KoH4711 wrote:After watching a lot of this, I have to say I don't think this is a direct tie-in with G1. I got the impression(if it wasn't said outright, I can't remember) that Decepticons hadn't been seen in quite some time, and the Great War was a fairly distant memory.
What I could see this being, however, is an alternate dimension, with a lot of the same history, and then the loss of the Allspark/Matrix splits into two possible histories... one where the Great War continued, and one where it ended as is being show in Animated.
I am really enjoying the series thus far. It's a lot of fun, and I'll be interested to see where it goes from here. I do like the way they handle the Decepticons.
I agree. I think G1 and Animated have the same history until Megatron kills Sentinel Prime in G1. Obviously Sentinel Prime is alive in Animated, so I'm thinking he, like Optimus in the Movie, shot the Allspark into space, and then faced off against Megatron. Maybe he got a boost of Allspark energy before he shot it into space, but however he did it, he managed to beat Megatron. Defeated, but hoping to find the Allspark, Megatron led his Decepticons into space to search for the Allspark, leaving Sentinel Prime ruler of a Decepticon-free Cybertron.
So with Sentinel Prime not dead, there was no need for Optimus to become Prime. I get the feeling that if Optimus wasn't always called "Optimus Prime" in all the cartoons and comics, that he wouldn't be Optimus Prime in Animated, he would just be "Optimus." Everyone knows Optimus as Optimus Prime, so they kept the full name more for name recognition reasons than true, in-story rank reasons.
So there we go. We have an Optimus that has the potential to be a Prime, to be the great leader we know and love from G1, but without Sentinel Prime's death, and with no war to fight and gain experience from, he's just the small-time leader we see in Animated.
Anyway, that's my take on things. It will be interesting to see if I'm right or not.
Overall, I love this show!
It really is the best written since Beast Wars.