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superman is a movie everyone but me seems to love. Love the cast but gunn's scrpit is bad. The effects are really inconsistant. krypto and the green lantern constructs look good. The pocket dimension looks terrible. All other effects are somewhere in between. It was leaked on facebook if it's still there check it out if you're morbily curious. hope fantastic four is better.

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g2 really made hot rod look purple.

I recently got TR Hot Rod and I was just wondering what's up with the differences between all of Hot Rod's color schemes? Why is he sometimes bright red and other times maroon? I've seen some panels from G2 comics where he looks straight up purple.

Ah, a favourite topic of mine! The answer’s a simple one that turned into a whole thing. Basically - Hot Rod was always supposed to be magenta. He’s magenta in the movie, he’s magenta in the G1 cartoon…

…and in the limited color palette of the Marvel Comics - the same one that made black and greys various shades of blue - this translated to him being straight-up purple.

And as you would think based on all this, his toy was supposed to be magenta too. BUT, somewhere along the way, Hasbro obviously decided that trying to sell a pink sportscar to little boys was a bad idea, and changed Hot Rod’s toy to be red instead. 

This change came too late to change the color of the stickers on the side of the toy’s vehicle mode - you can see how they still have a pink background. You can see the original-color version of the figure in the 1986 catalogue, and in a few toy commercials.

Rodimus Prime, on the other hand, was always a darker, burgundy color in the animated series. Not in the film - he’s the same magenta as Hot Rod in it - but in the series afterward, he’s always this darker color. 

His toy, though, was just red like Hot Rod’s was:

…but it’s not clear if that was the same situation as with Hot Rod, where the toy was going to be burgundy and they wound up changing it to simple red, or if it was always going to be that red colour and the burgundy was an affectation of the animation, devised later. Probably the latter - in the Marvel comic, at least, he was always straight red.

AND SO! Ever since, the two colours have duked it out. Hasbro pretty much always goes for the toy-based red; Takara have, in the last few years, started going for the cartoon’s magenta, and Titans Return Hot Rod’s one of the best examples of that.

It spreads to other versions of the character, too! Animated rendered Rodimus in G1-Rodimus-cartoon-inspired burgundy:

…only for the Hasbro toy to make him red!

And that’s without getting into how SURPRISED people were to discover that Hot Rod was magenta when the film got its first serious remaster for DVD. The degraded-quality VHS/early DVD pictures always made him look pretty red:

and since that “matched” the toy, many people grew up never realizing he was meant to be magenta and kinda lost their shit when the DVD came out. I once encountered a for-real “Hot Rod Was Never Pink” truther…

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you can now have a movie accurate g1 hot rod.

I recently got TR Hot Rod and I was just wondering what's up with the differences between all of Hot Rod's color schemes? Why is he sometimes bright red and other times maroon? I've seen some panels from G2 comics where he looks straight up purple.

Ah, a favourite topic of mine! The answer’s a simple one that turned into a whole thing. Basically - Hot Rod was always supposed to be magenta. He’s magenta in the movie, he’s magenta in the G1 cartoon…

…and in the limited color palette of the Marvel Comics - the same one that made black and greys various shades of blue - this translated to him being straight-up purple.

And as you would think based on all this, his toy was supposed to be magenta too. BUT, somewhere along the way, Hasbro obviously decided that trying to sell a pink sportscar to little boys was a bad idea, and changed Hot Rod’s toy to be red instead. 

This change came too late to change the color of the stickers on the side of the toy’s vehicle mode - you can see how they still have a pink background. You can see the original-color version of the figure in the 1986 catalogue, and in a few toy commercials.

Rodimus Prime, on the other hand, was always a darker, burgundy color in the animated series. Not in the film - he’s the same magenta as Hot Rod in it - but in the series afterward, he’s always this darker color. 

His toy, though, was just red like Hot Rod’s was:

…but it’s not clear if that was the same situation as with Hot Rod, where the toy was going to be burgundy and they wound up changing it to simple red, or if it was always going to be that red colour and the burgundy was an affectation of the animation, devised later. Probably the latter - in the Marvel comic, at least, he was always straight red.

AND SO! Ever since, the two colours have duked it out. Hasbro pretty much always goes for the toy-based red; Takara have, in the last few years, started going for the cartoon’s magenta, and Titans Return Hot Rod’s one of the best examples of that.

It spreads to other versions of the character, too! Animated rendered Rodimus in G1-Rodimus-cartoon-inspired burgundy:

…only for the Hasbro toy to make him red!

And that’s without getting into how SURPRISED people were to discover that Hot Rod was magenta when the film got its first serious remaster for DVD. The degraded-quality VHS/early DVD pictures always made him look pretty red:

and since that “matched” the toy, many people grew up never realizing he was meant to be magenta and kinda lost their shit when the DVD came out. I once encountered a for-real “Hot Rod Was Never Pink” truther…

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I'm guessing the media will start reporting on trumps mental and physical decline.

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curious about season 4. I think season 3 is part of season 2 retitled. not sure if season 4 would be the ending as that would make it as long as season 1.

I loved Season 3!! I'm not going to go super in depth on why it was good in my opinion, but here's the short version without spoilers:

It fixed a lot (not all) of the major problems with S2

Managed to include a lot of great characters without seeming crowded, giving each one their own spotlight when needed

The finale was beautiful. You can tell where most of the animation budget went, lol

Soundtrack!!!! So good <3

It just felt more like Season 1. The writing, the little 2D animation bits, the character inclusion, the VOICE ACTING, overall it was way more comfortable and better quality than S2 which is great. (In my own opinion, Season 1 felt like someone's passion project and Season 2 felt... kind of cold for the most part.)

One more thing: It might take me a while to compile free downloadable sources for the where-to-watch post, but even once it's up-- please do watch it on Paramount if possible! Use the free trial or borrow a friend's account if you can to support the show.

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how long is a while for downloads will be up.

I loved Season 3!! I'm not going to go super in depth on why it was good in my opinion, but here's the short version without spoilers:

It fixed a lot (not all) of the major problems with S2

Managed to include a lot of great characters without seeming crowded, giving each one their own spotlight when needed

The finale was beautiful. You can tell where most of the animation budget went, lol

Soundtrack!!!! So good <3

It just felt more like Season 1. The writing, the little 2D animation bits, the character inclusion, the VOICE ACTING, overall it was way more comfortable and better quality than S2 which is great. (In my own opinion, Season 1 felt like someone's passion project and Season 2 felt... kind of cold for the most part.)

One more thing: It might take me a while to compile free downloadable sources for the where-to-watch post, but even once it's up-- please do watch it on Paramount if possible! Use the free trial or borrow a friend's account if you can to support the show.

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will you give links soon?

5 days until TF: Earthspark Season 3 release!

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so they are spliting season 2 into seperate seasons.

Season 3 Poster Art Revealed

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I don't really get rowlings response as trans people being the nazi's first victims or all trans research was burned where never stated.

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yeah starting to wonder if season 2 is an if not a when. It might not be a priority for either paramount or hasbro.

Still no word on a Season 2 release date or anything, but I do have this.

Not really exciting news, more confusing, but: The Transformers Official YouTube channel just reposted last year's trailer for the end of Season 1. 🤷‍♀️

They also posted the entirety of episode 23 today. Here it is.

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happy valentines day

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I do wonder how this will effect franchises paramount doesn't own. Mostly sega with sonic and hasbro with transformers. They might go elsewhere if they can. Which might reinivgeratie transformers movies and tv like leaving idw for skybound was for the comicbooks.

Big if true because these are two of the oldest studios in Hollywood. It also means a lot of rival subsidiaries, such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, under one roof.

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merry christmas

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neither companies are doing well so this might not be good for them and is it might combine and magnify the problems.

Big if true because these are two of the oldest studios in Hollywood. It also means a lot of rival subsidiaries, such as Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, under one roof.