TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on TRANSFORMERS: PRIME

As the 2000s were reaching their end, "Transformers" underwent a huge surge in popularity and success thanks the first live-action movie, which Hasbro were quick to capitalise on with the launch of their own TV network, which served as home to a prestigious new high-budget TF cartoon! Patreon supporter Dom Verzi sponsors this look at the making and legacy of their favourite TF show, "TRANSFORMERS: PRIME"!

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[geeker]

The fact that the production was so rushed and still produced episodes of such quality is nothing short of a miracle.

[JamesRoyceDawson]

26 episodes made in 10 months and all high quality animation. Shocking work there. Wish we still got long seasons like that

[Scorchinghell]

I actually grew up with transformers prime, it’s how I knew transformers in the first place

[JansonisDEAD]

“Keep fighting the noblest of fights”

A great way to end a series

[jaykoblue]

It was the fact that Peter Cullen and Frank Welker were returning to voice Optimus and Megatron again that drew me to this cartoon series.

[SJBroadside]

I think it's really interesting how Prime in many ways starts as a pseudo-sequel to the 2007 movie - it's been 3 years since the Transformers were last active on Earth, Megatron is absent and Starscream is in charge, and the main Autobots consist of Optimus, Bumblebee, Ratchet and a character that was planned to be Ironhide, plus new arrivals Arcee and Cliffjumper.

[walteranurantha]

Fun fact: Transformers Prime show got awarded for best writing in the top 5 behind Regular Show and Kung Fu Panda "Jolly good show."

~Pops

[ShanaReviews]

Transformers Prime, helping to usher in a new era for Transformers fans, past, present, and future with its cinematic style the likes we haven't seen since Beast Wars....and that's just Prime

[Knocku-Starscream]

TFP is my all time favorite Transformers show because not only did it have my favorite version of Starscream but it also gave us Knock Out.

[metek]

It’s been over 10 years since transformers prime ended but the animation still looks good to this day. The animators put a lot of effort into it. A nice improvement from beast wars.

[jamiemeansjamesmusic]

I remember finding this one Netflix one day and thinking "ok what the heck is this" and watching the first episode and thought "holy shit this is awesome"

I also remember thinking man the guy voicing megatron is incredible" and I looked at the cast and saw it was Frank and it blew my mind.

His approach to Megatron was very much like Mark Hamills Joker. It got 1000 times more menacing as the years went by.

[wangeroogerque]

The slowmo shot of Optimus and Megatron fighting side by side was the most epic moment. One of the most saddest moments was when Ratchet heard of the destruction of the omega lock. And don't let me start with Optimus sacrifice at the end.

[cryssnail]

I remember feeling disappointed that Transformers Animated had to die for this show to exist. But seeing the comments, it's clear that it brought a lot of people into the fandom.

[brianlevine]

Out of all the Transformers shows I've seen, this is definitely among the best. The biggest standouts for me were their portrayal of Starscream, the backstories for Arcee, Optimus and Megatron, and everything involving Knockout.

[Tyrann]

As someone who didn’t watch the show in its original run, your videos have made me want to seek it out. Cheers!

[Ryder-a-Blaze]

This show is my favourite Transformers show I’m so glad it was apart of my childhood, I still remember when me and my friend would watch all the episodes together those were the days.

[aqj]

prime remains my favorite transformers show, and the only one ive watched back to front 6 times over the years. Such an awesome and well told story

[baddabohn]

I had been jumping for joy after having completed War For Cybertron and roughly by that time the teaser came out for Prime. I remember thinking "ehh animation looks good but the character designs seem off a bit with no noses, bigger eyebrows etc" Believe me when I say that after the 5 part opening arc Darkness Rising ended I was BLOWN AWAY by what Transformers Prime was doing as a show. Once it ended with Predacons Rising and Optimus sacrificing himself to restore life I cried alot of tears because it was the first TF show I watched from beginning to end. It had its behind the scenes flaws sure and some episodes now seem rather inconsequential but above all Transformers Prime remains one of the points in the franchise that I will never get bored of or forget for as long as I live. Its that good.

[Shade]

It's nice seeing this after a lot of Prime disdain I've seen online recently. Is this show perfect? No, and I can definitely recognize some of the issues as I've gotten older, but this show will still have a special place in my heart, no matter how many complaints I see.

[nathanielhernandez]

This was my childhood 9 years old sitting in front of the TV

I still get goosebumps when bumblebee stabs Megatron and speaks for the very first time