‘War for Cybertron’ is the ‘Transformers’ We Deserve: A Spoiler-Free Review

War For Cybertron: Siege / Netflix Transform and Roll Out Cited as a Netflix Original Anime, War for Cybertron: Siege is a ten-episode masterclass in reclaiming nostalgia. The first in a planned three-chapter saga chronicling the past, present, and future of the techno-organic planet and the war it birthed. A tight and well-paced collection of twenty-five minute episodes that play to its’ strengths and infuses the backstory needed to carry three decades of existence in the public eye. This ain’t your nibling’s Transformers. Off the bat from the trailer, we’ve already seen how dark things are – this is war, and it is ugly. ‘Til All Are One Transformers is one of those properties that exist as cross-platform media. So, there’s the 2D cartoons, the CGI shows, the animated movies, the live-action movies, the video games, the comic books, even some novels. From its roots as a story commissioned to Marvel Comics writer Bob Budiansky to accompany the toy line, the lore has been all over the place. Siege takes all of the lore that has existed over thirty plus years, takes what works and lets everything else fall away. From the original through to the Michael Bay films, none of their Deus Ex Machina is off the table. So, The Matrix of Leadership, the AllSpark, and the Alpha Trion protocols are all in play and it only enriches the world-building of the Transformers universe. Image courtesy of Netflix Made of Sterner Stuff What folks may not remember is that most of what we know about t…