Really Surprised!

A different way of telling a story

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The original 1984 show is still the jewel of the Transformers franchise, but of the shows that followed it the best was Beast Wars. This show is wonderfully done in most respects, it took a few episodes for the show to find its feet which is perfectly normal actually for any show and some of the animation towards the start was a little on the iffy side. But when Beast Wars did find its feet, it was exciting and emotionally impactful, and ranking it along with the others Transformers shows it was definitely one of the best written too. The animation, done with computer animation in its early days, mostly is fine with the fluidity and detail getting stronger all the time and the characters are well-modelled. The music is dynamic and beautifully scored, complete with a very memorable theme tune. The writing is some of the absolute best of the franchise, it's very thought-provoking and sophisticated and never falls into cheesiness, and the stories are really well thought out and compelling, complete with very exciting action sequences. A good thing too because Beast Wars has a lot of them, though neither fall into the trap of overshadowing the story lines so the substance is not lost. Part of the show's appeal is that it's not just enjoyable for children and adults but also you can re-visit it some time later and it has every bit the magic and more. Some may not find that the case, but it was with me personally and with a lot of friends who grew up with it as one of their favourite shows. The characters are great, Optimus Primal and Megatron hardly disappoint, though the standout characters in this show were Cheetor, Rattrap and especially Dinobot. The voice acting is equally great, Dinobot is some of the best voice acting Scott Macneil has ever done and Ian James Corlett, Garry Chalk and David Kaye to name a few are similarly expressive. All in all, wonderful and the best since the original 1984 show. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Aliens from outer space have landed on earth during the Jurrasic era and have disguised themselves as either dinosaurs or animals...or insects and now there war rages on. The war is between the Maximals and the Predacons, led by Optimus Prime and Mega-Tron.The show combined cgi and great plots made it something to watch on the weekend and the action was brilliantly done and kept the pace of the show going. The voice actors were all brilliant and did a tremendous job in portraying each character individually with success.I especially loved the modified version of Optimus Prime...and the twist was brilliantly executed...

I remember this show from a while back, one of the shows that you cant forget. I loved it, the animation was fantastic, acting was good, story was well written.My favorite character in the show was Cheetor, he was the funniest and always got out of trouble.I recently watched a few episodes on DVD, brought back good memories from when i was little, watching it every Saterday morning, I wont forget this show, ever.Im grateful that they came up with this show, i don'nt know what it would be like for me if it was not around10 out of 10Classic

I watched this show growing up. And i loved it. I use to watch it Saturday mornings and buy the toys. This was one of my favourite childhood shows next the dexters labaratory or 2 stupid dogs.I remember watching beast wars everyday and enjoying every second. It was only after beast wars initially cancelled i heard about the transformers vehicle version. I originally thought this was a cheap rip-off of beast wars. Then i found out that transformers was around first. But the odd time you would find beast wars on i would watch it even now when the animation looks cheap.My favourite beast was cheetor i remember thinking how cool he was fighting the bad guys. It took me a while to find the toy but i almost had everyone anyway! Beast wars is a classic even if you prefer transformers anyway. The animation looks cheap now but it's still worth a look now if u catch it in re-runs.