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Is anyone here really into the Transformers? I'm fairly certain that my boyfriend identifies with this series in some way. He is very hesistant to tell me why, I think even if he wanted to tell me he may have a hard time articulating his feelings. Optimus Prime is his favorite character, but beyond that he will not share too much with me.

Your not alone, im a big Transformers fan. I grew up with the toys and the G1 cartoon and 86 Movie, and now that im 27, that enthusiasm hasn't faded now. Although, i LOATHED Revenge of the Fallen, it basically ruined the first film's continuity and turned it into a complete joke. Im hoping Dark of the Moon is a little better.

My favourite characters are The Dinobots, Starscream, Soundwave, Blitzwing (Including the TF Animated version), Smokescreen, Wheeljack, Inferno and Cliffjumper.

Ive also read All Hail Megatron, the War Within and Infiltration, Escalation and Devastation, all are excellent graphic novels.

I´m also a fan since the 86 movie. I was very excited when they released the first movie. My favourite character is Starscream.

I grew up watching Beast Wars Transformers. Through this show I discovered from a friend who I don't see anymore the original series. He had 3 videos. The movie, The Return of Optimus Prime Pts 1 and 2 and The Rebirth Pts 1, 2 and 3. I kinda gave up the habit when Pokemon and Digimon came into my life. But years later around the time the first live action movie was being made I kinda got back into the habit. Before that I had a Dvd of 5 episodes from season 1. Years later I eventually saw almost every episode on Kix! I bought a special edition of the animated movie which has both the US and UK versions. I saw the first live action movie in the cinema and I loved it. Around the time Revenge of the Fallen came out I bought every single episode of the series and along with the movie I had the entire G1 series. Beast Wars is my favourite though but Optimus Prime(not Primal) is my favourite character in the entire franchise. I just wish I could purchase the entire Beast Wars saga on Dvd but it doesn't seem to be availible. As for the second movie which had a few good moments with Prime and the Decepticons it really wasn't that good. Hopefully the so called Dark of the Moon will be much better.

Hi Everyone..thank you for letting me know that there are other Transformer's fans out there. But can any of you explain why you like the show? I know my boyfriend likes it and I think it must be important to him. He has a Transformer decal on his car and an action figure hanging from the rear view mirror.

When ever I ask him about it he won't say too much. I am totally supportive of him being a fan, I would like to be able to talk to him about something that he is interested in.

Oh yea I love Transformers. I can't wait till the 3rd movie. I didn't watch the cartoons though nor the 1986 movie. I saw the first Transformers when it came out in theatres and loved it. I like Bumbleebee.

more as a kid but the films have brought it all back

Michael Bay pretty much raped this franchise.

I'm not really a Michael Bay fan but despite the bad press he gets for the 2 movies I really do like the 1st one. It may not be a sci fi masterpiece like Star Wars or Avatar but I love it non the less and I'm someone who watches the original series and animated movie.

I never liked the original Transformers show much.

But Beast Wars as far as I'm concerned is one of the greatest shows of all time marketed towards children. It was as far as I know really the first kids show to exhibit death in a serious tone as well as numerous other topics that one won't find in a television show marketed towards children. The writing was top notch, the characters were extremely detailed and the villains were villains, not just villainous.

Even though I know that G1 came first, I will always consider the Beast Wars version of Megatron as *the* Megatron, Optimus Primal as *the* Optimus and whenever somebody speaks up on "Dinobots" I will always think of Dinobot. The show was much more memorable then G1 in my mind, with much more focus on characterization and plot.

Just to make it clear I started watching Transformers before I saw Beast Wars. I saw the original movie before I saw Code of Hero. To me, Prime's death never struck me hard, but Dinobot's heroic sacrifice is still brings a tear to my eye after all these years.

Yes, I can tell you why exactly I love Transformers above every other cartoon of my childhood.

1. Transformers presents a clear-cut battle of good versus evil. The Autobots are noble, compassionate, they work together and are loyal toward each other; whereas the Decepticons are constantly stabbing each other in the back, which leads to their ultimate downfall. Optimus Prime is the crystallised symbol of good, and he's the one who drags the other Autobots along when the odds seem to be against them, through his strength, courage, and wisdom.

2. It's a story about sentient robots from another planet. In other stories, I find androids less appealing because they are created by humans; the Transformers have originated independently from humans, and have their own culture and vital specs that brought a whole new angle to the concept of robots in sci-fi.

3. The series manages to juggle dozens of characters; 18 Autobots vs 11 Decepticons as of the very first episode alone, which only expanded as G1 progressed. What's so cool in the creators' handling of all these characters, is that as the viewer I never got the feeling that I was looking at one-dimensional background characters I barely knew. Even after the first 3 episodes, we got plenty of nice character bits for everyone, and they manage to keep this up throughout the seasons, niftily choosing to spotlight one or two characters in certain episodes (Microbots, The Master Builder)

4. The animation of G1 was great, imo, for an 80s cartoon. Especially the transformations, but the action scenes in general were crisp. What I like about the old animated transformations is that the Autobots and Decepticons transform 'just like that', because it comes naturally to them; they just sort of stand up or fold out of their vehicle mode and back again. I prefer this to the later anime series which have them posing as if it's a Sailor Scout transformation- even Beast wars is somewhat guilty of this.

Those are the main four reasons I can think of why I like Transformers so much. I must, of course, mention that OTHER main reason that drew me toward this show: they're robots who turn into cars and jets. How awesome is that?

I really like transformers also. I like pretty much any movie that has lots of action.

Optimus Prime could kick Ben 10's arse anytime.

Who is Ben 10?


It's Megatron! Retreat! Move! Fall back!
Which autobot said that quote in the first movie?

Some sources say it was Ratchet and some say Jazz. I can't tell. To me it sounds like Ratchet is saying it.
I miss Jazz. He was cool.

luvsterriers wrote

Ben 10 is a cartoon series on Cartoon Network about a 10 year old boy who finds an alien watch that allows him to transform into one of many aliens and uses it to fight bad guys during the summer holidays while he's on the road with his cousin and grandfather. The show was later called Ben 10 Alien Force in which he is 15 years old and fighting bad guys alongside his cousin and a former enemy from the first show. The show is now called Ben 10 Ultimate Alien in which he fights bad guys with an improved version of his watch.

No matter what, he can never be as awesome as Optimus Prime.

oh ok thanks. I was watching the Transformers movie. The 2007 one.
I am confused. Megatron crash landed on earth thousands of years ago. He has been in the Hoover Dam area since 1934 or so. So he has been frozen for long time. So how can he transform into a jet if he's frozen? There weren't any jets thousands of years ago.

Oh yea Wheelie is completely gone once they get to Egypt in the Transformers sequel movie. We see him go inside and tell the other 3 autobots "some have work to do." Then he's completely gone from the screen.