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‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’

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I’ve realised it’s this TV show’s 30th anniversary this year! 😀 It’s also Spring Bank Holiday in May in the UK today! 🙂 It’s not been that long since I finished sharing my updated reviews on ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ on ‘Bradley’s Basement’. So, here’s a chance to check out my updated ‘Beast Wars’ reviews again from the first two-part story called ‘Beast Wars’ in Season 1 to the two-part finale ‘Nemesis’ in Season 3. Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #42 – ‘Other Victories’

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Here we are on the penultimate story of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’! It’s time to check out the episode ‘Other Victories’ in Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars’. In this episode, we resolve the story arc involving the mysterious aliens that appeared in ‘Chain of Command’, ‘The Trigger’, ‘Other Voices’ and ‘Other Visits’. We also have the return of Tigatron and Airazor, who were captured by the mysterious aliens in ‘Other Visits’. Will Tigatron and Airazor’s return to ‘Beast Wars’ be very satisfying? Will the story arc involving the mysterious aliens be resolved in a very satisfying manner, despite this being a single-episode story and not a two-part story? I first saw ‘Other Victories’ as the first of the last three episodes of Season 3 of ‘Beast Wars’ on Volume 4 of the four official ‘Beast Wars’ VHS releases containing Season 3 episodes that had never been shown before via GMTV in the UK. I’ve also seen ‘Other Victories’ in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set, and it can now be seen on YouTube. Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #28 – ‘Other Visits’

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Here we are back with another ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ story and it happens to be a two-parter featuring the return of the mysterious aliens that almost scorched the planet Earth in ‘Other Voices’ at the end of Season 1. It’s time for ‘Other Visits’, a story where we see the return of Tigatron and Airazor. It’s also a story where the aliens form a unique base in the heart of a huge valley, one that Megatron attempts to take control of using the alien golden disc. I saw this two-parter over the course of two Bank Holiday Mondays. I saw ‘Part 1’ as the second episode of a double bill over Spring Bank Holiday Monday in May 1999 and I saw ‘Part 2’ as the first episode of a double bill over August Bank Holiday Monday in 1999. It was very exciting for me to wait in-between the two episodes for the cliffhanger to be resolved. And this was all recorded on VHS for me via GMTV in the morning. ‘Other Visits’ was later released on an official VHS tape as well as on DVD and is currently available on YouTube for everyone to enjoy! Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #23 – ‘Other Voices’

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Here we are! We’ve made it! This is the two-part finale of Season 1 of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series. This is ‘Other Voices’, a two-part story featuring the Maximals and the Predacons in a battle against time, as the mysterious aliens with their strange artefacts on this mysterious planet come with the intention of destroying their ‘experiment’, thanks to the Beast Wars taking place. Optimus Primal must find a way to stop the aliens from destroying the planet completely as well as the Maximals, Predacons and other living beings. Will it mean having to self-sacrifice himself in the process? I first saw this two-part story on Good Friday in April 1999 via GMTV. I rewatched it numerous times, especially as it’s a very dramatic close to Season 1 and it features a shocking cliffhanger. What is it about this two-part finale that traumatised me as a young kid when I saw it over the Easter holidays in 1999, especially since I recorded it on VHS tape? Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #15 – ‘The Trigger’

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It’s time for a two-part story in Season 1 of ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’. It’s the first one in a long while since the two-part series opener in ‘Beast Wars’ at the beginning of Season 1. Let’s check out ‘The Trigger’, a ‘Beast Wars’ story that I didn’t see on GMTV in the morning in 1998, 1999 nor 2000. I saw this two-parter on ‘The Beginning’ Volume 3 VHS before eventually owning the story in the ‘Beast Wars’ 15th anniversary DVD box set. ‘The Trigger’ focuses on Tigatron, who ends up falling into a cloud that contains a mysterious flying island after being attacked by Terrorsaur and Waspinator. Very soon, the Predacons race to claim the island for themselves, including Blackarachnia and Scorponok. Can Optimus Primal, Rattrap, Tigatron and Airazor stop the Predacons in time from claiming the island? Continue reading

‘Beast Wars’ Review #4 – ‘Chain of Command’

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It’s Spring Bank Holiday in May in the UK today! 🙂 It’s time for the fifth episode of the ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ TV series – the fourth story called ‘Chain of Command’. In this episode, the Maximals investigate an unusual Standing Stones formation, which contains a source of Energon under a pile of rocks. The Predacons attack and trouble ensues. It’s fitting that I first saw this ‘Beast Wars’ episode on Spring Bank Holiday Monday towards the end of May in 1998. Continue reading

New ‘Beast Wars: Transformers’ Pages and Reviews

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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