But it was a good one thoughNight Raid wrote:OMG, it's the nerd again.
That's right. It is COMPLETELY unrealistic to think that the Autobots won EVERY battle. That's never happened in ANY war in human history.
And more character development on the Decepticons would be VERY nice. Usually they're portrayed as one-dimensional and evil for the heck of it. But aren't they pretty similar to Autobots? Decepticons have hopes and dreams, little quirks, backstories, things that matter to them...
This would teach kids a VERY important lesson. The world isn't black and white. Good and evil don't work that way, like a magnet with opposite poles. It's more like a spectrum with varying levels of evilness or goodness.
And it would show that nobody is entirely evil or entirely good. Optimus Prime probably has moments when he'd just LOVE to storm the Decepticon base and reboot Megatron's motherboard the hard way. And Megatron seems to genuinely give a rat's patoot about the welfare of Cybertron.
If the Iraq War has shown us anything, it's that sometimes there just isn't a right thing to do. It's that 'lesser of two evils' thing. Sometimes all you can do is choose the path that will cause the least pain and/or death. And even now, sixty years later, the morality of the use of the atomic bomb to end World War II is still debated. That's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The President at that time was Harry Truman, and the choice was solely his. Drop the bomb and wipe out two cities to end the war quickly, or refuse to use it in favor of just plain invading Japan? Which choice would cause more pain? What would YOU have done?
Kids should also learn the truth about war. In war, there are no good guys and no bad guys, only victims. After all, each and every soldier has a family and friends, right? And they're the ones who actually WANT to be there! So what does that say about civilians caught in the crossfire?
The Decepticons probably believe that what they are doing is right, draining energy to revive their world. Neither side is actually 'evil' as we'd define it. They're both trying to do The Right Thing. They merely disagree on what The Right Thing is. They're not fighting some nameless, faceless mass of evilness, they're fighting thinking, feeling people who have hopes and dreams just like they do. The real evil is war itself because it makes people have to do this stuff.
Kids need to learn these things so they'll know the truth. So I would say portray both sides equally, or make two versions of the show, one for each side. I'd be all for this because children are our future and they need to know that war really sucks.
Man, I can't believe I just pulled a whole essay out of my aft...
Zombie Starscream wrote:But it was a good one thoughNight Raid wrote:OMG, it's the nerd again.
That's right. It is COMPLETELY unrealistic to think that the Autobots won EVERY battle. That's never happened in ANY war in human history.
And more character development on the Decepticons would be VERY nice. Usually they're portrayed as one-dimensional and evil for the heck of it. But aren't they pretty similar to Autobots? Decepticons have hopes and dreams, little quirks, backstories, things that matter to them...
This would teach kids a VERY important lesson. The world isn't black and white. Good and evil don't work that way, like a magnet with opposite poles. It's more like a spectrum with varying levels of evilness or goodness.
And it would show that nobody is entirely evil or entirely good. Optimus Prime probably has moments when he'd just LOVE to storm the Decepticon base and reboot Megatron's motherboard the hard way. And Megatron seems to genuinely give a rat's patoot about the welfare of Cybertron.
If the Iraq War has shown us anything, it's that sometimes there just isn't a right thing to do. It's that 'lesser of two evils' thing. Sometimes all you can do is choose the path that will cause the least pain and/or death. And even now, sixty years later, the morality of the use of the atomic bomb to end World War II is still debated. That's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. The President at that time was Harry Truman, and the choice was solely his. Drop the bomb and wipe out two cities to end the war quickly, or refuse to use it in favor of just plain invading Japan? Which choice would cause more pain? What would YOU have done?
Kids should also learn the truth about war. In war, there are no good guys and no bad guys, only victims. After all, each and every soldier has a family and friends, right? And they're the ones who actually WANT to be there! So what does that say about civilians caught in the crossfire?
The Decepticons probably believe that what they are doing is right, draining energy to revive their world. Neither side is actually 'evil' as we'd define it. They're both trying to do The Right Thing. They merely disagree on what The Right Thing is. They're not fighting some nameless, faceless mass of evilness, they're fighting thinking, feeling people who have hopes and dreams just like they do. The real evil is war itself because it makes people have to do this stuff.
Kids need to learn these things so they'll know the truth. So I would say portray both sides equally, or make two versions of the show, one for each side. I'd be all for this because children are our future and they need to know that war really sucks.
Man, I can't believe I just pulled a whole essay out of my aft...
I agree with this also. Not every Decepticon is totally evil or every Autobot a complete angel. I bet not all of the Decepticons agree with the level of brutality that Megatron tends to go with, and would probably say so if it weren't for their fear of Megatron. And a few of the Autobots are actually sociopaths plus they dislike humans and think they're inferior. I say this because it is realistic, no Decepticon or Autobot is a clone of another, even the 'clones' don't act the same. But some of the Decepticons ARE evil, and some of the Autobots are considered good.
That would be an interesting idea, having a cartoon or CGI (or even live action!) show more from the 'cons side. And show them WINNING ONCE IN A WHILE.
skywarp-2 wrote:I would love to see a "Mirror mirror" universe episode where the Decepticons are good and the Autobots are evil and they interact with our good autobots and decepticons on our Earth.. that would be cool!!!
Why the fanfiction section removed?COMMANDER wrote:To answer your question; there is a website dedicated to an Alternate Universe for Transformers. The sites DNS is http://mirrorverse.transfactions.net/main.html and it's very much akin to the Fanfiction page we used to have here on Seibertron.
The difference is this site is still up and running and the Autobote and Decepticons have switched roles. The stories are well written, and I had actually begun to tie in the stories on that site and ours before the fanfiction section was removed from the creative tab. Anywho, check it out, it will definitely satisfy you imagination.
what if his faceplate was the goateecraggy wrote:Mirror TF universe wouldn't work very well. Prime's faceplate doesn't suit a goatee.
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