by Raging Justice Wed Dec 07, 2022 2:03 am
The Guardians Christmas special was a real surprise to me. I just kind of stumbled on to it having no idea this was something James Gunn was working on. You don't see stuff like this that often, the last time I can think of a movie franchise doing a holiday special is the How to Train Your Dragon series. I enjoyed the Guardians Christmas special, although some parts of it were kind of stupid, it was all in good fun though. To my surprise, we learn something significant about Quill and Mantis that they probably could have saved for the next movie if they wanted to.
I also started watching Transformers: Beast Wars. As an old G1 Transformers fan, I was very turned off by Beast Wars when it first aired. I didn't like the CGI look and the fact that we were not only getting different characters, but that none of them had technology or vehicle based transformations. I viewed it as a bastardization of the Transformers franchise, much like how many people feel about the Michael Bay movies. However, over the years the show has gotten a lot of positive feedback from the Transformers community and I've even heard that it ties into G1 in some ways. When I saw that the upcoming live action Transformers movie was going to incorporate Beast Wars characters, and after having a positive experience with the last movie (which felt like a love letter to G1 fans), I decided to check out the Beast Wars show to prep myself for the new movie.
I'm maybe ten or so episodes into season 1, and I'm enjoying it. It's certainly not MY Transformers that I grew up on, but it has much of the same charm, and while the CGI is rough, you get used to it. I really love Megatron's voice on this show. He sounds so delightfully over the top, and arguably has more personality than G1 Megatron ever did. I like how Terrorsaur is basically just a modern take on Star Scream, and I love how death metal his voice becomes whenever he screams, "TERRORIZE!". think Rattrap is my favorite character from the good guy team, though Tigatron is cool too. I'm actually seeking out some good Beast Wars toys now to go with some of the G1 stuff I've collected. It's actually a pretty awesome time to collect Transformers toys, as a lot of great stuff has been coming out in recent years for pretty much every iteration of the franchise from the various cartoons, to the Netflix stuff, to the movies...lots of fun reissues of the older 80s toys too, but this is all talk for a different thread.