Galvatron in Prime

Discussion in 'Transformers Earthspark and Cartoon Discussion' started by sawwheeler, May 2, 2014.

  1. Masterz1337

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    I always took his reformatted body to be Galvatron, with the personality change occurring after Unicron was extracted from the body. That fits with G1 cartoon of Galvatron being Megatron but with a huge change in personality. Although here is is an anti-hero rather than just insane. At the end of PR, the Megatron personality we have known for the series is effectively dead. Galvatron in Prime is probably the most interesting character, I would love to see what happens to him after he took flight.
     
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    I think it would've been kinda cool if the Autobots would've named Megacron/Unitron as Galvatron. And what a missed opportunity to not come out with a toy of his modified form in Predacons Rising.
     
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    Eh, if only you guys knew what was going on over in the Fanart thread. You'd see that someone is working on a fan film project that is a sequel to TFP and involves Galvatron and the other Unicron heralds.

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    You can find the project here: TFP Fan Project
     
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    I think the only reason the revived Megatron in PR wasn't "Galvatron" is because they're planning on introducing him as a separate character in the next show, probably as the main villain. These writers LOVED referencing G1, so it seems weird that they didn't just do the obvious movie reference and make him Galvatron.

    Plus, he already exists in Hasbro's Aligned bible thingy, so all they'd have to do is just pluck him from that.
     
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    Given that Megatron(us) took his name from another previously existing individual, the prior appearance of Galvatron does not necessarily rule out his taking of another name.

    I don't think it would be a good fit, given the history, but neither did Megatronus for a rising political star (like taking the name Benedict Arnold to run for the Presidency of the United States).

    They *could* do some cheesy literal thing -- literally galvanize the post-Unicron Megatron for some purpose -- giving him back his old monochrome look and a new name in the process.

    I doubt most people would get it.
     
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    Dear Hasbro: YOU HAVE THE THUNDERWING TRADEMARK USE IT FOR SOMETHING BESIDES A VIDEO GAME AND A TOY!

    *the toy was good* BUT GIVE US SOMETHING MORE!
     
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    I kinda wish the Unicron upgrade was actually called Galvatron. Would be the first time since the 86 movie where Unicron actually caused Megatron's upgrade into Galvatron.

    On the other hand I'm also glad it wasn't Galvatron because I'm tired of Galvatron just being a repaint of Megatron. Technically this was actually a remold but still I miss Galvatron actually having his own mold. Though we are actually getting an original Galvatron mold for the first time since 1986 in AoE. Kinda of hate the design but at least it's not a lazy repaint or retool of an already existing Megatron mold.
     
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    You may get your wish in the next series, RiD