Stupid Newbe Question!

Funkstar De Luxe · Post by **Funkstar De Luxe** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 12:45 am

First of all I am very sorry if this has been posted in the wrong part of this forum - I looked through them all and still didn't know where it should go

Anyway, my friend and I were talking one night and he happened to mention that there was an original version of Transformers (the TV show) in computer animation. I told him he must have been confusing it with Beastwars, but he asured me that it was not. However all he could remember was seeing the original Optimus Prime (The truck). Is this true? Was there an original version of Transformers with computer animation? Any details would be great! Thanks

PS Truely great site you have here - thanks for all the episodes (hard going on a 56k

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PDogF · Post by **PDogF** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 3:29 am

Generation 2 had a CGI opening. They were the same episodes as G1.

Claypool · Post by **Claypool** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 3:40 am

its also possible that he saw the 5 seconds of beatwars "Agenda" where prime is computer generated, but still..........i think he means the G2 show......damn that flying story telling cube, damn you!!

Post by **Denyer** » Sat Aug 17, 2002 5:32 am

Also, there was a 'Season 5' which comprised earlier G1 series episodes told as 'history stories' to some kid by a CGI Optimus Prime... the kid's name was Johnny or Tommy or something like that...

I'm going to shift this over to G1, where it may get more attention.

Cyclonis · Post by **Cyclonis** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:02 am

Originally posted by Stuart Denyer
Also, there was a 'Season 5' .

Did it continue the season 4 plot?

ThunderCracker84 · Post by **ThunderCracker84** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 6:46 am

Originally posted by Cyclonis

Did it continue the season 4 plot?

read just past the part you quoted, he explains it

CounterPunch · Post by **CounterPunch** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 9:30 am

how rude

no ones said, welcome to the board and yeah G2 opening, where a distinctly horrible looking optimus prime is fighting a seeker of unknown stature

The Green Knight · Post by **The Green Knight** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 11:54 am

Originally posted by CounterPunch
a seeker of unknown stature

Uh, wasn't that the G2 Ramjet?

Shrapnel Clone · Post by **Shrapnel Clone** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 12:31 pm

Originally posted by Snake
Uh, wasn't that the G2 Ramjet?

Yes.

Post by **Denyer** » Sun Aug 18, 2002 3:35 pm

Originally posted by CounterPunch
how rude

Er, what?

The best welcome is always one which is helpful and accurate, I find.

Welcome to the board, of course!

TheBean · Post by **TheBean** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 7:55 pm

Originally posted by Claypool
its also possible that he saw the 5 seconds of beatwars "Agenda" where prime is computer generated, but still..........i think he means the G2 show......damn that flying story telling cube, damn you!!

Wasn't the cube just a fancy way of presenting G1 Transformer cartoons...I do recall the CGI Optimus Prime at the beginning of the show but nothing else changed within the cartoon series that I could see.

Not sure if I'm being dumb here....

Halfshell · Post by **Halfshell** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 8:13 pm

Originally posted by TheBean
Wasn't the cube just a fancy way of presenting G1 Transformer cartoons...I do recall the CGI Optimus Prime at the beginning of the show but nothing else changed within the cartoon series that I could see.

Not sure if I'm being dumb here....

The G2 series differed from the original in three distinct ways:

- Opening and closing credits replaced with CGI action featuring Optimus Prime and Ramjet

- The space cube used for scene transition

- Slight editing here and there

Dat's it.

TheBean · Post by **TheBean** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 8:27 pm

Originally posted by Brendocon
The G2 series differed from the original in three distinct ways:

- Opening and closing credits replaced with CGI action featuring Optimus Prime and Ramjet

- The space cube used for scene transition

- Slight editing here and there

Dat's it.

I see...didn't like that cube though...killed the flavor of the whole show.

The Green Knight · Post by **The Green Knight** » Sat Aug 31, 2002 9:41 pm

Originally posted by TheBean
I see...didn't like that cube though...killed the flavor of the whole show. :mad:

EVERYBODY hated the cube.

And remember people; "there are not stupid questions, just stupid newbies..."

no wait, that's not how it goes...

Oh, yeah, "there are no stupid questions, just smelly lurkers who infect everything they touch with their vile body odor..."

That's it, right?

epsilon supreme · Post by **epsilon supreme** » Sun Sep 01, 2002 2:41 am

i have a confession to make....

i liked the cube! and i liked the CGI things of Optimus, and all the rest...
why shouldn't i? what flavor did it kill?

i thought it all tasted exactly the same!