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testorschoice



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 13, 2009 8:51 pm Reply with quote
Hon'ya-chan wrote:
testorschoice wrote:

If you're objecting to the product placement, that's ironic, given that the first cartoon was a fun 30-minute toy commercial. Smile


Theirs a difference between making actual character toys for a glorified toy commercial vs. being a corporate shill and completely ignoring established continuity.


1) The "glorified toy commercial" was made for the toys, not the other way around
2) The origins of Transformers is a model example of "corporate shilling" and ignoring established continuity. Please look up the stories of Diaclone, Microman, Beetras, Macross, Dorvack, and see how much of those established continuities were ignored in creating Transformers for Hasbro. (Remember, thanks to the comics and the conflicting cartoon episodes, there are multiple Transformers continuities from the beginning anyways. Look up the multiple Constructicon origins.) They were fun stories, but let's not over-inflate "continuity" or gloss over the rough edges of corporatism.
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[Mod Edit:] You were already warned once.
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