RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I mean, putting any politics in a kids show is kinda screwed up.
Where've you been? Politics have been ingrained in Transformers since the very beginning. The war for energy in both the G1 cartoon and the Marvel Comics was all one big metaphor for the oil crisis of the late 1970s.
The G1 cartoon pilot mini-series even ended with Spike making a very obvious jab at the then-contemporary Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union when he noted "Because the Autobots stopped the Decepticons from stealing Earth's resources, the governments of the world have agreed to give Optimus Prime the energy he needs to revitalize Cybertron. It's probably the first time all the governments ever agreed on anything."
That last bit was completely unnecessary from a narrative perspective, yet it was put in to give meta emphasis to Spike's statement, as if to say that it shouldn't have to take a global invasion by giant alien conquerors in order for the world's governments to finally put aside their differences and get along with each other in peaceful cooperation. Yet, because it took such an invasion for that to happen in this fictional universe, Spike's words were used to say how unfortunate it is that a similar crisis would probably be required to make the world's governments get along in the real world, too.
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:And Megatron becoming good all of the sudden just can't work. He committed WAR CRIMES, he can't just come out and be like, "alright guys I'm good now
". That's just insane!
It didn't happen "suddenly", it happened over the course of several years. The show just begins after all those years have already passed. And even at that point, Megatron still felt like he had much more atoning and forgiveness to work towards, and was still making efforts to reach that atonement. From his perspective, he wasn't yet fully absolved, but
was on the path of redemption (and had been on it for a long time). Heck, because of his past transgressions, he may never feel fully redeemed, and will continue to spend the rest of his life trying to make right his sins of the past.
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:(I barely did)
Well, there's your problem. You can't really make an educated critique of something you only have a passing familiarity with.
RodimusPrimeUkraine1 wrote:I think we should scrap the terrans and do transtectors. It'll make the weak humans useful and
child soldiers kid appeal characters with actual powers would be refreshing. Anyone else down to bring back masterforce? If the bracelets are too cringe we can steal the cyber sleeves and reissue the blasters from the ES toyline so "You too, can use the Masterforce!", or whatever. But obviously, we can't call it the "masterforce" anymore, so...
They kinda already are going that route for EarthSpark season 2. Robby and Mo have suits of battle armor around their bodies, and may even be able to combine with the Autobots or Terrans with mech armor if the Cyber Combiner toys are anything to go by.