
Granted, the Transformers storyline has always been in a non-static state - America, Europe, and Japan each have their own storylines for the "G1" era. The G1 era is further changed by each regions' comic book line. But regardless, I would really prefer that the movie doesn't go too far from the "norm" of the American G1 era, but I doubt that will happen. Bumblebee has always been a VW Beetle, but he's a freaking Chevy Camaro in the movie! Well, at least Starscream is a F22 Raptor.

The original Transformers movie took chances too. Hell, they killed off every fan's favorite hero, Optimus Prime, within the first 30 minutes! Now that sucked, especially since they changed the American cartoon to reflect the changes from the movie - it turned from cool to very lame instantly. Very, very lame. Hopefully a new box set DVD will be released when the new movie comes closer to release.
Till then, I'll just enjoy the episodes that I've downloaded. Here's the intro to the American cartoon - just for that warm feeling retro stuff gives. Enjoy. =D