Transformers Earthspark is doing something new when it comes to starting off a story.
I've been seeing some complaints that the Earthspark series, while sticking to established lore and characterisation, they are not showing anything. The biggest complaint is about Starscream's ark in episode 21, where Starscream's fear of Megatron is simply alluded to, once in a short exchange between Optimus Prime and Megatron, and when Hashtag confronts Starscream about it.
The thing is, Earthspark doesn't need to say anything. It's already there. The only thing that's in the way is that it is not in the Earthspark series.
Back in 2005-2006, where the news of a new Transformers movie in the works was about to happen, but now it was life action!
Despite my ignorance of the franchise, I could name most of the characters. I knew that the blue blocky guy was Soundwave, I recognized Optimus Prime, Megatron and Starscream by sight, I knew that Starscream was a treacherous idiot.
I have no idea where that knowledge came from. I never consumed any other Transformers media, my brother had a total of four transformers, tiny microchangers none of which are any common guys, and we didn't know the names of, it was just a car that if standing up and pushing the hood over, it was a guy now. I have to reiterate, I have no idea how I came by that knowledge. Was it somehow absorbed through the various websites and media I saw online? I still remember having to download actual .avi files in order to watch videos from the internet, and with a limited connection anything I did online had to be measured carefully, so I had to tread on known grounds since it was highly risky seeing anything unknown because it took time and bandwidth away from the internet.
But still I knew it. And then Transformers Animated was released, where the opening scene even referenced the cartoon that came out before I was born, and then zoomed out to show that this new cartoon would be far different than its predecessor, even introducing a new main character while heavily rewamping an old one. That's where I started really consuming Transformers media, but still with the knowledge from unknown sources that it was drawing from a history older than I was.
And that is what Earthspark is relying on. It is using the fact that Transformers has become a very recognized brand where the knowledge of it passes easily. You don't need to watch any Transformers media to somehow know, that Starscream is a bumbling fool that tries to take over the Decepticons. And even if there is some unknown, the series makes it very clear that you can learn more about the Transformers, just read the comics! Or watch the old cartoon! I as a european can watch The G1 cartoon, Beast Wars and TFP for free on the official transformers channel on youtube even.
And that's how they rope you in. Earthspark is doing something new in how to reach audience, alluding to the bigger picture that's already there, waiting to be bought and consumed, while the older generation can enjoy a new storyline and little easter eggs without having to go through all the slog of reintroducing every single character that they already know.
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If you don't already, I think you (and your followers) should know about It Happened One Noon. It's technically a trailer for 49th Parallel (1941) (known as The Invaders in the US) except it has a kind of framework with Ronald Colman, Jean Arthur, and Cary Grant on the set of The Talk of the Town, excitedly telling director George Stevens about the great film they just saw during their lunchbreak and raving about fellow hotties Laurence Olivier, Leslie Howard, and Glynis Johns. It's really silly and I thought it might interest you. It's not on YouTube but you can watch it here: https://producerslibrary.com/preview/VT-0040_007
This is adorable. I never knew I needed to see the Talk of the Town trio acting like they just got back from a slumber party where they binged a WWII thriller, but I did and now this is canon to me.
tw for Nazi mentions and submarine bombing footage in the movie they're teasing.
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