times.Also, I think Prime Soundwave's the scariest Decepticon, next to Megatron, Starscream actually has a good character arc though.
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Oct 9, 2015 05:57
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PhazonLink posted:From what I can glean from the fandom(and his wiki page) Prime Starscream takes the pro-activeness of Animated Starscream and adds in even more competence. Megatron actually lets him back in the Decepticon ranks after kicking him out purely on the grounds of how clever and resourceful he can be; better he be at Megatron's side than an unknown that could trash his plans yet again (as in not out of incompetence, rather because Starscream is a threat). Animated has the second best Megatron though, after Beast Wars.
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Prime Starscream also has great comedy bits. Like when he lost his Oh and someone please post the Starscream Dancing.gif
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Oct 9, 2015 07:03
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EponymousMrYar posted:Don't forget Soundwave. He only said one thing the entire time and he was right. I didn't  StrifeHira posted:Megatron actually lets him back in the Decepticon ranks after kicking him out purely on the grounds of how clever and resourceful he can be; better he be at Megatron's side than an unknown that could trash his plans yet again (as in not out of incompetence, rather because Starscream is a threat). Yeah, that's what I like about Prime's Decepticons, even though they do have a tendency to get their asses kicked (I think the Autobots had only one casualty through the entire series?)- any Decepticon capable of surviving the grinder is legitimately a massive badass. Hell, IIRC in the Prime continuity Soudnwave actually beat Megatron (when the latter was still Megatronus) in single combat! That shouldn't be achievable by anyone not Optimus Prime! EDIT: gently caress, we're not even discussing good games now, are we? 
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Awesome, we've finally reached the inevitable "post your favorite TFWiki article quotes" part of the Watchunderscoredogs LP:quote:The English Romanization of his name was a debated topic for quite some time, with interpretations including "Violenjiger", "Violent Jiger", "Violent Chigger", "Violen Jig-er", "Violin Juggler", "Bio Ranger Iga", and the ever-popular "Valium Chugger". The publication of The Ark II finally provided us with an official spelling. (From http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Violen_Jiger)
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Oct 9, 2015 07:36
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Tunahead posted:Awesome, we've finally reached the inevitable "post your favorite TFWiki article quotes" part of the Watchunderscoredogs LP: My favorite tfwiki article is probably always going to be the article on scale . Every picture/caption combo on there is gold.
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Oct 9, 2015 07:40
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My favourite thing about Wookiepedia is that they have an article for breasts. I feel as though it's pretty damning that Star Wars fans might not know what those are. I'll not link it because it's very very slightly NSFW but it's easy to find on that wiki itself.
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CommissarMega posted:Holy poo poo, yeah. I know Steve Blum's been in everything, but if he's famous for a role other than Spike, it should be Starscream. I'm not kidding, Starscream is bloody amazing in Prime, and somehow manages to swing between the wheedling sycophant we all know and love, to a genuine threat at times.Also, I think Prime Soundwave's the scariest Decepticon, next to Megatron, He straight-up KILLS a guy in the first episode. Like, stabs Cliffjumper through the chest with his needle-like hands. And Cliff was a fakeout protagonist who looked like he was going to be a recurring cast member.
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Speedball posted:He straight-up KILLS a guy in the first episode. Like, stabs Cliffjumper through the chest with his needle-like hands. And Cliff was a fakeout protagonist who looked like he was going to be a recurring cast member. Tell me about it! Like I said, the Decepticon main cast are a collection of stone-cold killers. It's easy to see why they were willing to keep a war going millions of years, long after whatever they initially fought for had been destroyed. Also, I was surfing the TF wiki, and came across this pic from one of the comic series- it's a holographic driver for Optimus when he has to go incognito. Look familiar?:  It's Peter Cullen, Optimus's voice actor 
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Tunahead posted:Awesome, we've finally reached the inevitable "post your favorite TFWiki article quotes" part of the Watchunderscoredogs LP:
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That is a good wiki page.
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Aurain posted:My favourite thing about Wookiepedia is that they have an article for breasts. On the other hand the Wookiepedia also got this article which shows at least some self awareness, and is an amusing read as well. Which instantly wraps around to the current Transformers disuccsion because the page readily admits it's taken from here
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Oct 9, 2015 11:26
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Aurain posted:My favourite thing about Wookiepedia is that they have an article for breasts. The TFWiki has a similar page.(tee hee.)
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CommissarMega posted:I have to admit, I couldn't get into Animated because Prime's V/A wasn't Peter Cullen, and he seemed... 'younger' for lack of a better word. Beast Wars was awesome though. No that's because his VA was David Kaye. As in Beast Wars Megatrons Voice Actor. He also was 'younger' since the entire point of Animated was examining an Optimus Prime who was not the overall leader of the autobots and infallible good guy. Instead he was someone who had to emerge and become the hero that Optimus Prime is. Going from Megatron not even acknowledging his existence to his all encompassing rage related to Prime. It was an interesting take, and I liked it.
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Oct 9, 2015 12:20
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Is Animated the one where Bumblebee was Robo-Sonichu?
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Oct 9, 2015 12:25
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Zanzibar Ham posted:Is Animated the one where Bumblebee was Robo-Sonichu? I don't know how to respond to that statement.
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Oct 9, 2015 12:45
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The one where he was a small really fast yellow robot with electric powers.
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Oct 9, 2015 12:58
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Zanzibar Ham posted:The one where he was a small really fast yellow robot with electric powers. Sort of? he doesn't have electric powers he just has tasers for hands.
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Onmi posted:Sort of? he doesn't have electric powers he just has tasers for hands. Isn't a Pikachu really just a mouse with a taser?
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Oct 9, 2015 13:20
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My personal favorite page is The many deaths of Optimus Prime. The best line? "Once again, practically all we know about this Optimus is that he died."
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About that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq1_6D9QS9Y Here's a 9 year old video about Optimus Prime reverse-dying.
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Oct 9, 2015 18:17
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Here's a scene where Starscream dies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zo7-02kedBY
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Oct 9, 2015 19:12
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Here are some happy scenes with rather, lovable medical bot from Animated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfuKIey3a5U Also, Guitar Battle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6unfoqFkB4 Animated was a good show. EDIT: Also JAM Project did some music for the japanese dub https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8T_A0-JGok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ-eoXh9My0
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Onmi posted:EDIT: Also JAM Project did some music for the japanese dub I can't believe you brought that up without mentioning that Emperor Wakamoto voiced Megatron in Transformers Animated. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9FqfbdoKnw OPUTIMAS PRRRRRRRIIIIIIIMUUUUUAAAAAAAAAAH!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOtLRidSXE STAAAAAAAASCRIIIIIIIIIMUUUUUUUUU!!
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Oct 10, 2015 14:55
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so, uh, how 'bout them watch dogs?
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Suspicious Dish posted:so, uh, how 'bout them watch dogs? Watch_Dogs is poo poo.
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The adventures of Aiden "The Fox" "The Vigilante" "Uncle-dad" "I Forget Who I'm Fighting" Pearce
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Oct 10, 2015 16:18
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Aiden should transform into a good character.
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Suspicious Dish posted:so, uh, how 'bout them watch dogs? Watchin' dogs.
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