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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2949631" data-attributes="member: 707">Well, I think I probably qualify as a fan.  I liked the series as a boy.  I had a ton of the toys.  I was seriously considering buying a die-cast remake of Optimus Prime at one point recently, then couldn't find it again when I had decided to buy it. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />I am very pleased with the decision, should it turn out to be true.  Concessions will have to be made to convert a children's cartoon into a serious story.  One of those concessions will be the size-issue.  Tiny pistols and tape-players becoming giant robots has got to go.  So you change out the small stuff for things that can conceivably become giant robots.  Like semi's, cars, airplanes, and tanks.As far as the silliness of the premise goes, you may not remember all of the story.  The transformers weren't able to coincidentally change into Earth vehicles.  They crash-landed on Earth without that capability, then, scanning their surroundings, rebuilt themselves with the ability to mimic Earth vehicles in order to move about the planet undetected.  It was a means of continuing their private war without the hassle of dealing with human military interference.Really, the only silliness in the Transformers plot is the core concept of giant robots.  If you can accept giant robots--in any venue--then there aren't any other plot points that are particularly outlandish.  If you can't, then nothing they do is going to make Transformers more palettable to you.</blockquote>

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