>>6374481>movie first, Animated secondAge of Extinction amuses me so much with the way it borrows ideas from Animated.
>a bounty hunter named Lockdown>he has various weapons integrated into him, including a hook>Hound is a reinterpretation of Bulkhead's design>the disembodied head of Megatron manipulates Earth scientists into building him a new bodyThat last one tickles me the most. The bit in Animated about Megatron and Sumdac was inspired by the first movie, where humans reverse-engineered Megs's immobile body to create modern technology.
>TF07 provides a unique idea>Animated takes it and runs with it>the movies come and snatch the idea back 