Multi-Media Transformers
Since their debut as a toy in 1984, Transformers has been a hit with people for years. Transformers is also an excellent example of a property that has been in more than one form a media. Not only did it start as a toy phenomenon, it has grown to a huge thing on pages and screens. Transformers has had many TV shows ("Generation One" 1984 - 1992, "Generation Two" 1992 - 1995, Beast Wars/ Beast Machines 1996 - 2001, and various other series from 2000 to the present), comic books, and movies [Transformers: the movie (1986) and Transformers (2007)]. Transformers has easily spread to many forms of entertainment, but at what cost?
The Transformers television show came about after the toy line and comic book has seen great success. Generation One Transformers was created as a result of the success of the toy line. In 1992, Transformers was revamped. Generation Two Transformers was to help promote the new toy line. Generation Two ran until 1995. By the time 1996 rolled around a new concept of Transformers was created, which gave birth to a new Transformers universe ans story line, Beast Wars. Beast Wars was set on prehistoric earth which. Autobot and Decipticon decadents, the Maximals and Predicons (respectively) travel back in time and take the form of prehistoric beast.
Beast Wars ran until 2000, and had a continuation of the show called Beast Machines, which was no where near as successful as previous names in the Transformers world. Since 2000, many variations of the origins of the Transformers have been reproduced. Within the last few years, three Transformers shows have been released which saw great success with the new Transformers movie that was released in 2007.
Since their debut as a toy in 1984, Transformers has been a hit with people for years. Transformers is also an excellent example of a property that has been in more than one form a media. Not only did it start as a toy phenomenon, it has grown to a huge thing on pages and screens. Transformers has had many TV shows ("Generation One" 1984 - 1992, "Generation Two" 1992 - 1995, Beast Wars/ Beast Machines 1996 - 2001, and various other series from 2000 to the present), comic books, and movies [Transformers: the movie (1986) and Transformers (2007)]. Transformers has easily spread to many forms of entertainment, but at what cost?
The Transformers television show came about after the toy line and comic book has seen great success. Generation One Transformers was created as a result of the success of the toy line. In 1992, Transformers was revamped. Generation Two Transformers was to help promote the new toy line. Generation Two ran until 1995. By the time 1996 rolled around a new concept of Transformers was created, which gave birth to a new Transformers universe ans story line, Beast Wars. Beast Wars was set on prehistoric earth which. Autobot and Decipticon decadents, the Maximals and Predicons (respectively) travel back in time and take the form of prehistoric beast.
Beast Wars ran until 2000, and had a continuation of the show called Beast Machines, which was no where near as successful as previous names in the Transformers world. Since 2000, many variations of the origins of the Transformers have been reproduced. Within the last few years, three Transformers shows have been released which saw great success with the new Transformers movie that was released in 2007.
Marvel Comics quickly saw the success that the Transformers toy line had and worked a deal Hasbro (the creators of Transformers) to create a Transformers comic book line. Like the toy line, the comics saw a great success. This success was also a reason to create a Transformers television show. The comic books (one in the U.S, another in the U.K) and tv show had stories that ran along with one another. However the comic book had trouble keeping up with the television show and first movie, as Transformers: the Movie created a completely different story line. The Generation One comic ended shortly before the Generation One Transformers television show did. In 1993, to help aid the new brand of Transformers (Generation 2), the Transformers made a five issue return in another Marvel/Hasbro comic line; G.I. Joe. In 2000, to help bring back the classic Generation 1 Transfomers, Mavel started to release mini-issues of Transformer comic books. The most recent mini-issue is Transformers Movie Sequel: The Reign of Starscream.
In 1986, Transformers had become a huge success in two years. Hasbro felt it necessary to create a Transformers movie, appropriately titled Transformers: The Movie. This movie not only certified how hugely popular Transformers had become, but also set the plot for a new season of Transformers Generation One televison show. In 2005, director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, the Rock) took on the task of creating a live-action Transformers movie. In 2007 Transformers was released and had a huge reception. This new movie was to pay homage not only to the old 1980's style of movie, but to the success of the Hasbro and the Transformers saga. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is set to be released in 2009. Michael Bay, and others who have worked on the film, have released that even twenty years after the original Transformer toy came off the line, their influence and "fun" are still felt in today’s world.
It has been twenty-three years since the first Transformers rolled off the production line. Now, as then, the Transformers saga has had a huge influence in our modern media. Transformers has captured the imagination of children and adults alike for two and a half decades. Many Transformer fans of the 1980's are still fans today (some even claiming that the Beast Wars era as their favorite). Even today, with the new movie franchise, Transformers is still a huge part of our media. The Transformers saga is truly an amazing thing, with various of televison shows and video games, comic books, two (soon to be three) movies, and, of course, action figures. There will always be something to the Transformers franchise that will continue to attract people to it for many more years, because there will always be something about Transformers "then what meets the eye".
In 1986, Transformers had become a huge success in two years. Hasbro felt it necessary to create a Transformers movie, appropriately titled Transformers: The Movie. This movie not only certified how hugely popular Transformers had become, but also set the plot for a new season of Transformers Generation One televison show. In 2005, director Michael Bay (Armageddon, Bad Boys, Pearl Harbor, the Rock) took on the task of creating a live-action Transformers movie. In 2007 Transformers was released and had a huge reception. This new movie was to pay homage not only to the old 1980's style of movie, but to the success of the Hasbro and the Transformers saga. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is set to be released in 2009. Michael Bay, and others who have worked on the film, have released that even twenty years after the original Transformer toy came off the line, their influence and "fun" are still felt in today’s world.
It has been twenty-three years since the first Transformers rolled off the production line. Now, as then, the Transformers saga has had a huge influence in our modern media. Transformers has captured the imagination of children and adults alike for two and a half decades. Many Transformer fans of the 1980's are still fans today (some even claiming that the Beast Wars era as their favorite). Even today, with the new movie franchise, Transformers is still a huge part of our media. The Transformers saga is truly an amazing thing, with various of televison shows and video games, comic books, two (soon to be three) movies, and, of course, action figures. There will always be something to the Transformers franchise that will continue to attract people to it for many more years, because there will always be something about Transformers "then what meets the eye".
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Possibly the best thing I have ever written about.
FACT!
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