Post by twothousandonemark on Apr 8, 2018 1:42:54 GMT
I think I give the series (+ animated movie included as giant bridging episode) a solid A-
I realize I have some nostalgia bias built in there, yet each of the 3.5 seasons are strong in their own ways (with unique lows as well).
2010 or so I bought the re-released dvd seasons & re-watched.
S1 solid exposition & patient storytelling, including several mini arc multi episodes.
S2 delivers with a boatload of episodes, 49 in total up from S1's 13. Alas, the standalone nature of much of this season offers weak episodes just to push toys.
The animated movie's art direction is hilariously ahead of the show's curve, it still looks f'ing awesome. Its glaring shortcoming is of course it was written & sent to animators while S2 was airing. Thus it lacks several key characters introduced in S2 like the Stunticons & Aerialbots.
At the time it was jarring to see basically the entire roster as we knew it written off for dead, esp since we were kids lols. Now it does make logical sense for S3.
I for one would love G1 revisited to account for lost time between S2 1986 & the film's 2005 setting. We could get entirely new shows/comics based on those missing from TV years gap.
S3 taking place in 2005 was a bold decision, & re-watching on dvd was a lot smoother than having it thrown at our faces as kids. I don't think I made it through the season back in the day, I was confused & gave up.
S3 to its credit has the series best writing & some of its better music & design, even if it's raining with animation/continuation errors.
'S4' 3 episodes was a nice sendoff on dvd. I'm glad they exist. Not a lot of cartoon series get closure quite like TFG1 received.
I realize I have some nostalgia bias built in there, yet each of the 3.5 seasons are strong in their own ways (with unique lows as well).
2010 or so I bought the re-released dvd seasons & re-watched.
S1 solid exposition & patient storytelling, including several mini arc multi episodes.
S2 delivers with a boatload of episodes, 49 in total up from S1's 13. Alas, the standalone nature of much of this season offers weak episodes just to push toys.
The animated movie's art direction is hilariously ahead of the show's curve, it still looks f'ing awesome. Its glaring shortcoming is of course it was written & sent to animators while S2 was airing. Thus it lacks several key characters introduced in S2 like the Stunticons & Aerialbots.
At the time it was jarring to see basically the entire roster as we knew it written off for dead, esp since we were kids lols. Now it does make logical sense for S3.
I for one would love G1 revisited to account for lost time between S2 1986 & the film's 2005 setting. We could get entirely new shows/comics based on those missing from TV years gap.
S3 taking place in 2005 was a bold decision, & re-watching on dvd was a lot smoother than having it thrown at our faces as kids. I don't think I made it through the season back in the day, I was confused & gave up.
S3 to its credit has the series best writing & some of its better music & design, even if it's raining with animation/continuation errors.
'S4' 3 episodes was a nice sendoff on dvd. I'm glad they exist. Not a lot of cartoon series get closure quite like TFG1 received.
