Actually for me the "true" transformers were the comic book series (which ran past 350 issues in the UK). Allowed much more depth, characterisation and plot lines than the movie or television series managed.
The only good bit about the television series and the film was that was how I imagined Optimus & Jazz to sound like. Shame Scatman isn't around for the live action movie but I hear the guy who voiced Optimus in the television series will be doing the same for the live action
