The Transformers may be the greatest television advertisement ever for a toy, but it was also a pretty good show, too. The premise is that there are two groups of transforming robots living on the planet Cybertron. These two groups, the Autobots and the Decepticons, have been at war with each other for a long time now and their planet is almost out of the energy necessary to keep things running for very much longer. Both the Autobots and the Decepticons flee Cybertron to seach for another source of energy, but their ships crash on Earth. 4 million years later they awake (which puts them around the present day) and continue their war and search for energy to return to Cybertron and to restore Cybertron to prominence.
The Decepticons, led by Megatron, have one goal: to strip the Earth of its resources to create Energon cubes, and return to Cybertron to rule the Universe. The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are the good guys, and are trying to stop them and are trying to protect this new planet that they are coming to care for. This is a simple premise, but one which works over the course of the first season. Megatron hatches plot after plot to gain the energy he needs, and the Autobots stop him. In the process, there is a huge amount of destruction and damage to Earth, though we never see all of the human death and suffering that surely must have occurred as a result. This is a battle of good versus evil.
I watched the Transformers on television as a child, and thinking back, I believe that every episode I saw back then was part of this season. These are episodes that I remembered even before I purchased this set. We are introduced to the Autobots, the Decepticons, the Dinobots, the Insecticons, and the Constructicons, and also Skyfire. That is a whole lot of toys to buy! Having watched the show again after all these years it is not surprising to find that some things are kind of cheesy now and that some of the dialogue is rather bad. Despite that, no flaw in the show lessened my enjoyment. These are the Transformers, a show I loved as a child and a show that I can still enjoy as an adult.
The Decepticons, led by Megatron, have one goal: to strip the Earth of its resources to create Energon cubes, and return to Cybertron to rule the Universe. The Autobots, led by Optimus Prime, are the good guys, and are trying to stop them and are trying to protect this new planet that they are coming to care for. This is a simple premise, but one which works over the course of the first season. Megatron hatches plot after plot to gain the energy he needs, and the Autobots stop him. In the process, there is a huge amount of destruction and damage to Earth, though we never see all of the human death and suffering that surely must have occurred as a result. This is a battle of good versus evil.
I watched the Transformers on television as a child, and thinking back, I believe that every episode I saw back then was part of this season. These are episodes that I remembered even before I purchased this set. We are introduced to the Autobots, the Decepticons, the Dinobots, the Insecticons, and the Constructicons, and also Skyfire. That is a whole lot of toys to buy! Having watched the show again after all these years it is not surprising to find that some things are kind of cheesy now and that some of the dialogue is rather bad. Despite that, no flaw in the show lessened my enjoyment. These are the Transformers, a show I loved as a child and a show that I can still enjoy as an adult.
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Only Pug would review "The Transformers" !
I love it!
My personal fave, was Jazz, BTW.
I love it!
My personal fave, was Jazz, BTW.
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Sunstreaker. He was always so concerned about his paint job.
There is also a G.I. Joe DVD set coming out that is in my Netflix queue. :P
There is also a G.I. Joe DVD set coming out that is in my Netflix queue. :P
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