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Summary: Transformers for the 90's
Review: Most can claim that they have seen the original Transformers TV show and declare it the best animated show they ever saw growing up as a child. Well, now, I have a say in that to. While I was growing up, I watched Beast Wars and it was without a doubt the best animated show at the time.I recall watching it early in the morning on a 5-day block of morning animation that included other shows like GI Joe Extreme (something a kin to Force Five)and then watching the second season a few years later. I highly enjoyed the series and tried to buy all of the toys as well. Now, my childhood has returned to me. This DVD set is great. It starts out with the first six episodes which pretty much introduce all the main characters: Optimus, Cheetor, Ratrap, Rinox, Megatron, Terrasaur, Scorpinoc, Dinobot and Taransalaus. These first six episodes are pretty good, but the first season is only minor episodic episodes with a few new characters added along the way. The real meat of the story comes in the second season where the story of Cybertron finally comes into play. Overall though, this is a good start to a great story and gets way better down the road. Recommended to just about anyone.
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Summary: Beast Wars Goes Digital
Review: My review of this movie rocks! I could not believe how clear the images and the sound are so superb even better when it was original aired. Rhino did an excellent job in the past with the Transformers the Move and GI Joe.
I f you are a transformers fan like this is a must have DVD for your collection.
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Summary: AWESOME DVD, Pretty good season, Decent animation
Review: OK, I'm going to do a little DVD review here first: Picture Quality: AWESOME!!! A+ - Crisp & Clear. No fuzziness. Excellent transfer. Bright vibrant colors. No CGI flutter. Animation: Average to Good. B - Being that the show debuted in '96, CGI hadn't matured like it did by 1999. When compared to the animation of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, Beast Wars animation looks a bit dated at times, especially in this first season. IIRC It gets better with later episodes. Sound: Good. A- Using Dolby 5.1, the soundtrack creates a submersive sound environment. You are constantly enveloped in sound due to the rear speakers being used extensively for the music and the occasional rear sound effect. However, with this volume at least the front left and right channels don't seem to have the punch that I thought they would. Most action and dialogue is anchored in the center speaker. But this improves with Volume 2 with more sound effects in the side channels. The .1 LFE channel is a bit weak in the this volume, but it's stronger in Volume 2. However, don't get me wrong, this is still a good soundtrack, I just thought it was a little weak in areas as noted above. Episodes:
1) Beast Wars Part 1: The Predacons and Maximals are fighting through space and crash on an unknown planet. The planet is rich in Energon and powerful enough to fuel galactic conquest. And so the battle for the planet begins! 2) Beast Wars Part 2: The battle between the Maximals and the Predacons continues. It starts off as Dinobot joins the Maximals after a fight with Optimus Primal for leadership which then gets cut short by a Predacon ambush. The battle culminates with the discovery and fight over a giant Energon crystal atop a mountain. 3) The Web: Rhinox develops a long-range comlink and Cheetor gets into trouble with a Predacons. He becomes trapped by Tarantulus's web device which will slowly and surely drain all of his energy unless he can get free. Mousetrap comes to the rescue and springs a surprise trap on Tarantulus. 4) Equal Meausures: Cheetor tries to prove himself to Optimus Primal by setting up a series of scanner prods, but he srikes a Energon stream that acts as a teleporter between the Predacon base and the Maximal base. Cheetor get transported to the Predacon base and Terrorasaur gets transported to Maximal base. 5) Chain of Command: A battle between the Predacons and the Maximals at the Stonehenge arrangement unleashes a signal to outer space that summons a mysterious probe. The probe arrives and absorbs Optimus Primal into its memory banks temporarily, so the Maximals have to choose a new leader. Dinobot tries to bully his way into the role. 6) Power Surge: Terrorsaur finds a floating mountian loaded with Energon that give him super-charged abilities but with a price of dependence. Having this new power, he challenges Megatron for leadership and pretty much trashes him. But after the mountain explodes, Terrasaur is back to square one and Megatron has been rebuilt. [gulp] And for those fans of the original G1 Transformers, the draw towards Beast Wars is one of more realistic fight scenes. Transformer actually get blow away and there's actually some emotion in their fights as well, giving the fights more impact.
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Summary: Want a dvd that you will watch over and over?
Review: The minute I saw this on sale, I ordered it. I have always been a Beast Wars fan since I can remember. The money is well spent towards it. The dvd qualities absolutely make the Beast Wars episodes more vivid toward sound and picture quality. It includes the first six episodes which have great storylines and actors to perform thier voices. What makes Beast Wars such a good series is you can be any age to understand it. To be honest, it is sort of an educational series as well. They talk about everything from teamwork to molecular structures while mixing in action and suspense. It's educational, entraining and overall, excellent.
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Summary: Want a dvd that you will watch over and over?
Review: The minute I saw this on sale, I ordered it. I have always been a Beast Wars fan since I can remember. The money is well spent towards it. The dvd qualities absolutely make the Beast Wars episodes more vivid toward sound and picture quality. It includes the first six episodes which have great storylines and actors to perform thier voices. What makes Beast Wars such a good series is you can be any age to understand it. To be honest, it is sort of an educational series as well. They talk about everything from teamwork to molecular structures while mixing in action and suspense. It's educational, entraining and overall, excellent.
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Summary: Great collection
Review: This DVD continues Season one of the television series. Season one was the weakest of the three seasons, but there were still a lot of good episodes. The descriptions are completely wrong by the 2 hosers who reviewed the DVD. Beast Wars was not based on a video game, the show did not originally air on Fox Kids, and Beast Wars did not make every toy into a character on the show. Beast Wars is the best show based on an existing toy line. The creators did not turn every toy into a character; there was plot, growth of characters, and even the killing off of beloved characters. Even when a new toy was coming out of said character. The animation is a little rough in the first season, but it gradually gets better. The best part about these DVDs is that they are the original uncensored episodes before Fox Kids brought out the scissors and toned down the violence.
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Summary: Let the Beast Wars Begin!
Review: This DVD is definetly a must buy for Beast Wars fans. In this DVD the first six episodes are presented. The picture and sound quality is very impressive, although it is a bit better in Volume 2. The first six episodes are not particularly interesting, in my opinion, but I enjoyed "Chain of Command" and "Power Surge" the most. There are no special features on this disk,..., but you occasionally see little snipets in the episodes that were not there on TV. For example: You see Megatron bash Terrorsaur in the back in "Beast Wars, Pt. 2" also, at the end of that episode when Optimus declares the "Beast Wars" the camera zooms away from him for much longer. Overall this is a good DVD That is more then worth purchasing. I just hope that Rhino continues to release them until they finish up the series.
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Summary: Beast Wars (DVD)
Review: This DVD is very well put together, as is the show. It contains the very first six episodes from the first season. The CGI is a mind-blower (even better when it comes to the third season). The storyline is very well kept between this new generation of Transformers and the original G1/G2 Autobots and Decepticons. And instead of robots in disguise with vehicles, it's robots in disguise with animals. Their beast forms help protect themselves from raw, unstable energon. A very clever idea. Optimus Primal (named after the great Autobot leader Optimus Prime) leads his crew (Rhinox, Rattrap, Cheetor and Dinobot) through a war against their evil enemies, the Predacons. Megatron (named after the evil Decepticon leader) battles his way to victory with his minions (Scorponok, Tarantulas, Waspinator and Terrorsaur) in ambition to conquer and crush the Maximals. Beast Wars ties in very well to the original Transformers as the seasons go on. It has characters that can be liked by everyone. Don't keep your mind shut on the first generation of Transformers. Open it to a new computer generated series which keeps the G1/G2 series alive. I barely remember the original Transformers, but since I was so interested in Beast Wars, I got hooked onto it again. Yes, Beast Wars is new, doesn't have nearly as many characters, but there is a lot of humor, action, battles, adventure and comes back to the Tripredacus Council, Ravage, the Autobots and the Decepticons. Keep up with the generations of this remarkable show. Don't stop at the first one because IT did not stop there. And remember, the Autobots are the ancestors of the Maximals and the Decepticons are the ancestors of the Predacons. They are NOT the same! :-)
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Summary: Excellent Dvd, But not both volumes.
Review: This is a great Dvd. We love "Beast Wars" and are glad to have this one on DVD. The buy info is wrong though, this is ONLY Volume 1. It contains 6 episodes-
BW Part 1, BW part 2, The Web, Equal Measures, Chain Of Command, and Power surge. Quality is Excellent. We are glad we bought it, but were disapointed to find only Vol. 1. Still an incredible find. Very satisfied. Now to find the others......
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Summary: Great Series - but I already bought a better DVD.
Review: This is a great series. The graphics seem a little dated now, but the story is still top notch. It plays great, but is lacking any good extras. ...
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