[BW,BM] BM/BW followed which storyline better?

HotRodAJH · Post by **HotRodAJH** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 3:19 am

Allright guys...you all hinted to it but never faced the question. Which story line did BW/BM fit into better; comic or cartton? The hints to primus say comic but the use of PEC and Vector Sigma say otherwise. Which do ya think?

popediscordia · Post by **popediscordia** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 4:32 am

It was a case of pick 'n' mix. Whatever worked got thrown in really...

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 3:33 am

Yeah, a little of column A a little of column B with the mythos. I think they did a damn fine job of it in BW...BM on the other hand...

popediscordia · Post by **popediscordia** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 9:02 am

Originally posted by Sir Auros
Yeah, a little of column A a little of column B with the mythos. I think they did a damn fine job of it in BW...BM on the other hand...

BM seemed closer to the cartoon. With the exception of Cybertron having gained a moon. (Which I mistook for Quintessa first time I saw it.)

Pun-3X · Post by **Pun-3X** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 7:00 am

Beast Wars was a mix of both comic and cartoon canon.

Beast Machines ignored both until partway through when they realized that wasn't so smart. In which case, it began following more closely with the cartoon canon.

Sonicron · Post by **Sonicron** » Thu Nov 07, 2002 2:24 pm

I haven't read too many of the comics, but if I compare that to BW and BM I'd say these shows followed the comic way better.

I liked both very much. BW was an alround cool war with some serious underplots goin on. BM was somewhat of mystical and more about emotions, it was great too.

Edo · Post by **Edo** » Thu Nov 21, 2002 9:36 pm

I think BW follows the G1 cartoon timeline much more than the comic. For one thing, Starscream's ghost (spark) came back and took over Waspinator the same way he did to Cyclonus, Scourge, Astrotrain, and Trypticon in G1 season 3. Plus, Dinobot spoke of Cybertron's history in which Starscream died at the hands of Galvatron, not in a battle with Unicron. That was in the cartoon (well, the movie, but you know what I mean). Later in BM, which is really a continuation of BW, the old hate plague (from TRoOP) is mentioned and appears again.

Cyberman · Post by **Cyberman** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:37 am

Originally posted by Edo
... Plus, Dinobot spoke of Cybertron's history in which Starscream died at the hands of Galvatron, not in a battle with Unicron. That was in the cartoon (well, the movie, but you know what I mean...

In the UK comics there was at least an alternate future in which Starscream died indeed at the hands of Galvatron.
I think it was Target:2006(or so), Galvatron(in present time) hints(or even mentions) that he´ll kill Starscream(in future).

Blitzwing · Post by **Blitzwing** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 8:30 pm

In Beast Wars, the only time Primus was mentioned was in 'Nemisis', and that was because Simon Furman wrote that episode. Everything else leading up to that point indicates that it was meant to be set in the Cartoon continuity.

Bombshell · Post by **Bombshell** » Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:34 pm

Originally posted by Blitzwing
In Beast Wars, the only time Primus was mentioned was in 'Nemisis'

Not true. Primus was mentioned in "The Agenda," Pt.3.

The Plant · Post by **The Plant** » Wed Apr 16, 2003 12:34 am

Originally posted by Bombshell
Not true. Primus was mentioned in "The Agenda," Pt.3.

"By Primus, NO!" if memory serves.
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