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‘Beast Wars’ Review #39 – ‘Go with the Flow’

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Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

It’s Easter Monday today, and how fitting that I’m sharing another updated review on a ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ episode, as I used to enjoy watching ‘Beast Wars’ on GMTV as a kid over the Easter Holidays, Bank Holidays and October half-terms from 1998 to 1999. Today, we’re checking out the episode ‘Go with the Flow’, a Season 3 episode where Rattrap and Depth Charge have to work together to save Una, a proto-human girl, who gets kidnapped by the Predacons to help finish Megatron’s deadly disruptor ray weapon that will be used to destroy the Maximals and their makeshift base whilst protecting the Autobots’ Ark. The first time I saw ‘Go with the Flow’ was on Volume 3 of the four official VHS releases of ‘Beast Wars’ containing Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. I’ve also seen ‘Go with the Flow’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Can Rattrap and Depth Charge save Una and stop the Predacons at the same time? Or will the Predacons finds themselves unwittingly defeated by an unexpected enemy? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #37 – ‘Feral Scream’

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It’s time for a two-part story in Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’. Today, we’re checking out ‘Feral Scream’, a story about Cheetor where he gets a new Transmetal II body. We’re also introduced to a Transmetal II version of Dinobot, who was created by Megatron to become part of the Predacon cause. This story has a horror aspect to it, particularly when paying homage to ‘Frankenstein’ and the Werewolf story. The first time I saw ‘Feral Scream’ in its two parts was on Volume 2 of the four official VHS releases of ‘Beast Wars’ featuring Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. The two-part story was later released in a ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 2 UK DVD release, which included it and ‘Proving Grounds’. It’s funny looking back on that Volume 2 UK DVD release, as I thought it would’ve included more than three episodes compared to the Volume 1 UK DVD release, which had seven episodes on it. I’ve also seen ‘Feral Scream’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #36 – ‘Cutting Edge’

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Let’s check out another episode of Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ today! It’s time for ‘Cutting Edge’, an episode where the Maximals help a couple of children named Una and Chak who have been attacked by a fleet of Cyber-Raptors, created by Megatron, and they need to get back to their tribe. This episode also showcases Blackarachnia and Cheetor as characters, as they’re ordered by Optimus Primal to escort the children back to their tribe. In the UK, ‘Cutting Edge’ was released in the first of four official VHS volumes of ‘Beast Wars’ when Season 3 wasn’t being shown on GMTV. It was the third episode presented in Volume 1, following ‘Deep Metal’ and ‘Changing of the Guard’. The episode was later re-released in a special ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 1 UK DVD release, which included the three-part story ‘The Agenda’, ‘Optimal Situation’, ‘Deep Metal’, ‘Changing of the Guard’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. I’ve also seen ‘Cutting Edge’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Is this an episode that will showcase what will happen in the next story, which is a two-parter? Why has Megatron specifically created this fleet of Cyber-Raptors and what technology has he been using? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #35 – ‘Changing of the Guard’

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We continue our look into Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ by checking out the third episode called ‘Changing of the Guard’. In this episode, the Maximals must find a way to recover Sentinel, the security system of their spaceship, the Axalon, before it ended up in water in ‘Optimal Situation’. This episode also continues the story of Depth Charge hunting Rampage, which began in the previous episode ‘Deep Metal’. In the UK, Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars’ was released on official VHS tapes as opposed to being shown on GMTV. ‘Changing of the Guard’ was released in the first of four VHS volumes of ‘Beast Wars’ called Volume 1, which included ‘Deep Metal’, ‘Changing of the Guard’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. The episode was re-released in a special ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 1 UK DVD release, which included the three-part story ‘The Agenda’, ‘Optimal Situation’, ‘Deep Metal’, ‘Changing of the Guard’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. I’ve also seen ‘Changing of the Guard’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Will the Maximals achieve their goal in salvaging Sentinel from the remains of their spaceship whilst having to contend with the Predacons? Continue reading →

‘Beast Wars’ Review #34 – ‘Deep Metal’

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Let’s continue our look into Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ by checking out the second episode called ‘Deep Metal’. This is an episode where we’re introduced to a new Maximal character called Depth Charge, who is on the hunt for Rampage (formerly known as Protoform X). Like with ‘Optimal Situation’, I never saw ‘Deep Metal’ on TV. In the UK, Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars’ was released on official VHS tapes as opposed to being shown on GMTV. ‘Deep Metal’ was released in the first of four VHS volumes of ‘Beast Wars’ called Volume 1, which included it, ‘Changing of the Guard’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. It was re-released in a special ‘Beast Wars’ Volume 1 UK DVD release, which included the three-part story ‘The Agenda’, ‘Optimal Situation’, ‘Deep Metal’, ‘Changing of the Guard’ and ‘Cutting Edge’. I also saw ‘Deep Metal’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Will the Maximals gain a new ally in Depth Charge when he comes to prehistoric Earth? Continue reading →

New ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ Pages and Reviews

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Hello…

Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!

I haven’t even started yet!!!

Um anyway…Hello everyone! 🙂

Welcome to ‘Bradley’s Basement’ blog and I’m Tim Bradley!

Yes it’s Bank Holiday Monday in May again! For this occasion this year, I’m sharing my reviews on one of my favourite TV shows that I used to watch as a kid. This is of course on my era of ‘Transformers’ called ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’! I’ve created a new page for the show and added reviews on the episodes. Continue reading →