‘War for Cybertron’ Trailer: Where are We Going?

After weeks of hushed murmurs and blogosphere speculation, the War for Cybertron trailer is here at long last! It’s been a minute, but Transformers is back on the block like Omar Little with the sawed-off! After a resurgence of 80s nostalgia showing up on Netflix the last few years (She-Ra, Voltron), it makes sense that Optimus Prime and Megatron return to throw cybernetic hands in the midst of the dumpster fire of 2020. Made of Sterner Stuff This is a far cry from the shiny veneer and flashy reboots we’ve seen thus far. On this go-round, the War for Cybertron feels a lot like the beach scenes in Saving Private Ryan. A grizzled and weary Optimus and a wrecked crew of Autobots set the stage for a much darker look at the Transformers mythology. Imagine Westworld meets West Side Story, but more lasers. Dark as it may be, the property has never looked as compelling as this trailer! Optimus looks beat up. Window pecs all smashed up, morale low, getting washed up by Megatron all throughout the trailer. The real kicker, there will be no Peter Cullen in the booth. No matter what, interest is high in the pandemic and this “Netflix original ANIME series” is looking like a needed boost of Energon. Image courtesy of Netflix Which Way to Cybertron? After thirty-plus years of reboots, rehashes, reinventions, and interpretations; which set of lore are they going with? The trailer suggests, all of it. Easter eggs are all over the place. The title is from the video game (2010 on PS3, Xbox 360…