Transformers Beast Wars: Seasons 2 & 3

ITEM: Beast Wars seasons 2 & 3 from Shout! Factory, wrapping up their release of the Beast Wars: Transformers series. This aired '96-'99 as a direct sequel to the original Transformers G1 show (also recently re-released from Shout!), headed by Bob Forward and Larry DiTillio, DiTillio of "Babylon 5" fame.REVIEW: I'm a fan of Transformers, and after seeing G1, I naturally followed it up with Beast Wars. The robots (now Maximals and Predacons) turn into animals instead of vehicles (to much fan derision), and this Optimus and Megatron are whole new characters. As a fan of sci-fi and good storytelling in general, I was amazed with the series. It starts a little cheesey, but it builds in seriousness and creates an overall dark tone. No story is completely solved in thirty minutes. It takes the entire series to tell its story - very serialized, which is a huge plus in my book. The plot continuously thickens, as do it mysteries. Character development galore, with friendships, betrayals, alliances, and a bit of love thrown in the mix - not to mention the cast's high mortality rate. As I said, this show starts a tad silly and becomes very dark and mature. In addition to being the best Transformers show to date, it's one of the best TV shows I've ever seen, one of the most well-written and well-told. By the latter episodes, it'll have you cheering all the characters in excitement, and it will continuously surprise you.Yes, this release is new to 2011; yes, there was a release several years ago; good luck finding those though, as each season goes for abut $50.Follow this up with "Beast Machines."

The Beast Wars continue in this thrilling installment of the popular series. Did Optimus Primal survive? Your questions are answered with this DVD set.

Me as an 80's kid from the G1 era am not quite into the whole robots that turn to animals and it doesn't even fit into the story line.rhemani!action for it's time was ok,but none of that matters my 7 year old loves it and has all the beast war toys and that's all that really matters at the end of the day, that my kids are happy. When I watch it I just go about it like it's just a show about bots that turn to animals. I don't even think of it like I'm watching Transformers. It doesn't make sense to me,but it does to my son so it was worth the money to get it for him

I didn't know when I bought this that it was an anniversary edition. I opened the package it was mailed, and the first thing out of my mouth was, "BONUS"! I had bought Season one over a year ago. They had season Two at the time, but I couldn't afford to get the only two seasons they had for Twenty Bucks each. I went back the next payday to get Season Two, but as with most series sold at that store they were sold out and never got it again. They teased me the same way with the old live action Incredible Hulk series. They only carried the first few seasons to get you hooked then cut you off. So I looked over a year for this and I found it here for less than what I paid for season one. Had to get it! Now I am so hooked I have to get Beast Machines to find out the answer to a couple questions. When and how does Megatron Gen. One get his spark back from Megatron Two? What happens to Waspinator after being left on Prehistoric Earth? I loved the references to the toys. BEST TRANSFORMERS MADE!

It's a different blast to listen to dialogue from that age compared to now. The forever battle of autobots and decepticon is ageless just as this gem. Episodes of endless action & conflict.3d animation is the format of this title

This was the greatest cartoon series ever, but it was hardly done justice as HD tv's were just coming out when it premiered. Now that LED HD is the standard, its great to have this series in high-quality DVD. It brings back great memories of me and my now 16 year old son watching the show. And my currently 9 year old is interested in it as well. Beast Wars was a childrens series that kept adults entertained as well with characters you could connect with and well thought out episodes. And now that you can view it the way it was meant to be seen, its even better. Maybe they will bring it back.

The 2&3 season is good I like to see the action and some of the characters as Transmetals and Transmetal 2s(sounds weird). I do wish I could see more bot on bot action(like face to fist and gunfights) and the choreographing could have been done better but they probably were limited by the technology back then in the 90s. Speaking of limitations the animation was starting to be pushed to the limits especially in the 3 seasons and the final episodes where the poor frame rates really start to show....It really really got bad kinda ruins the show a bit in my opinion but hey it's an old animated show what do you expect? Either way, still a good cartoon show.

Great