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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 20, 2016 12:41:59 GMT
Scramble City and Zone were so mysterious back in the day, when I finally watched them, they were very underwhelming indeed.
Damn internet hype and rumours!
Andy
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 20, 2016 12:43:42 GMT
Beast Wars II Movie however delivered big style. Mostly because Burns and I were a bit drunk when watching it and thought Majin Zarak was Martin Zarak, which added an element of unexpected joy to proceedings!
Andy
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Post by blueshift on Feb 20, 2016 12:47:07 GMT
I thought Zone was fine! Short enough to not overstay its welcome, some nice fights which meant it didn't matter I had no clue what was going on, Micromasters, Space Rabbit, ambiguously gendered character, Star Saber getting chucked under a bus...
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 20, 2016 12:52:46 GMT
I think the Japanese Beast Wars stuff is the only TF animation I don't have now (apart from the TFCog dubs). One day...
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Post by blueshift on Feb 20, 2016 12:55:16 GMT
Are those the horrible fandubs that try to force the TFTM soundtrack into everything? Or did they only do that for the G1 dubs?
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Post by legios on Feb 20, 2016 13:04:53 GMT
I've never really understood Fan Dubs. Adding the wobbliness of amateur voice-actors on top of the existing wobbliness of the varying translation quality that you get with fansubs seens rather suboptimal to me. But that might just be me.
(I still smile at the early fan-subs of Car Robots though trying hard to pretend it was a deadly serious show...).
Martin Zarak will never be forgotten though. That was a thing of joy.
Karl
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Post by Pinwig on Feb 20, 2016 14:21:33 GMT
They're good enough. Hobson's choice really, when it comes to the rarities I'd rather have something than nothing, and we're never going to see proper releases for BWII and Neo! www.thetfcog.com/ |
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Post by legios on Feb 20, 2016 16:36:19 GMT
It just strikes me that a fansub is far less hassle than a fandub to actually do. It surprises me anyone would bother that is all.
Having seen some of Neo (it has had a Japanese VHS release, and one of the tapes currently lives in my house) I'm inclined to say that enough of the jokes are sufficiently broad - or just visual slapstick - that you can get quite a lot of it even without subtitles anyway. Sure, that leaves a whole other level of humour missed. But it is entertaining enough for what it is.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 26, 2016 11:49:20 GMT
God bless your VHS capabilities Kaptain.
Yeah, it's not all that memorable, but I have seen worse.
Andy
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Post by chrisl on Mar 7, 2016 11:27:50 GMT
Beast Wars II Movie however delivered big style. Mostly because Burns and I were a bit drunk when watching it and thought Majin Zarak was Martin Zarak, which added an element of unexpected joy to proceedings! Andy Someone needs to introduce/create a character called Martin Zarak |
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Post by chrisl on Mar 7, 2016 11:37:23 GMT
I've never really understood Fan Dubs. Adding the wobbliness of amateur voice-actors on top of the existing wobbliness of the varying translation quality that you get with fansubs seens rather suboptimal to me. But that might just be me. (I still smile at the early fan-subs of Car Robots though trying hard to pretend it was a deadly serious show...). Martin Zarak will never be forgotten though. That was a thing of joy. Karl I could understand fan-dubs if someone had the time to re-sync the original (series correct) BGM to the visuals using DVD quality video and the TF: History of Music collection, produced authentic English dialogue through a combination of real translation & contextual knowledge, and used good-quality recordings of decent amatuer voice-actors/sfx. But I'd prefer sub-titles. BWII and BW Neo are the only shows I haven't seen in full, so I'm always on the look out for them in any form. |
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Post by Jaymz on Mar 10, 2016 21:54:16 GMT
BWII and BW Neo are the only shows I haven't seen in full, so I'm always on the look out for them in any form. Karyuudo Fansubs are working on BWII. They're going to release all of it when they're finished with subbing. Last post on their fb page was 5th March saying 96% done, so hopefully soon! I believe they'll be doing Neo afterwards. |
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Post by Pinwig on Mar 10, 2016 22:12:20 GMT
Oh top!
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 10, 2016 22:15:51 GMT
Jolly good.
-Ralph
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Post by chrisl on Mar 11, 2016 9:12:30 GMT
BWII and BW Neo are the only shows I haven't seen in full, so I'm always on the look out for them in any form. Karyuudo Fansubs are working on BWII. They're going to release all of it when they're finished with subbing. Last post on their fb page was 5th March saying 96% done, so hopefully soon! I believe they'll be doing Neo afterwards. You Sir, have made my week  |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 1, 2016 22:32:24 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Apr 2, 2016 14:19:59 GMT
Up now.
Downloading...
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Post by blueshift on Apr 2, 2016 14:29:32 GMT
Up now. Downloading... Andy Oooooh. Maybe we should all do a weekly watch (if it isn't awful) |
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Post by Pinwig on Apr 3, 2016 8:15:08 GMT
Phenomenally comprehensive package. You couldn't ask for much more. It should be a commercial release; I'd pay.
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Post by chrisl on Apr 4, 2016 9:21:31 GMT
Really looking forward to downloading this But my spider-sense says that it won't be up long once the lawyers get wind of it  Tempting to put together a TMUK dvd version of this just incase.... |
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Post by blueshift on Apr 4, 2016 9:33:15 GMT
Really looking forward to downloading this But my spider-sense says that it won't be up long once the lawyers get wind of it Tempting to put together a TMUK dvd version of this just incase.... The same group did Car Robots a year or so ago (maybe two) and that didn't seem to have any problems (AND that was a show actually released in the West). The eternal risk of fan sub projects, I suppose! |
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Post by chrisl on Apr 4, 2016 9:36:40 GMT
Just thinking, what with it being the 30th anniversary of BW, that this might be more 'on the radar' that Car Robots (which is pretty much a long-lost franchise).
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Post by blueshift on Apr 4, 2016 9:44:51 GMT
Just thinking, what with it being the 30th anniversary of BW, that this might be more 'on the radar' that Car Robots (which is pretty much a long-lost franchise). 20th! 20th!!! Oh god I just had a heart attack. It hasn't been 30 years since Beast Wars thank god! |
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Post by chrisl on Apr 4, 2016 9:46:09 GMT
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Post by Benn on Sept 27, 2016 18:53:46 GMT
I should not be watching Headmasters. It just makes me want to buy the new toys. Dammit.
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 1, 2016 20:39:22 GMT
HEAD ON!
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Post by chrisl on Oct 3, 2016 10:16:19 GMT
Both of my children adore Headmasters - the youngest is currently going through a phase of shouting "TRANSFORM! HEAD ON!" at random intervals.
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Post by Shockprowl on Oct 3, 2016 18:39:37 GMT
Oh now you see my children are far more civilised.... they watch Rescue Bots....
...and run around screaming "ROLL TO THE RESCUE"!!!
(well, the small one does anyway. The big one just quietly nods in approval...)
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2017 18:40:00 GMT
The following picture got shared to my FB timeline today, the 33rd anniversary of MTMTE's premier: Ignore the writing on it. Obviously a promo piece of some description for the Japanese Headmasters series (Japanese heads for Cerebros, Hardhead & Brainstorm, colours of the Clones) so.... 1) Where's it from? 2) Where can I get a clean version? 3) Has it got a Decepticon twin? |
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Post by Fortmax2020 on Sept 18, 2017 9:50:21 GMT
Fan art?
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