By now, we're up to episode 3 with 4 airing tonight. Here's my thoughts on "Darkness Rising, Part 3":
- Okay, I officially like these kids. They're doing exactly what one would expect human kids partnered with TFs would do: use them to fullest potential in leisure activity. They provide the perfect friendly contrast to the show's overall gritty and grim feeling.
- Ratchet refers to Dark Energon as being scare in existence. Not in regards to its existence on Earth, but in general. Yet the game/book had an abundance of Dark Energon all across Cybertron.
- I love how the Cons have an aerial headquarters this time. It really feels like they're more sophistcated in this series than in previous series.
- Once again, Soundwave plays back voice recordings. I'm starting to think he won't get an actual voice of his own anytime soon.
- Agent Fowler is stern, but he's much more likeable than Director Galloway. You can tell that he truly does care about the security of the world and doesn't fully trust the Autobots only because of this concern.
- We see Soundwave launch a Deployer from his chest. It's some kind of flying figure that unfolds from his chestplate like the Breastforce from Victory. I won't say that it's Laserbeak/Buzzsaw/Ratbat/etc. just yet, as it looks more like a non-sentient homing object or a drone instead of an actual bot.
- Okay, Fowler just earned a lot more awesome points as he actually tries to shoot down Soundwave's Deployer, and talks smack at Starscream while captured.
- Eradicons can still speak: "You there!" Apparently Steve Blum provides their voices.
- Megatron's army of the undead reminds me of the demon minions from Angel Wars: Guardian Force.
- Though, their presence is puzzling, as we know little of what happened before this series and after the book/game.
- The credits give Fowler's full name to be Agent William "Bill" Fowler.