The Energon Pub

[Sabrblade]

If/when Thundercracker and Skywarp appear, they better have their own forms. Vehicons, Jet Vehicons, Miner Vehicons, Insecticons, and Skyquake/Dreadwing are more than enough "clones", thank you very much.

Don't forget Cliffjumper/Tailgate.

[Shadowman]

Once again it's all Arcee's fault. If she'd be a team player for once and have stayed with Prime and Bee then the insecticons would have finished Megatron for them. But no, they have to push her vengeful nature once again to remind us she's some kind of bad ass or something.

When I read this, I thought it meant that Arcee going after Airachnid caused the problem of the week. I just watched Armada and I have to ask, have you? Arcee actually won this round, she captured Airachnid. Megatron having an Insecticon army would be something to blame her for, if the Insecticons hadn't been shown to be pathetically weak. Optimus and Bumblebee alone were able to fend off a handful; one Insecticon was shown being taken out after hitting a tree.

So your Arcee hate kind of falls flat here, she didn't do anything wrong.

As for the rest of the episode: "You guys are not going to believe the day I had! *Sees Airachnid in stasis* You too, huh?"

[njb902]

Once again it's all Arcee's fault. If she'd be a team player for once and have stayed with Prime and Bee then the insecticons would have finished Megatron for them. But no, they have to push her vengeful nature once again to remind us she's some kind of bad ass or something.

When I read this, I thought it meant that Arcee going after Airachnid caused the problem of the week. I just watched Armada and I have to ask, have you? Arcee actually won this round, she captured Airachnid. Megatron having an Insecticon army would be something to blame her for, if the Insecticons hadn't been shown to be pathetically weak. Optimus and Bumblebee alone were able to fend off a handful; one Insecticon was shown being taken out after hitting a tree.

So your Arcee hate kind of falls flat here, she didn't do anything wrong.

As for the rest of the episode: "You guys are not going to believe the day I had! *Sees Airachnid in stasis* You too, huh?"

good call. plus there is no way to know if the bugs would/could have been able to finish off megs or not.

[Slashercon]

Is it just me or did the writers miss a nice opportunity to bring in skywarp and thundercracker. Maybe that would bring some relevance to the am-06 skywarp toy!

SKywarp and Thundercracker already exist in this universe via WFC.

[prowl123]

Grill sucked. Worst episode yet. They just completely wasted an episode.

Dude that ship has SAILED!

Well I haven't bee here. Oh well.

[BeastProwl]

You think we'll ever see Prowl and Barricade in the actual show? I think some law inforcement-type characters are needed.

[crazyjeffy]

You think we'll ever see Prowl and Barricade in the actual show? I think some law inforcement-type characters are needed.

I think it'd be cool. I'm fairly certain they're going to be in the Jagex game.

[Foxbear]

You think we'll ever see Prowl and Barricade in the actual show? I think some law inforcement-type characters are needed.

I think it'd be cool. I'm fairly certain they're going to be in the Jagex game.

I suspect Prowl is actually a very real possibility. In an interview I read of the producers they explained how they chose which ones they picked. Basically they started with Optimus and Bee and set up the team by various personality traits ie a scientist, an experienced and embittered soldier, and a bruiser. They brought in a loose cannon with Wheeljack. One thing they don't have yet is a straight laced stickler for the rules and that is how Prowl is usually portrayed.
So I'm hoping!

[Sabrblade]

You think we'll ever see Prowl and Barricade in the actual show? I think some law inforcement-type characters are needed.

I think it'd be cool. I'm fairly certain they're going to be in the Jagex game.

I suspect Prowl is actually a very real possibility. In an interview I read of the producers they explained how they chose which ones they picked. Basically they started with Optimus and Bee and set up the team by various personality traits ie a scientist, an experienced and embittered soldier, and a bruiser. They brought in a loose cannon with Wheeljack. One thing they don't have yet is a straight laced stickler for the rules and that is how Prowl is usually portrayed.
So I'm hoping!

Which interview was this?

[Foxbear]

You think we'll ever see Prowl and Barricade in the actual show? I think some law inforcement-type characters are needed.

I think it'd be cool. I'm fairly certain they're going to be in the Jagex game.

I suspect Prowl is actually a very real possibility. In an interview I read of the producers they explained how they chose which ones they picked. Basically they started with Optimus and Bee and set up the team by various personality traits ie a scientist, an experienced and embittered soldier, and a bruiser. They brought in a loose cannon with Wheeljack. One thing they don't have yet is a straight laced stickler for the rules and that is how Prowl is usually portrayed.
So I'm hoping!

Which interview was this?

Found it!
But my bad it was a "Q & A" with exutive producer Jeff Kline the actual quote---
"“Scribble TheAppaloosa Pony” asks: With such a huge selection of Transformers to choose from, many of them being fan-favorites, how do you go about selecting which characters get the honor of starring in Transformers Prime?

Jeff Kline: We knew we wanted to keep our ensemble relatively small, both for production reasons and so that we would have the ability to really dig into these characters in a way that only television allows. If I remember correctly, we started with three of the "must-haves" (Optimus, Bumblebee, Megatron), and then tried to surround them with ‘Bots and ‘Cons that complemented rather than duplicated their personalities, attributes and histories. We knew we could never please everyone; each fan has his/her favorites, and the Transformers universe is huge. So we all came at it from the perspective of, "Who will allow us to spin the most story?" vs. "Who has the highest ‘Q’ Score?" "
Here is the link http://www.hasbro.com/transformers/en_U ... fKline.cfm
Sorry I didn't post it with the original post. I read it months ago and it took some digging to find.

[Scourgescream]

oh yeah, i remember reading that a while back

[BeastProwl]

About that "Flying Mind" Promo:
What I find strange is that Megatron doesn't recognise the ship as Trypticon (Or so it would seem he doesn't)
I also looks like the kids are co-operating WITH the Decepticons here. Nice little desperate twist.

[Pontimax 01]

Well that was a whole different story then I was expecting tonight from the preview.

Miko calling Knockout "Doc Knock". Why does she seem to get the best lines?

The kids do well for themselves in this episode.

Way to go Ratchet at the end.

[Shadowman]

-Megatron's surprise could be more along the lines of "You're supposed to be dead!"

-Trypticon never does get named in this. He does zap-fry every single Decepticon inside of him, though. I find it kind of funny that his Stasis Beam uses the same stock sound effect as the Zat'Nik'Tels from Stargate, which is basically the same weapon.

-Jack Darby: Total badass.

-Ratchet: "I'm here to offer a second opinion!" *WHAM* Ratchet: Also badass.

-The Autobots have about half of the Iacon Archives, including the four coordinates found by Trypticon. One of which is under Manhatten. Seems that Ancient Cybertronian Superweapons are going to be the big thing for the season 2 finale, like Unicron was in the first.

[BeastProwl]

Ratchet punching Knockout was the icing on the cake this episode. Still. Soundwave made a strangely dumb move if I do say so myself. Oddly direct of him...

[Cure4thitch]

Don't suppose anyone has a link to this episode yet?

Tense times in Australia as I await the uploading of the episode.

[Foxbear]

Awesome Ratchet moment at the end there.
A "Second Opinion" indeed!8)
Fowler and Jack both show some moves this time but Jack shines!
And, by popular demand, Prime character development. Determined to end the war before more innocent lives are lost is Optimus being pushed closer to the dark side?

[King Kuuga]

So: it remains unclear if the Nemesis in Prime is actually Trypticon. It's possible the writers avoided calling him that to avoid confusion from people who haven't played the game/read spoilers, or maybe they're choosing to ignore it, or maybe they're actually unaware and the ship coming to life was pure coincidence. Regardless, this episode dashed my hopes of seeing Trypticon in Prime. Unless he gets another infusion of Dark Energon, which is pretty unlikely. Ah well.

Really cool episode, regardless. BEAM OF FREEZE EVERYTHING is scary. And it's easy to forget how big the Transformers are supposed to be, so the kids and Fowler prancing about on the Nemesis was really cool as a reminder of scale and that "these robots are really damn big". We continue the gag of Agent Fowler being put out of his senses and spouting nonsense, I see. Go Jack! Don't tell your mother you what you did, she worries about you enough already.

And so, with the coordinates of four more Iacon Relics in the hands of both teams, it looks like we've set up the plot for the rest of the season, or at least a good chunk of it. I really like how everything in this season has flowed together like that.

[Archanubis]

What I find strange is that Megatron doesn't recognise the ship as Trypticon (Or so it would seem he doesn't)

I've always understood the continuity between the War for Cybertron games, the Exodus/Exile novels, and Prime to be rather loose. It wouldn't be surprising that Megatron wouldn't recognize his ship as being Trypticon, just to keep people who haven't read the books and/or played the games from being confused.

Another alternative: the current Nemesis isn't Trypticon at all. It's been a few millennia/eons since the Cybertronians left their home, after all. It wouldn't be surprising that Trypticon's been lost/elsewhere in the universe after all these years and Nemesis is a completely different ship. Especially since both the Harbinger and the Nemesis seem to share the same design (hard to tell since the Harbinger is in peices).

One thing the episode didn't explain was why the ship, under Dark Energon influence, was going after ancient Cybertronian relics. Ratchet does ask, but the ship basically hangs up on him. Hopefully, it doesn't go unexplained.

[BeastProwl]

I wonder were the OP is? He hasnt really been around...

So yeah, Knockout doesnt really seem to care that Breakdown died...

[crazyjeffy]

I wonder were the OP is? He hasnt really been around...

So yeah, Knockout doesnt really seem to care that Breakdown died...

'Tis a little disappointing, but I didn't expect much from the Cons to begin with. I'm curious if Team Prime knows about his demise, I don't believe any of the Bots made mention of it.

[Zequem]

Well, in the next episode it seems that Knock Out has a new big guy next to him, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Autobots would wonder out loud what in the Pit Knock Out is doing outside without Breakdown. That is, if they still don't know that Breakdown is dead.

[Archanubis]

Well, in the next episode it seems that Knock Out has a new big guy next to him, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Autobots would wonder out loud what in the Pit Knock Out is doing outside without Breakdown. That is, if they still don't know that Breakdown is dead.

Maybe. It's not like we haven't seen Knock Out working without Breakdown before.

[crazyjeffy]

Well, in the next episode it seems that Knock Out has a new big guy next to him, so I wouldn't be surprised if the Autobots would wonder out loud what in the Pit Knock Out is doing outside without Breakdown. That is, if they still don't know that Breakdown is dead.

Maybe. It's not like we haven't seen Knock Out working without Breakdown before.

I can only recall KO working alone in Speed Metal (and probably because that's a guilty pleasure)... Unless I'm forgetting something.

[Hypershock]

just saw the ep, it was pretty dang good I hope next time since theyre featuring knockout that they address the breakdown thing