Huievest
Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.
Neive Bellamy
Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.
Kinley
This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows
sundevilemily
I have to say,this show is way better than the movies that are being released today.The show has more transformers and a lot of character development than the movies do.It's cool to see how Bumblebee is trying to make his own path on being a leader of his Autobot team like Optimus Prime before him.And the show introduces new transformers that haven't been shown before.
Lauren
My kids can't stop watching it. They are 3, 5, and 8 and it's one of the few shows they will watch together. Anytime I would allow them to watch a show, they all asked to put it on. Even my husband enjoyed it. I hope that they have more seasons planned as my kids keep asking for new episodes.
dm-02751
After watching a sneak peak of this new series, I thought it would be promising to the source material of the Aligned continuity family despite the CG animation downgrade. However, when I first saw the first episode of the series, I was more than shocked. I was extremely disappointed.The storytelling for the first episode (ironically known as Pilot, Pt. 1) was rushed and lacking the creative spark which made previous Transformers TV series such as the Beast Era series, Prime and best of all, Animated, so successful. Storytelling became more and more disappointing with each subsequent episode.The characters are underdeveloped and generic, it's hard to feel they are believable. The writers were being selfish by disregarding other Aligned fiction besides Prime and (sadly) Rescue Bots, but it feels so wrong with these different characterizations of certain characters who appeared in other Aligned fiction but are entirely different and sh*t in this series. Grimlock, for example, is entirely different in comparison to his WFC/FOC counterpart by starting off as Decepticon, nor is he in control of a team of Dinobots either, which also disappoints longtime fans (including me). Oh, and he is green. There is also an Autobot samurai known as Drift who is a racial stereotype, much like his AOE counterpart.Most Decepticons resemble somewhat of animals and/or monsters whenever they would transform out of their alternate modes, which remains confusing as to how these Decepticons resemble said creatures in their robot modes. I suspect the Decepticon scientist Shockwave hadn't anything to do with this as he was busy with "Project Predacon" during Prime. Also, there's a Decepticon other than Grimlock who is a Dinobot (daf*q).Character design is just plain hideous and intolerable. Previous Transformers TV series such as Beast Machines, Animated and Prime were more distinctive with their artistic styles in comparison to this rubbish and that's saying something. Season 2 also sees Polygon recycling many Decepticon character models from Season 1 so as to distance each of these "new" Decepticons from their Season 1 counterparts. Just sad, even for me.The voice acting is dull, lifeless and painful, it feels as if you wouldn't want to take voice acting as a career anymore. Peter Cullen, (the voice of Optimus Prime) also, doesn't bring the same depth of acting as he did in Prime.I'm fine with African-American voice actor Khary Payton as the voice of Grimlock (I respect that), but the direction for the character that he has to take is annoying but only because it's the voice director's fault (ironically the same voice director for Prime since Season 1, Episode 12).Too much Dubstep and campy music scores from score composers Kevin Manthei and Kevin Kiner.CG animation is a downgrade in comparison to Prime, even by the same animation studio. The character animations feel stiff and lifeless in this series.As this is (or was) meant to be a sequel series to Prime, this shouldn't feel as if is set within the same timeline as its predecessor. As it's also meant to be set within the Aligned continuity family (Prime/WFC/FOC/Rage of the Dinobots), it feels more non-canonical than it (sadly) is. There's a lot of major continuity errors, many of which offend the continuity timeline. Despite Ratchet, Soundwave and Starscream's reappearance for Season 2, it feels like a complete waste of time adding them to the mess.To conclude my review of this "sequel", I believe this should be set within a separate continuity family away from the Aligned continuity family and timeline, along with the dreaded Rescue Bots series. I suggest you cease watching this non-canonical crap right now and save yourself some grief. Perhaps the lesson is that not everything new is always better than its predecessor. You should really take this to heart, as the fifth live-action Transformers film is coming out this year.
lawarninghoff
While some say that it's not as good as TF Prime, I find the new Robots in Disguise series to be refreshing in a way. It does not focus on Optimus Prime that often, but instead focuses on Bumblebee, as well as a slew of new Autobots and Decepticons. It's interesting to see how this new team starts coming together, which is a neat change of pace compared to the Autobots working together at the beginning of Prime. A team is not just an instant-cook meal; it's a slow process that takes a lot of dedication, and it shows in Bumblebee's team as they fight the Decepticon convicts together. Both sides of Transformers are not static either; they have their own personalities that change and grow over time, or at least give rise as to how they got onto Earth. The one I'm particularly interested in, and some people may disagree, is Grimlock. Since G1, he was always depicted as strong-willed but slightly dumb with phrases like "Me Grimlock King." Here, he's the Autobot version of Cyborg from Teen Titans right down to the voice actor Khary Payton. I think he works, as his antics and attacks keep things interesting. It's not to discount the rest of the team though; Strongarm is the cadet who works to abide by the rules, though in one episode she ends up bending them to prove a point; Sideswipe is the punk kid who wants to have fun, but ends up taking responsibility in another episode; and Fixit, a murky- zzt turkey- zzt! QUIRKY!...Minicon that is well-meaning and reliable, though a little naive in his mannerisms. Strongarm might be my favorite, though many of the other Autobots and Decepticons are also interesting enough to keep me invested in the cartoon.Bumblebee...you know who he is; he was the scout working to be a leader after Optimus is gone, and it shows. He really wants to do good as a leader and he's always coming up with plans in the middle of a fight in order to accomplish the task and capture the Decepticon with his teammates. He's growing, and that's what I feel kids will get out of this show: working together will help you accomplish anything. It's a journey. All in all, I recommend it. Though it's not as dark or as complex as Prime, it's well worth it, especially as it goes into the second season. Things are surely gonna get interesting...
