Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

ChicDragon It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Aedonerre I gave this film a 9 out of 10, because it was exactly what I expected it to be.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

digitaldimensiongamin I'm reading through the reviews here and what in primus's name! The people who are saying the show is terrible because the plot is too different from the original and and the art style is too different are rediculous. Yes it's good when a remake pays homage and respects the source material but it should be able to take it in its own direction. Which this show does amazingly and has such great writing and story arcs. You really feel for these five characters and understand that they are all a bunch of basically failures coming together and becoming better because of it. Watching these characters grow and change, learn about there vast and interesting backstories and the backstory on the war and why everything is the way it is that's what's great about the show. And may I say the fight scenes in this show are amazing plus the decepticons are great lugnut and blitzwing are the perfect comic relief characters and megatron, shockwave, arachnid, lockdown, and Starscream are some amazing antagonists. Me being such a mega transformers fan this show is still amazing although how different it takes the franchise and honestly if you just wanna watch a great anime like story here you go. 8/10

calloyal After watching the series all the way through, I can say without a doubt that it isn't as bad as a lot of people say it is. Out of all of the different generations and shows, this is sort of the black sheep. First, while most transformers shows simply focus on the war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, this series is more like a superhero show, with a few episodes not featuring a single decepticon. Though the decepticons are by far the most reoccurring villains. Second, Optimus Prime is no longer the wise and experienced supreme leader of the autobots, that honor now belongs to Ultra Magnus. Instead he's a much younger Prime who was kicked out of cybertrons elite guard and put in charge of a repair ship. Third, The animation. The animation, more specifically the character designs, seem to be what most people have a problem with. They were created Derrick J. Wyatt, who's also did the original Teen Titans show. A lot of People Hate how this show looks, though since I grew up watching Teen Titans this art style doesn't bother me. Granted the series isn't perfect, The animation is sub par at points, the writing is a bit too by the numbers at points, the ending feels rushed as the show was on the verge of being canceled, and there are a few loose ends. But if you can look past this, the series is incredibly fun and the most unique transformers show barring maybe Beast Wars.

TheLittleSongbird Transformers(1984) is still the jewel of the Transformers franchise, but Transformers: Animated is not a bad show at all and one of the better recent incarnations, better than the Unicron Trilogy at any rate. Of the recent incarnations, Transformers: Prime may be the better animated and written show, has more depth and also has the advantage of having Peter Cullen and Frank Welker as Optimus and Megatron. But what Transformers: Animated does better is that none of the main characters are annoying(Prime had Miko), Bumblebee is much closer in characterisation to the original show, in Prime he was bland, and it is one of the better recent incarnations in terms of recreating the spirit of the original show. Transformers: Animated is not without its problems. The character designs do take some getting used to, in the action sequences they could have done with much more finesse and being less hurried-looking. The human villains could have been better developed and verge on bizarre sometimes. And some of the dialogue- mostly it's fine though- is a little stretched and slap-sticky sometimes, the humans' dialogue at times is not that much of an improvement on that of Prime. The colours and backgrounds though are very nice and detailed, the style is also the closest any of the recent series in the franchise have gotten to the original show too. The music is energetic with some haunting moments, enhancing the action sequences and any of the scenes that require any depth. The dialogue mostly is smart and thoughtful with some funny moments(getting even better once the show found its feet), while the stories are fun and engrossing, taking care also in fleshing out the characters and their back stories. Those for Waspinator and Blackarachnia are particularly well done. The action sequences are thrilling and fun to watch. Optimus and Megatron are still memorable characters, Starscream is a hoot and Sari is thankfully not another Miko, she's interesting and is far from useless. The voice acting is great, you do miss the original voices but these voice actors still do worthy jobs, actually sounding committed and involved in the drama. Standing out are David Kaye, Corey Burton(though these two did have big shoes to fill) and Tom Kenny. Overall, not mind blowing but highly entertaining still, while some of the complaints are somewhat valid Transformers: Animated is not really that deserving of the hate it's gotten. 7/10 Bethany Cox

LadyMiraculous As a fellow Transformers fan, there's a little confession I would like to make: I was almost a Bayformers fan!!! But don't worry, even though I thought the first movie was good, it still wasn't enough to make me a genuine "Trans-Fan". My best friend knew much more about Transformers than I did, as she grew up with the franchise, so I've mostly learned about the main premise of the story from her. Anyway, by 2007 I knew almost nothing about G1, Beast Wars, or the Unicorn Trilogy (though, from what I've heard, I didn't miss anything from the Unicron Trilogy). Then it just so happened, on Cartoon Network, I came across a TV promo for this new show simply titled, "Transformers: Animated". The moment I first saw their new designs I thought, "It would never catch on, the proportions of the robots look all wrong!" However, when the show finally aired, I took a look at one episode. My first thought was, "Well, the story seems pretty basic, but this Starscream guy looks like a cool character (by the way, this was the show that made me a Starscream fan-girl). A couple years later, I soon forgot about it, until my friend show me the Allspark Allminac (which is a book that has information about everything from the show). Eventually, my interest for the show lit up again, and I've watched reruns of it on The Hub, then I realized everything I first thought about this show was wrong. The main Autobots, for example, are not the Superman archetypes you see in the original show, in fact Optimus here isn't even leader of the Autobots, but the leader of a small group of rookies. I really like this change, because not only does it make it a lot easier to root for them, but it also makes them more realistic and sympathetic. Now the main human character, Sari, is another interesting aspect of this show. At first, she appears to be an annoying tag-a-long that never does what she's told. This of course, was a very common trope in Transformers since G1, but instead of just being a tag-a-long, Sari actually has a story arc in this series! She's also not as useless as most Trans-Fans like to believe, she actually helps the Autobots multiple times. Her father, Prof. Isaac Sumdac, is one of the "weaker" characters in the show. He's way too trusting towards Megatron in Season 1, and is clearly irresponsible letting his 8-year old daughter handle the AllSpark Key, but he's not too annoying and you'll eventually grow to love him. I was also impressed by how the Decepticons were portrayed. Megatron doesn't get a very big role in the first season, but he is BY FAR superior to the clumsy G1 version, and the bland TF: Prime version of the character. The other Cons are also very well written. Blackarachnia and Waspinator both have tragic and interesting back stories, Blitzwing the triple-changer is given a split-personality, and Shockwave is given a more prominent role in Season 3. It just makes me said that they were never able to release a Season 4 before it got canceled! This is a vastly underrated show, that has more emotional depth than "Transformers Prime", and much more character development than G1.My Overall rating-- 8.5 out of 10!