Just finished Beast Wars! Any other animated shows/movies you'd recommend?
I watched Transformers One and it got me interested in Transformers again - so I just finished up BW and really enjoyed it! The first season was a bit slowgoing, but it got much more interesting in season 2.
I'm generally not a fan of 'the whole universe is at stake' plots, but I think BW did it fairly well - the time travel aspect was interesting.
I also appreciated that it let characters die. I know that sounds weird, but if they can't die then after awhile the fights have no stakes and the action feels hollow. Dinobot's sacrifice and the final bit at the end with his clone is exactly what I mean - a good death can reinforce everything a character was.
It did have some missteps IMO - I'm not sure why Megatron ever tried to get energon given that he had no way to get it off-planet. I also think Blackarachnia turning into a maximal was maybe a bit questionable thematically for her character, but w/e. And the whole 'war bad' plot with Tigertron feels...questionable(?) when one of the sides in the war is literally, objectively evil.
Favorite characters:
- Waspinator
- Rat-trap (though I think he could have had more of an arc, he was always entertaining)
- Dinobot
Not so favorites:
- Tigertron
- Airazor
- Silverbolt
So - all that to say I'm looking for some new stuff to watch. Movies or TV, but animated. Not really interested in live action.
Things I generally like:
- Well-defined characters, especially if they have an arc
- Changing status quo (every episode does not revert to a baseline - I make exceptions for things like ST:TNG which was amazing)
- Worldbuilding (if in a less character-heavy show. Obviously it's hard to do both with limited runtime.)