#it definitely won’t be like the war on cybertron trilogy

[i-th-ink-am]

YEAHH SKYWARP IN THE TF ONE TRAILER

He’s definitely going to be important and won’t just be a three second cameo 😎 (delusional)

[polyhexian]

If somebody with a very poor attention span wanted to learn more about transformers, what would you recommend they start with? I tried with an animated series (forgot which one) a few years ago but it just couldn't catch my attention and I eventually forgot about it.

Oh BOY

I think I literally made an entire video about this once LOL it's something I've thought a lot about

My biggest recommendation has historically been to start with Transformers: Prime. It is very different from a lot of other transformers stuff, but it was definitely created with the intent of being the viewer's very first transformers content. And a lot of current stuff works in a lot of the ideas and concepts that prime developed, especially with pre-war stuff. Prime is a fun show to watch with fantastic characters and a beautiful soundtrack, but it gets lost in it's narratives a lot and kind of meanders. I really enjoy prime.

These days however I think I actually suggest watching Cyberverse first. I think it's all still available on YouTube for free and Netflix too. It's MUCH more in line with standard transformers stuff and also, I really really like it more. I think the plot is great once it gets going and the characters rule. It also is very fun and very dark when it wants to be so you get a good mix. The first season is less focused, mostly episodic adventures with just bumblebee and windblade, but once you get to season 2 and especially season 3 the plot RAMPS up. It's really good.

From THERE my recommendation depends. G1 is the original 1984 cartoon and it's wild. It's fun, but messy. If you like classic 80s cartoons it's a balst, especially the 1986 movie. (Definitely make sure you watch the remastered/Blu ray version though, wow). The IDW comics are one of the most universally praised things in the franchise and the thing you will find like. The most fanfiction for. But it's also the most difficult and complicated to get into. I'm a dirty mtmte slut which means I skipped the first ten years of comics and MOST of the main plot and just focused on More Than Meets The Eye and a few other stories. Barbie will yell at me for this. Everyone around me read all of idw but I will not do this. Mtmte is phenomenal but very dark. This is the one that has canonical gay and trans characters. It's also got a lot of death, time travel, war crimes, tragedy, nightmare fuel... Just like. A lot. It's also very British.

Beast wars is amazing but it's... Wow. Wait for that one. The animation in season one is some of the worst ever on television. Huge turnoff. But the writing is incredible, it's one of the best things the franchise has to offer. Once you can get over the visuals it won't disappoint.

The best thing in transformers is rescue bots. I can't explain it. It just is. No one shits on rescue bots. Don't watch it first. You'll get there and it will be worth it.

Don't watch the live action movies. Don't bother with the animes. Don't bother with war for Cybertron, the machinima series, the Unicron trilogy, robots in disguise 2001 or 2015, don't read Exodus.

Oh EXCEPTION. DO watch the live action Bumblebee movie. That shit rules.