Transformers: Robots In Disguise - First Official Trailer
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The first official trailer for Transformers: Robots in Disguise is now online! Get your first look at the story and characters from 2015's brand new Transformers animated series. And keep your eyes peeled, because there's even more Robots in Disguise goodness headed your way this week!
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Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:16pm CDT
Posted by dreadwing95 on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:24pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:27pm CDT
Nowhere was it said that Decepticons in this continuity can't have beast-based altmodes. Plus, the toy for Underbite shows that his beast form is his robot mode, while his altmode is vehicular.dreadwing95 wrote:it looks better than i had anticipated. animation looks smoother, villains look more interesting albeit a bit wacky (decepticon with antlers lmao). looks like the decepticons are now predacons. dont really know how thats gonna work considering we already have them in the same universe as something completely different.
Posted by dreadwing95 on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:32pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Nowhere was it said that Decepticons in this continuity can't have beast-based altmodes. Plus, the toy for Underbite shows that his beast form is his robot mode, while his altmode is vehicular.dreadwing95 wrote:it looks better than i had anticipated. animation looks smoother, villains look more interesting albeit a bit wacky (decepticon with antlers lmao). looks like the decepticons are now predacons. dont really know how thats gonna work considering we already have them in the same universe as something completely different.
im just not used to the change. the only cons i remember with beast forms was arachnid the insecticons, and the predaking. its not really a bad thing. i love the ideas of beast modes
Posted by steve2275 on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:45pm CDT
Posted by SlyTF1 on October 7th, 2014 @ 3:48pm CDT
Posted by Optimum Supreme on October 7th, 2014 @ 4:02pm CDT
Wish the Hub wasn't getting canned.
Posted by Autobot_Benz on October 7th, 2014 @ 4:12pm CDT
Posted by ishigoto on October 7th, 2014 @ 4:36pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on October 7th, 2014 @ 4:46pm CDT
The animation is also kinda meh but besides that i like how the show is at the moment.
Posted by Rodimus Prime on October 7th, 2014 @ 5:31pm CDT
I'm pleasantly surprised. Definitely getting that G1 Hot Rod vibe from Bumblebee. This will be fun.
Posted by Zeedust on October 7th, 2014 @ 5:41pm CDT
Not to mention that Cartoon Network hasn't been kind to action cartoons in general in the last few years.
Sabrblade wrote:This show looks way more exciting than Prime ever was, and almost as fun as Rescue Bots is.
Is there any word on if/when Rescue Bots is actually coming back?
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 5:50pm CDT
According to the panel at BotCon, Season 3 airs this Fall (despite two episodes of season 2 having been skipped and still remain unaired).Nemesis Primal wrote:Is there any word on if/when Rescue Bots is actually coming back?
Posted by DMSL on October 7th, 2014 @ 6:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 6:06pm CDT
It's not. It's a continuation of Prime.DMSL wrote:I didn't like Animated and this looks like a continuation of that,
Posted by griftimus prime on October 7th, 2014 @ 7:11pm CDT
Posted by Skyfire77 on October 7th, 2014 @ 7:23pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It's not. It's a continuation of Prime.DMSL wrote:I didn't like Animated and this looks like a continuation of that,
Maybe in the continuity sense, but in spirit and execution it's looking more like Animated/Rescue Bots.
Posted by Sagitta on October 7th, 2014 @ 7:39pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:
Alot better than how Disney XD treated "Tron Uprising".
Posted by Skyfire77 on October 7th, 2014 @ 7:50pm CDT
Sagitta wrote:
Alot better than how Disney XD treated "Tron Uprising".
And Motor City. And Avengers: EMH.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 7:53pm CDT
Moral of the story: Both CN and Disney XD have been cruel to the good shows they've aired.Skyfire77 wrote:Sagitta wrote:
Alot better than how Disney XD treated "Tron Uprising".
And Motor City. And Avengers: EMH.
Posted by Zeedust on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:01pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:According to the panel at BotCon, Season 3 airs this Fall (despite two episodes of season 2 having been skipped and still remain unaired).Nemesis Primal wrote:Is there any word on if/when Rescue Bots is actually coming back?
It's fall. Can we have some more info? (And are plans still the same after the fall of the Hub?)
Speaking of those two episodes, anyone know what the deal is with that?
And is anyone else expecting RiD and Rescue Bots to stop trying to maintain continuity with each other now that they're on separate networks?
Posted by Madeus Prime on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:02pm CDT
The Dinobot looks interesting, clearly is a Godzilla homage, but still is kewl.
The Decepticons are very interesting looking.
Judging by the trailer, we have a Cybertron Snarl homage and what I'd suspect to be a Rippersnapper homage. It'd be awesome if they introduced some classic characters/homages like them.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:08pm CDT
Why would a network change matter when they're both still being made by the same studio?Nemesis Primal wrote:And is anyone else expecting RiD and Rescue Bots to stop trying to maintain continuity with each other now that they're on separate networks?
After all, Prime season 1 briefly aired on Vortexx, which ran the CW, a different network.
By "Cybertron Snarl homage" do you mean the Elite Guard fembot Strongarm?Madeus Prime wrote:Judging by the trailer, we have a Cybertron Snarl homage and what I'd suspect to be a Rippersnapper homage. It'd be awesome if they introduced some classic characters/homages like them.
The purple Con is a new guy named Underbite:
Posted by chuckdawg1999 on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:11pm CDT
Posted by Madeus Prime on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:21pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:By "Cybertron Snarl homage" do you mean the Elite Guard fembot Strongarm?Madeus Prime wrote:Judging by the trailer, we have a Cybertron Snarl homage and what I'd suspect to be a Rippersnapper homage. It'd be awesome if they introduced some classic characters/homages like them.
*Snip*
The purple Con is a new guy named Underbite:
*Snip*
No, the purple-blue wolf character seen at 0:34.
My only complaints would be Sideswipe's "hair" and the voice actress for Strongarm, just sounds really whiny. I have a feeling the character is going to get real old, real fast.
Posted by -Kanrabat- on October 7th, 2014 @ 8:39pm CDT
Will Bumblebee get some snu-snu?
Posted by jrgreer74 on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:09pm CDT
On a different note, will it be shown on hubnetwork.com like the others have been or will it be on CN's site? or just on TV? If anyone knows yet!
Posted by Madeus Prime on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:10pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Beefy fembot transforming into a big truck?!
Will Bumblebee get some snu-snu?
I doubt it. Sideswipe is a more likely romantic interest. The classic old clean-cut smart girl falling for the charming rogue. Oldest romantic setup in the book. Bleck.
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:13pm CDT
-Kanrabat- wrote:Beefy fembot transforming into a big truck?!
Will Bumblebee get some snu-snu?
More like SHE'S gonna get some snu-snu.
Strongarm looks like a top to me.
Posted by Convoy on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:16pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:16pm CDT
jrgreer74 wrote:The cartoon may be okay in the long run. Like every TF show it may have to grow on some, like Animated did for some, and Prime for others. My concern is them going back to CN! They have always screwed with every single cartoon they air. Moving times around constantly, or for most just stop airing them altogether. Look at Animated, whether you liked it or not. Be honest in answering how it felt (for those who wanted it) to buy 2 seasons, then wait what, like 5 years to get the 3rd season which only was released as a complete pack first and then later as a separate season by a completely different company. Go Shout! Factory!!!! Anyway, I'm willing to bet we get the shaft again in one of these previously mentioned asinine ways by CN. Take a company you invest in (HUB) and change it back to what it was, so you can go back to the way you did business before (CN)! What then wait a little bit, get screwed by CN again then change and go back to the HUB again! When will you learn your lesson, CN may be a "boys" channel by ratings, but there are plenty of little girls, and women in this franchise who want to see the shows too. So moving it back to a screwed up company just because it is a "boys" channel is stupid and I'd think somewhat offensive. But more offensive is if we get screwed for another 5 years just for the last season of this show.
On a different note, will it be shown on hubnetwork.com like the others have been or will it be on CN's site? or just on TV? If anyone knows yet!
To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:17pm CDT
jrgreer74 wrote:The cartoon may be okay in the long run. Like every TF show it may have to grow on some, like Animated did for some, and Prime for others. My concern is them going back to CN! They have always screwed with every single cartoon they air. Moving times around constantly, or for most just stop airing them altogether. Look at Animated, whether you liked it or not. Be honest in answering how it felt (for those who wanted it) to buy 2 seasons, then wait what, like 5 years to get the 3rd season which only was released as a complete pack first and then later as a separate season by a completely different company. Go Shout! Factory!!!! Anyway, I'm willing to bet we get the shaft again in one of these previously mentioned asinine ways by CN. Take a company you invest in (HUB) and change it back to what it was, so you can go back to the way you did business before (CN)! What then wait a little bit, get screwed by CN again then change and go back to the HUB again! When will you learn your lesson, CN may be a "boys" channel by ratings, but there are plenty of little girls, and women in this franchise who want to see the shows too. So moving it back to a screwed up company just because it is a "boys" channel is stupid and I'd think somewhat offensive. But more offensive is if we get screwed for another 5 years just for the last season of this show.
On a different note, will it be shown on hubnetwork.com like the others have been or will it be on CN's site? or just on TV? If anyone knows yet!
To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) tie up the loose ends?
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:21pm CDT
Convoy wrote:The animation looks like a mix of whenever The Armada Trilogy switched to CG with the curvy TFA aesthetic. Cell shaded CGI at 12 frames per second is not what I was expecting.
That frame-rate is a little jarring to me, as well as making it look like limited animation (characters freezing while talking, extreme pose to extreme pose, etc.).
Posted by Noideaforaname on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:28pm CDT
Sharky here is instant-bought!
Dunno about Wolfy, though. He's fallen into that generic build RiD's already gotten.
Actual animation is kinda choppy...
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:29pm CDT
65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Posted by jrgreer74 on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:50pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:53pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Fair enough. In that case I guess they just didn't make the most of their time then.
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:55pm CDT
How so?Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Fair enough. In that case I guess they just didn't make the most of their time then.
Posted by SlyTF1 on October 7th, 2014 @ 9:56pm CDT
Posted by Ultra Markus on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:01pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:03pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:How so?Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Fair enough. In that case I guess they just didn't make the most of their time then.
I just wasn't pleased with the way the series ended, and I thought that more time could have aided them. I felt the Predacon/Beast Hunters focus really limited the possibilities of season 3, as well as changed the focus and pushed some plot lines to the back burner.
I also thought there were a lot of loose threads left over, even after the movie (Soundwave, Airachnid, Shockwave, Megatron, Predaking and the Predacons etc.). If these are addressed down the road in RID then I will stand corrected.
Posted by Lockdownhunter on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:03pm CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:08pm CDT
Yeah, to be fair, Hasbro did drop the whole Beast Hunters thing on the showrunners at the eleventh hour, forcing them to put season 2 on fast forward in order to hastily wrap up their three-to-four years' worth of story material in one season, just to make room for the new Beast Hunters ordeal in season 3, which, while still entertaining, did feel more like a distraction from the main plot and only put in to satisfy the toymakers and, once it was done, was put aside to let the original plot get back on course to complete itself properly.Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How so?Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Fair enough. In that case I guess they just didn't make the most of their time then.
I just wasn't pleased with the way the series ended, and I thought that more time could have aided them. I felt the Predacon/Beast Hunters focus really limited the possibilities of season 3, as well as changed the focus and pushed some plot lines to the back burner.
I also thought there were a lot of loose threads left over, even after the movie (Soundwave, Airachnid, Shockwave, Megatron, Predaking and the Predacons etc.). If these are addressed down the road in RID then I will stand corrected.
Preds Rising, however, came from a desire to do more once they they were done, as a last hurrah of sorts.
Posted by skidflap on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:13pm CDT
Noideaforaname wrote:Oooooh, Beast-bots! My favorite kind.
Sharky here is instant-bought!
Dunno about Wolfy, though. He's fallen into that generic build RiD's already gotten.
Actual animation is kinda choppy...
I just noticed that wolf bot has shockwave's body
Posted by Sabrblade on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:14pm CDT
Looks more like just the same black "window" thing that Bumblebee has.skidflap wrote:I just noticed that wolf bot has shockwave's body
The Prime Vehicons had them too, but theirs were gray.
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:16pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Yeah, to be fair, Hasbro did drop the whole Beast Hunters thing on the showrunners at the eleventh hour, forcing them to put season 2 on fast forward in order to hastily wrap up their three-to-four years' worth of story material in one season, just to make room for the new Beast Hunters ordeal in season 3, which, while still entertaining, did feel more like a distraction from the main plot and only put in to satisfy the toymakers and, once it was done, was put aside to let the original plot get back on course to complete itself properly.Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:How so?Shuttershock wrote:Sabrblade wrote:65 episodes was always the plan from the get-go. Predacons Rising was made after the matter.Shuttershock wrote:To be fair, didn't the Hub significantly cut down season 3 of Prime, relying on a dvd movie to (sort of) type up the loose ends?
Fair enough. In that case I guess they just didn't make the most of their time then.
I just wasn't pleased with the way the series ended, and I thought that more time could have aided them. I felt the Predacon/Beast Hunters focus really limited the possibilities of season 3, as well as changed the focus and pushed some plot lines to the back burner.
I also thought there were a lot of loose threads left over, even after the movie (Soundwave, Airachnid, Shockwave, Megatron, Predaking and the Predacons etc.). If these are addressed down the road in RID then I will stand corrected.
Preds Rising, however, came from a desire to do more once they they were done, as a last hurrah of sorts.
Now that you mention it, some elements of season 2 did seem rushed. I would have liked a longer conflict for Dreadwing, or to keep Hardshell as a nemesis for Bulkhead and become the Decepticons' heavy hitter.
Well, I can respect that they tried to fix some of the problems caused by editorial mandate. Still, they did leave a lot in the wings, which made Prime as a whole feel incomplete.
I'd like it if RID continues on with some of these loose threads. But what I've seen seems more like a soft reboot with a different focus and tone. I guess only time will tell.
Posted by skidflap on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:17pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:Looks more like just the same black "window" thing that Bumblebee has.skidflap wrote:I just noticed that wolf bot has shockwave's body
The Prime Vehicons had them too, but theirs were gray.
ah. Kinda looks like they mixed and match parts for this series.
also that shark
Posted by megatronus on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:19pm CDT
This has potential!
I do hope we see some more traditional Decepticons though - I'm OK with the occasional beast, but a pack of wild animals is not how I like to imagine the Decepticon ranks.
Posted by jrgreer74 on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:25pm CDT
Posted by Shuttershock on October 7th, 2014 @ 10:26pm CDT
megatronus wrote:The trailer makes me hopeful - I've never been a fan of this kind of animation, but I can definitely warm up to it if we see some good character development.
This has potential!
I do hope we see some more traditional Decepticons though - I'm OK with the occasional beast, but a pack of wild animals is not how I like to imagine the Decepticon ranks.
I agree about the Cons. While beast bots are cool, they often seem less impressive engineering wise. With several exceptions, a lot of them just stand up and swap heads (Prime Preds).
It just hit me, both shows called Robots in Disguise appear to have Autobots facing down against beast-cons.