I remember
back in the day when the Beast Wars series used
to be on TV and in my opinion the shows were
great. However, I never got into the Beast
Machines series (this came after the Beast
Wars), which is a continuation of the Beast Wars
series when all the characters are back on
Cybertron. The Beast Machines box set is 700
minutes that is compressed onto four DVDs. This
whole Beast Machines series just doesn’t match
up to the Beast Wars; the Beast Wars were just
so great.
In the story you are going to have the same main
characters (Optimus, Rat Trap, Cheetor etc…) and
they are going to be fighting Megatron, and the
Vehicons (his non-spark army) once again. Just
like in the Beast Wars, the story line is
simple, but the Beast Wars had the action that
was interesting and fun to watch. This series
kind of has the same plot continuation but it
just doesn’t draw you into the series like the
Beast Wars did. This series is picking up from
the Beast Wars when they get back to Cybertron
but somehow when the Maximals got back to
Cybertron their memory banks had been erased,
and they were once again battling Megatron.
Megatron is using a “new breed of Transformers”
which are the Vehicons. The Vehicons are just so
stupid. They are either, Tanks, Planes or
Motorcycles. They have no mind of their own and
are controlled by Megatron. This is very
unoriginal.
The graphics,
background and the appearance of the characters
looks really dull in the DVD. Their arms and
legs are very long and skinny unlike these same
characters in the Beast Wars. The Transformers
(in Beast Wars) looked much tougher and could do
some damage, and here they look weak and stupid.
They also say the same phrases over and over,
which is just unintelligent and throughout the
first DVD they keep running away from the
Vehicons. There aren’t any big fight scenes.
However, I have
seen worse attempts, when companies try to make
a continuation of series. It was a good idea to
try to continue the series but they just didn’t
do it well, especially with the way the
characters looked and how they had them repeat
phrases over and over again. So overall, they
could have done a much better job in every
aspect of creating the series which would have
made this a great continuation of the Beast
Wars.
In general, you
are going to have to be a big fan of Beast Wars
to get into this box set. Overall, I give this
a 6.5 out of 10. It comes up short in all
aspects. It is a just something that should not
have been made because in my opinion, by doing
it poorly, they hurt the series in making a
continuation of the Beast Wars.
By: Mike |
