Beast Machines: Transformers (cartoon)

By more forgiving Transfans, Beast Machines is remembered as the series which tried to tackle a heavy philosophical concept--what it meant to live in an increasingly technological society--and didn't always suceed. Many fans, however, are not so forgiving, and recall with hatred the "hippie" agenda of this follow-up to Beast Wars, going so far as to send story editor Bob Skir death threats, causing him to cancel a convention appearance in 2000. Beast Machines followed the adventures of the core Beast Wars cast upon their return home to Cybertron; there, Optimus Primal and his crew find that the whole planet has been made mindless slaves of Megatron, who somehow escaped his captivity (seen at the close of Beast Wars). Throughout Beast Machines' two seasons, Primal and his fellow Maximals learn to balance their technological side with a newly-retconned biological aspect, eventually turning Cybertron into an organic paradise. Like Beast Wars, Beast Machines was fully CGI; unlike Beast Wars, the show did not go over well. Hasbro's next foray into animation, perhaps as an effort to recover, would be to bring over a year-old Japanese show for consumption in the US, until a new story could be concocted.

Season 2: Battle for the Spark

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