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Post by charlesrocketboy on May 17, 2008 20:29:15 GMT
Up to The Agenda. Silverbolt has said Blackarachnia could be "reprogrammed" - you creepy bastard!
Also amused that the Tripredacus Council say in private to themselves that the Decepticons are their ancestors, which S3 then pretends was never said. But they're creepy evil people who look cool so it's all forgiveable.
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Post by charlesrocketboy on May 19, 2008 15:43:53 GMT
Cutting Edge is love - cyborg Velociraptors with eye-beams! Explosions! Base invasions! Depth ex Machina! Optimus singing!
Also Silverbolt getting enraged at the very idea of Cheetor being near Blackarachnia, despite her obviously having no interest in the bod - my Silverbolt Is A Prick list grows ever longer...
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Post by The Doctor on May 19, 2008 16:41:40 GMT
I like Silverbolt.
-Ralph
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Post by legios on May 19, 2008 19:15:52 GMT
See, I'm rather fond of Silverbolt too. He's proud, noble, self-righteous, judgemental and completely unaware of his own flaws. That's why I think he plays so well off characters like Rattrap. Would I want to be stuck in a room with him on an extended basis? Good grief no, but I don't have to like someone to think they make a fantastic character and a good addition to an ensemble cast. If anything it is Blackarachnia I've never liked. Slightly on the trampy-er side of the femme fatale she is just a character that somewhat annoys me. I've never really understood the fan fascination with her.
Karl
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Post by charlesrocketboy on May 19, 2008 19:28:34 GMT
I think I'd like Silverbolt more if the show and other characters seemed aware of his flaws. It's never really presented as a bad thing that he helped clear the path to the Ark (none of the cast ever mention it!).
By contrast, I like Sentinel Prime because of his flaws which the show gleefully points out.
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Post by grahamthomson on May 21, 2008 18:07:53 GMT
If anything it is Blackarachnia I've never liked. Slightly on the trampy-er side of the femme fatale she is just a character that somewhat annoys me. I've never really understood the fan fascination with her. Karl Empty ocular cavities with no eyeball to remove prior to, well, whatever the kids get up to these days. |
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Post by The Doctor on May 26, 2008 8:59:16 GMT
The completely insane Beast Wars II movie is on youtube, I see. www.youtube.com/user/X2XnorrisDo give it a watch if it's new to you. Behold Martin Zarak! -Ralph |
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2008 19:04:20 GMT
Has there been any announcement for an R2 DVD release of this?
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 10, 2009 11:16:15 GMT
Anyone else remember watching GMTV's showings of Beast Wars during Good Friday, Easter Monday, Bank Holidays and other such times? (GOD the infrequency was a pain in the butt...)
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 10, 2009 13:06:01 GMT
Good times.
Though it annoyed me so when they cut bits out.
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Post by Kingoji on Apr 10, 2009 15:36:33 GMT
I remember all that. Didn't know they were cut at the time, though.
I managed to watch nearly every episode on TV during those holidays (well, from the series they showed at least), and the only time I missed some were when I went on holiday with my parents and didn't know it was on. Caught the end of an episode by chance in the caravan at the end of the week, and blamed the whole thing on my folks.
I used to be quite an angry teen.
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Post by Nigel on Apr 10, 2009 17:11:21 GMT
Ah, those were the days. Waiting twenty minutes between each half of the episode, sitting through adverts and Mr Motivator.
I've actually still got my off-air recordings, even though I've got the videos and DVDs.
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 10, 2009 17:22:40 GMT
I remember all that. Didn't know they were cut at the time, though. I managed to watch nearly every episode on TV during those holidays (well, from the series they showed at least), and the only time I missed some were when I went on holiday with my parents and didn't know it was on. Caught the end of an episode by chance in the caravan at the end of the week, and blamed the whole thing on my folks. I used to be quite an angry teen. Missing an episode of Beast Wars can drive a man to do terrible, terrible things. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 10, 2009 22:10:16 GMT
Ah bank holiday tv!
Good times, I missed the first ep of Beast Wars but caught ep 2 and was hooked.
Andy
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 10, 2009 23:37:52 GMT
I remember the cliffhanger to Coming Of The Fuzors 1 had me on the edge of my seat.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2009 21:44:51 GMT
I only caught Beast Wars when Channel 5 repeated some of the episodes on Saturday dinnertimes a few years ago. I must get the DVD's sometime because I can recall actually liking the episodes that I saw.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 13, 2009 21:00:54 GMT
I recommend getting it, damned good show. Think I may start watching it again tonight!
Andy
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Post by grahamthomson on Apr 13, 2009 21:08:19 GMT
Can you get the first two seasons of BW on DVD in the UK?
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 13, 2009 21:14:04 GMT
Nope.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 13, 2009 21:24:35 GMT
There is no R2 release of the full series, which annoys me no end but hey ho.
Never saw any BW at Easter. I got into it via the VHS tapes. Caught a few on the later Channel 5 airings, which is the only time I've tuned in for a TF show on telly.
-Ralph
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 13, 2009 22:00:43 GMT
US and Australia both have DVDs, Australia apparently has the better ones if you can play multi-region.
Oddly, we have Beast Machines on DVD despite no Beast Wars...
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2009 8:55:59 GMT
I have the BW Australian ones but they are R4 and won't play in my laptop.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 14, 2009 9:16:40 GMT
Might I suggest obtaining dvdshrink which will let you make either region free copies or backup the files to your harddrive and play them directly.
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Apr 14, 2009 9:31:20 GMT
I used to sneakily watch Beast Wars in a guilty fashion since it wasn't 'real' Transformers. Oh those were the days!
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Post by kayevcee on Apr 14, 2009 18:19:21 GMT
I remember catching all three parts of "The Agenda" one Easter, and never seeing BW on ITV again. Until I met another BW fan who had internet access about three years later I thought BW ended with time and space collapsing around a triumphantly roaring Megatron...
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Post by Gav on Apr 14, 2009 20:08:36 GMT
I remember catching all three parts of "The Agenda" one Easter, and never seeing BW on ITV again. Until I met another BW fan who had internet access about three years later I thought BW ended with time and space collapsing around a triumphantly roaring Megatron... -Nick To be fair, that would have been a pretty amazing ending.  |
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 14, 2009 20:11:39 GMT
Did you never see the Beast Wars videos in the shops? They collected S3 (except Optimal Solution).
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Post by legios on Apr 14, 2009 20:13:57 GMT
The VHS tapes were actually my first introduction to Beast Wars. So I saw it rather backwards, starting with the arrival of Depth Charge and so on until the battle with the Nemesis. It was quite a while after that that I finally saw the first season of the show.
Karl
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 14, 2009 21:44:46 GMT
I too saw it backwards, minues the openings of s2 and s3. A strange way to watch the show, but it does explain why I am very fond of S3 even though it gets bashed a lot: it was what I saw first and hooked me.
-Ralph
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Post by charlesrocketboy on Apr 14, 2009 23:01:02 GMT
"The bad news is HE'S SWITCHED SIDES!"
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHRGGGG!"
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