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Summary: Common Sense
Review: Oh come on.. it's Generation One... season 1... on DVD... Why would you rate it any lower!?!?! Even with the age old errors and such, you just don't get any better...
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Summary: The Real Transformers! What great memories.
Review: I bought this dvd set for my 5 year old son. He started watching the digimon transformers that are screening after school. When I heard there was a new series of transformers on tv I kinda got excited. I was thinking original series remade like beast wars, computer graphics. I was appalled that the whole transformers concept has been degraded by such lousy animation and woeful story lines. I bought the real transformers so my son could experience what I did growing up. He watched all 16 episodes in one day! I find myself a child again telling him about Bruticus and Menasor aswell as all the great characters like Soundwave. I don't know what's wrong with cartoons these days but at least we have these great dvds to rekindle the faith.
There maybe some continuity issues with say Sky Fire's emblem changing color every time you see him but you can't beat the voice overs of Megatron, Starscream, Optimus Prime(the Semi, not the tow truck) & Soundwave. Almost 20 years old but seems to be superior in so many ways to the[ones] on tv now. You gotta love THE REAL TRANSFORMERS
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Summary: Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye!
Review: The "Transformers: Generation One" first season DVD box set is totally incredible. Rhino Entertainment did an excellent job on this, as the episodes are remastered from their original film and sound negatives. The entire crew of Transformers is here -- Autobots and Decepticons. (I don't understand why Frenzy and Buzzsaw were delayed from this season.) My mom ordered me this set from Amazon.com before summertime was over with. My favorite Transformer of all is Optimus Prime. He's my mom's favorite, too. I'm very glad Rhino never cut out the commercial bumpers in between the episodes. I give this box set an A+!
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Summary: after-school and Saturday morning memories
Review: If you are looking to revisit your childhood after-school and Saturday morning memories then this is the DVD set for you! All of the original generation of the USA toy launch characters are here, Optimus Prime, Soundwave, Megatron, Starscream, Jazz, Wheeljack, and so on...
The never ending battle between the heroic Autobots and the evil Decepticons is documented in this 4 DVD collectors set.
I bought the DVD and quickly threw it into my player (you gotta have surround sound) and my journey back in time began. The Good- The animation cells have been digitally touched up as well as allot of the audio. On the bonus disk, you can see and hear exactly how poor some of the film and audio was prior to digital transfer. The colors are brilliant and probably look even better then they did 15 years ago. The audio in some cases is in surround sound with ripping highs and low bass. Examples of such would be laser fire and explosions. The Bad- Well of course the Decepticons are bad but besides that, the bad would have to be the dialogue in some cases. Granted I was like 10 years old when this came out originally and it was probably written as such but some of it is just poorly written and mindless. Points of interest here would be, in the first season Megatron is assumed to be dead about a half a dozen different times. Also the Autobots never seem to give up trying to blow the Decepticon up by burying them in a cave with explosions. The Decepticons 1 out of every 3 times seem to go after a power plant. Its like the writers had stories for the first 3 or 4 episodes as well as the last 3 or 4 and just kind of slapped it together in between. The Ugly- Without being way to critical, the animation and voice work has something to be desired. Mis-colored characters, wrong voices overdubbed, characters are frequently drawn out of perspective to each other and so on. Characters in some cases are transforming down when the should be transforming up and vice versa. Overall though, I thought that this was very well redone given the medium or lack there of in some cases, that the editors had to work with. I would recommend this to any fan of the transformers both young and dare I say old.
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Summary: My 2nd review of this product
Review: ...Ah, the first season at last!...I am going more in-depth into the episodes and why I gave this only three stars. I'd rather not go into any plot summaries because all you transfans KNOW what they're about. More Than Meets The Eye, Pts. 1,2,3
A great opening episode for the series, if a bit rough around the edges. No complaints on any parts of this premiere. Transport to Oblivion
Again, great episode. Roll For It
I never really cared much for this episode, but it was still good. Divide and Conquer
One of the first Transformers episodes I ever watched and one of the best also. Fire in the Sky
One of my favorites! This also has the best remastering transfer in the season, and I'm quite pleased with it. Rhino even fixed some of the errors that were already there. SOS Dinobots
Who cannot like this episode? The Dinobots are introduced here (well, 3 of them) and a good episode to showcase them. Fire on the Mountain
Great episode, but here's where the seams start to show. Rhino screwed up some parts in this episode, mostly coloration errors. Weird. War of the Dinobots
One of my favorites, a definite classic! The Ultimate Doom Pts. 1,2,3
Good remastering transfer of a good 3-part episode. No complaints. Countdown to Extinction
Ok episode, ok transferring. A Plague of Insecticons
A great episode, but it's another one that Rhino didn't do quite right. Heavy Metal War
ACK! My favorite of the season is butchered! Several messed up and reanimated scenes. WHY?! Overall, it's still worthy for your Transformers collection. But my suggestion is not to buy it for full price ($60). I suggest getting it used at a pawn shop or somewhere else. I sure wish Rhino didn't screw up Fire on the Mountain and Heavy Metal War. Sounds harsh, I'm sorry, but I'm a major fan. Some of the special features are nice, but this one can be questionable depending on the price. Still, I recommend getting this. After all, it IS Transformers!
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Summary: Disappointing season 1 from Rhino - valuable 4th extras DVD!
Review: THE SERIES RULES!!! Don't get me wrong, but Rhino's release here is full of errors and bugs. Reversed scenes, stereo-track sometimes with extra-effects sometimes not, the Dolby 5.1 track allways contains extra-effects. This is ok, but for nostalgic people like me this is bad. They edited out "originalnes" from the series. A pity. The idea behind the picture remastering was good but leaded to faults. The 4th extra DVD - exclusively in this boxset - with lots of extras on it is worth the purchase anyway. So for a fan like me I just bought it because of the extras. If you have a PAL DVD player, think of buying the UK boxset, with unedited picture material and completly different extras on the fourth DVD!!
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Summary: R Killian, I Couldn't Have Said it Better Myself...
Review: In fact, I DID say it to Rhino in email, to which they replied they were 'forwarding it to the suggestion box'. I have my original videotapes from the original broadcast of the series, so I was able to compare, for instance in 'Fire on the Mountain' when the DVD switched Skywarp's colors for Thundercracker and colored Skyfire black...which, for all the mistakes that occurred in the original version, DID NOT occur in the original. I also noted that the soundtrack throughout this and subsequent collections seems to be missing an entire track, most noticeable in the theme song and the missing bumper music. Considering that Rhino must have known about the large fandom (something which, for instance, had to be taken into consideration by the writers of Beast Wars and subsequent series, and Hasbro) by the fact they have been spending the money to put out multiple versions of each episode, its inescusable that they didn't use that resource in replacing missing parts, as well as just simply putting out the best quality product that they could. Its also too bad that many Transformers fans are of the opinion that 'well, at least its finally on DVD' and are perfectly willing to accept a substandard product.
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Summary: Pretty Good Start
Review: This is where the Transformers cartoon saga began. The series started in 1984. I'm not too familiar with all of the aspects of the series. Some of the commercial bumpers may or may not be missing. The audio may or may not be out of sync in some of the opening theme sequences. However, I do know that the episodes on these DVDs were remastered from the original 35mm master prints. What that means is that some animation mistakes, which were corrected prior to airing on television in 1984, were reintroduced. For example, Starscream sometimes has the wrong colors. This doesn't bother me much, but it might bother others. There are numerous white spots on the picture, but this is understandable considering the age of the original master tapes. The extras are nice, but there's not enough focus on the original series. I wanted cast and writer interviews. I wanted all of the scripts, not just one. I wanted Year 1 toy commercials. Now onto the actual story. There are 16 episodes in Season 1. It has surprisingly good continuity for an American cartoon series - especially one made in the 1980s. There are two 3-part episodes, and the single-part "Countdown to Extinction" picks up the story from the three-part "The Ultimate Doom". There is a continuity error between "More Than Meets the Eye" Part 3 and "Transport to Oblivion", however. There are lots of characters, most of which aren't developed beyond stereotypes. Optimus Prime, Megatron, Starscream, and Spike are the best-developed characters. Also, even though this story is about a war, none of the robots are ever destroyed, and none of the humans are ever killed. Still, this is an entertaining cartoon series and worth the purchase, even though it'll probably be cheesier than you remember from childhood. For those of you that missed it when it was on TV, this is your chance to see it.
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Summary: Great DVD Set
Review: I loved the Transformers show when I was growing up back in the 1980s. Many times after the series ended I wished I could sit down on the couch and watch an episode or two. Now I can watch any time. The quality is great on these disks. The art on the box is fantastic too. I never got to see the first three episodes that gave the beginning story of the Transformers. The day the DVDs arrived I watched all three and will enjoy watching more. I love this DVD set. Great deal with the Season Two combination offer.
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Summary: I love transformers
Review: I love transformers and I say it is a classic. But I get a question. There are at least 5 DVD set available. I want to have a complete set of DVD of transformers without duplicate, should I buy all the DVD as below? 1) Transformers - First Season Collector's Edition
2) Transformers Season Two Box Set, Part 1
3) Transformers - Heroes - Rebirth (Vols. 1-3) DVD
4) The Transformers - The Movie
5) Transformers - Villains - Ultimate Doom Parts 1-3 (1984)
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