I was too young for G1 as it first aired a year before I was born, but Beast Wars was right in my ball park. I was obsessed with from about ages 12-15 and I recently came back to the fandom when I got into a discussion about it with my transformers-obsessed friend (this is the same friend who gave me the whole Rommel's-tank-is-a-transformer crack!idea).
Even as an adult I still find it a great series to watch. The CGI is crappy by today's standards but it was considered to be inovative when the show first aired. I find it considerably less campy than G1 and the smaller cast of characters is very well developed. I'd _really_ recommend watching it, but then I suppose I'm biased. ;)
In regards to the Anne McCaffrey books, the thing I was getting at was how similar Skywarp's ability to teleport is to the dragons' inate ability to go *between*, complete with the fact that if you don't have a good visualization of where you're going you're fucked. In the series it was discovered that dragons could go *between* times as well and that some things, like the five Weyrs disapearing and the Long Intervals were 'meant' to happen.
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Date: 22 Dec 2008 11:07 pm (UTC)Even as an adult I still find it a great series to watch. The CGI is crappy by today's standards but it was considered to be inovative when the show first aired. I find it considerably less campy than G1 and the smaller cast of characters is very well developed. I'd _really_ recommend watching it, but then I suppose I'm biased. ;)
In regards to the Anne McCaffrey books, the thing I was getting at was how similar Skywarp's ability to teleport is to the dragons' inate ability to go *between*, complete with the fact that if you don't have a good visualization of where you're going you're fucked. In the series it was discovered that dragons could go *between* times as well and that some things, like the five Weyrs disapearing and the Long Intervals were 'meant' to happen.
Alright, I'll stop geeking out now. XD