Hasbro and Machinima are making a Transformers cartoon “for teen and adult fans”
Finally, after years of catering almost exclusively to children, Hasbro is teaming up with online video company Machinima to make a Transformers cartoon that is specifically targeted at the grown-up fans who can properly appreciate the depth and cleverness of its storyline. Some people think it’s all about the Autobots waging their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Decepticons—and on some level, it is—but there’s really so much more than that. Like, sometimes the robots used to be bad guys, and then they become good guys. And sometimes they go crazy and turn into bad guys, but then they become good guys again in the end. Oh, and sometimes there’s dinosaurs, and nobody knows if they’re good guys or bad guys, but then it turns out that they’re good guys. It’s practically Shakespeare!