D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hellscream9999 wrote:Yup, I knew from the moment they were introduced, soundwave was the one to be feared, starscream, not so much
To me, soundwave proved himself when he beat down airachnid. that was pretty boss
It's because of the way that they built him up. From the moment he appeared in the show, every time he is assigned a task, he does it without fail, so that by the time he starts doing things later down the line, you already know that he means business, and will succeed in his mission - that he absolutely destroyed his opponents in the process was just a bonus
In a way I find it very disappointing how the characters die. the only permanent autobot death was at Starscreams hands and the other temporary ones were at Megatron or the ships cannon. and then Megs and Skyquake died by Bee, Makeshift by Wheeljack, Hardshell by Miko, Dreadwing by Megs, Airachnid Silas and Breakdown. Bee and wheeljack were the only ones to actually kill someone not a vehicon on screen. Sad really when you look at the others. Soundwave didnt even kill someone! come on!
Just the state of our culture today, compare that to BW, that was a gruesome show by todays standards, and would not have made it past network censors. But there was a disconnect, where you knew it was a show - about toys, but it still conveyed how horrible war actually was.
The writing was impeccable, you felt hurt when a character got hurt (except maybe waspinator) and you were broken-hearted when a character died. And while the beatings were terrible, you eventually understood that, as robots, they could repair themselves, but it still didn't lessen the overall effect of the violence.
Pretty sad, if rid didn't have such colorful characters, I'd say it was even more of a joke than prime.