What was your favourite episode of Beast Wars? Favourite character? Favourite Toy? What would you like to see more of in the future? Leave a comment and let me know!
@DerrickUltima6 жыл бұрын
Bull Session Favorite episode? Easily "Coming of the Fuzors pt 2". Favorite toy? Either Transmetal Optimus or Transmetal Megatron. Though, the one I was most proud of was Silverbolt, just because he was hard as hell to find.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Coming of the Fuzors pt 2 was great. That's the one with the western showdown right? Out of those three, I think the only one I ever had was Silverbolt; but not the original one. I had the purple repaint from Transformers Universe
@DerrickUltima6 жыл бұрын
Bull Session Yeah. Part 1 ended with the western showdown, but part 2 kept it going throughout. As a huge fan of Optimus Primal, I lost my mind when he made his entrance back in and turned the whole battle around by himself. The problem with the original Silverbolt was that he was shortpacked, so he was much more rare. A very poor decision in my opinion, considering his popularity.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yep that scene was pretty dope. And ugh yea, shortpacked Transformers were the worst... Sometimes if I found one that was known to be rare at Toys R Us and I couldn't afford it but I knew I'd have the money within a day or two, I would hide it somewhere else in the store where it wouldn't get found, like behind some baby stuff or whatever then come back for it later. Probably not the nicest thing to do in retrospect but I was mad about my TF collection at the time haha
@DerrickUltima6 жыл бұрын
Bull Session I did the exact same thing 😁
@legoawcstopmotioner94353 жыл бұрын
I like it better when there's a smaller cast of characters. It allows for more character development and makes collecting figures of them easier.
@BRproductions6173 Жыл бұрын
Unless it’s beast wars
@Blazieth6 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Originally, Starscream was supposed to possess Terrorsaur, not Waspinator. One of the reasons it was changed was because both the characters and their voices were so similar, they were afraid that *no one would be able to tell the difference.*
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Haha yea, I read that. It was actually Terrorsaur's VA they got to voice Starscream as well, since his original VA from the 80s had passed away by that point.
@alexlemonds28384 жыл бұрын
@@BullSession Doug Parker also played Tidal Wave in Armada. Guy's got range.
@46chambersoflife4 жыл бұрын
Growing up I always said terrorsaur was starsscream but dpfanboys always argue its waspinator......in no way did a waspinator match up to starscream
@Blazieth4 жыл бұрын
@@46chambersoflife Well, I mean, Waspinator himself never really acted like a Starscream. He never had aspirations of leadership except in the occasional deluded fantasy. Terrorsaur was absolutely the more standard Starscream, though Megatron intimidated him out of the more overt attempts early on. It's just, Waspinator was possessed by the "ghost" of Starscream. Terrorsaur is the spiritual successor to Starscream, while Waspinator briefly *literally was* Starscream. Briefly. So, you were kinda both right?
@46chambersoflife4 жыл бұрын
@@Blazieth I remember when I was younger me and my friends use to debate who was who in beastwars,..way before we found out they were completely different characters altogether lol for me I thought Optimus prime-optimus primal Megatron-megatron Starscream-terrorsaur Jazz-rattrap Ironhide-dinobot Bumblebee-cheetor Scorpinox-scorpinox Ratchet-rhinox Etc.
@CButtonshaw5 жыл бұрын
Who hears the intro and can't help but yell "BEAST WARS!" along with it?
@derrickhaggard4 жыл бұрын
Me.
@celiarunquist52474 жыл бұрын
I know a person like me now
@caramelcandys3 жыл бұрын
BEAST WAAAAAAARRRRRRRSSSS
@Philly2533 жыл бұрын
Yell it way too loud for any non-fans
@joseaustin26923 жыл бұрын
Me, I was in my mid-twenties Beastwars came out, at first I was a little skeptical about it but I loved the CG look so I gave it a chance and wind up loving it since I was also a fan and a collector of the original transformer line back in 84 and I used to collect the COMic books as well I went on to buying the entire beastwars toyline and still have it to this day and I’m 49 years old
@tscream805 жыл бұрын
Interestingly, Waspinator wasn't intended to be the "comic relief" character he became later. His "chew toy" status actually started because the writers found him difficult to write for, apparently due to his manner of speech, but they had to feature him in every episode (at the start, anyway). So they'd often have him show up just long enough for something bad to happen to him so they could fulfill Hasbro's mandate but still not have to use him much. The viewer's attachment to the character was something of a happy (or, in Waspinator's view, probably unhappy) accident.
@RetroRulzMyTown2 жыл бұрын
Funny to think the writers warmed up to him SO much, that they killed off Terrordactyl so that they could torture Waspinator more.
@tscream802 жыл бұрын
To be fair to Terrorsaur, he was a "Starscream" character who was overtaken by a better "Starscream" character (specifically, Tarantulas).
@RetroRulzMyTown2 жыл бұрын
True, but he WAS seen as the most fleshed out of the Predacons. But yeah, he was already played out by the time he was killed off.
@HerohammerStudios Жыл бұрын
@@RetroRulzMyTown I don't know, I always found Terrorsaur to be the most superficial of all the preds. I feel like I didn't know anything about the guy while always being able to predict anything he'd do
@NCHProductions6 жыл бұрын
as a teen watching beast wars, the revelation of unicron's head was pretty much a massive mind-blown that I block out all narration in the show to understand what they're actually saying. Only to now when as a adult, rewatching that moment only finally understanding that its just the aliens impersonating the image of unicron as the closest thing prime recognizes so he can "comprehend" their form.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
haha yea I was the same way. I had probably single handedly worn down my local video store's copy of '86 Transformers The Movie from watching it so many times, and that moment rocked my tiny little world. One of my older friends had to explain to me that this wasn't *actually* Unicron, which honestly didn't dampen my excitment much :p
@grand_max666 жыл бұрын
"You could not comprehend our floating head forms, so we shall address you in this floating head form."
@Saltyaf384 жыл бұрын
I watched it as a little kid and loved it so much.
@White_Tiger933 жыл бұрын
I liked Beast Wars as canon future of Transformers franchise series, glad that fucking Michael Bay left Transformers alone & hoping someone could make a Beast Wars movie it deserve. Not that Netflix transformers animated where Cheetor became time travel bullshit with Allspark in him god who wrote that shit..
@HerohammerStudios Жыл бұрын
I think you were just a bit thick
@carterslade87714 жыл бұрын
"Ooooh Waspinator has a headache in his WHOLE body"... hahaha still great
@alexandrufit25915 жыл бұрын
The death of Dinobot is one of the most memorable cartoon moments for me as a child.
@michaelandreipalon359 Жыл бұрын
"The rest... is silence."
@Indiana_Jesus3 жыл бұрын
Asking why they're not fighting over Energon sources in the series is like asking why humans aren't fighting over oxygen sources cuz it's pretty abundant and literally all around us
@mmeers894 жыл бұрын
I loved Inferno! FOR THE ROYALTY!!
@revvolutions2 жыл бұрын
The Royalty commands it! Burn Maximals!
@mechasaurus5 жыл бұрын
Scott McNeil remains ne of my favorite voice actors; he can play so many roles at a time.
@MakiPcr6 жыл бұрын
McNeil played all the best characters
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Hell yea he did
@michaelandreipalon359 Жыл бұрын
Upwind of yours, vermin!
@Nazo-kage4 жыл бұрын
When I came to season one I think my favorite episode was the one where Megatron turned Rhinox into a villain. My favorite part being when Optimus mimics Megatron‘s yes catchphrase as a way of showing he understands that this plan is going to backfire so badly and then it will be so entertaining to watch.
@kenmdrt6 жыл бұрын
As a Canadian child in the 90s I can tell you that toy sales weren't hurt in the slightest by the censorship. I knew kids who had CRATES of Beast Wars stuff.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Oh believe me, I had ton of Beast Wars stuff too (I'm also Canadian). You just know there was that one kid though who was confused as to why he couldn't find any Beasties toys.
@Aldrius6 жыл бұрын
I'm close enough to the border that I watched both Beast Wars and Beasties... which was uh... weird.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Haha! That's funny
@Googaliemoogalie6 жыл бұрын
I was one of those kids. I STILL have them all in a box. I somehow have all the characters
@rtql8d6 жыл бұрын
I remember it being called Beasties too. That means they had to record two theme songs! Also I remember Shadow Raiders here being called War Planets in the US
@SuperGodzilla26 жыл бұрын
Beast Wars and Reboot were my favorite shows growing up, to this day i still think they were some of the greatest cartoons ever made
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
agreed on all fronts!
@SuperGodzilla26 жыл бұрын
Bull Session can't wait to see your review on season 2 and 3
@Matanumi6 жыл бұрын
agreed. I think the animation still holds well today
@syunafrost3512 жыл бұрын
Yeah same goes for me also they even had similar cgi designs
@MechaEmperor70003 жыл бұрын
I found an Optimal Optimus today at a local thriftstore and just got smashed with a wave of nostalgia. I just had to rewatch this again.
@revvolutions2 жыл бұрын
I assume you nabbed it
@AkuTenshiiZero2 жыл бұрын
I think it's a little unfair to sell Airrazor short. She's the confident daredevil, like a hot-shot fighter pilot. Unfortunately she wasn't in the show long enough to really grow roots like the others, but she definitely had a defined character.
@Maioly6 жыл бұрын
The lack of YEEEEEESSSS in this review disappoints me.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
D: You're right! I'll definitely have to get some of that in for the Season 2 video
@Blazieth6 жыл бұрын
Yesss... you really must. (incidentally, I love that Megatron's last words, in EITHER series, was a big "NOOOOOOO")
@shepherd81714 жыл бұрын
I agree or should I say YEEEEEESSSS
@the1tigglet5 жыл бұрын
I watched this show briefly while in college. The voices were very strong, and the story had a good setting.
@firstnamenlastname Жыл бұрын
❤
@senpaigarr6 жыл бұрын
Still an amazing show. I was born in 1990. I grew up with this show, and have bought the complete series on dvd. I always love to re watch every now and then. Great characters and stories.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yea, Beast Wars is one of those ones that never seems to get old, despite the dated animation. This is probably... the 3rd or 4th time I've re-watched it since it came out on DVD. I think in that time though, I only rewatched Beast Machines once... struggling to remember many specific plot details from that show aside from the basic premise.
@senpaigarr6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I remember being so excited when Beast Machines came out because I thought it was going to be Beast Wars on Cybertron....and it was not. It changed waaaay too much. And I didn't buy that one, although I do remember a lot about the show. Did not like what they did with Megatron and Rattrap. I just randomly clicked on this vid, and I really enjoyed it. Good job. I laughed out loud at that part near the start with the pan over to the Star Wars poster lol.
@salspec33814 жыл бұрын
The story telling and story development of this series is my favorite among Transformers series.
@thegargoylecumeth79323 жыл бұрын
"Cheetor is a surrogate for the audience" "rattrap and dinobot can be found complaining about the current conditions or sulking in a corner" As a kid, I was Cheetor. Now as an adult I realize, I am really RatTrap 🤣 Also, Cheetor being the surrogate for the audience (ie- kids) makes a lot of sense for different reasons. He's the youngest, he's impulsive, but also the show and it's sequel Beast Machines treat him as a real main character. Multiple transmetals, love interest, eventually realizing Optimus isn't right ALL the time and that's okay, I can go on and on. But the gist is: Cheetor was a genius character.
@semajz57243 жыл бұрын
I tend to re watch your 90's cartoon reviews when I'm in the mood and they are always entertaining.
@knightbane37525 жыл бұрын
I actually liked the show, and in a reverse way this was how I originally got into G1 transformers. like most British people my dad grew up in the Doctor Who generation England he was well into adulthood and was into metal bands etc by the time G1 aired so never got into it himself so he never got me into this, but he and I enjoyed watching this together, up until the episode Possession I was actually unaware of any wider Transformer universe (I would of been between 5-8 at a time when the internet didn't exist cut me some slack), fast forward several years (around 15-16) still remembering it I came across Possession again and looked up Starscream etc and discovered G1 Transformers, after watching that the whole of Beast Wars made total sense
@randolphviquez24555 жыл бұрын
Megatron has fallen...and he can't get up!
@TYSniper3 жыл бұрын
Imagine a remaster of the original series. Just some updated textures, backgrounds and effects.
@OfficialRedTeamReview5 жыл бұрын
great video. i remember this as a kid....sigh. good times
@BullSession5 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks! I'm actually a huge fan of yours and Preston's; been super into the asoiaf community for years. I have a bunch of Game of Thrones parody videos on this channel and would love some input if you ever had a chance to check em out.
@gispyprime10174 жыл бұрын
Optimus Primal is my fav ,he reminds me of Animated Optimus and RID 15 Bumblebee ,struggling leaders and I always loved that concept
@DerrickUltima6 жыл бұрын
You don't know how happy this makes me 😊
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
:) Enjoy!
@TOMMYFARRWALES6 жыл бұрын
Think its actually a good thing that they didn't know much about G1,,,What made Beast wars great was that it Differs from G1 and also that there was only few Characters, so they were forced to be creative with the stories and characters, but still within the G1 world,, thats a good thing,that's what made Beast Wars as we got it and not another G1 echo, as we always get since BW,,
@kylecampbell5655 жыл бұрын
Yeah i hope one day Hasbro has enough confidence to make a show that doesn’t have Optimus Prime as I’m kinda getting sick of him being the leader constantly. Robots in Disguise 2015 had no Megatron so I think a primeless show is still possible
@uberobserver2 жыл бұрын
Killer Waspinator impression. Quite the unexpected surprise gave me a chuckle.
@ghosttheexplorer6 жыл бұрын
Weird that the people where complaining, I was there for the G1 and when I got what that random new show I caught on HBO was, I was just static that the transformers where back in some form (Also it was very lucky that it was about the third or fourth day that our house had cable ever)
@Arkus6 жыл бұрын
I'd say I was in the Generation of kids that was in between G1 and Beast Wars. I grew up first watching Transformers as a little kid then watched Beast Wars when it premiered as a big kid and I loved it.
@michaelandreipalon359 Жыл бұрын
And so begins one of the best examples of "Even Better Sequel", "Sequel Displacement", "Surprisingly Improved Sequel", "Distant Sequel", and "More Popular Spin-Off" in animation and "glorified toy commercials" history. Addendum: Also, a really good example of how 15:37 actually didn't end up backfiring on the show and its makers.
@derrickhaggard4 жыл бұрын
I'm hyped for the return of the Maximals, and the Predicons in Transformers War for Cybertron: Kingdom.
@jamessinclair28983 жыл бұрын
I have a deep dark fear that they won't bring the VAs back and butcher the acting.
@michaelandreipalon359 Жыл бұрын
Meh for that, but man, am I actually waiting for them to return in the sequel to Bumblebee.
@brycevo5 жыл бұрын
I honestly really love Beast Wars. It took what I loved, the DinoBots and Insecticons, and made it into a full show and series
@0ctopusComp1etely6 жыл бұрын
I am RIDICULOUSLY stoked that this was in my recommendeds. I loved this show as a kid.
@ProfessM6 жыл бұрын
This is still the smartest Megatron I've seen outside of some comics. But my fav was Tarantulas and spiders are my greatest fear but his laugh his plans and his bike mode so cool. This my all time fav 90's show not tied to Batman. Ah the G1 hatred this show got it was so rich.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
It's up there for me for sure. Then there's also Gargoyles, ReBoot, X-Men, Batman... From what I understand most G1 people came around once they realized the show was actually really good.
@ProfessM6 жыл бұрын
I've met some in person at cons that still haven't. I'm actually that 90's kid that didn't care for X-men and Gargoyles came on a random channel at 5 am for me. So only vague memories of it. Reboot, Beasties, Batman and Freakazoid are what I think of when someone says good 90's cartoons.
@albedo54555 жыл бұрын
Animated Mrgatron disapproves.
@bshpev5 жыл бұрын
one of my favourite childhood memories is just me 4-6 sitting and watching with my dad.
@theguardian83175 жыл бұрын
Yes. When I first saw Beast Wars I was thinking "what the hell? These aren't planes and automobiles". However from the season 1 finale onwards that changed to "Holy Crap! this show is awesome!".
@DerrickUltima10 ай бұрын
Seems like watching through this has become a yearly tradition for me. Actually, watching your entire Mainframe retrospective as a whole. I miss your videos. I loved the way you did things and I really enjoyed your takes. I hope you continue to do well.
@New2RetroReviews6 жыл бұрын
Amazing work my friend! The Beast wars footage is so clean! Best show as a kid for me honestly, one of the first to have a continuing plot and such, its just a shame it was cut so short
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yea, it really is a bummer the series ended so abruptly... gotta sell those new toys, amirite?
@Ineedgames3 жыл бұрын
Beast Wars is a million times better than the original Transformers. And people that say otherwise are Nostalgic fools.
@u.a.perfectace77863 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@potaterjim2 жыл бұрын
Hard agree Beast Wars holds up real well
@GeteMachine2 жыл бұрын
Dialogue and comedy? Yes, and the one blessing the Beast era had was *no annoying humans to rescue.*
@HerohammerStudios Жыл бұрын
@@GeteMachine God, yes. That's the same reason I can't stand Animated. Fucking humans, man
@caden141 Жыл бұрын
Good thing I’m not the only person who thinks that.
@ycastro20036 жыл бұрын
Beast Wars & Beast Machines are some of my favorite Transformer shows.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Mine too :D
@Captain_Subpar4 жыл бұрын
"Despite the Predacons have a numbers advantage throughout most of the series." That's... not true.
@drew45644 жыл бұрын
Predacons: Terrasour, waspinator, scorpinox, dinobot, tarantulas, Megatron, quick strike, rampage, inferno, black arachnia, dino clones and ravage. maximals: primal, rattrap, chetor, rhinox, silver bolt, tigertron, airazor, depth charge, dinobot, tigerhawk and black arachnia Predacons technically had one more bot on there side during the war but yeah they didn't outnumber them
@thegargoylecumeth79323 жыл бұрын
The Predacons often had as many or more members of the Maximals. But the numbers of defects/deaths kept things fairly even, numbers-wise. Not to mention they maintained a higher number of larger bots capable of heavier firepower. Plus despite the Maximals catching up with Transmetals, the Preds always seemed to have more flyers.
@chadbailey7038 Жыл бұрын
Who’s here after the new Transformers: Rise of the Beasts trailer 2022!? This is such a great recap! I forgot about all these details I loved so much. Thanks for the video!
@admanios5 жыл бұрын
I was a fan of the original series and I loved this show. I watched it religiously when it aired on YTV. It surprised me greatly to later learn there were fans of G1 that hated Beast Wars.
@kbPhionex5 жыл бұрын
fun fact the vhs's of "Beasties" were sold under the beast wars title in canada i have two of them
@VenusHeadTrap26 жыл бұрын
Welp, I’ve found another cartoon from my child to put on my “revisit list”. There are quite a few :3
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yes indeed! We had it really good in the 90s...
@NebLleb6 жыл бұрын
1:35 *STARRIES!!!* [dun-dun-du-du-dun]
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Considered making it "STARRIES: CLONIES", but figured simpler was better
@NebLleb6 жыл бұрын
I can see why you did, because as we all know, Star Wars: The Clone Wars is the WORST theatrically released Star Wars movie *ever.* BTW, that's probably the most hilarious thing you did, like... _ever._ I dig the build up to it. P.S. Will you do a full review of -ReBoot season 5- ReBoot: The Guardian FAIL when the second half comes out?
@monkeyscientist99136 жыл бұрын
I agree with Ben, I'd like to see you cover more Guardian Code when the second half of the first (and most likely last) season comes out. Also, I'd love to see you tackle Reboot: Paradigms Lost, which was a comic (now rendered non-canon) that acted as the finale to season 4.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yep, definitely planning on covering the second half of the Guardian Code when it comes out.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Paradigm's Lost... we'll see. I read that once, but wasn't it a fan creation?
@jeremyabbott45376 жыл бұрын
Wow, it is good to hear that Beast Wars is as good as I remember it being! Man, now I got a lot to watch between this and rewatching Reboot again.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
It held up better than I thought it would, yea. Somewhat nervous about Beast Machines >.>
@Trickyluck6 жыл бұрын
BM was just not at the same level of quality of BW....
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
From what I remember, the highlight was the new animation style
@Trickyluck6 жыл бұрын
Indeed, and I would say some of the vehicons characters were interesting. Plus this megatron was a bit more threatening and his fight in the end with Optimus was worth it.
@Aldrius6 жыл бұрын
Beast machines is so monotonous to watch tbh. It just doesn't get to the point and it's SO serious.
@ph3rtehHDawg3 жыл бұрын
I grew up with Beast Wars (or Beasties, as a Canadian kid) while my siblings were 80s kids. While they did watch the original Transformers, they have since said they loved Beast Wars more. We loved the characters (my personal favourites being Cheetor, Rattrap, and Dinobot) and the show combined two things we were interested in: animals and robots. While I was the only one who asked for the toys as a kid, my brother recently asked if he could have my old Transmetal Megatron and Silverbolt for his own collection of favourites. He asked for my Transmetal Rattrap, too, but I told him there was no chance in hell I'd ever give him away. Even if this series isn't as popular or nostalgic as the G1 Transformers, it will always be my favourite and my gateway into the Transformers franchise as a whole.
@TheRealHoodedGeek6 жыл бұрын
I was actually a small child man in the 90's when Beast wars was going strong and I lived in Canada, so I knew the show as Beasties. I was very confused as a child why the toys were "Beast wars" and was convinced for a time that they were like, dollar store boot legs or something
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
haha! That's funny. I would have probably thought the same if I hadn't had a friend who explained it to me.
@cdwizzerd6 жыл бұрын
number one childhood series. so excited about the new masterpiece megatron & dinobot
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Those figures are freaking sexy. Yessss...
@matthewjames36375 жыл бұрын
You deserve way more subscribers, these Mainframe Entertainment videos are excellent.
@BullSession5 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's climbing, slowly but surely
@NiggaChickenSticks6 жыл бұрын
I'm so glad u noticed the similarities at 19:00 because after that both shows become more serious and extremely well written b
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yea, they really did. Now that ReBoot season 3 is finished, next up it's back to Beast Wars for season 2
@NiggaChickenSticks6 жыл бұрын
Bull Session yeeeeah
@unigenius5 жыл бұрын
Whoa! You hit that Waspinator voice perfectly!!
@treyoftriphorya5 жыл бұрын
Scorpinok reminded me of the original Soundwave, the most dedicated characters to the megatrons
@nortonman11784 жыл бұрын
While season 2 is my favorite, season 1 had some great episodes in it. Like the one where they all go blind, and the episode where Rhinox is infected with a virus that makes him sneeze and fart energon discharges so Rattrap and Dinobot have to work together to find the antivirus. Great show
@edmundelliott75986 жыл бұрын
Man...all the memories are coming back to me now lol
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yea, this whole retrospective is definitely a big nostalgia trip. I've really been enjoying it
@ricosalvaje81315 жыл бұрын
The best figure was the dragon megatron. That figure was $30 in 1998 money.
@WALDENSOFTWARE4 жыл бұрын
I saw a kid from my high school buying it at toys r us.
@DaVeO526 жыл бұрын
I was in college when Beasties premiered here in Canada. The animated series had been over for quite awhile and I wasn't watching any cartoons at the time. I happened upon the first episode 2-parter which they showed back-to-back on YTV. I was hooked by the humour and Mainframe's name as I was a big fan of Reboot. I continued to follow pretty much everything this studio put out until it's demise. My fave episode of season two was the two-part finale, action packed and so cliff-hangery. Loved the whole cast. Even Air Razor, lol, she was introduced quite late so we knew little about her at this time. Great start! Subbed.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yea... Airazor really got the short end of the stick out of the season one cast. I'll be going over her and Tigatron a lot more in the season 3 video. Thanks for watching!
@GeteMachine2 жыл бұрын
The thing about the characters changing their names as assumed in the first episode, actually does make more sense than to assume some were already called their altered animal names before they aquired their beast forms. Like why would Rattrap be called that before he picked a rat body? Its just not clear if Optimus was just Optimus or of Primal was what he changed hime to or if it was his name being a Maximal (implying they were always bound to be animal descendants).
@brandonmuse5532 Жыл бұрын
I just like how they were able to really connect the old and new Transformers
@Googaliemoogalie6 жыл бұрын
Great video again, excellent review and you've added a ton of info that I've never heard of! Thank you! Beast wars was great, too bad it ended the way it did, BUT I enjoyed every second of it. I can never explain why, but Tarantulas was my favourite character
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Tarantulas is one of the best characters on the show for sure!
@hanyoukimura6 жыл бұрын
Ties with TF Prime as the best Transformers franchise. Loved this show growing up. Great characters, great story, big animation bumps as the series progressed (although the lack of shadows most of the time was a notable exception). I still have some of the toys and want to get some of the Masterpiece line. All these years later BW still makes me want to buy toys. While the graphics (especially season1) haven't aged so well, the characters, and story still hold up. I just rewatched the series recently. I'd love to see a graphical remaster of it. Looking forward to videos on season 2 and 3, earned a sub from me!
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
I've heard TF Prime mentioned as being top notch before, but I've never seen it. I think the Bayformers had soured me a bit on Transformers at that point in my life... Would definitely love to check Prime out at some point. I've also heard Animated was quite good. And yea those Masterpiece figures definitely put me in a toy-buying mood... Thanks for the support!
@TheMahaChannel3 ай бұрын
My favorite season 1 episode goes to “Possession” due to it introducing the concept of Starscream’a immortal spark. My favorite season 1 character however is actually my favorite Beast Wars character, Inferno. He is a maniac who serves his queen and defends the colony. And his Legacy figure is PEAK!
@iamKORHAL6 жыл бұрын
Wow I really wish I could give this video a million likes! You are taking the words right out of my mouth for how I feel about this show! I always felt and thought the same about ReBoot and Beasties! Such a great part of my childhood
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Here here! Mainframe did some really great work early on. And awesome that they were Canadian, too!
@grifbhal83506 жыл бұрын
Bull Session I couldn't have put it better myself!
@r2dxhate3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't expecting that good of a Waspinator impression.
@TJ-ni4kc5 жыл бұрын
The “censorship mandate” was specific to the channel that aired Beast Wars in Canada. It wasn’t something the Canadian government mandated. YTV simply didn’t allow the word “war” in show titles. It’s the same reason why the animated series for the War Planets toyline was called Shadow Raiders when it aired on YTV. TekWar was still called TekWar when it aired in Canada on CTV. Storage Wars airs here on OLN. I forget what channel Robot Wars was on. Etc. Funnily enough YTV have aired The Phantom Menace and The Force Awakens in recent years, so I don’t know if they’re all that fussed about this anymore. Anyway call it Beasties or Beast Wars it is still the single greatest television show ever.
@deadwinterknight19814 жыл бұрын
I'm Canadian and I swear I only ever saw it as Beast Wars never heard anyone call it or remember it as Beasties.
@46chambersoflife4 жыл бұрын
@@deadwinterknight1981 i remember it as beasties lol but remember buying toys with my dad seeing them as beastwars
@J2J_Trini Жыл бұрын
This was one of the best cartoons on TV at my time and looking at it now I really appreciate the details the creators put into it
@shaneocon216 жыл бұрын
Remembering the day I discovered them, packaging, beastmodes and anticipating seeing Transformers catching my eye, Terrosaur was the first figure. Figures, specifically Scorponok was bought for me even if friends couldnt come to my birthday party that week and I won Armordillo likely being the only child in the locality to enter a competition flyer. Through a haze of pain killers and with fears of meningitis abated, I weakly asked my dad could he arrange the recording of Dark Designs. I saw so few episodes in the following 8 years then finally got the dvds and videos, Optimal Optimus was my reward the next day. My childhood was awesome. :D
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
That *is* awesome!
@shaneocon216 жыл бұрын
As is this video, 'Starries' brilliant :D
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Haha! Thank you. That was actually a joke a friend of mine and I would make all the time as kids when we first found out the reason why the show was called "Beasties" here
@shaneocon216 жыл бұрын
When I first found out about the show my friend's mam called it Beasties. I didn't like it. We watched Robot Wars straight after, stuck with a theme.
@UTF20056 жыл бұрын
Great work. I hope you continue and make episodes devoted to Shadow Raiders/War Planets after you're done with Reboot and Beast Wars.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Let's just say there are some plans laid out... Thanks for watching!
@victorq2814 жыл бұрын
Loved Beasties back in the day. That's what it was on YTV
@jordanvachon69246 жыл бұрын
BANANA SLAMA!!!!
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Kongo Bongo's hero!
@Googaliemoogalie6 жыл бұрын
YEA! I remember that series too "Heyyyo here he comes Banana Slama.... "
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Hoooo.... HA!
@Blazieth6 жыл бұрын
I remember that show, and watched it as a kid. I don't think I could watch it again as an adult, though. Even what little I *remember* makes me cringe quite a bit.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Indeed; I watched through the first 5 mins or so of the pilot when I was making this video and it was... interesting.
@GreyWolfLeaderTW3 жыл бұрын
As a kid who grew up in the 90s, naturally Beast Wars was the first Transformers related show I remember seeing. I loved it. But I can see why fans of the first generation would have a problem with it. Aside from carrying over some character names, plot elements, and later building continuity with the original series, the show is an early CGI animal take on the transforming robot format. That doesn't immediately translate love for machines over to love for biology.
@seanmetzer95756 жыл бұрын
You should do more of the series. I loved Beast Wars when it came out as it is what really brought me into the Transformers universe in the first place.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
That's the plan! After ReBoot season 3, I'll likely be hopping back to Beast Wars season 3, etc. Eventually I'll get to Beast Machines as well, and I've been toying with the idea of doing Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime in the future.
@seanmetzer95756 жыл бұрын
Aw man, Beast Wars and Prime have got to be some of the best iterations in my book! :D
@monkeyscientist99136 жыл бұрын
I think out of all the characters on Beast wars, Rattrap had to be my favorite. Not only was he a smartass and jerk most of the time, he could actually talk the talk. He was the only character in the entire show to ever kill a Decepticon, and was great when it came to rigging up explosions. Sure, Beast Machines made him a wuss, but before that he was one of the most competent members of the Maximals. Heck, he even became a temporary leader once or twice. Mainframe was great when it came to making actually awesome and likeable comedy-relief characters.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Yea Rattrap is pretty awesome. I remember him always being my fav Maximal when I was a kid, but on this watch through I found myself gravitating towards Rhinox. Also could be that I've still got Season 2 and 3 to go. And yes, what Beast Machines did to *both* of those characters was rather unfortunate...
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Dinobot was pretty rad. I'll definitely be talking a lot more about him in the next Beast Wars video.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Oh, I definitely will get into that stuff. Fantastic television writing in general, let alone for a kids' show. It'll be covering that stuff in another video like this for Beast Wars season 2 though; I doubt I'd be making seperate videos for each character. Who knows though!
@NebLleb6 жыл бұрын
My personal favourites are a tie between Rattrap and Optimus Primal, the former for most of the reasons stated, and the latter for being a pretty good follow up for his big red predecessors (Optimus and Rodimus Prime). Primal is unique in that he is a competent commander, but he sometimes makes stupid decisions (I.E. getting himself hit by the cyberbee in "Gorilla Warfare"), goes into enemy fire by himself, and often gets talked down to by his colleagues. In short, he's a worthy successor not because he's an incorruptible paragon, but because he's vulnerable and more... *human.* In fact, you could make the case for this being intentional, as in the 2nd season, he's more wiser, and by the 3rd, when he goes "Optimal" to save the universe, he's finally become something like Optimus Prime. Too bad Beast Machines did away with *ALL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT* and derailed him into a mad, raving anti-tech/pro-organic fanatic! Seriously, what is Beast Machines' obsession with derailing characters we loved? Oh, wait... I Know...
@Blazieth6 жыл бұрын
I think what Beast Machines did to Rattrap was pretty interesting. If you think about it, him being as impatient and cowardly as he tends to be in Machines makes a lot of sense. He's a logical bot, focused on facts, and getting results. He's got a trick up his sleeve for every occasion, showing on more than one occasion in Wars to basically be a Maximal James Bond/Ethan Hunt/insert your superspy of choice here. He's even quoted on one occasion as stating that "I feel naked without my gun..." In comes Beast Machines. He's trapped in rat form. He can't transform. That's making him edgy; he'd been shown previously to be rather uncomfortable with the idea of being TRAPPED in his Beast Form, even if he does come to be more appreciative of it later in the episode. But then Optimus comes out with some spiritual nonsense about how to transform in the new Technorganic forms. No Command Codes, no quick and easy "press button, get results". He's not a spiritual or patient bot, so he has trouble with it. He gets desperate, as with the rest of the team figuring it out quickly, and kicking ass, he wants to get his transformation on and help! Then it happens. He figures out how to transform. ...Where's his weapon? He's unarmed! The superspy marksman who hates being unarmed *has no weapons*. It's no wonder he's so miserable. But he can use his tail inferface to hack into just about anything, and he grows into that role, actually growing into the role that his old best friend Rhinox used to fill back on Earth. He even eventually finding a bot to develop a relationship with when Botanica gets introduced.
@draculinascoffin4512 Жыл бұрын
The friday evenings, sitting on my dad's bed with a bowl of chips and a pop, watching Beasties on YTV... those where the good days.
@pmarquesz Жыл бұрын
Beast Wars was part of my childhood and the reason why I went to see the new Transformers Rise of the beasts movie. I also remembered "Insektors" from my childhood and I looked for it for long but I did not remember the name until today. Today, after over 20 tears, I have a name. Thank you sir!
@SpiderandMosquito4 жыл бұрын
1:23 *insert slow clap here* Seriously that was hilarious XD
@Raeinok3 жыл бұрын
This is how I got into Transformers, when the Micheal Bay movie came out I didn't even know who anyone was.
@ARCcommand6 жыл бұрын
This was an amazing video! Please please PLEASE make one for season 2 and season 3, I'd love to find out what you think about them!
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm actually working on the Season 2 video at this very moment. It will be released this week :)
@dekar88 Жыл бұрын
And now this movie is gonna gain SO much relevancy with the movie teaser released!
@ReBootRevival6 жыл бұрын
Excellent work on this review/retrospective! Looking forward to the ReBoot Season 3 review!!
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Looking forward to watching it :D
@titanemp Жыл бұрын
Beast wars was not just my childhood but also my introduction to transformers.
@bromodragone84053 жыл бұрын
The Maximal ship is called the Axalon and the Predacon ship is called the Darksyde. They also have onboard computer AI. The Maximal computer Sentinel and the unnamed Predacon computer. Though, in Japan, it was called "NAVI-ko" based on "navigation".
@michaelandreipalon359 Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, the Predacon ship wasn't supposed to be named the Darksyde; it was just a misnomer from Terrorsaur saying "Welcome to the dark side!" to Cheetor in the ep "Equal Measures."
@cerveshred4 жыл бұрын
Beast wars was and still my favorite show and Saint Seiya.
@Danpossiblytheman5 жыл бұрын
Wasn’t beasties for me, though that could been because it was reruns in the early 2000’s
@gamefire74 Жыл бұрын
His waspinator voice is PERFECT! wow!
@shimmeringsnow81076 жыл бұрын
Beastwars would not have been as good if there were heaps of characters with no personalities. A scene I remember: Rattrap and Dinobot arguing with each other while outside on a mission, camera then moves to the base where inside Cheetor is leaning on the control panel grinning while listening to them argue over the radio. ...its those extra character interactions which is what made Beastwars for me. I really loved Possession, how Starscream's body appears in the flash of lightning was so cool for child me. I remember the animation at the time being amazing, and also rare for that time too. Now of course it doesn't look so hot. But I re-watched it all just a few months ago and still love it mainly due to the characters. My favourite character was Cheetor, followed by Waspinator and Inferno. Though really I did like all the characters! They each had such quirks. I still have my collection of original beastwars toys. This was a great video though, thank you, I learned some new things about one of my favourite shows. :)
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Agreed 100%. Beast Wars is a really great example of the phrase "art from adversity"; it was truly something special. Thanks for watching :)
@InvertedWIng Жыл бұрын
Your Waspinator impersonation was spot on.
@johnb39482 ай бұрын
"Death of Dinobot" will go down as the best Transformers anything ever
@CraftyArts6 жыл бұрын
Scott McNeal hilarious he just did the dinobot voice for the First Warhammer 40k dawn of War.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
hah! Really? That's hilarious
@tHeWasTeDYouTh6 жыл бұрын
CAN'T wait for beast machines review!!!!!
@KnightRaymund6 жыл бұрын
I like the animals more than the vehicles tbh. Beast Wars was a great show. I definitely got better as it went along. Early season 1 could definitely be quite silly but there were always great moments to be had. And then Beast Machines happened. Ugh.... Poor Rhinox. You deserved so much better. I liked him a lot. Reminded me of Beast from the X-Men. Kinda sucked he never got an upgrade and went into the field less and less. And that was a great Waspinator voice.
@BullSession6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I've been practicing that Waspinator voice since I was a kid haha. It was indeed brutal what happened to Rhinox in Beast Machines. He's one of my favs in this show. Pity he never got upgrades
@starsurvivor3 жыл бұрын
Watching 'Beasties' in Canada didn't shake up brand awareness. We always called it Beast Wars on the playground.
@kevinmarsh90576 жыл бұрын
YTV got insectors not to mention that as the show progressed it kind of mixed in the insistence of the original transformers series for instance near the end of the series they found optimus prime and realized that they went back in time to a prehistoric earth I'm 31 and I have the entire original transformers series and reabot and beast wars
@kylecampbell5655 жыл бұрын
Here’s a fun fact that really demonstrates how under utilized airazor was. Her and dinobot don’t interact A single time in the series
@Googaliemoogalie6 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember Shadow Raiders? That had such an interesting plot too