Transformers Animated - Season One

Transformers Animated - Season One
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Transformers Animated TV Series (2007), Season 1 Collection with 19 episodes. Transform and Roll Out! A ragtag group of AUTOBOTS led by OPTIMUS PRIME are in a remote sector of CYBERTRON cleaning space bridges when they stumble upon the most import artifact in TRANSFORMERS history; the ALLSPARK! The DECEPTICONS who are only scary myths for many AUTOBOTS are in hot pursuit of the ALLSPARK; now this new band of AUTOBOTS must fight for their lives and the future of CYBERTRON. The AUTOBOTS are able to escape the DECEPTICONS and crash land on an unknown planet called Earth. They land in Lake Erie and remain in stasis for 50 years. Meanwhile, MEGATRON, sabotaged by STARSCREAM lost the ALLSPARK and fell to Earth in scattered pieces. A young scientist named Isaac Sumdac discovers him and uses his technology to create the modern robotics industry in Detroit. The AUTOBOTS awaken from stasis, during an emergency. Deciding to help the new organic life forms, they convert into emergency vehicles and fight off a scary creature. Unable to stay in disguise they change into their robot forms able to save the day. In doing so, they become new celebrities and heroes to the humans. OPTIMUS PRIME and his band of AUTOBOTS make Detroit their adopted home and vow to protect the ALLSPARK and Earth from the DECEPTICONS and anyone else who try and cause chaos. MEGATRON comes online during all of the commotion and discovers his headless body in Isaac’s lab. AUTOBOTS hold the key to his rise and eventual rule of the universe! Volume 1 of 3 (contains 19 episodes). Special Features Two animated shorts Season Two Sneak Peek preview gallery Transformers Animated Series 1 Review "Transformers Animated: Season One is the latest in a long line of animated Transformers cartoon, following the walking trash heap that was Transformers Cybertron. Taking its cues largely from the Michael Bay movie (The AllSpark, Megatron crash-landed on Earth, big explosions) Transformers Animated has changed pretty much everything about the mythology of the series except for the bare essentials. "..Transformers Animated has renewed my faith in cartoons. Over the last few months, I've been witness to some animated atrocities that have caused me great worry: cartoons that dumb it down, stupid it up, and crank out low-quality animation for the kiddies. Transformers Animated is bright and colorful, well-designed and well-written. Every character gets a chance to shine, with each getting at least one episode focused around them: Bulkhead and his girth, Prowl and his desire to kill Bumblebee, Prime and his role of inexperienced leader. Prime has withstood some of the biggest changes from previous shows and movies. Rather than a battle-hardened and fire-tested warrior, he's an academy dropout, whose only experience leading come from working with his fellow construction workers. This is even shown in his voice, which has gone from a John Wayne growl to that of a young man. Mistakes in his past have led to the almost-death of friends and he still makes mistakes in the present, which makes him a little more interesting than the never-do-wrong Prime of previous incarnations. The Decepticons are also less frequently used, appearing every few episodes, rather than being the main villains. When the Decepticons do take the stage though, they always put their predecessors to shame. Blitzwing is three-faced, with a different voice and personality for each face—which explains why he transforms into both a tank and a jet. Starscream is as vicious and conniving as he ever was. Megatron has gone from loud and maniacal to a more thoughtful, quiet evil whose voice oozes malevolence. When the Decepticons aren't around, a cast of more human villains take the stage. It adds a great deal of variety to the show and keeps it from falling it into the rut of “Decepticons want to steal energy/planet keys/minicons. Autobots stop them from stealing energy/planet keys/minicons.” However, this also has a tendency to change the Autobots from soldiers in an intergalactic war to crime-fighting superheroes. It changes the flavor of the show somewhat, and some people might have a problem with the adjustment. Transformers Animated is geared toward the younger crowd, which would explain Sari's age. Since she's 8, it's a little odd that the Autobots let her pal around with them for as long as they did. But at least that issue is addressed from time to time. In that, Prime forbids her to come along and she ignores him. Moreover, Sari's personality is lively enough that when the action moves from the giant robots with huge guns to the 8-year-old girl, things don't really slow down. Perhaps the thing that warmed my cynical heart the most was the huge number of references to the first show. Like the Dinobots. Their introduction made me squeal like a little girl, because, to date, science has shown nothing is cooler than robots that turn into dinosaurs. And there's the Headmaster, one of the human villains, who is a reference to a questionable decision way back when to replace the heads of some of the Transformers with a tiny robot that transforms into a head—for what reason, I shall never fathom.. “Transformers Animated is a great kid's show that improves on shows before it. Geared toward younger audiences (let's say 8 and up), it's fun, entertaining and has a memorable cast of characters…” DVD Verdict