Beast Wars - Vol. 1: Deep Metal/Changing of the Guard

Starring: Don Brown, Jim Byrnes Director: Adam Wood, C Michael Easton, John Pozer, Mark Schiemann, Nicholas Kendall Dvd Release: 12th April, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Region 2 Encoding

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Beast Wars was a line of toys in the Transformers range, released by Hasbro in the late 1990s. The toys spawned a full CG animated series set in the Transformers universe, produced by the Transformers Production Company Inc. The series was made in the 1990s & some have seen it as a sequel to the original Transformers cartoons of the 1980s, though others point to story elements originating in other versions of the Transformers story. Each 1/2 hour episode of the series follows the adventures of the protagonist Maximals & the antagonist Predacons, both of which are beings who transform between robot & beast forms. The Maximals, in this new series take on the role of the Autobots in the original series, while the Predacons take on the role of the Decepticons. The head writers for the Beast Wars TV series were Bob Forward & Larry DiTillio. The two-part pilot episode, entitled Beast Wars chronicles the arrival of both the Maximals & Predacons on a mysterious, uncharted planet.

The first few episodes of this series were pretty ropey but by the time they got to the episodes on this dvd, things were looking up.

As well as following longer term storylines, virtually unheard of in the tradition of saturday morning cartoons, this has plenty of moments that will bring a smile to fans of the original Transformers. Theres flashbacks, cameos & a key storyline worked into the original mythology. Plus a few gags about the exploitative nature of the toys & their marketing. Good fun & well worth a look.

Jim Byrnes was born on September 22, 1948 & grew up in St. Louis, Missouri. He is considered to be a very talented Blues musician, guitarist & actor. He was in a car accident on February 26, 1972, where he lost both his legs, but he is currently still playing his music & acting. Jim Byrness first big television roll was on Wiseguy as Lifeguard a .k .a. Daniel Benjamin Burroughs from 1987 to 1990 & later on starred on the hit science fiction tv series Highlander as Joe Dawson, a member of a secret society known as The Watchers. Endgame. He also starred in his own short lived tv show called The Jim Byrnes Show. Evolution. He also appeared in the mini series on the Sci-Fi Channel called Taken.

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