First-Aid wrote:You know, the more I think about it, the more I have sympathy for those guys. I mean, seriously, the fans here are mostly whining little babies when it comes to any kind of changes to the franchise and they nearly nit pick as much as Star Wars or Star Trek fans. I give credit to Orci for actually reading some of this trash and not committing suicide. The guys are stuck between what the Hub is(a children's network), what they may want to do with the franchise, what Hasbro wants, and this whiny bunch here. They literally cannot win no matter what they do with the fans here, and this is what would be termed the "vocal minority".
Personally, change is what Transformers is all about- whether it's changing from mode to mode or changing from line to line. If you look at it, very few toy lines EVOLVE as much as Transformers. Let's face it: Star Wars hasn't had anythying fresh for years; GI Joe, though slightly more fun, still largely remain the same figures and equipment. Pokemon, Bakugan, Yi-Gi-Oh, and the others are just fads. But this mythos and toy line continually change. Can you imagine lining all the Optimuses (Optimi?) up in chronological order from 1983 to now and looking at them? It's simply phenomenal. And THAT is the best thing about being a Transfan.
(If you listened closely, you could hear "Battle Hymn of the Republic" playing in the background during my speech...)
Do you really believe people have no right to an opinion here? Nor even the right to give criticism? You call it whining? If that's what you think, I honestly have no idea why you even post here First-Aid. Perhaps you're just missing the hole point of this site.
Do I think the franchise should evolve? Yeah sure, I mean it hasn't
changed since 1984. Still Optimus Prime, still Megatron, Starscream, Autobots, Decepticons, Cybertron, etc. Honestly, I'm looking at my Transformers shelves and I'm getting seriously tired of the growing 'Prime' population. If Hasbro wants to do something
fresh, seal the old bag and move the frack on to something
really new. If they want people to stop complaining about them ripping a story or it's characters apart, why don't they just come up with a new slagging story? A story about robots that Transform. Takara and Sunrise accomplished it back in the nineties. How about now?
**Now for some non-Transformers related rambling**Also Star Wars should never have been a
franchise full stop. It wasn't
meant to be some "To sell toys" 30 minute commercial, it was a series of epic films aimed at young adults. To me it's just a shell of it's former self. And I can barely get myself to watch the original films anymore, let alone the prequels or that stretched out God forsaken mess of a kid's cartoon series.
Just my opinion.
**End rambling**