TRANSFORMERS: THE BASICS on the G1 CARTOON
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- This weekend marks the anniversary of the premiere of "More than Meets the Eye, Part 1," the first episode of the GENERATION 1 CARTOON - so what better subject for this mini-documentary episode of The Basics?
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Hey I'm planning on doing a retrospective on the original G1 cartoon
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Chris McFeely Great stuff! It’s a shame season 3 wasn’t regarded better, but having been a kid and a fan of the show’s original run back then, I’m guilty of not appreciating the themes the new creators were running with, ranging from the aforementioned diplomacy to literally mental health with (my personal favorite) the Web World episode. Although there was a lot of humor in that episode Cyclonus plays his concern for his leader Galvatron pretty straight. It was handled pretty well. You can tell these guys loved and wanted to make more than just cartoons for kids and snuck in some really mature themes (not those kinds, but still). Also their Transformers lore was much better than the scatter brained mess from the original two seasons. I love the story of the Autobot symbol.
Don't worry, Chris. It was still shit anyway, no matter when released. Cool vid, man. Great editing too. G1 forever :)
As a little girl I fell in love with Bumblebee and wanted desperately to grow up so I could have a yellow Volkswagen bug. It makes me smile to think that some little girl is going to watch the new Bumblebee movie and do the same thing thirty-some odd years later. ;)
I never through about it but now it brings a smile to face too
@Jordan Taylor Sadly, no, but I did have the opportunity to ride in the backseat of one and it was hellishly uncomfortable, so I feel okay about never getting my own lol
Me the little girl of 37 years of age saw the movie this year and went mad obsessed with Bee 😅 BUT HES SO PRECIOUS 🥰🤩 wish he was my best friend forever 🥺
Optimus was my favorite before the Bumblebee movie,Bee was a close second,but after this movie roles switched completely.
@@amouramarie well you could possibly get one and just keep it in the garage like some car nuts do
But hey
Do what floats your boat
Bumblebee was actually my favorite character for a long time. I hope you get your Volkswagen bug.
I was introduced to Transformers by Armada as a kid, and Starscream's death was the first time a tv show made me cry.
I found G1years later.
I'm surprised they haven't made a series that takes place in the 20 year gap between season two and the movie.
That would be such an epic show if done right. I'd like it to look like g1 maybe just a little more modern. It would probably go over great with g1 fans if done right
Thats....really good
That would give them a chance to kill the characters not in the movie like red alert, sideswipe and others
@The Gold Studio red alert was meant to die in the movie, though
@@michaelbucher9001 But he didn't so it could still happen in a show like that.
The Girl Who Loved Powerglide never fails to make me laugh
Justin Montana: That was one of the best episodes. Another good one for laughs was Kremzeek!
Triple takeover was more funny imo.
honestly I hated that episode as a kid and I still hate it today. Powerglide was one character I could be happy never seeing again. Not trying to hate on you Powerglide fans, I'm just sharing my opposite reaction...
Oh the ep with the robo bitch slap
Shadowfaux I LOVE THAT EPISODE AND POWERGLIDE!!!!
The Transformers G1 cartoon is simply the best show on TV back in the 80s.
And indeed still being watched and rediscoverd by new viewers today.
And foundly remembered by the older generation from back then.
Glad I discovered this YT channel brings back alot of good memories.
Thank You
G1 is my favorite tv show, with TF:TM being my favorite movie.
@@joelbaldwin4051 same
I was introduced to Transformers through the Bayverse movies. I fell in love with the characters, impactful messages, and awesome action. I watched Gen 1 soon after and still love to rewatch it. I don’t mind the animation errors, for it makes a fun game to see how many you can find throughout the episodes. The humor and teasing makes me laugh every time, and is something I wish Hasbro would bring back in today’s media.
I saw Transformers The Movie in theaters when it was new and i'm glad no one else liked it because we rented a copy over and over until the video store eventually gave it to us. That movie is TIMELESS!
That makes me think of Beauty and the Beast.
"Ah, Belle."
"Good morning. I've come to return the book I borrowed."
"Finished already?"
"Oh, I couldn't put it down. Have you got anything new?"
"Not since yesterday."
"That's alright. I'll borrow... this one."
"That one? You've read it twice."
"It's my favorite. Far off places, daring sword fights, magic spells, a prince in disguise."
"If you like it all that much, it's yours."
"But sir."
"I insist."
"Well thank you. Thank you very much."
I am one of those who grew up with this series in the 80´s!!! Thanks!!!
Diego S
I wish I grew up in the 80's :(
Mettaton Fabulous you missed out on fun tv shows stupid haircuts and semi awesome cars
🙌🏽
This was my second favorite show right behind Ghostbusters
@@lanibird2182 Most things where way better in the 80s and 90s compared to now.
I didn't grow up with the G1 Transformers cartoon, I discovered it years later however, I have grown to love the show!!
"We've got the touch." WAIT A MINUTE
We’ve got the powaaaaaaaaaaaa
I know i was thinking the same thing
@• cuppajj • Yeah
The fact that Hasbro hasn’t tried to take this show down shows that they’re looking at this and going “Oh yeah, we approve of this!”
I kinda wanna see a transformer named after Chris and voiced by him as well like make him a mysterious liberal keeper that knows pretty much everything about transformers and their universe
oh my the animation errors was killer...
Yeah, and part of the fun of watching.
As an kid I never catched the errors or questioned where all this robots came from... i just figured the Arc was so big that there were robots in there we didn't see all st once
@@mro-aviation makes sense
Canonically, the Nemesis is over a mile across, and that's still small compared to the Ark, as most of that width is in the giant wings.
perhaps as they got more Energon they were able to reactivate their comrades?
All cartoons back then had moments like that. They were put out so fast and on so small a budget that they didn't have time or money to correct them. So, they just had to go to air with the errors.
8:30 you can see Bumblebee and Goldbug together.
While I was too young to have watched the G1 cartoon when it was first airing (I wouldn't even be born for almost a decade after it premiered), I did discover a VHS of the three-part pilot at a local video rental store and gave it a watch, intrigued that Beast Wars wasn't the only Transformers show.
Later, as a teenager, I took to watching the series on Teletoon Retro (a Canadian TV station that airs older cartoons), since my interest in the franchise had been rekindled by the live-action movie and Animated.
Maple Samurai same bur i discoverd the movie first and came to love grimlock and soundwave
Fatmomma0000
Love both those characters
Maple Samurai Dude, watch Transformers: Prime, it's so good
Saaame, the movie was the first time I seen transformers, then started watching beast wars, and later reruns on teletoon
1:17 Poor Prime, he swallowed a human again.
@Jordan Taylor If you look closely, you can see a person in the window on his chest. Normally, his robot-guts would be behind that window.
I’m a young fan who discovered the series later on, but i love it to death. And sure, it may look dated to some people, and the toys aren’t as articulated as they are today, but there’s a certain charm to both the old toys and animation errors that makes it so amazing. Generation 1 is quite simply my favorite bit of Transformers continuity. Right next to the War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron games.
My favorite transformers g1 episode is the one where Beachcomber mourns the loss of organic life in a glen because of a special metal the autobots and decepticons were fighting over. Im a youngster so i was surprised to find these seeds of “autobots maybe not always good” were there even back in the eighties. I personally grew up with TF Animated and in between seasons i quenched my thirst for transformers by watching the movies and hunting down the G1 episodes on UA-cam
First I ever saw of TF G1 was in re-runs in the 1990's, when I was little. It and Power Rangers defined my early childhood (giant robots FTW), and then I saw a VHS of The Movie in a charity shop, bought it, and watched it till it wore out, and was inevitably chewed-up. I still watch the hell out of it online, too.
Incidentally, the G1 movie is the first time I ever heard a swear on TV.
Concentric Octagons you still sound like a little kid haha
Concentric Octagons- for a cartoon movie yea they threw a couple into some scenes which caught ne off guard aswell
Interestingly enough the European version cuts the swear-word, and my dad got super offended when he saw the US version for the first time (some twenty years after the original release). Man I miss the European version of the Movie, especially the fucking awesome Star Wars style text crawl narrated by Victor Caroli which is roughly twelve million times better than just having the actor names flash up on screen.
Concentric Octagons
Did you get it on blueray?
It's on blueray, and it is so CLEAR
Concentric Octagons I saw the animated TF movie on the big screen as a kid back in 1986. Then a couple years later I got the movie on VHS. Then many years later I got the DVD. Then a few years later I got the blue-ray.
I was a 90's boy who loved Beast wars but thanks to the hub network I fell in love with G1 Transformers even if it was a little dated.
Matthew Horton same
I miss the hub
I born in 1981, as many i love the G1 but not much into collecting toys back then. But beast wars make me love tf ever more when transmetals came and that is the turning point me collecting toys. Yessssss
My dad grew up with the show, so when I was younger (like, 3-4, so I don’t remember much of it) he’d rent the cds so we could watch the episodes together. Besides that, I grew up with the Bayverse movies. But, now that I am -almost- 13 I appreciate the g1 show and it remains my favorite as I revisit it :) I’m on season two, and already watched the movie because my dad insisted on getting it over with( it made me cry, btw >.
Call of the Primitives is my favourite episode. I find it hilarious that the animal Transformers get along slightly better than their main teammates.
Though I feel that some later shows (Animated and Prime) are superior to G1, I have nothing but the utmost respect for it. That cartoon is like the Volkswagen Beetle, it may be old and have a lot of problems, but it's very reliable.
Ehhh i don't have any problems with the og series but i definitely agree i show absolute respect to the show and the reasons why prime and animate existed 😊
I watched this cartoon back in the 1980s, I've been a Transformers fan since then as well. It was a cheesy, naff, silly cartoon that continues to have it's charms to this day despite the errors and 1980s cheese of the whole thing.
Reina Watt U sound like U like cheese
Not much, Scottish mild cheddar is nice but only once in a while. I just find the original G1 cartoon to be a tad cheesy.
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That's what about three quarters of the charm is personally.
I'm definitely part of the newer generation of Transformers fans, but my dad decided to start me off with "the good stuff" and introduced me to the franchise with G1. As a kid, I thought everything but the 86 Movie was just cheesy, but now, I love the original cartoon!
The G1 Transformers toy line and cartoon were such iconic and memorable parts of my youth. I couldn't wait to rush home from school, plop down in front of the TV, and catch up on all the latest episodes. There was at least a 3-year period where I was absolutely obsessed with them! It's another reason in a long list of why growing up in the 1980's was so awesome!
As someone who came in with the Beast Wars cartoon I never really felt the need to watch Gen 1 Transformers until recently and I gotta say while it’s quite cheesy it’s still a top quality cartoon and a must watch for any hardcore Transformer fan.
I may have been born in the late 90s but I love the g1 show so much
Same here!
I still remember my mother having to teach me how to tell time so I could watch this show as a kid.
season one animation> every other season
TRUTH!
Maybe. But season 3 and season 4 had the best stories.
@Jackson Myers For me, G1 is the only Transformers. Except for the four issues of G.I. Joe that set up the launch of the G2 comic. But after those 4 issues, nada. And I also completely rule out issues 56-80 of the G1 comic for consideration. But everything prior to that I love.
Season 3 was the best imo. It had more character driven episodes, fleshed out much more of the galaxy, really delved into the mythos, and concluded with the return of Optimus Prime. As seasons go, that's pretty baller
@@samuelwithers2221 fair
I'm lucky enough to have seen the G1 series when it first aired on TV, I have the original DVD set that came with animation cells, and the newer DVD release set.
my dad watched it when he was a kid and technically i did too since he had it on a collectors dvd but i've started rewatching it now that i can actually take the 'plot' for what it's worth. starscream's my favorite character though, love that bird boy.
Tepimatsu-san-matsuno
Same. Megatron is my favorite though ;)
Second, Soundwave.
Third, Galvatron.
Fourth, Springer.
And I recently just found out (or realized) that Cyclonus is my fifth.
Ahhh G1... good times...
Wish I was born in the 80's ;)
god me too, i would kill to have any of the original figures. if we're going top 5 though hands down its starscream, swindle, skywarp, soundwave, and blitzwing
Tepimatsu-san-matsuno
Actually me, and my family recently (by recently I mean a couple months ago) went to my grandma's on my Dad's side, and we found the Twintwist toy that my dad had when he was young!
The hook on it was broken though... so it couldn't really function the way it was supposed to... but Hey! It's a G1 toy right? I looked at the engravedment on the back it said " Takara 1980-1984 " so we have a G1 Transformer on our hands. Well, my dad doesn't let me play with it (I am kinda old for that) (I should have said touch it) so it's on top of our fish tank like a decoration, it's a little faded from age, but I kinda like that, it also has one of those "rub it, and find out if it's a autobot, or a decepticon" sticker (it barely works)...
Tepimatsu-san-matsuno
But to be honest, I was looking at the G1 commercials for the toys, and I saw Sixshot, and Quickswitch. i squealed so loud, and I really need(want) them!!
I really like transforming transformers (my grandma from my mother's side had got Armada Megatron, and Armada Skyfire/Jetfire. they were in their alt Mode, and I just looked at them and transformed them without any instructions! That was also my first time seeing those toys)
So in a way, Transformers toys are like my Rubix cube, and/or Fidget spinner ;)
(Sixshot, and quickswitch are six changers!)
i feel the exact same way! my dad had the original blitzwing toy that came out but it lost it and i was so sad, i would of killed to have that blitzy. whenever im anxious i tend to fiddle with my figures so i totally get the fidget spinner comparison. i think of them more like fidget cubes though. my 1 step sideswipe for RID15 is usually my victim when it comes to fidgeting lmao
This show will always have a special place in my heart
Awesome job on all of these BASICS videos, Chris. I subscribed a long time ago and look forward to many more. Part of the genius of the G1 franchise, in my opinion, was the development of TV characters that made kids want the toys even more. It certainly worked on me.
As a fan that watched the original series when it first aired, I really appreciate this trip down memory lane. Thank you!!
My heart will always be with this show.
My first introduction to the G1 series was in the early 2000s when I was younger around the time of the first and/or second Live action Transformers movie in which I saw the original G1 Transformers movie and I liked it
My dad introduced me to this when he found out it aired on the hub tv channel. Remember staying up till 12 am on weekends just waiting to watch it with him. Now I’m looking forward to the new Netflix series, I hope it turns out well
As a kid and even today, Transformers is my life!!!! Going to the store to buy them and watching them on TV.....heaven......
Amazing to see how far the transformers legacy has lasted... from watching it as a kid in the 80s and still to this day I am a big fan.
My mom said I cried for a month after Prime died, we couldn't finish watching the movie I cried so much. I didn't watch the whole movie till I was in high-school, when I rented it from Blockbusters!
I have this entire show and I am 14
How the heck do you have it
@@aapotolonen3357 He probably owns it digitally.
Tom Hur ok
@@tomhur1 There is a box set of dvds I got it. But got it years ago.
@@aapotolonen3357 DVDs man. I'm fifteen and have most of the show on DVD back when Netflix would mail you disks. Best. Childhood. Ever.
G1 proves to be one of the most important pieces of pop culture pieces ever, would be more appropriate given what the series has helped create.
In a newish fan who recently watched it and by far my favorite character was and still is soundwave
Awesome video dude, I was a big Transformers fan in the 1980s with a vast collection of Transformer toys
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Rob The Meat Manifesto do you still have your collection?
I've been here since they began. Nothing better. I really understood my love the most when I joined the USMC. That's when I realized that Optimus Prime and Megatron showed me what good leaders and bad leaders are. I will never forget that.
I grew up watching G1 . this informative breakdown is excellent!! I learned many things. Thank you.
The golden lagoon and call of the primitives stand out as favorites of mine. Also, the return of optimus prime and the hate spores was very memorable.
Call of the primitives and the Return of Optimus are among my favorites
I remember the 80's Gen 1 Transformers as the single most important thing in the world at the time. Rushed home after school, and everything was put on hold until the Transformers show was done. I still remember getting Soundwave for Christmas that year.
i will never admit this is a cartoon, it is more of an anime in my eyes.
I watched Seasons one and two when I was a kid. Unfortunately, when my family moved out to California I had to catch the bus to go to school when the third season aired. So I haven't really been able to watch much of it. But I loved the parts of the series that I was able to watch. I think my favorite character on the show was Jazz.
To this day i still watch the G1 series and I'm 42. Better then Michael Bay's version
I started to watch Transformers when season 3 started to air. I did watch the movie and the next day season 3 started ! I'm probably the only one who did like season 3 and Rodimus. I think his struggle of being the leader was too adult for a tv show of that time. I liked it and still love it.
I died recently when watching season 3 and the decepticons went to a middle East country called carbombya
Mike Perry I thought that too. Carbombia was a “tad” racist. As an adult, I’m shocked that made it to air.
One voice actor quit over that episode,believe it or not
LMAO Which episode was that? I remember the Aerialbots (I thought it was Aeriobots for the longest time) fought the Combaticons in Aerial Assault, but I never caught that line!
I believe it was Casey Kasim who quit over that
@@vickerandflips8061 It sure was. But he was justified in doing so,I believe
1:40 thank you! I always wondered what was up with Megatron's head and gun. Such a simple answer too.
There's a leeetle more to the story... but I'll save that for a Basics on Megatron somewhere down the line! ;)
well, definitely gotta sub to your channel now. can't wait for that video. SUBSCRIBED!
Just subbed, super work! Hope 'Transformers: Prime' gets your treatment, it needs a quality review.
Love it! I feel kinda ashamed though that I wasn't aware of how many bonafide comicbook legends had a hand in the original cartoon :)
i was introduced to transformers when going to the library on weekends mostly and picking up vhs and dvds of g1 episodes that i would watch from every day and g1 still holds a special place in my heart.
I was introduced to transformers when I found my dads old G1 toys at grandmas house
I grew up.with this series and one of my favorite characters ever was Red Alert and his episode with Inferno, and Starscream is my favorite decepticon. I'm pretty sure I've seen almost every episode of g1, read most of its comics, and very excited when I see different siege designs of classic characters from "My era." I essentially sat out the beast era and revisited the unicorn trilogy a little bit. And of course I've went out of my way to see all the live action movies, including Bumblebee, but I'll always have fond memories of seeing the original animated movie. Everything from the death of optimus to the origination of galvatron. One of My favorite series as a kid and one of my favorite movies! Thank you for all your basics videos, Chris. I'm trying to watch them all to see what I've missed over the years lol
One of my favorite cartoons from back in the day. Along with Voltron & Tranzor Z
I'm a very new fan, getting into the series just over a year ago. I was drawn in through a Monster Hunter transforming toy review made by JobbytheHong, and my love for transforming toys was reignited since my brief passing with them in childhood. Then the on market toys, wiki, and IDW comics drew me in further. Now I'm stuck, but this seems like a pretty cool fandom to be in.
Also I developed a fast favouritism for Soundwave, after a fated encounter and acquisition of his Titans Return toy.
I'm 12 years old and i sooo want to watch G1!
Get the app Tubi. Whole series is there legally and free to stream
@@kyledamron I watched it completely like 2 and a half years ago.
9:44 The Wings Universe blew my mind because i didn't know those events happened before and after the G1 cartoon had its time.
Was born in 2002 but parents showed me all the original 80s and 90s transformers shows they're probably some of the best cartoons of all time. Favorite character would either be Cliffjumper or wheeljack
Yeah, I'm 27 (in 2021). I grew up with Beast Wars, RID 2001 and TF: Animated. Plus great shows like Avatar the Last Airbender and Bruce Timm's DCAU. So when I was 10 and got the entire G1 Transformers show for Christmas just as I asked for, I only knew it by reputation by Geewunners who wouldn't stop going on about how great it was. I was profoundly disappointed.
Funnily enough, because I didn't get attached to any of the characters, I didn't care when they died in the movie, save for Optimus who I genuinely felt for as he died. Season 3 ended up being my favourite as I felt Ultra Magnus, Kup, Springer, Arcee and Rodimus were telling muuuuuch more interesting stories with deeper themes and better characterisation than S1-2. Plus the film and much of season 3 was darker, and I was a fan of that.
I couldn't stand Series 3. I only really cared about the Decepticons. Other than Galvatron, Cyclonus and Scorge none of them had much exposure.
The basics is my fav tf lore on youtube..hands down. Ive rewatched every epidode @ least twice. Kudos.
G1 FOREVER! !
hello Angela and Happy belated Christmas and New year where ever you are in the world LoL Hi there my name is Peter from Hamilton Ontario Canada and I too have been a g1 transformers fan since day one
I discovered back in the early 2000s when my brother got it from the library and we were hook and this was after we we watched armada and before energon came on the air, my favorite episode is the one we're Starscream creates the combatacons and my favorite characters are Starscream and Galvatron.
When i was around 7 or 8 when i first saw the 07 film i was fascinated by the lore and wanted to know more so my dad bought me season 1 and 2 box sets of g1 and 10 years later still into the series.
I didn't get into Transformers until I was already an adult, but I decided to start with G1 as a taster to see if it was my sort of thing. It is! :D
Most memorable episode for me: Triple Takeover
ZONE DEFENSE!
This is my favorite show and I wasn’t even alive when it came out but I still love it, I don’t even have to think about my favorite transformer is Soundwave by far, great job on the video
I remember the TF movie being “hosted” on its first tv broadcast by puppet/animatronic Optimus Prime, which left one of the kids he was telling the tale to beg to know how he survived. He laughs it off as a tale for another time as the credits roll. I’ve NEVER seen that version or type of hosting for TF ever again. I thought it was some sort of dream for years, and it’s still rare for me to get any type of confirmation that it existed.
I didn’t watch the show back in the day. After all, I was only -23 years old when it first aired!
Keep up the good work, I luv this.
My brother and I ran from the school bus to the house to watch G1 Transformers. We also had the largest yard on our block and every Saturday we had over 15 kids in the neighborhood bring their toys over. We also had G.I. Joe battles in the yard too. The good old days. We all hated Optimus death and didn't like Rodimus. We saw Ultra Magnus as the leader after Prime.
I was introduced to transformers with this series and I wasn’t around in the 80s so in my opinion it still holds up
Used to rent the 86 movie a ton from my local video store when I was a kid. :)
It's been years like 2012 or 2011 I last saw Generation One it's now 2019 and I still love it today.
I remember loving the cartoon which was on early in the morning on Saturdays when I saw it. Each episode had a narrative structure similar to a bowl of spaghetti. Looks good at the start, finishes eventually but the bit in between is a confused mess. Still wouldn’t miss it at the time!
1:18 looks like Spike forgot to get out of Prime before he Transformed
Love seeing these videos so much. It's so great to see all this history condensed, and I always learn something new about the technical and business side of Transformers history.
Youngster who got into the cartoon much after the fact ova here. Fav ep has to go to either Starscream's Brigade, which introduced my fav combiner team ever, or The Gambler, which just had a fun story I'd say.
At the time of this writing, I am 27 years old and, while I grew up more with Beast Wars and Unicron Trilogy, I have fond memories of watching the first two seasons of G1 on VHS and DVD in my childhood. For me my favourite Transformers were: Megatron, Starscream, Shockwave, Soundwave, Rumble & Ravage on the Decepticon side, Optimus Prime, Powerglide, Beachcombover and Ironhide on the Autobot side.
My favourite Combiners were: Devastator, Bruticus and Menasor.
Some of my favorite generation one characters were Trailbreaker, Swoop, Red Alert, Blitzwing, Rat Bat, and Rumble
Just watched all your TF Basics and subbed!
G1 was the very best. I remember watching it on Wacaday (The Wide Awake Club) on UK TV on the weekend mornings. I loved it and still have a huge collection of the G1 comics now
Great memories. This has been my most favourite show for the past few years and I've watched so many times, I've lost count. My favourite character was always Soundwave.
Favorite G1 eps: The Insecticon Syndrome, Traitor, Fire on the Moutain, Starscream's Brigade/Revenge of Bruticus, Call of the Primitives, Starscream's Ghost/Ghost in the Machine, and Webworld (co-written by the now-late Len Wein of comics and the still living Diane Duane of Star Trek novel fame)
I grew up with the G1 cartoon, my favorite episodes were "The Ultimate Doom", "War Dawn",
"The Key To Vector Sigma" and "The God Gambit". My favorite Autobot is still Optimus Prime and my favorite Decepticon is Starscream.
DoctorPretorious616
My favorite Decepticon (and overall favorite character) is Megatron, and my favorite Autobot is Springer
My favorite episodes are Wardawn, Starcreams ghost, and Ghost in a machine :)
The show is on UA-cam so I’ve been working through them. Along with this channel it’s increased my love of Transformers
I always appreciated how G1 Optimus always wanted to draw the battle away from humans. In the M. Bay movies there’s a lot of human collateral damage.
My dad was a fan back when it originally aired, and got me hooked in the 2000’s when I was born. Funnily enough he couldn’t bring himself to watch the third season after the death of optimus, doesn’t even know he returned.
Beast Wars was my Gateway to the Transformers Universe. I never got to see the G1 TV Series until the Early 2000s on Teletoon Retro. Although I DID see the G1 Movie before the TV Series.
My Favorite Characters were the Dinobots.(Especially Grimlock)
Great video! Yep, I was a kid in the 80's and watched the original. Still one of my all-time favorite shows!
Great video! Fun fact: the japanese headmasters and other series were dubbed and transmited in Mexico
Hopefully it was better than the English dub for Headmasters-onwards.
I've been a big Transformers fans since I was very, very, very young back in the 80s though I was born in 1984. I've completed collecting my Transformers 1984 set by displaying 2 of the same sets in my 2 glass cabinets at home but in each different form. I still enjoy Transformers Generation One alot.
I was born in 1995 and only discovered transformers when CYBERTRON first aired! (That was the year we got cable lol) But I fell in love with the G1 cartoon when I found it on UA-cam and my favorite episode is, uh, I forget the title but the one where Astrotrain recruits an army of regular trains!
Chris McFeely, great video. This is the Greatest Cartoon TV Show ever made!! I first saw this in Luxembourg in the mid 80's and got hooked!!
I had a dvd of more than meets the eye 1,2 and 3 I would watch it over and over
My intro to TF might have been Armada but I was truly hooked when I got some VHS of some season 1 and 2 episodes of the G1 cartoon (I think they were SOS Dinobots, Dinobot Island, A Prime Problem and City Of Steel) and the ‘86 movie at blockbuster. And I’ve loved it ever since.
Also I had no idea Marv Wolfman worked on the cartoon. One of my favorite comic writers who wrote Crisis On Infinite Earths and my favorite run on The Titans for DC.
I first discovered transformers g1 when I saw it on the shelf of a blockbuster store before they went out of business. I loved that film. Strangely, I didn't cry when optimus died.