No, because it was the first G1 comic in years, and tied into a pre-existing continuity.Shockwave wrote:You must have hated DW's run then.andersonh1 wrote: But we've seen Maximals and Predacons with beast modes on primitive planets in three different series. I really don't want to read a new version of that same old story again without some interesting new reason that will compel me to do so. If they're just fighting over energon/anglomois/whatever, then why should I care? It's been done already.
The Unicron trilogy is not G1, so there's a little arguing of apples and oranges here. However, Armada offered something new with the mini-cons and all the issues that came along with that. Issues of self-determination for the mini-cons, and whether or not the Autobots were as guilty as the Decepticons of using them, even if the purpose was benevolent. That's a major change from the black and white morality of G1. Energon wasn't all that impressive as a follow-up, though the alliance between Earth and Cybertron had potential. And Cybertron was probably the weakest of the three in a fictional sense, but the toyline gave us a little bit of everything. Terrestrial vehicles, sci-fi vehicles, beasts and spacecraft.And the UC. They were all rehashes of "Autobots and Decepticons fight over MacGuffin X". So why do Autobots and Decepticons get a free pass on that when Maximals and Predacons don't? It's a double standard.
So yes, we got some rehashing of old situations and characters, but we also got some new ideas and concepts which offered a fresh take on a familar conflict. And that's what I'd be looking for in any potential Beast Wars reboot as well.
Because I think the Beast Wars concept as established has been mined pretty throughly by now. There aren't very many reasons why a shapeshifting alien robot from a distant planet would disguise themselves as an animal. There are very few situations in which that would make sense and where such a disguise would be applicable. Whereas with G1 there was more latitude to tell stories in different settings, given that the alt modes weren't restricted to one category.I'll try this from another angle: G1 cartoon and comic were different, and it shouldn't matter when they were done. They each did something different with a particular set of characters in a particular setting, why can't that be applied to BW?
The premise of Beast Wars was that the planet had too much energon, but organic "shells" if you will would provide protection. The alternate mode wasn't adopted for disguise from the locals (because there weren't any) or mobility or fighting ability as with G1, but for protection from the elements. That's a reason that's not easily transported into another scenario without straining credulity.