Due to some of y'all demanding that I watch the original series, I downloaded a few episodes...five random 23 minute clips from what appears to be the first season.
See, I was born in 1984, so while I was always exposed to the merchandise associated with the Transformers, I never actually watched an episode of the cartoon. Kind of like My Little Pony, now that I think about it.
However, I was old enough to fondly remember Beast Wars. Which I liked. Some people I know bitch and moan and compare it to the original series, but whatever. I like animals, and these animals shot at each other with lasers. Maybe it's because I'm a girl, I just can't get exicted about cars beating up other cars. Now, a T-rex versus a gorilla? Little more exciting.
That being said, the older series isn't too bad. Oh, sure it smacks of everything 80s and boyish -- I mean, retro cars (where's KITT?) fighting retro planes (the F-15 is being replaced by the F-22). But I watch the episode where Skyfire buried himself in the snow after leaving the Deceptacons to help the Autobots -- and I was really touched. But it's something I can watch sober -- as opposed to some of that 60s Batman and Justice Friends stuff, which I only watch when drunk.
So, in between now and movie, I'd like to watch more of the series -- and maybe even the movie, though I already know who dies. (Although maybe the Transformers people are like comic-book people -- no one really 'dies'.)
The only problem I saw the cartoon is that they are too many damn robots running around the place. I only know two or three robots from either side, and the rest I only know by color. There's just too many.
I'm pretty optimistic about the movie. I'm sure you can update everyone (although I have no clue how they would change the one Decepticon with the casette tapes). They could cut the size of each group down to five or eight members.
Oh, and by the way, fifteen minutes into the first episdoe I decide Starscream is flippin' awesome. "Megatron, you idiot!" That takes balls.
"You're either lying or stupid." "I'm stupid! I'm stupid!" Megatron and Starscream
