Netflix's Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom First Footage and more!
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Thanks to Seibertronian Sabrblade and many others, we have our first look at the third chapter of Netflix and Rooster Teeth's Transformers War for Cybertron Trilogy, Kingdom! The footage comes from the YouTube video, "New on Netflix | July 2021", which highlights upcoming shows and movies for Netflix US in, you guessed it, July 2021! The Kingdom clip starts 9:22 in, though the video is unfortunately region-locked to the United States.
The clip itself features our first look at the Maximals in robot mode, as well as the voice of the boss monkey himself, Megatron in beast mode, and a sinister Ultra Magnus!
Below is an un-region-locked YouTube mirror!
A reminder that our previous news on the Kingdom chapter is two posters from the NetflixGeeked Twitter of the Maximals and Predacons watching the Ark and Nemesis fall to Earth, with the release date of July 29th! There is also the soundtrack for preorder from Amazon with potential spoilers!
Check out screenshots and the two posters from Kingdom below and sound off your thoughts on the Pub forums below!
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Posted 13 hours agoPosted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2021 @ 9:40pm CDT
Quantum Surge wrote:Primal's voice made me laugh for 5 minutes.
It's made me cringe instead. Still have the expression on my face, it's not wearing off and it's starting to hurt
Also, I guess T30 rhinox usvthe one to get if you want a show accurate figure.
Posted by william-james88 on June 23rd, 2021 @ 9:43pm CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, seems like the voice acting hadn't improved. At all. Optimus's voice actor sucks, and it seems Primal's will be no better. Looking at it financially, I kinda get why they didn't get Peter Cullen, but I doubt Garry Chalk demands the same high fee
Unrelated, they are going non union so they cant take any uno
Ionized actor, no matter how cheap they are.
Posted by LinaNui on June 23rd, 2021 @ 10:27pm CDT
Also I really hate how cheap this whole show feels. So many reuses of models and not even getting them accurate (Exhausts head). pretty sure I can count the total number of unique onscreen transformations on one hand too.
Posted by Razorbeast88 on June 23rd, 2021 @ 10:31pm CDT
LinaNui wrote:I know almost nothing about beast wars, but isn't cheetor and tigatron suppose to have different designs? Looks like they maybe just upscaled and changed the color to make tigatron. Maybe this is accurate or not though.
Also I really hate how cheap this whole show feels. So many reuses of models and not even getting them accurate (Exhausts head). pretty sure I can count the total number of unique onscreen transformations on one hand too.
Cartoon Tigatron was basically upscaled cheetor with a different head and chest in robot mode
OG tigatoy was just a straight repaint of cheetor
Posted by Deadput on June 23rd, 2021 @ 10:46pm CDT
Posted by Rodimus Prime on June 24th, 2021 @ 12:05am CDT
But isn't the money the main reason they're going non-union? Because it costs less? And of course they don't have to be restricted by union rules? I mean, whatever the reason, they should have gotten Cullen and Chalk. It would have been worth it.william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, seems like the voice acting hadn't improved. At all. Optimus's voice actor sucks, and it seems Primal's will be no better. Looking at it financially, I kinda get why they didn't get Peter Cullen, but I doubt Garry Chalk demands the same high fee
Unrelated, they are going non union so they cant take any uno
Ionized actor, no matter how cheap they are.
Also, was I the only one who thought the Kingdom Magnus toy was a cheap money grab by changing the cab and the deco a bit? Turns out there will be onscreen support for it, regardless of who or what this new Magnus actually is.
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 24th, 2021 @ 2:56am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:But isn't the money the main reason they're going non-union? Because it costs less? And of course they don't have to be restricted by union rules? I mean, whatever the reason, they should have gotten Cullen and Chalk. It would have been worth it.william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, seems like the voice acting hadn't improved. At all. Optimus's voice actor sucks, and it seems Primal's will be no better. Looking at it financially, I kinda get why they didn't get Peter Cullen, but I doubt Garry Chalk demands the same high fee
Unrelated, they are going non union so they cant take any uno
Ionized actor, no matter how cheap they are.
Also, was I the only one who thought the Kingdom Magnus toy was a cheap money grab by changing the cab and the deco a bit? Turns out there will be onscreen support for it, regardless of who or what this new Magnus actually is.
To clarify, Cullen and Chalk are union boys, so they were always off the table once production decided to go non-union. They couldn't hire either of them unless they reversed the decision and went the union route
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2021 @ 7:27am CDT
Rodimus Prime wrote:But isn't the money the main reason they're going non-union? Because it costs less? And of course they don't have to be restricted by union rules? I mean, whatever the reason, they should have gotten Cullen and Chalk. It would have been worth it.william-james88 wrote:Rodimus Prime wrote:Well, seems like the voice acting hadn't improved. At all. Optimus's voice actor sucks, and it seems Primal's will be no better. Looking at it financially, I kinda get why they didn't get Peter Cullen, but I doubt Garry Chalk demands the same high fee
Unrelated, they are going non union so they cant take any uno
Ionized actor, no matter how cheap they are.
Also, was I the only one who thought the Kingdom Magnus toy was a cheap money grab by changing the cab and the deco a bit? Turns out there will be onscreen support for it, regardless of who or what this new Magnus actually is.
2 things, :
1. Cullen and Chalk are both union and will only work on projects that use union actors, so they couldn't/wouldn't participate in this.
2. That is still the old Siege Ultra Magnus design.
Posted by Immortal Starscream on June 24th, 2021 @ 7:58am CDT
there are a bazillian and one people on Youtube who can do voices who are WAY BETTER then what you have right here. They are non union, and hell, some might even do it for free. Even if you pulled who you have now off Youtube, just please, how about just... oh I don't know, maybe like 1% more effort? Hell half a percent more effort I would be happy.
yours truly,
the guy facepalming saying, "Well that's just.... unfortunate"
Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2021 @ 10:21am CDT
Posted by Immortal Starscream on June 24th, 2021 @ 10:25am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All this talk about union vs non-union has got me wondering. Aren't Keith Silverstein and Todd Haberkorn union? They're both in this show and have each done lots of LA-based and Texas-based projects with many other union actors. So if they are union, were they just affordable enough to be cast in this show? Or did they both agree to take a lower pay because they both really wanted to be in this show?
Price is one factor, but there are other factors. As someone stated previously, Gary Chalk and Peter Cullen wont take roles in projects with non union voice actors. Due to union rules, there will be plenty of other actors, both known and unknown, who will do the same.
Posted by o.supreme on June 24th, 2021 @ 11:53am CDT
Sabrblade wrote:All this talk about union vs non-union has got me wondering. Aren't Keith Silverstein and Todd Haberkorn union? They're both in this show and have each done lots of LA-based and Texas-based projects with many other union actors. So if they are union, were they just affordable enough to be cast in this show? Or did they both agree to take a lower pay because they both really wanted to be in this show?
The same could be asked about Jason Marnocha, and Frank Todaro. I am honestly not sure but *perhaps* (as was in the case of Prime Wars), they had an arrangement whereby union Talent could be used (or was preferred), but non-union (freelance) was an option.
Whereas if a production chooses to go fully non-union (WFC for example), then any actor who is part of the SAG-AFTRA would basically forfeit membership if they took a job on this project. Also, I guess then by default that makes Cyberverse a non union project? I mean I know Boulder Media is based in Ireland, and the show is fully produced there, but, as an example, Many BW actors are Canadian, unless they have dual citizenship? I know some have taken up residence in the United States. I am not exactly sure if the SAG-AFTA Union only applies to actors in the United States, or how far it's reach extends, who can be a member? etc...
Posted by Kamijou Touma on June 24th, 2021 @ 2:45pm CDT
Posted by o.supreme on June 24th, 2021 @ 2:58pm CDT
Kamijou Touma wrote:The voices in the English version make me cringe. I really hope i can watch the Japanese version one day. The Optimus Prime in the Japanese version is the same guy who did him in Headmasters.
Not only that; Tesshō Genda, is also the same actor that voiced Optimus (Convoy), in the original series as well, among many others. He basically is Japan's Peter Cullen.
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2021 @ 4:14pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2021 @ 4:17pm CDT
o.supreme wrote:
The same could be asked about Jason Marnocha, and Frank Todaro.
Frank is union? I know he has an agent but I didn't know he was part of a union.
Posted by o.supreme on June 24th, 2021 @ 4:23pm CDT
william-james88 wrote:o.supreme wrote:
The same could be asked about Jason Marnocha, and Frank Todaro.
Frank is union? I know he has an agent but I didn't know he was part of a union.
My apologies. I was basically saying he *may* or *may not* be, based on his past, working with some union VA's, but again, Prime wars may have had the freelance option, so it is still an unknown, to me at least.
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 24th, 2021 @ 4:53pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2021 @ 5:27pm CDT
He's got a flower on his chest.
So that's where he planted the seeds of the future.
Posted by Quantum Surge on June 24th, 2021 @ 5:28pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:He's got a flower on his chest.
So that's where he planted the seeds of the future.
It's all coming together now.
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 24th, 2021 @ 5:30pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on June 24th, 2021 @ 5:36pm CDT
Don't worry. It was Rhinox who had "past gas".primalxconvoy wrote:I hope "the past" isn't where I fear it is on his body...
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 24th, 2021 @ 8:09pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 24th, 2021 @ 10:35pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:He's got a flower on his chest.
So that's where he planted the seeds of the future.
I am not amused.
Posted by noctorro on June 25th, 2021 @ 1:04am CDT
How about:
1. Pacing
2. Pacing
3. The mute death tone
4. Very few actual transformations
5. Story and characters
6. Very low energy
7. Consistancy in damage, papercut=death, giant hole in your chest=give him some time of
I mean there were like 3 jokes in 2 "seasons" and I only liked when Bugbite said Bumblebee was ugly.
It's like they know transformers humor but it's not allowed in the script for some reason.
I like the inclusion of Beast Wars, but the trailer has all the energetic exciting moments.
I'm pretty sure the 6 episodes are going to be very, well boring like the other 2 seasons.
I want to like it but I just can't lie to myself all day.
Here's hoping they learned from the feedback of viewers and fans and taken some coffee.
Get Optimus his Earthrise form, he's on earth.
Put in some fun characters who don't want to slit their wrists any second.
Remake Energon Wing Saber already
Posted by ZeroWolf on June 25th, 2021 @ 2:53am CDT
noctorro wrote:Wow I'd say voice acting is the least of this series problem.
How about:
1. Pacing
2. Pacing
3. The mute death tone
4. Very few actual transformations
5. Story and characters
6. Very low energy
7. Consistancy in damage, papercut=death, giant hole in your chest=give him some time of
I mean there were like 3 jokes in 2 "seasons" and I only liked when Bugbite said Bumblebee was ugly.
It's like they know transformers humor but it's not allowed in the script for some reason.
I like the inclusion of Beast Wars, but the trailer has all the energetic exciting moments.
I'm pretty sure the 6 episodes are going to be very, well boring like the other 2 seasons.
I want to like it but I just can't lie to myself all day.
Here's hoping they learned from the feedback of viewers and fans and taken some coffee.
Get Optimus his Earthrise form, he's on earth.
Put in some fun characters who don't want to slit their wrists any second.
Remake Energon Wing Saber already
Given they're on prehistoric earth, I doubt Prime will be getting his earth rise alt mode.
Posted by Deadput on June 25th, 2021 @ 2:55am CDT
ZeroWolf wrote:Given they're on prehistoric earth, I doubt Prime will be getting his earth rise alt mode.
You joke but the flat-nose truck is my favorite dinosaur.
Posted by OliviaParcker on June 25th, 2021 @ 8:20am CDT
Posted by OliviaParcker on June 29th, 2021 @ 4:37am CDT
Wow I'd say voice acting is the least of this series problem.
How about:
1. Pacing
2. Pacing
3. The mute death tone
4. Very few actual transformations
5. Story and characters
6. Very low energy
7. Consistancy in damage, papercut=death, giant hole in your chest=give him some time of
I mean there were like 3 jokes in 2 "seasons" and I only liked when Bugbite said Bumblebee was ugly.
It's like they know transformers humor but it's not allowed in the script for some reason.
I like the inclusion of Beast Wars, but the trailer has all the energetic exciting moments.
I'm pretty sure the 6 episodes are going to be very, well boring like the other 2 seasons.
I want to like it but I just can't lie to myself all day via work time.
Here's hoping they learned from the feedback of viewers and fans and taken some coffee.
Get Optimus his Earthrise form, he's on earth.
Put in some fun characters who don't want to slit their wrists any second.
Remake Energon Wing Saber already
I mean, there were about 3 jokes in 2 "seasons", is that important?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 29th, 2021 @ 2:19pm CDT
Posted by Razorbeast88 on June 29th, 2021 @ 2:21pm CDT
Posted by notsoalex on June 29th, 2021 @ 3:04pm CDT
The Kingdom clip starts 0:55 in, and features the logo, Airazor in a dogfight with Laserbeak in a forest, Cheetor running at the front of a pack of Autobots in the mist, Nemesis Prime standing in a snowstorm, a grim Megatron, Optimus Prime firing in a snowstorm, Optimus Primal slicing off Thundercracker's wing while he's flying in jet mode, Starscream transforming and flying to Megatron, and Beast Megatron roaring at the camera.
Check out the entire video and screenshots below and sound off your thoughts on the Pub forums below!
Posted by o.supreme on June 29th, 2021 @ 3:13pm CDT
Posted by Nuclearxpotato on June 29th, 2021 @ 3:24pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on June 29th, 2021 @ 4:56pm CDT
Nuclearxpotato wrote:Their CGI team doesn't really do organic settings well... that forest is pretty rough. Forests are the hardest setting to get right with CG or video games (I know from experience), but that looks like a prerendered FMV from the PS2 era.
But you forget, this isn't a normal forest. These animals are not the size of regular animals, they are the size of giant robots like Optimus and Megatron, so the trees are not normal trees either, since they are 10 times the size of regular vegetation and we have no clue what mega vegetation looks like, could look like what we see in the video.
Posted by Sabrblade on June 29th, 2021 @ 5:01pm CDT
The giant Autobots and Decepticons aren't always taller than the trees in a forest.william-james88 wrote:Nuclearxpotato wrote:Their CGI team doesn't really do organic settings well... that forest is pretty rough. Forests are the hardest setting to get right with CG or video games (I know from experience), but that looks like a prerendered FMV from the PS2 era.
But you forget, this isn't a normal forest. These animals are not the size of regular animals, they are the size of giant robots like Optimus and Megatron, so the trees are not normal trees either, since they are 10 times the size of regular vegetation and we have no clue what mega vegetation looks like, could look like what we see in the video.
Posted by D-Maximal_Primal on June 29th, 2021 @ 7:39pm CDT
Magnus is also somehow going to be a dream. We saw he's a disembodied head now, that is probably a nightmare or something like the cave from Empire Strikes Back
Posted by TOO MUCH ENERGON! on June 30th, 2021 @ 7:21am CDT
Posted by OliviaParcker on June 30th, 2021 @ 7:23am CDT
POTP (Optimal Optimus, Rodimus Unicronus)
Titans Return (Blitzwing, Astrotrain)
All the Combiner Wars Aerialbots
Studio Series and WFC repaints
TFP Soundwave
Cybertron Galvatron
G1 Megatron (cheapest option would be the Chronicle 2-pack)
MPMs for cheap prices
My G1 Starscream needs fists. He's the Collection reissue and can't have a coronation without fists!
I'm the only one that surprises
Its ability to store commonplace information about a TV show? it's just super amazing
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 30th, 2021 @ 6:14pm CDT
- https://youtu.be/XeXdaOpuRss (courtesy of theallspark.xcom's Sabreblade).
Could someone include it at the front page article, as many non-US viewers can't access the official, geoblocked video, please?
Posted by Sabrblade on June 30th, 2021 @ 6:17pm CDT
It's nine posts above yours.primalxconvoy wrote:Someone kindly uploaded the relevant clip to YouTube:
- https://youtu.be/XeXdaOpuRss (courtesy of theallspark.xcom's Sabreblade).
Could someone include it at the front page article, as many non-US viewers can't access the official, geoblocked video, please?
Posted by primalxconvoy on June 30th, 2021 @ 6:19pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 5th, 2021 @ 10:56am CDT
Posted by aronjlove on July 5th, 2021 @ 2:46pm CDT
Posted by primalxconvoy on July 5th, 2021 @ 2:56pm CDT
(Anyway, thanks for the all-region trailer! I could watch it in Japan!)
Posted by o.supreme on July 5th, 2021 @ 4:45pm CDT
I'm sure it's because they don't want to spoil all the awesomeness...
Right?
Right???
Posted by Razorbeast88 on July 5th, 2021 @ 4:51pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on July 5th, 2021 @ 5:08pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on July 5th, 2021 @ 5:15pm CDT
BW Megatron yelled in the first clip we got.o.supreme wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but we haven't heard any BW characters speak aside from Primal correct?
I'm sure it's because they don't want to spoil all the awesomeness...
Right?
Right???
Posted by o.supreme on July 5th, 2021 @ 7:52pm CDT
Fun fact: Gary Chalk did Dinobots belch in the episode Double Dinobot.