#transformers reboot

[sathona]

so i finally watched Bumblebee(2018) with a bunch of friends and

holy fucking shit

its incredible. its a 10/10. it is so, SO much better than the shit-tier bayformers movies were. it has color and soul and emotion and actual plot and clear motivations for the characters. the decepticons arent some morally gray vague entity, theyre a clearly manipulative, tyrannical regime. the autobots are clearly a resistance force that lost the war and is going to earth to regroup. the movie immediately opens up with a sequence that is full to bursting with color and personality and it makes it very clear that the fights and the cybertronians arent going to be all gray and greebly and boring because their designs are obvious renditions of the generation 1 iterations. theyre the actual transformers! and oh my GOD i cant stop gushing about the actual transformations in the movie, like, look at this.

my friend indyjacob said this, which is a technical examination that that i couldnt put into words:

it's not like the fucking original michael bay ones where the transformations are weird nonsense. like, you can see the cockpit canopy flip down into the chest piece, or the wings invert and then raise up alongside the jets, and the front intakes rotating into the arms. the parts of the vehicle actually shift into place on the new body as if it were the old toys

and these multi transformations are cool too

the animations are slower yet more impactful, theyre much less blurry, and they look incredible. the fight choreography incorporates many more transformation sequences, especially in the final fight of the film, and they have more weight to them. the fights arent just them ripping each other apart and blasting each other with one hit kill weapons. they use the environment, they use creativity, they use martial arts, and as with the transformations, its not a messy blur of gray movement. you can actually see whats going on!

and then the characters. oh my god theyre great. our main character aside from bumblebee is, first of all, a young woman named charlie. already starting off on a great note. and she has personality! this is the story of a girl and a transformer and their unbreakable bond that i so badly wanted mikaela and bumblebee to have in the bayformers films.

bumblebee himself is also fantastic- i wont spoil anything but his arc is sooo satisfying. and the villains arent just like, mindless monsters. they arent caricatures, they have clear personalities and motivations, and their plans are satisfying yet dismaying to watch unfold. and then agent burns, played by john cena, is such a great character. hes not just an insect in a hivemind of soldiers, hes a person who eventually actually understands whats at stake and he ended up as one of my favorites. just look at him!

the boy! so much emotion there. youll understand if you watch and reach that point in the film.

in conclusion, Bumblebee is the live action reboot that transformers really needed. michael bay did have a message in his original movies, but transformers was the wrong medium for it, and this film is everything that they should have been. if you havent watched it yet because, like myself, you were scared off by bayformers, please give it a shot. its nothing like them. like i said at the top of this post, its a 10/10. it rekindled my love for transformers, and i am very excited to see where this new line of movies goes.

this is sath, an official stan of this movie, signing off.

[nizaen]

robots :)

[jaybirdscoffee]

elita one you are so important to me

[thecoolguy24601]

Soooooo,

Considering how we now have a ton of reboots based on 80s cartoons…….

And considering how we’re living in a rise of female pop artists……..

When are we getting a Jem reboot?

[starry-skies-116]

Sketch/fake screenshot of the duo ft. my finalized S3 Miko design-

[goddesspharo]

Well, it was getting a little lonely out here... [x]

[seashellisinmyheart]

This transformation is so pretty!

[theclassymike]

Lucas Till taken by Igor Studios for the movie Wolves (2014)

[chopprface]

god sometimes i really wish the models for the beast wars cast were just. publicly available so i could use them for art references or stupid shit like sticking them in blender and making them do dumbass poses. i would LOVE that shit. MAINFRAME ENTERTAINMENT!!!!!!!!!!!! DROP YOUR THIRTY YEAR OLD CHARACTER MODELS AND MY LIFE IS FOREVER FORFEIT TO YOU!!!!!

seriously i would give my entire soul to put frisket in gmod. or like vrchat imagine how FUNNY that would be.

[hotchocolatefanfics]

The show that changed my life forever? Bojack Horseman

This show changed how I feel and write redemption stories. It’s my favorite thing to write about and include in my fanfics, but Bojack Horseman’s final season challenged how I approach it.

Whereas before I would have focused more on the reasons for how and why a villain gets redeemed, I now find myself considering the crimes and evil things they did as villains and how that damage will never really go away. Especially if it involves:

- Abuse or torture (of any kind)

- Lying, manipulating, and gaslighting

- Deliberately causing or contributing to the death of one or more person(s)

Let me be clear here, I love villain characters. I just find them interesting and complex, and that’s largely a credit to how they are portrayed in movies, tv shows, and stuff. There are tons of villainous characters I would love to see do better, put all their demons behind them and live happier lives but I also think it would be a mistake to not include or acknowledge the harm they have caused (assuming of course if the fanfic takes place after they did said actions or even follows canon at all).

Here’s a brief list of villains to give y’all an idea:

- Megatron and Starscream (Transformers)

- Koba, Red, Winter, Sylva, Lightning, and Preacher (Reboot Planet of the Apes)

- Tai Lung and Lord Shen (Kung Fu Panda)

- Drago Bludvist (How To Train Your Dragon)

- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)

- General Woundwort (Watership Down)

- Steele (Balto)

- Melon and Yahya (Beastars)

- Cluny the Scourge, Vitch, Slagar the Cruel, and Badrang the Tyrant (Redwall)

The thing is, Bojack Horseman’s last season showed that while a person may have moved on, may truly want to change, and have people supporting them, the things they have done are not necessarily all forgivable. Sure, some things might be forgiven or even understandable depending on the circumstances or reasoning but not everything is.

Most if not all of the villains I just listed have killed people, abused, tortured, enslaved or assisted in the abuse, torture, and enslavement of others, or are total tyrants who crave power and control over other people. If and when I write a redemption story for any of them is now a question of ‘how would it work’ and ‘If they had a chance at redemption, would they actually take it and be serious about it?’.

And how would the people they have hurt feel about it? There’s just so many layers to it that doesn’t necessarily be part of a fanfic-assuming canon divergence there-but if it does follow canon it feels weird to not acknowledge it or include it in the villain’s redemption story.

[gooeykit]

ft. @memorycycle @twizzta awesome shit under cut i guess

LIVE TIGATRON REACTION

[ninjasmudge]

little deathsaurus sprite i made years ago because i wanted his sets of eyes to blink separately so bad

[mephilesthedork]

May I interest you in a va post for the start of the school year (for most people)?

Josh Keaton

[blackhazefanblog]

My favourite part about the new art style is how beautiful Rood's eyes look. They look like little orbs with galaxies. I always found them mesmerising, now I'm afraid I'll get lost in his eyes forever and never find my way back to the mortal plane.

[cosmic-nest]

Thinking about a Tron/Reboot/Transformers/Code Lyoko crossover :O

[starry-skies-116]

AU Fact: Jack has a stomach of iron- and unlike the canon version of Miko, he's not an arachnophobe. He doesn't get motion sickness, and taxidermy is one of his hobbies. He's not fazed in the slightest by blood, bones or organs. In fact, he finds beauty in things that are normally considered gross, horrifying or gory.

During one episode, when Miko and Raf start screaming at the sight of a spider, Jack refuses to get rid of it- he even picks it up with gently cupped hands, calmly saying: "Miko, Raf, spiders are completely harmless creatures when unprovoked and only wish to live a peaceful life like all beings do. They should be allowed to exist in our presence."

And then he proceeds to scratch its head like he's petting a cat.